I don't know about your wintel machines, but the last few Dells I've used at work complain that my USB 2.0 device can work faster by using a USB 2.0 port. *Even though it is plugged into a USB 2.0 port* according to the Device Manager
Oh god memories.
My school had a class in the computer room... not sure I'd call it IT.
Covered basic word and excel. The teacher was a nice guy but only one lesson ahead of the students. I remember explaining things like DNS and https to him.
Whereas mine had a computer in the classroom. One single Wang mini-computer in the Math teacher's class. As I recall (this would have been in '74 or '75) we didn't have any programming classes, it was 'play with it and learn it yourself'. Previously we had a teletype linked to the minicomputer in the Tri-County Intermediate Unit. Program storage on paper tape.
Once upon a time, in a land far away, a beautiful, independent, self-assured princess happened upon a frog as she sat contemplating ecological issues on the shores of an unpolluted pond in a verdant meadow near her castle.
The frog hopped into the princess' lap and said: " Elegant Lady, I was once a handsome prince, until an evil witch cast a spell upon me. One kiss from you, however, and I will turn back into the dapper, young prince that I am and then, my sweet, we can marry and set up housekeeping in your castle with my mother, where you can prepare my meals, clean my clothes, bear my children, and forever feel grateful and happy doing so. "
That night, as the princess dined sumptuously on lightly sauteed frog legs seasoned in a white wine and onion cream sauce, she chuckled and thought to herself: I don't f*#$%' think so.
So, you're saying these nPods use bluetooth for their podcasts? I thought bluetooth was strictly a short-range protocol? Unless they use bluetooth for intra-pod casts, and something like GSM for inter-pod casts?
skinsuit/s-suit: See _Where the Winds Sleep_ by Neil P. Ruzic, written in the 1970's I think. Interesting projection of technology by fiction.
Also Jerry Pournelle used similar outfits in one of his novels I have read ( was it _High Justice_ ? _Exiles to Glory? ? ), sorry I'm not in my library at the moment.
True, the article ends with: "Nevertheless, optimists say that the necessary technology could be developed by 2008 [1] and the first space elevator could be operational by 2018 [2] [3].", but back in the 60s & 70s, when the space shuttle was being designed, the optimists said we'd all be able to afford a vacation in space by the end of the century, due to the lowered costs associated with the shuttle.
I am by no means a pessimist, I'll call myself a cautious optimist, so I predict we'll have a good start on the materials by 2020, and a beanstalk in operation by 2070.
I dunno, my understanding is that the reason they landed at dawn was to use the contrast from low-angle sunlight to be able to read the terrain in order to pick the best possible landing site. Don't want to put a landing jack in a hole or on top of a rock. Tip that sucker over and you ain't never goin home again.
If it was for thermal reasons, as you imply, shouldn't they have landed at sunset instead of dawn?
Gift economy, eh. As in the SF story "And Then There Were None" by Eric Frank Russell http://www.abelard.org/e-f-russell.htm. Great story, one of my favorites.
Lost colony with a planet-wide, what you call, gift economy. Anyone can get anything for an "ob" or obligation. They have buiit-in cultural checks, where if you start taking and don't pay back (or forward) your obligations, people are free not to give you things. Eventually you can't get food, housing, clothes or anything else and die alone in the wilderness.
Yes it is an economy with favors or in place of paper (or metal or whatever) currency, but in the story it worked just as well as any other type and it functioned on a more personal level. It also had a beneficial side effect of no despotic government, no big government, in fact no government at all.
I don't know that it would ever be possible to construct a working society based on this without a complete break with the old, as was done by being a lost colony, but it made a thought-provoking story. Read it.
That effect is called cross-polarization or something like that. Microscopic parallel lines etched on the class polarize the light passing through the glass. when you stack two such at right angles it blocks most (not 100%) of the light. changing the angle between the plates will change the amount of light that passes through.
...a small quantity of sulphuric acid will ignite the magnesium, which will then burn straight down through the hard drive, the desk, the floor and continue down until it meets a large enough mass that will stop it. the basement should do it for sure. I suppose if he's in an apartment building with concrete flooring, that also might stop it, but I'd be sure before trying it...wouldn't want to burn through the downstairs neighbors. 8^)
War Mooses? The Canadians have War Mooses? Quick, call the Pentagon! Call the White House! We need a crash research and development program to catch up!
It just so happens that the company I am about to start has already such a product in development and nearing completion. I estimate that with only 1 billion U.S. dollars, we can bring our product to the MI complex market and can surpass the Canadians entire War Moose forces.
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I don't know about your wintel machines, but the last few Dells I've used at work complain that my USB 2.0 device can work faster by using a USB 2.0 port. *Even though it is plugged into a USB 2.0 port* according to the Device Manager
Oh god memories. My school had a class in the computer room... not sure I'd call it IT.
Covered basic word and excel. The teacher was a nice guy but only one lesson ahead of the students. I remember explaining things like DNS and https to him.
Whereas mine had a computer in the classroom. One single Wang mini-computer in the Math teacher's class. As I recall (this would have been in '74 or '75) we didn't have any programming classes, it was 'play with it and learn it yourself'. Previously we had a teletype linked to the minicomputer in the Tri-County Intermediate Unit. Program storage on paper tape.
Hey, mine too! Ahh, the memories.
Yah, that was my first thought too. BB welcomes you to 1984.
