A kill switch for the GP hull, controlled by Puppeteers is consistent with the earlier books (consider the superior performance of Nessus's flycycle WRT the other vehicles in the original Ringworld) though I haven't read the later books.
'Neutron Star' itself clearly indicates the consequences of a black hole meeting a GP hull, for the crew - either entire consumption, GP hull and all (there's nothing about a GP hull that allows light elsewhere to exceed 'c', so the hole remains black outside the hull, once the hull is inside) ; or if the hole is small enough to fit into the GP hull, death by tidal forces for the occupants.
But hang on a black hole is not a neutron star so that story doesn't apply. The GP hull is just an atom. Maybe the hull would go into the hole as a solid object or not at all (in which case you may be right). I suspect the GP hull would be toast because the gravitational field in a small black hole brakes things up by requiring them to move faster than light to stay together, but I am not aware of Niven addressing the subject.
Now to address the issue of Stasis field vs Black Hole...
It sounds to me like google have been seriously pissed off by something they are not talking about in public. Maybe an employee turned out to be a spy and spoiled a commercial negotiation. Or something worse.
...without at least invoking security warnings in the browser.
The chinese government controls the browser market in China by controlling the market for software. Downloads of (say) firefox and linux can be proxied. They can make the browser lie to the user in all sorts of ways. They are a totalitarian state.
In my pilot weather briefings, I routinely get notice that one of the satellites (GPS-25, I think) is out of service, and I think GPS-30 showed up in a briefing recently, too.
Yeah there is a data service called RAIM which delivers real time GPS quality information.
I am sure they control their own DNS servers one way or another. This attack clearly changed the setup of their domain name at register.com to delegate it to different domain name servers. Normally you do that through an SSL connection so I assume that they got hit by a dictionary attack, possibly assisted by a loose lipped employee "All my passwords are characters from Toy Story" or some such.
Well maybe they have to do that but what would that do to business? Practically every business in the western world would grind to a halt if suddenly denied Microsoft Office, even the business of managing patents.
Yeah James Cameron plots are either silly or unoriginal. I love the film for the world building though. But the inevitable battle at the end between the baddie in the exoskeleton and the good guys was a bit of a drag. Not hard to see how that one would end up. Its been done before.
The BOM's primary weather radar seems to be broken but the backup from gellibrand hill is showing a front of sorts at about cape otway. We emptied our tank on the garden over the last two days, anticipating rain. This morning we got a southerly flow of air and I thought the temperature would stay down around 30 before the front, but now the sun is burning the cloud away and we may hit the forecast 40.
Didn't he make a show of releasing this facebook page showing him doing a bunch of stupid but innocuous things? I just assumed it was put together to help him make this case.
Since you Niven to the discussion, I should point out that the General Products hull could survive anything except collision with antimatter, but the I wonder about a black hole?
And I have to wonder if that wasn't just the Puppeteer marketing department.:P
Yes well in the books we never see sane Puppeteers actually travelling in the things.
Even the mythical and ludicrously strong material the Ringworld was made from had to succumb to this rule.
Since you Niven to the discussion, I should point out that the General Products hull could survive anything except collision with antimatter, but the I wonder about a black hole? Surely a black hole would at least put a hole in one of those hulls. I doubt a British journalist could damage a black hole beyond making it 50-100 kilos heavier.
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Yes. Solar power from visual light (EM radiation) works very well. We know that.
A kill switch for the GP hull, controlled by Puppeteers is consistent with the earlier books (consider the superior performance of Nessus's flycycle WRT the other vehicles in the original Ringworld) though I haven't read the later books.
'Neutron Star' itself clearly indicates the consequences of a black hole meeting a GP hull, for the crew - either entire consumption, GP hull and all (there's nothing about a GP hull that allows light elsewhere to exceed 'c', so the hole remains black outside the hull, once the hull is inside) ; or if the hole is small enough to fit into the GP hull, death by tidal forces for the occupants.
But hang on a black hole is not a neutron star so that story doesn't apply. The GP hull is just an atom. Maybe the hull would go into the hole as a solid object or not at all (in which case you may be right). I suspect the GP hull would be toast because the gravitational field in a small black hole brakes things up by requiring them to move faster than light to stay together, but I am not aware of Niven addressing the subject.
