In a totally unrelated story, it appears that at least 4 out of every 50 computer users surveyed have had an encounter with "spam" emails in the last two years.
Stay tuned for the next ground-breaking story about the near 100% mortality rate suffered by humans and animals exposed to di-hydrogen monoxide!
Er, what?
Last I checked, F=ma was still in effect...
The 1/3 effect of gravity would lower the amount of friction from the ground, but the same amount of force would be required to accellerate the same amount of mass to the same degree. Also, if indeed the air is 100X more dense on Earth than on Mars, wouldn't that mean that 1/100th of the atmospheric particles would have to move at 100x the velocity?
One would assume that they would cache data and squirt something similar to the Mars Polar Orbiter when it came arount. I mean, really, it's not like the durn thing is going to be controllable.
You'd be looking at a flood of data streaming in very quickly, but much of it would be redundant and could safely be supressed. No big deal so far.
As far as figuring out where it was, gee, maybe if it was the only thing transmitting in the area and that you could establish a velocity and direction (vector) when the stream came up it would be no sweat.
Ok, so EQ doesn't work on standard WINE- but the folks at TransGaming have done a fantastic job. It's running at a higher framerate under RedHat 9 (latest stable kernel) than under XP.
I really can't say enough about the high level hacking that gets these things going. The dedication, passion, and damned fine skills set these guys apart!
What's really interesting is that with all the work going on, eventually we'll have (yes, really) a more stable Windows environment than the one written by Microsquish. (Yes, really. It's been done before- Windows 3.1 under OS/2. IBM had code rights at the time and "enhanced" things a bit... and it ROCKED).
More seriously, I think without getting all teary-eyed about it a person could point to this as a sign that the Open Source philosophy has been long overdue, awaiting communication infrastructure that is finally becoming mature. Who knows, maybe us hoomuns are becoming more mature, too... or at least we are when people are looking.
I can't wait to see the kind of things my daughter will enjoy as a matter of course. She's 1.5 years old now, and look at how much has happened in the last 10 years. Her college education is going to be interesting to say the least.
I just hope they don't continue through all the sequels, no matter how well received the movie is. I mrean, really...
How long 'till Pratchet gets the same treatment? I honestly hope they don't get around to him posthumously.
I'm not certain, but I have a nagging suspicion that the oldest known tech manual actually belongs to another instrument entirely, in the origins of the modern computer. Counting boards, or abacuses (abaci?) have been used for a loooong time.
A quicky google on the history of the abacus yielded the following spiffy (or not) abacus history information, including a mention of the "ancient Chinese abacus imagined from a description given in a book titled Mathematical Treatises by Ancients written by Hsu Yo towards the end of the Later Han Dynasty, about 1700 years ago"
On the plus side (couldn't resist) I'm pretty sure that Chaucer would have written the first English (Englyshe?) tech manual, since he was, after all, a bit of a pioneer in English literature of all kinds...
Open Source Fuel Cell Project, anyone? If the talent and expertise of/. could be harnessed, maybe we could do some real good rather than just virtual good?
It is my firm belief that the we still need the energy breakthrough to accompany the communications revolution of the last couple of decades... and that cheaper, cleaner energy will be the key to higher standards of living, just as it has throughout history. We've (largely) tackled food supply and shelter (at least we have the ability to do so). Communications tech is getting downright cheap... why not focus on energy- and make certain its available to anyone, anywhere without paying steep licensing costs.
The range of materials available to the average citizen of a first-world country is incredible. Good old-fashioned geek ingenuity and horseback engineering may not create the most efficient fuel cells-- but they may be the most accessible and will almost certainly be the cheapest and most ingenious.
What better memorial? A plaque on the first permanently occupied extra-planetary base, I guess, but this is definitely a close second.
I just hope that we (humans) can get out there to put some flowers around it someday.
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In a totally unrelated story, it appears that at least 4 out of every 50 computer users surveyed have had an encounter with "spam" emails in the last two years.
