Well--to twist a quote slightly: "Shoot for Mars. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
Anyways--I have two responses...
1. *You* might not see an immediate scientific benefit.... I see valuable information gathered about being able to establish a perminant presence on a non-earth body. Test out new equipment and devices using more up-to-date technology than what was available in 1969. There are tons of reasons.
2. You might not see an *immediate* scientific benefit... Eventually we'll establish a perminant dwelling on the moon, then Mars. After that, who knows.
Bob Young: [passing envelope under table] Have you thought about the silly bills the proprietary software people want passed? Congressman: [counting cash] Five bucks?!? Apparently giving your software away doesn't make much money
Out where I live, Sprint is the *only* phone company. It really sucks. A standard phone line with no long distance, no caller ID, no voicemail, no nothing--costs about $19/mo.
If you want all the 'features', you have to pay around $26/mo.
ISDN is actually available, but it's something like $45/mo through the telco, plus the local ISP charges $40/mo for only 200 channel hours.
The alternative is moving to a town about 8 miles east of here. They have 256k down / 128k up DSL for the unholy price if $39/mo--and that's only if you sign their 2-year agreement.
I know the technical side--I just don't have the 'business sense' to start my own ISP...
UPS just delivered the parts for my new computer. I tossed everything together and realized that I had taken 'reasonable precautions' to prevent my computer from downloading warez. It didn't include a power cord.
One day a customer called the internet provider I used to work for. Apparently she didn't hear the system to tell her to 'leave a mesasge' so we had this on the support group voicemail. Sorry it's in wma--the ISP is entirely Windows based and I used to be a Microsoft schill.
I'm not saying Linux is as insecure as windows.
And I don't run as root on my box.
But implying that Linux won't have it's share of security problems is ridiculous.
I agree. I use linux as well, so I won't have anything to do with WMA files.
Although on a side note, while saying "I run Linux" currently implies that you are fairly safe from various virii, trojans, etc... some day when enough people adopt linux, we'll start having some of the same problems.
Yeah--that's a good point. We have been able to hook up the LifePack's to a cell connection and transmit patient information at something like 1200 bps to a receiver station at the hospital.
That's the whole reason we have protocols.
They are very valuable out here in rural EMS.
We usually have communication problems out in our county. Because of it's rural nature, we have almost no cell service. When you really get off into the backwoods we have a dense tree covering which doesn't allow sat phone use.
I'm sure this new technology (I didn't RTFA yet) will be wonderful and could protentially save patients, but what about when it doesn't work?
You need well-trained emergency service workers who *follow protocols* that doctors set forth.
The up-side to those protocols is that a doctor can say "If she's having breathing problems that are resolved with a medneb, you don't have to call me and ask me about it. Just do it."
I'm sure this system will work in a similar way as our current radios anc cell-phones work. When we need them, they are there and they usually work.
My father is from the Netherlands and he always told me that 'Holland' was the name of one of several colonies in the area that eventually became the Netherlands.
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I understand fans want to keep it around, but if it dies (and no offence to anyone but lets hope it does), we might get a real series.
Now you've done it. You just pissed off the entire Enterprise fan base--and let me tell you, I am *quite* mad at you!
Biometric authentication can't be changed. I can change a password, but I can't change my fingerprints.
Ooh...yea--that'll be the downfall of biometric authentication. Someone steals my retina and then all my accounts are 0wned for ever and ever...
That's not the server--that's the smell of burning trans-atlantic cable...
I never got that far, you insensitive clod. I failed Geometry, and I haven't been able to cut a pizza correctly ever since...
Well--to twist a quote slightly: "Shoot for Mars. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
Anyways--I have two responses...
1. *You* might not see an immediate scientific benefit....
I see valuable information gathered about being able to establish a perminant presence on a non-earth body. Test out new equipment and devices using more up-to-date technology than what was available in 1969. There are tons of reasons.
2. You might not see an *immediate* scientific benefit...
Eventually we'll establish a perminant dwelling on the moon, then Mars. After that, who knows.
The sixth rule of the new software is: you do not talk about the new software!
Hmm...five letters...it's a school network...
...it must be 'owned'.
Nope--look again.
They started the last paragraph with a </p> instead of <p>
Anyone remember the old FrontPage 2000 ad that Microsoft posted? Even their ad didn't use correct HTML. (See if you can spot the error)
Slight change to that script:
Bob Young: [passing envelope under table] Have you thought about the silly bills the proprietary software people want passed?
Congressman: [counting cash] Five bucks?!? Apparently giving your software away doesn't make much money
Out where I live, Sprint is the *only* phone company. It really sucks. A standard phone line with no long distance, no caller ID, no voicemail, no nothing--costs about $19/mo.
If you want all the 'features', you have to pay around $26/mo.
ISDN is actually available, but it's something like $45/mo through the telco, plus the local ISP charges $40/mo for only 200 channel hours.
The alternative is moving to a town about 8 miles east of here. They have 256k down / 128k up DSL for the unholy price if $39/mo--and that's only if you sign their 2-year agreement.
I know the technical side--I just don't have the 'business sense' to start my own ISP...
The horrible part is that I'm *still* using v.90.
I would kill to get DSL out here. Or even just ISDN.
Please let me kill to get ISDN out here...
It's overused but it has to be said: "Where are my mod points?"
You posted the link to slashdot. No. No it won't.
UPS just delivered the parts for my new computer. I tossed everything together and realized that I had taken 'reasonable precautions' to prevent my computer from downloading warez. It didn't include a power cord.
Yeah...I'm sure it will be an interesting landscape...and I'll still be connecting at 56k.
%#%@^ rural areas!
One day a customer called the internet provider I used to work for. Apparently she didn't hear the system to tell her to 'leave a mesasge' so we had this on the support group voicemail. Sorry it's in wma--the ISP is entirely Windows based and I used to be a Microsoft schill.
I'm not saying Linux is as insecure as windows.
And I don't run as root on my box.
But implying that Linux won't have it's share of security problems is ridiculous.
I agree. I use linux as well, so I won't have anything to do with WMA files.
Although on a side note, while saying "I run Linux" currently implies that you are fairly safe from various virii, trojans, etc... some day when enough people adopt linux, we'll start having some of the same problems.
Yeah--that's a good point. We have been able to hook up the LifePack's to a cell connection and transmit patient information at something like 1200 bps to a receiver station at the hospital.
That's the whole reason we have protocols.
They are very valuable out here in rural EMS.
We usually have communication problems out in our county. Because of it's rural nature, we have almost no cell service. When you really get off into the backwoods we have a dense tree covering which doesn't allow sat phone use.
I'm sure this new technology (I didn't RTFA yet) will be wonderful and could protentially save patients, but what about when it doesn't work?
You need well-trained emergency service workers who *follow protocols* that doctors set forth.
The up-side to those protocols is that a doctor can say "If she's having breathing problems that are resolved with a medneb, you don't have to call me and ask me about it. Just do it."
I'm sure this system will work in a similar way as our current radios anc cell-phones work. When we need them, they are there and they usually work.
WOPR!
My father is from the Netherlands and he always told me that 'Holland' was the name of one of several colonies in the area that eventually became the Netherlands.
...and if you can fit your hand in the slot, you have a cheap and easy tattoo solution.
Yeah--that one got me too. I sat there looking stupified that rot13 didn't 'decode' it...