Agencies are professionals who can convey a sense of trust with the owner of the network. Some kid with a laptop might not be a credible source. If they don't believe you, I'm sure there are lots of people out there on the internet who would be willing to give it a try...
How long will it be before one of these player, just trying to have fun, will be arrested for suspicious behavior around public transportation? The times we live in are sad.
Captain! If we can't stabilize that containment field in the next thirty seconds, we're going to have a core breech. Wait... what if we reverse the polarity? Brilliant!
I recently began studying the Chinese language, for practical purposes and for the insight into a language based on logograms. I was especially interested in the calligraphy of the language. Maybe this sort of technology will allow me to experiment with this.
If you were to move Titan into Earth orbit, much closer to the sun than at its home, Titan would change drastically I would assume. The thick atmosphere would act to heat the planet rapidly, melting the ice and frozen hydrocarbons. You could study Titan at that point I guess, but not the Titan you knew.
I've heard however that the illusion even occurs while flying high in an airplane. A horizon of clouds really doesn't give much of a landmark to compare to.
Just create a simulation of all that icky nature stuff on a computer and plug them in matrix style for 18 years. Then reveal to them their whole life has been a sham up until that point..:)
I have always been facsinated by the idea of solar sails. Something about them seems so elegant and simple. The idea of branching from sailing ships to sailing starships just seems so right to me.
I completely agree with you on that point. I'm a major astronomy geek, but unfortunately I live in Atlanta. I always look forward to a trip my astronomy club makes every semester to a dark site near Helen, Georgia. The scene is completely overwhelming in terms of simplicity, save for a cell phone tower not too far away. Save for that annoying tower (and the city lights), it really is an amazing site.
How would a structure like this, designed for temporary use, stand up to the test of time? I'd imagine that over time things would start to fatigue. Perhaps if the building was dome shaped it would be more resistant to earthquakes though.
The one question I have is how do you dispose of it? Once you are done with it, you'd probably have to destroy it. Perhaps there could be a way to remove the concrete (dissolving?) and then reuse the inflatable structure.
I believe they meant that in public chatrooms or in forums, content that you say or post is public.
As explained in detail in the AIM Privacy Policy, AOL does not read your private online communications when you use any of the communication tools on AIM Products. If, however, you use these tools to post Content or other information to public areas on AIM Products (for example, in chat rooms or online message boards), other online users will have access to this information and Content.
They also mention..
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The problem is that while I might be willing to use encryption, some of my friends are not so comfortable with computers and technology. Some of them don't take the time to remove that aim.com window that pops up with the startup of the default AIM client. I somehow doubt that I could convince them to do something as complicating-sounding as encryption. Just my opinion though.
The terms of service stated information about registering with AIM, but what is their stance on using the AIM service with 3rd party clients? On another note, it says that this will affect you if you registered after February 5th 2004.. How could they change the rules now and not make the date effective as of now? Are there any open source sort of IMing protocols?
While BitTorrent has great applications for legal file distribution, the vast majority of people do not use it for that. In reality the average person using it is not too interested in downloading the latest liveCD release of Gnome 2.10. My only wish is that somehow peer to peer technology could be adapted to please both parties (eg low price downloads/direct compensation to creators). Perhaps BitTorrent could play some good in this role..
And while the invasion of an ISP by a company may seem like bad tidings for the cause of free distribution of information... the ISP kind of brought it on themselves by owning a website promoting the distribution of currently illegal downloadable material.
I don't mean to sound harsh by correcting you, but the Voyager Probes use radioisotope thermal generators, powered by plutonium. With a mission designed to travel so far away from our tiny home, solar energy would not be reasonable for such a long distance. The probes are running out of power, however, just at a very slow rate. The plutonium's halflife is about 85 years, so that is to blame for some of the power loss. The other component is the fact that the thermal couples used to harness the power from the plutonium are degrading. The systems originally supplied 470 watts of power, but over time (in 2001) Voyager 1 had fallen to 315 watts, and Voyager 2 was down to 319 watts. While this is requiring systems to be shut down, I'd imagine that they could still maintain some basic level of usability.
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Perhaps one day being geeky shall be the norm. I am hoping that society will one day move away from the consumer and materialism that plagues us today. If we can change society like this, then maybe we can change these people labeling IT and science as Nerdular Nerdance type of things.
And as a guy student at Georgia Tech, I definately hope that more women start studying the sciences..
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.. were they allowed to use those illegal cantennas? :)
Agencies are professionals who can convey a sense of trust with the owner of the network. Some kid with a laptop might not be a credible source. If they don't believe you, I'm sure there are lots of people out there on the internet who would be willing to give it a try...
...with only a single pedal for both acceleration and braking...
How long will it be before one of these player, just trying to have fun, will be arrested for suspicious behavior around public transportation? The times we live in are sad.
Captain! If we can't stabilize that containment field in the next thirty seconds, we're going to have a core breech. Wait... what if we reverse the polarity? Brilliant!
It seems to me that Mother Nature is a little bit reluctant to let her children leave home and grow up...
I recently began studying the Chinese language, for practical purposes and for the insight into a language based on logograms. I was especially interested in the calligraphy of the language. Maybe this sort of technology will allow me to experiment with this.
If you were to move Titan into Earth orbit, much closer to the sun than at its home, Titan would change drastically I would assume. The thick atmosphere would act to heat the planet rapidly, melting the ice and frozen hydrocarbons. You could study Titan at that point I guess, but not the Titan you knew.
I've heard however that the illusion even occurs while flying high in an airplane. A horizon of clouds really doesn't give much of a landmark to compare to.
If you bend over with your head between your legs and look at the moon upside down, the illusion disappears. (I'm being serious too!)
Just create a simulation of all that icky nature stuff on a computer and plug them in matrix style for 18 years. Then reveal to them their whole life has been a sham up until that point.. :)
I have always been facsinated by the idea of solar sails. Something about them seems so elegant and simple. The idea of branching from sailing ships to sailing starships just seems so right to me.
I completely agree with you on that point. I'm a major astronomy geek, but unfortunately I live in Atlanta. I always look forward to a trip my astronomy club makes every semester to a dark site near Helen, Georgia. The scene is completely overwhelming in terms of simplicity, save for a cell phone tower not too far away. Save for that annoying tower (and the city lights), it really is an amazing site.
How would a structure like this, designed for temporary use, stand up to the test of time? I'd imagine that over time things would start to fatigue. Perhaps if the building was dome shaped it would be more resistant to earthquakes though.
They also mention..
The new one, including trunk space :)
1 Library of Congress = 10 terabyes = 80 terabits
1 terabit per chip
=> 1/80 Library of Congress per Chip
16.5mm x 17.5mm x 1.2mm = 346.5mm^2
Volume of VW Beetle: 7,710,952.32 mm^2
=> 22,253.83 chips per VW Beetle
=> 278.27 Libraries of Congress per VW Beetle
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And while the invasion of an ISP by a company may seem like bad tidings for the cause of free distribution of information... the ISP kind of brought it on themselves by owning a website promoting the distribution of currently illegal downloadable material.
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And as a guy student at Georgia Tech, I definately hope that more women start studying the sciences..
A computer in your bathroom... gross!