As an ex-sysop, I wonder occasionally how a modern chatter would do on an old style BBS.
WWIV-Menu> ==SYSOP Chat Mode Activated== Sysop: Hey, i need to take the bbs off for a minute to get fido. User: asl? Sysop: It'll just be down for a few minutes, call back later, ok? User: wtf hax? Sysop: Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying. I've got to reboot too, so I'm going to disconnect you. User: omfg hax, wtf is tis, spiware? a55h013! Sysop: Do you require medical assistance? I've got your address on record from the age-check, would you like me to call a medic? User: roflroflflfoolol who r u Sysop: If you're having a seizure, don't worry, the ambulance will be there soon. I'm on my parent's phone line right now. User: wqho are u???? Sysop: I'm the sysop of this BBS. Can you breath? User: +OPS!!!!!! Sysop: The 911 operator wants me to stay in chat with you until the medics get there. User: stfu, how do I gt ops???/+ops Sysop: Er, you don't. User: dudez you got ops, why not for me? Sysop: Actually, I own the computer you're on. User: fu lier, gimme ops or I'll hack u Sysop:.... User: wtf is ur ip address, l33t hax coming Sysop: What is an ip address? User: brb, police )@(*#)@# NO CARRIER Sysop: What just happened?
I'd like to know what steps an organization like NASA (who documents everything in quintriplicate) takes to send MP3 players to orbit.
First, I know that there's no requirement to have an MP3 player to make a podcast, so shush, this is just a segue.
For decades, astronauts and cosmonauts have brought cassete tapes with them, and then CDs. It's almost certain that they have MP3s now because of the dramatic weight savings, but how does a government organization as high-profile as NASA handle the copyright infringement aspects of electronic copies of music?
Do they have a papertrail that documents the physical existance of the original CDs or iTunes purchases back on terra-firma? Or is this one of those 'we don't talk about it' things?
I'm sure that the RIAA could, if it wanted, investigate and potentially make a case about this. The PR could be managed a few ways, but it would be interesting to see this in the public spotlight.
What would they argue, that the fact that MP3 players are being shared might exceed copyright limitations? Or would they adopt the 'aw shucks' approach and use it as a platform to show how the record industry has heart and supports our astronauts?
Either way, the specific documentation and procedures in place would be fascinating to examine to see how the big boys handle this everyman problem.
Of interest, the testing work here in Nevada has been farmed out to a private corporation. We now call it the Black Mesa Research Facility. Dr. Freeman and I have just started working together, and we have a number of exciting experiments underway. This last one in the story just happened, and it was very...
hold on, there's something moving out in the hallway, I've got to go check.
The Soyuz capsule was designed to travel to the moon as the Zond variant. The system was tested in the late 1960s, using the same type of Proton boosted soyuz capsules to orbit the moon and return, and did so with animals aboard that survived.
But yes, other then being wrong in almost every other respect, you are correct when you say "They posted this idea before".
I think you're assuming that the signal between the computer and the monitor will be analog. For this to work, it would likely be an encrypted digital stream that would take more then even a fourth year EE to decode.
The keyword is encrypted. It's not just a matter of 'figuring out the protocols', it's also necessary to defeat encryption that is specifically designed to stop folks who are trying to do what you describe.
Is it impossible? No. But it's a lot more complicated then just downloading the protocol, taking a scope to the wires, and hacking together an interface.
This rumor defies logic. By acquiring a spyware maker, no matter whether or not they intend to use the spyware themselves, Microsoft would seriously endanger their efforts to gain credibility among technical users.
Claria is 'fruit of the poisoned tree'.
Typically, acquisitions like this are done because it's cheaper to buy target company A then it is to develop a solution internally, and any competent business manager should be taking into account the 'cost' of associating Microsoft with a company with Claria's history.
I would guess that the story is a plant, and that someone fell for it. Was the purpose of the plant to expose leakers? Or was it a well orchestrated prank? Either way, it seems contra-indicated for good business, and successful business is Microsoft's #1 product.
Saying that the 200+mph speed is 'faster then many propeller planes' is an awfully strange comparison. Most single engine general aviation aircraft (eg, Cessnas, Pipers, etc) typically cruise around 100-120mph, so that comparison applies to some of the existing bullet trains already.
