The article didn't say what the OS was. There is always the Offline Windows Password reset floppy/CD if it's a 'doze system. Saved my butt more than once;-). Or is the filesystem encrypted too?
Or being a government system, they probably went with a non-*nix, non-Windoze weird-ass proprietary system. Maybe the vender has a back-door. Obviously, they don't have admins that know what they are doing. That's why they pay them so much (government = illogic).
The current version of the E-meter known as the "Mark VIII Super Quantum E-meter" is a highly modified version of the 60's patented version. So no, you could not come close to it's functionality with that original patent's design, and it is not just a Wheatstone bridge. So a lawsuit on false advertising wouldn't succeed.
Also, as a result of the fruitless '60-s investication of the CoS and it's E-meters by the IRS, the church had to add a disclaimer on all E-meters sold since then that the device in itself did nothing and was only to be used by trained or in-training Scientology ministers. Perhaps this is one reason that is motivating them to control the resale of used E-meters- so that they aren't accused of violating that '60s ruling by the IRS.
Greg,
I bet if you estimated the cost of time wasted on Windows issues and having to deal with viruses etc. over the time period you will have them, not to mention the lower productivity of your employees, that the Macs would be cheaper.
"We survived the 'Big Bang' because there wasn't one. Your earth scientists have it all wrong. The red-shift of light that they base all their theories of the duration of the universe is not caused by acceleration of stars away from each other. It is caused by helium atoms between earth and the light sources. The further away a star is, the more helium has a chance to shift the spectrum. Helium, what you call a noble gas, is very difficult to detect with your earth instruments. Stars are not accelerating at all. The whole universe has been around for a LOT longer than you think."
Hoagland doesn't explain the 19.5 degree thing, he basically says that it seems to be a result of unexplained planetary dynamics for which nobody seems to have a theory for. What is more weird than the 19.5 thing is how he claims to have figured it out, be we won't go into that.
The pyramid thing is just an attempt by him to provide some sort of mathematical law expressed in geometric terms that appears to be related to these unknown planetary dynamics. Like using geometric principals to explain Keplar's orbit theory. There are lots of physical phenomena that are defined by mathamatics. Why does E = M * C^2? Why F = M * a? It's just the way Mother Nature made it.
It's that way so that the universe all fits together, I guess.
From the image, it looks like the spot could be 19.5 degrees north of the equator. Years ago, I read a paper by Richard C. Hoagland, author of The Monuments of Mars: A City on the Edge of Forever (1987). Although a lot of his paper seemed like wild speculation to me, I remember one "message" he deduced from the so-called area near the "face on Mars." There is a characteristic of planetary dynamics which produces an anomoly at 19.5 degrees north or south lattitude, depending on the magnetic pole of the planet. This is related to the rotating molten core of the planet.
Jupiter's famous red spot is a 19.5 deg. south lattitude. Hoagland predicted a spot on Neptune at 19.5 degrees lattitude before the Voyager discovered it. On earth, Hawaii's Mona Loa volcano, the world's largest and continuously active volcano, is at 19.5 deg. north lattitude. (The Hawaiian islands were all made by passing over the spot where Mona Loa is now.) Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system, is at 19.5 deg lattitude. The "face on Mars" is 1/3 of the way around from Olympus Mons, at 19.5 deg. lattitude.
So the spot on Uranus (not on mine!) has nothing to do with solar energy. It is an artifact of planetary dynamics.
As an additional note- if you place a tetrahedron (a triangular pyramid) inside a shpere so that it's tip touches the north pole and it's 3 base points touch the insides of the sphere, they touch at 19.5 degrees south lattitude.
The truth is way too close. The US "won" the nuclear arms race by outspending the Soviet Union, at a level which the Soviet system could not support and helped lead to its' demise.
One might argue, the way the current administration was able to stomp on Iraq despite the objection of all other world powers (except the UK, which encouraged Bush/Cheny to do the stomping), the US effectively gained domination over the whole world.
One might also be able to make a point that, with the wishy-washy Congress afraid to make an effective stand against the administration on the war mongering issue, we are uncomfortably close to a dictatorship situation.
Except freon that has been so widely used in cooling systems is heavier than air, so it flows down to the ground and eventually dissipates. And one of the main reasons it was chosen as a heat transfer medium for cooling systems is because it is extremely inert.
