It dug a big hole in the ground...they had no chance to catch it as the chute did not deploy. Curiously though, a "black oily substance" was seen leaking out of the capsule.
..."teeny little things like that that tend to, over the course of time, make people love their Mac and inspire magazines like yours, versus people getting [angry] over time at their PCs because of little things that drive them nuts."
It's that level of attention to detail that people cherish. God is in the details.
I keep fixing people's computers because they have become so infested with spyware that they are unusable.
Yep, I installed Firefox and Thunderbird to replace IE and Outlook Express on my in-laws machine. That thing was a rooted, owned, and virus-ridden POS. The best part was he went to Wal-mart a month later and purchase "a good deal if I ever saw one" and called 'tech support' (me) as to why his AV software (Norton) wasn't installing on his new LINDOWS machine!
Alien_mastermind "You see, it's actually quite simple. We make a signal appear at an 'empty' point in space and they'll just eat it up. They'll spend so much time theorizing and conjecturing that they'll miss our decceleration from hyperspace."
Alien_sidekick"Hey boss, how we gonna do that without the latest hyperspace frequency propagator? All we have is the older Rev A."
Alien_mastermind"Don't worry about a thing! They'll never pick up on that. It only drifts about 32 Hz--good enough for government work!"
So...How long before we Americans have to purchase an "RIAA license" with our computers.
"But really, I don't have it connected to the Internet...I just play games."
1. Sex. Women do all their freaky stuff in college...
While sex is great, I don't think it should be number one. If you are serious about finding a spouse, college *is* the best place to shop for one. Just wait till you graduate and respect each other's academic needs. 2. Class. A good education is important, but don't let it interfere with #1.
An education is *the* mission of college, so don't let #1 interfere with #2. I see many folks here advocating the "who cares about grades" position, but taking that stance will keep you from getting a good job and possibly getting in to graduate school. 3. Network. Not TCP/IP, but people.
Networking is important, but can be difficult in tech majors. Do what you can to distinguish yourself from other students (in a good way of course) and try and get in on research with you professors. Just showing an interest might get you an invite to help run an experiment/project. Bottom line: Good relationships will help you when it comes time for profs to write endorsement letters. 4. The Law. Graduating from college doesn't erase your law record, so don't get arrested.
This is great advice if you ever want a job in the gov't as a member of our armed forces, civilian, or contractor. A Top Secret/SCI security clearance is mandatory in the best and most interesting positions. Being denied a clearance or losing it will kill your career. 5. The Dollar. You are going to get a lot of offers for credit cards.DO NOT use a credit card unless your folks are footing the bill. Debt is not to be taken likely and can lead you to being denied #4. I know it's hard to not buy the latest and greatest, especially in today's society, but you will be in much better shape if you don't rack up thousands of dollars of credit card debt. Buy a four-door used Japanese sedan for transportation if you need a car. Forget the fancy rims and booming stereo, and buy your computer with cash! 6. The Warez and MP3z.
Stay away from pirated software and respect the license agreements if you want #4. Yes, they do ask this now. 7. Take a few classes for personal enrichment. You aren't going to meet the best chicks in your software engineering classes.
This is a fine suggestion, as long as your core courses aren't suffering for "History of Blogging."
Remember this manta and say it thoughout the week: "Sleep, Study, Socialize: Pick two"
Bust your ass M-R and party on Friday. Use Saturday and Sunday for catching up on sleep, studying and getting your errands done.
Yeah, but it would've made many satellite operators nervous to not have a good orbit determination. A collision in geo makes a mess and takes away much of that real estate for quite some time. Orbital traffic management for both known and 'alien' bodies such as this asteroid is a growing concern among those in the space operations business.
Many of my military buddies who have had this procedure, and its sister--PRK--have had mostly good results. Only one guy of six had any real problems. In this case, he was 20/15 in one eye and 20/100 in the other eye post surgery.
About half of them told me they have ghosting and flares while driving at night, but more of an annoyance than a true handicap. The miliitary (well, at least the USAF) is allowing and paying for PRK while LASIK undergoes further evaluation.
