They should correct the article to say that NASA will attempt to launch the shuttle on the 26th.
Well, it says "with plans to launch the orbiter spaceward on July 26", which is about the same to me.
probability of any given launch actually occurring on any given launch day is somewhere under 50%. Nothing wrong with that. It's an incredibly complex machine.
I don`t think most people realize just how complex it is. And how many people are involved to get this thing flying. I guess without the Columbia accident nobody would actually care, now everbody thinks they never had any problems before Columbia and now every minor glitch is because the whole of NASA fscked it up right from the top.
The whole i-don`t-know-jack-but-gotta-say-sumthin thing as usual.:)
trend of using inbox as a sort of personal database.
i heard that before. friend of mine had ~200M on our server, 199M of it spam - he was just too lazy to sort it out.
i don't know. this was funny back in the old days (tm). one was just fascinated by the possibilities. and you knew most of them folks personally.
but now, setting up and administering mailservers got somewhat boring. there was a fascination for me with BBSes and FTN style networks, then SMTP. but i don't have that much use for it now. if something is important, i get a call.
emails tend to pile up for a week or two, then i look at them. but everyone expects me to answer right away (i do too, if i write one).
sorry. call me outdated, but sometimes i like to punch certain people:
"hey i wanna send you my [pics|video|wav|...] of my [holiday|girlfriend|soccer game|blarp]! | heres the [.ppt|.pdf|.ps] of [meaningless]"
"ok, url? ftp?"
"hugh? i'll send it by email."
yes there is such a thing as uuencode or base64. but at twice the price.
damn, it really has become convenient. and yes, they called me a nerd, when i talked about "modem" and "i can talk to other people with my computer".
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yes, and thank you. the perfect day for problems on one of my servers. this is not fair. :(
They should correct the article to say that NASA will attempt to launch the shuttle on the 26th.
:)
Well, it says "with plans to launch the orbiter spaceward on July 26", which is about the same to me.
probability of any given launch actually occurring on any given launch day is somewhere under 50%. Nothing wrong with that. It's an incredibly complex machine.
I don`t think most people realize just how complex it is. And how many people are involved to get this thing flying. I guess without the Columbia accident nobody would actually care, now everbody thinks they never had any problems before Columbia and now every minor glitch is because the whole of NASA fscked it up right from the top.
The whole i-don`t-know-jack-but-gotta-say-sumthin thing as usual.
This is an ordinary L-unit: L
Without it, space travel would be nothing more than the dream of a mad man.
But this is the L-unit we removed from the Shuttle: l
I call it sabotage!
And the ISS needs this flight too. badly. (they`ve run out of beer).
Dave, why don`t you take a stress pill and think things over?
(HAL 9000 on Discovery): "I am fully operational, and all my circuits are functioning perfectly. I have the highest enthusiasm for this mission."
without mentioning the SID chip
:)
and i was somewhat dissapointed when games switched to mp3 soundtrack. i kinda liked my SID, OPL and AWE chips
composer celebrities, such as Rob Hubbard
just thought the same thing. for me, Chris Huelsbeck shouldn`t be left out here too.
... gamemusic ... especially old games. sid tunes et al. always nice, if nectarine is playing giana sisters. :)
melt its way through the polar icecaps on Mars
no no, don`t do it. these things seem to turn out bad these days.
i`d bet they even could do an automated mid-air refuel with this precision.
ever flown an airplane by yourself? it would be nearly impossible if 10cm would make a difference.
for autoland itself - except for the higher precision in this case - nothing new. google up what CAT IIIc ILS approach means.
Drinky Puppy Club.
drinky? how can i join?
owh, my liver.
its a joke. just fyi.
dont POP but IMAP. ugh. :)
>from the i-can-sleep-tonight dept.
hope so.
now, if someone has a solution for the everfresh-beer-problem, i can really have the best sleep in years. entries only accepted if in O(log_2(n)).
did he really call or write an email?
trend of using inbox as a sort of personal database.
i heard that before. friend of mine had ~200M on our server, 199M of it spam - he was just too lazy to sort it out.
i don't know. this was funny back in the old days (tm). one was just fascinated by the possibilities. and you knew most of them folks personally.
but now, setting up and administering mailservers got somewhat boring. there was a fascination for me with BBSes and FTN style networks, then SMTP. but i don't have that much use for it now. if something is important, i get a call.
emails tend to pile up for a week or two, then i look at them. but everyone expects me to answer right away (i do too, if i write one).
sorry. call me outdated, but sometimes i like to punch certain people:
"hey i wanna send you my [pics|video|wav|...] of my [holiday|girlfriend|soccer game|blarp]! | heres the [.ppt|.pdf|.ps] of [meaningless]"
"ok, url? ftp?"
"hugh? i'll send it by email."
yes there is such a thing as uuencode or base64. but at twice the price.
damn, it really has become convenient. and yes, they called me a nerd, when i talked about "modem" and "i can talk to other people with my computer".
Bass is total ditchwater compared with some of the stuff that's out there
:)
it`s like sex on the beach. both is fscking close to water.
no kidding. maybe /. should use an 'xml database' too. fsck performance, its just darn cute. not.
no way bob. the line has to be drawn somewhere.
i'll stick to my good ol pencil'n'paper (tm).
talking about data integrity >20yrs.
or maybe in this case, >5yrs. if at all.
now you are personally responsible for any mental illness i might get, by thinking about "performance" with XML. you insensitive clod! :)
TCP/IP filesystem? can i fsck that?
now if some of them finally would admit they're working for MS, maybe we could improve some things.
:)
besides, i think i know now where all those weird timothy stories come from.
oops. i just read "I think Bill could learn a lot from Slashdot ..." :) secret wish?