SEPM and GSA have similar policies now. You can get the print option, or get the online version for about $10 less. I'm with you on this one. They are reducing their costs by having online versions, so pass the savings on to us. Heck, even with the print copies there are typically one or two articles I am interested in. I would even support just paying for the articles I wish to download. However $25.00 per article I do not consider a good deal, especially when you just have an abstract to determine if the paper is worth it or not.
I was surprised this weekend when I was working on my wife's laptop and getting it connected to our wifi network. When selecting the network to connect to I saw that two of our neighbors both had networks without the WEP enabled. I'm not trying to troll here, but should I be a good neighbor and try to track down who it is and tell them? Or should I let it be and mind my own business??
The DLG Viewer you are referring to is a free program, but it has some limits. Actually the guts of the has been modified and developed into a package called Global Mapper www.globalmapper.com It will allow you to view many types of raster and vector data, reproject and export. It is $179, but it is waaayyyy better than the more expensive crap that tries to pass for GIS software, especially if you are primarily concerned with mosaicing and working with the USGS DRG, DEM, and DLG data.
Another piece of free advice....Stay sober while playing. I've seen people after a few drinks try to bluff their way to winning and they often are not very successful. It often ends up with them going out to the ATM at 2AM to get more money and to get some Krystal burgers. Then we eat his burgers and he loses the money he just withdrew.
Ohhhhh the irony...the very ones that are already bitching about the movie before it is even released will be the first ones in line. And probably in some lame stormtrooper getup they made out of styrofoam and a sharpie
.....Attaching tin-foil hat......How long before we have to report to re-education centers to have these transmitters placed in our brains....or maybe its already happened!!!!
An examination of bedrock will tell us much more about mars than analyzing rocks that may have come from space.
Having played geologist for a number of years now, I can say that the bedrock looks like wind deposits to me. The crossbeds that are present look similar to crossbeds you can observe in the Navajo Sandstone in Utah or a number of other formations in the Colorado Plateau. Unless there are some scientific instruments I am unaware of they will not be able to conclusively determine whether the bedrock is water- or wind-deposited based simply on mineralogy.
It seems to me that this technology could be used to clean up a lot of the space junk orbiting the earth. Set up an intergalactic recycling station and move all of the inoperable satellites to it and strip them down for parts. Which leads to another question. Are there laws that dictate ownership of property once it leaves the planet and is in orbit?
Speaking of being ignored. When I go to a store like Best Buy or CompUsa it's almost impossible to get someone to help me find what I am looking for. However, when I take my wife with me there are salespeople coming out of the woodwork to help us. I got so fed up with it at CompUSA this past Christmas I complained to a manager. He was apologetic but probably was telling me to go fcuk myself under his breath.
The whole concept of "software subscriptions" bothers me. Sure, if I am playing SWG or Evercrack I can understand that. However, just to play a single player game I find it ludicrous to have to download entire chunks of the game at the whim of a server or developer. I know we are doing that somewhat now with patches and updates and the like, but I don't like having to ask the internet for permission every damn time I want to run an application.
While in graduate school we had a professor who considered the existence of mantle plumes to be the product of "mass hysteria". I must admit their research is intriguing, but I would be curious as to the dimensions and geometry of these plumes and the minimum size of such plumes that can be resolved. In other words does the Yellowstone hot spot not show up because the plume is below the resolution of detection? Or is it that all hotspots != mantle plumes.
I hate to split hairs here, but as a geologist who has worked in oil and gas exploration I need to clarify a few points. First, if you assume a biogenic origin for hydrocarbon deposits then you realize that different types of organic matter generate different types of hydrocarbons. I need to quote F.K. North from his book Petroleum Geology. In it on page 53 he states " Oil is not derived, as coal is, from terrestrial plant materials." As a result plant material is responsible for the generation of natural gas. Liquid hydrocarbons originate from the sapropelic material that typically is aquatic algae and may include some spores and pollens.
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So today the FCC is good? I thought they were the evil overlords? Damn you folks change your minds more than my wife.
SEPM and GSA have similar policies now. You can get the print option, or get the online version for about $10 less. I'm with you on this one. They are reducing their costs by having online versions, so pass the savings on to us. Heck, even with the print copies there are typically one or two articles I am interested in. I would even support just paying for the articles I wish to download. However $25.00 per article I do not consider a good deal, especially when you just have an abstract to determine if the paper is worth it or not.