Personally, I'm going to wait until I'm 40 or so. My eyes have steadily degraded from 20/20 in high school to 20/100 four years out of college. I'm also into astronomy and since contacts work well for me, I'm hesitant to allow ol' Murphy into my life.
Despite being modded as funny, your observations are, with a few exceptions, quite true. Living in CO and being of the Mac/Linux/Snowboarding crowd, I take the middle gound--young, adventurous (backcountry), but without the piercings or high-brow Vail mentality.
Amen! When are the people who want to buy BMWs on a Kia budget going to go away? I don't think Jobs cares if he's at 5%, 2.5% or some other small fraction of the market. These guys just don't get it. Apple exists to build their vision of the perfect computer. If you agree with their vision, you buy a Mac.
Sprint PCS is a terrible service if you don't live in a large metropolis or suburb. Here in the Southern Colorado area, it works well along the 25 freeway (major N-S interstate) and the 70 (major E-W, with access to the ski resorts), but venture more than 20 miles from either, and your signal strength drops to zero. I can't wait till both cellular service and boadband are orbiting high overhead and cheap enough for the average joe to afford.
The biggest problem thus far with using the sun is the relatively low conversion rate. Solar cells work well, but they are terribly expensive. Solar collection used to heat a working liquid to drive a turbine is a proven concept, but I don't know how they'd work outside of the desert Southewest. Wind and tidal technologies have many proven cases, but without large-scale funding and rollout (read: taxes), they won't go very far.
Might want to add a flywheel to the system to store mechanical energy and keep the generator spinning at a stable rpm as the river flow velocity changes
If you have access to one, that is. Unfortunately, with the exception of Jupiter and Saturn, don't expect too much. Mars is 6 months past opposition, and very small in a scope, even at high power. Venus won't show much more than a featureless gibbous disk. Jupiter and Saturn will show a wealth of detail, however. Saturn is in the constellation Gemini, and Jupiter is in Leo. The best time for both is when they are up highest in the sky, which for Saturn is as soon as you can see it, and Jupiter hits the zenith about midnight. Check out Clear Sky Clocks for your area and pay close attention to the "Seeing" forecast if you are using a scope. Happy observing! Oh yeah, don't forget to check out the Moon. It will set early, and won't show much "face" to check out telescopically. A cool thing to show your non-astronomical significant other is to draw line through the ecliptic with your finger and then tell them to think how we are between Venus and Mars. Most people will be impressed.
The Voyager images may be correct, but I'm playing skeptic until Cassini shows the same thing. Like I said in my original post, if image processing algorithms can show canals on mars, what makes you think Voyager's pictures are correct? If Cassini shows nothing, what does that prove? What about Hubble? I've said this above, but I'll say it again. If there is good corroboration between ground-based and space-based imaging, the image processing algorithms are normalized, and planetary geophysicists have a better bead on the magnetic field properties, I'll believe there is some real phenomena here.
Also, no astronomer actually looks through an eyepiece any more, its all CCDs or other detectors.
True, the pros don't have much eyepiece time, but many amateurs still do, and these spokes still show up.
All of the ground-based spoke observations (could you provide a source for such images?) are thus not going to be subject to the Percival Lowell wishful thinking effect.
I cannot provide linkage at this time, but google on sci.astro.amateur, and check out some books in the library. I'm not saying this effect isn't real, I'm just playing the skeptic given the history of the Martian canali. Just because one ccd detector-software combo sees something, doesn't mean they all will or can.
have been seeing spokes in the rings for quite some time using ground-based telescopes of various sizes. This may be one of those features, like the canals on Mars, that shows up because the eye-brain software processes images differently than the spacecraft ccd-computer does. An article in Sky & Telescope discovered they could reproduce the canal effects using the techniques of registration (stacking), and various applications of wavelets and other processing methods. They concluded our eye-brain mechanism does something similiar in real time at the eyepiece during moments of steady seeing conditions, causing dark lines to be seen where a smoother color gradient actually exists.
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It dug a big hole in the ground...they had no chance to catch it as the chute did not deploy. Curiously though, a "black oily substance" was seen leaking out of the capsule.
..."teeny little things like that that tend to, over the course of time, make people love their Mac and inspire magazines like yours, versus people getting [angry] over time at their PCs because of little things that drive them nuts."
