This is because Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 and its implementing regulations require any person subject to the jurisdiction or control of the United States who operates or proposes to operate a private remote sensing space system that images the Earth, and/or establishes substantial connections with the United States regarding the operation of such a system to obtain a license from NOAA.
This is obvious proof that those back-lab R&D experiments aren't just the realm of fanciful experiments but also produce real world applications. Of course history is laden (like a swallow) with plenty of examples about this. However, it always makes me feel warm and fuzzy to see countless hours of lab coats getting applied to help humanity,.
Your body's immune system does best when its training. Constant exposure to surrounding bacteria/viruses (at normal levels) keeps the body producing antibodies. Its similar to how immunizations work, by exposing your immune system to a weak virus or bacteria the body can develop a defense for it.
An immune system without training would be a weak one when a strong invading army comes. Don't give the enemy a chance, keep your body strong and keep it training on the small stuff so it can fight the big.
I just undid automatic images, JavaScript and java, and Slashdot loads fast. Props for Slashdot webmasters who still make it look good without JavaScript or images.
BPL's interference can have detrimental effects well beyond the ham bands. They can take out local emergency comms if BPL interferance is high enough.
For a visual example of whats going on here, check out this video. It shows plainly the kind of interference BPL can cause.
Prize money in the $100K and up ranges are available for primes that are found above 10 million digits. If you can get the cluster to search for a 10 million digit prime and you end up finding it, you'd earn your Department a cool $100,000 in extra funding. I haven't read the exact rules for the Prime95 program invlovement, but you'd still get a good grant for your Dept. from just crunching 1s and 0s on your idle processes.
If you'd like to try your hand at breaking RSA composites, give this a whirl: GGNFS. There is another package from a research group in the Netherlands called CWI, which has a more gelled version of the Number Field Sieve.
CWI has ran their own attempts at various large composite numbers with their software, and it would be a good read. Since you're part of an Academic institution, you should be able to get access to their code. You could contact them through CWI's website if you want.
I bought an XO back in December and love it. I've found a way to type on it that allows me to still type fast enough to get work done. Also, I don't "follow the logic consistently". I usually wait until something's matured and dropped in price enough for it to behoove me to buy it. I bought a Core 2 Duo for ~200 bucks about two years ago, and have resisted and resisted getting a Core 2 Quad or Phenom. The prices and product have had long enough to mature, and 6 or 8 core processors are far enough away to warrent buying a 4 core now.
with MSI, eeePC, XO v2.0 and a host of other micronotebooks, I'm going to wait another year for it all to solidify. There's a lot of speculation right now, and I'd like to see a market tested, proven platform I can compare to all the others before I buy.
there are any number of different wireless modules you can use to build your own hookup, includingthese. If you are up for some homebrew and have a bit of time, this is an excellent way to ensure it will be made right. Chances are also, you could take your keyboard out to your car and still have enough range if you go with one of the 433mhz type.
Go visit the LIGO Hanford Observatory. It is one of a handful of places that can detect gravity waves, the kind of waves made by colliding black holes and the like.
LIGO is south of Moses lake, and just make sure to check out their public tour times.
That about:config setting didn't do anything for the shift+enter. I finally gave in an downloaded the URL suffix addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/443. Once its loaded, just select options for it from the Add-on list and delete all the entries. That will take care of it once and for all.
However, I'm still on the hunt for a simple about:config setting.
You're right it isn't a bug, its a feature! I have been hitting at the very bottom end of the Enter key, so I've been simultaneously striking the top of the Shift key at the same time. I'll just make sure its more in the center next time.
Seriously, at least half a dozen times a day I will type in a an address into the address bar, hit enter, and then Firefox tacks a ".net" to the end of it. It directs me to some spammer squatter site, and I have to go back up to the address bar and delete the.net. I have no idea why it will happen sometimes and other times it won't. However, I was curious if other Slashdot users have experienced such an annoyance.
I should note that though a LOT of the things I'm talking about above are prohibitively expensive for most people, the very fact that they are coming to market at ALL is just cool.
Now we have micron sized robots. Just last week we had announcement of a robotic arm within spitting distance of human dexterity. We have airplane-converts to car almost here for the consumer. An electric car that can get as much mileage as a gas car and still do freeway speeds (Tesla Roadster). We've got plugin hybrids within a year or two at most hitting the high end consumer market (commercial plugins), that will drop gas consumption at large scales.
the "one two punch" MediaDefender did was not only reckless but dumb. They stealing bandwidth and poisoning the Revision3 tracker. Revision3 probably wasn't exactly running a Honeypot operation on their BitTorrent tracker, trying to attract pirate scum. Comes along MediaDefender and their server, finds an exploit and utilizes that. That, in of itself, should be illegal (and probably is). When Revision3 finds their blindspot and patches it, MediaDefender turns around and pies them in the face for finding the hole. What a way to say "thanks".