If, on the other hand, the submitter is comparing it to Turboprop commuter airplanes (to suggest that the train is faster then the plane you might otherwise use), then those typically have cruise speeds of 250-350mph, so...
Finally, I'm guessing we can appreciate the cruise speed on its own merits. There's probably no need to give the unladen speed of the next flying whatchamacality in 'mpa' (many propeller airplanes). "Ah yes, the Rotamo air car flies at 1.5mpa!" It'll be the new LoC measurement for speed.
Maybe the real anger here should be aimed at the waste of government resources. This data is already tracked under the mantel of 'Selective Service'. Currently, all males in this rough age group need to remain registered so they can be selected as 'recruits' (if the draft counts as active recruiting).
Why not just modify the existing system instead of creating an expensive, possibly error prone new system that'll draw the ire of privacy advocates?
PODUNK, NH - John "The Weasel" Gibbons complained that active policing was putting a cramp on his style.
"Youz all needs burglars, see?" said Gibbons in an interview from his cell. "We're keeping the economy running, you shoulds be thanking us!"
Arguing that product theft spurred economic activity by forcing consumers to purchase more, Gibbons estimates that if burglary drops by a mere 15% nationally, the effects could be felt in the form of hundreds of thousands of workers losing their jobs as demand for replacement products wane.
"It's like this," he said as he preened his whiskers. "Them cops, they're always sniffing around where they ain't welcome, but instead of helping the economy by buying donuts like theys do in the movies, they're out busting honest, hard working economic invigorators like myself!"
His tail whipping back and forth in a frenzy, Gibbons then launched into a tirade against the specific officers that had arrested him earlier that afternoon for cutting a stereo out of a parked car.
Finally, he closed the interview with this prediction: "If yous all don't hold in the reins on Magruff over there, industries are gonna topple! Let me and my friends free, for the sake of our country!" He then scampered to his nest at the back of the cell.
I guess we can accurately now say:
Even a stopped Citizen ePaper clock is right twice a day.
This assumes that it's on 12 hour mode, of course.
Using intel != magical PC compatibillity
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A common thread I see running through all these conversations about the upcoming switch to Intel processors is an assumption that having an Intel automatically equates to PC Compatibility.
Back in the 1980s, there was a period of time where Macintoshs, Amigas, Ataris, and other computers all used the Motorola 68000 processor. Just because they had the same processor did not immediately mean that they could all run each others hardware. Sure, there were some emulators available, but they usually required that the user have, say, a copy of the Macintosh ROMs to put into a physical card, or something similar.
The BIOS needs to know how to address the disk. The bootstrap code can be the same from machine to machine, but without someone finding and feeding it to the CPU, you got nothing.
Did Jobs say the Mac was switching to intel Processors? Yes. Did he say Macintoshes would now boot on ye olde' compaq in the basement? Nope.
The reason for that is noise. There has been research recently that suggests that the shape of the aircraft can be used to reduce the boom, possibly to a point where the FAA would relent.
This is not the first time that this argument has been made....but the first time was 20-30 years before cell phones were invented.
Humanity has unleashed a veritable plethora of rf emitting devices. Television broadcast towers, satellites, anything electrical... they all leak rf that's thousands (if not millions) of times more powerful then the signals coming in from distant stars.
Banning cell phones on planes BECAUSE of this is like using a Sharpie marker to turn a sucking chest wound into a smiley face. You (the pen wielder) might feel better, but it's not going to solve the real problem one iota.
The real solution is to invest in building radio telescopy infrastructure on the far side of the moon. Either there, or in a heliocentric orbit on the opposite side of the sun at 1 AU. Those are the only two places in the universe that have are always shadowed from Earth based broadcasts.
Additionally, there are frequencies that are absorbed by the O2 in our atmosphere, so radiotelescopes in space would have better 'bandwidth' to observe.
Finally, it's unlikely that the cell phone industry will finally be convinced to go to pico-repeaters because of the inconvenience that radio telescopy scientists encounter. It'll be because pico-repeaters will make cell phones work in places they don't currently. Deep garages, underground installations, steel buildings, small valleys... these are economically driven reasons to adopt the technology. Scientists (the normal kind, not the mad kind) are usually poor, so the money just isn't there.