According to the Immigration and Nationalization Act (http://www.uscis.gov/propub/ProPubVAP.jsp?dockey=cb90c19a50729fb47fb0686648558dbe):
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INA: ACT 301 - NATIONALS AND CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AT BIRTH
Sec. 301. [8 U.S.C. 1401] The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
(a) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof;
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Being born in the USA is not a *requirement*, but it sounds like it is *sufficient*.
IANAL.
And from the other side....
The Princess and the Talking Frog
Once upon a time, in a land far away, a beautiful, independent, self-assured princess happened upon a frog as she sat contemplating ecological issues on the shores of an unpolluted pond in a verdant meadow near her castle.
The frog hopped into the princess' lap and said: " Elegant Lady, I was once a handsome prince, until an evil witch cast a spell upon me. One kiss from you, however, and I will turn back into the dapper, young prince that I am and then, my sweet, we can marry and set up housekeeping in your castle with my mother, where you can prepare my meals, clean my clothes, bear my children, and forever feel grateful and happy doing so. "
That night, as the princess dined sumptuously on lightly sauteed frog legs seasoned in a white wine and onion cream sauce, she chuckled and thought to herself: I don't f*#$%' think so.
So, you're saying these nPods use bluetooth for their podcasts? I thought bluetooth was strictly a short-range protocol? Unless they use bluetooth for intra-pod casts, and something like GSM for inter-pod casts?
Or:
Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain didn't get to five minutes earlier. (think the rats can learn this one?)
Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous.
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' landing is one after which they can use the plane again.
As a musician who, it sounds like, has a record contract, what is your view of music sharing?
Do you see it as taking food from your mouth, as the RIAA contends, or as free publicity as the sharing advocates insist?
Or is your view something in between? Or even some third view totally?
skinsuit/s-suit: See _Where the Winds Sleep_ by Neil P. Ruzic, written in the 1970's I think. Interesting projection of technology by fiction.
Also Jerry Pournelle used similar outfits in one of his novels I have read ( was it _High Justice_ ? _Exiles to Glory? ? ), sorry I'm not in my library at the moment.
Because we don't yet have the materials to build a beanstalk? see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beanstalk .
True, the article ends with: "Nevertheless, optimists say that the necessary technology could be developed by 2008 [1] and the first space elevator could be operational by 2018 [2] [3].", but back in the 60s & 70s, when the space shuttle was being designed, the optimists said we'd all be able to afford a vacation in space by the end of the century, due to the lowered costs associated with the shuttle.
I am by no means a pessimist, I'll call myself a cautious optimist, so I predict we'll have a good start on the materials by 2020, and a beanstalk in operation by 2070.
Some uses of a beanstalk in fiction:
Arthur C. Clarke, The Fountains of Paradise
Kim Stanley Robinson, _Red_Mars
Timothy Zahn, Spinneret (just a brief mention)
Plus others, I'm sure.
Then there's this one: "Magic is just technology we don't understand". Sorry, I don't remember where I heard it, so I can't attribute it.
Of course!
"Damn these glasses anyway, Son."
"Yes sir. I damn thee" (to the glasses)
And who could ever forget Iron Balls McGinty...
...and this lamp
You beat me to it. I was going to say the first thing I thought of was the opening credits of Forbidden Planet.
I don't remember what the Krell musicians sounded like. Have to go back a watch it again.
That article is quite amusing....as such.
I dunno, my understanding is that the reason they landed at dawn was to use the contrast from low-angle sunlight to be able to read the terrain in order to pick the best possible landing site. Don't want to put a landing jack in a hole or on top of a rock. Tip that sucker over and you ain't never goin home again.
If it was for thermal reasons, as you imply, shouldn't they have landed at sunset instead of dawn?
What about the scene at the end where the toys intimidate Sid?
No, no, no. I'm sure he meant Maxim, the men's magazine, not Maxim, the water-cooled machinegun.
Paranoia. It's not just for paranoids anymore.
Gift economy, eh. As in the SF story "And Then There Were None" by Eric Frank Russell http://www.abelard.org/e-f-russell.htm. Great story, one of my favorites.
Lost colony with a planet-wide, what you call, gift economy. Anyone can get anything for an "ob" or obligation. They have buiit-in cultural checks, where if you start taking and don't pay back (or forward) your obligations, people are free not to give you things. Eventually you can't get food, housing, clothes or anything else and die alone in the wilderness.
Yes it is an economy with favors or in place of paper (or metal or whatever) currency, but in the story it worked just as well as any other type and it functioned on a more personal level. It also had a beneficial side effect of no despotic government, no big government, in fact no government at all.
I don't know that it would ever be possible to construct a working society based on this without a complete break with the old, as was done by being a lost colony, but it made a thought-provoking story. Read it.
Hey! Your expensive solution is exactly what I want in my car windows. When I park, I could turn the glass off and block most of the heat buildup.
That effect is called cross-polarization or something like that. Microscopic parallel lines etched on the class polarize the light passing through the glass. when you stack two such at right angles it blocks most (not 100%) of the light. changing the angle between the plates will change the amount of light that passes through.
...a small quantity of sulphuric acid will ignite the magnesium, which will then burn straight down through the hard drive, the desk, the floor and continue down until it meets a large enough mass that will stop it. the basement should do it for sure. I suppose if he's in an apartment building with concrete flooring, that also might stop it, but I'd be sure before trying it...wouldn't want to burn through the downstairs neighbors. 8^)
It just so happens that the company I am about to start has already such a product in development and nearing completion. I estimate that with only 1 billion U.S. dollars, we can bring our product to the MI complex market and can surpass the Canadians entire War Moose forces.
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