The NASA video showed the unidentified debris falling and
not appearing to hit Discovery.
Honestly, guys....do you even read submissions anymore?
Anyway, given the current technology, it's pretty much impossible to eliminate falling launch debris. We should know more about any possible damage by tomorrow, after the Discovery crew finish their VSE via boom-mounted camera.
And it's clear that for this sequel, he isn't prepared to make the same mistakes twice.
Nope....he'll be making all new mistakes this time around!
Seriously, just what was the appeal of B&W, anyway? You're supposed to be these people's GOD, but you wind up being more of a wet nurse to them. If I want to waste my time keeping virtual pets alive, I'll play Creatures, thanks.
You're kidding, right? I used to have to use MapQuest a lot for my job, and about 40% of the directions I downloaded had significant errors in them. Fortunately, most of them were east to spot (for example, being directed to turn right (south), when you were previously going west), but they still were confusing, and some errors were significant enough to render the directions worthless.
Granted, this was several years ago...I don't know whether or not they've improved, since I now use Google maps almost exclusively.
The winner in the long-term will be the one with the most current, up-to-date content. Microsoft already got bit in the ass regarding this (the Apple campus debacle), so this should be abundantly clear to everyone.
Document everything in writing, discuss the situation with your superiors, and seriously consider initiating some form of legal action. If you are the first to get litigious, you stand a better chance of having the situation resolved in your favor. Unfortunate, but true.
Keith: Jon Bon Jovi Lance: John Cusak Princess Allura: Natalie Portman Hunk: Brian Thompson Pidge: Elijah Wood King Zarkon: Anthony Hopkins Prince Lotor: Christopher Walken Robeast: Rosie O'Donnell
Read further only if you don't mind knowing how the Voltron movie ends...
Until the penalties outweigh the revenue, what's going to make MS stop?
MS is certainly contributing to making itself stop, with antics like these. As Microsoft makes it more and more difficult to use its products (from a legal standpoint as well as an illegal one), the alternatives are going to look more and more attractive by comparison.
If the officer is in court, he is assured to catch zero criminals.
You're forgetting the 'criminal' in the defendant's position in the court...the 'criminal' that is assured to go free if the officer neglects to keep his court date.
But judging from your other posts, you seem to forget quite a bit.
A few years ago, I was involved in a bad traffic accident. The time was well before dawn, and I was starting on my morning commute to Lansing. I turned out from my subdivision onto a main street, and was broadsided by a car whose driver had failed to turn his lights on. After the accident, I asked the other driver if he had his lights on. "No.", he blithely replied. "Don't you think you should have???" I said. In response, he gave only a shrug.
Fast forward two and a half hours later, when the police finally arrive at the scene (that's right, two and a half hours). The policeman asks what happened. I reply that I pulled out in front of the other car, but I was unable to see him as it was pitch black out, and the other driver had neglected to turn his lights on. The policeman asks the other driver, "Did you have your lights on?" "No", he replies. The policeman then writes him a ticket for driving without headlights. Then, he turns around and writes me a ticket for failure to yield! "How exactly was I supposed to yield to a vehicle I couldn't see, Officer?", I ask testily. His only reply is "tell it to the judge".
So now, in addition to having to get my car towed, and the hassle of opening a claim with my insurance company, I get to miss a day of work going to court. Before the court date, I compile a stack of data from various sources on the internet, all showing that the time of sunrise at the exact latitude and longitude of the accident, on the date of the accident, was a full two hours after the time of the accident, thus proving that the ambient light was zero, and that I had no chance to see the light-less car heading my way.
Fast forward to the court date. I walk into court with a thick sheaf of papers under my arm, determined to absolve myself of any blame.
The case lasted exactly twelve seconds. The officer failed to show, and the judge dismissed the case.
To this day, I still remember the odd mixture of relief and indignation I felt as I walked out of the courthouse.
The valid request is not "open these ports for me, tech-monkey!".
I don't believe that I was endorsing such a position (/me peruses original post)...no, that's not at all what I said...thanks for the misrepersentation, though. It just doesn't feel like Slashdot until someone pulls the old straw-man gag.
Can you figure something out that isn't too expensive?"
Um...as I said in my previous post, NetMeeting is included in Windows, making the cost pretty much zero.
You'd think a/. poster might have more respect for their IT department...