Pick your battles, and pick a winning strategy to get the tech you want. Radio telescopes... they ain't it.
"NEXT WEEK ON SLASHDOT: We put a PC into.... A CARDBOARD BOX! Is there ANYPLACE that's too wacky for us to use?"
Not only is this a dupe of another lackluster "roflolol i put a pc ina mac case" story from a few months ago, but it's completely un-newsworthy on its own merits.
This is as akin "turning a mac into a PC" as "wearing Davey Crockett's hat" is to making you a raccoon.
Now, if it were something really clever, like, say, taping a camera to an R/C tank and calling it a 'basement exploring robot', that would be totally different. Why, anyone who would do that would be pure genius!
JoeTrader: dood, chk out MSFT, 12m volume XyxyZ: wtf i sold on margin -- NASDUCK has entered the channel JoeTrader: rofl! NASDUCK: whatsup? JoeTrader: sam sold msft on margin before the spike NASDUCK: HAHAHA! JoeTrader: werd XyxyZ: screw you guys JoeTrader: OMG roflrofldolololo!!!!! NASDUCK: you are such a tool, sam JoeTrader: brb, gotta tell the office -SYSTEM- JoeTrader has left the channel (sam in a tool) -SYSTEM-:NASDUCK has changed the subject to "XyxyZ sold MSFT before the spike today!!!:D:D:D" XyxyZ: fu duck. i hope my boss isn't online XyxyZ: ops XyxyZ: +ops -SYSTEM- Hot2Trade has joined the channel NASDUCK: nice try, only way to erase that is to crash the server Hot2Trade: Sam, I heard that you got the horns of the bull shoved up where the bear don't shine XyxyZ: dude this sux hard -SYSTEM- JOHN@MLYNCH has joined the channel NASDUCK: nice one Hot2Trade. asl? Hot2Trade: fu hippy, this is Jerry in at prudential NASDUCK: fuc sorry, didn't recognize you:O XyxyZ: So if I can down the server, I can erase the subject? Hot2Trade: no worries I just changed my nic NASDUCK: XyxyZ, you got pwned by the bull JOHN@MLYNCH: SAM! HAHAHA I TOLDYOU NOT TO SELL! JOHN@MLYNCH: YOU AER JOHN@MLYNCH: SUCH A SP XyxyZ: i got s cript JOHN@MLYNCH: AZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XyxyZ: take this bitches XyxyZ: THE C THE R THE I THE M THE I THE N THE A THE L XyxyZ: THE C THE R THE I THE M THE I THE N THE A THE L XyxyZ: THE C THE R THE I THE M THE I THE N THE A THE L XyxyZ: THE C THE R THE I THE M THE I THE N THE A THE L XyxyZ: THE C THE R THE I THE M THE I THE N THE A THE L - SYSTEM - NASDUCK (quit(connection reset by peer)) - SYSTEM - JOHN@MLYNCH (quit(connection reset by peer)) - SYSTEM - Hot2Trade (quite(connection reset by peer)) - SYSTEM - error(91) - rebooting
Anything that increases the Mac marketshare over windows has the opportunity to boost Linux in the short term. Any time you add people to developing on *NIX or BSD, you end up with code that can be ported back and forth easier then, say, some DirectX or MFC app made for Windows.
So in the short term, you end up with more projects that can be released under Mac & Linux.
In the long term... the key to success probably hinges on adaptation. If Linux distros continue on their own path with mixed up UIs, uneven standards, and so on, then the core audience won't grow as fast as if there's a consensus to make it appealing for newcomers.
I'm not saying 'Just make everything look like Mac', just that a succesful long term strategy probably involves watching and, when appropriate, adopting best practices from the similar OS that has a bigger marketshare.
The reason the suits looked like Gemini era suits was because the MOL program was based on Gemini technology.
A Titan IIIC booster with a 'Blue Gemini' atop would launch with the space station afixed, they would do their observation, then the Gemini would detach and land. Later missions could dock with the existing observation platform when feasible.
