That is not true. In a 4" telescope with decent magnification 100-150x you should clearly see all four of the Galilean moons as well as two bands across Jupiter. Now the problem with Jupiter is that it's in Superior Conjunction with the Sun (i.e. you can't see it). However you can see Saturn and Mars in the evening sky. Mars you won't see much, but Saturn will be the thing the kids remember more than anything else. Visit www.skymaps.org for a good, free star chart to use with the kids. Depending on when you observe there are many great, bright objects in the sky. Here are a couple you can google: M42, M45, M31, Double Cluster, M13, Castor.
This list is very easy to find even in fairly light polluted skies with little difficulty. Hint: Try to find these on a night by yourself before you show the kids. It will be less stressful and make your life easier. For more help visit cloudynights.com. It's a great amateur astronomy forum to learn about the night sky and ask questions. Good luck and have fun.
How exactly can you rup content off a Comcast DVR? I would love to know how to do this. Anyone esle been able to pull this off? Can the author elaborate? Thanks a bunch.
Ok, let's say 5 years down the road most folks use WiMax for internet connectivity along the same lines of coverage that broadband follows. How secure are those connections going to be? With my cable modem at least i can stick a firewall between me and all the nasties out there. What I can't imagine is how Joe Schmoe is going to protect his PC enough so that he doesn't get comprimised by a hacker/slacker. People have enough of a time configuring their wireless routers...Now imagine having to connect to a tower 5 miles away where there's a lot of ohter folks doing the same thing. What can one do to protect themselves?
Well I admit it's a fairly well balanced article, it is glaringly pro-microsoft. I wonder if some company in Washington paid the author to write positive fews of the up and coming software.
Just downloaded and fired DTV up. I'm real impressed. I never knew how many vblogs are out there. Already found a really cool show (Rocketboom). I'm thinking that this software is going to help push this more mainstream. Definitely worth the download to check it out.
I'm sick of the "death of the pc" craze. Last time I checked PCs were everywhere. Work, shopping, school. Geesh. Good luck killing that off with a set-top box.
This is a prety cool article. It's amazing the costs of Macs back then. I wonder what $2500 in 1984 invested marginally would be worth nowadays? The really interesting piece of the article is the author's complaints about memory. While it's true that 128K was insufficient for a GUI based computer, it was more than sufficient for a Dos 3.x pc. It's also funny that the same complaint 20 years ago holds true today... computers always run better with more memory.
I remember using this computer back in school in '86. At the time, apple just released a 20 meg HD that was almost the size of the computer itself. What a technological feat it was back then. I just wish I could have afforded one. Of course being a 10 year old with a paper route that wasn't going to happen.
This is a dupe. I remember seeing an article very similar to this not more than a month ago. Don't get me wrong, I love apple stories, but this one is kind of a stretch.
Guess it's time to pack it up and go home? Course not. No one in their right mind would trust 128 bit encryption over a wireless network for enterprise sensitive data. That's why we have other methods available (Secure token comes to mind). Now if someone really wanted your credit card number when you buy Doom 3 from Amazon.com, they're gonna get it. Luckily you'll probably get your money back when they buy a nice new 30" Mac display and a dual 2.5 gHz system.
People just need to realize that nothing is infalliable, maybe when this is mentioned on Fox News or CNN the general public will learn that they shouldn't trust their network for sensitive data. I know I don't.
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Apple once again pulled a fast one here. Why buy a 40gb iPod photo with a case and charger, and dock, and A/V cable and firewire cable for $499 when you can get a 30gb photo with all the same accessories for only $484? Granted the 30 gig is slimmer, but to shed 10 gigs for only 15 bucks? Geesh.
Luckily for us poor people, the proce will certainly drop over the next 2-3 years. (Plasma anyone?). I think the benefits of a new entertainment delivery system is great. Just think, if you had one of these, would you EVER want to watch regular TV again?
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That is not true. In a 4" telescope with decent magnification 100-150x you should clearly see all four of the Galilean moons as well as two bands across Jupiter. Now the problem with Jupiter is that it's in Superior Conjunction with the Sun (i.e. you can't see it). However you can see Saturn and Mars in the evening sky. Mars you won't see much, but Saturn will be the thing the kids remember more than anything else. Visit www.skymaps.org for a good, free star chart to use with the kids. Depending on when you observe there are many great, bright objects in the sky. Here are a couple you can google: M42, M45, M31, Double Cluster, M13, Castor. This list is very easy to find even in fairly light polluted skies with little difficulty. Hint: Try to find these on a night by yourself before you show the kids. It will be less stressful and make your life easier. For more help visit cloudynights.com. It's a great amateur astronomy forum to learn about the night sky and ask questions. Good luck and have fun.
How exactly can you rup content off a Comcast DVR? I would love to know how to do this. Anyone esle been able to pull this off? Can the author elaborate? Thanks a bunch.
Ok, let's say 5 years down the road most folks use WiMax for internet connectivity along the same lines of coverage that broadband follows. How secure are those connections going to be? With my cable modem at least i can stick a firewall between me and all the nasties out there. What I can't imagine is how Joe Schmoe is going to protect his PC enough so that he doesn't get comprimised by a hacker/slacker. People have enough of a time configuring their wireless routers...Now imagine having to connect to a tower 5 miles away where there's a lot of ohter folks doing the same thing. What can one do to protect themselves?
Well I admit it's a fairly well balanced article, it is glaringly pro-microsoft. I wonder if some company in Washington paid the author to write positive fews of the up and coming software.
Just downloaded and fired DTV up. I'm real impressed. I never knew how many vblogs are out there. Already found a really cool show (Rocketboom). I'm thinking that this software is going to help push this more mainstream. Definitely worth the download to check it out.
I'm sick of the "death of the pc" craze. Last time I checked PCs were everywhere. Work, shopping, school. Geesh. Good luck killing that off with a set-top box.
Now I can finally use H.261 to iChat with my friends. Joy!
This is a prety cool article. It's amazing the costs of Macs back then. I wonder what $2500 in 1984 invested marginally would be worth nowadays? The really interesting piece of the article is the author's complaints about memory. While it's true that 128K was insufficient for a GUI based computer, it was more than sufficient for a Dos 3.x pc. It's also funny that the same complaint 20 years ago holds true today... computers always run better with more memory. I remember using this computer back in school in '86. At the time, apple just released a 20 meg HD that was almost the size of the computer itself. What a technological feat it was back then. I just wish I could have afforded one. Of course being a 10 year old with a paper route that wasn't going to happen.
This is a dupe. I remember seeing an article very similar to this not more than a month ago. Don't get me wrong, I love apple stories, but this one is kind of a stretch.
People just need to realize that nothing is infalliable, maybe when this is mentioned on Fox News or CNN the general public will learn that they shouldn't trust their network for sensitive data. I know I don't.
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Apple once again pulled a fast one here. Why buy a 40gb iPod photo with a case and charger, and dock, and A/V cable and firewire cable for $499 when you can get a 30gb photo with all the same accessories for only $484? Granted the 30 gig is slimmer, but to shed 10 gigs for only 15 bucks? Geesh.
Luckily for us poor people, the proce will certainly drop over the next 2-3 years. (Plasma anyone?). I think the benefits of a new entertainment delivery system is great. Just think, if you had one of these, would you EVER want to watch regular TV again?