Yes! I saw that as well, wasn't mentioned in the summary. This is the first time i've heard of a dark molecular cloud? So it blocks out all light from the stars behind it and somehow there are no stars in-front of it even though it's 500 LY away?
"How they are formed is unknown, but clouds such as this are thought to be a birthing place for new stars." I thought Nebulae were responsible for that?
When i was deployed to Iraq my platoon was in a tiny coalition camp, no internet, phones, mail, tv, pay, or anything. So we found a local guy in the city that sold us a civilian satelite dish. We paid him in cash each month and he took it to bagdad and paid somebody for the service. We convoyed to the nearest FOB with payservices to get the cash (and the mail, ANCD fills, candy, taco bell, whatever).
I think we had 12 unique IPs and the bandwidth was decent. The only problems we had was people leaving their torrents on all day! You'd have to practically cordon and search the area to find the offending laptop.
I subscribe to the "phone as a communication device" group. I want a VERY simple and compact phone that i could possibly tether for internet.
No GPS and no camera, i have far better ones from companies dedicated to making those excellent pieces of equipment. The only thing i would like to see is better communication between devices.. putting map data into a typical gpsr is a battle.
10GB is approx 115kBs for 24 hrs. It would have to be a much much higher cap i think.
Per day cap like 5gb up and 15gb down for moderate usage. Because that cap isn't just for one person, it's for one household.
I use that much (sometimes more) and it's only 35$ per month (lowest bandwidth tier). I'm not a power user either.. the connection easily supports 150kB/s up and 1mB/s down 24/7. This is an ISP in a small town in Kentucky. I'd imagine higher population centers would have better infrastructure too.
They understand it enough to build a car by smashing together parts of other cars with a sledgehammer.
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I have no doubt problems will crop up but they will most likely be long-term. There is no way to really "test" what the end product will be like since it's a physical person that takes years to develop. I'm sure that's why most genetic modification is just screening out bad stuff. Actual alteration is on/off switches like gender, hair color, and eye color.
Complex designer babies are a long way off. I think we'll have tackled other GIANT issues by then. Such as cloning and the clone's rights. Growing braindead clones/people for organs & tissue transplants. Custom viruses that cure an illness. Viruses that activate in the presence of a Target cultural gene (scary!). GMO Animals (the chicken with 8 wings type GMO).
Understanding and manipulating DNA will bring far more problems to us than it will solve.. if it isn't handled properly. Unfortunately DNA (and supporting cell) wasn't designed by human hands so we can't understand the purpose and design concepts of the thing. Trial and Error seems to have yielded some of the best information.
I still use a style of Keyboard made in the mid 80's by Unisys. No magic buttons between Alt and Control. Full size backspace key (very important!). Control and Alt keys are normal size (the size of the tab key).
Don't back a dog into a corner.. especially one with everyone's dirty secrets and vulnerabilities logged and stored away. If the NSA had to be dismantled, it would have to be slowly and in a very controlled way. No server or data device can escape or terrible things would happen.
That being said, I don't think they should be dismantled.
Yes, you can actually have something in your hands and not technically own it you know. Like a home or car that the bank owns. Or in the case of Government, something you are responsible for or you have signed for. Even though it is under your control, you do not own it and there are restrictions on what you can physically do with it.
About Soliciting Sex. The Police officer doing it is protected because it is known that they aren't actually doing it. Just like if you had a game show that gave contestants the appearance of something illegal going on but outside of the experience it was known as a fact to be for pretend (and safely within the law).
The Cop never possessed the drugs, it was temporarily loaned to the Cop by the Government under strict guidelines. He could not smoke it, for example (unless the Government stated that he could). Same as a Soldier who signs for a HMMWV, it's his, but still the Governments.
As far as sex goes.. was any sex sold? I would hope that police officers wouldn't have to actually have sex with the offender to prove their intentions.
Some intentions are crimes themselves. Like Attempted Murder for example.. nobody actually died.
The Cop pretending to sell drugs isn't breaking the law as the intent isn't to distribute the drugs but to attract those who are buying them. The cop does not own the drugs used any more than a Soldier owns the Tank he operates.
The cop pretending to be a prostitute is doing the exact same thing, he/she isn't having sex for money and getting away with it. He/She is merely a decoy/imitation of the real thing to aid in capturing citizens breaking the law.