I would have to recommend NetMeeting...it's easy to implement, and is already installed on your Windows machines. However, there are quite a few ports that need to be opened...to ensure smooth passage through the firewall, I recommend you take your IT guy to lunch at your local watering hole to discuss it. ^_^
Seriously, though, the opening of these ports should prove to be a minimal security risk if done correctly. A firewall admin who won't open any ports is a firewall admin who doesn't know how to do his job (Ford Motor Company's firewall boys spring to mind here). Remember, this is a valid request you're making, and implementing that request in a safe and secure manner is their job.
Wallace & Gromit were right!
on
Google Moon Debuts
·
· Score: -1, Redundant
Zoom in as far as you can on the moon image and see for yourself! ^_^
And these games are having a real, detrimental inpact on young minds, Baca said -- "In a video game, you're actually pursuing and simulating a person. You're under hypnosis. You're a person that is dramatizing, that is living the example of what is going on."
OK, who else is sick of this shit? Hands? If a child decides to emulate the antics of a character in a video game, it is not the game's fault...it is the fault of the child's parents who have failed to instruct the child in the fundamental differences between fantasy and reality. They are the ones who should and must be held accountable for the misdeeds of their progeny. When parents use their televisions and consoles as nanny and babysitter, they shouldn't be too surprised when their children begin using them as role models.
I'm not oversimplifying at all here. The difference between Blue Security's strategy and a Slashdotting is one of intent. Slashdotters don't intend to take down the site they are trying to view. Blue Security, however, has openly admitted that their strategy is designed to cripple spammers' web sites. While the actual content of Blue Security's traffic consists of perfectly valid unsubscribe requests, the fact remains that the primary objective is to bring spam websites to their knees through sheer volume...the precise definition of a DDOS attack.
I hate spam as much as the next guy, but vigilantism such as this will only make a bad situation worse.
Slashdot Mirror
From the Story summary:
From TFA:
Honestly, guys....do you even read submissions anymore?
Anyway, given the current technology, it's pretty much impossible to eliminate falling launch debris. We should know more about any possible damage by tomorrow, after the Discovery crew finish their VSE via boom-mounted camera.
And it's clear that for this sequel, he isn't prepared to make the same mistakes twice.
Nope....he'll be making all new mistakes this time around!
Seriously, just what was the appeal of B&W, anyway? You're supposed to be these people's GOD, but you wind up being more of a wet nurse to them. If I want to waste my time keeping virtual pets alive, I'll play Creatures, thanks.
You're kidding, right? I used to have to use MapQuest a lot for my job, and about 40% of the directions I downloaded had significant errors in them. Fortunately, most of them were east to spot (for example, being directed to turn right (south), when you were previously going west), but they still were confusing, and some errors were significant enough to render the directions worthless.
Granted, this was several years ago...I don't know whether or not they've improved, since I now use Google maps almost exclusively.
The winner in the long-term will be the one with the most current, up-to-date content. Microsoft already got bit in the ass regarding this (the Apple campus debacle), so this should be abundantly clear to everyone.
Document everything in writing, discuss the situation with your superiors, and seriously consider initiating some form of legal action. If you are the first to get litigious, you stand a better chance of having the situation resolved in your favor. Unfortunate, but true.
Voltron cast:
Keith: Jon Bon Jovi
Lance: John Cusak
Princess Allura: Natalie Portman
Hunk: Brian Thompson
Pidge: Elijah Wood
King Zarkon: Anthony Hopkins
Prince Lotor: Christopher Walken
Robeast: Rosie O'Donnell
Read further only if you don't mind knowing how the Voltron movie ends...
OK...you've been warned...
^_^
If you're gonna talk about rap, don't forget Y2Khai. ^_^
TFA reads like something out of William Gibson or Neal Stephenson.
I wonder how difficult Korean is to learn...
Until the penalties outweigh the revenue, what's going to make MS stop?
MS is certainly contributing to making itself stop, with antics like these.
As Microsoft makes it more and more difficult to use its products (from a legal standpoint as well as an illegal one), the alternatives are going to look more and more attractive by comparison.
By using such despicable harassment techniques against these scientists, all Joe Barton has managed to accomplish here is to certify their findings.
After all, if their results could be disputed rationally, there would be no need for such underhanded tactics.
What a terrible acronym! Let's see if we can come up with some better ones.
Here's my contribution:
Semi
Autonomous
Underwater
Robot
Over
Network
Pease post your ideas below:
If the officer is in court, he is assured to catch zero criminals.
