I hope so. If not, that ends my use of Firefox both personally and in our entire
office. I use Opera 9 most of the time anyway, but i will *not* have Real installed
*anywhere*. Period. want to play Real? Use Real Alternative.
See The Dish and you'll
understand. It takes place at the Parkes Observatory in New South Wales, Aus.
Actually, it's a pretty good movie - especially for folks like 'us'.
Assassination of forign leaders and other people 'We' (as in We The People as in whoever the powers that be are at the time) happen to want erradicated. Sheesh, don't you watch movies?!? Have a look at the first few minutes
of 'Air Force One' . Once they get these things perfected and working over extended range i'd guess they'll
go after Castro (again). Oops, excuse me while i remove my tongue from my cheek.
The final output was quoted as being ERP. ERP is Effective Radiated Power.
ERP = ((Transmitter output power) - (transmission line loss)) x (Antenna Gain).
Approximately. The extra output comes from antenna gain. Making the antenna directional gives effective gain. The more highly directional the higher the gain.
Then aim it at something (muhahahah).
Everyone seems to miss the obvious solution these days. Everything
has to be fast, easy and above all, *digital*. Bah. You don't want to
corrupt your computer with a root kit? You don't want to agree to a
nasty EULA? Then hook a wire between the output of your cd player and
the Line Input of your computer sound card. Play cd on player, record
audio on computer. Squish it to whatever compressed and less than
original quality format you desire. Done. With even average quality sound card and player i defy you to hear a difference in audio quality.
Yes, you youngsters, that little blue hole on the back of your computer is indeed good for something. I'm not so sure about the red hole.
Perfect for the Senior set! Build these into their Depends or Serenity pee pads and they can power their hearing aid, ipod, etc. Being an aging geek and getting closer to 'the home' every day, maybe i'll see this in action
"Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the war room!"
Everyone in government - hell, everyone - should be required to watch 'Dr. Strangelove' at least once every six months. And 'Wargames' too.
Yawn. I was around the first several times they tried 3D films. Never caught on and probably won't this time once the current younger generation gets over the 'gee-whiz' factor.
Of couse, i'm an old fart who has lived through Cinerama, Cinemascope, Superscope, Vistavision, Todd-AO, Technirama, Cinemiracle, and god knows how many other widescreen formats. Don't even get me started on all the various sound formats. Ok, yeah, i grew up on the old black and white classics and saw most of the Hitchcock movies when they were first run in the Downtown theaters. Oh, you don't remember Downtown theaters. Oh, you youngsters .
On Prof. Hau's site is this interesting statement:
"We also have experiments on cold atom and carbon nanotube interactions and on surface-enhanced Raman scattering of biomolecules". Raman scattering of biomolecules? Hmmm, sounds like a noodleicious research topic to me. Is this the
oily film on the surface of the water in the empty bowl in the sink?
Well, not quite. Have a friend dress up in a suit and go door to door posing as an FCC field inspector. Um, you do have at least one friend who owns a suit, right? A little visit from the 'FCC' is a great way to strike fear into the hearts of your average neighbor. No no, don't
~you~ do it - impersonating a federal official is a ~crime~. Or maybe just stuff a letter from the RIAA or MPAA in their mailbox advising them that someone is using their wireless network to distribute copyrighted works - and Porn.
Who said the beams came from the ground? And who
said the operators were human? If 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' had been in color, you would have clearly seen that Klaatu and Gort's laser beams were green .
I'm an OLD geek who saw the original trilogy in the theaters when they were released. Yes, back when there was only one screen and they had ushers in cute little uniforms. And popcorn popped right at the theater. I was hoping that sometime after next May i could die in peace knowing the saga was *finally* over .
"So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!!"
Howard Beale (Peter Finch) - Network (1976).
The whole speech is here.
Inspirational - and it was 1976!
Bah - there's nothing on tv i want to record anyway. Watch dvds, it's better for your health.
Bah bah bah. Humbug.
Slashdot Mirror
Just Google search for 'quicktime standalone'. That should do it.
I hope so. If not, that ends my use of Firefox both personally and in our entire office. I use Opera 9 most of the time anyway, but i will *not* have Real installed *anywhere*. Period. want to play Real? Use Real Alternative.
The Apocalypse Is Now (Um, to paraphrase the large recently deceased one). The Horror!
See The Dish and you'll understand. It takes place at the Parkes Observatory in New South Wales, Aus. Actually, it's a pretty good movie - especially for folks like 'us'.
