Bone alignment? Do you really think your bones can get out of alignment without leaving their sockets? If you are having problems with your bones go to your doctor, not a chiropractor.
Bones don't generally have sockets to fit into. Believe me. I broke my humerus in July last year and I have the X-Rays to prove it. Speaking generally our bodies are held together with string. The tension on the string varies dynamically and tries to keep everything fitting together.
When I started getting knee pain from cycling I consulted several doctors. They all suggested I wrap a bandage around the knee and wait for it to get better. It didn't.
Then I went to a bike shop which caters to the racing crowd and they helped me get the bike fitted properly. They sold me some gear to help with that. They also recommended an osteopath to see. This particular person is a bike rider too, and understands the injuries you can get.
So between the bike fit and a bit of help from the osteopath my condition improved. A doctor who did a lot of bike riding may have helped as well, but I wasn't lucky enough to meet one of those.
fail2ban can sometimes be ok, but be aware that it creates a denial-of-service vulnerability that is exploitable by attackers who can can spoof source addresses.
Yeah my server went off line a week ago and while debugging the problem I noticed the kernel complaining at startup that a file included from my pf configuration was corrupt. Its a script I wrote which updates that file, not fail2ban. The file was my blocked hosts table.
So from now on I am just going to put up with the dictionary attacks.
Yeah this is just normal for me. I have a script which hooks into syslog and blocks offending hosts in pf but frankly I don't think it is worth the risk of doing that. Make sure sshd has a secure configuration and don't worry about the brute forcing.
Actually, it’s not that difficult, as you can easily survive 30 seconds in open space. Several people already did it. NASA also has a FAQ about it.
Yes I am familiar with the subject. The only human who did it as far as I recall was a guy testing gear in an altitude chamber. His last recollection before being revived was the air rushing out of his lungs.
I agree that it is generally believed that Bowman's jump out of the pod into the airlock is feasible as long as he could pull the lever (closing the door and flooding the lock) within 15 seconds.
I am not sure about your 30 seconds. I don't believe anybody has remained operational for that length of time. Remember the lungs work in reverse in vacuum. Oxygen gets transported out of the lungs. Revival after more than a minute has been demonstrated.
15 seconds is the time lag for blood flow from the lungs to the brain.
I'm sure they've thought about this, but is the atmosphere really dense enough to push something carrying any sort of payload around? I think atmospheric pressure is less than 1% of earth's whereas gravity is still 1/2 that of earth's.
Gravity is 38% of gravity on Earth. Atmospheric pressure is at most 1% of the pressure on Earth. But the funny thing is that it would be technically possible to land a winged aircraft on Mars. Wing loading would be low and landing speed would be high. Part of the reason is that carbon dioxide is quite a bit denser than nitrogen. So while the pressure is low, the density is not so low.
I can sell you a UML modeller which will do that. Just $100k per license. Believe me its cheap at the price. Let me demonstrate how you refactor the code. Just drag this little icon from here to here and the other little icons reorganise themselves around it. Buy this and you will never have to hire an engineer again!
But she hopes that her research may help scientists to reconsider what alien or “weird” life might look like: “It may prove that there are other possibilities that are beyond our imagination. It opens the door for us to think about biology in ways we have never thought. We are going to look for life on other planets and we only know to look for that which we know. This may help us to develop tools to look for something we have never seen.”
I think this is a good point because we are starting to get spectra from planets around other stars. If we find a planet with composition and other parameters similar to our own we may assume that life as we know it exists there. But life on these planets may not be as we know it, and we need to understand how it might work.
So yeah this is speculation, but I think it is worthwhile doing now.
... amateur pornography makers, Chinese citizens who are perceived as unpatriotic, journalists who urge a moderate stance on Tibet and rich people who try to game the Chinese system."...
I was impressed that Andrew Tridgell was able to reverse engineer the bitkeeper line protocol to develop sourcepuller. Especially since he claims to have done it without access to a client. The story is he polled the server to get samples of the protocol.