The launches would have taken place from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California. This is needed to efficiently put spacecraft into polar orbit without overflying populated land during boost.
A launch site was created at Vandenburg to handle manned spacecraft launches, but the program was cancelled as the article says. What it doesn't say is that the same complex was refurbished in the 1980s as part of the effort to launch the Space Shuttle into polar orbit for military missions. That program was cancelled as well (following the Challenger destruction).
For people interested in MOL, go check out the X-20 Dynasoar. It was a related program that would have had a reusable spaceplane 15 years before the shuttle.
Nothing new, check your encyclopedia
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The article basically covers the same stuff that's been in encyclopedias for decades. I'm sure we'll get a bunch of posters nervously posting about how irresponsible it is to release this info, but it's hardly ground breaking.
The better informed the public is to how these things work, the better off we'll be in participating in our national policies. Saying that the information should be restricted is akin to arguing in favor of 'security through obscurity'. I argue that if you criticize both the BBC article and Microsoft for their security policies, then you're exhibiting traits of hypocrisy.
In the end, the part of the equation that's required is the presence of uranium. It's hard to get. It's even harder to mine/refine, especially in secret.
Re:An Example of a Short Sited Administration
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Incorrect. The JWST hasn't even started major construction, and the estimated (and optimistic) launch date is late 2011.
Hubble is a bird in the hand, and the JWST is two birds flying around in the future, and part of an organization that routinely starts and cancels projects.
Don't count your telescopes before they've hatched.
Of course, the Russians/Soviets have sent more space missions up and lost fewer people. Hmm... don't you hate it when facts get in the way of your pithy comments?
So combine this with a poisoned DNS attack. update.mozilla.org resolves as your malware server, then you use this exploit.
Sure, it makes it a little harder to execute then, say, something like Nimda that could run free across the internet, but it's still a valid security issue.
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In other news... HULK SMASH!
As an ex-sysop, I wonder occasionally how a modern chatter would do on an old style BBS.
/+ops ....
WWIV-Menu>
==SYSOP Chat Mode Activated==
Sysop: Hey, i need to take the bbs off for a minute to get fido.
User: asl?
Sysop: It'll just be down for a few minutes, call back later, ok?
User: wtf hax?
Sysop: Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying. I've got to reboot too, so I'm going to disconnect you.
User: omfg hax, wtf is tis, spiware? a55h013!
Sysop: Do you require medical assistance? I've got your address on record from the age-check, would you like me to call a medic?
User: roflroflflfoolol who r u
Sysop: If you're having a seizure, don't worry, the ambulance will be there soon. I'm on my parent's phone line right now.
User: wqho are u????
Sysop: I'm the sysop of this BBS. Can you breath?
User: +OPS!!!!!!
Sysop: The 911 operator wants me to stay in chat with you until the medics get there.
User: stfu, how do I gt ops???
Sysop: Er, you don't.
User: dudez you got ops, why not for me?
Sysop: Actually, I own the computer you're on.
User: fu lier, gimme ops or I'll hack u
Sysop:
User: wtf is ur ip address, l33t hax coming
Sysop: What is an ip address?
User: brb, police
)@(*#)@#
NO CARRIER
Sysop: What just happened?
=SCHEDULED TASK: Fido connection starting...==
I'd like to know what steps an organization like NASA (who documents everything in quintriplicate) takes to send MP3 players to orbit.
First, I know that there's no requirement to have an MP3 player to make a podcast, so shush, this is just a segue.
For decades, astronauts and cosmonauts have brought cassete tapes with them, and then CDs. It's almost certain that they have MP3s now because of the dramatic weight savings, but how does a government organization as high-profile as NASA handle the copyright infringement aspects of electronic copies of music?
Do they have a papertrail that documents the physical existance of the original CDs or iTunes purchases back on terra-firma? Or is this one of those 'we don't talk about it' things?
I'm sure that the RIAA could, if it wanted, investigate and potentially make a case about this. The PR could be managed a few ways, but it would be interesting to see this in the public spotlight.
What would they argue, that the fact that MP3 players are being shared might exceed copyright limitations? Or would they adopt the 'aw shucks' approach and use it as a platform to show how the record industry has heart and supports our astronauts?
