Vibration from movement: is there enough jostle to shake dust off the panels from mere rover movement about the surface or is that too small to matter here?
"Now we're assuming they're cleaning, but all we can really say is that overnight the solar panels produced between 2 and 5 percent additional power immediately,'' he said. "We're surmising that for some reason dust is being removed from the solar panel and that's increasing the efficiency of the sunlight being converted to electricity."
Any hardcore space-geeks care to propose any other explanation?
Seriously, i'm just wondering what else might explain this, because enough moving atmosphere on Mars to clean the panels is very interesting to me. Other possibilities anyone?
Along these lines, is there an OSS package that can read the varied formats the Submitter is referring to, tag and drop them in a DB with a nice, friendly, web-enabled (secure) front-end for searching?
My former employer kept *all* of his email from the last 20 years in tar.gz files. Let's just say it wasn't easy to find an email from er, 15 years ago very easily.
Is there a package that can read the mbox, the other box-formats, plain text, pull from pop, old tar.gz bundles, categorize (sorta), tag and make such things searchable?
Totally a shot in the dark here, i'm not a mail guy at all... just wondering as the Submitter did what i like/. Submitters to do: make me think and look for new, better stuff... or better ways to do old-stuff.
Go ahead and read the 'sales pitch' on this pig and try to keep a straight face. Bottom feeders here, folks. i love me some generalized, buzzword-ridden, sales pitches for junks that will:
Exponentially explode your online sales like you have never imagined!
Well damn, who could pass that up eh? Shady-tree ops indeed.
Coupla solid Ben'$ on a bet you will be sorry for doing "biz" with these fools.
::ring::ring::
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"Dick."
"Bush. Say listen, we got uh... thingy goin' on over here with them googuhl folk."
"wtf?"
"Naw, sersly, they got some new Very onerous Intercontinental Puhbombs."
"P bombs... what?"
"Yeah, yeah and that's them folks that help those, uh, whatchacall'em... poor people find all that informations on how blowed'in' things up and steal musics. Listen, can i get 'em?"
*sigh* "I'll get my coat. See you in a few."
i worked for an HP lab that was designing a rather large ASIC that was previously a large chipset used for coherency control between the four procs on a cellboard and the other cellboards as well. We had one hallway of design engineers pounding out the code/layout/etc for the chip and an *entire* other hallway of guys writing test fixtures (unit and system) at the same time. My task at the time was to write an in-house, unit testing language translator to fit with the system testing language and engine. We had 20 guys working on perfecting the tests and catching chip problems way before the chip ever thought about making it to tapeout.
So yeah, tons of resources went into just testing the damn thing... and there still remained the real-world testing when the chip would finally make it back to the fab in hardware form. Interesting process, i'll tell you that much.
Well, that was the point: i *knew* how to get everything secure and working, but wasn't allowed to make any changes... even though i knew those changes were good for the client. So, off i went.
Believe it or not, some folks still use Solaris 2.5 and 2.6 versions. I used to work at a university whose physics department was fortunate enough to have two electron scanning microscopes, one old and huge and one new, smaller one. The old one had controlling software that was custom, to say the least, and written by a German firm that's been out of business for a few years now.
Guess what OS the software ran on? And what hardware connections were custom to the old Sparc-based controller the ran the thing? Wohoo! Old Solaris was the only way it'd still 'go'.
Well, sneaker-net wasn't going to work for the grads that were abroad and well, the profs wanted network access, so they were going to get it. Short of the long, we had to build, tweak and mess with all kinds of junk (tcpwrappers, ssh, ssl) before it went back on the network (yes, that donkey had been hacked before). So yes, there's lots of old Solaris still out there.
And before anyone asks, yes I finally quit that job due to *not* being able to secure things like this. Authenticating gateways, openvpn, pf on Solaris (boss would *never* let me put that on all the machines we cared for... unbelievable really), moving *away* from Sendmail, installing Solaris machines with everything locked down, etc, etc). Drove me fucking mad.
You are the man, here's why:
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Fucking THANK YOU!!
Once my SO figured out she could have this too if, and only if, daddy gets to buy a new machine. i said it'd probably needs a good amount of horsepower and needed a lot of ram - she was still stunned by the idea of having such a phone system, she didn't even question it.