If you are afraid of getting busted for lying (not sure if lying is illegal outside of an official testimony) then you can use your right to remain silent.
Not to nitpic but there are no frontlines in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also women cannot be in Combat arms, only combat support. This is not to say they could not be harmed, but that they won't be directly placed into harm. It's a bad thing when support units need to pull triggers, though often necessary when operating in a hostile environment.
I just went to gamestop.com and looked at the physical game box. On the back under system requirements is says "Internet connection required" in bold red and then explains that you must activate and use the game with Steam in order to play.
That being said, the phyisical game box/cd in this case seems very useless since it's tethered to Steam anyways. Not sure why you'd buy this in a physical store when you have to use the internet with it anyways? Perhaps a previous contract with Gamestop?
Ah, but that's all knowledge up front and not hidden costs/disadvantages. Also, just like all businesses, you can "shop around" for the company you feel is the most competent to keep your Car available at all times. Or you can just pick a normal Car and hope you never lose any keys to your dozens of cars 5 years down the road (or resell some before that happens).
If your Car was a Game.. wouldn't it be nice that anytime you wanted to drive your car (any one of dozens) you just said a few words and within minutes your car arrived, fully functional, anywhere in the world? You can park it anywhere and leave it for years and the car always returns brand new! It even comes upgraded to the newest car version too!
Building planes IS a business, not an altruistic profession. Crazy things happen sometimes and i'd like to have a seasoned pilot be able to override anything in the plane if he needs to. But that's just personal preference. I honestly keep a set of maps(and compass) in my pack to go along with the GPS... to do otherwise is tempting fate. I can't see how planes would be any different.
Hardly usable? Did you even play it? I had a blast with a group of buddies.. did all the campaigns in one day. I still play every other day with various steam groups. Valve has done a good job addressing map hacks and other wierdness you run into online. The only thing Valve didn't do right with L4D is releasing only 4 campaigns and 2 of which weren't usable in versus mode.
The vast majority of gov computers are used for email, memos, excel, and making fancy powerpoint/impress presentations for the next weekly training meeting. But there are very important systems throughout the world that depend on a secure transport system.
My guess is these lines weren't public accessible cables anyways. The DOD has many separate networks that mirror the internet in every way except they don't actually touch the "net".. or each other. Who cares if they aren't in the public record? Even if the public paid for them, they aren't for public use. Security always has it's downsides i guess
Have you read your first link? Besides, have you ever seen the cockpit of a fighter before? let alone the space shuttle? He was a damned test pilot, his whole job was to fly questionable craft at ridiculous speeds, i'm sure he knows how to spot and fix technical problems. Now he's piloting NASA, i think he'll do fine.
The last guy, Griffin, had 7 degrees and i think everyone was unhappy with him. So we gave an academic a shot, now let's try someone else.
Selected by NASA in May 1980, Bolden became an astronaut in August 1981. His technical assignments included: Astronaut Office Safety Officer; Technical Assistant to the Director of Flight Crew Operations; Special Assistant to the Director of the Johnson Space Center; Astronaut Office Liaison to the Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance Directorates of the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Kennedy Space Center; Chief of the Safety Division at JSC; Lead Astronaut for Vehicle Test and Checkout at the Kennedy Space Center; and Assistant Deputy Administrator, NASA Headquarters. A veteran of four space flights, he has logged over 680 hours in space. Bolden served as pilot on STS-61C (January 12â"18, 1986) and STS-31 (April 24â"29, 1990), and was the mission commander on STS-45 (March 24, 1992 â" April 2, 1992), and STS-60 (February 3-11, 1994).
Bolden was the first person to ride the Launch Complex 39 slidewire baskets which enable rapid escape from a shuttle on the launch pad. The need for a human test was determined following a launch abort on STS-41-D where controllers were afraid to order the crew to use the untested escape system.
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Yes! I saw that as well, wasn't mentioned in the summary. This is the first time i've heard of a dark molecular cloud? So it blocks out all light from the stars behind it and somehow there are no stars in-front of it even though it's 500 LY away?
"How they are formed is unknown, but clouds such as this are thought to be a birthing place for new stars."
I thought Nebulae were responsible for that?