Either way, the specific documentation and procedures in place would be fascinating to examine to see how the big boys handle this everyman problem.
Why isn't programmer efficiency measured in KLOCs? Because quality is more important than quantity when used as the only metric.
Of interest, the testing work here in Nevada has been farmed out to a private corporation. We now call it the Black Mesa Research Facility. Dr. Freeman and I have just started working together, and we have a number of exciting experiments underway. This last one in the story just happened, and it was very...
hold on, there's something moving out in the hallway, I've got to go check.
)#($)
NO CARRIER
That's not... completely accurate.
The Soyuz capsule was designed to travel to the moon as the Zond variant. The system was tested in the late 1960s, using the same type of Proton boosted soyuz capsules to orbit the moon and return, and did so with animals aboard that survived.
But yes, other then being wrong in almost every other respect, you are correct when you say "They posted this idea before".
I think you're assuming that the signal between the computer and the monitor will be analog. For this to work, it would likely be an encrypted digital stream that would take more then even a fourth year EE to decode.
The keyword is encrypted. It's not just a matter of 'figuring out the protocols', it's also necessary to defeat encryption that is specifically designed to stop folks who are trying to do what you describe.
Is it impossible? No. But it's a lot more complicated then just downloading the protocol, taking a scope to the wires, and hacking together an interface.
But this is Slashdot. All we want to know is if it supports OGG vorbis.
That's no planet... that's a space station.
Holy crap, scientists have found the Death Star.
This rumor defies logic. By acquiring a spyware maker, no matter whether or not they intend to use the spyware themselves, Microsoft would seriously endanger their efforts to gain credibility among technical users.
Claria is 'fruit of the poisoned tree'.
Typically, acquisitions like this are done because it's cheaper to buy target company A then it is to develop a solution internally, and any competent business manager should be taking into account the 'cost' of associating Microsoft with a company with Claria's history.
I would guess that the story is a plant, and that someone fell for it. Was the purpose of the plant to expose leakers? Or was it a well orchestrated prank? Either way, it seems contra-indicated for good business, and successful business is Microsoft's #1 product.
Saying that the 200+mph speed is 'faster then many propeller planes' is an awfully strange comparison. Most single engine general aviation aircraft (eg, Cessnas, Pipers, etc) typically cruise around 100-120mph, so that comparison applies to some of the existing bullet trains already.
If, on the other hand, the submitter is comparing it to Turboprop commuter airplanes (to suggest that the train is faster then the plane you might otherwise use), then those typically have cruise speeds of 250-350mph, so...
Finally, I'm guessing we can appreciate the cruise speed on its own merits. There's probably no need to give the unladen speed of the next flying whatchamacality in 'mpa' (many propeller airplanes). "Ah yes, the Rotamo air car flies at 1.5mpa!" It'll be the new LoC measurement for speed.
Maybe the real anger here should be aimed at the waste of government resources. This data is already tracked under the mantel of 'Selective Service'. Currently, all males in this rough age group need to remain registered so they can be selected as 'recruits' (if the draft counts as active recruiting).
Why not just modify the existing system instead of creating an expensive, possibly error prone new system that'll draw the ire of privacy advocates?
PODUNK, NH - John "The Weasel" Gibbons complained that active policing was putting a cramp on his style.
"Youz all needs burglars, see?" said Gibbons in an interview from his cell. "We're keeping the economy running, you shoulds be thanking us!"
Arguing that product theft spurred economic activity by forcing consumers to purchase more, Gibbons estimates that if burglary drops by a mere 15% nationally, the effects could be felt in the form of hundreds of thousands of workers losing their jobs as demand for replacement products wane.
"It's like this," he said as he preened his whiskers. "Them cops, they're always sniffing around where they ain't welcome, but instead of helping the economy by buying donuts like theys do in the movies, they're out busting honest, hard working economic invigorators like myself!"
His tail whipping back and forth in a frenzy, Gibbons then launched into a tirade against the specific officers that had arrested him earlier that afternoon for cutting a stereo out of a parked car.