Sound like just another processor to avoid.
I was surprised this weekend when I was working on my wife's laptop and getting it connected to our wifi network. When selecting the network to connect to I saw that two of our neighbors both had networks without the WEP enabled. I'm not trying to troll here, but should I be a good neighbor and try to track down who it is and tell them? Or should I let it be and mind my own business??
The DLG Viewer you are referring to is a free program, but it has some limits. Actually the guts of the has been modified and developed into a package called Global Mapper www.globalmapper.com It will allow you to view many types of raster and vector data, reproject and export. It is $179, but it is waaayyyy better than the more expensive crap that tries to pass for GIS software, especially if you are primarily concerned with mosaicing and working with the USGS DRG, DEM, and DLG data.
Another piece of free advice....Stay sober while playing. I've seen people after a few drinks try to bluff their way to winning and they often are not very successful. It often ends up with them going out to the ATM at 2AM to get more money and to get some Krystal burgers. Then we eat his burgers and he loses the money he just withdrew.
It can't be saved as long as Lucas tries to meet the "high" standards that the /. community espouses on a daily basis.
Ohhhhh the irony...the very ones that are already bitching about the movie before it is even released will be the first ones in line. And probably in some lame stormtrooper getup they made out of styrofoam and a sharpie
/obligatory simpsons quote/ "You couldn't fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life even if you had an electrified fooling machine"
Ooooo!!! Another government sponsored war!! The War on Spam. I see a government position in someone's future. Spam Czar! Legalize!!!
.....Attaching tin-foil hat......How long before we have to report to re-education centers to have these transmitters placed in our brains....or maybe its already happened!!!!
I am concerned about privacy issues in this case. I wouldn't want it documented that I willingly purchased Budweiser.
An examination of bedrock will tell us much more about mars than analyzing rocks that may have come from space.
Having played geologist for a number of years now, I can say that the bedrock looks like wind deposits to me. The crossbeds that are present look similar to crossbeds you can observe in the Navajo Sandstone in Utah or a number of other formations in the Colorado Plateau. Unless there are some scientific instruments I am unaware of they will not be able to conclusively determine whether the bedrock is water- or wind-deposited based simply on mineralogy.
It seems to me that this technology could be used to clean up a lot of the space junk orbiting the earth. Set up an intergalactic recycling station and move all of the inoperable satellites to it and strip them down for parts. Which leads to another question. Are there laws that dictate ownership of property once it leaves the planet and is in orbit?
Obligatory Simpson's Quote - "Oh, so they have the Internet on computers now!" - Homer
Speaking of being ignored. When I go to a store like Best Buy or CompUsa it's almost impossible to get someone to help me find what I am looking for. However, when I take my wife with me there are salespeople coming out of the woodwork to help us. I got so fed up with it at CompUSA this past Christmas I complained to a manager. He was apologetic but probably was telling me to go fcuk myself under his breath.
Oh no!!!! A corporation LYING to the public as well as its shareholders!?!?!? Say it isn't so!
The whole concept of "software subscriptions" bothers me. Sure, if I am playing SWG or Evercrack I can understand that. However, just to play a single player game I find it ludicrous to have to download entire chunks of the game at the whim of a server or developer. I know we are doing that somewhat now with patches and updates and the like, but I don't like having to ask the internet for permission every damn time I want to run an application.
I learned that I had a long lost father, long lost mother, long lost uncle, long lost sister, long lost brother.....did I miss anything?
While in graduate school we had a professor who considered the existence of mantle plumes to be the product of "mass hysteria". I must admit their research is intriguing, but I would be curious as to the dimensions and geometry of these plumes and the minimum size of such plumes that can be resolved. In other words does the Yellowstone hot spot not show up because the plume is below the resolution of detection? Or is it that all hotspots != mantle plumes.
I hate to split hairs here, but as a geologist who has worked in oil and gas exploration I need to clarify a few points. First, if you assume a biogenic origin for hydrocarbon deposits then you realize that different types of organic matter generate different types of hydrocarbons. I need to quote F.K. North from his book Petroleum Geology. In it on page 53 he states " Oil is not derived, as coal is, from terrestrial plant materials." As a result plant material is responsible for the generation of natural gas. Liquid hydrocarbons originate from the sapropelic material that typically is aquatic algae and may include some spores and pollens.