Yeager was a daredevil, but he loved company, life and was every bit of a people's person (I think that's how you say that in English?). I don't see him leaving all that behind.
You mean what sort of whacko would want to devote their life to exploring a completely new world, be surrounded by the most sophisticated technology available, and be known for the lifespan of humanity as the first space colonist?
I am ready to bet that most thought of their families back home, and hope that they'll go back to them. I dunno about you, but for me thinking about my wife and family is one of the most comforting, encouraging and consoling thoughts.
Not quite. He has the option of going to the nearest town, travel to visit his old folks or friends, and eventually, he will change workplaces (please tell me he's looking for a different job).
Yeah, and that's eve whackier! You and 3 other fellows live together the whole time (or, you have the option to go for a walk in the nice martian parks), just the 4 of you all the time. And then you wait who's going to die first? And then the next? And then... Shit, it's even more depressing this way.
Sorry dude, still think such individual(s) has issues.
You know what? I have never ever received this many replies to any of my posts on/. before. I must have said something that tickled the imagination of the average/.er.
Lets look into this "volunteer" thing: we are looking for a person ready to give up their whole life, move to an almost 100% barren place where he/she will soon die utterly alone!
I don't think it would be wise to bet such a multi-ten-billion mission on a whacko like that.
They are still updating 6.2. I wouldn't worry much about 7.3 or 8.0 for awhile.
I couldn't find any link to 6.2 RPMs on their site. My problem is that I have a RH 7.2 derivative running as my desktop in the lab, and can't find a RPM of Firebird that would work with it.
This means that I was mistaken. Thank you for informing me on the state of the matter.
I am also surprised to learn that the Shuttle is so expensive! I knew it was costed more than traditional rockets with modules, but didn't think it's that dear.
First of all, winters aren't insanely cold. For example, this winter in Helsinki we only had 3 days at -15 degrees C so far, the rest has been between 0 and -6.
But the reason to live here are many: excellent education, health and public transport and beautiful living conditions: the whole city is embedded in parks. We actually don't have something you can call parks, the buildings and streets are actually connected together with large green areas. Basically, you can go anywhere through parks and woods.
Finns like to live close to nature, and somehow, wild animals feel comfortable in the presence of people. So it's easy to meet, even here, in the capital area, with squirrels, wild rabbits, pheasants, and sometimes even bears and wolfs (a bit more to the north, but still metropolitan area). I find this wonderful!
And then, there's the mentailty of the people, which I like so very much: Finnland have extremely low crime rate, and Finns in general don't lie (in any case, much less than any other nation I have seen, and I've traveled a lot), which makes life very simple. As a consequence, the administrative overhead to do anything, is very low. You can do most things by way of internet or just telephone.
So, it might not be your cup of tea, but for me it's paradise.
Hmmmm... I think your figures are wrong. NASA's yearly budget is about 800 and change millions (NOT billions!!!). Bush has promised an additional 1 billion over the next 5 years, which boils down to a total of a bit more than 1 billion per year total budget for NASA.
Well, OK, I can agree to amend my post like this: He should rather concentrate on [MySQL.. stamp collection] which should include every other pastime and charitable work.
30% will say "Who needs another OS when we have Linux." 25% will say "Why another OS project? He should rather concentrate on MySQL/fishing/stamp collection" 25% will say "So what, it's his damn time, he can do what the pleases." 25% will say "HA! You can't even do math! 30+25+25+25 != 100"
The most evil, contrived, perverse idea of interior designers and architects from hell: lighting from the floor! It actually decreases visibility, and it's so annoying it would make a serial killer out of the Dalai Lama.
To tell you the truth, if the game is going to reflect the trailer, then I don't see what's the big deal. You see monsters coming at you and a shotgun firing from your right hand side. Same thing as in the original Doom. And the lights are still intermittent in those hallways and corridors!? Fix those damn lights already!
I have to disagree. Microsoft is the company withthe largest cash reserves in the world. There are larger, much larger companies, in fact (I am totally surprised that you didn't mention GE in your post, as that's THE largest company in the world), but their assets are smaller than Microsoft's.
How about the fact that the benchmark wasn't prepared by Eugenia but by a guy with a Windows laptop and no spare room for a Linux partition (you can read his comment in the OSNews thread).
Mod parent as -1 "couldn't bother to check before criticizing".
The robotic dog from the movie "Red planet" comes to mind. It's certainly one of the deadliest and most believable robots in the history of cinema - small, fast, reasonably strong and with many robotic features.
Honestly, it was the best part of a mediocre movie.
...what's up with the still low resolution? That's about the only really important thing I have been hoping for the last 8 years to be improved, in graphing calculators. I looked at these new TIs, and the graphs still look krix-krax. No thanks. If that 15 MHz CPU doesn't get a decent screen resolution to go with it. it's no great improvement. Most mobile phones nowadays have better graphics. As it is, I don't see any reason to replace my trusty old Casio fx8000.
I tried several tools before going to GIMP. None of them did a good job with the transparent channel. I have not, however, tried imagemagick. I'll give it a try, thanks.
There is some valid concern regarding the UI: when I started to use GIMP, 2 years ago, I just couldn't figure out how to actually manipulate files (open, new, save etc.), it was really weird. At first I was totally frustrated and I gave up on GIMP. However, I had to convert some pictures to PNG, and I was hoping GIMP would do that correctly - and I was right, GIMP lived up to his fame of being powerful. That's when I was forced to figure out the GIMP UI.
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Yeager was a daredevil, but he loved company, life and was every bit of a people's person (I think that's how you say that in English?). I don't see him leaving all that behind.
Please, for Heaven's sake, tell me you're just kidding.
