Thanks for the useful info. I spend a lot of time hacking Povray and from what you say it would probably be a good idea to look into Maya.
Thanks again.
i disagree!!
i helped this nigerian guy out and i made a bundle! with the money, i bought a great house with a fantastic mortgage. then i married a beautiful russian bride, and i pleasure her with my surgically enlarged, viagra driven member.
Time Event
________ _____
11:04 a.m. Coast timer initiates probe operation
12:46 p.m. Orbiter flyby of Io (~1000 km) (No imaging or spectral data
collected)
2:04 p.m. Energetic Particles Investigation (EPI) begins measuring
trapped radiation in a region previously unexplored.
5:04 p.m. Probe entry and data relay
5:05:52 p.m. Pilot parachute deployed
5:05:54 p.m. Main Parachute deployed
5:06:02 p.m. Deceleration module jettisoned
5:06:06 p.m. Direct scientific measurements begin
5:06:15 p.m. Radio transmission to orbiter begins
~5:08 p.m. Visible cloud tops of Jupiter reached
5:12 p.m. Atmospheric pressure the same as Earth's sea-level pressure
5:17 p.m. Second major cloud deck is encountered (uncertain)
5:28 p.m. Water clouds entered (uncertain)
5:34 p.m. Atmospheric temperature equal to room temperature on Earth
5:46 p.m. Probe enters twilight
6:04 p.m. End of baseline mission. Probe may cease to operate due to
lack of battery power, attenuation of signal due to
atmosphere, or being crushed.
6:19 p.m. Orbiter ceases to receive probe data (if still transmitting)
7:27 p.m. Ignition of Galileo main engine (49 minute duration) to
insert into Jovian orbit
they are enough of a problem on slashdot. the moderation system helps somewhat, but it is getting out of hand.
Transcipt from last Galileo probe
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Goodbye, Galileo
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· Score: 5, Informative
Here is the transcript of the last Galileo probe to "land on" Jupiter:
Time Event
________ _____
11:04 a.m. Coast timer initiates probe operation
12:46 p.m. Orbiter flyby of Io (~1000 km) (No imaging or spectral data
collected)
2:04 p.m. Energetic Particles Investigation (EPI) begins measuring
trapped radiation in a region previously unexplored.
5:04 p.m. Probe entry and data relay
5:05:52 p.m. Pilot parachute deployed
5:05:54 p.m. Main Parachute deployed
5:06:02 p.m. Deceleration module jettisoned
5:06:06 p.m. Direct scientific measurements begin
5:06:15 p.m. Radio transmission to orbiter begins
~5:08 p.m. Visible cloud tops of Jupiter reached
5:12 p.m. Atmospheric pressure the same as Earth's sea-level pressure
5:17 p.m. Second major cloud deck is encountered (uncertain)
5:28 p.m. Water clouds entered (uncertain)
5:34 p.m. Atmospheric temperature equal to room temperature on Earth
5:46 p.m. Probe enters twilight
6:04 p.m. End of baseline mission. Probe may cease to operate due to
lack of battery power, attenuation of signal due to
atmosphere, or being crushed.
6:19 p.m. Orbiter ceases to receive probe data (if still transmitting)
7:27 p.m. Ignition of Galileo main engine (49 minute duration) to
insert into Jovian orbit
guess what ? you're big tuition dollars don't go into the professor's pockets. it's the administration that sets the costs, and the professors have zero control over it.
1. telling if a program has an infinite loop
2. controlling a robot as it walks across a cluttered room
3. performing accurate weather prediction
4. detecting sarcasm
you should take the nigerian guy seriously
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SCO Nigerian Spam
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· Score: 5, Funny
i helped him out and i made a bundle! with the money, i bought a great house with a fantastic mortgage. then i married a beautiful russian bride, and i pleasure her with my surgically enlarged, viagra driven member.
how did you know that ? you see the money from the house came from this amazing thing that happened to me!
i was contacted by this nigerian guy, who had 10 million dollars, but....well to make a long story short, i lent him a couple grand, and he split the 10 millon with me! What are there chances of that ? What a decent human being.
paying attention to the spam i got, i managed to get a great morgage on a house, marry a beautiful russian bride, and i pleasure her every night with my enlarged, viagra powered penis.
LJ: You called C "the best balance of expressiveness and efficiency". What about Pascal? There are legions of Pascal programmers in the world. Is it less expressive or less efficient than C?
i don't get this. is the interviewer from mars ? who programs in pascal anymore ?
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If this is just a matter of hurt feelings, then too bad. Apple has no obligation to credit people for things that are public domain.
Thanks for the useful info. I spend a lot of time hacking Povray and from what you say it would probably be a good idea to look into Maya. Thanks again.