Hot damn, new server AND a new phone system to play with - i looked at the gui screenshots of the astGUI client - holy shit, this is going to be fun.
haven't seen the interface for *months*. Try Thunderbird or Evolution (hell, mutt too) with gmail's pop/smtp service (secure as well if you like). Enjoy the mail interface you wish:)
All i have to say is the first one of my Senators or Representatives that brings some shit like this anywhere near the bill-writing paper, is going to get an earful and some pretty shitty press coverage (if they can slip it in between viagra and lexus ads and the endless yammering heads and new, pseudo-metal intros and uber camera crane swoop-intros to HARD HITTING NEWS!... sorry for the yelling. How else the hell can you say it?).
Alright, i'm off topic now and will stop. But seriously, what the hell are they thinking down there? Follow the money to see where the bitching comes from - i'll tell you that.
You're jerking my chain right? Did Macromedia really do that? Damn, i tolerate decent Flash movies, but won't go out of my way to sit through a shitty one no matter what the content following it is. Now, i guess i'll not be seeing any more Flashplayer anytime soon (been too lazy to install yet... and now sure as hell won't).
i guess an important question i'm forgetting to ask is this: do you get the option to *not* intall that crap toolbar?
Were our a/v junk not behind smoked glass in the cabinet, i'd be more concerned.This little guy could hide away in some nice small spots and it's been crowded in there for a bit.
Last part is a separate question, meant wrt to your work with AdultSwim.
Real Question.
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Since i see an asston of moronic questions, i'll ask a reasonable one.
Did you get to spend much time with the late Harry Goz? (Harry was Captain Murphy on Sealab, amongst many other things). What are your thoughts on him? Will we see more work with AdultSwim in the future?
Slashdot Mirror
...and now i'll answer:
.. on a server in japan. Minus shell access.
pop box
Your turn.
Vibration from movement: is there enough jostle to shake dust off the panels from mere rover movement about the surface or is that too small to matter here?
"Now we're assuming they're cleaning, but all we can really say is that overnight the solar panels produced between 2 and 5 percent additional power immediately,'' he said. "We're surmising that for some reason dust is being removed from the solar panel and that's increasing the efficiency of the sunlight being converted to electricity."
Any hardcore space-geeks care to propose any other explanation?
Seriously, i'm just wondering what else might explain this, because enough moving atmosphere on Mars to clean the panels is very interesting to me. Other possibilities anyone?
All true, but contradicts the FSF's stated legal position on the matter.
... if you provide proof.
That's all fine and good
Not saying this is right or wrong, just saying, such a statement is uh, random at best without proof - links please.
but ...
... just wondering as the Submitter did what i like /. Submitters to do: make me think and look for new, better stuff ... or better ways to do old-stuff.
:)
Along these lines, is there an OSS package that can read the varied formats the Submitter is referring to, tag and drop them in a DB with a nice, friendly, web-enabled (secure) front-end for searching?
My former employer kept *all* of his email from the last 20 years in tar.gz files. Let's just say it wasn't easy to find an email from er, 15 years ago very easily.
Is there a package that can read the mbox, the other box-formats, plain text, pull from pop, old tar.gz bundles, categorize (sorta), tag and make such things searchable?
Totally a shot in the dark here, i'm not a mail guy at all
It is the "drink" that makes me wonder, sorry
Yeah, that's who these ho'tards appear to be DNSed from - looks like my profits and penis will be larger "within minutes"!!!!
Hot Damn! Call the bank, i can cover my overdue loans now!!!!
w00tz!
Go ahead and read the 'sales pitch' on this pig and try to keep a straight face. Bottom feeders here, folks. i love me some generalized, buzzword-ridden, sales pitches for junks that will:
Exponentially explode your online sales like you have never imagined!
Well damn, who could pass that up eh? Shady-tree ops indeed.
Coupla solid Ben'$ on a bet you will be sorry for doing "biz" with these fools.
-------------
"Dick."
"Bush. Say listen, we got uh
"wtf?"
"Naw, sersly, they got some new Very onerous Intercontinental Puhbombs."
"P bombs
"Yeah, yeah and that's them folks that help those, uh, whatchacall'em
*sigh* "I'll get my coat. See you in a few."
i worked for an HP lab that was designing a rather large ASIC that was previously a large chipset used for coherency control between the four procs on a cellboard and the other cellboards as well. We had one hallway of design engineers pounding out the code/layout/etc for the chip and an *entire* other hallway of guys writing test fixtures (unit and system) at the same time. My task at the time was to write an in-house, unit testing language translator to fit with the system testing language and engine. We had 20 guys working on perfecting the tests and catching chip problems way before the chip ever thought about making it to tapeout.