Assassination of forign leaders and other people 'We' (as in We The People as in whoever the powers that be are at the time) happen to want erradicated. Sheesh, don't you watch movies?!? Have a look at the first few minutes of 'Air Force One' . Once they get these things perfected and working over extended range i'd guess they'll go after Castro (again). Oops, excuse me while i remove my tongue from my cheek.
Well Duh! Look what happened to Dr. Dave Bowman. Kubrick knew this in 1968.
For Windows ME - on the day it was released. 'nuf said.
The final output was quoted as being ERP. ERP is Effective Radiated Power. ERP = ((Transmitter output power) - (transmission line loss)) x (Antenna Gain). Approximately. The extra output comes from antenna gain. Making the antenna directional gives effective gain. The more highly directional the higher the gain. Then aim it at something (muhahahah).
Everyone seems to miss the obvious solution these days. Everything has to be fast, easy and above all, *digital*. Bah. You don't want to corrupt your computer with a root kit? You don't want to agree to a nasty EULA? Then hook a wire between the output of your cd player and the Line Input of your computer sound card. Play cd on player, record audio on computer. Squish it to whatever compressed and less than original quality format you desire. Done. With even average quality sound card and player i defy you to hear a difference in audio quality. Yes, you youngsters, that little blue hole on the back of your computer is indeed good for something. I'm not so sure about the red hole.
You must not be a regular reader, eh?
Perfect for the Senior set! Build these into their Depends or Serenity pee pads and they can power their hearing aid, ipod, etc. Being an aging geek and getting closer to 'the home' every day, maybe i'll see this in action
"Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the war room!" Everyone in government - hell, everyone - should be required to watch 'Dr. Strangelove' at least once every six months. And 'Wargames' too.
Yawn. I was around the first several times they tried 3D films. Never caught on and probably won't this time once the current younger generation gets over the 'gee-whiz' factor. Of couse, i'm an old fart who has lived through Cinerama, Cinemascope, Superscope, Vistavision, Todd-AO, Technirama, Cinemiracle, and god knows how many other widescreen formats. Don't even get me started on all the various sound formats. Ok, yeah, i grew up on the old black and white classics and saw most of the Hitchcock movies when they were first run in the Downtown theaters. Oh, you don't remember Downtown theaters. Oh, you youngsters .
On Prof. Hau's site is this interesting statement: "We also have experiments on cold atom and carbon nanotube interactions and on surface-enhanced Raman scattering of biomolecules". Raman scattering of biomolecules? Hmmm, sounds like a noodleicious research topic to me. Is this the oily film on the surface of the water in the empty bowl in the sink?
a beauwolf cluster of these! And the way dupes have been lately it seems possible.
So now we will need tin foil gloves too. Damn. This is cool though. I'm getting a case of the iwannas already.
Well, not quite. Have a friend dress up in a suit and go door to door posing as an FCC field inspector. Um, you do have at least one friend who owns a suit, right? A little visit from the 'FCC' is a great way to strike fear into the hearts of your average neighbor. No no, don't ~you~ do it - impersonating a federal official is a ~crime~. Or maybe just stuff a letter from the RIAA or MPAA in their mailbox advising them that someone is using their wireless network to distribute copyrighted works - and Porn.
Who said the beams came from the ground? And who said the operators were human? If 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' had been in color, you would have clearly seen that Klaatu and Gort's laser beams were green .
About the same color as the flesh of a typical basement geek who never goes outside while the sun is up. Kinda pale and dead looking.
What are they burning?
Cannabis.
Pendragon Pictures has agreed to Remake E.T. the way it Really happened.
Karma is more than just a number
> So, what the hell rates a 10?
>> Landing on an aircraft carrier at night.
with a US president in the jump seat and all the press in the world covering it live.
With a US president in the jump seat and all the press in the world covering it live.
I'm an OLD geek who saw the original trilogy in the theaters when they were released. Yes, back when there was only one screen and they had ushers in cute little uniforms. And popcorn popped right at the theater. I was hoping that sometime after next May i could die in peace knowing the saga was *finally* over .
"So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!!"
Howard Beale (Peter Finch) - Network (1976).
The whole speech is here. Inspirational - and it was 1976!
Bah - there's nothing on tv i want to record anyway. Watch dvds, it's better for your health.
Bah bah bah. Humbug.