Refining ores is expensive... refining ores in space more so.
This is true.
Not entirely. Most refining is reduction of the metal. In space you have no O2 atmosphere to interfere with the redux reaction, so all you add is power. should be a push when all is said and done. Also, in the low G environment I'd think that you could make some pretty awesome alloys that normally would be self-separating due to gravity. Might easily pay for its self back here on earth, getting into the gravity well is cheap. -nB
It's all about being harder to use the data. By the time someone has read and re-constituted the data from a drive that damaged the data is likely already public, out of rev, or obsolete.
It's not like they don't wipe the drive first, it's just that they take the added step of mechanically destroying the drive. It's then off to the recyclers where (I believe) it is, in fact, smelted. -nB
When a drive is to be re-used within the company I work for we do a "secure erase" using a utility IT has blessed. If a drive is to leave the company it is wiped with the assistance of a 1/4" drill bit through the platters in at least three places.
A hard drive is cheap. Company data (or potentially incriminating data for those of us at home) is not. -nB
Great. You spoiler you. you just ruined it for me, not there's no point in watching the movie. Haven't you heard of ROT-13 encoding for spoilers? . . . insensitive clod.
Yes, but not usually. My browser stores many fields and can look them up. address, name, etc. so all I have to do is enter my verified by visa pwd and I'm good to go. Even then though, I re-read the form to ensure no mis-populations, so 10 sec may be a bit too short, but under 1 min for sure. -nB
GP is correct. Is is illegal to plan *crimes*. It is not illegal to write a book about crimes being planned (fiction or otherwise). The line is fine and the slope slippery, but that's how it is.
It's much clearer if you plan with someone, because then you have conspiracy. -nB
I just kill swap on XP. I have a thinkpad with a gig of ram and it's damn peppy with most of the optional crap turned off. I just have to remember to close and re-start FF every so often (especially before a compile). -nB
I wear glasses and the sony's suck. They pinch my ear into the arm of the glasses. I use the Bose (first gen) and they work quite nicely in the lab. We have a lot of other noise producers (aside from tons of fans) like these: http://www.thermonics.com/products/T-2500E.shtml that basically sound like an air jet non-stop. They sometimes whistle too (that sucks). -nB
I got a D200 and D80, love 'em both. I still shoot film though, at least when the image counts. I can still peg a digital Vs film print pretty quickly and the rigidity of the CMOS/CCD sensors used in digital bugs me.
but what happens when your personal email address, the one these dummy accounts are being forwarded to, gets on the spam lists?
Excellent question. Easy asnswer: I change it. I have a small script that updates all the forwarders that don't already point at:blackhole: to point at the new root address, then all I do is change thunderbird and I'm good to go. only have to do that about once a quarter or so. -nB
You seem to have ignored my next step of running for office myself... Yes I am so fed up that I plan on getting into politics. Problem is that the two major parties are so entrenched and the "unwashed masses" just don't care. -nB
My server is not spending the time filtering it. That's the point of:blackhole: no processing at all. comes to that address? gone. I realise that the bandwith is consumed, but I can't really help that. What I can do is ensure that it consumes as few other resources as possible. -nB
Whoo, that makes two votes for me! Mine and an A/C's:-)
To the mods that think this is flamebait, it really isn't, it is a demonstration of how frustrated a non-minority of us in this country are with our "leaders". -nB
Without filtering I would be in trouble. it I get maybe 5% spam? not too much. Every on-line contact has a unique e-mail address, i.e. slashdot.com.1@networkboy.net, once that is on too many spam lists I re-visit the address. If I still need that contact I update the profile and add a new address: slashdot.com.2@networkboy.net, and:blackhole: the old one. Naturally if I no longer need the contact (was for a one-time download and such), then off to:blackhole: it goes. Works awesome! All the addresses forward to a unique address that is never directly used. -nB
F* them all. I hate bush, I hate Kerry. I really dislike my representative. I think my two options for Gov suck, I have the choice of an anti stem cell gun nut of fscking jerry brown for attorney general? I give the fuck up.
I hereby declaire myself the candidate for every state office under the Violent Libertarian Party, where there are a minimum of laws, and one law per vote. None of this bullshit riders on "must-pass" bills.
If you haven't guessed im in Kalifornia, and yes I voted, I voted NO on almost everything, and I voted for the anti stem cell gun loving nut for attorney general, because if Brown gets the office, then family and job or not I'd have to move to Canada. -nB
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Not entirely.
Most refining is reduction of the metal. In space you have no O2 atmosphere to interfere with the redux reaction, so all you add is power. should be a push when all is said and done. Also, in the low G environment I'd think that you could make some pretty awesome alloys that normally would be self-separating due to gravity. Might easily pay for its self back here on earth, getting into the gravity well is cheap.
