At first I thought that this binocular telescope was going up in space to join Hubble. Just last week I had heard of another telescope that was going up and would actually trail behind earth a good distance in order to allow for cooler temperatures and less interference. This one, however, is planted in Mt. Graham in Arizona. One lens is complete and onsite and the second is supposed to arrive this coming spring.
Here is a particularly good description of the LBT (Large Binocular Telescope) from an article in the Eastern Arizona Courier.
The LBT is made up of two 8.4-meter mirrors, which, when in place, will bring together the light, creating sharper images of faint objects in space. One mirror is in place at the Mount Graham International Observatory, and the other will arrive next spring.
Each mirror is designed in a manner that allows it to reach the same temperature as the outside air up to two hours faster than any other mirror design. Under the solid glass surface are openings in a honeycomb pattern. Cold air is pushed up through those openings, cooling the glass to the desired temperature. The sooner the glass cools, the more science can get done, which is good from a business standpoint, assistant project director for LBT Jim Slagle said.
Not everbody is happy about this, though. The Apache people are protesting the use of the site for the telescope.
The U of A is finally dedicating it's Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), formerly called the Columbus Project, after years legal and money problems and at least a year before actual completion. (The U of A changed the name of the project after realizing it wasn't such a popular idea to name it the Columbus project and then, against the wills of the Apache people, place it on their most sacred site on top of the mountain.) The LBT is mainstay of the project. Investors will be wined and dined on Fri. at the La Paloma resort in the Catalina foothills and bused up to the mountain on Sat. to tour the scope site. Our job is to show the investors how controversial and unpopular this project is... and has been for decades.
All stores will eventually have hi-tech carts. I still use the little hand baskets though. While I used to do the one or two big trips a week I now go to grocery store everyday so I rarely need a cart. And, on the occasion when I do need a cart, I am sure I can turn the technology off or not use it if I don't like it. This is not tin foil hat worthy.
Isn't it possible to have a great respect for Torvalds without acting like a giddie school girl? I think the guy has done incredible things and deserves all accolades he gets, but why do so many drop their pants and present their genitals if they think he may be in the room?
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Here is an article
with more detail about Torvald's move to Portland.
But, how do you really feel?
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He doesn't beat around the bush about Microsoft.
I don't think the lawsuits have necessarily made a huge direct difference, but I do think that it has made a lot more people realize that maybe Microsoft wasn't the "American Dream" after all, but just another greedy company that might be better off with some competition. And that probably has opened a few doors.
I think Microsoft has a PR problem. Largely deservedly, I would say.
From experience I can tell you that aging parents + new technology can end up translating into a lot of tech support calls and quite a few visits for some one-on-one help. However, when I watch my 72 year dad getting such enjoyment from learning how to use his computer, surf the web, work on the family genealogy project, etc. it is more than worth it. I am not saying I haven't gritted my teeth more than once, but he's my dad. I hope my two sons will take the same amount of time with me when I am in my 70's and trying to learn something that is new to me but second nature to them.
The Idiot Jukebox would be great for someone that is a reasonably sophisticated Linux user. I like what the software suite does but it's beyond my technical ability to implement the Idiot Jukebox. Perhaps if someone wrote a detailed "hwow to" it would be more accessible?
Looks like a lot of fun but the current price of 9,500 euro's which is currently $11,852 is a bit rich for me. There is also tax, duty, and shipping to be paid as well.
For God's sake, this is a long ways to go to find something to be paranoid about.
Whether or not Google intended this, I take great pause at knowing any e-mail I write or read on a PC with Google Desktop Search could be called up and read by a complete stranger.
This application is intended for single user machines which pretty much limits it, in most cases, to home machines. I don't have complete strangers roaming around my house so it is not an issue for me.
Mayer dismissed my concern that this is a security issue. She points out that you can configure Google Desktop Search not to index Web pages or specific domains. That would prevent Google Desktop Search from indexing and caching the URL "mail.yahoo.com".
So what part of that did the reporter not understand? Finally, this is not mandatory software. A user has to hunt it down, download it, and install it. So don't use it if it is a problem for your computer. Now, I am not trying to be a jerk and some of this is said with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Still, you gotta wonder why people need to find things to be upset about. I am not sure why this irks me so much, maybe I should drink less coffee.....
I don't feel that way at all. If I get an email because a friend of mine is trying to find a shop that fixes Volvo's or a good place to get a haircut or where to buy a good filet mignon and I know of a good place(s), then I am very happy to answer.
