Oracle pulls this off..
Autodesk acquires Alias(maya)
Cingular buys out At&t wireless
NewsCorp purchases IGN
Yahoo purchases Konfabulator
IBM buys Gluecode
Verison acquires MCI
EA buys Digital Illusions
Google Acquires Keyhole Corp
Adobe buys Macromedia
GameStop buys EB
Yahoo buys Flickr
Yahoo buys MusicMatch
Warner Bros buys Monolith Productions
Mergers Left:
1. Sony buys Nintendo
2. Microsoft buys Yahoo
3. Google buys Sun
4. EA buys Hollywood
5. Walmart buys K-mart
6. Google buys Sony
7. Microsoft buys EA (very geographically convenient)
8. Walmart goes Bankrupt.
Google vs Microsoft vs RIAA
Judge Judy presiding.
Bring LOTS of water. Its still summertime down here regardless of it being October already. we hit a high of 99 this week(i am in Hattiesburg,MS which is 1 hour north of Gulfport and was hit hard by Katrina. we had a 99 degree record high on Tuesday and thats not counting the 90-95% humidity. So the heat index was about 105 or so.
Also if you have never heard of love bugs and you are driving here in your own car you might want to bring plenty of cleaning stuff for your car or plan to buy some when you get down here. to find out why and more you can find out more about them(love bugs) here , here , here , and here
its hard to get them off short of pure muscle and car washes. when i am driving to work on the interstate you can see them in black clouds.. sorta like a black plague.
can't wait til the next He-man comes out.. we all know how popular the last one was.. maybe Kirsten could play She-ra, Tobey can play He-man.. oh wait..
did they make a Dragons Lair 3?? i guess ive been out of the loop..
seriously though go back and play Dragons Lair 1..youll find yourself quickly annoyed..never could beat that game.. and still cant
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why not use a SecurdID Tag/Code with your cell phone and get Kerberos version installed on the cell phones. this way it wouldnt be 100% fraudproof(but then again is anything in life guaranteed?).
It mentioned SecureID but i wonder if they have heard of Kerberos
We have this at work.. you type in your username and password. after the password you use a 4-digit pin number, which gives you a 6 digit key(sometimes referred to as a ticket) to type in at the prompt. If you are really serious about security you could set a time limit on the ticket, lets say 5 or 10 mins, then even if a hacker was trying to hi-jack your ticket it would take more than 5 or 10 mins..but after that the ticket would have expired.
maybe i should email him and ask him about that, but i am sure they all know about this.
[quote]The job market still sucks, it's not as awful as it was a few years ago, but it's not good. People aren't going to float their resume's around until they're sure they won't put their existing job in jeopardy.[/quote]
give me tech jobs for $400 alex!
GoogleOS coming soon
GoogleTV coming soon
Google-TechTV on cable -- move over G4
Google Radio FM via radio/internet/wi-fi
Google-Mart Grocers -- Google Supermarkets, the price changes daily, even hourly based on real time data comparison of prices of each item from other grocery stores located with 10 square miles of each store..the prices come from searches on their own network filled with a database of all the items at each store.
anyone want to be hired as a Google Shopper/Pricer?:)..all so that they can have the lowest prices.. move over wal-mart.
so i Genetically engineer some rabbits or give little rabbits plutonium.. then send them out in the night to mangle and deform the spammers in their houses, in front of their computers.. wherever they reside.. Night Of The Lepus anyone??
oops wait a minute, that might be copyright infringement on the blue bunny ice cream..
so lets ponder this... WHERE would we play all these games??? wow its just dawned on me, all these game i personally have..dont be rediculous and say linux. i guess the obvious next option would be Mac??
yeah but what OS could we use to play all BAttlefield 2, Thief 3, Age of Empires, Counterstrike, WoW???
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i meant to put the link on there and noticed that i forgot to...BUT since we cant edit our posts(why not??) i was unable to..i thought i had until i read your post..here is the link..:) enjoy!
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living on mars??
get real.. we cant even send a shuttle into space to the ISS without foam coming off and jeopardzing the crew, not sure where thats gonna lead. the old shuttles are done for -- they arent going to build new ones. they are using these until the new "capsules" are built to go into space and even these wont be for humans.
we've got at least 50 - 60 years before we even START to think about talking about sending humans to mars for anything.
In the nine months it takes to get to Mars, Mars moves a considerable distance around in its orbit, about 3/8 of the way around the Sun. You have to plan ahead to make sure that by the time you reach the distance of Mar's orbit, that Mars is where you need it to be! Practically, this means that you can only begin your trip when Earth and Mars are properly lined up. This only happens every 26 months. That is there is only one launch window every 26 months.
