Jail *is* neccesary. As it is well known, the american jails have nothing to do with rehabilitation, the only purpose they serve is storage of people that will commit crimes if you let them go. There is also a secondary purpose... which includes penetration and pleasure... but I won't go into that this time.
The people that record in cinemas are very likely to do it again if they are not locked up in some place where they can not hurt the MPAA.
In my opinion, what should be revised is the prisons, they are anti-american in my opinion! Simply taking the freedom of the people away just like that, where did the freedom go?
I first read about this sort of thing back in the 1970s. Proposals back then focused on constructing huge satellites (think 5 miles by 5 miles or 10 KM by 10 KM) in geosynchronous orbit. Energy would be beamed to earth via microwaves or lasers.
Planes could be powered via laser pointed at various reception devices (photovoltaic, steam generators, etc.).
Clouds would not be a major problem. Just pick a frequency that penetrated the clouds fairly easily. Or, in the case of airplanes, fly above the clouds.
The plane uses a new solar electric propulsion system which converts solar energy its panels into motion via the expulsion of ions.
Solar electric propulsion is hardly new. It's been used for getting communications satellites out to their final geosynchronous orbits for a number of years now, and NASA demonstrated using solar-powered ion engines for interplanetary primary propulsion on Deep Space 1 [nasa.gov] back in '98.
What ESA is claiming is new about this mission is that they'll be combining ion propulsion with gravity assist maneuvers. AFAIK that hasn't really been done yet (although I know some guys at JPL who're working on it), and given how difficult it can be to work out low-thrust trajectories in the first place I would imagine that successfully throwing gravity assists into the mix would be a significant acheivement.
I don't really see how they are going to save them, they'll need to find a really young/baby specimen if they want some good results, otherwise they'd only get 100 year old babies that die the day they mature...
Why don't they put all the money they spend into something that has a future(pun semi-intended): Time travel!
Now we have a real choice in architecture (ppc vs. x86) as well as brand (amd, intel, ibm)
That depends on what consumers we are talking about.
If we are talking about the only ones that really need(want) some kickass performance, the gamers, they will not be interested, there is not support enough for Windows games. Not even Linux, which cured my AIDS, could solve this problem.
With a name like 'Pingular', you must surely be an insider, could you help me with the following piece of data. It is kind of confusing for someone that does not sleep with an AMD chip under his pillow. There's just too many numbers, I can't even decide on where to start.
Something I noticed though, is that there are random english words thrown in, I beleive it's to make the language 'cool'.
Speed Rating 3000+ 3200+ Unrated nratedActual CPU Speed 2.0Ghz 2.0GHz FX51 --.2GHz x48 -- 2.2GHzx46 -- 2.0GHzx44 -- 1.8GHzx42 --.6GHzx40 -- 1.4GHzL1 Cache 128k64k Code Cache+ 64k Data Cache 128k64k Code Cache + 64k ata Cache 128k64k Code Cache + 64k Data ache 28k64k Code Cache + 64k Data CacheL2 Cache 12kb 1024kb 1024kb 1024kbMemory Type nbuffered DDR Unbuffered DDR Registered or egistered ECC DDR Registered or Registered CC DDRMemory Speed Supported Up to DDR400 Upto DDR400 Up to DDR400 Up to DDR400 on ater models, Up to DDR333 on earlier modelsMaximumCPUs 1 1 1 xx-- 12xx -- 28xx -- 8On-Chip Memory Controller es es Yes YesHyper Transport Speed Upto 1.6GHz(800MHz Clock) Up to.6GHz(800MHzClock) Up to 1.6GHz(800MHz Clock) p to 1.6GHz(800MHz Clock)rocessor(s): AMD thlon64 3000+AMD Athlon64 3200+Intel Pentium 4.2GHzIntel Pentium 4 3.0GHzAMD Athlon64 FX51RAM: x 512Mb OCZ 3500 Platinum Ltd2 x 512Mb Mushkin CCRegistered High Performance 2:3:2Hard Drive(s): eagate 120GB 7200 RPM (8MB Buffer)Video AGP & IDE us Master Drivers: VIA Hyperion 4.51 12/02/03)Intel Chipset DriversVideo Card(s): TIRadeon 9800 PRO 128MB (AGP 8X)Video Drivers: TICatalyst 3.10Operating System(s): Windows XPProfessional SP1Motherboards: Soltek L-K8AV2-RL (VIA K8T800 -- 754)Asus P4C800-E (Intel 75P -- 478)Asus SK8V (VIA K8T800 -- 940)
I read on one of the news sites that he will be tried in Iraq, by Iraqi's, which would be best IMO.
