Yes, quite right -- guess I got carried away there for a moment.
On the other hand, there are a few so-and-so-sucks.com's out there; a quick Yahoo! search for *sucks.org came back with about 1,200 hits, but a search for *sucks.com returns 2.3 million hits (which only proves that a lot of other people made the same mistake I made...except they actually paid money to register their's...)
Ok, so considering that my very first reaction to the question "define pi" was to think "mmm... PIE", what field should I have gotten into (or was "computers", as my Dad describes what I do, a good choice?)
Personally, I'd love to see a ground-based scope on the far side of the moon to replace hubble, but I'm probably just dreaming.
Ok, first of all, somebody please mod this parent up for that thought; I've been hoping for someone to suggest pretty much the same thing for a long, LONG time (it also sounds like a pretty good place for a RADIO telescope; not too many electric shavers and "Mr. Microphones" on the Moon!)
Second, regarding AO, I just happened to catch about ten minutes of a presentation titled "Unveiling a Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way" (carried on DISH Network at channel 9412) and the Q&A turned to AO (I presume a good bit of the lecture dealt with AO, from the way the lady talked, but I'm not sure...) If you'd like to check it out, apparently the entire lecture (recorded Oct. 30'th, 2003) is available here (along with a handful of other juicy-sounding titles...)
And on the ground-based -vs- Hubble debate, I say "I dunno, if we're willing to raise money for a television show then surely there's somebody out there willing to organize a "bake sale" or something for such a useful piece of hardware...whether the money's used to build a completely new scope (somewhere, ANYwhere) or if it's used to blast Hubble all the way to the nearest 'Lagrange point'." (Yeah, yeah, I know; now I'm dreaming...)
Still seeing only "clusters" of stars? Check out this view from our old friend Hubble!
This image and the TERAbytes of data like it that have been collected over such a short time are testimony to why losing Hubble is going to be such a tragedy -- whether or not we understand or accept the reasons it's going to happen.
Maybe because even infinity has to start somewhere -- and if that wild bit of speculation is so, then is it so inconceivable that WE are the first?
However man came to own the wheel, fire, scrambled eggs, etc. some dude way back through history had to be the first (and maybe he was the first for all three; "Hey, y'all, watch this!! You remember that funny looking little critter with the feathers? Well, I'm going to jump up on this fallen log and roll it along while rubbing this other stick against it, and whatever happens next I'm going to use it on the next thing to come out that bird's backside!!" Fortunately for breakfast fans ever since, that chicken decided to lay an egg at that moment rather than doing the alternative...)
on the NEXT mission there'll be about a zillion "don't forget to turn on MY experiment!" e-mails, very likely with each one followed by several "me too!" e-mails.
...I might as well go to lunch (like I wasn't having ENOUGH trouble keeping my mind on my work...and to think I actually believed Slashdot might take my mind OFF of boobies for a few minutes...)
even WIDESPREAD coverage that the site is LETHAL to a computer wouldn't keep people from visiting it. When the "I Love You" virus hit a while back, we actually had users open the e-mail "just to make sure" it wasn't really someone sending them a love letter (like they EVER got them before and would SUDDENLY begin to, entirely by coincidence, right then...)
Like the man said about tsunami alerts in the United States: "There's still a large segment of the population that would go get their kids out of school so they could drive to the beach and watch the big waves..."
I could put up with bringing my OWN warm sodas and little bags of pretzels (hey, if I'm bringing my own, I might just splurge and bring PEANUTS!!), if only my butt didn't feel like a size-12 foot crammed into a size-8 shoe all the way from Shanghai to San-Fran!!!
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I hereby nominate that article title for "tongue twister of the day"
Well, I'll wait to be impressed by them bringing light all the way around the PLANET, kind of like Batman did in that movie. Which movie? this movie!
Yes, quite right -- guess I got carried away there for a moment.
On the other hand, there are a few so-and-so-sucks.com's out there; a quick Yahoo! search for *sucks.org came back with about 1,200 hits, but a search for *sucks.com returns 2.3 million hits (which only proves that a lot of other people made the same mistake I made...except they actually paid money to register their's...)
Nah, if she were an American I wouldn't even have to suggest it. It'd already be done. But, she's French, so I guess she wouldn't stoop so low...
btw, I checked, and no there currently is no www.kraftsucks.com -- so save yourself the typing...or, let the squatting commence!
But I wouldn't recommend making ANY modifications to their original source...