Finally, he closed the interview with this prediction: "If yous all don't hold in the reins on Magruff over there, industries are gonna topple! Let me and my friends free, for the sake of our country!" He then scampered to his nest at the back of the cell.
I guess we can accurately now say:
Even a stopped Citizen ePaper clock is right twice a day.
This assumes that it's on 12 hour mode, of course.
A common thread I see running through all these conversations about the upcoming switch to Intel processors is an assumption that having an Intel automatically equates to PC Compatibility.
Back in the 1980s, there was a period of time where Macintoshs, Amigas, Ataris, and other computers all used the Motorola 68000 processor. Just because they had the same processor did not immediately mean that they could all run each others hardware. Sure, there were some emulators available, but they usually required that the user have, say, a copy of the Macintosh ROMs to put into a physical card, or something similar.
The BIOS needs to know how to address the disk. The bootstrap code can be the same from machine to machine, but without someone finding and feeding it to the CPU, you got nothing.
Did Jobs say the Mac was switching to intel Processors? Yes. Did he say Macintoshes would now boot on ye olde' compaq in the basement? Nope.
The reason for that is noise. There has been research recently that suggests that the shape of the aircraft can be used to reduce the boom, possibly to a point where the FAA would relent.
This is not the first time that this argument has been made. ...but the first time was 20-30 years before cell phones were invented.
Humanity has unleashed a veritable plethora of rf emitting devices. Television broadcast towers, satellites, anything electrical... they all leak rf that's thousands (if not millions) of times more powerful then the signals coming in from distant stars.
Banning cell phones on planes BECAUSE of this is like using a Sharpie marker to turn a sucking chest wound into a smiley face. You (the pen wielder) might feel better, but it's not going to solve the real problem one iota.
The real solution is to invest in building radio telescopy infrastructure on the far side of the moon. Either there, or in a heliocentric orbit on the opposite side of the sun at 1 AU. Those are the only two places in the universe that have are always shadowed from Earth based broadcasts.
Additionally, there are frequencies that are absorbed by the O2 in our atmosphere, so radiotelescopes in space would have better 'bandwidth' to observe.
Finally, it's unlikely that the cell phone industry will finally be convinced to go to pico-repeaters because of the inconvenience that radio telescopy scientists encounter. It'll be because pico-repeaters will make cell phones work in places they don't currently. Deep garages, underground installations, steel buildings, small valleys... these are economically driven reasons to adopt the technology. Scientists (the normal kind, not the mad kind) are usually poor, so the money just isn't there.
Pick your battles, and pick a winning strategy to get the tech you want. Radio telescopes... they ain't it.
"NEXT WEEK ON SLASHDOT: We put a PC into.... A CARDBOARD BOX! Is there ANYPLACE that's too wacky for us to use?"
Not only is this a dupe of another lackluster "roflolol i put a pc ina mac case" story from a few months ago, but it's completely un-newsworthy on its own merits.
This is as akin "turning a mac into a PC" as "wearing Davey Crockett's hat" is to making you a raccoon.
Now, if it were something really clever, like, say, taping a camera to an R/C tank and calling it a 'basement exploring robot', that would be totally different. Why, anyone who would do that would be pure genius!
JoeTrader: dood, chk out MSFT, 12m volume :O
XyxyZ: wtf i sold on margin
-- NASDUCK has entered the channel
JoeTrader: rofl!
NASDUCK: whatsup?
JoeTrader: sam sold msft on margin before the spike
NASDUCK: HAHAHA!
JoeTrader: werd
XyxyZ: screw you guys
JoeTrader: OMG roflrofldolololo!!!!!
NASDUCK: you are such a tool, sam
JoeTrader: brb, gotta tell the office
-SYSTEM- JoeTrader has left the channel (sam in a tool)
-SYSTEM-:NASDUCK has changed the subject to "XyxyZ sold MSFT before the spike today!!!:D:D:D"
XyxyZ: fu duck. i hope my boss isn't online
XyxyZ: ops
XyxyZ: +ops
-SYSTEM- Hot2Trade has joined the channel
NASDUCK: nice try, only way to erase that is to crash the server
Hot2Trade: Sam, I heard that you got the horns of the bull shoved up where the bear don't shine
XyxyZ: dude this sux hard
-SYSTEM- JOHN@MLYNCH has joined the channel
NASDUCK: nice one Hot2Trade. asl?
