Never attribute to malice what is explainable by stupidity. (though the Bush admin. has stretched my imagination...) Though it appears intentional, there is probably a very good explanation for all of this. Needless to say, we'd better be hearing soon from Arkeia as to exactly WHAT that explanation is.
It's hard to understand just exactly what happened from the BBC article, but could objects like these be responsible for some of the previously unexplained gamma ray bursts? Is this a new type of event?
Just FYI, GRBs are extremely short (on the order of minutes) events that release huge amounts of gamma rays. There are many different types of these GRBs, some lasting longer than others, some related to quasars, but they are still quite a mystery.
That wasn't what I was asking. It very well may be that 24 and Enterprise are the top downloaded shows, but what are the differences between what Americans download vs the British? That is just as interesting as the fact that people in the UK are downloading so much.
What shows are they downloading? BBC stuff, or American? If it ain't the second, perhaps this is the time to crack a joke about how bad American TV is....
I was of the understanding that the secret service had two email systems, one for communication with the general public, and one internal - secure - system.
DOS's, spyware and crapflooding don't require supercomputing power. Now, nuclear simulations and the like- that's probably more worrisome. You very appropriately linked to NK, the state most likely at this point to be running such simulations. Although, they might just test their bomb for real, as a show of power. Whatever the case, I don't think any rogue states give a flying fuck about crapflooding/.
It looks like it's made from plywood or some other material (not stone), from the pictures in the original wired article. Had they built the thing from real stone, it would last as long as the original Stonehenge - but given the price of such huge rocks, and the difficulty of building things with it, I can't say I blame them.
Seriously. It blows my mind that I can create a site that can make a dialogue box pop up that when the user clicks "yes" can install software. Verisign can't be blamed for that mess. ActiveX, on the other hand, can. Here's how MY browser works: It displays webpages. If I want software, I download it to my desktop. I then choose to open it or delete it. No ActiveX, no auto-launcing/auto-installing/etc bs. What's so hard about that?
Princeton is a country club. Apologies to their graduate math program... but come ON. If a random number generator is not behaving perfectly randomly, it isn't a random number generator, now is it? I don't care if you have 10 PhDs, if my argument is more sound than yours, tough shit.
This guy is hooking up machines using the internet, and is surprised when a deviation from normal happens during times of extreme traffic? This is no different than sideshows on Coney Island. Complete BS.
Although it's a bit amusing, could photographing a public piece of art, the copy of which is owned by the city be construed as fair use? After all, if I buy a copyrighted work, I am allowed to reproduce it in some manner for backup purposes. That's why ripping CDs is totally legal. Along the same line of thought, shouldn't individual members of the public be able to reproduce something that THEY themselves own for their own backup?
I disagree. Often, one of the first few search results from google is a wikipedia article. Wikipedia content is also showing up at places like answers.com...
He's just sore because nobody would read his blog. Ya see, my blog is meant for my friends; I read my friends' blogs, they read mine. WTF is so wrong with that?
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Never attribute to malice what is explainable by stupidity. (though the Bush admin. has stretched my imagination...) Though it appears intentional, there is probably a very good explanation for all of this. Needless to say, we'd better be hearing soon from Arkeia as to exactly WHAT that explanation is.
too bad target="_blank" is deprecated in XHTML...
Easily, that's how. Very, very easily.
...Isn't it more cost effective to grow your own hydrogen with electrolysis and a solar panel back home?
100% humidity is complete saturation. Above that, and you have visible mist.
why leave out the bathroom? I'm sure there are TVs out there that can stand 100% humidity (and above).
Ow, stop throwing things at me!
Just FYI, GRBs are extremely short (on the order of minutes) events that release huge amounts of gamma rays. There are many different types of these GRBs, some lasting longer than others, some related to quasars, but they are still quite a mystery.
That wasn't what I was asking. It very well may be that 24 and Enterprise are the top downloaded shows, but what are the differences between what Americans download vs the British? That is just as interesting as the fact that people in the UK are downloading so much.
What shows are they downloading? BBC stuff, or American? If it ain't the second, perhaps this is the time to crack a joke about how bad American TV is....
I was of the understanding that the secret service had two email systems, one for communication with the general public, and one internal - secure - system.
DOS's, spyware and crapflooding don't require supercomputing power. Now, nuclear simulations and the like- that's probably more worrisome. You very appropriately linked to NK, the state most likely at this point to be running such simulations. Although, they might just test their bomb for real, as a show of power. Whatever the case, I don't think any rogue states give a flying fuck about crapflooding /.
It looks like it's made from plywood or some other material (not stone), from the pictures in the original wired article. Had they built the thing from real stone, it would last as long as the original Stonehenge - but given the price of such huge rocks, and the difficulty of building things with it, I can't say I blame them.
There are "boomboxes" with iPod docks on them... cellphone/boombox isn't too far off, I'm afraid.
The cure for HIV might be... Cancer?
It may be because it's 4:11 am, but I didn't understand ANY of that. :( Anybody smarter care to fill me (and hopefully others) in?
Seriously. It blows my mind that I can create a site that can make a dialogue box pop up that when the user clicks "yes" can install software. Verisign can't be blamed for that mess. ActiveX, on the other hand, can. Here's how MY browser works: It displays webpages. If I want software, I download it to my desktop. I then choose to open it or delete it. No ActiveX, no auto-launcing/auto-installing/etc bs. What's so hard about that?
Doesn't that violate their privacy policy in some way?
Princeton is a country club. Apologies to their graduate math program... but come ON. If a random number generator is not behaving perfectly randomly, it isn't a random number generator, now is it? I don't care if you have 10 PhDs, if my argument is more sound than yours, tough shit.
This guy is hooking up machines using the internet, and is surprised when a deviation from normal happens during times of extreme traffic? This is no different than sideshows on Coney Island. Complete BS.
Although it's a bit amusing, could photographing a public piece of art, the copy of which is owned by the city be construed as fair use? After all, if I buy a copyrighted work, I am allowed to reproduce it in some manner for backup purposes. That's why ripping CDs is totally legal. Along the same line of thought, shouldn't individual members of the public be able to reproduce something that THEY themselves own for their own backup?
I disagree. Often, one of the first few search results from google is a wikipedia article. Wikipedia content is also showing up at places like answers.com...
He's just sore because nobody would read his blog. Ya see, my blog is meant for my friends; I read my friends' blogs, they read mine. WTF is so wrong with that?
Yes, but we better be prepared to defend from alian civilizations wanting to steal our roids.
sounds kinky.