Will you annoy your friends by doing this?
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I registered at Yelp to see what it is like. You can enter recommendations directly which is pretty cool. If you ask a question it has to go to your list of friends, which may annoy them for all I know. I do not see a way to look at the list of recommended businesses in my town. I apparently have to ask first. I think it would be neat to print out a list of all businesses in my town that have been recommended. It may be too inclusive a list but I bet it would chop off the bad ones at a minimum.
That is why my kids are not allowed to register for anything online without my permission. They don't generally treat registration as innocuous and they trust the sites implicitly. Dad doesn't.
Absolutely. In my last job I generally went to a programmer with a thick folder of printing job mockups, notes from the customer, tapes from the previous job, etc. How could I get all of that to an overseas programmer on top of meeting a tight deadline? While a lot of programming jobs may lend themselves to outsourcing, not all of them do.
I am a republican but I had a hard time with that comment by Bush. I have been to college. I have two Masters degrees. I don't need to go to the local community college, I need a job. I have been unemployed for two months. If I could live off of a WalMart wage I'd be okay. But, I am a single dad with two kids of which I have full-time custody. I just need a decent job at a decent wage. At this point, I would flip burgers if it paid enough.
My experience with Dell has been just awful. I cannot understand the thick accents and they have a hard time understanding what I am asking. I am not denigrating the engineers from India, however. But if I had to overcome the language issues on top of a usually ridiculous time constraint, I just don't think it would work.
I have worked at too many companies where we needed coding done on the fly with proprietary systems. This usual meant sitting down the programmer with a customer waiting for a return call ASAP. How would I do that with a programmer in India? I don't think I could overcome the language issues and the proprietary nature of the software. The publishing company I worked for would be a good example of that. Print jobs required programming. The jobs often were for 1 million or more pieces so mistakes could be catastrophic. It wasn't unusual to go racing to a programmers cube at 5PM with a programming requirement that had to be finished in 30 minutes or so to go to press.
That's a good point. The same audio-out cable that I have plugged into a reciever could be plugged into a recording device or split so that you could record and listen at the same time. You could also plug your XM radio into your PC. I don't know that the Roady I or II offers the same functionality of the PC specific devices.
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Here is a particularly good description of the LBT (Large Binocular Telescope) from an article in the Eastern Arizona Courier.
The LBT is made up of two 8.4-meter mirrors, which, when in place, will bring together the light, creating sharper images of faint objects in space. One mirror is in place at the Mount Graham International Observatory, and the other will arrive next spring. Each mirror is designed in a manner that allows it to reach the same temperature as the outside air up to two hours faster than any other mirror design. Under the solid glass surface are openings in a honeycomb pattern. Cold air is pushed up through those openings, cooling the glass to the desired temperature. The sooner the glass cools, the more science can get done, which is good from a business standpoint, assistant project director for LBT Jim Slagle said.
Not everbody is happy about this, though. The Apache people are protesting the use of the site for the telescope.
The U of A is finally dedicating it's Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), formerly called the Columbus Project, after years legal and money problems and at least a year before actual completion. (The U of A changed the name of the project after realizing it wasn't such a popular idea to name it the Columbus project and then, against the wills of the Apache people, place it on their most sacred site on top of the mountain.) The LBT is mainstay of the project. Investors will be wined and dined on Fri. at the La Paloma resort in the Catalina foothills and bused up to the mountain on Sat. to tour the scope site. Our job is to show the investors how controversial and unpopular this project is... and has been for decades.
All stores will eventually have hi-tech carts. I still use the little hand baskets though. While I used to do the one or two big trips a week I now go to grocery store everyday so I rarely need a cart. And, on the occasion when I do need a cart, I am sure I can turn the technology off or not use it if I don't like it. This is not tin foil hat worthy.
Isn't it possible to have a great respect for Torvalds without acting like a giddie school girl? I think the guy has done incredible things and deserves all accolades he gets, but why do so many drop their pants and present their genitals if they think he may be in the room?
You are fawning at the mouth.
Here is an article with more detail about Torvald's move to Portland.
I don't think the lawsuits have necessarily made a huge direct difference, but I do think that it has made a lot more people realize that maybe Microsoft wasn't the "American Dream" after all, but just another greedy company that might be better off with some competition. And that probably has opened a few doors.
I think Microsoft has a PR problem. Largely deservedly, I would say.