Stay tuned for the next ground-breaking story about the near 100% mortality rate suffered by humans and animals exposed to di-hydrogen monoxide!
Er, what?
Last I checked, F=ma was still in effect...
The 1/3 effect of gravity would lower the amount of friction from the ground, but the same amount of force would be required to accellerate the same amount of mass to the same degree. Also, if indeed the air is 100X more dense on Earth than on Mars, wouldn't that mean that 1/100th of the atmospheric particles would have to move at 100x the velocity?
One would assume that they would cache data and squirt something similar to the Mars Polar Orbiter when it came arount. I mean, really, it's not like the durn thing is going to be controllable.
:)
You'd be looking at a flood of data streaming in very quickly, but much of it would be redundant and could safely be supressed. No big deal so far.
As far as figuring out where it was, gee, maybe if it was the only thing transmitting in the area and that you could establish a velocity and direction (vector) when the stream came up it would be no sweat.
Come on, use some imagination!
Sorry it took so long to get back to you... you ARE mistaken. Works like a charm, although a message box pops up recommending I upgrade soon.
Bah!
Ok, so EQ doesn't work on standard WINE- but the folks at TransGaming have done a fantastic job. It's running at a higher framerate under RedHat 9 (latest stable kernel) than under XP.
I really can't say enough about the high level hacking that gets these things going. The dedication, passion, and damned fine skills set these guys apart!
What's really interesting is that with all the work going on, eventually we'll have (yes, really) a more stable Windows environment than the one written by Microsquish. (Yes, really. It's been done before- Windows 3.1 under OS/2. IBM had code rights at the time and "enhanced" things a bit... and it ROCKED).
Anybody have an update on the heating problem and how that affects the longevity prospects of Opportunity?
Yay.
More seriously, I think without getting all teary-eyed about it a person could point to this as a sign that the Open Source philosophy has been long overdue, awaiting communication infrastructure that is finally becoming mature. Who knows, maybe us hoomuns are becoming more mature, too... or at least we are when people are looking.
I can't wait to see the kind of things my daughter will enjoy as a matter of course. She's 1.5 years old now, and look at how much has happened in the last 10 years. Her college education is going to be interesting to say the least.
I just hope they don't continue through all the sequels, no matter how well received the movie is. I mrean, really... How long 'till Pratchet gets the same treatment? I honestly hope they don't get around to him posthumously.
I'm not certain, but I have a nagging suspicion that the oldest known tech manual actually belongs to another instrument entirely, in the origins of the modern computer. Counting boards, or abacuses (abaci?) have been used for a loooong time.
A quicky google on the history of the abacus yielded the following spiffy (or not) abacus history information, including a mention of the "ancient Chinese abacus imagined from a description given in a book titled Mathematical Treatises by Ancients written by Hsu Yo towards the end of the Later Han Dynasty, about 1700 years ago"
On the plus side (couldn't resist) I'm pretty sure that Chaucer would have written the first English (Englyshe?) tech manual, since he was, after all, a bit of a pioneer in English literature of all kinds...
Open Source Fuel Cell Project, anyone? If the talent and expertise of /. could be harnessed, maybe we could do some real good rather than just virtual good?
It is my firm belief that the we still need the energy breakthrough to accompany the communications revolution of the last couple of decades... and that cheaper, cleaner energy will be the key to higher standards of living, just as it has throughout history. We've (largely) tackled food supply and shelter (at least we have the ability to do so). Communications tech is getting downright cheap... why not focus on energy- and make certain its available to anyone, anywhere without paying steep licensing costs.
The range of materials available to the average citizen of a first-world country is incredible. Good old-fashioned geek ingenuity and horseback engineering may not create the most efficient fuel cells-- but they may be the most accessible and will almost certainly be the cheapest and most ingenious.
What better memorial? A plaque on the first permanently occupied extra-planetary base, I guess, but this is definitely a close second. I just hope that we (humans) can get out there to put some flowers around it someday.
So, we can now exorcise the penguins and dead rats, but is it really better to have a demonically posessed system?