Now to address the issue of Stasis field vs Black Hole...
It sounds to me like google have been seriously pissed off by something they are not talking about in public. Maybe an employee turned out to be a spy and spoiled a commercial negotiation. Or something worse.
...without at least invoking security warnings in the browser.
The chinese government controls the browser market in China by controlling the market for software. Downloads of (say) firefox and linux can be proxied. They can make the browser lie to the user in all sorts of ways. They are a totalitarian state.
Have they considered charging to NOT publish stuff?
Now thats thinking. Potentially fatal thinking, but thinking all the same.
Thats aviation for you.
The Australians who protested against the construction of our LORAN station can now count their activities as a Job Well Done.
In my pilot weather briefings, I routinely get notice that one of the satellites (GPS-25, I think) is out of service, and I think GPS-30 showed up in a briefing recently, too.
Yeah there is a data service called RAIM which delivers real time GPS quality information.
As for redundancy... put two GPS receivers on your ship.
Give every person on board a cheap GPS reciever to carry around.
Actually, yes. When I was commercial fishing on a troller in Alaska
Trolls in Alaska get paid? Maybe its worth living there and putting up with the climate. (I think your meant trawler).
and I speak for the Cs -I mean Seas
-I'm just sayin'
Are you going to pick yourself up by your pants and fly through a gap in the clouds?
I am sure they control their own DNS servers one way or another. This attack clearly changed the setup of their domain name at register.com to delegate it to different domain name servers. Normally you do that through an SSL connection so I assume that they got hit by a dictionary attack, possibly assisted by a loose lipped employee "All my passwords are characters from Toy Story" or some such.
It looks like their domain account credentials may have been snagged
Thats a bit embarrassing for a major search engine. What was their password? baidu123?
What's useful about a newborn child is the fact that life will continue to go on.
So what? What use is it to me that life continues when I'm gone?
Its not about you.
that's the plain ugly truth hanging-all-out-there-naked
Coming from a girl posting on slashdot at 4AM, that has to be an oxymoron! Will you mary me?
by snowgirl (978879) * writes: Alter Relationship on 2010-01-12 20:26 (#30734680) Journal
Maybe she lives in my part of the world...
Well maybe they have to do that but what would that do to business? Practically every business in the western world would grind to a halt if suddenly denied Microsoft Office, even the business of managing patents.
Ultimately the tricky problem is who do you actually sue with open source
Identify the infringing source. Then cvs annotate or equivalent, track down the author and sue them
Funny you mentioned Avatar after I finished reading this. Avatar could have been taken from Pocahontas, check this out... http://failblog.org/2010/01/10/avatar-plot-fail/
Yeah James Cameron plots are either silly or unoriginal. I love the film for the world building though. But the inevitable battle at the end between the baddie in the exoskeleton and the good guys was a bit of a drag. Not hard to see how that one would end up. Its been done before.
The BOM's primary weather radar seems to be broken but the backup from gellibrand hill is showing a front of sorts at about cape otway. We emptied our tank on the garden over the last two days, anticipating rain. This morning we got a southerly flow of air and I thought the temperature would stay down around 30 before the front, but now the sun is burning the cloud away and we may hit the forecast 40.
52 sounds nasty, particularly in the sun.
Didn't he make a show of releasing this facebook page showing him doing a bunch of stupid but innocuous things? I just assumed it was put together to help him make this case.
Since you Niven to the discussion, I should point out that the General Products hull could survive anything except collision with antimatter, but the I wonder about a black hole?
And I have to wonder if that wasn't just the Puppeteer marketing department. :P
Yes well in the books we never see sane Puppeteers actually travelling in the things.
thought itself is only an electrochemical process.
Thats what we think...
No that was because of the terrible pain in all the diodes down his right side.
my walls and my clothes are made out of nothing.
My clothes are made out of nothing too, but my wife keeps complaining.
Even the mythical and ludicrously strong material the Ringworld was made from had to succumb to this rule.
Since you Niven to the discussion, I should point out that the General Products hull could survive anything except collision with antimatter, but the I wonder about a black hole? Surely a black hole would at least put a hole in one of those hulls. I doubt a British journalist could damage a black hole beyond making it 50-100 kilos heavier.