After spending 9 months on the way to Mars, you will probably want to spend some time there. In fact, you MUST spend some time at Mars! If you were to continue on your orbit around the Sun, then when you got back to where you started, Earth would no longer be where you left it!
Just like you have to wait for Earth and Mars to be in the proper postion before you head to Mars, you also have to make sure that they are in the proper position before you head home. That means you will have to spend 3-4 months at Mars before you can begin your return trip. All in all, your trip to Mars would take about 21 months: 9 months to get there, 3 months there, and 9 months to get back. With our current rocket technology, there is no way around this. The long duration of trip has several implications.
First, you have to bring enough food, water, clothes, and medical supplies for the crew in addition to all the scientific instruments you will want to take. You also have to bring all that fuel! In addition, if you are in space for nine months, you will need a lot of shielding to protect you from the radiation of the Sun. Water, and cement make good shielding but they are very heavy. All together, it is estimated that for a crew of six, you would need to 3 million pounds of supplies! The Shuttle can lift about 50,000 pounds into space, so it would take 60 shuttle launches to get all your supplies into space. In the history of the Shuttle, there have only been about 90 launches, and there are less than ten launches per year... So with the shuttle, it would take six years just to get the supplies into space. For this reason, you would probably need to develop a launch system that could lift more than 50,000 pounds into space. Even with a better launch vehicle, it is unlikely that you could launch the Mars mission all at once. You will have to launch it in several pieces and assemble them in orbit.
Second, you are going to be in space for an extended period of time, and there a physiological consequences of being weightless for long periods of time. For one, your muscles do not need to work as hard. In response to being used less, your muscles begin to shrink or atrophy. Remember, your heart is also a muscle, and pumping blood around your body is easier in the weightless environment of space, so your heart gets weaker as well. On an extended space voyage, your muscles might become so weak that it would be difficult for you to stand upright once you return to an environment where you are subject to gravity.
Just like your muscles have to do less work to move you around in space, your bones are not needed as much. The main function of your skeleton is to support the weight of your body. When you are weightless in space, your body realizes that the bones are not being used as much and they begin to lose calcium, and become more brittle. These are serious effects which may impair the ability of the astronauts to carry out experiments and tasks when they get to Mars, where they will be subjected to gravity again.
it wasnt an error, i did that on purpose hoping someone might get it...i was just making fun at windows always having to reboot but of course i was being sarcastic. some people like to drink coffee on break..some people like to take dumps.. to each his own.
oh yeah i forgot(since we cant edit our posts?) there is a mini series, i think two-nights for a total of 4 hours that will be an update to the miniseries. if successful then there will be sequels... the good news is the original director, and cast such as robert englund have agreed to sign on.
imdb
hey what a coinkidink..i have Comcast and live in Mississippi too:P where in MS are you? i am in Hattiesburg.
to get back on topic, i dont think Comcast for example, should have to share their lines with certain providers.. a la AOL. why waste your time on such a sucky ISP. of course i know AOL would call unfair but hey...
in all seriousness i think the way to go would be to put in Wi-fi...at least for the rural areas, just as was mentioned..where dsl and cable wont go. there are a lot of rural areas here in Mississippi but a WHOLE lot more in the mid-west to upper mid west where not only is there a lack on broadband but also a lack of cell towers. go look on a map and look at the coverage you get up there with any plan you are on..its abysmal.
anyway i pay $42.95/month for 4.0mbps..and i have digital basic--with the music channels and the Starz package(encore ect etc) for $60.00.
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Apple Who? oh yeah them.. i forgot.. RIAA wins IPOD lawsuit and gets all Apple Stock.
Oracle pulls this off..
Autodesk acquires Alias(maya)
Cingular buys out At&t wireless
NewsCorp purchases IGN
Yahoo purchases Konfabulator
IBM buys Gluecode
Verison acquires MCI
EA buys Digital Illusions
Google Acquires Keyhole Corp
Adobe buys Macromedia
GameStop buys EB
Yahoo buys Flickr
Yahoo buys MusicMatch
Warner Bros buys Monolith Productions
Mergers Left: 1. Sony buys Nintendo
2. Microsoft buys Yahoo
3. Google buys Sun
4. EA buys Hollywood
5. Walmart buys K-mart
6. Google buys Sony
7. Microsoft buys EA (very geographically convenient)
8. Walmart goes Bankrupt.
Google vs Microsoft vs RIAA Judge Judy presiding.