Hot2Trade: fu hippy, this is Jerry in at prudential
NASDUCK: fuc sorry, didn't recognize you
XyxyZ: So if I can down the server, I can erase the subject?
Hot2Trade: no worries I just changed my nic
NASDUCK: XyxyZ, you got pwned by the bull
JOHN@MLYNCH: SAM! HAHAHA I TOLDYOU NOT TO SELL!
JOHN@MLYNCH: YOU AER
JOHN@MLYNCH: SUCH A SP
XyxyZ: i got s cript
JOHN@MLYNCH: AZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
XyxyZ: take this bitches
XyxyZ: THE C THE R THE I THE M THE I THE N THE A THE L
XyxyZ: THE C THE R THE I THE M THE I THE N THE A THE L
XyxyZ: THE C THE R THE I THE M THE I THE N THE A THE L
XyxyZ: THE C THE R THE I THE M THE I THE N THE A THE L
XyxyZ: THE C THE R THE I THE M THE I THE N THE A THE L
- SYSTEM - NASDUCK (quit(connection reset by peer))
- SYSTEM - JOHN@MLYNCH (quit(connection reset by peer))
- SYSTEM - Hot2Trade (quite(connection reset by peer))
- SYSTEM - error(91) - rebooting
Anything that increases the Mac marketshare over windows has the opportunity to boost Linux in the short term. Any time you add people to developing on *NIX or BSD, you end up with code that can be ported back and forth easier then, say, some DirectX or MFC app made for Windows.
So in the short term, you end up with more projects that can be released under Mac & Linux.
In the long term... the key to success probably hinges on adaptation. If Linux distros continue on their own path with mixed up UIs, uneven standards, and so on, then the core audience won't grow as fast as if there's a consensus to make it appealing for newcomers.
I'm not saying 'Just make everything look like Mac', just that a succesful long term strategy probably involves watching and, when appropriate, adopting best practices from the similar OS that has a bigger marketshare.
The reason the suits looked like Gemini era suits was because the MOL program was based on Gemini technology.
A Titan IIIC booster with a 'Blue Gemini' atop would launch with the space station afixed, they would do their observation, then the Gemini would detach and land. Later missions could dock with the existing observation platform when feasible.
The launches would have taken place from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California. This is needed to efficiently put spacecraft into polar orbit without overflying populated land during boost.
A launch site was created at Vandenburg to handle manned spacecraft launches, but the program was cancelled as the article says. What it doesn't say is that the same complex was refurbished in the 1980s as part of the effort to launch the Space Shuttle into polar orbit for military missions. That program was cancelled as well (following the Challenger destruction).
For people interested in MOL, go check out the X-20 Dynasoar. It was a related program that would have had a reusable spaceplane 15 years before the shuttle.
The article basically covers the same stuff that's been in encyclopedias for decades. I'm sure we'll get a bunch of posters nervously posting about how irresponsible it is to release this info, but it's hardly ground breaking.
The better informed the public is to how these things work, the better off we'll be in participating in our national policies. Saying that the information should be restricted is akin to arguing in favor of 'security through obscurity'. I argue that if you criticize both the BBC article and Microsoft for their security policies, then you're exhibiting traits of hypocrisy.
In the end, the part of the equation that's required is the presence of uranium. It's hard to get. It's even harder to mine/refine, especially in secret.
Incorrect. The JWST hasn't even started major construction, and the estimated (and optimistic) launch date is late 2011.
Hubble is a bird in the hand, and the JWST is two birds flying around in the future, and part of an organization that routinely starts and cancels projects.
Don't count your telescopes before they've hatched.
Of course, the Russians/Soviets have sent more space missions up and lost fewer people. Hmm... don't you hate it when facts get in the way of your pithy comments?
So combine this with a poisoned DNS attack. update.mozilla.org resolves as your malware server, then you use this exploit.
Sure, it makes it a little harder to execute then, say, something like Nimda that could run free across the internet, but it's still a valid security issue.