I have decided to trademark the number 5 and sue Sesame Street for each show that is brought to kids by that number.
Also....great-niece? WTF? That's a bit of seperation there. Does his granddaughter not care, yet granddaughter's second/third cousin decided she should sue? Honestly people....
You do realize that 1000 acre fire is small right? There are about 640 acres in a square mile. And fighting fires of 1000 acres is nothing. It's relatively easy. Hell, if fires stayed to 1000 acres (about a mile and a half square) , the forest service would be fighting those without any trouble. You'd be amazed at how big fires get and they still get put out by human intervention.
Insightful?????
Speed -- The 747 may cruise at about 550 mph but there is nothing that says it can't fly slower. You ever seen an aircraft land? They are going pretty slow in comparison to cruise, and there is nothing that says they can't fly at speeds like that for a bit.
Accuracry -- See Speed
Accessibility -- If you can cruise at 550 mph, there is nothing to say you can't get more water further from the fire and still make trips that take just as long as a regular water bomber. Also, Sky Harbor Airport here in Phoenix serves as the home base for the US Forest Service aircraft. Sky Harbor is somehting like the 4th largest airport in the country. I have a feeling that 747's could take off from here if really needed.
Are referring to this?
First, trying to get a prop plane to go the speed of sound is something I don't want to try anytime soon. IIRC, you start encoutering problems with the blades and shockwaves. No thank you. Also, that aircraft is fairly tiny. Lastly, it's amazing that the government keeps pushing that plane through testing considering how many accidents in testing that have occured and killed US soldiers. Not too mention the aircraft has had quite a lengthy development cycle.
Yeah, I saw a TV show where they showed that. They took one of those "streamliner" cars used to race at the salt flats, and they build this huge "wall" on the back. The rider grabbed a hold of a bar, and was towed up to speed. Then he just kept peddling in this semi-enclosure where he wasn't being hit by air. Kinda cheating if you ask me:)
You actually chose to go w/ AT&T. Be prepared to be calling them up on a regular basis to correct your billing. AT&T was rated #1 for customer complaints, incorrect billing, and service. The two people I know with AT&T are itching to get out of their contracts b/c of the crappy service. Click here
This may be news to/.'ers, but nail clippers, nail files, hell, even knitting needles are not banned anymore. You can bring them in your carry on luggage without a problem.
Those shocking pens are cool. I found one at work once. We were having contests to see how long we could hold the thing down for, and we also were playing aroudn to see how many people the shock could go through at once. Fun stuff.
That particular Soundblaster doesn't work in Linux without paying for drivers. I remember trying to help someone out to get their's to work, and we ended up finding out that the Dell version is actually slightly different than the actual Creative SB Live card and that the standard drivers don't work. You have to buy/pay for an OSS driver.
Maybe I should've said "translucency".
All I meant was how in Gnome at least, the panel and the terminal windows can have transparency. The problem is that it's not "true" tranpsarency. If you put a window behind one of those objects, you won't see it. The way that the fake transparency works is that it takes a picture of your background and sets that as the background for that particular window. Thereby giving the illusion of transparency. The fd.o Xserver supports true transparency. Click here for an example of what I'm saying.
Nope, it's the same cloak. The way this cloak works is that an image is projected onto it. This projected light will bounce back from where it came. The image that is projected is off the background. It's not really transparent, just a fake of it....kinda like transparency in the current Xserver. You are just taking a picture of what should be behind the object and putting that picture onto the object.
I think you mean 2"x4"x8', otherwise, that's a huge ass piece of wood that is going to be bigger around than a tree. Want something else that will blow your mind? A 2x4 isn't even 2" by 4".....it's 1.5" x 3.5":)
Yeah, that's why I got the AdBlock plugin for Firefox. I hated going to a site that had flash ads, which would in turn lock everything up and spike my CPU to 100%.
I'm gonna play Devil's advocate here and say that they may allows for downloading SP2, but who thinks that when Windows Update realizes that you have an invalid/pirated key that it will dial home and let Microsoft know? A week after installling SP2, you get a nice little letter from the boys in Redmond kindly asking you to refrain from stealing Windows. As an added bonus, they'll give you a coupon for 10% off the cost of Windows that is good at your local stores. Then Microsoft can make some more money off of people buying Windows to make up for the fact that the next version won't be out for a few years. This all of course is just a hypothetical situation.
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Also....great-niece? WTF? That's a bit of seperation there. Does his granddaughter not care, yet granddaughter's second/third cousin decided she should sue? Honestly people....
hmmm.....maybe they'll turn to animals on steriods!
Alright....next step is to add a couple extra pounds of propellant, and 3 guys. j/k
Not to mention that the Service Packs are friggin HUGE. Something like a couple hundred megabytes IIRC (it's been a while, i'm a linux guy)
Right.....because you know that all of the people less techincally adept than you will make sure they do that.