Your last comment is very close to the likely truth. 95% of nuclear "waste" can be processed into useful power plant fuel. But the whole nuclear field has been attacked for so long by the greenies, the politicians are afraid to be associated with anything so sensible.
Current nuclear plant designs are 100's of times more safe than those of the past. Meltdowns are not possible with current designs. France is currently getting 80% of their energy from nuclear power. How many disasters have they had? Zip.
And what most people don't know is that spent fuel is 95 to 99% re-useable when reprocessed with current technology, if anyone cared to build the technology to do this. But the greenies have so scared the US pols that the US gov't still shys away from recognising any of these advances in the technology. Meanwhile, like most other production in the US of A, all the technology is being developed in other countries.
In my opinion, this planet must go nuclear to avoid an environmental disaster with burning so much coal, oil and gas. Consider the impact of China and India's growing demands for energy. When it comes to trashing our atmosphere with fossil fuels, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
In terms of long term but slightly high radiation levels, Denver CO has above average natural radiation levels due to it's altitude (5280 ft), and above average health in the population.
This planet is quite capable of supporting a lot more population, if the politicians and Luddites would allow for the application of new safe technologies.
Here is an example of what to expect in a computer-controlled car. I have s 2004 Toyota Prius gas-electric hybrid. It runs as drive-by-wire, e.g. the throttle position is read and a computer decides how much engine and how much electric motor to use.
And yes, some Prius drivers have reported the system can gets confused (not that often though, considering it has about 20 computer modules and 2 data busses).
You cannot reboot this car while driving, but you do NOT need to go to a dealer either. Usually the problem is when you are trying to get started. You just cycle the power once or twice and it will clear up if there is not a real fault. Even on real faults, you can usually keep driving or pull over and cycle the power.
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The article didn't say what the OS was. There is always the Offline Windows Password reset floppy/CD if it's a 'doze system. Saved my butt more than once ;-). Or is the filesystem encrypted too?
Or being a government system, they probably went with a non-*nix, non-Windoze weird-ass proprietary system. Maybe the vender has a back-door. Obviously, they don't have admins that know what they are doing. That's why they pay them so much (government = illogic).
There is also these guys from the UK http://www.lightblueoptics.com/news/070108.htm working on a miniature laser-based full color projector.
The current version of the E-meter known as the "Mark VIII Super Quantum E-meter" is a highly modified version of the 60's patented version. So no, you could not come close to it's functionality with that original patent's design, and it is not just a Wheatstone bridge. So a lawsuit on false advertising wouldn't succeed.
Also, as a result of the fruitless '60-s investication of the CoS and it's E-meters by the IRS, the church had to add a disclaimer on all E-meters sold since then that the device in itself did nothing and was only to be used by trained or in-training Scientology ministers. Perhaps this is one reason that is motivating them to control the resale of used E-meters- so that they aren't accused of violating that '60s ruling by the IRS.
That's my $.02
Not shocking. More like they're steamed by this ruling!
Greg, I bet if you estimated the cost of time wasted on Windows issues and having to deal with viruses etc. over the time period you will have them, not to mention the lower productivity of your employees, that the Macs would be cheaper.
Not to worry. "Keep Out" signs have been posted out there because earthlings are such a barbaric breed and they don't want anything to do with us.
"We survived the 'Big Bang' because there wasn't one. Your earth scientists have it all wrong. The red-shift of light that they base all their theories of the duration of the universe is not caused by acceleration of stars away from each other. It is caused by helium atoms between earth and the light sources. The further away a star is, the more helium has a chance to shift the spectrum. Helium, what you call a noble gas, is very difficult to detect with your earth instruments. Stars are not accelerating at all. The whole universe has been around for a LOT longer than you think."
If I remember correctly, it was an equilateral pyramid. Just one of thos mysteries of the universe.
Hoagland doesn't explain the 19.5 degree thing, he basically says that it seems to be a result of unexplained planetary dynamics for which nobody seems to have a theory for. What is more weird than the 19.5 thing is how he claims to have figured it out, be we won't go into that. The pyramid thing is just an attempt by him to provide some sort of mathematical law expressed in geometric terms that appears to be related to these unknown planetary dynamics. Like using geometric principals to explain Keplar's orbit theory. There are lots of physical phenomena that are defined by mathamatics. Why does E = M * C^2? Why F = M * a? It's just the way Mother Nature made it. It's that way so that the universe all fits together, I guess.
