wierd... I pulled out Gene Kranz's book the other night for the first time for ages and read through the Apollo 11 part. Didn't realise it was the anniversary.
Time for another trip to amazon^H^H^H^H^H^H an ethical online bookstore methinks - the Kraft and Kelly books sound interesting (for anyone looking the Kelly title is "Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module", by Thomas Kelly).
What I'd also like is a book on the Apollo CM / SM - any suggestions?
So if I was a potential terrorist (Note to Mr. Ashcroft: I'm not), I now have an additional option for smuggling a nice sharp carpet knife on board.
Assuming potential terrorists are likely to be of Middle Eastern appearance, one could of course discourage such people from joining the program, or submit them to more searches anyway. And then it turns out the first Registered Traveler to crash the plane into a tall building is a previously "clean" white person.
A more radical alternative would be to stop doing things to the rest of the world that cause people to want to commit terrorist acts against the USA in the first place.
biometric smartcards track you. Erm...
Seriously folks, how long until the first reports of someone with a "suspiscious" profile (e.g. one of the "brown skinned people" as G.W. might put it) not getting on to this program, or getting on but being harassed at every check anyway?
I AM MR. ANTHONY ZUMBUBELE AN EMAIL ACCOUNTS OFFICER IN
A WEB-PORTAL INSTITUTION IN CANADA. RECENTLY I DISCOVERED
A DORMANT ACCOUNT CONTAINING A LARGE AMOUNT OF SPACE
VALUED AT 100 MILLION BYTES. UPON MY INVESTIGATION I DISCOVERED
IT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR CLIENTS MR. ERIC HEAD WO WAS INVOLVED
IN A FREAK LUNCHEON MEAT INCIDENT YESTERDAY.
I GOT YOUR DETAILS BY SCANNING GUEST BOOKS OF REPUTABLE FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS. During the investigation I was unable to trace any next
of kin. The email law here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed for
six days, it will be forfeited to the email provider as an
unclaimed bill and sen to the RIAA's account. A local
citizen cannot stand as a kin to a foreigner. It is upon
this discovery that i have decided to contact you to ensure
that the space is used for some viable project as it ought
to be instead of using the space for malicious purposes or
for perpetrating evil.
If you are interest urgently reach
me through the above stated email,telephone numbers to
enable me give you the full details of this transaction and
how it is going to work out. What i want from you is for
you to act as the deceased next of kin. I have in my
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accomplish this task. This whole process should be fully
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will be given to you as soon as I receive your positive
response via e-mail or telephone.
Anticipating your urgent reply.
I just logged in all excited like and the interface looks like doggy-doo, if you can imagine doggy-doo with some kind of narrow blue horizontal stripes all over it. Also it looks like the stylesheet is completely missing. This is using a late-model Mozilla.
Back to gmail I s'pose;-).
Online reference for that: Meteorite. Also says "The only reported fatality from meteorite impacts is an Egyptian dog who was killed in 1911, although this report is disputed. "
Now now, Belgium is not all of Europe, so don't get any big ideas young man! Here in Germany we pay real Euros for our DSL connections. The odd free stuff you see are Micky-Mouse offers which never stack up to much.
Move along now, no free lunches here.
Thankyou. I thought every new Slashdot account holder had to post one, so I though I'd combine it with some others while I was at it. Couldn't work out how to fit in Ms. Portman's hot grit pants tho.
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when John Aaron became a "steely eyed missile man".
Hell, I wasn't even born then but I know all this stuff...
wierd... I pulled out Gene Kranz's book the other night for the first time for ages and read through the Apollo 11 part. Didn't realise it was the anniversary.
Time for another trip to amazon^H^H^H^H^H^H an ethical online bookstore methinks - the Kraft and Kelly books sound interesting (for anyone looking the Kelly title is "Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module", by Thomas Kelly).
What I'd also like is a book on the Apollo CM / SM - any suggestions?
...was found by disassembling the OS of an early mobile phone embedded in a Coca Cola can as part of a marketing promotion.
This original kernal was called "Pepsux".
So if I was a potential terrorist (Note to Mr. Ashcroft: I'm not), I now have an additional option for smuggling a nice sharp carpet knife on board.
Assuming potential terrorists are likely to be of Middle Eastern appearance, one could of course discourage such people from joining the program, or submit them to more searches anyway. And then it turns out the first Registered Traveler to crash the plane into a tall building is a previously "clean" white person.
A more radical alternative would be to stop doing things to the rest of the world that cause people to want to commit terrorist acts against the USA in the first place.
biometric smartcards track you. Erm... Seriously folks, how long until the first reports of someone with a "suspiscious" profile (e.g. one of the "brown skinned people" as G.W. might put it) not getting on to this program, or getting on but being harassed at every check anyway?
Obligatory link for the google-impaired: Q Public License
Don't want anyone getting ideas about payload delivery from inflatables in space.
I AM MR. ANTHONY ZUMBUBELE AN EMAIL ACCOUNTS OFFICER IN A WEB-PORTAL INSTITUTION IN CANADA. RECENTLY I DISCOVERED A DORMANT ACCOUNT CONTAINING A LARGE AMOUNT OF SPACE VALUED AT 100 MILLION BYTES. UPON MY INVESTIGATION I DISCOVERED IT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR CLIENTS MR. ERIC HEAD WO WAS INVOLVED IN A FREAK LUNCHEON MEAT INCIDENT YESTERDAY. I GOT YOUR DETAILS BY SCANNING GUEST BOOKS OF REPUTABLE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. During the investigation I was unable to trace any next of kin. The email law here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed for six days, it will be forfeited to the email provider as an unclaimed bill and sen to the RIAA's account. A local citizen cannot stand as a kin to a foreigner. It is upon this discovery that i have decided to contact you to ensure that the space is used for some viable project as it ought to be instead of using the space for malicious purposes or for perpetrating evil.
If you are interest urgently reach me through the above stated email,telephone numbers to enable me give you the full details of this transaction and how it is going to work out. What i want from you is for you to act as the deceased next of kin. I have in my possession all necessary document to successfully accomplish this task. This whole process should be fully accomplished within 5-7 working days, further information will be given to you as soon as I receive your positive response via e-mail or telephone. Anticipating your urgent reply.
Best regards
Anthony Zumbubele's desk
I just logged in all excited like and the interface looks like doggy-doo, if you can imagine doggy-doo with some kind of narrow blue horizontal stripes all over it. Also it looks like the stylesheet is completely missing. This is using a late-model Mozilla. Back to gmail I s'pose ;-).
Online reference for that: Meteorite. Also says "The only reported fatality from meteorite impacts is an Egyptian dog who was killed in 1911, although this report is disputed. "
that it hat reliable information that Osama bin Laden was in the house at the time.
Maybe this is a plan to squash those pesky rumors that McDs puts worm meat in their burgers.
When I said "Belgium", I did of course mean it in the sense of "Holland". Tsk tsk, all these little countries.
Now now, Belgium is not all of Europe, so don't get any big ideas young man! Here in Germany we pay real Euros for our DSL connections. The odd free stuff you see are Micky-Mouse offers which never stack up to much. Move along now, no free lunches here.
Thankyou. I thought every new Slashdot account holder had to post one, so I though I'd combine it with some others while I was at it. Couldn't work out how to fit in Ms. Portman's hot grit pants tho.
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Shurely..
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these things!?
...make them send semi-random nonsense to each other and defeat the system.
Oh, they do that already? Never mind. I've left enough clues if the Feds want to come and find me me.