SCO is being named to SD Times 100 in a category called "influencers." Here's the link. Note how SCO is the "owner" of UNIX. *shakes head*
You do realize that 1000 acre fire is small right? There are about 640 acres in a square mile. And fighting fires of 1000 acres is nothing. It's relatively easy. Hell, if fires stayed to 1000 acres (about a mile and a half square) , the forest service would be fighting those without any trouble. You'd be amazed at how big fires get and they still get put out by human intervention.
Speed -- The 747 may cruise at about 550 mph but there is nothing that says it can't fly slower. You ever seen an aircraft land? They are going pretty slow in comparison to cruise, and there is nothing that says they can't fly at speeds like that for a bit.
Accuracry -- See Speed
Accessibility -- If you can cruise at 550 mph, there is nothing to say you can't get more water further from the fire and still make trips that take just as long as a regular water bomber. Also, Sky Harbor Airport here in Phoenix serves as the home base for the US Forest Service aircraft. Sky Harbor is somehting like the 4th largest airport in the country. I have a feeling that 747's could take off from here if really needed.
Are referring to this? First, trying to get a prop plane to go the speed of sound is something I don't want to try anytime soon. IIRC, you start encoutering problems with the blades and shockwaves. No thank you. Also, that aircraft is fairly tiny. Lastly, it's amazing that the government keeps pushing that plane through testing considering how many accidents in testing that have occured and killed US soldiers. Not too mention the aircraft has had quite a lengthy development cycle.
1) Take all the people, luggage, and seats out of the plane.
2) Replace with an equal weight of water
3)...
4) Profit!
Seriously, you make it sound as if it's nearly impossible for hte plane to take off on it's own.
It's not a private endorsement. The game actually was made by the US Army. Therefore, they were endorsing themselves.
Yeah, I saw a TV show where they showed that. They took one of those "streamliner" cars used to race at the salt flats, and they build this huge "wall" on the back. The rider grabbed a hold of a bar, and was towed up to speed. Then he just kept peddling in this semi-enclosure where he wasn't being hit by air. Kinda cheating if you ask me :)
You actually chose to go w/ AT&T. Be prepared to be calling them up on a regular basis to correct your billing. AT&T was rated #1 for customer complaints, incorrect billing, and service. The two people I know with AT&T are itching to get out of their contracts b/c of the crappy service. Click here
This may be news to /.'ers, but nail clippers, nail files, hell, even knitting needles are not banned anymore. You can bring them in your carry on luggage without a problem.
Those shocking pens are cool. I found one at work once. We were having contests to see how long we could hold the thing down for, and we also were playing aroudn to see how many people the shock could go through at once. Fun stuff.
Have you even tried the actual drivers? Goto ATI, download em, and then go read the howto in the Rage3d linux forum sticky.
That particular Soundblaster doesn't work in Linux without paying for drivers. I remember trying to help someone out to get their's to work, and we ended up finding out that the Dell version is actually slightly different than the actual Creative SB Live card and that the standard drivers don't work. You have to buy/pay for an OSS driver.
Maybe I should've said "translucency". All I meant was how in Gnome at least, the panel and the terminal windows can have transparency. The problem is that it's not "true" tranpsarency. If you put a window behind one of those objects, you won't see it. The way that the fake transparency works is that it takes a picture of your background and sets that as the background for that particular window. Thereby giving the illusion of transparency. The fd.o Xserver supports true transparency. Click here for an example of what I'm saying.
Nope, it's the same cloak. The way this cloak works is that an image is projected onto it. This projected light will bounce back from where it came. The image that is projected is off the background. It's not really transparent, just a fake of it....kinda like transparency in the current Xserver. You are just taking a picture of what should be behind the object and putting that picture onto the object.
Why it's 6' 15" of course :)
If you walked ten kilometers, you actually only walked 6.2 miles :)
I think you mean 2"x4"x8', otherwise, that's a huge ass piece of wood that is going to be bigger around than a tree. Want something else that will blow your mind? A 2x4 isn't even 2" by 4".....it's 1.5" x 3.5" :)
Yeah, that's why I got the AdBlock plugin for Firefox. I hated going to a site that had flash ads, which would in turn lock everything up and spike my CPU to 100%.
I think you meant that RMS decides to take a bath ;)
I'm gonna play Devil's advocate here and say that they may allows for downloading SP2, but who thinks that when Windows Update realizes that you have an invalid/pirated key that it will dial home and let Microsoft know? A week after installling SP2, you get a nice little letter from the boys in Redmond kindly asking you to refrain from stealing Windows. As an added bonus, they'll give you a coupon for 10% off the cost of Windows that is good at your local stores. Then Microsoft can make some more money off of people buying Windows to make up for the fact that the next version won't be out for a few years. This all of course is just a hypothetical situation.