... and there still remained the real-world testing when the chip would finally make it back to the fab in hardware form. Interesting process, i'll tell you that much.
So yeah, tons of resources went into just testing the damn thing
Well, that was the point: i *knew* how to get everything secure and working, but wasn't allowed to make any changes ... even though i knew those changes were good for the client. So, off i went.
i'm a little concerned. This pic gave me a boner.
Homebrewed hardware is sexy.
Believe it or not, some folks still use Solaris 2.5 and 2.6 versions. I used to work at a university whose physics department was fortunate enough to have two electron scanning microscopes, one old and huge and one new, smaller one. The old one had controlling software that was custom, to say the least, and written by a German firm that's been out of business for a few years now.
... unbelievable really), moving *away* from Sendmail, installing Solaris machines with everything locked down, etc, etc). Drove me fucking mad.
Guess what OS the software ran on? And what hardware connections were custom to the old Sparc-based controller the ran the thing? Wohoo! Old Solaris was the only way it'd still 'go'.
Well, sneaker-net wasn't going to work for the grads that were abroad and well, the profs wanted network access, so they were going to get it. Short of the long, we had to build, tweak and mess with all kinds of junk (tcpwrappers, ssh, ssl) before it went back on the network (yes, that donkey had been hacked before). So yes, there's lots of old Solaris still out there.
And before anyone asks, yes I finally quit that job due to *not* being able to secure things like this. Authenticating gateways, openvpn, pf on Solaris (boss would *never* let me put that on all the machines we cared for
Fucking THANK YOU!!
Once my SO figured out she could have this too if, and only if, daddy gets to buy a new machine. i said it'd probably needs a good amount of horsepower and needed a lot of ram - she was still stunned by the idea of having such a phone system, she didn't even question it.
Hot damn, new server AND a new phone system to play with - i looked at the gui screenshots of the astGUI client - holy shit, this is going to be fun.
haven't seen the interface for *months*. Try Thunderbird or Evolution (hell, mutt too) with gmail's pop/smtp service (secure as well if you like). Enjoy the mail interface you wish :)
Which is great, but doesn't take me past that first page. Thank you though, i'd forgotten about mirrordot :)
"The first chapter of the gathered information is available online."
... the article is not loading already :( Mirrors anyone?
Was. Online.
Damn, this is something i want to read
All i have to say is the first one of my Senators or Representatives that brings some shit like this anywhere near the bill-writing paper, is going to get an earful and some pretty shitty press coverage (if they can slip it in between viagra and lexus ads and the endless yammering heads and new, pseudo-metal intros and uber camera crane swoop-intros to HARD HITTING NEWS! ... sorry for the yelling. How else the hell can you say it?).
Alright, i'm off topic now and will stop. But seriously, what the hell are they thinking down there? Follow the money to see where the bitching comes from - i'll tell you that.
Totally just pictured Alan Cox saying, "Well, the type a' cores that'd double-up on a dude like me do."
My face hurts now.
You're jerking my chain right? Did Macromedia really do that? Damn, i tolerate decent Flash movies, but won't go out of my way to sit through a shitty one no matter what the content following it is. Now, i guess i'll not be seeing any more Flashplayer anytime soon (been too lazy to install yet ... and now sure as hell won't).
i guess an important question i'm forgetting to ask is this: do you get the option to *not* intall that crap toolbar?
Were our a/v junk not behind smoked glass in the cabinet, i'd be more concerned.This little guy could hide away in some nice small spots and it's been crowded in there for a bit.
i was all like, yeah whatever, new small computer - horray. Then, i looked at this shot and now i kinda really want one :)
...so long as it can pull its weight doing the media junk in the house.
From the maker of Windows itself: How to use the CtrlScroll to crash Windows.
i imagine this is very, very helpful to some developers who work with data protection and need to test-crash junk all the time.
As soon as your mate's shitty band gets played nightly in bumps, shows, and theme songs on something like, AdultSwim or somesuch.
Last part is a separate question, meant wrt to your work with AdultSwim.
Since i see an asston of moronic questions, i'll ask a reasonable one.
Did you get to spend much time with the late Harry Goz? (Harry was Captain Murphy on Sealab, amongst many other things). What are your thoughts on him? Will we see more work with AdultSwim in the future?