OK, time to salvage this from all the jokes.
From the image, it looks like the spot could be 19.5 degrees north of the equator. Years ago, I read a paper by Richard C. Hoagland, author of The Monuments of Mars: A City on the Edge of Forever (1987). Although a lot of his paper seemed like wild speculation to me, I remember one "message" he deduced from the so-called area near the "face on Mars." There is a characteristic of planetary dynamics which produces an anomoly at 19.5 degrees north or south lattitude, depending on the magnetic pole of the planet. This is related to the rotating molten core of the planet.
Jupiter's famous red spot is a 19.5 deg. south lattitude. Hoagland predicted a spot on Neptune at 19.5 degrees lattitude before the Voyager discovered it. On earth, Hawaii's Mona Loa volcano, the world's largest and continuously active volcano, is at 19.5 deg. north lattitude. (The Hawaiian islands were all made by passing over the spot where Mona Loa is now.) Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system, is at 19.5 deg lattitude. The "face on Mars" is 1/3 of the way around from Olympus Mons, at 19.5 deg. lattitude.
So the spot on Uranus (not on mine!) has nothing to do with solar energy. It is an artifact of planetary dynamics.
As an additional note- if you place a tetrahedron (a triangular pyramid) inside a shpere so that it's tip touches the north pole and it's 3 base points touch the insides of the sphere, they touch at 19.5 degrees south lattitude.
The truth is way too close. The US "won" the nuclear arms race by outspending the Soviet Union, at a level which the Soviet system could not support and helped lead to its' demise.
One might argue, the way the current administration was able to stomp on Iraq despite the objection of all other world powers (except the UK, which encouraged Bush/Cheny to do the stomping), the US effectively gained domination over the whole world.
One might also be able to make a point that, with the wishy-washy Congress afraid to make an effective stand against the administration on the war mongering issue, we are uncomfortably close to a dictatorship situation.
Except freon that has been so widely used in cooling systems is heavier than air, so it flows down to the ground and eventually dissipates. And one of the main reasons it was chosen as a heat transfer medium for cooling systems is because it is extremely inert.
But who am I to question the "science" gods.
Your last comment is very close to the likely truth. 95% of nuclear "waste" can be processed into useful power plant fuel. But the whole nuclear field has been attacked for so long by the greenies, the politicians are afraid to be associated with anything so sensible.
Current nuclear plant designs are 100's of times more safe than those of the past. Meltdowns are not possible with current designs. France is currently getting 80% of their energy from nuclear power. How many disasters have they had? Zip. And what most people don't know is that spent fuel is 95 to 99% re-useable when reprocessed with current technology, if anyone cared to build the technology to do this. But the greenies have so scared the US pols that the US gov't still shys away from recognising any of these advances in the technology. Meanwhile, like most other production in the US of A, all the technology is being developed in other countries. In my opinion, this planet must go nuclear to avoid an environmental disaster with burning so much coal, oil and gas. Consider the impact of China and India's growing demands for energy. When it comes to trashing our atmosphere with fossil fuels, you ain't seen nothin' yet. In terms of long term but slightly high radiation levels, Denver CO has above average natural radiation levels due to it's altitude (5280 ft), and above average health in the population. This planet is quite capable of supporting a lot more population, if the politicians and Luddites would allow for the application of new safe technologies.
Vista, that Virus/Infections/Spyware/Trojan and Ad-ware Operating system.
Here is an example of what to expect in a computer-controlled car. I have s 2004 Toyota Prius gas-electric hybrid. It runs as drive-by-wire, e.g. the throttle position is read and a computer decides how much engine and how much electric motor to use.
And yes, some Prius drivers have reported the system can gets confused (not that often though, considering it has about 20 computer modules and 2 data busses).
You cannot reboot this car while driving, but you do NOT need to go to a dealer either. Usually the problem is when you are trying to get started. You just cycle the power once or twice and it will clear up if there is not a real fault. Even on real faults, you can usually keep driving or pull over and cycle the power.