I don't get it, its been said many time now that Linux bundles software too, BUT it's not the same. Ubuntu is not bundling an Ubuntu web browser or Mandrake bundling a Mandrake email client and so forth... Microsoft is pushing for a Microsoft only solution where as Linux is open and will bundle other projects software if it is what they need. Seems to be a different comparison altogether.
About MS spreading FUD on an anti-trust suit... You know what they say, nothing is more dangerous than a scared animal.
Cheers,
~Allen
I have a solution to all this DRM nonsense... Make and play your own music (I play guitar), they can't DRM or control that in any way. Besides it is a very satisfying and rewording hobby.
This seems to me like a good way to get some usefull science on the cheap. (Mind you 30 million is not all that cheap.) I always thought that just leaving a satellite like that just to 'drift' after all is said done, if it was still operational, was a waste.
Well, I can't say I've been in the real deal, but on numerous exercises I have not worn any foamies because they were either not available or like you mentioned, we needed our ears. (Ambushes and patrols come to mind...) The foamies are usually only used during range practices and controled live fire.
I've spent 6 years as an infantry soldier and I can say that I do have hearing damage from it. The little yellow foamies that are given to us like candy do nothing for percussive sounds. (Riffle and machine gun fire, explosives like grenades, firing mortars, etc...) It even comes with a warning on the packages. The only thing that really works would be a combination of the foamies and the full sized earmuffs. Now, you cannot wear earmuffs with a helmet. So we wear the foamies when we can.
Thats great info. Thanks. I'll be reading through the blog a little later. Its a shame what they are doing. I come from a union family (IBEW), so I know what all this is about and how it affect not only the employees but their family as well. Good luck to them.
Yeah, I have to agree with you, those are great bands. I find that very few people mention David Gilmour in a list of 'best guitar players', he may not be at the very top, but he's up there.
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It's a trap!
I don't get it, its been said many time now that Linux bundles software too, BUT it's not the same. Ubuntu is not bundling an Ubuntu web browser or Mandrake bundling a Mandrake email client and so forth... Microsoft is pushing for a Microsoft only solution where as Linux is open and will bundle other projects software if it is what they need. Seems to be a different comparison altogether. About MS spreading FUD on an anti-trust suit... You know what they say, nothing is more dangerous than a scared animal. Cheers, ~Allen
I don't know about Santa Claus, but get ready for the 'Great Penguin Migration' of 4006...
They're working on it... http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/04/0 7/virus-nanowire-20060407.html / 07/0635213
Seems to me they also covered this on Slashdot. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04
Cheers,
~Allen
Just think of a Beowulf Cluster of these... Scarry....
I have a solution to all this DRM nonsense... Make and play your own music (I play guitar), they can't DRM or control that in any way. Besides it is a very satisfying and rewording hobby.
~Allen
This seems to me like a good way to get some usefull science on the cheap. (Mind you 30 million is not all that cheap.) I always thought that just leaving a satellite like that just to 'drift' after all is said done, if it was still operational, was a waste.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean there isn't someone out to screw me...
...Ah screw the whole thing...
Here is an other article on this: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060303-6313 .html
It's a few days old though. (March 3rd)
Cheers!
~Allen
I remember, and I'm not that old. Nothing like the classic Batman...
This reminds me of that old Bugs Bunny cartoon when Bugs was testing ammunition for duds by striking the fuse with a hammer....
~Allen
You beat me to posting a link to this article... ;-)
Well, I can't say I've been in the real deal, but on numerous exercises I have not worn any foamies because they were either not available or like you mentioned, we needed our ears. (Ambushes and patrols come to mind...) The foamies are usually only used during range practices and controled live fire.
I've spent 6 years as an infantry soldier and I can say that I do have hearing damage from it. The little yellow foamies that are given to us like candy do nothing for percussive sounds. (Riffle and machine gun fire, explosives like grenades, firing mortars, etc...) It even comes with a warning on the packages. The only thing that really works would be a combination of the foamies and the full sized earmuffs. Now, you cannot wear earmuffs with a helmet. So we wear the foamies when we can.
Thats great info. Thanks. I'll be reading through the blog a little later. Its a shame what they are doing. I come from a union family (IBEW), so I know what all this is about and how it affect not only the employees but their family as well. Good luck to them.
I'm in Fredericton, and I can see them out my appartment. They get a lot of honks from cars passing by, thats how they keep my attention, errrrr....
Yes, 36 people died: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster
This is hilarious, I love that movie.
Beat me to it. Errr
Yeah, I have to agree with you, those are great bands. I find that very few people mention David Gilmour in a list of 'best guitar players', he may not be at the very top, but he's up there.