My current employer has been switching us all to Macs. Got me a MacBookPro - I love it, I was productive in a day. We are a *nix/Java shop so it was a no-brainer really.
With this in mind, when it came time to get a new home PC - I bit the bullet and got an iMac. I've only had it for a week, but I love it. Sure - I probably could have got clone Wintel box cheaper, but when I found myself using my MacBookPro at home rather than my Windows machine - it wasn't a hard decision.
Yes - I've got Bootcamp and Windoze for games and a few MS only apps, but overall I won't be looking back.
A few years ago I used to get together with some mates every weekend for a little LAN party. The small apartment we met in grew too small for the number of participants, however fortunately one of the newcomers lived in the apartment below, so some CAT 5 was run out on to the balcony, and down to the next floor. Instant room for expansion on the LAN parties.
The cable remained there for many months - rain, hail and shine until this guy moved to a house directly across the street. There was talk of running the CAT 5 across the street alongside the power lines, however it never happened.
On the work front, once I visited a client complaining of slow network performance. Following the cables, I popped my head up into the false ceiling to find a roll of 100m of 10B2 cabling.
In the 'Makings of the Empire Strikes Back' book that I bought back in 1980, George Lucas says the Star Wars Trilogy is the middle of a nine part epic.
Sure is a lot better than the second hand shit the USN pushed on Australia a few years ago - the HMAS KANIMBLA HMAS Manoora, formerly the USN Rustoleum
Actually only the later models of the wright flyer used a capapult to assist in launching (useless trivia: The original machine had no name at the time of launching as was just referred to by the wright brothers as "the machine") The original machine, as I recall, had no wheels and used a wheeled sled to take off from, but it did take off and fly under its own power. (and even later, the flyer only used the capapult for launching)
Dec 17 gave them favourable launch conditions, a strong head wind and low air pressure. They couldn't replicate the flight back home in Ohio and had to use a catapult
His RV-6 has been modified with a long range fuel tank taking up the whole back seat. He has already flown around the world 3 times in the same plane - don't speculate on things you don't understand
Actually QANTAS have regularly flown sight seeing tours over Antarctica.
I can think of many people with this mentality; Charles Kingsford Smith (first flight over the Pacific) Bert Hinkler (solo England to Australia) Jean Batten (first woman to fly across the South Atlantic)
The first Wright flyer was assisted into the air by the winds at Kittyhawk. Later Wright Flyers were catapult launched. Even they needed assistance to get in the air...
New Zealanders love us, that's why most of them live here.
They'll live for their country, they'll die for their country, they just won't f*cking live over there.
re: Ansett
How do create a small business? Take a big business and put a Kiwi in charge...
>
> THE FOSTERS AD DURING THE OLYMPICS
>
> I don't have a kangaroo for a pet
> I don't wrestle with crocodiles
> And I don't wear a cork hat
> I fight wars
> But never start wars
> I would rather make peace
> I can wear my country's flag with pride
> I am a rock
> I am the ocean
> I am the island continent
> My brothers are the Smiths, the Wilson's, the
> Santerellis, the
> De Costis, The Wong's and the Jagamarras
> I play football without a helmet
> I like beetroot on my hamburger
> I ride in the front seat of the taxi
> I believe it's a prawn not a shrimp
> I believe the world is round and down under is on
> top
> I believe Australia is the best address on Earth
> And Australians brew the best beer.
>
>
> THE REAL AD
> I ate my pet Kangaroo
> I am shit scared of crocodiles
> And I wear a baseball cap
> I start wars
> But I never fight them
> I would rather get pissed
> I wear another country's flag with pride
> I like to rock
> To Billy Ocean
> I am blind to my incompetence
> My brothers are the Smith's the Wilson's, the Wogs,
> the Lebs,
> the Chinks and the Abo's
> I watch football without a helmet
> I take the beetroot off my hamburgers
> I do runners from taxis
> I believe the world is flat
> And Australia is fucking miles away from anywhere
> I believe Australia has the best address on earth I
> just can't
> afford it
> And Australians brew the best beer on earth
> And that's why we don't drink Fosters..
Everyone know the REAL car to survive a in a post-apocalyptic world is a black 1973 Ford Falcon coupe with supercharged 351 Cleveland. Worked for Mel Gibson...:-)
Isn't the Intellimouse the one they're been sued over? I recall some scientist approached them with the perfect ergonomic mouse to prevent repetitive strain injury, and they said "Nice, but fsck off, we're not interested", then prompted released it themselves.
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You can redeem an iTune gift card without a credit card.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/giftcard/
My current employer has been switching us all to Macs. Got me a MacBookPro - I love it, I was productive in a day. We are a *nix/Java shop so it was a no-brainer really.
With this in mind, when it came time to get a new home PC - I bit the bullet and got an iMac. I've only had it for a week, but I love it. Sure - I probably could have got clone Wintel box cheaper, but when I found myself using my MacBookPro at home rather than my Windows machine - it wasn't a hard decision.
Yes - I've got Bootcamp and Windoze for games and a few MS only apps, but overall I won't be looking back.
A few years ago I used to get together with some mates every weekend for a little LAN party. The small apartment we met in grew too small for the number of participants, however fortunately one of the newcomers lived in the apartment below, so some CAT 5 was run out on to the balcony, and down to the next floor. Instant room for expansion on the LAN parties.
