I know that geeks can stay in front of a computer for extended periods of time, but
alot of people would go insane when they are stuck in a puny, fragile tin can that's surrounded by vacuum.
Then again, the specifications for the winner are so strict that
they probably have a specific person in mind.
I think it would be pretty cool to get a ride on the Vomit Comet.
Even though it only lasts for a couple minutes, the zero-G experience is still pretty cool. I just love those videos of people floating around, playing with suspended blobs of water.
Note: the Vomit Comit is a plane that goes up really high and then
flies downward in a way that is perfectly coordinated with gravity. (It free falls)
To get predictions of satellite visibility,
visit heavens-above.com.
Enter your location, and it can give you
times and locations of flybys by satellites such as
the ISS or Mir.
Also, check out the Iridium flare section, 'cept you need
a 1km accuracy on your location for those.
Then again, suing whoever is responsible for Ogg Vorbis will not stop it from being used.
Looking at the rampant spread of decss, one might say that suing would encourage Ogg
Vorbis.
Some people try to make it sound like sharing software is illegal by
referring to it as piracy. This indicates that you are taking something
away from somebody else, but this just plain isn't the case. If Bob copies software from Joe, does that mean
Joe loses the software? Of course not!
I can't believe how people have accepted intellectual property as a fact of life.
The real scary part isn't that languages are dying, but the fact that english is our lingua franca.
I am so glad that I was born english, as I would hate having to learn it as a second language.
What we really need for the internet's language is {esperanto,lojban,interlingua}.:)
Here is what patents do: (from Popular Science) Some guy came up with an ultra-effecient engine, which uses two-thirds the amount of fuel used by conventional engines. He patented this device, but could not negotiate royalties
with engine companies, so he just sat on the technology.
That was 15 years ago. He still hasn't found a buyer. If this technology had not been restricted, consumers would be using less gasoline now.
(This doesn't mean a third less, as users of this engine would drive more, but that's not the point)
If the technology was freely usable, there would be more oil left in the world.
Now, a researcher could easily come up with this idea, even independently. However, this patent stops all progress of research into these engines. Now we must take the long path around this invention. It's holding everybody back.
So, why should one man be allowed to hold back the entire automotive industry with the silliness of "I thought of it first so therefore I own it"?
Of course, if you were invisible, you could not see anything as the light passes through your eyeballs as well, without making contact with the receptors. If you did want to see, you would have to look like a pair of floating retinas and lenses.:)
Remember that there are other bootloaders such as GRUB. It already has broken this limit a long time ago, and it has _so_ much functionality, eg: Reads ext2fs (there's even a cat command!) Loads HURD Can load a kernel by TFTP (I think) Nice menu interface ... See the website for a more complete analysis.
Remember that if your source code is open anyways, you should not need to have documentation as the source is sufficient. (even though it is hard to read:)
Reasons to believe is a good site about the Christian creation model. There is much proof of the Genesis story. (Reasons to believe is an organization founded by Hugh Ross, a brilliant astro-physicist) It's nice to see a connection between science and God for once.
Hey, might not be too bad for just getting off the earth in the first place:). It would save quite a bit of fuel which would be more useful for navigating outside severe gravitational fields.
With all these problems, more focus should be on the design and planning of a mission, and less on equipment. I have often thought of a barrage of mini-sattelites sent as one or several packages, which relay info around. With more specialization, a sattelite wouldn't be too much of a loss, and multiple sattelites of the same function would prevent the need for another launch to send a replacement
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And in most cases, drowning a fire with water will cut off the O2 supply.
I know that geeks can stay in front of a computer for extended periods of time, but alot of people would go insane when they are stuck in a puny, fragile tin can that's surrounded by vacuum. Then again, the specifications for the winner are so strict that they probably have a specific person in mind.
Note: the Vomit Comit is a plane that goes up really high and then flies downward in a way that is perfectly coordinated with gravity. (It free falls)
Also, check out the Iridium flare section, 'cept you need a 1km accuracy on your location for those.
Then again, suing whoever is responsible for Ogg Vorbis will not stop it from being used. Looking at the rampant spread of decss, one might say that suing would encourage Ogg Vorbis.
If you _really_ care so much about your precious uptime, I have come up with an excellent solution: don't upgrade.
I can't believe how people have accepted intellectual property as a fact of life.
The real scary part isn't that languages are dying, but the fact that english is our lingua franca. I am so glad that I was born english, as I would hate having to learn it as a second language. What we really need for the internet's language is {esperanto,lojban,interlingua}. :)
Ping detects packet losses, which often come from collisions. How ironic.
(from Popular Science) Some guy came up with an ultra-effecient engine, which uses two-thirds the amount of fuel used by conventional engines. He patented this device, but could not negotiate royalties with engine companies, so he just sat on the technology.
That was 15 years ago. He still hasn't found a buyer. If this technology had not been restricted, consumers would be using less gasoline now. (This doesn't mean a third less, as users of this engine would drive more, but that's not the point) If the technology was freely usable, there would be more oil left in the world.
Now, a researcher could easily come up with this idea, even independently. However, this patent stops all progress of research into these engines. Now we must take the long path around this invention. It's holding everybody back.
So, why should one man be allowed to hold back the entire automotive industry with the silliness of "I thought of it first so therefore I own it"?
What would be really cool is if there was nano-insulation around the DNA.
ARRGGHHH!!! Why does every good thing happen _after_ a Debian release!?!?!?
Of course, if you were invisible, you could not see anything as the light passes through your eyeballs as well, without making contact with the receptors. If you did want to see, you would have to look like a pair of floating retinas and lenses. :)
Don't forget the variables (registers?) (ko'[aeiou] and fo'[aeiou], assigned by goi)
Remember that there are other bootloaders such as GRUB. It already has broken this limit a long time ago, and it has _so_ much functionality, eg:
...
Reads ext2fs (there's even a cat command!)
Loads HURD
Can load a kernel by TFTP (I think)
Nice menu interface
See the website for a more complete analysis.
Remember that if your source code is open anyways, :)
you should not need to have documentation as the
source is sufficient. (even though it is hard to read
CBC (that's Canadian) should make a Life&Times episode on this. :)
Reasons to believe is a good site about the Christian creation model. There is much proof of the Genesis story. (Reasons to believe is an organization founded by Hugh Ross, a brilliant astro-physicist)
It's nice to see a connection between science and God for once.
Hey, might not be too bad for just getting off the earth in the first place :). It would save quite a bit of fuel which would be more useful for navigating outside severe gravitational fields.
With all these problems, more focus should be on the design and planning of a mission, and less on equipment. I have often thought of a barrage of mini-sattelites sent as one or several packages, which relay info around. With more specialization, a sattelite wouldn't be too much of a loss, and multiple sattelites of the same function would prevent the need for another launch to send a replacement
I believe I read somewhere that the word coke refers to coal which has been purified.
If it's really malleable, it would just force itself
back into a neutral shape.
Debian already is composed of all free software
(not all GPL, but free software). Redhat is kinda
stepping over the line.