See kids? This is what happens when you sleep through science class.
The temperature on the surface of Venus is 464C, or 136.5 degrees Celcius higher than the melting point of lead (327.5 C).
If you thought that landing on Mars was tough, try landing on a planet where the rocks are the consistency of ice cream and your electronics bake like cinnamon rolls.
With the Pacific Rim fast becoming the world's marketplace, having a huge jet that can take 550 people point-to-point is a good thing. There are a lot of point-to-point routes in that region (and between EU, USA, and India) where a huge plane with good fuel economy could do quite well.
Civ III for Mac hasn't been updated in almost three years and is extremely far behind the Windows version, especially when it comes to expansion packs and network play.
Sending money to them will just show them that ignoring the Mac community is okey-dokey.
I found this really weird airstrip in the middle of the Nevada desert outside of Las Vegas. It looks like the longest runway in the world, but there's nothing nearby.
And the really weird part is that the US military says it doesn't exist.
Catching planes on Google's Satellite Imagery. [url=http://maps.google.com/maps?q=castaic,ca&ll=3 4.517348,-118.607926&spn=0.005697,0.007027&t=k&hl= en]One of the cooler ones.[/url]
Who says they're not going to limit your access to the Internet without your consent? Comcast is currently fighting to have their networks opened up to other companies for competition.
Who's to say that comcast won't send 404s when someone visits AdBusters or tries to download an application to protect their privacy.
The idea that a corporation is any more trustworthy than the government is ludicrous. If anything, they're even less trustworthy because we can't vote them out of office without cutting off the very service we wish to save.
No, it won't. The moon has significantly higher radiation, absolutely no atmosphere to process for raw materials, and it takes three days to get back. Anybody who can't be treated on the moon won't make it back in time. And you can't build a greenhouse out of plastic sheeting on the moon. And there are micrometeoroids. And there's no water.
The moon is as much like Mars as Antarctica is like the North Woods of Canada. They're both cold, they're both remote, but there are fundamental differences that make designing an expedition much, much different.
This is especially true because businesses are giving away WiFi access. Whenever I'm somewhere that advertises High Speed Wireless Internet and then charges a fee I tell the manager that there's a place just up the street that offers it for free and that I'll be taking my business there from now on.
I get about 16kbps when I connect to the Internet from my Powerbook over Bluetooth. And that's with perfect reception. Way, way, way to slow.
And the click-click-click, wait-wait-wait, damn-now-text-entry-mode-is-it-in, click, wait-wait-wait is usually a lot longer than it takes me to find an open access point.
Though I'm sure if I had an honest-to-goodness keyboard instead of twelve teeny buttons with teenier letters it would make things a little easier. But not faster.
I've upgraded every Mac OS X version since public beta and I've never had any trouble. With the releases you get through software update you should wait about three days to see if there are any issues and then upgrade, but I've had no trouble running a permissions repair and then upgrading to the new OS.
And I've never lost settings or apps.
Disclaimer: This isn't a guarantee. Your mileage may vary. Void in Canada and where prohibited. May cause drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation. Use as directed. Do not give to children under 2 years of age.
Not that I'm advocating this, but there isn't any restrictions about buying one copy and installing it on multiple systems. There's no codes you need to type in (or at least there wasn't with Panther).
Buying multiple copies comes down to your ethics and/or how much you like Apple and want to give them your money.
Between the inadequate text entry on my T610 and the godawful connection speed (GPRS sucks. Thanks cell phone companies!) and tiny screen, I'll just find an open wireless access point and use Google from my laptop.
A beautiful planet where the dominant species cuts the tops off of mountains, scoops out the insides, and burns it in power plants that spread toxic and radioactive waste over vast swaths of biosphere.
It's not the planet I want to escape. It's the human race.
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The temperature on the surface of Venus is 464C, or 136.5 degrees Celcius higher than the melting point of lead (327.5 C).
If you thought that landing on Mars was tough, try landing on a planet where the rocks are the consistency of ice cream and your electronics bake like cinnamon rolls.
Yes, but there's no kaboom. There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom.
With the Pacific Rim fast becoming the world's marketplace, having a huge jet that can take 550 people point-to-point is a good thing. There are a lot of point-to-point routes in that region (and between EU, USA, and India) where a huge plane with good fuel economy could do quite well.
An industry lobby hijacking a government program to make its masters money?!? That's unpossible!
"Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not an aerospace engineer!"
Well duh he doesn't have a goatee. And you call yourself a sci-fi fan...
We have self driving cars. They're called trains and busses. But for some reason no one wants to use them.
Problem: While there are many, many stars in the universe, there is not an infinite amount of stars, nor is there an infinite amount of planets.
But at least it'll get a few idiots off the roads so bicyclists have a fighting chance at surviving their trip.
Dear God No!
Sending money to them will just show them that ignoring the Mac community is okey-dokey.
And the really weird part is that the US military says it doesn't exist.
BBcode on the brain. Real linky.
Catching planes on Google's Satellite Imagery. [url=http://maps.google.com/maps?q=castaic,ca&ll=3 4.517348,-118.607926&spn=0.005697,0.007027&t=k&hl= en]One of the cooler ones.[/url]
Who's to say that comcast won't send 404s when someone visits AdBusters or tries to download an application to protect their privacy.
The idea that a corporation is any more trustworthy than the government is ludicrous. If anything, they're even less trustworthy because we can't vote them out of office without cutting off the very service we wish to save.
The moon is as much like Mars as Antarctica is like the North Woods of Canada. They're both cold, they're both remote, but there are fundamental differences that make designing an expedition much, much different.
If you're paying $30/month for access I wouldn't consider it free.
This is especially true because businesses are giving away WiFi access. Whenever I'm somewhere that advertises High Speed Wireless Internet and then charges a fee I tell the manager that there's a place just up the street that offers it for free and that I'll be taking my business there from now on.
Funk fridays, jam band mondays, Blues saturday nights. What more do you need?
The same can be said for health care.
But broadband, not so much.
And the click-click-click, wait-wait-wait, damn-now-text-entry-mode-is-it-in, click, wait-wait-wait is usually a lot longer than it takes me to find an open access point.
Though I'm sure if I had an honest-to-goodness keyboard instead of twelve teeny buttons with teenier letters it would make things a little easier. But not faster.
And I've never lost settings or apps.
Disclaimer: This isn't a guarantee. Your mileage may vary. Void in Canada and where prohibited. May cause drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation. Use as directed. Do not give to children under 2 years of age.
Buying multiple copies comes down to your ethics and/or how much you like Apple and want to give them your money.
Between the inadequate text entry on my T610 and the godawful connection speed (GPRS sucks. Thanks cell phone companies!) and tiny screen, I'll just find an open wireless access point and use Google from my laptop.
It's not the planet I want to escape. It's the human race.