The cable remained there for many months - rain, hail and shine until this guy moved to a house directly across the street. There was talk of running the CAT 5 across the street alongside the power lines, however it never happened.
On the work front, once I visited a client complaining of slow network performance. Following the cables, I popped my head up into the false ceiling to find a roll of 100m of 10B2 cabling.
I'm not sure why this struck me as being so funny: "NASA, Lockheed Martin, and Tom Hanks are making an IMAX 3D movie..." My emphasis...
Given his past efforts in Apollo 13 and From Earth to the Moon - I can't think of anyone else I'd rather see involved in this.
Forums in PN isn't a core module but an add-on, a fork of phpBB. I don't run forums on my pn sites but seperately.
In the 'Makings of the Empire Strikes Back' book that I bought back in 1980, George Lucas says the Star Wars Trilogy is the middle of a nine part epic.
The man said it himself
Sure is a lot better than the second hand shit the USN pushed on Australia a few years ago - the HMAS KANIMBLA HMAS Manoora, formerly the USN Rustoleum
I've been using ZoneAlarm on my Windows PC at home for about 2 years. My PC is always on with broadband and I've never had any probelms.
His custume is made from the material he was wrapped in on his journey from Krypton. Sheesh, even I know that :-)
When you send feedback don't forget to remind him the BBC is a Linux user too http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=news.bbc .co.uk
Actually only the later models of the wright flyer used a capapult to assist in launching (useless trivia: The original machine had no name at the time of launching as was just referred to by the wright brothers as "the machine") The original machine, as I recall, had no wheels and used a wheeled sled to take off from, but it did take off and fly under its own power. (and even later, the flyer only used the capapult for launching)
Dec 17 gave them favourable launch conditions, a strong head wind and low air pressure. They couldn't replicate the flight back home in Ohio and had to use a catapult
and the plane doesn't exist anymore.
Parts of the aircraft and engine were found on a rubbish dumb during the 70s and are on display in a museum in NZ
His RV-6 has been modified with a long range fuel tank taking up the whole back seat. He has already flown around the world 3 times in the same plane - don't speculate on things you don't understand
Actually QANTAS have regularly flown sight seeing tours over Antarctica.
I can think of many people with this mentality;
Charles Kingsford Smith (first flight over the Pacific)
Bert Hinkler (solo England to Australia)
Jean Batten (first woman to fly across the South Atlantic)
Once upon a time NASA thought this way too.
One of the early lifting body X-plane designs was tested by towing it behind a car like a glider...
Actually its being spent on basic health care and feeding them - things they should spend their OWN money on first before putting a man in space
I'm a bit annoyed that Australia send A$50m in foreign aid each year to a country with its own manned spaceflight program....
For those who want to pass Pearse's flight off as simply a powered glide this has quite a bit of information including pictures of the area where its claimed Pearse flew. To have flown the distance involved would have taken more than a glide.
The first Wright flyer was assisted into the air by the winds at Kittyhawk. Later Wright Flyers were catapult launched. Even they needed assistance to get in the air...
Honeysuckle Creek's antennae was relocated in 1981 - its not there anymore
Very funny - unfortauntely as the USA is half a day behind Australia we didn't get it until 02/04/02
New Zealanders love us, that's why most of them live here.
They'll live for their country, they'll die for their country, they just won't f*cking live over there.
re: Ansett
How do create a small business? Take a big business and put a Kiwi in charge...
Some one send me this after the Olympics...
>
> THE FOSTERS AD DURING THE OLYMPICS
>
> I don't have a kangaroo for a pet
> I don't wrestle with crocodiles
> And I don't wear a cork hat
> I fight wars
> But never start wars
> I would rather make peace
> I can wear my country's flag with pride
> I am a rock
> I am the ocean
> I am the island continent
> My brothers are the Smiths, the Wilson's, the
> Santerellis, the
> De Costis, The Wong's and the Jagamarras
> I play football without a helmet
> I like beetroot on my hamburger
> I ride in the front seat of the taxi
> I believe it's a prawn not a shrimp
> I believe the world is round and down under is on
> top
> I believe Australia is the best address on Earth
> And Australians brew the best beer.
>
>
> THE REAL AD
> I ate my pet Kangaroo
> I am shit scared of crocodiles
> And I wear a baseball cap
> I start wars
> But I never fight them
> I would rather get pissed
> I wear another country's flag with pride
> I like to rock
> To Billy Ocean
> I am blind to my incompetence
> My brothers are the Smith's the Wilson's, the Wogs,
> the Lebs,
> the Chinks and the Abo's
> I watch football without a helmet
> I take the beetroot off my hamburgers
> I do runners from taxis
> I believe the world is flat
> And Australia is fucking miles away from anywhere
> I believe Australia has the best address on earth I
> just can't
> afford it
> And Australians brew the best beer on earth
> And that's why we don't drink Fosters..
Everyone know the REAL car to survive a in a post-apocalyptic world is a black 1973 Ford Falcon coupe with supercharged 351 Cleveland. Worked for Mel Gibson...:-)
Showed my supervisor for a laugh, he says Pick has been using this system since 1968.
Isn't the Intellimouse the one they're been sued over? I recall some scientist approached them with the perfect ergonomic mouse to prevent repetitive strain injury, and they said "Nice, but fsck off, we're not interested", then prompted released it themselves.