I'm impressed! I just spent a couple hours setting up an Adaptec 1200A IDE RAID 0, only to find out that it runs as fast as the individual drives did, about 40MB/s.
I didn't mean to click the Donate Anonymously checkbox. I really wanted the karma! Oh well, I should have previewed it first.
I saw it recently using NASA's J-Pass software
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I saw it two nights in a row a couple weeks ago. If you follow the link below, you will find the NASA J-Pass Java applet. Enter your location and it will display a star chart that shows you precisely where and when to look. Here's a hint, it's only visible right before sunrise or right after sunset. Why? Well, it's orbiting pretty low and quickly passes into the Earth's shadow. It's actually pretty cool to watch it "wink out" after going 2/3 across the sky.
It's so easy to use, my parents were able to figure it out!
Looks like Science News is going the way of Scientific American. Yet another magazine I used to admire is getting watered down for the masses. Let's see, two teams of researchers misusing the same radiodating technique get similar answers. Obviously, we can report that "researchers finally reach a consensus..." and state that the results are "clearly" definite.
There's a new product out by Nestea (I think) that is a concentrated tea drink. Now, I know this sounds like a wussy drink, but this 8 oz container contains the same amount of high fructose corn syrup as two quarts of coke/pop/soda, but without the carbonation. You can slam it for a quick recovery, or sip on it and not worry about it going flat. Or, you could just pour it into one of those lame energy drinks for a sickly sweet treat.
2. A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control.
No way! That makes my motion-detecting garage light and X10 light switch robots.
I'm OK with an assembly line welding machine being called a robot, since it accepts programming and processes commands, but not the battlebots. For robots, "by remote control" should mean the acceptance of issued commands or instructions that it should process. When the battlebots start accepting commands like "attack pattern Picard 3" or "retreat", then they'll be robots, but for now they're just ultra-cool RC cars.
Battlebots should really be called Battle-RCs, but who cares. The show is good clean fun and is inspiring the next generation to inch another step closer to creating real robots. Maybe in another 25 years or so, we'll get there. Back to my regular programming...
If you go to the Sky and Telescope site, you can get awesome charts for locating this asteroid. These charts show all stars at least 9th magnitude in brightness. Using brand new 10x50 binoculars, I can see all 9th magnitude stars, but just barely. The asteroid is predicted to be between 9th and 10th magnitude, so it looks like I'm out of luck. BTW, I'm out in the country with very clear skies. Anyway, go to the Sky and Telescope site (cookies req), download the charts and give it a shot. OK, back to my regular programming...
Obviously, the contrails can initiate cloud formation and cause a local affect, but whatever premature energy transfer occurs (condensation, precipitation, absorption, reflection) would have occured eventually. Looking at the big picture, the amount of energy introduced into the atmosphere by an aircraft is insignificant, even though it can initiate a significant weather event. It's a "robbing Peter to pay Paul" kind of thing.
How about building a device that charges these small flash caps and then fires them out as projectiles. Anyone unfortunate enough to get hit with the contacts gets "knocked on their ass" as many experimenters have discovered.
I've been using the AT keyboards since 1984! I've also got a lifetime supply of spares. I'm also eternally baffled why anyone would move the function keys away from the left side of the keyboard where they can be touch typed. Why, I can type SHIFT-CTRL-F8 with one hand tied behind my back and never lift my thumb from the space bar.
If you live in the Northern hemisphere and have at least a 6" Dobsonian reflector telescope, you can check out one of the potential "alien" laser sources by looking at the nebula known as "Murcheson's Eye", also known as D-M073. A pinpoint of green light was once observed in this nebula.
I'm actually a fan of the JOIN clause. You might think that it's easier to read when you're writing it, but things change when you have to deal with more complex queries or decipher a long unformatted one that you or someone else wrote long ago.
I'm currently coding up a SQL "pretty printer", and moving the joining criteria from the FROM clause where it makes sense to the WHERE clause where it's just convenient does not look pretty.
I knew I should have mentioned Oklo. In the Earth's crust I can see uranium occuring in concentrations high enough for this to occur, but I don't think it's likely in the molten portions of the Earch due to high diffusivities and continuous convection.
I'll contribute 50 pounds if they include penguins in the program. Think of the publicity we'd get with a wired mascot! Oh, how about another 100 if they include a gnu.
If they are serious (which I doubt), then they would be using a matched pair of tubes, not a single tube. Of course, they could also be reverting from stereo to mono. Anyway, tubes rock! I've got about a hundred of them sitting around for various projects, none of which involve motherboards.
Farnsworth is a poor example to use for this subject. He DID invent television mostly by himself without the benefit of a large corporation. What he didn't have as an individual was reasonable protection from RCA, whose goal was to monopolize the airwaves at all costs. When they couldn't buy him out, they harassed him with lawsuits and propaganda campaigns that repeatedly told people that RCA brought them TV. The real problem with lone inventors is that "those who have the gold make the rules". Few people, until recently, ever heard the story of Philo Farnsworth.
Another cool fact about Farnsworth is that he developed a working fusion device, called the Farnsworth fusor. It doesn't even come close to breakeven, but it does produce neutrons consistently.
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According to the picture provided, this moon actually has its own set of rings. It's almost unbelievable!
I'm impressed! I just spent a couple hours setting up an Adaptec 1200A IDE RAID 0, only to find out that it runs as fast as the individual drives did, about 40MB/s.
I didn't mean to click the Donate Anonymously checkbox. I really wanted the karma! Oh well, I should have previewed it first.
