Obviously someone watched Angels and Demons last night...
Actually I'm the son of a minister that had an interest in astronomy as a child. It was the first comparison that sprang to mind.
Not that it matters, but I haven't read or watched any of Dan Brown's works.
SP2 removes the limit of 10 half open outbound TCP connections. By default, SP2 has no limit on the number of half open outbound TCP connections.
I can't believe MS finally (almost) admitted they made a mistake. It may have taken almost as long, in technological terms, as it took the Catholic Church to admit it's mistakes with Galileo, but at least it's a step in the right direction.
3. There may be immediate tangible benefits to a moon base: mining, factories, observatories, astronaut training, research.
Well mining probably won't be one of the benefits, the moon has a noticable lack of heavy elements; especially in it's crust. The current theory of the lunar origin is that it was the crust of a mars sized planet that struck earth and then spun off to form the moon. The crust would have lacked most of the heavy elements that had already sunk to it's core. Hence the moon has few heavy elements (metals)
Adelphia also has a 'no servers of any kind' policy. Seems to me that running a Bit Torrent, while good citizenship, is itself a violation of TOS, AUP, or whatever else you want to call it.
I've had visions of making the worlds most inefficient network protocol, just to piss off ISPs like that:
A single protocol that, while conforming to the definition of a client, uploads more in protocol overheard than any server ever would. I never actually have implemented it only because it's too stupid for anyone other than me to ever actually think of it.
These days of cellphones, PDAs and laptops mean that distractions are commonplace.
You don't need high-tech toys to make distractions. I take a book to my boring classes and zone out that way. Yes, things with flashing lights and beeps are distractions to other students, but most of those students sit at the back of the classroom where people aren't paying attention anyways, and they usually turn off the sounds. Besides, just the noise of people shifting in their seats during a boring lecture is often the most distracting thing for me.
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Obviously someone watched Angels and Demons last night...
Actually I'm the son of a minister that had an interest in astronomy as a child. It was the first comparison that sprang to mind.
Not that it matters, but I haven't read or watched any of Dan Brown's works.
I can't believe MS finally (almost) admitted they made a mistake. It may have taken almost as long, in technological terms, as it took the Catholic Church to admit it's mistakes with Galileo, but at least it's a step in the right direction.
3. There may be immediate tangible benefits to a moon base: mining, factories, observatories, astronaut training, research.
Well mining probably won't be one of the benefits, the moon has a noticable lack of heavy elements; especially in it's crust. The current theory of the lunar origin is that it was the crust of a mars sized planet that struck earth and then spun off to form the moon. The crust would have lacked most of the heavy elements that had already sunk to it's core. Hence the moon has few heavy elements (metals)
Adelphia also has a 'no servers of any kind' policy. Seems to me that running a Bit Torrent, while good citizenship, is itself a violation of TOS, AUP, or whatever else you want to call it. I've had visions of making the worlds most inefficient network protocol, just to piss off ISPs like that: A single protocol that, while conforming to the definition of a client, uploads more in protocol overheard than any server ever would. I never actually have implemented it only because it's too stupid for anyone other than me to ever actually think of it.
You don't need high-tech toys to make distractions. I take a book to my boring classes and zone out that way. Yes, things with flashing lights and beeps are distractions to other students, but most of those students sit at the back of the classroom where people aren't paying attention anyways, and they usually turn off the sounds. Besides, just the noise of people shifting in their seats during a boring lecture is often the most distracting thing for me.