It's that level of attention to detail that people cherish. God is in the details.
I keep fixing people's computers because they have become so infested with spyware that they are unusable.
Yep, I installed Firefox and Thunderbird to replace IE and Outlook Express on my in-laws machine. That thing was a rooted, owned, and virus-ridden POS. The best part was he went to Wal-mart a month later and purchase "a good deal if I ever saw one" and called 'tech support' (me) as to why his AV software (Norton) wasn't installing on his new LINDOWS machine!
The one thing I always do now on Windows machines at work is click the "X" and forget that the program will close.
Alien_mastermind "You see, it's actually quite simple. We make a signal appear at an 'empty' point in space and they'll just eat it up. They'll spend so much time theorizing and conjecturing that they'll miss our decceleration from hyperspace."
Alien_sidekick"Hey boss, how we gonna do that without the latest hyperspace frequency propagator? All we have is the older Rev A."
Alien_mastermind"Don't worry about a thing! They'll never pick up on that. It only drifts about 32 Hz--good enough for government work!"
So...How long before we Americans have to purchase an "RIAA license" with our computers. "But really, I don't have it connected to the Internet...I just play games."
1. Sex. Women do all their freaky stuff in college...
While sex is great, I don't think it should be number one. If you are serious about finding a spouse, college *is* the best place to shop for one. Just wait till you graduate and respect each other's academic needs.
2. Class. A good education is important, but don't let it interfere with #1.
An education is *the* mission of college, so don't let #1 interfere with #2. I see many folks here advocating the "who cares about grades" position, but taking that stance will keep you from getting a good job and possibly getting in to graduate school.
3. Network. Not TCP/IP, but people.
Networking is important, but can be difficult in tech majors. Do what you can to distinguish yourself from other students (in a good way of course) and try and get in on research with you professors. Just showing an interest might get you an invite to help run an experiment/project. Bottom line: Good relationships will help you when it comes time for profs to write endorsement letters.
4. The Law. Graduating from college doesn't erase your law record, so don't get arrested.
This is great advice if you ever want a job in the gov't as a member of our armed forces, civilian, or contractor. A Top Secret/SCI security clearance is mandatory in the best and most interesting positions. Being denied a clearance or losing it will kill your career.
5. The Dollar. You are going to get a lot of offers for credit cards. DO NOT use a credit card unless your folks are footing the bill. Debt is not to be taken likely and can lead you to being denied #4. I know it's hard to not buy the latest and greatest, especially in today's society, but you will be in much better shape if you don't rack up thousands of dollars of credit card debt. Buy a four-door used Japanese sedan for transportation if you need a car. Forget the fancy rims and booming stereo, and buy your computer with cash!
6. The Warez and MP3z.
Stay away from pirated software and respect the license agreements if you want #4. Yes, they do ask this now.
7. Take a few classes for personal enrichment. You aren't going to meet the best chicks in your software engineering classes.
This is a fine suggestion, as long as your core courses aren't suffering for "History of Blogging."
Remember this manta and say it thoughout the week: "Sleep, Study, Socialize: Pick two"
Bust your ass M-R and party on Friday. Use Saturday and Sunday for catching up on sleep, studying and getting your errands done.
C'mon can't you just give a skosh more credit to the CCD camera attached to that scope?
Yeah, but it would've made many satellite operators nervous to not have a good orbit determination. A collision in geo makes a mess and takes away much of that real estate for quite some time. Orbital traffic management for both known and 'alien' bodies such as this asteroid is a growing concern among those in the space operations business.
Please explain why it's in a useless orbit. Are you talking about inclination?
Many of my military buddies who have had this procedure, and its sister--PRK--have had mostly good results. Only one guy of six had any real problems. In this case, he was 20/15 in one eye and 20/100 in the other eye post surgery. About half of them told me they have ghosting and flares while driving at night, but more of an annoyance than a true handicap. The miliitary (well, at least the USAF) is allowing and paying for PRK while LASIK undergoes further evaluation. Personally, I'm going to wait until I'm 40 or so. My eyes have steadily degraded from 20/20 in high school to 20/100 four years out of college. I'm also into astronomy and since contacts work well for me, I'm hesitant to allow ol' Murphy into my life.
