Yesterday there was a sizable traffic jam in my city due to the release of the Clear Channel alternating billboard. Evil bastards. I suppose we don't have to wait long to see it integrated with retinal scans. This reminds me of an old video game called The Syndicate.
Yeah, only the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt crowd denied it. Apart from not appearing in court, wonder what Amiga execs were up to for a year... The hardware is made by third party vendor Eyetech, and the OS (take your pick, Intent from Tao Group, or Amiga OS 4.0 from Hyperion) similar story. They need a new angle. Taking over the desktop market isn't feasible, via hardware or software. The safest ground they could stand on is "game engine library" for console systems, like Psygnosis and others did a decade or more ago.
I just hope the vultures stop frenzying the carcass long enough that the last shred of life can be lifted from the Amiga with some dignity. Infighting and no results killed the platform, boutique as it became.
Does anyone know what happened at the seven mile mark? was it another overpass? I cannot believe all the programmers involved failed to think about losing signals at some point.
For what it is worth, a friend of mine is a schoolteacher, and he (yes, some men still teach) demonstrated this by showing a website that was all about the secret tunnel under the Golden Gate Bridge. Apparently, it was the brainchild of some web designer. And I'm sorry, the link is long-gone. It had all the "officiality," complete with doctored photos, industry links, etc. Would fool any schoolkid around. I'd be in stitches laughing for the schoolteacher far removed from the Bay Area who didn't think to investigate this, gave the kid a good grade, and was none the wiser.
More importantly, I don't think you could fly it home. You would need 120 gallons of gas (assuming no head wind) just to get from New York to London, and probably nearly twice that to get to Davis, California. Still, a family of four could fly to the US in that thing for $500 (taxes included, no port fees), assuming $2 / gallon and the fuel economy doesn't drop below the noted 28mpg, and assuming it has at least enough fuel capacity to get you to those mid-Atlantic stops on a polar route. I wonder if it floats.
If Moller were really clever, he would also be working on a nuclear electric version. I'd pay $1 Million for anything powered by a radioisotope!
Alcohol isn't as chemically energy-packed for combustion. Still, I'd rather grow my fuel than dig for it. Maybe then Iowa would get rid of its crop subsidies, and rather than selling gasohol, they'd sell alcohol on a separate pump. Only one thing has me worried: the hobo with the 5-gallon can that fills up on cheap booze, pays, then walks off to pursue some indulgence. Okay, that, or the clever college student that figures out how to make a siphon/liquor bong and goes around sipping people's tanks.
Moller's been at that for 25 years now. I don't know if politics is killing it or what, but it really is a shame it isn't ready for whatever reason; it gets better fuel efficiency than my cars do. Think of all the money our governments would save if they didn't have to maintain roads. I mean, not that they plowed my street after the snowstorm on Thursday night or anything... Save. Forgive me. Spend instead of refund. Yeah, politics are killing the Volantor for sure.
Toyota needs to make a family car hybrid. That sells. Family cars sell. The two-seater market, or whatever the Prius is, no room for the snot-balls and their toys, diapers, and sports gear. Families haul stuff, they don't merely commute.
The Dassault page showed a car that topped out at 55mph, which will get you run off the road in the US on several freeways (75Mph in Oklahoma and Montana, 70Mph in several states). I suppose for the painful morning rush hour, yeah, 55mph if it's a government holiday and everyone else is off to work. So, hide it under a tarp on weekends and evenings?
a plane that small in the seated position, just not cool. Looks like midgets piling into a small car to me. Maybe put a windscreen on the front, a belt harness, and an adjustable footrest. It's not all weather, but who is STUPID enough to fly a plane that small in foul weather? Also, I'd have half the vertical part of the tail below the plane, just for looks. I think the P-38 Lightning did this successfully.
Darwin recanted much of his teachings towards the end of his days. Some postulate he was crazy, others believe he wanted to die with a clean conscience.
The lessons for us all remain, but what scientists do to observation these days. "Hematite, whoa, that has to mean that Mars was covered with water. Couldn't possibly mean volcanic activity. no..."
I betcha they find Beagle 2 with ground-penetrating radar!
There is a point hidden in your post: how and where do you sue an Indian doctor who makes a medical error worthy of a malpractice suit?
Forgive me for not trusting them yet, but the Indian doctors in the Canadian health system seem to be book smart but experience foolish (much like their CS grads, according to an Indian friend of mine, also a CS grad). My sister-in-law had several miscarriages under the Canadian doctors in Toronto simply because none of them thought to suggest a check of progesterone levels. Needless to say, her first child was born under the prenatal care of some good, old-fashioned country doctors in Springfield, MO.
