I'm usually not an advocate of violence, but it seems the effective options of how to deal with the spammers is ever dwindling. I imagine after the knee-caps (or heads) of some of these spammers have been split, the problem may quickly go away.
I had the same thought, but how about this: A google network appliance with the office software already loaded. No doubt that in some ways this would be similar to a terminal-server setup. The plus for the business is that you have a single point for any software upgrades, as opposed to upgrading thousands of desktop machines, no seat licenses, etc. With the Google brand on the side of it, I have to imagine that the sale of the bundled hardware and software would be easier than trying to get a corporation to replace MS-Office with OpenOffice.
The clipper design appears to be a shuttle-like space plane. Have there been any significant materials improvements that make a space plane built today more pratical and safer than the current shuttle deisgn?
If it's using the same type of heat resistant tiles that the shuttle uses, then it would seem to have the same inherent problem with fragile tiles.
Keep in mind, that this is the plan to go back to the moon. NASA doesn't intend to roll out everything all at the same time, the CEV (Crew Exploration Vehicle) is supposed to be ready between 2012 and 2014, and will be in use servicing the space station (and hopefully other chores) before it is used for a moon mission.
You can blame the media for this one
No, you can blame the ignorant bastards willing to trample people to death for a four-year-old laptop. If they were starving to death and were standing in line for food, you might be able to excuse them, but for a laptop!? There is no excuse.
From the blog entry: so due to our lead time for locking down beta releases and ramping up our team, we could not get a whole lot done in the platform in beta 1.
This is another example on why there is so much crap software out there. Instead of realeasing the software when it's done (like the Linux kernel), here's yet another example of software release dates set by the marketers/ad-men.
I think in the long term, fuels like biodiesel have a better chance of making it than ethanol.
When the Federal regulations for Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel go in to effect in the US in 2006, it will make diesel powered vehicles much more attractive to the general public, especially as most diesel powered passenger cars get very good milage. Without sulfur in the fuel, the black smoke problem pretty much goes away.
Biodiesel has some advantages over other fuels as it can be distributed through the current distribution infrastructure, and it can be made out of just about any biomass product; used vegetable oils being the current choice for the home brewers.
Let's see here, Grandma buys the kids a Disney DVD for Christmas, but the kids can't play it unless Grandma comes over for a visit to have her iris scanned. Wow, these guys are really thinking.
No, they were horrible.
If Geroge Lucas had actually made the entire Star Wars movies in order, after the first two, he would never have been able to raise a dime to make the rest.
"(Back in the 70's and early 80's the drill for a nuclear strike was to climb under the desk in the school).
Actually, that was the "Duck and Cover" campaign with Bert the Turtle, from the federal government, and it was run in the '50s, not the 70s and 80s. By then we pretty much knew that if a nuke went off in a nearby local, jumping under a desk wasn't going to do much for you besides skin you knees before you were vaporized.
It's a nice idea, but it just won't work. According to the Bush administration, there is no such thing as global warming, thus we would be unable to raise the temps on Mars.;-)
In all of the discussions over the cost of a manned vs. robotic mission to upgrade Hubble, one question I haven't heard anyone ask is what would it cost to replace it with a new telescope?
I've seen articles with cost estimates ranging from $1 - $2 Billion for a service mission. Given what we've learned with Hubble about the true costs of operating a space based telescope, couldn't we build a new telescope for relatively less than we originally spent on Hubble?
Given the choice of fixing Hubble for say $1-$2 Billion, or replacing it with a telescope with more capability and servicability for say $2-$3 Billion, I'd go for the replacement.
Todd
I looked at quite a few different MP3 players including the Rio modles before settling on the Neuros too. You can't beat the price/features and it works with zero problems with my Linux system.
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$100 or $200!? I want to shop where you do. A retail version of Photoshop is going for $550.00 right now.
Todd
I'm usually not an advocate of violence, but it seems the effective options of how to deal with the spammers is ever dwindling. I imagine after the knee-caps (or heads) of some of these spammers have been split, the problem may quickly go away.
