All this reminds me of a story I heard (mabe legend, who knows...) about a test that Greyhound did in the early 80's. In an effort to reduce the number of incidents of buses rear-ending cars, they installed radar on the front of the bus, which would signal the driver if the bus was too close to the car in front of it. The driver would see this and back off, etc. What ended up happening is a car would cut in front of a bus (which they do all the time), the bus's radar would trigger the radar detector in the car, at which point the driver of the car would instinctively slam on the brakes, causing the bus to rear-end it. They found that the buses with radar had a much higher rate of accidents than those without.
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I'm too lazy to write a sig...
I know this is a troll but.....
If you're stupid enough to BROADCAST anything without encryption, then you're waving your right to privacy. There's plenty of cameras out there that don't use wireless. If you're worried about privacy, use those.
What IS illegal is enforcing you're own "justice" with a large hunk of wood.
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I use to run a sound company in S.W. Virginia. We'd run sound for bands at frat parties. VA Tech and W&L weren't too bad
but Hampden Sydney and UVA were the worst! Most of those frat houses I'd have to haul the equipment down a flight of stairs. Once the party was in full gear it was always packed. I'm talking NY-subway-at-rush-hour, wall-to-wall packed! And of course about 110 degrees. Beer bottles and other debris randomly flew through the air. I had to be sure everything on stage was set before the show because there was no leaving the mixer once the show started. Forget mixing the band, I was just trying to keep the beer off my stuff. At the end of the night, the floor would have a quarter inch of broken glass covered by 3 inces of beer, puke, and piss.
I now work in a cube and I'm not complaining.
-Steve
Thanks for the 411. I had no idea the L2 point was so far away or that the orbit around L2 was so large. ( 1.5million KM!)
Here's another page which has a great diagram of the launch and orbit: Proposed Orbit for JWST
So the L2 point is on the line of the Sun and Earth, but not between them, rather "past" earth towards Mars' orbit. Does that mean it would ALWAYS be in Earth's shadow? That sounds cool from the point of sunlight not interfering with it's "vision". But doesn't it have solar panels that it needs sunlight for??
Sorry for off-topic questions.
-Steve
I just started using the latest version of MS Outlook and it will NOT let you run or even detach a.EXE file. My uncle sent me a X-mass card and as an.EXE (which I lectured him about..) and I couldn't even detach it. It seems MS has overcompensated for this security hole. They're coding their software for the dumbest possible user (i.e. my Uncle...) at the expense of those of us who know what were doing!
This is getting out of hand...
In this/. thread, I've read about Saturn V rockets in Houston, Orlando, Huntsville, and Kennedy Space Center.
(I saw the one at KSC last summer... spectacular and very well kept. Bigger than I imagined.)
I thought there were 3 Saturn V rockets, from Apollo 18, 19, and 20.
Can anyone clarify??
Thanks.
So instead of a long rod inserted into
the back of my head, would I have a USB port
on my neck?
Maybe fire-wire?
What about blue-tooth?
Maybe good ol' serial port would be best.
Would we have docking stations?
I'd like to see some of the Monty Python crew in this. I think John Cleese is a shoe-in for the role of the starship captain always in a bath tub that crashes into pre-historic Earth in RATEOTU.
I never saw the TV series but from reading the book I've always had in my mind's eye what his two heads would be doing. The thing I like most about Zaphod is that he has two heads, two brains, but one "mind". In other words, were not subjected to the shtick of the two heads talking to one another as if there were two people sharing the same body. I like the idea of two faces showing the same emotion in slighly different ways. I also like the idea of only one head at a time talking unless he's screaming in which case he would use both. Another thing they could do is have him sing in harmony using both heads. Lots of possibilities! From an "acting" point of view, it adds a whole new dynamic. So my hope for Zaphod is that they take advantake of all that.
...will be pissed when they find out that the Ultimate question about life, the universe, and everything, is never revealed. I remember after the end of FOTR I overheard people saying "What happened to the ring?". Were these people living in a cave before going to the theater??....but hey...screw 'em. This is going to be great.
...for telling the crew how to fix the leak using a roofing nail, some hair spray, and a roll of toilet paper. The crew said they'd get right on it as soon as those supplies were delivered.
Agreed.... First thing I thought of too.
I rode mission space about 4 months ago... pretty cool simulation. You have to keep your eyes on the screen though or you can sense that you're actually spinning...almost made me sick.
I'm thrilled they got it there safe....this was the first landing that I watched live on the NASA channel. It had the feel of a local public access program. No one knew how to talk to or look at the camera. I also liked how the "reporter" was pulling people aside for short interviews....like they don't have anything better to do while the Spirit plumits through Mars' atmosphere. It was pretty cool to see all the different reactions in real time though. Good job guys!
-Steve
That's the model that Scott Adams has been using for about 15 years with Dilbert. He ran out of ideas after the first two years but at that point he was popular enough that people sent him screwy stuff that was happening in cube-farms. Now I admit he is brilliant at putting them in a humorous context, but they're not necessarily all his ideas.
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All this reminds me of a story I heard (mabe legend, who knows...) about a test that Greyhound did in the early 80's. In an effort to reduce the number of incidents of buses rear-ending cars, they installed radar on the front of the bus, which would signal the driver if the bus was too close to the car in front of it. The driver would see this and back off, etc. What ended up happening is a car would cut in front of a bus (which they do all the time), the bus's radar would trigger the radar detector in the car, at which point the driver of the car would instinctively slam on the brakes, causing the bus to rear-end it. They found that the buses with radar had a much higher rate of accidents than those without.