I know some Americans care enough to write letters to people in power. I have to think that the efforts of private citizens, and space experts like Alex Roland contributed to this outcome, but I'm also quite certain the XPrize Foundation takes the most credit, for coming up with the idea in the first place.
Here's to the pilots in the Mojave Desert, the Israelis, Romanians, Italians, and Canadians for stepping up.
Okay,
Not only did you get a high rating for humor, you made my sides hurt. Thanks. That was very funny. Honestly, the stuff that is actually funny on Slashdot is a mere scattering amidst the 5: Funny ratings out there.
So what we are talking about here is akin to the Minority Report near future, with customized ads? I hate the danged future. Where's that website for the SCA again?
You are not the first to say that. What's so irritating about Ashcroft's Patriot Act is how incredibly inconsistent it is with the message Liberty our soldiers die for, every day, in Iraq. I have no doubt in my mind there are a few Iraqis smart and informed enough to see this duplicity. Continuing your point on Hitler similarities, it is an unfortunately short walk between far-wing (right or left) political views and Nazi'sm, and I think the line you have to cross is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
If you are going to quote a founding father, give him his credit, it is one of my favorite quotes! especially with the likes of John Ashcroft, and his Patriot Act, which has brought me to the point that I have no rights one I set foot at an airport.
Some of us don't like the night club look. Why don't these people do something bright and make a low-power replacement on an LED platform that screws into a light bulb form factor? Or am I mistaken, and LEDs suck more juice than a 60-watt, 800 lumen bulb?
all that room needs is one of those framed art pieces which are augmented with a squiggle of a neon light.
Interestingly enough, I just finished my tardy "holiday letter" segment on this very topic. Here is to hoping Cousin Rich will stop sending me those blasted ha-ha messages.
Anyone care to narrate the danger of the X-Loop header in SMTP? I don't have a perfect understanding of it.
Hmm. I'm not well-informed on the Space Shuttle Fleet. I thought they were all the same, with the exception of the Enterprise, which was just the glider version, right? Why is the Columbia heavier than the Space Shuttles that do go to the ISS? Don't tell me none of them can, I've seen the iMax film! Was the Challenger on the heavy or the light enough side? Where within NASA can I read about this? I've just been priming myself on the different Mars landers lately. Thanks in advance.
Regarding the wings, I was wondering why the White Knight carrier airplane had long, skinny wings, instead of long, broad wings, and whether the broad wings would allow it to carry a larger payload; it reminds me of the U2 spyplane, so I am wondering if that long, skinny wing design is needed for high-altitudes.
So, what you are saying is the sub-orbital altitude and the LEO altitude are two different re-entry problems? I realize that things in orbit are going a lot faster, but I was under the assumption they would first try to slow down.
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Yesterday there was a sizable traffic jam in my city due to the release of the Clear Channel alternating billboard. Evil bastards. I suppose we don't have to wait long to see it integrated with retinal scans. This reminds me of an old video game called The Syndicate.
I just hope the vultures stop frenzying the carcass long enough that the last shred of life can be lifted from the Amiga with some dignity. Infighting and no results killed the platform, boutique as it became.
Does anyone know what happened at the seven mile mark? was it another overpass? I cannot believe all the programmers involved failed to think about losing signals at some point.
For what it is worth, a friend of mine is a schoolteacher, and he (yes, some men still teach) demonstrated this by showing a website that was all about the secret tunnel under the Golden Gate Bridge. Apparently, it was the brainchild of some web designer. And I'm sorry, the link is long-gone. It had all the "officiality," complete with doctored photos, industry links, etc. Would fool any schoolkid around. I'd be in stitches laughing for the schoolteacher far removed from the Bay Area who didn't think to investigate this, gave the kid a good grade, and was none the wiser.
More importantly, I don't think you could fly it home. You would need 120 gallons of gas (assuming no head wind) just to get from New York to London, and probably nearly twice that to get to Davis, California. Still, a family of four could fly to the US in that thing for $500 (taxes included, no port fees), assuming $2 / gallon and the fuel economy doesn't drop below the noted 28mpg, and assuming it has at least enough fuel capacity to get you to those mid-Atlantic stops on a polar route. I wonder if it floats.
If Moller were really clever, he would also be working on a nuclear electric version. I'd pay $1 Million for anything powered by a radioisotope!
Alcohol isn't as chemically energy-packed for combustion. Still, I'd rather grow my fuel than dig for it. Maybe then Iowa would get rid of its crop subsidies, and rather than selling gasohol, they'd sell alcohol on a separate pump. Only one thing has me worried: the hobo with the 5-gallon can that fills up on cheap booze, pays, then walks off to pursue some indulgence. Okay, that, or the clever college student that figures out how to make a siphon/liquor bong and goes around sipping people's tanks.