Dear Public, Media, and our friends Revision3:
We are very, very sorry. Our servers did bad, bad things to Revision 3 and WE HAD NO CLUE!! Please, take mercy on us. Sure, our severs were snooping around their legitimate BitTorrent tracker seeding maliciously. BUT WE HAD NO CLUE! Sure, our servers recently assraped their severs into oblivion, BUT WE HAD NO CLUE!! This is all one big, misfortune event. Our Friends at revision3, we are really, really, REALLY sorry. Please, we plead ignorance. Our innocent servers honestly thought you were running an pirate operation. Please accept our appologies (Pretty please! with a cherry ontop:))) We PROMISE we will NEVER EVER NEVER do it again.
Sincerely,
MediaDefender
I actually think this brings more weight against eBay. Its just another way to suck money out of their customers, with paypal fees on top of the auction collections. With Google now vetted as the author, it just gives the opposition that much more credibility.
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Blame this, the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992
He was many things to many people, and my condolences to all who knew him personally.
However, dicks stand out in a crowd, and it's obvious when a repeat offender comes back. Simply rinse and repeat. Few clicks, done.
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I run Hurd through an emulator on a Plan 9 box. hack that!
This is obvious proof that those back-lab R&D experiments aren't just the realm of fanciful experiments but also produce real world applications. Of course history is laden (like a swallow) with plenty of examples about this. However, it always makes me feel warm and fuzzy to see countless hours of lab coats getting applied to help humanity,.
An immune system without training would be a weak one when a strong invading army comes. Don't give the enemy a chance, keep your body strong and keep it training on the small stuff so it can fight the big.
I just undid automatic images, JavaScript and java, and Slashdot loads fast. Props for Slashdot webmasters who still make it look good without JavaScript or images.
BPL's interference can have detrimental effects well beyond the ham bands. They can take out local emergency comms if BPL interferance is high enough. For a visual example of whats going on here, check out this video. It shows plainly the kind of interference BPL can cause.
Prize money in the $100K and up ranges are available for primes that are found above 10 million digits. If you can get the cluster to search for a 10 million digit prime and you end up finding it, you'd earn your Department a cool $100,000 in extra funding. I haven't read the exact rules for the Prime95 program invlovement, but you'd still get a good grant for your Dept. from just crunching 1s and 0s on your idle processes.
Sure, fractal exploration programs are nothing new. But what about building the deepest image of the Mandelbrot set out there, or some other set?
CWI has ran their own attempts at various large composite numbers with their software, and it would be a good read. Since you're part of an Academic institution, you should be able to get access to their code. You could contact them through CWI's website if you want.
I bought an XO back in December and love it. I've found a way to type on it that allows me to still type fast enough to get work done. Also, I don't "follow the logic consistently". I usually wait until something's matured and dropped in price enough for it to behoove me to buy it. I bought a Core 2 Duo for ~200 bucks about two years ago, and have resisted and resisted getting a Core 2 Quad or Phenom. The prices and product have had long enough to mature, and 6 or 8 core processors are far enough away to warrent buying a 4 core now.
with MSI, eeePC, XO v2.0 and a host of other micronotebooks, I'm going to wait another year for it all to solidify. There's a lot of speculation right now, and I'd like to see a market tested, proven platform I can compare to all the others before I buy.
Nothing like rolling your own.
Go visit the LIGO Hanford Observatory. It is one of a handful of places that can detect gravity waves, the kind of waves made by colliding black holes and the like. LIGO is south of Moses lake, and just make sure to check out their public tour times.
However, I'm still on the hunt for a simple about:config setting.
You're right it isn't a bug, its a feature! I have been hitting at the very bottom end of the Enter key, so I've been simultaneously striking the top of the Shift key at the same time. I'll just make sure its more in the center next time.
Seriously, at least half a dozen times a day I will type in a an address into the address bar, hit enter, and then Firefox tacks a ".net" to the end of it. It directs me to some spammer squatter site, and I have to go back up to the address bar and delete the .net. I have no idea why it will happen sometimes and other times it won't. However, I was curious if other Slashdot users have experienced such an annoyance.
The more inflated their ego and righteousness, the faster and louder they pop!
I should note that though a LOT of the things I'm talking about above are prohibitively expensive for most people, the very fact that they are coming to market at ALL is just cool.
We live in exciting times.
Sheesh.
Dear Public, Media, and our friends Revision3: We are very, very sorry. Our servers did bad, bad things to Revision 3 and WE HAD NO CLUE!! Please, take mercy on us. Sure, our severs were snooping around their legitimate BitTorrent tracker seeding maliciously. BUT WE HAD NO CLUE! Sure, our servers recently assraped their severs into oblivion, BUT WE HAD NO CLUE!! This is all one big, misfortune event. Our Friends at revision3, we are really, really, REALLY sorry. Please, we plead ignorance. Our innocent servers honestly thought you were running an pirate operation. Please accept our appologies (Pretty please! with a cherry ontop :))) We PROMISE we will NEVER EVER NEVER do it again.
Sincerely,
MediaDefender
I actually think this brings more weight against eBay. Its just another way to suck money out of their customers, with paypal fees on top of the auction collections. With Google now vetted as the author, it just gives the opposition that much more credibility.