Funny you should mention that, late last week I just happened upon this article while doing some not-entirely-random surfing.
but you are no Wikipedian.
/.'ers who don't see nearly endless opportunities to relate "real" life to "Seinfeld", the reference)
(and, for
Ok, so considering that my very first reaction to the question "define pi" was to think "mmm... PIE", what field should I have gotten into (or was "computers", as my Dad describes what I do, a good choice?)
Ok, first of all, somebody please mod this parent up for that thought; I've been hoping for someone to suggest pretty much the same thing for a long, LONG time (it also sounds like a pretty good place for a RADIO telescope; not too many electric shavers and "Mr. Microphones" on the Moon!)
Second, regarding AO, I just happened to catch about ten minutes of a presentation titled "Unveiling a Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way" (carried on DISH Network at channel 9412) and the Q&A turned to AO (I presume a good bit of the lecture dealt with AO, from the way the lady talked, but I'm not sure...) If you'd like to check it out, apparently the entire lecture (recorded Oct. 30'th, 2003) is available here (along with a handful of other juicy-sounding titles...)
And on the ground-based -vs- Hubble debate, I say "I dunno, if we're willing to raise money for a television show then surely there's somebody out there willing to organize a "bake sale" or something for such a useful piece of hardware...whether the money's used to build a completely new scope (somewhere, ANYwhere) or if it's used to blast Hubble all the way to the nearest 'Lagrange point'." (Yeah, yeah, I know; now I'm dreaming...)
Still seeing only "clusters" of stars? Check out this view from our old friend Hubble!
This image and the TERAbytes of data like it that have been collected over such a short time are testimony to why losing Hubble is going to be such a tragedy -- whether or not we understand or accept the reasons it's going to happen.
"...but it didn't stop him from stealing my things."
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Geez, this guy sounds like he hasn't seen Home Alone
...like it wouldn't have been "offline" anyway after getting front-page mention on /.!
Out of a cannon? At $5/ticket it'd be PURE PROFIT, BABY!!
heyyy... maybe we've finally discovered what the "???" part of "The Plan" might actually be!!
I'm sure someone else has already said it, but it's worth saying again.
Maybe because even infinity has to start somewhere -- and if that wild bit of speculation is so, then is it so inconceivable that WE are the first?
However man came to own the wheel, fire, scrambled eggs, etc. some dude way back through history had to be the first (and maybe he was the first for all three; "Hey, y'all, watch this!! You remember that funny looking little critter with the feathers? Well, I'm going to jump up on this fallen log and roll it along while rubbing this other stick against it, and whatever happens next I'm going to use it on the next thing to come out that bird's backside!!" Fortunately for breakfast fans ever since, that chicken decided to lay an egg at that moment rather than doing the alternative...)
on the NEXT mission there'll be about a zillion "don't forget to turn on MY experiment!" e-mails, very likely with each one followed by several "me too!" e-mails.
...huh? It costs more "over there" than it does "here"? Oh. ~never mind~
"Awww, I don't know why we even have a jug!"
...I might as well go to lunch (like I wasn't having ENOUGH trouble keeping my mind on my work...and to think I actually believed Slashdot might take my mind OFF of boobies for a few minutes...)
Spoken like someone who also must endure the idiocy of others with a professional air. Greetings, brother!
even WIDESPREAD coverage that the site is LETHAL to a computer wouldn't keep people from visiting it. When the "I Love You" virus hit a while back, we actually had users open the e-mail "just to make sure" it wasn't really someone sending them a love letter (like they EVER got them before and would SUDDENLY begin to, entirely by coincidence, right then...)
Like the man said about tsunami alerts in the United States: "There's still a large segment of the population that would go get their kids out of school so they could drive to the beach and watch the big waves..."
Here're some names just about everybody will recognize a few of taken from where a more complete list can be found:
Aaliyah
Buddy Holly
Richie Valens
Patsy Cline
Jim Croce
John Denver
Ronnie Van Zant
Glenn Miller
Rick Nelson
Otis Redding
Jim Reeves
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Apparently, preview mode only helps if you AREN'T an idiot...
Because I know MINE sure is!!
I could put up with bringing my OWN warm sodas and little bags of pretzels (hey, if I'm bringing my own, I might just splurge and bring PEANUTS!!), if only my butt didn't feel like a size-12 foot crammed into a size-8 shoe all the way from Shanghai to San-Fran!!!
Ah HAH!! I always KNEW those Norwegians were up to no good!!