I saw it two nights in a row a couple weeks ago. If you follow the link below, you will find the NASA J-Pass Java applet. Enter your location and it will display a star chart that shows you precisely where and when to look. Here's a hint, it's only visible right before sunrise or right after sunset. Why? Well, it's orbiting pretty low and quickly passes into the Earth's shadow. It's actually pretty cool to watch it "wink out" after going 2/3 across the sky.
It's so easy to use, my parents were able to figure it out!
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Looks like Science News is going the way of Scientific American. Yet another magazine I used to admire is getting watered down for the masses.
Let's see, two teams of researchers misusing the same radiodating technique get similar answers. Obviously, we can report that "researchers finally reach a consensus..." and state that the results are "clearly" definite.
Man, I've been practicing all year using FORTH. Rats!
There's a new product out by Nestea (I think) that is a concentrated tea drink. Now, I know this sounds like a wussy drink, but this 8 oz container contains the same amount of high fructose corn syrup as two quarts of coke/pop/soda, but without the carbonation. You can slam it for a quick recovery, or sip on it and not worry about it going flat. Or, you could just pour it into one of those lame energy drinks for a sickly sweet treat.
2. A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control.
No way! That makes my motion-detecting garage light and X10 light switch robots.
I'm OK with an assembly line welding machine being called a robot, since it accepts programming and processes commands, but not the battlebots. For robots, "by remote control" should mean the acceptance of issued commands or instructions that it should process. When the battlebots start accepting commands like "attack pattern Picard 3" or "retreat", then they'll be robots, but for now they're just ultra-cool RC cars.
Battlebots should really be called Battle-RCs, but who cares. The show is good clean fun and is inspiring the next generation to inch another step closer to creating real robots. Maybe in another 25 years or so, we'll get there. Back to my regular programming...
If you go to the Sky and Telescope site, you can get awesome charts for locating this asteroid. These charts show all stars at least 9th magnitude in brightness. Using brand new 10x50 binoculars, I can see all 9th magnitude stars, but just barely. The asteroid is predicted to be between 9th and 10th magnitude, so it looks like I'm out of luck. BTW, I'm out in the country with very clear skies. Anyway, go to the Sky and Telescope site (cookies req), download the charts and give it a shot. OK, back to my regular programming...
Obviously, the contrails can initiate cloud formation and cause a local affect, but whatever premature energy transfer occurs (condensation, precipitation, absorption, reflection) would have occured eventually. Looking at the big picture, the amount of energy introduced into the atmosphere by an aircraft is insignificant, even though it can initiate a significant weather event. It's a "robbing Peter to pay Paul" kind of thing.
Hey! I just read that book about three weeks ago. I guess I subliminally stole the idea from them. Rats! Grendels!
Here's a new weapon idea!
How about building a device that charges these small flash caps and then fires them out as projectiles. Anyone unfortunate enough to get hit with the contacts gets "knocked on their ass" as many experimenters have discovered.
I'm gonna pop a 0.22 Farad cap in your ass sucka!
I've been using the AT keyboards since 1984! I've also got a lifetime supply of spares. I'm also eternally baffled why anyone would move the function keys away from the left side of the keyboard where they can be touch typed. Why, I can type SHIFT-CTRL-F8 with one hand tied behind my back and never lift my thumb from the space bar.
If you really want to be taken seriously, you better start capitalizing FORTRAN, COBOL, and BASIC.
If you live in the Northern hemisphere and have at least a 6" Dobsonian reflector telescope, you can check out one of the potential "alien" laser sources by looking at the nebula known as "Murcheson's Eye", also known as D-M073. A pinpoint of green light was once observed in this nebula.
I'm sure of it! My tinfoil hat supplier overheard one of their conversations on his new tooth-telephone.
I'm actually a fan of the JOIN clause. You might think that it's easier to read when you're writing it, but things change when you have to deal with more complex queries or decipher a long unformatted one that you or someone else wrote long ago.
I'm currently coding up a SQL "pretty printer", and moving the joining criteria from the FROM clause where it makes sense to the WHERE clause where it's just convenient does not look pretty.
I knew I should have mentioned Oklo. In the Earth's crust I can see uranium occuring in concentrations high enough for this to occur, but I don't think it's likely in the molten portions of the Earch due to high diffusivities and continuous convection.
When did the Earth's magnetic field suddenly become such a "big mystery"?
Also, when did natural radioactive decay become a definition of a reactor?
Next thing ya know, we'll be discussing who invented the telephone!
10 REM - Wow this TRS-80 is cool
20 PRINT "CARACTACUS POTTS IS THE GREATEST!!!"
30 PRINT "STRONGBAD IS A WUSS!!!"
40 GOTO 20
I'll contribute 50 pounds if they include penguins in the program. Think of the publicity we'd get with a wired mascot! Oh, how about another 100 if they include a gnu.
If they are serious (which I doubt), then they would be using a matched pair of tubes, not a single tube. Of course, they could also be reverting from stereo to mono. Anyway, tubes rock! I've got about a hundred of them sitting around for various projects, none of which involve motherboards.
Farnsworth is a poor example to use for this subject. He DID invent television mostly by himself without the benefit of a large corporation. What he didn't have as an individual was reasonable protection from RCA, whose goal was to monopolize the airwaves at all costs. When they couldn't buy him out, they harassed him with lawsuits and propaganda campaigns that repeatedly told people that RCA brought them TV. The real problem with lone inventors is that "those who have the gold make the rules". Few people, until recently, ever heard the story of Philo Farnsworth.
Another cool fact about Farnsworth is that he developed a working fusion device, called the Farnsworth fusor. It doesn't even come close to breakeven, but it does produce neutrons consistently.
I think you have a very good theory. The name of the account is based on a Star Trek character's name. I was surprised that it wasn't taken already.