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I'm too lazy to write a sig...
Unless the only good broadband available is DSL....
through your phone line...
which is provided by...
Verizon.
*SIGH*
I know this is a troll but.....
If you're stupid enough to BROADCAST anything without encryption, then you're waving your right to privacy. There's plenty of cameras out there that don't use wireless. If you're worried about privacy, use those.
What IS illegal is enforcing you're own "justice" with a large hunk of wood.
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Or a form for a 3 pound rebate.
I use to run a sound company in S.W. Virginia. We'd run sound for bands at frat parties. VA Tech and W&L weren't too bad but Hampden Sydney and UVA were the worst! Most of those frat houses I'd have to haul the equipment down a flight of stairs. Once the party was in full gear it was always packed. I'm talking NY-subway-at-rush-hour, wall-to-wall packed! And of course about 110 degrees. Beer bottles and other debris randomly flew through the air. I had to be sure everything on stage was set before the show because there was no leaving the mixer once the show started. Forget mixing the band, I was just trying to keep the beer off my stuff. At the end of the night, the floor would have a quarter inch of broken glass covered by 3 inces of beer, puke, and piss.
I now work in a cube and I'm not complaining.
-Steve
Thanks for the 411. I had no idea the L2 point was so far away or that the orbit around L2 was so large. ( 1.5million KM!)
Here's another page which has a great diagram of the launch and orbit:
Proposed Orbit for JWST
So the L2 point is on the line of the Sun and Earth, but not between them, rather "past" earth towards Mars' orbit. Does that mean it would ALWAYS be in Earth's shadow?
That sounds cool from the point of sunlight not interfering with it's "vision". But doesn't it have solar panels that it needs sunlight for??
Sorry for off-topic questions.
-Steve
I just started using the latest version of MS Outlook and it will NOT let you run or even detach a .EXE file. My uncle sent me a X-mass card and as an .EXE (which I lectured him about..) and I couldn't even detach it.
It seems MS has overcompensated for this security hole. They're coding their software for the dumbest possible user (i.e. my Uncle...) at the expense of those of us who know what were doing!
This is getting out of hand... /. thread, I've read about Saturn V rockets in Houston, Orlando, Huntsville, and Kennedy Space Center.
In this
(I saw the one at KSC last summer... spectacular and very well kept. Bigger than I imagined.)
I thought there were 3 Saturn V rockets, from Apollo 18, 19, and 20.
Can anyone clarify??
Thanks.
Red Rover, Red Rover, send the Spirit on over.
So instead of a long rod inserted into the back of my head, would I have a USB port on my neck?
Maybe fire-wire?
What about blue-tooth?
Maybe good ol' serial port would be best.
Would we have docking stations?
I'd like to see some of the Monty Python crew in this. I think John Cleese is a shoe-in for the role of the starship captain always in a bath tub that crashes into pre-historic Earth in RATEOTU.
I never saw the TV series but from reading the book I've always had in my mind's eye what his two heads would be doing. The thing I like most about Zaphod is that he has two heads, two brains, but one "mind".
In other words, were not subjected to the shtick of the two heads talking to one another as if there were two people sharing the same body. I like the idea of two faces showing the same emotion in slighly different ways. I also like the idea of only one head at a time talking unless he's screaming in which case he would use both. Another thing they could do is have him sing in harmony using both heads. Lots of possibilities! From an "acting" point of view, it adds a whole new dynamic.
So my hope for Zaphod is that they take advantake of all that.
...will be pissed when they find out that the Ultimate question about life, the universe, and everything, is never revealed. ....but hey...screw 'em.
I remember after the end of FOTR I overheard people saying "What happened to the ring?". Were these people living in a cave before going to the theater??
This is going to be great.
...for telling the crew how to fix the leak using a roofing nail, some hair spray, and a roll of toilet paper.
The crew said they'd get right on it as soon as those supplies were delivered.
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Generic Sig: End communication.
Get a dog.... a BIG dog.
Agreed.... First thing I thought of too.
I rode mission space about 4 months ago... pretty cool simulation. You have to keep your eyes on the screen though or you can sense that you're actually spinning...almost made me sick.
-my other sig is by Thoreau
"The goal of this expidition is to find out what happened to last years expidition" said the flight controller with a hand over one eye.
I'm thrilled they got it there safe....this was the first landing that I watched live on the NASA channel. It had the feel of a local public access program. No one knew how to talk to or look at the camera. I also liked how the "reporter" was pulling people aside for short interviews....like they don't have anything better to do while the Spirit plumits through Mars' atmosphere. It was pretty cool to see all the different reactions in real time though. Good job guys!
-Steve
Yeah... so were talking about criticism of a critique of a book that critically disects the assertions that...uh...wait let me start over....
WD-40?
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This sig best viewed with an open mind.
That's the model that Scott Adams has been using for about 15 years with Dilbert. He ran out of ideas after the first two years but at that point he was popular enough that people sent him screwy stuff that was happening in cube-farms. Now I admit he is brilliant at putting them in a humorous context, but they're not necessarily all his ideas.
This sig best viewed in a drunken stupor.