Despite being modded as funny, your observations are, with a few exceptions, quite true. Living in CO and being of the Mac/Linux/Snowboarding crowd, I take the middle gound--young, adventurous (backcountry), but without the piercings or high-brow Vail mentality.
Amen! When are the people who want to buy BMWs on a Kia budget going to go away? I don't think Jobs cares if he's at 5%, 2.5% or some other small fraction of the market. These guys just don't get it. Apple exists to build their vision of the perfect computer. If you agree with their vision, you buy a Mac.
Sprint PCS is a terrible service if you don't live in a large metropolis or suburb. Here in the Southern Colorado area, it works well along the 25 freeway (major N-S interstate) and the 70 (major E-W, with access to the ski resorts), but venture more than 20 miles from either, and your signal strength drops to zero. I can't wait till both cellular service and boadband are orbiting high overhead and cheap enough for the average joe to afford.
The biggest problem thus far with using the sun is the relatively low conversion rate. Solar cells work well, but they are terribly expensive. Solar collection used to heat a working liquid to drive a turbine is a proven concept, but I don't know how they'd work outside of the desert Southewest. Wind and tidal technologies have many proven cases, but without large-scale funding and rollout (read: taxes), they won't go very far.
Pun intended? That being said, more research into the field is a Good Thing(TM)
Go here to see when the ISS will cross in front of the moon or sun (use proper filtering on the sun!). Some results showing considerable detail.
immediately think "Tiger Uppercut" ?
Good info here about the two that will likely reach naked eye magnitude or better.
Might want to add a flywheel to the system to store mechanical energy and keep the generator spinning at a stable rpm as the river flow velocity changes
If you have access to one, that is. Unfortunately, with the exception of Jupiter and Saturn, don't expect too much. Mars is 6 months past opposition, and very small in a scope, even at high power. Venus won't show much more than a featureless gibbous disk. Jupiter and Saturn will show a wealth of detail, however. Saturn is in the constellation Gemini, and Jupiter is in Leo. The best time for both is when they are up highest in the sky, which for Saturn is as soon as you can see it, and Jupiter hits the zenith about midnight. Check out Clear Sky Clocks for your area and pay close attention to the "Seeing" forecast if you are using a scope. Happy observing! Oh yeah, don't forget to check out the Moon. It will set early, and won't show much "face" to check out telescopically. A cool thing to show your non-astronomical significant other is to draw line through the ecliptic with your finger and then tell them to think how we are between Venus and Mars. Most people will be impressed.
The Voyager images may be correct, but I'm playing skeptic until Cassini shows the same thing. Like I said in my original post, if image processing algorithms can show canals on mars, what makes you think Voyager's pictures are correct? If Cassini shows nothing, what does that prove? What about Hubble? I've said this above, but I'll say it again. If there is good corroboration between ground-based and space-based imaging, the image processing algorithms are normalized, and planetary geophysicists have a better bead on the magnetic field properties, I'll believe there is some real phenomena here.
Also, no astronomer actually looks through an eyepiece any more, its all CCDs or other detectors.
True, the pros don't have much eyepiece time, but many amateurs still do, and these spokes still show up.
All of the ground-based spoke observations (could you provide a source for such images?) are thus not going to be subject to the Percival Lowell wishful thinking effect.
I cannot provide linkage at this time, but google on sci.astro.amateur, and check out some books in the library. I'm not saying this effect isn't real, I'm just playing the skeptic given the history of the Martian canali. Just because one ccd detector-software combo sees something, doesn't mean they all will or can.
have been seeing spokes in the rings for quite some time using ground-based telescopes of various sizes. This may be one of those features, like the canals on Mars, that shows up because the eye-brain software processes images differently than the spacecraft ccd-computer does. An article in Sky & Telescope discovered they could reproduce the canal effects using the techniques of registration (stacking), and various applications of wavelets and other processing methods. They concluded our eye-brain mechanism does something similiar in real time at the eyepiece during moments of steady seeing conditions, causing dark lines to be seen where a smoother color gradient actually exists.