EBay item # 1761906773: Missile Silo Home
"Located in the Adirondack Mountains and nestled between lakes Champlain and Lake Placid, this secluded home is the brainchild of developers Gregory Gibbons and Bruce Francisco. The retired Atlas-F Missile Silo has been transformed into a quiet, safe and secure luxury home in an area designed by the government to withstand a direct nuclear hit... This may be your last chance to find an uncontaminated and usable hardened underground complex." (link from GMSV)
EBay item # 1761906773: Missile Silo Home
"Located in the Adirondack Mountains and nestled between lakes Champlain and Lake Placid, this secluded home is the brainchild of developers Gregory Gibbons and Bruce Francisco. The retired Atlas-F Missile Silo has been transformed into a quiet, safe and secure luxury home in an area designed by the government to withstand a direct nuclear hit... This may be your last chance to find an uncontaminated and usable hardened underground complex." (link from GMSV)
The nuke plant at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland (USA) has a similar effect. People were quite worried about the effect of the heated water coming out into that part of the bay.
Turned out to make it one of the best fishing spots around. Fish loved it, and there is a lot of life there... more than before, or in surrounding, cooler areas.
of course the fish are growing 3 heads and walking out of the water on their new legs now, but they're very warm and happy... JUST KIDDING!;-)
If you read his article he wasn't comparing all email clients. He was concentrating on open source and available on unix platforms. In fact, he states, "Note that Outlook has been included for completeness, both because of its popularity and for use as a reference. I did not include Eudora, even though the latest version does include unique features such as a... "
So, on that basis, Eudora and Pegasus would both be left out... certainly neither is open source.
(frankly I use pegasus at home, so I am a fan, just trying to be fair to the reviewer though, his scope was purposely limited)
pegasus is an excellent emailer. I've used it for years. It certainly exposes me to fewer virus risks than OE...
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that's the main reason that WWII subs, particularly U-boats were called 'pigboats.'
They were also far more crowded than today's nuclear subs, often with 2 or 3 shifts of men sharing one bunk. Imagine that your bunk gets another sweaty, unshowered guy in it when you're on-shift... and spending months down on that boat, while people above try to blow you up. ug.
I've heard somewhere that the elevator door close buttons don't actually do *anything,* the door closes on it's normal timeout... but the button is just there to make impatient people feel they've accomplished something.... don't know if they do work when firefighters have control of the elevator...
can anyone confirm this?
for most people, yes, you should avoid the elevators. I've heard that common buttons can activate based on heat, so, as you go down the doors might open at all the floors where there is fire... which would be fairly painful.
plus, in really bad fires, the elevators can malfunction, or power can go off, sticking you there... or the shafts can act as chimneys.
The firemen can use them when necessary since they put in a key that gives them total control over the elevator and where and when the doors open, etc.
As a funny true story, a small team of us got gold release candidate build cd's once from a software company a year or so ago... we'd been helping with beta testing and they wanted to send the release candidate out on CD instead of download...
Anyway, whoever sent them out made nice CD-R's on the gold disks, then scotch-taped them to cardboard sheets that went into the envelopes. The tape was on the data side! So, no matter how careful you were, when you tried to take the tape off, it peeled large amounts of the gold foil right off the disk.
Needless to say, they had to mail out a new set of disks to the whole group...
Moral of the story, make sure your secretary, mailing clerk, whatever is taught how to handle store and send CDs, not just your techies...
and, he was the first to show it could be done, and could make very cool images... it's always easier to replicate what someone else does first... (not that the recent one isn't cool, just giving Doc Edgerton his due)
agreed... These days there are *so* few shows on broadcast tv that are even watchable... so much garbage with all the 'reality' shows, faked competition shows and soft-porn dating shows (aka "3rd wheel," "classmates," etc) My wife isn't much into watching CSI (a bit gory for her) so there're fairly few shows left. Thank goodness Monk is at least coming back... for us old Columbo fans.
As the sigline says "what worries me is that the people who came up with the idea of reality shows may be out there thinking of something else!" (even worse)
Sad to see that I must have been one of the few/. readers here to actually enjoy ST:enterprise... or be willing to admit to it in this trash-fast.;-(
The *true* test of a modern robot-scientist is getting money...
