Rather than having it expire, why not have it query the "parent" server where the project is maintained. If there is an update, the software could automagically generate an email or equivalent for the local admin saying that a new version is available. The admin isn't forced to update it but does receive new version notices. The package should probably also generate a message for the admin if it can no longer contact the parent server (i.e. libET can't call home.. sorry, couldn't resist..)
All of these would need to be configurable but that's for the individual admin to determine.
While I agree with your sentiment, on a quantum level it's possible that gravity is having an effect. Consider this: All objects with mass generate a gravity well. The Earth's gravity well is so much more massive and we are so close to it that the gravity well I generate and the one my chair generates are completely overwhelmed by it. In a zero gravity environment (i.e. intergalactic space) the chair and i.e. would exert a more noticable effect on each other. Now, that being true, it's possible that the gravity wells being generated by the pendulums (being of equal distance from the center of the earth) could be influencing each other slightly. If one were higher than the other I would expect them to be completely out of sync. Earth's gravity would overwhelm the lower pendulum and break the rythm. If they are the same (or nearly the same) distance from the core, they would experience the same level of background gravity so it would be more of a constant on both allowing each to experience a slightly more distinct effect on each other.
Jupiter has no solid surface, It is a gas giant.Technicaly it is a Brown Dwarf- which is a star >that never got large enough to start a fusion chain reaction. It is extremely unlikely that any sentient life could form there, especialy
considering the gravity is strong enough to compress the hydrogen atmosphere into a liquid metal at it's core, which produces the strongest magnetic field in the solar system.
Interesting but no, Jupiter is not a brown drawf. It isn't large enough. A brown dwarf has the mass to sustain true convection. Jupiter doesn't have that much mass. If it did, we wouldn't see the banding on the planet but a 'surface' that looks more like the close ups of the sun where you see the little boiling bubbles.
I'm following a similar vein although with me it was protracted.. Way back in the mid 90s, I got my education in CS And I hate programming now. I'm back in school and working on a degree in Aerospace Engineering. I figure, at least this way I have a shot at getting off this mudball during my lifetime. If not, at least I get to play with even cooler toys. (Sir, put down the scramjet and the laptop and please step out of the lab..)
Hmm.. I'm not sure I'd read that into it. I saw it more as a company account number conveniently stored on a mag-strip card.. I saw no indications of the cards outside the company.
NASA is a clear demonstration to the world of Americas ingenuity and power. I think at times like these we should be looking to provide them with more funding rather than cutting their budgets. After all, space research has lots of practical spin-offs, like teflon for example.
The only problem is that NASA is also a clear example of managerial incompetence at work. Brilliant engineers (I am currently in school working on an Aerospace Engineering degree) that have managers that can't balance a checkbook.
We have known for some considerable time that Mars has a very thin atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide. It is less than 1% as thick as Earth's atmosphere.
There is actually an even better example of the flaw in that log. Europa. Liquid ocean (probably) with 0 (zero) atmosphere. There is absolutely no requirement that a liquid water environment have an atmosphere. In Europa's case, the ice cap is preventing the lower ocean from freezing or boiling off.
Is that they don't follow an idea through. For example, they briefly go into how to Blit a pixel using SDL but they don't bother to tie the concept in. It's fragments of data (meat of a sandwich) that have no foundation to build on (bread). In addition, there is a noticable lack of detail on the things they do explain (lettuce and tomato).
Half of the paper is occupied which fancy borders which eat at least a quarter of each page. This book would've been better off to be twice as thick without the borders and plenty more information. It's virtually useless as a step by step teach yourself manual. It's pretty useless for those of us that have experience in writing games because the data it includes is fairly simple (meaning, if you're more than a beginner, you already know it) and incomplete.
Planetes
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Oh lovely, "Starting Global Civilazations for Dummies".. or possibly: "Start a Civilization in 21 days"
> In fact, I think that whole encyclopedias and books which explain "How to restart civilisation" should be sent to Mars for safe-keeping. Planetes
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In Florida we had a little card which slides into a little book like thing where we flipped the pages and punched the holes down the center (spine)
The actual ballot/card ended up looking like an old-style computer punched card with a bunch of numbers punched out. I'd assume they're running them through old punch card readers.
Except in South Florida where the votes are being validated by the local drug lords...