From experience I can tell you that aging parents + new technology can end up translating into a lot of tech support calls and quite a few visits for some one-on-one help. However, when I watch my 72 year dad getting such enjoyment from learning how to use his computer, surf the web, work on the family genealogy project, etc. it is more than worth it. I am not saying I haven't gritted my teeth more than once, but he's my dad. I hope my two sons will take the same amount of time with me when I am in my 70's and trying to learn something that is new to me but second nature to them.
"how to"
The Idiot Jukebox would be great for someone that is a reasonably sophisticated Linux user. I like what the software suite does but it's beyond my technical ability to implement the Idiot Jukebox. Perhaps if someone wrote a detailed "hwow to" it would be more accessible?
Is this the computer equivalent of a Rube Goldberg device?
It has brakes. It also weighs 400lbs!! The brakes probably come in handy at times. Can you imagine heading downhill in this thing without brakes :-)
Looks like a lot of fun but the current price of 9,500 euro's which is currently $11,852 is a bit rich for me. There is also tax, duty, and shipping to be paid as well.
Whether or not Google intended this, I take great pause at knowing any e-mail I write or read on a PC with Google Desktop Search could be called up and read by a complete stranger.
This application is intended for single user machines which pretty much limits it, in most cases, to home machines. I don't have complete strangers roaming around my house so it is not an issue for me.
Mayer dismissed my concern that this is a security issue. She points out that you can configure Google Desktop Search not to index Web pages or specific domains. That would prevent Google Desktop Search from indexing and caching the URL "mail.yahoo.com".
So what part of that did the reporter not understand? Finally, this is not mandatory software. A user has to hunt it down, download it, and install it. So don't use it if it is a problem for your computer. Now, I am not trying to be a jerk and some of this is said with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Still, you gotta wonder why people need to find things to be upset about. I am not sure why this irks me so much, maybe I should drink less coffee.....
I had a friend in high school whose middle name was X. That was it, a single letter name. I have heard of this in other cases as well.
When you put it that way then I see your point. It is a good idea in theory, though.
I guess they misspelled misspell. Perhaps they should use a good online dictionary: Dictionary.com/misspell
I don't feel that way at all. If I get an email because a friend of mine is trying to find a shop that fixes Volvo's or a good place to get a haircut or where to buy a good filet mignon and I know of a good place(s), then I am very happy to answer.
I registered at Yelp to see what it is like. You can enter recommendations directly which is pretty cool. If you ask a question it has to go to your list of friends, which may annoy them for all I know. I do not see a way to look at the list of recommended businesses in my town. I apparently have to ask first. I think it would be neat to print out a list of all businesses in my town that have been recommended. It may be too inclusive a list but I bet it would chop off the bad ones at a minimum.
Correction: They DO generally treat registration as innocuous....
That is why my kids are not allowed to register for anything online without my permission. They don't generally treat registration as innocuous and they trust the sites implicitly. Dad doesn't.
Absolutely. In my last job I generally went to a programmer with a thick folder of printing job mockups, notes from the customer, tapes from the previous job, etc. How could I get all of that to an overseas programmer on top of meeting a tight deadline? While a lot of programming jobs may lend themselves to outsourcing, not all of them do.
I am a republican but I had a hard time with that comment by Bush. I have been to college. I have two Masters degrees. I don't need to go to the local community college, I need a job. I have been unemployed for two months. If I could live off of a WalMart wage I'd be okay. But, I am a single dad with two kids of which I have full-time custody. I just need a decent job at a decent wage. At this point, I would flip burgers if it paid enough.
My experience with Dell has been just awful. I cannot understand the thick accents and they have a hard time understanding what I am asking. I am not denigrating the engineers from India, however. But if I had to overcome the language issues on top of a usually ridiculous time constraint, I just don't think it would work.
I have worked at too many companies where we needed coding done on the fly with proprietary systems. This usual meant sitting down the programmer with a customer waiting for a return call ASAP. How would I do that with a programmer in India? I don't think I could overcome the language issues and the proprietary nature of the software. The publishing company I worked for would be a good example of that. Print jobs required programming. The jobs often were for 1 million or more pieces so mistakes could be catastrophic. It wasn't unusual to go racing to a programmers cube at 5PM with a programming requirement that had to be finished in 30 minutes or so to go to press.
That's a good point. The same audio-out cable that I have plugged into a reciever could be plugged into a recording device or split so that you could record and listen at the same time. You could also plug your XM radio into your PC. I don't know that the Roady I or II offers the same functionality of the PC specific devices.