Not for the current administration. While his guilt is certain, if he is given anything less then a showtrial in which he is gagged and without a real lawyer he could have a field day embarrassing the US, and in particular reaganite members of the current Bush administration. Imagine for a second that we've got to where they are charging him with gassing the Kurds. At this point, assuming his lawyer has any clue, he'll supoena major members of the Bush administration to come and reread their own words in defending Iraq's "right" to gas the Kurds, both when they went to UN and vetoed the resolution to punish Iraq for it, and when they went to the Senate and successfully stopped the "Prevention of Genocide Act" the senate was trying to pass against Iraq for the gassing. He'll also likely bring up other things. For instance when the charge of trying to develop chemical, biological and nuclear weapons comes up, he'll pull out the records showing how the now Bush Jr. serving members went out of their way to provide him with high quality US chemical weapons, samples of Anthrax and other bio weapons and the supplies needed fast track his own bio weapons program, and over $1 billion dollars in components for nuclear weapons and delivery systems for the above weapons (which is where Iraq's scary SCUD missles all came from). From that a defense lawyer could easily paint a picture that the administration at the time (and of whom many now serve under Bush) fully supported Saddam in using those weapons (Iraq had already been declared a terrorist nation years before, so it's not like they thought he was nice at the time).
Considering that he should have been caught years ago... no.
Whoever is responsible for this failure should have to go. And the one responsible for the arrest should get a GNU/free(including recipe, and freedom to change it) cookie.
Also, MR. OSAMA is still on the run, I suspect he is in Nigeria from where he sends a lot of e-mails asking for help:
Hello YOU, I am DR. MR. OSAMA BIN LADIN KING OF NIGERIA
Please join my army of elite soldiers, we will avenge our sons.
Oh, and by the way, I have a bank account with $1.000.000.000 in Holland that is yours for the taking.
Slashdot Mirror
No, it accidentally showed up before the subscriber time went out... some glitch in the system.
I think it's the real Saddam that is trying to hurt America(and of course the rest of the world) where it really hurts: Slashdot.
and pronounce desu as des :x
Jail *is* neccesary. As it is well known, the american jails have nothing to do with rehabilitation, the only purpose they serve is storage of people that will commit crimes if you let them go. There is also a secondary purpose... which includes penetration and pleasure... but I won't go into that this time.
The people that record in cinemas are very likely to do it again if they are not locked up in some place where they can not hurt the MPAA.
In my opinion, what should be revised is the prisons, they are anti-american in my opinion! Simply taking the freedom of the people away just like that, where did the freedom go?
I first read about this sort of thing back in the 1970s. Proposals back then focused on constructing huge satellites (think 5 miles by 5 miles or 10 KM by 10 KM) in geosynchronous orbit. Energy would be beamed to earth via microwaves or lasers.
Planes could be powered via laser pointed at various reception devices (photovoltaic, steam generators, etc.).
Clouds would not be a major problem. Just pick a frequency that penetrated the clouds fairly easily. Or, in the case of airplanes, fly above the clouds.
For lots more information, just Google "Space Solar Power" [google.com].
Solar electric propulsion is hardly new. It's been used for getting communications satellites out to their final geosynchronous orbits for a number of years now, and NASA demonstrated using solar-powered ion engines for interplanetary primary propulsion on Deep Space 1 [nasa.gov] back in '98.
What ESA is claiming is new about this mission is that they'll be combining ion propulsion with gravity assist maneuvers. AFAIK that hasn't really been done yet (although I know some guys at JPL who're working on it), and given how difficult it can be to work out low-thrust trajectories in the first place I would imagine that successfully throwing gravity assists into the mix would be a significant acheivement.
Apple realized that you'll have to hide your iPod when you want to be with your 'cool' Windows using friends.
If they would see the iPod you'd instantly be removed from their hardcore powergaming group!
I don't really see how they are going to save them, they'll need to find a really young/baby specimen if they want some good results, otherwise they'd only get 100 year old babies that die the day they mature...
Why don't they put all the money they spend into something that has a future(pun semi-intended): Time travel!
Now we have a real choice in architecture (ppc vs. x86) as well as brand (amd, intel, ibm)
That depends on what consumers we are talking about.
If we are talking about the only ones that really need(want) some kickass performance, the gamers, they will not be interested, there is not support enough for Windows games. Not even Linux, which cured my AIDS, could solve this problem.
Please, only copy the _good_ features from M$ Windows, yes????????????
;)?
Like the one where you have to reboot when you upgrade software, eh
Perhaps this argues strongly for closed security bug reporting a la OIS' "responsible disclosure" model.
Or, always keeping your kernel up to date, download a pre patch everyweek and recompile. It's not harder than that.
Sounds like a good idea to hack it to run Linux... is the ARM9 processor supported by Linux? If not, I can't wait for support!
It does have the power, after all!
With a name like 'Pingular', you must surely be an insider, could you help me with the following piece of data. It is kind of confusing for someone that does not sleep with an AMD chip under his pillow. There's just too many numbers, I can't even decide on where to start.
