It's not as simple as stating paper. There is good and there is bad paper when it comes to longevity. Papyrus (dead sea scrolls) and lint paper are good, but paper used in newspapers is decaying. The yellowish color that it gets over a few years is an indication of it's decay. It can be stopped, but at a cost.
Even laser printed paper have problems - the printed text is only sticking to the surface of the paper. Ink penetrates the paper more and bleeds into the fibers. But some ink is better than other so the ordinary inkjet ink may not be a good choice anyway. A classic ink based on metal (E.g. iron) may be a choice since even though it may change over time the print will last.
Laser etching in a glass pane would probably be safe from decay but would be hard to store safely - and be expensive. At least it would probably last long enough to allow the world to forget that this civilization did exist.
I'm more worried about the fact that much electronics may suffer from natural changes in soldering. Especially lead-free solder is suffering from this since tin (used for soldering) changes characteristic when it's stored too cold.
The chip may be good for 100 years but the carrier for the chip may not.
Just see it this way - it's sometimes easier to log every information available when collecting the data and then filter out the interesting parts later. Especially when it's in the prototype state. And suddenly a prototype goes into production just because it works good enough.
Isn't it more important that it works than what it looks like?
Personally I find that the Aero UI is unclean and hard to watch. I prefer a clean and straight user interface.
What's also irritating with Windows 7 is the habit of hiding what's happening in the system - just a darn progress bar that won't tell you crap about what's in progress. And any errors in the error log - are next to useless, but that's no difference from XP.
However - Autorun is still the most stupid feature implemented as it is since it will allow for propagation of malicious software without the user realizing it.
Users makes mistakes, but when you as a user has purchased a brand new media you don't expect it to come pre-contaminated in a way that causes you trouble.
And Microsoft hasn't released a good patch that kills Autorun for XP and 2000 for good, which they should have done a long time ago.
Also be aware that if you disable Autorun for CD:s it is still active for USB sticks.
This signal may well have been a check signal of some kind for various defense services - something like a dead man's grip but now it has been obsoleted. (At least we can hope that it has been)
As long as there is a carrier there is no real problem. Of course there has had to be other channels too, so this was probably a last resort when/if all other means of communication did break down.
All related to the M.A.D. doctrine. We can all hope that this is a sign that Russia no longer needs this transmitter because the warheads that were involved are no longer active or are rearranged to a setup where this is no longer necessary or useful.
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Post it on the net and it will be available forever. Especially if you use steganography in a picture of a naked beautiful woman.
What probably would be more interesting is ability to create, convert and design your own custom units.
Even then it shouldn't be a problem, at least when it comes to the operating system.
Windows computers will always benefit from the yearly reinstall.
Another issue that may be here is the latency clocking. Not all control chips are able to handle the latency that the memory has.
I did experience weird memory troubles in one machine but when I moved the modules to another it was fine.
It's not as simple as stating paper. There is good and there is bad paper when it comes to longevity. Papyrus (dead sea scrolls) and lint paper are good, but paper used in newspapers is decaying. The yellowish color that it gets over a few years is an indication of it's decay. It can be stopped, but at a cost.
Even laser printed paper have problems - the printed text is only sticking to the surface of the paper. Ink penetrates the paper more and bleeds into the fibers. But some ink is better than other so the ordinary inkjet ink may not be a good choice anyway. A classic ink based on metal (E.g. iron) may be a choice since even though it may change over time the print will last.
Laser etching in a glass pane would probably be safe from decay but would be hard to store safely - and be expensive. At least it would probably last long enough to allow the world to forget that this civilization did exist.
If nothing else works use a paper punch.
I'm more worried about the fact that much electronics may suffer from natural changes in soldering. Especially lead-free solder is suffering from this since tin (used for soldering) changes characteristic when it's stored too cold.
The chip may be good for 100 years but the carrier for the chip may not.
Number of buses that have been killed off during the years is considerable:
And those are only the ones I can come up with out of my head.
Just another evidence of stupidity.
Almost amazing that she didn't succeed in killing herself when starting the fire.
I wasn't even trying to be funny - it was I and another dude who did compete for one job.
Ended up that the other dude didn't have a clue about SQL statements even though we both attended the same course right before our "competition".
Only after a few years - and I resigned.
Except this time they are going backwards. Next version will have even less useful functionality making Windows 1.0 look good.
My first employment was handled that way.
Just see it this way - it's sometimes easier to log every information available when collecting the data and then filter out the interesting parts later. Especially when it's in the prototype state. And suddenly a prototype goes into production just because it works good enough.
And what if I have my own phone purchased by other means - will I be able to purchase a subscription with a SIM card to it without any problems?
Upgrade the system to a wedlock-like system. That will serve as a great incentive for the wearers.
And soon it will end up making Twitter losing it's popularity.
It seems to me that as soon as commercial interests takes over a certain web service it's obsolete and will soon be replaced by something else.
Isn't it more important that it works than what it looks like?
Personally I find that the Aero UI is unclean and hard to watch. I prefer a clean and straight user interface.
What's also irritating with Windows 7 is the habit of hiding what's happening in the system - just a darn progress bar that won't tell you crap about what's in progress. And any errors in the error log - are next to useless, but that's no difference from XP.
It's kind of strange that you get a lower consumption at higher speeds considering the aerodynamic drag.
But maybe your car is strange! :p
However - Autorun is still the most stupid feature implemented as it is since it will allow for propagation of malicious software without the user realizing it.
Users makes mistakes, but when you as a user has purchased a brand new media you don't expect it to come pre-contaminated in a way that causes you trouble.
And Microsoft hasn't released a good patch that kills Autorun for XP and 2000 for good, which they should have done a long time ago.
Also be aware that if you disable Autorun for CD:s it is still active for USB sticks.
Same as here in Sweden.
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This signal may well have been a check signal of some kind for various defense services - something like a dead man's grip but now it has been obsoleted. (At least we can hope that it has been)
As long as there is a carrier there is no real problem. Of course there has had to be other channels too, so this was probably a last resort when/if all other means of communication did break down.
All related to the M.A.D. doctrine. We can all hope that this is a sign that Russia no longer needs this transmitter because the warheads that were involved are no longer active or are rearranged to a setup where this is no longer necessary or useful.
Then you haven't seen how bad it can get. It can get REALLY ugly.
It's not even a disproved theory. ...
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How surreal that ended up with the signature line in a discussion about intelligent design.
I'm awaiting a painting worthy of Salvador Dalí.