As a producer, Walt Disney hits 678...not bad.
I had the same thought, but how about this: A google network appliance with the office software already loaded. No doubt that in some ways this would be similar to a terminal-server setup. The plus for the business is that you have a single point for any software upgrades, as opposed to upgrading thousands of desktop machines, no seat licenses, etc. With the Google brand on the side of it, I have to imagine that the sale of the bundled hardware and software would be easier than trying to get a corporation to replace MS-Office with OpenOffice.
The clipper design appears to be a shuttle-like space plane. Have there been any significant materials improvements that make a space plane built today more pratical and safer than the current shuttle deisgn?
If it's using the same type of heat resistant tiles that the shuttle uses, then it would seem to have the same inherent problem with fragile tiles.
Keep in mind, that this is the plan to go back to the moon. NASA doesn't intend to roll out everything all at the same time, the CEV (Crew Exploration Vehicle) is supposed to be ready between 2012 and 2014, and will be in use servicing the space station (and hopefully other chores) before it is used for a moon mission.
You can blame the media for this one
No, you can blame the ignorant bastards willing to trample people to death for a four-year-old laptop. If they were starving to death and were standing in line for food, you might be able to excuse them, but for a laptop!? There is no excuse.
so due to our lead time for locking down beta releases and ramping up our team, we could not get a whole lot done in the platform in beta 1.
This is another example on why there is so much crap software out there. Instead of realeasing the software when it's done (like the Linux kernel), here's yet another example of software release dates set by the marketers/ad-men.
When the Federal regulations for Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel go in to effect in the US in 2006, it will make diesel powered vehicles much more attractive to the general public, especially as most diesel powered passenger cars get very good milage. Without sulfur in the fuel, the black smoke problem pretty much goes away.
Biodiesel has some advantages over other fuels as it can be distributed through the current distribution infrastructure, and it can be made out of just about any biomass product; used vegetable oils being the current choice for the home brewers.
http://www.biodiesel.org/So what constitutes fair use? Sharing your music and DVD collection with 100,000 of your closest friends?
Let's see here, Grandma buys the kids a Disney DVD for Christmas, but the kids can't play it unless Grandma comes over for a visit to have her iris scanned. Wow, these guys are really thinking.
No, they were horrible. If Geroge Lucas had actually made the entire Star Wars movies in order, after the first two, he would never have been able to raise a dime to make the rest.
Because Safari is based on the Konqueror KHTML engine...
Not many airlines are asking Boeing for stealth 737's or 777's with Air to Air rocket launchers.
"(Back in the 70's and early 80's the drill for a nuclear strike was to climb under the desk in the school).
Actually, that was the "Duck and Cover" campaign with Bert the Turtle, from the federal government, and it was run in the '50s, not the 70s and 80s. By then we pretty much knew that if a nuke went off in a nearby local, jumping under a desk wasn't going to do much for you besides skin you knees before you were vaporized.
So, it would be okay for me to steal a Mercedes as long as I give it away afterwards?
It's a nice idea, but it just won't work. According to the Bush administration, there is no such thing as global warming, thus we would be unable to raise the temps on Mars. ;-)
Todd
In all of the discussions over the cost of a manned vs. robotic mission to upgrade Hubble, one question I haven't heard anyone ask is what would it cost to replace it with a new telescope?
I've seen articles with cost estimates ranging from $1 - $2 Billion for a service mission. Given what we've learned with Hubble about the true costs of operating a space based telescope, couldn't we build a new telescope for relatively less than we originally spent on Hubble?
Given the choice of fixing Hubble for say $1-$2 Billion, or replacing it with a telescope with more capability and servicability for say $2-$3 Billion, I'd go for the replacement.
Todd
I looked at quite a few different MP3 players including the Rio modles before settling on the Neuros too. You can't beat the price/features and it works with zero problems with my Linux system.