.2GHz x48 -- 2.2GHzx46 -- 2.0GHzx44 -- 1.8GHzx42 -- .6GHzx40 -- 1.4GHzL1 Cache 128k64k Code Cache+ 64k Data Cache 128k64k Code Cache + 64k ata Cache 128k64k Code Cache + 64k Data ache 28k64k Code Cache + 64k Data CacheL2 Cache 12kb 1024kb 1024kb 1024kbMemory Type nbuffered DDR Unbuffered DDR Registered or egistered ECC DDR Registered or Registered CC DDRMemory Speed Supported Up to DDR400 Upto DDR400 Up to DDR400 Up to DDR400 on ater models, Up to DDR333 on earlier modelsMaximumCPUs 1 1 1 xx-- 12xx -- 28xx -- 8On-Chip Memory Controller es es Yes YesHyper Transport Speed Upto 1.6GHz(800MHz Clock) Up to .6GHz(800MHzClock) Up to 1.6GHz(800MHz Clock) p to 1.6GHz(800MHz Clock)rocessor(s): AMD thlon64 3000+AMD Athlon64 3200+Intel Pentium 4 .2GHzIntel Pentium 4 3.0GHzAMD Athlon64 FX51RAM: x 512Mb OCZ 3500 Platinum Ltd2 x 512Mb Mushkin CCRegistered High Performance 2:3:2Hard Drive(s): eagate 120GB 7200 RPM (8MB Buffer)Video AGP & IDE us Master Drivers: VIA Hyperion 4.51 12/02/03)Intel Chipset DriversVideo Card(s): TIRadeon 9800 PRO 128MB (AGP 8X)Video Drivers: TICatalyst 3.10Operating System(s): Windows XPProfessional SP1Motherboards: Soltek L-K8AV2-RL (VIA K8T800 -- 754)Asus P4C800-E (Intel 75P -- 478)Asus SK8V (VIA K8T800 -- 940)
Something I noticed though, is that there are random english words thrown in, I beleive it's to make the language 'cool'.
Speed Rating 3000+ 3200+ Unrated nratedActual CPU Speed 2.0Ghz 2.0GHz FX51 --
The Slylandro incident... I remember that. Luckily I made peace in the galaxy.
This is a good FP, I hope. 1000 comments?
I think you are wrong, it's a great thing to be able to prove that you actually did the FP, check this out for example: The Legendary FP
Here is the real INES homepage. They sure have some interesting stuff there, just take a look at this.
There's also an even more interesting page about the INES, but the content is in some scary language.
A fellow Slashdot reader has saved the text of the Return of the King bloopers page.
Cheers to him!
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7
Seems like Windows is the better operating system after all! No crashes here.
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
Unfortunately there is no cache of the Return of the King.
He was late, I was able to see both the front page and the page with FoR bloopers when there were already 90 comments.
And something is strange. The server seems really responsive right now, I refreshed the error page 20 times, and the page reloaded right away!
He's probably just pulling our legs, try not visiting the site with Slashdot as referrer?
Not for the current administration. While his guilt is certain, if he is given anything less then a showtrial in which he is gagged and without a real lawyer he could have a field day embarrassing the US, and in particular reaganite members of the current Bush administration. Imagine for a second that we've got to where they are charging him with gassing the Kurds. At this point, assuming his lawyer has any clue, he'll supoena major members of the Bush administration to come and reread their own words in defending Iraq's "right" to gas the Kurds, both when they went to UN and vetoed the resolution to punish Iraq for it, and when they went to the Senate and successfully stopped the "Prevention of Genocide Act" the senate was trying to pass against Iraq for the gassing. He'll also likely bring up other things. For instance when the charge of trying to develop chemical, biological and nuclear weapons comes up, he'll pull out the records showing how the now Bush Jr. serving members went out of their way to provide him with high quality US chemical weapons, samples of Anthrax and other bio weapons and the supplies needed fast track his own bio weapons program, and over $1 billion dollars in components for nuclear weapons and delivery systems for the above weapons (which is where Iraq's scary SCUD missles all came from). From that a defense lawyer could easily paint a picture that the administration at the time (and of whom many now serve under Bush) fully supported Saddam in using those weapons (Iraq had already been declared a terrorist nation years before, so it's not like they thought he was nice at the time).
Considering that he should have been caught years ago... no.
Whoever is responsible for this failure should have to go. And the one responsible for the arrest should get a GNU/free(including recipe, and freedom to change it) cookie.
Also, MR. OSAMA is still on the run, I suspect he is in Nigeria from where he sends a lot of e-mails asking for help:
Hello YOU, I am DR. MR. OSAMA BIN LADIN KING OF NIGERIA
Please join my army of elite soldiers, we will avenge our sons.
Oh, and by the way, I have a bank account with $1.000.000.000 in Holland that is yours for the taking.
Bye bye karma :)
Oh yeah!?
To be really sure, we'll have to ask Darwin on this one.
I'll go prepare the time machine.
Cheers to the FreeBSD team for bringing us this minor version change.