I use povray a lot to make pictures and movies for work. Could anyone tell me how Maya compares ?
i disagree!!
i helped this nigerian guy out and i made a bundle! with the money, i bought a great house with a fantastic mortgage. then i married a beautiful russian bride, and i pleasure her with my surgically enlarged, viagra driven member.
no no those weren't moons, those were klingons. capt. kirk will be there shortly to pick them up.
finally i'll be able to get that bigfoot thing out of my vegetable garden!
hey i am a real human boy with real feelings!!!!!
i for one welcome our rare jurassic plant overlords!
Time Event
________ _____
11:04 a.m. Coast timer initiates probe operation
12:46 p.m. Orbiter flyby of Io (~1000 km) (No imaging or spectral data collected)
2:04 p.m. Energetic Particles Investigation (EPI) begins measuring trapped radiation in a region previously unexplored.
5:04 p.m. Probe entry and data relay
5:05:52 p.m. Pilot parachute deployed
5:05:54 p.m. Main Parachute deployed
5:06:02 p.m. Deceleration module jettisoned
5:06:06 p.m. Direct scientific measurements begin
5:06:15 p.m. Radio transmission to orbiter begins
~5:08 p.m. Visible cloud tops of Jupiter reached
5:12 p.m. Atmospheric pressure the same as Earth's sea-level pressure
5:17 p.m. Second major cloud deck is encountered (uncertain)
5:28 p.m. Water clouds entered (uncertain)
5:34 p.m. Atmospheric temperature equal to room temperature on Earth
5:46 p.m. Probe enters twilight
6:04 p.m. End of baseline mission. Probe may cease to operate due to lack of battery power, attenuation of signal due to atmosphere, or being crushed.
6:19 p.m. Orbiter ceases to receive probe data (if still transmitting)
7:27 p.m. Ignition of Galileo main engine (49 minute duration) to insert into Jovian orbit
they are enough of a problem on slashdot. the moderation system helps somewhat, but it is getting out of hand.
Here is the transcript of the last Galileo probe to "land on" Jupiter:
Time Event
________ _____
11:04 a.m. Coast timer initiates probe operation
12:46 p.m. Orbiter flyby of Io (~1000 km) (No imaging or spectral data collected)
2:04 p.m. Energetic Particles Investigation (EPI) begins measuring trapped radiation in a region previously unexplored.
5:04 p.m. Probe entry and data relay
5:05:52 p.m. Pilot parachute deployed
5:05:54 p.m. Main Parachute deployed
5:06:02 p.m. Deceleration module jettisoned
5:06:06 p.m. Direct scientific measurements begin
5:06:15 p.m. Radio transmission to orbiter begins
~5:08 p.m. Visible cloud tops of Jupiter reached
5:12 p.m. Atmospheric pressure the same as Earth's sea-level pressure
5:17 p.m. Second major cloud deck is encountered (uncertain)
5:28 p.m. Water clouds entered (uncertain)
5:34 p.m. Atmospheric temperature equal to room temperature on Earth
5:46 p.m. Probe enters twilight
6:04 p.m. End of baseline mission. Probe may cease to operate due to lack of battery power, attenuation of signal due to atmosphere, or being crushed.
6:19 p.m. Orbiter ceases to receive probe data (if still transmitting)
7:27 p.m. Ignition of Galileo main engine (49 minute duration) to insert into Jovian orbit
guess what ? you're big tuition dollars don't go into the professor's pockets. it's the administration that sets the costs, and the professors have zero control over it.
windows users don't have to worry about this!
hahaha
(it's a joke ok ? i use unix.....)
what stands in it's place ?
1. telling if a program has an infinite loop
2. controlling a robot as it walks across a cluttered room
3. performing accurate weather prediction
4. detecting sarcasm
"Bill Gates wants to put his worm in your box"
i helped him out and i made a bundle! with the money, i bought a great house with a fantastic mortgage. then i married a beautiful russian bride, and i pleasure her with my surgically enlarged, viagra driven member.
the only problem i am having is finding toner....
how did you know that ? you see the money from the house came from this amazing thing that happened to me!
i was contacted by this nigerian guy, who had 10 million dollars, but....well to make a long story short, i lent him a couple grand, and he split the 10 millon with me! What are there chances of that ? What a decent human being.
paying attention to the spam i got, i managed to get a great morgage on a house, marry a beautiful russian bride, and i pleasure her every night with my enlarged, viagra powered penis.
now, if only i could get some printer toner...
Larry Gonicks "Cartoon Guide to *" are good. I particularly like the one on physics.
I am a mathematician, but I don't know any good textbooks to recommend. "A mathematician reads the newspaper" is a good read though.
LJ: You called C "the best balance of expressiveness and efficiency". What about Pascal? There are legions of Pascal programmers in the world. Is it less expressive or less efficient than C?
i don't get this. is the interviewer from mars ? who programs in pascal anymore ?
and then use it to take pictures of barbara steisand's house.
even better, they could keep it around to take pictures of their damaged shuttles.
NERD!
(i love it, of course.)
i keep hearing about stuff like this since 9/11. has anyone actually seen some interesting new sensors, or is it all hype ?
i don't agree. (i also am a scientist.)
yes you can. you can spell anything anyway you want.