Back in October 2003 I think it was they went and announced they would be switching msn to a new protocol, which would deny 3rd party applications from connecting. IIRC it was a close one, gaim had a new version out like a day or two before the new protocol came into effect. Give it time and I'm sure wine will find a way around, just like gaim did.
You don't...
My experience with windows update is that it is useless. I keep one machine running windows xp just in case, and with the exception of service pack 1, no updates have ever been installed. No virii, no adware, no popups, no spam, ever. (and yes, it is actually connected to the net)
What are these "Cell phones" you speak of?
No seriously...I think all cell phones are the most useless invention ever invented, come on, we read/. , who would ever want to speak to us? I get maybe 1 phone call a month on my real phone, and that's usually a telemarketer. Definitely nothing to see here..
I've also never had any issues with firefox, it has never crashed on me, not once since 0.7 or 0.8, only issue I ever had was my Noia theme was not working with 1.0 when it came out, although it did work with 1.0pr.
What I don't get, is that the rating systems are inconsistent. Here in Quebec, most movies that are rated R elsewhere are rated PG-13. Take Hannibal for instance, I believe in the U.S. it was rated R, in Quebec it was PG-13 or maybe even PG-14, and in Brittish Columbia I think it was rated PG. How can anyone make sense of anything when the rating system is inconsistent? If you ask me, it's just a waste of time, completely meaningless.
It's what astronomers call a Hot Jupiter. The Hydrogen would be gradually ripped from the planet, and this would actually give the planet a "tail" of sorts. Theoretically, once enough of the hydrogen was ripped off the planet will eventually be destroyed. It's unknown how they formed, but it is believed that many of the Jupiter type planets, which are quite common, are actually failed stars, sometimes called Brown Giants.
Wait, how is this the world's first solar sail powered craft? So I guess http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/0 9/2259214 never happened? Maybe what the article meant to say was that it is the first solar sail powered craft to orbit the earth?
Space travel in general. Until Columbia, there had not been a serious accident in manned space flight since the Challenger tragedy. IMHO, NASA was becoming a bit too overconfident. The public at large saw space travel as routine. There is nothing routine at all about space travel, and I think NASA itself was beginning to forget that, at least until Columbia.
It is a matter of safety. I agree with O'Keefe's reasons for not sending a manned mission. Hubble's orbit never brings it anywhere near the ISS, in fact, it's on the other side of the planet. If something does go wrong, they have absolutely no safe place to go. With the current state of the shuttles the possibility of an emergency refueling and launch is just completely out of the question. Columbia threw into sharp perspective how dangerous it really is. We lost a lot of good people in that tragedy, and while yes, it goes with the territory, safety should definitely come first.
Slashdot Mirror
Back in October 2003 I think it was they went and announced they would be switching msn to a new protocol, which would deny 3rd party applications from connecting. IIRC it was a close one, gaim had a new version out like a day or two before the new protocol came into effect. Give it time and I'm sure wine will find a way around, just like gaim did.
I wonder if I can copyright myself, and then charge people to take pictures of me?
Come on people, let's be serious, since when does taking a picture of something = reproduction?
...how is the oil situation in North Korea?
Yesterday's news...Today!
Budget request for 2006 is up 2.4% from this year, and this year is up 6% from 2004.
If the data never reaches the disk, how can it reconstruct it?
"A tiny speck of dust has crossed the beam and 4gb of data have been lost." The bigger they get, they harder they fall.
You don't... My experience with windows update is that it is useless. I keep one machine running windows xp just in case, and with the exception of service pack 1, no updates have ever been installed. No virii, no adware, no popups, no spam, ever. (and yes, it is actually connected to the net)
That's the point I think. I know I don't use any website that require IE, so I got rid of it.
Here is a not bad demo video of avalon running on XP. http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3452 8
Actually there are 4 in the /. picture
What are these "Cell phones" you speak of? No seriously...I think all cell phones are the most useless invention ever invented, come on, we read /. , who would ever want to speak to us? I get maybe 1 phone call a month on my real phone, and that's usually a telemarketer. Definitely nothing to see here..
I've also never had any issues with firefox, it has never crashed on me, not once since 0.7 or 0.8, only issue I ever had was my Noia theme was not working with 1.0 when it came out, although it did work with 1.0pr.
What I don't get, is that the rating systems are inconsistent. Here in Quebec, most movies that are rated R elsewhere are rated PG-13. Take Hannibal for instance, I believe in the U.S. it was rated R, in Quebec it was PG-13 or maybe even PG-14, and in Brittish Columbia I think it was rated PG. How can anyone make sense of anything when the rating system is inconsistent? If you ask me, it's just a waste of time, completely meaningless.
Uhhh, yeah, that's what I meant. My bad.
It's what astronomers call a Hot Jupiter. The Hydrogen would be gradually ripped from the planet, and this would actually give the planet a "tail" of sorts. Theoretically, once enough of the hydrogen was ripped off the planet will eventually be destroyed. It's unknown how they formed, but it is believed that many of the Jupiter type planets, which are quite common, are actually failed stars, sometimes called Brown Giants.
Wait, how is this the world's first solar sail powered craft? So I guess http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/0 9/2259214 never happened? Maybe what the article meant to say was that it is the first solar sail powered craft to orbit the earth?
Space travel in general. Until Columbia, there had not been a serious accident in manned space flight since the Challenger tragedy. IMHO, NASA was becoming a bit too overconfident. The public at large saw space travel as routine. There is nothing routine at all about space travel, and I think NASA itself was beginning to forget that, at least until Columbia.
It is a matter of safety. I agree with O'Keefe's reasons for not sending a manned mission. Hubble's orbit never brings it anywhere near the ISS, in fact, it's on the other side of the planet. If something does go wrong, they have absolutely no safe place to go. With the current state of the shuttles the possibility of an emergency refueling and launch is just completely out of the question. Columbia threw into sharp perspective how dangerous it really is. We lost a lot of good people in that tragedy, and while yes, it goes with the territory, safety should definitely come first.