Of course, some might say that even the proverbial room of monkeys with typewriters throwing feces could produce something incomprehensible enough to seem like genius to grant committees... Considering some of the things that have gotten money in the past, the level of writing competence for the robot to get money for it's experiments might be really low.;-)
Ironic that this would come up today on/. since I just watched "Catch Me If You Can" last night.
For those who don't know, it's based on a guy who ran away from home as a teen (17?) and who conned himself through a number of successful fake identities and learned to pass all sorts of fake checks. Eventually he was caught and imprisoned, but was later let out to to join the FBI's team that chases people forging checks.
The real Frank Abagnale Jr. is now a consultant who makes millions helping banks and gov't in this area, partly by helping them design anti-counterfeiting measures for checks and currency.
FWIW, if you get this movie, be sure to get the DVD that has the bonus 2nd DVD included. It has a number of additional sections that interview the real Frank Abagnale Jr.. Interesting stuff and a great movie too!
it's not just of benefit to the treasury dept of reserve banks, but to all of us who use cash. The reliability and trustworthiness of the money system is important.
in a personal case, how you you feel if someone passed you a counterfeit note that you could not then use? you'd be out that money. simple.
this isn't all because the gov't is playing big brother or stopping us from doing something we should be free to do... it's enforcing something that is critical for the whole system of value exchange for our society.
"You misunderstand. I do what I'm asked, and I don't make a mess of things. What I specifically don't do is anything 'above and beyond' what is asked."
ok, from the way you spoke before you sounded like you were being deliberately obstructive and perhaps deliberately disrespectful of the screeners trying to do their jobs. There are a lot of people doing that and I though you were one of them from how I read your post. I'm glad that's not the case.
I certainly understand your frustration with things and perhaps the system is about useless... I just hope we don't blame the screeners themselves for more than their share of the blame. When they personally overstep or do something really dumb, that's one thing, but when they are trying to do their best to do their part of a dumb system that they can't change, it doesn't help or change the system to blame or abuse them personally... We need to abuse people higher up to get changes;-)
again, I'm not saying you're doing this, but it seems to be the attitude of many out there... I just hope we can maintain reasonable respect, cooperation and politeness. That at least helps things go easier.
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EBay item # 1761906773: Missile Silo Home
"Located in the Adirondack Mountains and nestled between lakes Champlain and Lake Placid, this secluded home is the brainchild of developers Gregory Gibbons and Bruce Francisco. The retired Atlas-F Missile Silo has been transformed into a quiet, safe and secure luxury home in an area designed by the government to withstand a direct nuclear hit... This may be your last chance to find an uncontaminated and usable hardened underground complex." (link from GMSV)
EBay item # 1761906773: Missile Silo Home
"Located in the Adirondack Mountains and nestled between lakes Champlain and Lake Placid, this secluded home is the brainchild of developers Gregory Gibbons and Bruce Francisco. The retired Atlas-F Missile Silo has been transformed into a quiet, safe and secure luxury home in an area designed by the government to withstand a direct nuclear hit... This may be your last chance to find an uncontaminated and usable hardened underground complex." (link from GMSV)
another turtle... ad infinitum...
Turned out to make it one of the best fishing spots around. Fish loved it, and there is a lot of life there... more than before, or in surrounding, cooler areas.
of course the fish are growing 3 heads and walking out of the water on their new legs now, but they're very warm and happy... JUST KIDDING! ;-)
So, on that basis, Eudora and Pegasus would both be left out... certainly neither is open source.
(frankly I use pegasus at home, so I am a fan, just trying to be fair to the reviewer though, his scope was purposely limited)
pegasus is an excellent emailer. I've used it for years. It certainly exposes me to fewer virus risks than OE...
They were also far more crowded than today's nuclear subs, often with 2 or 3 shifts of men sharing one bunk. Imagine that your bunk gets another sweaty, unshowered guy in it when you're on-shift... and spending months down on that boat, while people above try to blow you up. ug.