When i was deployed to Iraq my platoon was in a tiny coalition camp, no internet, phones, mail, tv, pay, or anything. So we found a local guy in the city that sold us a civilian satelite dish. We paid him in cash each month and he took it to bagdad and paid somebody for the service. We convoyed to the nearest FOB with payservices to get the cash (and the mail, ANCD fills, candy, taco bell, whatever).
I think we had 12 unique IPs and the bandwidth was decent. The only problems we had was people leaving their torrents on all day! You'd have to practically cordon and search the area to find the offending laptop.
I subscribe to the "phone as a communication device" group. I want a VERY simple and compact phone that i could possibly tether for internet.
No GPS and no camera, i have far better ones from companies dedicated to making those excellent pieces of equipment. The only thing i would like to see is better communication between devices.. putting map data into a typical gpsr is a battle.
if( object.type=TYPE_METEOR ) {
object.isClassified = false;
} else {
object.isClassified = true;
}
You just declassified EVERYTHING, including nuclear missiles.
It's a good thing the Doctor only had to deal with the Daleks once
10GB is approx 115kBs for 24 hrs. It would have to be a much much higher cap i think.
Per day cap like 5gb up and 15gb down for moderate usage. Because that cap isn't just for one person, it's for one household.
I use that much (sometimes more) and it's only 35$ per month (lowest bandwidth tier). I'm not a power user either.. the connection easily supports 150kB/s up and 1mB/s down 24/7. This is an ISP in a small town in Kentucky. I'd imagine higher population centers would have better infrastructure too.
They understand it enough to build a car by smashing together parts of other cars with a sledgehammer.
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I have no doubt problems will crop up but they will most likely be long-term. There is no way to really "test" what the end product will be like since it's a physical person that takes years to develop. I'm sure that's why most genetic modification is just screening out bad stuff. Actual alteration is on/off switches like gender, hair color, and eye color.
Complex designer babies are a long way off. I think we'll have tackled other GIANT issues by then. Such as cloning and the clone's rights. Growing braindead clones/people for organs & tissue transplants. Custom viruses that cure an illness. Viruses that activate in the presence of a Target cultural gene (scary!). GMO Animals (the chicken with 8 wings type GMO).
Understanding and manipulating DNA will bring far more problems to us than it will solve.. if it isn't handled properly. Unfortunately DNA (and supporting cell) wasn't designed by human hands so we can't understand the purpose and design concepts of the thing. Trial and Error seems to have yielded some of the best information.
I still use a style of Keyboard made in the mid 80's by Unisys. No magic buttons between Alt and Control. Full size backspace key (very important!). Control and Alt keys are normal size (the size of the tab key).
I dislike the windows key so much.
RROD hurt their rep too much
I'm pretty sure the vaccine for swine flu already exists and costs the same to produce as the seasonal flu vaccine?
But i'm sure if there was a lot of demand the price could go up.
Don't back a dog into a corner.. especially one with everyone's dirty secrets and vulnerabilities logged and stored away. If the NSA had to be dismantled, it would have to be slowly and in a very controlled way. No server or data device can escape or terrible things would happen.
That being said, I don't think they should be dismantled.
The CIA Factbook says:
GDP of China in 2008
Approx: $7.8 Trillion
GDP of Spain in 2008
Approx: $1.378 Trillion
Values are US dollars (in 2008)
Yes, you can actually have something in your hands and not technically own it you know. Like a home or car that the bank owns. Or in the case of Government, something you are responsible for or you have signed for. Even though it is under your control, you do not own it and there are restrictions on what you can physically do with it.
About Soliciting Sex. The Police officer doing it is protected because it is known that they aren't actually doing it. Just like if you had a game show that gave contestants the appearance of something illegal going on but outside of the experience it was known as a fact to be for pretend (and safely within the law).
Nope, both of you should be arrested.
The Cop never possessed the drugs, it was temporarily loaned to the Cop by the Government under strict guidelines. He could not smoke it, for example (unless the Government stated that he could). Same as a Soldier who signs for a HMMWV, it's his, but still the Governments.
As far as sex goes.. was any sex sold? I would hope that police officers wouldn't have to actually have sex with the offender to prove their intentions.
Some intentions are crimes themselves. Like Attempted Murder for example.. nobody actually died.