Moller's been at that for 25 years now. I don't know if politics is killing it or what, but it really is a shame it isn't ready for whatever reason; it gets better fuel efficiency than my cars do. Think of all the money our governments would save if they didn't have to maintain roads. I mean, not that they plowed my street after the snowstorm on Thursday night or anything... Save. Forgive me. Spend instead of refund. Yeah, politics are killing the Volantor for sure.
Well, it is in the flipstartpc for sure. Read about it here.
Toyota needs to make a family car hybrid. That sells. Family cars sell. The two-seater market, or whatever the Prius is, no room for the snot-balls and their toys, diapers, and sports gear. Families haul stuff, they don't merely commute.
The Dassault page showed a car that topped out at 55mph, which will get you run off the road in the US on several freeways (75Mph in Oklahoma and Montana, 70Mph in several states). I suppose for the painful morning rush hour, yeah, 55mph if it's a government holiday and everyone else is off to work. So, hide it under a tarp on weekends and evenings?
Any thoughts on the Toyota Highlander? That's supposed to be out this year in the US. Whatever happened to the EV 1?
a plane that small in the seated position, just not cool. Looks like midgets piling into a small car to me. Maybe put a windscreen on the front, a belt harness, and an adjustable footrest. It's not all weather, but who is STUPID enough to fly a plane that small in foul weather? Also, I'd have half the vertical part of the tail below the plane, just for looks. I think the P-38 Lightning did this successfully.
I wonder, is it easier to lose weight or make modifications to the hardware, for some of us?
The lessons for us all remain, but what scientists do to observation these days. "Hematite, whoa, that has to mean that Mars was covered with water. Couldn't possibly mean volcanic activity. no..."
I betcha they find Beagle 2 with ground-penetrating radar!
Forgive me for not trusting them yet, but the Indian doctors in the Canadian health system seem to be book smart but experience foolish (much like their CS grads, according to an Indian friend of mine, also a CS grad). My sister-in-law had several miscarriages under the Canadian doctors in Toronto simply because none of them thought to suggest a check of progesterone levels. Needless to say, her first child was born under the prenatal care of some good, old-fashioned country doctors in Springfield, MO.
Here's to the pilots in the Mojave Desert, the Israelis, Romanians, Italians, and Canadians for stepping up.
Okay, Not only did you get a high rating for humor, you made my sides hurt. Thanks. That was very funny. Honestly, the stuff that is actually funny on Slashdot is a mere scattering amidst the 5: Funny ratings out there.
A bit dated, but as always, contemporary and relevant.
So what we are talking about here is akin to the Minority Report near future, with customized ads? I hate the danged future. Where's that website for the SCA again?
You are not the first to say that. What's so irritating about Ashcroft's Patriot Act is how incredibly inconsistent it is with the message Liberty our soldiers die for, every day, in Iraq. I have no doubt in my mind there are a few Iraqis smart and informed enough to see this duplicity. Continuing your point on Hitler similarities, it is an unfortunately short walk between far-wing (right or left) political views and Nazi'sm, and I think the line you have to cross is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
If you are going to quote a founding father, give him his credit, it is one of my favorite quotes! especially with the likes of John Ashcroft, and his Patriot Act, which has brought me to the point that I have no rights one I set foot at an airport.
all that room needs is one of those framed art pieces which are augmented with a squiggle of a neon light.
Anyone care to narrate the danger of the X-Loop header in SMTP? I don't have a perfect understanding of it.
Hmm. I'm not well-informed on the Space Shuttle Fleet. I thought they were all the same, with the exception of the Enterprise, which was just the glider version, right? Why is the Columbia heavier than the Space Shuttles that do go to the ISS? Don't tell me none of them can, I've seen the iMax film! Was the Challenger on the heavy or the light enough side? Where within NASA can I read about this? I've just been priming myself on the different Mars landers lately. Thanks in advance.
- Viking Lander A was near 600 kg, 20W antenna, direct to earth communications, 1281 days of operation.
- Beagle 2 was under 30 kg, under 5W antenna, direct to earth capable
- Mars Opportunity is 185kg, UHF antenna to Mars orbiter module, 90 days operation(planned)
- Mars Spirit is about the same as Opportunity
They DO NOT make them like they used to, that is genuinely sad.So, what you are saying is the sub-orbital altitude and the LEO altitude are two different re-entry problems? I realize that things in orbit are going a lot faster, but I was under the assumption they would first try to slow down.