Bet you never knew Andrew Jackson was so hot! ;-)
I use it for making MP3's of sermons for our church website. Nice features at a great cost.
I've heard somewhere that the elevator door close buttons don't actually do *anything,* the door closes on it's normal timeout... but the button is just there to make impatient people feel they've accomplished something. ... don't know if they do work when firefighters have control of the elevator...
can anyone confirm this?
for most people, yes, you should avoid the elevators. I've heard that common buttons can activate based on heat, so, as you go down the doors might open at all the floors where there is fire... which would be fairly painful. plus, in really bad fires, the elevators can malfunction, or power can go off, sticking you there... or the shafts can act as chimneys. The firemen can use them when necessary since they put in a key that gives them total control over the elevator and where and when the doors open, etc.
Scientists Study Effects of Mir
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Anyway, whoever sent them out made nice CD-R's on the gold disks, then scotch-taped them to cardboard sheets that went into the envelopes. The tape was on the data side! So, no matter how careful you were, when you tried to take the tape off, it peeled large amounts of the gold foil right off the disk.
Needless to say, they had to mail out a new set of disks to the whole group...
Moral of the story, make sure your secretary, mailing clerk, whatever is taught how to handle store and send CDs, not just your techies...
nice link, but you had a space in the url that broke it. try this one
Exhibition of High Speed Photography
also see the index page for this set at Photographs by Andrew Davidhazy
and, he was the first to show it could be done, and could make very cool images... it's always easier to replicate what someone else does first... (not that the recent one isn't cool, just giving Doc Edgerton his due)
these (slashdotted earlier) have got to be pretty bad on any scale, not just in science.
Popular Science Mag: The Worst Jobs In Science
(slashdot reference)
(though this thread doesn't seem to be the place to ask since 90% seem to hate it)
count me as one more /.'er who will admit to liking ST:enterprise ;-)
As the sigline says "what worries me is that the people who came up with the idea of reality shows may be out there thinking of something else!" (even worse)
Sad to see that I must have been one of the few /. readers here to actually enjoy ST:enterprise... or be willing to admit to it in this trash-fast. ;-(
The *true* test of a modern robot-scientist is getting money ...
Of course, some might say that even the proverbial room of monkeys with typewriters throwing feces could produce something incomprehensible enough to seem like genius to grant committees... Considering some of the things that have gotten money in the past, the level of writing competence for the robot to get money for it's experiments might be really low. ;-)
For those who don't know, it's based on a guy who ran away from home as a teen (17?) and who conned himself through a number of successful fake identities and learned to pass all sorts of fake checks. Eventually he was caught and imprisoned, but was later let out to to join the FBI's team that chases people forging checks.
The real Frank Abagnale Jr. is now a consultant who makes millions helping banks and gov't in this area, partly by helping them design anti-counterfeiting measures for checks and currency.
FWIW, if you get this movie, be sure to get the DVD that has the bonus 2nd DVD included. It has a number of additional sections that interview the real Frank Abagnale Jr.. Interesting stuff and a great movie too!
in a personal case, how you you feel if someone passed you a counterfeit note that you could not then use? you'd be out that money. simple.
this isn't all because the gov't is playing big brother or stopping us from doing something we should be free to do... it's enforcing something that is critical for the whole system of value exchange for our society.
ok, from the way you spoke before you sounded like you were being deliberately obstructive and perhaps deliberately disrespectful of the screeners trying to do their jobs. There are a lot of people doing that and I though you were one of them from how I read your post. I'm glad that's not the case.
I certainly understand your frustration with things and perhaps the system is about useless... I just hope we don't blame the screeners themselves for more than their share of the blame. When they personally overstep or do something really dumb, that's one thing, but when they are trying to do their best to do their part of a dumb system that they can't change, it doesn't help or change the system to blame or abuse them personally... We need to abuse people higher up to get changes ;-)
again, I'm not saying you're doing this, but it seems to be the attitude of many out there... I just hope we can maintain reasonable respect, cooperation and politeness. That at least helps things go easier.
what he's saying is boot up to the BIOS setup utility and that'll show that the pc works, at least a little.