I remember Hotmail and eBay being banned when I was in... that was in 2000.
While I agree with the decision from an operational and "hey it's my tax dollars" perspective, there's a part of me that says anything that can keep Soldiers, Airman, Seamen and Marines sane and safe is worth it.
The previous Slashdot thread included the tidbit that the first noctilucent clouds mentioned in recorded history were in 1887 (also noted here). So unless someone was using hydrogen-oxygen rocketry almost a full century before the first shuttle launch, it would seem that they are not purely anthropogenic.
Cheers,
Good point. I'm not an astrophysicist or anything, but could meteorite's from carbonaceous chondrites, or micro-comets, ejecting their mass at the clouds' altitude cause the phenomenon naturally?
having watched ST 4 not that long ago - been going through the old sci fi movies with the nephew - they didn't use transparent aluminum. Scotty gave the company the design for the aluminum in exchange for a lot of thick plexiglass, which sulu delivered by helicopter.
Oh to be so naive. Having large portions of your electorate wiped out is so much more politically convenient than having them alive. Unites the survivors under your banner quite nicely.
The ancient drone weapon guarding the earth is on the arctic. They didn't want the world to see it and all the downed alien ships from the battle that went on there.
That's actually in Antarctica, same planet, different end.
I'd like to see where this goes. This is gutsy, and apparently they know what they're doing and they mean business. Their message is clear, concise, and I don't completely disagree with them. Interesting.
Oddly, this comment, verbatim - save the "Wow" is the subject and not "Wow...", is on another story about this.
Personally I fear people that would go to lengths to post the exact same thing on multiple sites than people with causes.
I'd like to give a shout out to Zorg, from the Fifth Element on this one "I don't like warriors. Too narrow-minded, no subtlety. And worse, they fight for hopeless causes. Honor? Huh! Honor's killed millions of people, it hasn't saved a single one."
Our best guess is 365KG, which is 6 million times lighter than in 1980!
What are the units that measure "lighterness"? Put another way, if it were 1 time lighter than in 1980, how heavy would it be?
I believe author means current storage weighs 1/6000000th of the equivalent in 1980. Ergo, 1980's tech weighs 6 million times heavier/more, what have you. Since the invert of heavier/more is lighter/less you can't blame them for saying 6 million times lighter. It makes sense to me.
Did a quick google, apparently "times less" is 12 times less common than "times more".
Intel phases out Pentium II for Pentium III ! This is the death of processors!
Not a good comparison, you can't say the new thing that is the same thing as the old thing indicates the death of the old thing, because paradoxically you would be inferring that the new thing is death to things like the new thing, which is like the old thing, but not the old thing, its the same thing - but better.
You need things that fulfill the same role but are a different technology entirely.
DVD vs. VHS
Automobile vs. Horse drawn buggy
Implants vs. Tissue Paper
Given that we, and the world, know that meteors striking the atmosphere cause these infrared satellites to go off, what stops a rogue nation from figuring out when the Perseids or Leonids would be impacting above their country and using that as a launch window? I mean, what's an extra blip in all that noise?
The Hayabusa was a GSX-R until this year's model, and I agree, leave the motorcycle engines in the motorcycles. Unless we're talking about the Ariel Atom, that would be a fun ride.
I'm thinking about picking one of the new Busas up after this riding season, depending on how the diet goes, and what the fall clearances look like.
Thanks for the clarification, that's what I meant. Not being in either industry (music/movies), and not a huge fan of the conglomerate nature of either one, I confuse the terminologies.
sebilrazenPost.replace("studio","corporate record label");
Nine Inch Nails fans have allowed Trent to leave the studio system behind, some of us even pay for the free content, like Ghosts I-IV and The Slip.
I do it because if I like an artist I want what the artist comes up with, not what the studio says the artist needs to produce to make something marketable. Hell I do it even if I normally don't like the artist because I want the artists to move to self production and dissemination. Jill Sobule and
Saul Williams have released Studio-less discs.
I think your conclusions from the image are off by a couple of orders. The image states 100% of content is from 10% of users, that implies for every 1 poster there is 9 lurkers. Unless my maths are wrong, which could be the case at this terrible hour.
Slashdot Mirror
DS9... was that the Star Trek about the Gas Station on the interstate?
what the hell is a "ffect?"
I remember Hotmail and eBay being banned when I was in... that was in 2000.
While I agree with the decision from an operational and "hey it's my tax dollars" perspective, there's a part of me that says anything that can keep Soldiers, Airman, Seamen and Marines sane and safe is worth it.
So, what's next? Can we look forward to fighting the Kool-Aid Man...
OH YEAH.... I hope so, I'd go after that bastard with a center punch or a slingshot with a pocket full of ball bearings.
I have 4 iPhones (mom, dad, brother and self) tied to my iTunes account and can sync a downloaded app to all of them.
I hate that I can read that without thinking about it.