-nB
If it ain't broke keep using it ;)
or is that not an option for some reason?
-nB
It's all about being harder to use the data.
By the time someone has read and re-constituted the data from a drive that damaged the data is likely already public, out of rev, or obsolete.
It's not like they don't wipe the drive first, it's just that they take the added step of mechanically destroying the drive. It's then off to the recyclers where (I believe) it is, in fact, smelted.
-nB
Laptops use encrypted drives by default. Disabling the encryption is a termination offense.
-nB
When a drive is to be re-used within the company I work for we do a "secure erase" using a utility IT has blessed. If a drive is to leave the company it is wiped with the assistance of a 1/4" drill bit through the platters in at least three places.
A hard drive is cheap. Company data (or potentially incriminating data for those of us at home) is not.
-nB
um...
you all realize that Google earth is a mosaic of flyovers by airplanes at higher mags right?
If the joke went woosh, I apologize in advance.
-nB
Hey in my day you had to be within 4 feet and 4 bits was the max.... wait a second there...
Hey you youngin's are weak! in my day we could whack out one full EBDIC character a day and at a range of 10 feet, so there!
guess the smiley after my initials wasn't noticeable enough for the joke...
-nB
Great. You spoiler you. you just ruined it for me, not there's no point in watching the movie. Haven't you heard of ROT-13 encoding for spoilers?
;)
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insensitive clod.
-nB
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Yes, but not usually.
My browser stores many fields and can look them up. address, name, etc. so all I have to do is enter my verified by visa pwd and I'm good to go.
Even then though, I re-read the form to ensure no mis-populations, so 10 sec may be a bit too short, but under 1 min for sure.
-nB
GP is correct.
Is is illegal to plan *crimes*.
It is not illegal to write a book about crimes being planned (fiction or otherwise). The line is fine and the slope slippery, but that's how it is.
It's much clearer if you plan with someone, because then you have conspiracy.
-nB
I just kill swap on XP. I have a thinkpad with a gig of ram and it's damn peppy with most of the optional crap turned off. I just have to remember to close and re-start FF every so often (especially before a compile).
-nB
I wear glasses and the sony's suck. They pinch my ear into the arm of the glasses. I use the Bose (first gen) and they work quite nicely in the lab. We have a lot of other noise producers (aside from tons of fans) like these: http://www.thermonics.com/products/T-2500E.shtml that basically sound like an air jet non-stop. They sometimes whistle too (that sucks).
-nB
At least he admitted he was utterly wrong :-) ...
that deserves a couple mod points for informative
-nB
No, regidity is that the sensor has pixels all in a row, not like film grains that are somewhat amorphous in structure.
-nB
I got a D200 and D80, love 'em both.
I still shoot film though, at least when the image counts. I can still peg a digital Vs film print pretty quickly and the rigidity of the CMOS/CCD sensors used in digital bugs me.
-nB
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only have to do that about once a quarter or so.
-nB
You seem to have ignored my next step of running for office myself...
Yes I am so fed up that I plan on getting into politics. Problem is that the two major parties are so entrenched and the "unwashed masses" just don't care.
-nB
My server is not spending the time filtering it. That's the point of :blackhole: no processing at all. comes to that address? gone.
I realise that the bandwith is consumed, but I can't really help that. What I can do is ensure that it consumes as few other resources as possible.
-nB
Whoo, that makes two votes for me! Mine and an A/C's
To the mods that think this is flamebait, it really isn't, it is a demonstration of how frustrated a non-minority of us in this country are with our "leaders".
-nB
Without filtering I would be in trouble. :blackhole: the old one. :blackhole: it goes. Works awesome!
it I get maybe 5% spam? not too much.
Every on-line contact has a unique e-mail address, i.e. slashdot.com.1@networkboy.net, once that is on too many spam lists I re-visit the address. If I still need that contact I update the profile and add a new address: slashdot.com.2@networkboy.net, and
Naturally if I no longer need the contact (was for a one-time download and such), then off to
All the addresses forward to a unique address that is never directly used.
-nB
F* them all.
I hate bush, I hate Kerry.
I really dislike my representative.
I think my two options for Gov suck, I have the choice of an anti stem cell gun nut of fscking jerry brown for attorney general?
I give the fuck up.
I hereby declaire myself the candidate for every state office under the Violent Libertarian Party, where there are a minimum of laws, and one law per vote. None of this bullshit riders on "must-pass" bills.
If you haven't guessed im in Kalifornia, and yes I voted, I voted NO on almost everything, and I voted for the anti stem cell gun loving nut for attorney general, because if Brown gets the office, then family and job or not I'd have to move to Canada.
-nB
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Which they can feel free to ignore, as long as they shout "I'm ignoring the sanctions!"
;-)
At least til my bosses, bosses, [...], boss declairs war on them.
-nB