Bring LOTS of water. Its still summertime down here regardless of it being October already. we hit a high of 99 this week(i am in Hattiesburg,MS which is 1 hour north of Gulfport and was hit hard by Katrina. we had a 99 degree record high on Tuesday and thats not counting the 90-95% humidity. So the heat index was about 105 or so.
Also if you have never heard of love bugs and you are driving here in your own car you might want to bring plenty of cleaning stuff for your car or plan to buy some when you get down here. to find out why and more you can find out more about them(love bugs) here , here , here , and here its hard to get them off short of pure muscle and car washes. when i am driving to work on the interstate you can see them in black clouds.. sorta like a black plague.
can't wait til the next He-man comes out.. we all know how popular the last one was.. maybe Kirsten could play She-ra, Tobey can play He-man.. oh wait..
did they make a Dragons Lair 3?? i guess ive been out of the loop.. seriously though go back and play Dragons Lair 1..youll find yourself quickly annoyed..never could beat that game.. and still cant
any of these numbers interest you??
"Blogs" - 857,605
"Slashdot" - 53,372
"Outsourcing" - 82,388
"Windows XP" - 134,227
"Windows 2000" - 84,072
"Windows 2K" - 3,114
"Windows 98" - 43,386
"Linux" - 291,186
"Mac" - 556,896
"Xbox" - 225,822
"PS2" - 186,089
"GameCube" - 61,346
"Spyware" - 165,792
"Hacker" - 46,264
"Microsoft" - 565,533
"Microsoft Vista - 20,367
"iTunes" - 175,921
"Hurricane Katrina" - 433,509
"pwned" - 10,983
"newbie" - 54,042
"World of Warcraft mom" - 2,306
"Nvidia" - 19,904
"ATI" - 40,659
"3dfx" - 591
"C++" - 57,489
"Java" - 237,679
"OpenGL - 6,664
"DirectX - 7,546
last but certainly not least..
"Google" - 2,175,983
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no way dude, i am trying to patent playing video games now.. dont step on my turf or i will have the DMCA after you!
why not use a SecurdID Tag/Code with your cell phone and get Kerberos version installed on the cell phones. this way it wouldnt be 100% fraudproof(but then again is anything in life guaranteed?).
It mentioned SecureID but i wonder if they have heard of Kerberos We have this at work.. you type in your username and password. after the password you use a 4-digit pin number, which gives you a 6 digit key(sometimes referred to as a ticket) to type in at the prompt. If you are really serious about security you could set a time limit on the ticket, lets say 5 or 10 mins, then even if a hacker was trying to hi-jack your ticket it would take more than 5 or 10 mins..but after that the ticket would have expired.
maybe i should email him and ask him about that, but i am sure they all know about this.
nm
[quote]The job market still sucks, it's not as awful as it was a few years ago, but it's not good. People aren't going to float their resume's around until they're sure they won't put their existing job in jeopardy.[/quote] give me tech jobs for $400 alex!
but granted they havent lost that much in that span of time.. NET users that is..
remember this??
but as you can see the last 2 years they have really shed some.. 2 million+ last year..so the ball is just now starting to tumble.
for..
previous V post
GoogleOS coming soon
:) ..all so that they can have the lowest prices.. move over wal-mart.
GoogleTV coming soon
Google-TechTV on cable -- move over G4
Google Radio FM via radio/internet/wi-fi
Google-Mart Grocers -- Google Supermarkets, the price changes daily, even hourly based on real time data comparison of prices of each item from other grocery stores located with 10 square miles of each store..the prices come from searches on their own network filled with a database of all the items at each store.
anyone want to be hired as a Google Shopper/Pricer?
so i Genetically engineer some rabbits or give little rabbits plutonium.. then send them out in the night to mangle and deform the spammers in their houses, in front of their computers.. wherever they reside.. Night Of The Lepus anyone?? oops wait a minute, that might be copyright infringement on the blue bunny ice cream..
so lets ponder this... WHERE would we play all these games??? wow its just dawned on me, all these game i personally have..dont be rediculous and say linux. i guess the obvious next option would be Mac??
yeah but what OS could we use to play all BAttlefield 2, Thief 3, Age of Empires, Counterstrike, WoW???
i meant to put the link on there and noticed that i forgot to...BUT since we cant edit our posts(why not??) i was unable to..i thought i had until i read your post..here is the link.. :) enjoy!
trip to mars?
living on mars??
get real.. we cant even send a shuttle into space to the ISS without foam coming off and jeopardzing the crew, not sure where thats gonna lead. the old shuttles are done for -- they arent going to build new ones. they are using these until the new "capsules" are built to go into space and even these wont be for humans.
we've got at least 50 - 60 years before we even START to think about talking about sending humans to mars for anything.