You mean what sort of whacko would want to devote their life to exploring a completely new world, be surrounded by the most sophisticated technology available, and be known for the lifespan of humanity as the first space colonist?
No.
I am ready to bet that most thought of their families back home, and hope that they'll go back to them. I dunno about you, but for me thinking about my wife and family is one of the most comforting, encouraging and consoling thoughts.
Not quite. He has the option of going to the nearest town, travel to visit his old folks or friends, and eventually, he will change workplaces (please tell me he's looking for a different job).
Yeah, and that's eve whackier! You and 3 other fellows live together the whole time (or, you have the option to go for a walk in the nice martian parks), just the 4 of you all the time. And then you wait who's going to die first? And then the next? And then... Shit, it's even more depressing this way.
Sorry dude, still think such individual(s) has issues.
You know what? I have never ever received this many replies to any of my posts on /. before. I must have said something that tickled the imagination of the average /.er.
Lets look into this "volunteer" thing: we are looking for a person ready to give up their whole life, move to an almost 100% barren place where he/she will soon die utterly alone!
I don't think it would be wise to bet such a multi-ten-billion mission on a whacko like that.
http://apt.freshrpms.net
They are still updating 6.2. I wouldn't worry much about 7.3 or 8.0 for awhile.
I couldn't find any link to 6.2 RPMs on their site. My problem is that I have a RH 7.2 derivative running as my desktop in the lab, and can't find a RPM of Firebird that would work with it.
This means that I was mistaken. Thank you for informing me on the state of the matter.
I am also surprised to learn that the Shuttle is so expensive! I knew it was costed more than traditional rockets with modules, but didn't think it's that dear.
Rovaniemi? How about Inari! I don't think it gets -40 in Rovaniemi. Well, not often, anyway ;o)
First of all, winters aren't insanely cold. For example, this winter in Helsinki we only had 3 days at -15 degrees C so far, the rest has been between 0 and -6.
But the reason to live here are many: excellent education, health and public transport and beautiful living conditions: the whole city is embedded in parks. We actually don't have something you can call parks, the buildings and streets are actually connected together with large green areas. Basically, you can go anywhere through parks and woods.
Finns like to live close to nature, and somehow, wild animals feel comfortable in the presence of people. So it's easy to meet, even here, in the capital area, with squirrels, wild rabbits, pheasants, and sometimes even bears and wolfs (a bit more to the north, but still metropolitan area). I find this wonderful!
And then, there's the mentailty of the people, which I like so very much: Finnland have extremely low crime rate, and Finns in general don't lie (in any case, much less than any other nation I have seen, and I've traveled a lot), which makes life very simple. As a consequence, the administrative overhead to do anything, is very low. You can do most things by way of internet or just telephone.
So, it might not be your cup of tea, but for me it's paradise.
Hmmmm... I think your figures are wrong. NASA's yearly budget is about 800 and change millions (NOT billions!!!). Bush has promised an additional 1 billion over the next 5 years, which boils down to a total of a bit more than 1 billion per year total budget for NASA.
Well, OK, I can agree to amend my post like this: .. stamp collection]
He should rather concentrate on [MySQL
which should include every other pastime and charitable work.
30% will say "Who needs another OS when we have Linux."
25% will say "Why another OS project? He should rather concentrate on MySQL/fishing/stamp collection"
25% will say "So what, it's his damn time, he can do what the pleases."
25% will say "HA! You can't even do math! 30+25+25+25 != 100"
I don't think "Carmen" is who you think she is.
What I want to know is...has anyone tried a Linux-based games console before?
Yes, Indrema, and the company went bust.
The most evil, contrived, perverse idea of interior designers and architects from hell: lighting from the floor! It actually decreases visibility, and it's so annoying it would make a serial killer out of the Dalai Lama.
To tell you the truth, if the game is going to reflect the trailer, then I don't see what's the big deal. You see monsters coming at you and a shotgun firing from your right hand side. Same thing as in the original Doom. And the lights are still intermittent in those hallways and corridors!? Fix those damn lights already!
I have to disagree. Microsoft is the company withthe largest cash reserves in the world. There are larger, much larger companies, in fact (I am totally surprised that you didn't mention GE in your post, as that's THE largest company in the world), but their assets are smaller than Microsoft's.
How about the fact that the benchmark wasn't prepared by Eugenia but by a guy with a Windows laptop and no spare room for a Linux partition (you can read his comment in the OSNews thread).
Mod parent as -1 "couldn't bother to check before criticizing".
The robotic dog from the movie "Red planet" comes to mind. It's certainly one of the deadliest and most believable robots in the history of cinema - small, fast, reasonably strong and with many robotic features.
Honestly, it was the best part of a mediocre movie.
...what's up with the still low resolution? That's about the only really important thing I have been hoping for the last 8 years to be improved, in graphing calculators. I looked at these new TIs, and the graphs still look krix-krax. No thanks. If that 15 MHz CPU doesn't get a decent screen resolution to go with it. it's no great improvement. Most mobile phones nowadays have better graphics.
As it is, I don't see any reason to replace my trusty old Casio fx8000.
I tried several tools before going to GIMP. None of them did a good job with the transparent channel. I have not, however, tried imagemagick. I'll give it a try, thanks.
There is some valid concern regarding the UI: when I started to use GIMP, 2 years ago, I just couldn't figure out how to actually manipulate files (open, new, save etc.), it was really weird. At first I was totally frustrated and I gave up on GIMP. However, I had to convert some pictures to PNG, and I was hoping GIMP would do that correctly - and I was right, GIMP lived up to his fame of being powerful. That's when I was forced to figure out the GIMP UI.