This is /., very few actually RTFA.
CM and CI carbonaceous chondrites are the ones I was thinking about specifically, they aren't that "dry" compared to other asteroids.
The previous Slashdot thread included the tidbit that the first noctilucent clouds mentioned in recorded history were in 1887 (also noted here). So unless someone was using hydrogen-oxygen rocketry almost a full century before the first shuttle launch, it would seem that they are not purely anthropogenic.
Cheers,
Good point. I'm not an astrophysicist or anything, but could meteorite's from carbonaceous chondrites, or micro-comets, ejecting their mass at the clouds' altitude cause the phenomenon naturally?
The problem is that atoms in an excited state (which is how this works) don't like to stay that way.
Neither does my girlfriend.
having watched ST 4 not that long ago - been going through the old sci fi movies with the nephew - they didn't use transparent aluminum. Scotty gave the company the design for the aluminum in exchange for a lot of thick plexiglass, which sulu delivered by helicopter.
Finally, a real geek, I was losing hope.
Oh to be so naive. Having large portions of your electorate wiped out is so much more politically convenient than having them alive. Unites the survivors under your banner quite nicely.
Unless it's your fault.
dohh..
The ancient drone weapon guarding the earth is on the arctic. They didn't want the world to see it and all the downed alien ships from the battle that went on there.
That's actually in Antarctica, same planet, different end.
I'd like to see where this goes. This is gutsy, and apparently they know what they're doing and they mean business. Their message is clear, concise, and I don't completely disagree with them. Interesting.
Oddly, this comment, verbatim - save the "Wow" is the subject and not "Wow...", is on another story about this.
Personally I fear people that would go to lengths to post the exact same thing on multiple sites than people with causes.
I'd like to give a shout out to Zorg, from the Fifth Element on this one "I don't like warriors. Too narrow-minded, no subtlety. And worse, they fight for hopeless causes. Honor? Huh! Honor's killed millions of people, it hasn't saved a single one."
What are the units that measure "lighterness"? Put another way, if it were 1 time lighter than in 1980, how heavy would it be?
I believe author means current storage weighs 1/6000000th of the equivalent in 1980. Ergo, 1980's tech weighs 6 million times heavier/more, what have you. Since the invert of heavier/more is lighter/less you can't blame them for saying 6 million times lighter. It makes sense to me.
Did a quick google, apparently "times less" is 12 times less common than "times more".
shouldn't that mighty concept get its own word, like "clogger" or something?
I believe "cloggers" are tap dancers and the name is derived from the wooden shoes from Netherlands.
(Sadly, I didn't need to google it, that's the kruft I can't rid myself of.)
How many rocket scientists does it take to get a stuck knob unstuck?
Intel phases out Pentium II for Pentium III ! This is the death of processors!
Not a good comparison, you can't say the new thing that is the same thing as the old thing indicates the death of the old thing, because paradoxically you would be inferring that the new thing is death to things like the new thing, which is like the old thing, but not the old thing, its the same thing - but better.
You need things that fulfill the same role but are a different technology entirely.
DVD vs. VHS
Automobile vs. Horse drawn buggy
Implants vs. Tissue Paper
Given that we, and the world, know that meteors striking the atmosphere cause these infrared satellites to go off, what stops a rogue nation from figuring out when the Perseids or Leonids would be impacting above their country and using that as a launch window? I mean, what's an extra blip in all that noise?
If I had 100lbs of cocaine, I'd just buy a new car, screw the garage.
That's because it was a home video, what you let that horse do to you...
That image is still burned into my... err... his retinas.
The Hayabusa was a GSX-R until this year's model, and I agree, leave the motorcycle engines in the motorcycles. Unless we're talking about the Ariel Atom, that would be a fun ride.
I'm thinking about picking one of the new Busas up after this riding season, depending on how the diet goes, and what the fall clearances look like.
Thanks for the clarification, that's what I meant. Not being in either industry (music/movies), and not a huge fan of the conglomerate nature of either one, I confuse the terminologies.
sebilrazenPost.replace("studio","corporate record label");
My favorite offensive lyrics on the disc(s) are:
Parent is correct about NIN fans.
Nine Inch Nails fans have allowed Trent to leave the studio system behind, some of us even pay for the free content, like Ghosts I-IV and The Slip.
I do it because if I like an artist I want what the artist comes up with, not what the studio says the artist needs to produce to make something marketable. Hell I do it even if I normally don't like the artist because I want the artists to move to self production and dissemination. Jill Sobule and Saul Williams have released Studio-less discs.
For every Slashdot poster, there's 1,000 lurkers. For every 1,000 fans who won't lift a finger, there will be 1 who will contribute.
Your image link is broken, here's one that works.
I think your conclusions from the image are off by a couple of orders. The image states 100% of content is from 10% of users, that implies for every 1 poster there is 9 lurkers. Unless my maths are wrong, which could be the case at this terrible hour.