In the nine months it takes to get to Mars, Mars moves a considerable distance around in its orbit, about 3/8 of the way around the Sun. You have to plan ahead to make sure that by the time you reach the distance of Mar's orbit, that Mars is where you need it to be! Practically, this means that you can only begin your trip when Earth and Mars are properly lined up. This only happens every 26 months. That is there is only one launch window every 26 months.
After spending 9 months on the way to Mars, you will probably want to spend some time there. In fact, you MUST spend some time at Mars! If you were to continue on your orbit around the Sun, then when you got back to where you started, Earth would no longer be where you left it!
Just like you have to wait for Earth and Mars to be in the proper postion before you head to Mars, you also have to make sure that they are in the proper position before you head home. That means you will have to spend 3-4 months at Mars before you can begin your return trip. All in all, your trip to Mars would take about 21 months: 9 months to get there, 3 months there, and 9 months to get back. With our current rocket technology, there is no way around this. The long duration of trip has several implications.
First, you have to bring enough food, water, clothes, and medical supplies for the crew in addition to all the scientific instruments you will want to take. You also have to bring all that fuel! In addition, if you are in space for nine months, you will need a lot of shielding to protect you from the radiation of the Sun. Water, and cement make good shielding but they are very heavy. All together, it is estimated that for a crew of six, you would need to 3 million pounds of supplies! The Shuttle can lift about 50,000 pounds into space, so it would take 60 shuttle launches to get all your supplies into space. In the history of the Shuttle, there have only been about 90 launches, and there are less than ten launches per year... So with the shuttle, it would take six years just to get the supplies into space. For this reason, you would probably need to develop a launch system that could lift more than 50,000 pounds into space. Even with a better launch vehicle, it is unlikely that you could launch the Mars mission all at once. You will have to launch it in several pieces and assemble them in orbit.
Second, you are going to be in space for an extended period of time, and there a physiological consequences of being weightless for long periods of time. For one, your muscles do not need to work as hard. In response to being used less, your muscles begin to shrink or atrophy. Remember, your heart is also a muscle, and pumping blood around your body is easier in the weightless environment of space, so your heart gets weaker as well. On an extended space voyage, your muscles might become so weak that it would be difficult for you to stand upright once you return to an environment where you are subject to gravity.
Just like your muscles have to do less work to move you around in space, your bones are not needed as much. The main function of your skeleton is to support the weight of your body. When you are weightless in space, your body realizes that the bones are not being used as much and they begin to lose calcium, and become more brittle. These are serious effects which may impair the ability of the astronauts to carry out experiments and tasks when they get to Mars, where they will be subjected to gravity again.
In order to study these physiological effects of
it wasnt an error, i did that on purpose hoping someone might get it...i was just making fun at windows always having to reboot but of course i was being sarcastic. some people like to drink coffee on break..some people like to take dumps.. to each his own.
if(reboot = true) potty_break(); :)
oh yeah i forgot(since we cant edit our posts?) there is a mini series, i think two-nights for a total of 4 hours that will be an update to the miniseries. if successful then there will be sequels... the good news is the original director, and cast such as robert englund have agreed to sign on. imdb
speaking on nostaligia...remember???
V
TWO things i am sick to my stomch over is everytime i want to buy something and go up there they:
1: ask for my phone number
2: would like to try xxx magazine today etc etc..
i am like NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
hey what a coinkidink..i have Comcast and live in Mississippi too :P where in MS are you? i am in Hattiesburg.
to get back on topic, i dont think Comcast for example, should have to share their lines with certain providers.. a la AOL. why waste your time on such a sucky ISP. of course i know AOL would call unfair but hey...
in all seriousness i think the way to go would be to put in Wi-fi...at least for the rural areas, just as was mentioned..where dsl and cable wont go. there are a lot of rural areas here in Mississippi but a WHOLE lot more in the mid-west to upper mid west where not only is there a lack on broadband but also a lack of cell towers. go look on a map and look at the coverage you get up there with any plan you are on..its abysmal.
anyway i pay $42.95/month for 4.0mbps..and i have digital basic--with the music channels and the Starz package(encore ect etc) for $60.00.