You're forgetting the 'criminal' in the defendant's position in the court...the 'criminal' that is assured to go free if the officer neglects to keep his court date.
But judging from your other posts, you seem to forget quite a bit.
From your original post:
It seems like you forgot what you originally posted.
You're forgetting the day's wages I lost going through the absurd motions of having to 'prove my innocence'.
Here's a brief tale of my experience..
A few years ago, I was involved in a bad traffic accident. The time was well before dawn, and I was starting on my morning commute to Lansing. I turned out from my subdivision onto a main street, and was broadsided by a car whose driver had failed to turn his lights on. After the accident, I asked the other driver if he had his lights on. "No.", he blithely replied. "Don't you think you should have???" I said. In response, he gave only a shrug.
Fast forward two and a half hours later, when the police finally arrive at the scene (that's right, two and a half hours). The policeman asks what happened. I reply that I pulled out in front of the other car, but I was unable to see him as it was pitch black out, and the other driver had neglected to turn his lights on. The policeman asks the other driver, "Did you have your lights on?" "No", he replies. The policeman then writes him a ticket for driving without headlights. Then, he turns around and writes me a ticket for failure to yield! "How exactly was I supposed to yield to a vehicle I couldn't see, Officer?", I ask testily. His only reply is "tell it to the judge".
So now, in addition to having to get my car towed, and the hassle of opening a claim with my insurance company, I get to miss a day of work going to court. Before the court date, I compile a stack of data from various sources on the internet, all showing that the time of sunrise at the exact latitude and longitude of the accident, on the date of the accident, was a full two hours after the time of the accident, thus proving that the ambient light was zero, and that I had no chance to see the light-less car heading my way.
Fast forward to the court date. I walk into court with a thick sheaf of papers under my arm, determined to absolve myself of any blame.
The case lasted exactly twelve seconds. The officer failed to show, and the judge dismissed the case.
To this day, I still remember the odd mixture of relief and indignation I felt as I walked out of the courthouse.
Can I get the goverment to make a genetically-altered giant version
of all my other favorite foods too? (e.g. Twinkies)
I don't know...have they finished sequencing the Twinkie genome yet? ^_^
Erm, no.
/. poster might have more respect for their IT department...
/. poster might have a clue...
The valid request is not "open these ports for me, tech-monkey!".
I don't believe that I was endorsing such a position (/me peruses original post)...no, that's not at all what I said...thanks for the misrepersentation, though. It just doesn't feel like Slashdot until someone pulls the old straw-man gag.
Can you figure something out that isn't too expensive?"
Um...as I said in my previous post, NetMeeting is included in Windows, making the cost pretty much zero.
You'd think a
I am the IT department, thanks.
You'd think a
I would have to recommend NetMeeting...it's easy to implement, and is already installed on your Windows machines. However, there are quite a few ports that need to be opened...to ensure smooth passage through the firewall, I recommend you take your IT guy to lunch at your local watering hole to discuss it. ^_^
Seriously, though, the opening of these ports should prove to be a minimal security risk if done correctly. A firewall admin who won't open any ports is a firewall admin who doesn't know how to do his job (Ford Motor Company's firewall boys spring to mind here). Remember, this is a valid request you're making, and implementing that request in a safe and secure manner is their job.
Zoom in as far as you can on the moon image and see for yourself! ^_^
If a child decides to emulate the antics of a character in a video game, it is not the game's fault...it is the fault of the child's parents who have failed to instruct the child in the fundamental differences between fantasy and reality. They are the ones who should and must be held accountable for the misdeeds of their progeny.
When parents use their televisions and consoles as nanny and babysitter, they shouldn't be too surprised when their children begin using them as role models.
It's pretty sad when the phrase 'might not suck' is actually a positive review.
Um....why would they have trademark issues with themselves/i>?
I'm not oversimplifying at all here. The difference between Blue Security's strategy and a Slashdotting is one of intent. Slashdotters don't intend to take down the site they are trying to view. Blue Security, however, has openly admitted that their strategy is designed to cripple spammers' web sites. While the actual content of Blue Security's traffic consists of perfectly valid unsubscribe requests, the fact remains that the primary objective is to bring spam websites to their knees through sheer volume...the precise definition of a DDOS attack.
I hate spam as much as the next guy, but vigilantism such as this will only make a bad situation worse.