Planetes
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Isn't there an object called Chiron which lies in this region of space? Something on the same size category.. Just curious if my mind is flipping out on me.. Planetes
"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
As a programmer, the way I was always taught was that Alpha is when the software is still being developed by programmers. (Private) Beta is the state when it is 'complete' in the eyes of the programmers and they want someone in house (non-programmer) to test it to pound out the bug. Public beta was when you sent the software to some third party people (who are independent of the project) to test it. Originally, Gamma was what we now call a public beta. Basically it's that third layer of testing when you send it far and wide for everyone to test. In the open source world we seem to have condensed everything to CVS (Alpha) and Beta (Private Beta - Gamma) and all of it's public. (Not bad, just different.) Planetes "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
In the starwars universe, humans have spread so far and for so long that the human 'homeworld' is essentially forgotten. This would imply a huge amount of time seperation because legends tend to live for a while (look at the bible..) so I would say that they have probably been space faring for 20000 years for that to happen.. face it, we're the rats of the universe.. hopping from world to world.. infesting everything.. Planetes "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
Generally most problems are fixable in Windows after enough re-installs. The nice thing about Linux (with or without a gui installer) is the fact that usually it's fixable without reinstalling.
I noticed the Java problem (particularly with Javascript) a long time ago and just accepted it. We can't afford to 'accept' things as status-quo anymore. One question though, is Navigator/Mozilla even worth the effort? Would it be easier/better/faster just to start over? An open source CVS project in the same vein as the kernel itself? One command team controlling it and everybody donating patches? Just some thoughts. I'm seriously considering starting over and writing a open source browser but I'd like opinions first.
Uhh.. say what?!? Sol is the name of the sun. I can't speak to Latin but it's the Spanish word for Sun and I'd bet it's also the Latin name. Latin is a language that's a lot older than the term 'solar system'.
In case you haven't noticed, Linux is a patchwork quilt of enormous dimensions. Every change to the kernel was probably a patch at one point or another.
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Rather than having it expire, why not have it query the "parent" server where the project is maintained. If there is an update, the software could automagically generate an email or equivalent for the local admin saying that a new version is available. The admin isn't forced to update it but does receive new version notices. The package should probably also generate a message for the admin if it can no longer contact the parent server (i.e. libET can't call home.. sorry, couldn't resist..)
All of these would need to be configurable but that's for the individual admin to determine.
Upgrading will be a bitch..
While I agree with your sentiment, on a quantum level it's possible that gravity is having an effect. Consider this: All objects with mass generate a gravity well. The Earth's gravity well is so much more massive and we are so close to it that the gravity well I generate and the one my chair generates are completely overwhelmed by it. In a zero gravity environment (i.e. intergalactic space) the chair and i.e. would exert a more noticable effect on each other. Now, that being true, it's possible that the gravity wells being generated by the pendulums (being of equal distance from the center of the earth) could be influencing each other slightly. If one were higher than the other I would expect them to be completely out of sync. Earth's gravity would overwhelm the lower pendulum and break the rythm. If they are the same (or nearly the same) distance from the core, they would experience the same level of background gravity so it would be more of a constant on both allowing each to experience a slightly more distinct effect on each other.
:-)
Now, I could just be rambling on but..
Jupiter has no solid surface, It is a gas giant.Technicaly it is a Brown Dwarf- which is a star >that never got large enough to start a fusion chain reaction. It is extremely unlikely that any sentient life could form there, especialy
considering the gravity is strong enough to compress the hydrogen atmosphere into a liquid metal at it's core, which produces the strongest magnetic field in the solar system.
Interesting but no, Jupiter is not a brown drawf. It isn't large enough. A brown dwarf has the mass to sustain true convection. Jupiter doesn't have that much mass. If it did, we wouldn't see the banding on the planet but a 'surface' that looks more like the close ups of the sun where you see the little boiling bubbles.
I'm following a similar vein although with me it was protracted.. Way back in the mid 90s, I got my education in CS And I hate programming now. I'm back in school and working on a degree in Aerospace Engineering. I figure, at least this way I have a shot at getting off this mudball during my lifetime. If not, at least I get to play with even cooler toys. (Sir, put down the scramjet and the laptop and please step out of the lab..)