I have seen many binary line protocols reverse engineered over the years. If you have enough data quite a bit is possible.
More to the point does this mean that the iphone API provides no way to scan for hotspots? If that is the case I am glad I didn't try to build this list with an iphone.
Sylpheed tried to update itself and I said no. The I went to synaptic and looked for the version sylpheed was going to update too and it wasn't there. I suppose some users would accept the update from the application to get a version not available in the repositories.
I heard that the Germans tried it on teenagers at Hamburg railway station but it just led to a lot of thoughtful criticism and the purchasing of U2 CDs.
Nope, they're still doing this. I'm commuting every day to Hamburg and at the entrances of its central station they play classical music. And it's loud! You almost don't have a chance to ignore this even with headphones in your ears.
I heard that the Germans tried it on teenagers at Hamburg railway station but it just led to a lot of thoughtful criticism and the purchasing of U2 CDs.
The operators of a shopping centre near my home have started doing this in an area where teenagers tend to hang around outside. The thing is the spot the kids are using is ideal for the purpose. Its out of the way and a bit dirty. Nobody else goes there and its not really a place people walk through. So I don't really see a point beyond a vague "we don't like them" sentiment.
If you live beside a stream and use some water from that stream for your purposes you take it for granted that people upstream allow water to cross their land to go into the stream. Thats why there are laws upstream to prohibit land owners from using all the water which they could collect.
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I love the logic: I had a problem and had the bike shop fix it, and saw a chiropractor. My problem went away, so the chiropractor helped!
No actually I mean the only domain knowledge which helped was the experience with bike riding.
Bone alignment? Do you really think your bones can get out of alignment without leaving their sockets? If you are having problems with your bones go to your doctor, not a chiropractor.
Bones don't generally have sockets to fit into. Believe me. I broke my humerus in July last year and I have the X-Rays to prove it. Speaking generally our bodies are held together with string. The tension on the string varies dynamically and tries to keep everything fitting together.
When I started getting knee pain from cycling I consulted several doctors. They all suggested I wrap a bandage around the knee and wait for it to get better. It didn't.
Then I went to a bike shop which caters to the racing crowd and they helped me get the bike fitted properly. They sold me some gear to help with that. They also recommended an osteopath to see. This particular person is a bike rider too, and understands the injuries you can get.
So between the bike fit and a bit of help from the osteopath my condition improved. A doctor who did a lot of bike riding may have helped as well, but I wasn't lucky enough to meet one of those.
fail2ban can sometimes be ok, but be aware that it creates a denial-of-service vulnerability that is exploitable by attackers who can can spoof source addresses.
Yeah my server went off line a week ago and while debugging the problem I noticed the kernel complaining at startup that a file included from my pf configuration was corrupt. Its a script I wrote which updates that file, not fail2ban. The file was my blocked hosts table.
So from now on I am just going to put up with the dictionary attacks.
Yeah this is just normal for me. I have a script which hooks into syslog and blocks offending hosts in pf but frankly I don't think it is worth the risk of doing that. Make sure sshd has a secure configuration and don't worry about the brute forcing.
Yeah I was thinking about landing only. I reckon you could land on skids at Meridiani Planum
Actually, it’s not that difficult, as you can easily survive 30 seconds in open space.
Several people already did it. NASA also has a FAQ about it.
Yes I am familiar with the subject. The only human who did it as far as I recall was a guy testing gear in an altitude chamber. His last recollection before being revived was the air rushing out of his lungs.
I agree that it is generally believed that Bowman's jump out of the pod into the airlock is feasible as long as he could pull the lever (closing the door and flooding the lock) within 15 seconds.
I am not sure about your 30 seconds. I don't believe anybody has remained operational for that length of time. Remember the lungs work in reverse in vacuum. Oxygen gets transported out of the lungs. Revival after more than a minute has been demonstrated.
15 seconds is the time lag for blood flow from the lungs to the brain.