The Cop pretending to sell drugs isn't breaking the law as the intent isn't to distribute the drugs but to attract those who are buying them. The cop does not own the drugs used any more than a Soldier owns the Tank he operates.
The cop pretending to be a prostitute is doing the exact same thing, he/she isn't having sex for money and getting away with it. He/She is merely a decoy/imitation of the real thing to aid in capturing citizens breaking the law.
If you are afraid of getting busted for lying (not sure if lying is illegal outside of an official testimony) then you can use your right to remain silent.
Not to nitpic but there are no frontlines in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also women cannot be in Combat arms, only combat support. This is not to say they could not be harmed, but that they won't be directly placed into harm. It's a bad thing when support units need to pull triggers, though often necessary when operating in a hostile environment.
I just went to gamestop.com and looked at the physical game box. On the back under system requirements is says "Internet connection required" in bold red and then explains that you must activate and use the game with Steam in order to play.
That being said, the phyisical game box/cd in this case seems very useless since it's tethered to Steam anyways. Not sure why you'd buy this in a physical store when you have to use the internet with it anyways? Perhaps a previous contract with Gamestop?
Ah, but that's all knowledge up front and not hidden costs/disadvantages. Also, just like all businesses, you can "shop around" for the company you feel is the most competent to keep your Car available at all times. Or you can just pick a normal Car and hope you never lose any keys to your dozens of cars 5 years down the road (or resell some before that happens).
If your Car was a Game.. wouldn't it be nice that anytime you wanted to drive your car (any one of dozens) you just said a few words and within minutes your car arrived, fully functional, anywhere in the world? You can park it anywhere and leave it for years and the car always returns brand new! It even comes upgraded to the newest car version too!
Building planes IS a business, not an altruistic profession. Crazy things happen sometimes and i'd like to have a seasoned pilot be able to override anything in the plane if he needs to. But that's just personal preference. I honestly keep a set of maps(and compass) in my pack to go along with the GPS... to do otherwise is tempting fate. I can't see how planes would be any different.
I'm being honest here, what's the difference?
Hardly usable? Did you even play it? I had a blast with a group of buddies.. did all the campaigns in one day. I still play every other day with various steam groups. Valve has done a good job addressing map hacks and other wierdness you run into online. The only thing Valve didn't do right with L4D is releasing only 4 campaigns and 2 of which weren't usable in versus mode.
The vast majority of gov computers are used for email, memos, excel, and making fancy powerpoint/impress presentations for the next weekly training meeting. But there are very important systems throughout the world that depend on a secure transport system.
My guess is these lines weren't public accessible cables anyways. The DOD has many separate networks that mirror the internet in every way except they don't actually touch the "net" .. or each other. Who cares if they aren't in the public record? Even if the public paid for them, they aren't for public use. Security always has it's downsides i guess
Have you read your first link? Besides, have you ever seen the cockpit of a fighter before? let alone the space shuttle? He was a damned test pilot, his whole job was to fly questionable craft at ridiculous speeds, i'm sure he knows how to spot and fix technical problems. Now he's piloting NASA, i think he'll do fine.
The last guy, Griffin, had 7 degrees and i think everyone was unhappy with him. So we gave an academic a shot, now let's try someone else.
Selected by NASA in May 1980, Bolden became an astronaut in August 1981. His technical assignments included: Astronaut Office Safety Officer; Technical Assistant to the Director of Flight Crew Operations; Special Assistant to the Director of the Johnson Space Center; Astronaut Office Liaison to the Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance Directorates of the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Kennedy Space Center; Chief of the Safety Division at JSC; Lead Astronaut for Vehicle Test and Checkout at the Kennedy Space Center; and Assistant Deputy Administrator, NASA Headquarters. A veteran of four space flights, he has logged over 680 hours in space. Bolden served as pilot on STS-61C (January 12â"18, 1986) and STS-31 (April 24â"29, 1990), and was the mission commander on STS-45 (March 24, 1992 â" April 2, 1992), and STS-60 (February 3-11, 1994).
Bolden was the first person to ride the Launch Complex 39 slidewire baskets which enable rapid escape from a shuttle on the launch pad. The need for a human test was determined following a launch abort on STS-41-D where controllers were afraid to order the crew to use the untested escape system.