Hmm.. I'm not sure I'd read that into it. I saw it more as a company account number conveniently stored on a mag-strip card.. I saw no indications of the cards outside the company.
NASA is a clear demonstration to the world of Americas ingenuity and power. I think at times like these we should be looking to provide them with more funding rather than cutting their budgets. After all, space research has lots of practical spin-offs, like teflon for example.
The only problem is that NASA is also a clear example of managerial incompetence at work. Brilliant engineers (I am currently in school working on an Aerospace Engineering degree) that have managers that can't balance a checkbook.
and if there is water then there must also be air
We have known for some considerable time that Mars has a very thin atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide. It is less than 1% as thick as Earth's atmosphere.
There is actually an even better example of the flaw in that log. Europa. Liquid ocean (probably) with 0 (zero) atmosphere. There is absolutely no requirement that a liquid water environment have an atmosphere. In Europa's case, the ice cap is preventing the lower ocean from freezing or boiling off.
Actually according to the websites (including www.stargate-sg1.com) This may not be the last season.
Is that they don't follow an idea through. For example, they briefly go into how to Blit a pixel using SDL but they don't bother to tie the concept in. It's fragments of data (meat of a sandwich) that have no foundation to build on (bread). In addition, there is a noticable lack of detail on the things they do explain (lettuce and tomato).
Half of the paper is occupied which fancy borders which eat at least a quarter of each page. This book would've been better off to be twice as thick without the borders and plenty more information. It's virtually useless as a step by step teach yourself manual. It's pretty useless for those of us that have experience in writing games because the data it includes is fairly simple (meaning, if you're more than a beginner, you already know it) and incomplete.
Planetes
"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
Oh lovely, "Starting Global Civilazations for Dummies".. or possibly: "Start a Civilization in 21 days" > In fact, I think that whole encyclopedias and books which explain "How to restart civilisation" should be sent to Mars for safe-keeping.
Planetes
"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
In Florida we had a little card which slides into a little book like thing where we flipped the pages and punched the holes down the center (spine)
The actual ballot/card ended up looking like an old-style computer punched card with a bunch of numbers punched out. I'd assume they're running them through old punch card readers.
Except in South Florida where the votes are being validated by the local drug lords...
Planetes
"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
Isn't there an object called Chiron which lies in this region of space? Something on the same size category .. Just curious if my mind is flipping out on me..
Planetes
"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
As a programmer, the way I was always taught was that Alpha is when the software is still being developed by programmers. (Private) Beta is the state when it is 'complete' in the eyes of the programmers and they want someone in house (non-programmer) to test it to pound out the bug. Public beta was when you sent the software to some third party people (who are independent of the project) to test it. Originally, Gamma was what we now call a public beta. Basically it's that third layer of testing when you send it far and wide for everyone to test. In the open source world we seem to have condensed everything to CVS (Alpha) and Beta (Private Beta - Gamma) and all of it's public. (Not bad, just different.)
Planetes
"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
In the starwars universe, humans have spread so far and for so long that the human 'homeworld' is essentially forgotten. This would imply a huge amount of time seperation because legends tend to live for a while (look at the bible..) so I would say that they have probably been space faring for 20000 years for that to happen.. face it, we're the rats of the universe.. hopping from world to world.. infesting everything..
Planetes
"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
Generally most problems are fixable in Windows after enough re-installs. The nice thing about Linux (with or without a gui installer) is the fact that usually it's fixable without reinstalling.
I noticed the Java problem (particularly with Javascript) a long time ago and just accepted it. We can't afford to 'accept' things as status-quo anymore. One question though, is Navigator/Mozilla even worth the effort? Would it be easier/better/faster just to start over? An open source CVS project in the same vein as the kernel itself? One command team controlling it and everybody donating patches? Just some thoughts. I'm seriously considering starting over and writing a open source browser but I'd like opinions first.
Well, a cloaking device is simply the ultimate form of camoflage.(sp?) I personally liked the Predator's technology. That could be handy.
Uhh.. say what?!? Sol is the name of the sun. I can't speak to Latin but it's the Spanish word for Sun and I'd bet it's also the Latin name. Latin is a language that's a lot older than the term 'solar system'.
In case you haven't noticed, Linux is a patchwork quilt of enormous dimensions. Every change to the kernel was probably a patch at one point or another.