I'm sure they've thought about this, but is the atmosphere really dense enough to push something carrying any sort of payload around? I think atmospheric pressure is less than 1% of earth's whereas gravity is still 1/2 that of earth's.
Gravity is 38% of gravity on Earth. Atmospheric pressure is at most 1% of the pressure on Earth. But the funny thing is that it would be technically possible to land a winged aircraft on Mars. Wing loading would be low and landing speed would be high. Part of the reason is that carbon dioxide is quite a bit denser than nitrogen. So while the pressure is low, the density is not so low.
I can sell you a UML modeller which will do that. Just $100k per license. Believe me its cheap at the price. Let me demonstrate how you refactor the code. Just drag this little icon from here to here and the other little icons reorganise themselves around it. Buy this and you will never have to hire an engineer again!
there's nothing saying a traditional life form can't adapt to arsenic.
Thats true. The article points out that early life may have had the flexibility to adapt to wildly different environments.
Silicone based life
I know: women with breast implants!
It would have had to have evolved in relatively recent times.
Maybe it came out of a volcano?
Volcanic activity persisted past 5 million years BP east of the current park borders in the Mono Lake and Long Valley areas.
Yeah its speculation, but interesting all the same.
Well okay but from the article:
But she hopes that her research may help scientists to reconsider what alien or “weird” life might look like: “It may prove that there are other possibilities that are beyond our imagination. It opens the door for us to think about biology in ways we have never thought. We are going to look for life on other planets and we only know to look for that which we know. This may help us to develop tools to look for something we have never seen.”
I think this is a good point because we are starting to get spectra from planets around other stars. If we find a planet with composition and other parameters similar to our own we may assume that life as we know it exists there. But life on these planets may not be as we know it, and we need to understand how it might work.
So yeah this is speculation, but I think it is worthwhile doing now.
And why wasn't I invited?
Google is so going to gaol.
What if I want a Comic Sans?
I suspect you will be made to use Arial.
... amateur pornography makers, Chinese citizens who are perceived as unpatriotic, journalists who urge a moderate stance on Tibet and rich people who try to game the Chinese system."...
Because we don't want too, thats why.
I was impressed that Andrew Tridgell was able to reverse engineer the bitkeeper line protocol to develop sourcepuller. Especially since he claims to have done it without access to a client. The story is he polled the server to get samples of the protocol.
I have seen many binary line protocols reverse engineered over the years. If you have enough data quite a bit is possible.
OTH it would provide an easy way for users to extend the game.
I used to do something like this with a 6502 and an AM radio.
More to the point does this mean that the iphone API provides no way to scan for hotspots? If that is the case I am glad I didn't try to build this list with an iphone.
Rocket Surgery.
Cripes that sounds hard.
Sylpheed tried to update itself and I said no. The I went to synaptic and looked for the version sylpheed was going to update too and it wasn't there. I suppose some users would accept the update from the application to get a version not available in the repositories.
I heard that the Germans tried it on teenagers at Hamburg railway station but it just led to a lot of thoughtful criticism and the purchasing of U2 CDs.
Nope, they're still doing this. I'm commuting every day to Hamburg and at the entrances of its central station they play classical music. And it's loud! You almost don't have a chance to ignore this even with headphones in your ears.
woosh!
I was thinking that maybe you could have three light hours of optic fibre in a coil with the input end outside and the output end inside.
The best dark sky I know is at Hattah in Victoria BTW. When Venus is up its really bright.
I heard that the Germans tried it on teenagers at Hamburg railway station but it just led to a lot of thoughtful criticism and the purchasing of U2 CDs.
The operators of a shopping centre near my home have started doing this in an area where teenagers tend to hang around outside. The thing is the spot the kids are using is ideal for the purpose. Its out of the way and a bit dirty. Nobody else goes there and its not really a place people walk through. So I don't really see a point beyond a vague "we don't like them" sentiment.
If you live beside a stream and use some water from that stream for your purposes you take it for granted that people upstream allow water to cross their land to go into the stream. Thats why there are laws upstream to prohibit land owners from using all the water which they could collect.