I was up at the EAA Oshkosh fly-in, they had one of these rocket powered aircraft showing off for the crowd. The most impressive part of the entire thing was the sound.
First off he was at a decent altitude, there was about a 3 to 5 second delay between the engine turning off and the sound stopping. Even with that kind of distance the sound was Very loud, only close-in jets were louder. The sound of the rocket igniting was a standard "FOOM" kind of sound, and the running engine sound was also normal, but the sound the thing made when they shut off the engine was the weirdest I'd ever heard. It sounded like someone took some sound effects software and crossed the rocket sound with that of a balloon (when you stretch the opening to make that really high pitched, air-escaping, sound, then shut off/stop the air).
The sound of the engine shutting off caught your attention more then the sound of it turning on or the sound of it running.
One last note, there was no throttle on that plane, the choices were full on or full off, nothing inbetween.
If these rocket racing courses are set out with some low-speed areas where they have to shut the engine off in order to make the turns, I will definitely be paying to watch these races, if nothing else for the sound of these rockets shutting off.
I'd suggest using iTunes to reset your iPod. I have a 60gb 5g iPod and last time it crashed was... sometime last year actually. However it's had similar problems before, usually the solution is a refresh from iTunes, takes a while but you get a clean install of the OS out of it, and most likely what is going on is that some part of your iPod OS is corrupted.
If the chances of getting caught are high enough you can use it in reverse to screw your neighbors, program theirs to be some random person (or find one from a cop car) and let them explain it to the judge.:)
As I recall, Google Analytics uses Javascript to do the tracking, I don't think it uses the 1x1 pixel image method... though I could be wrong, it's been almost a year since I last played with it.
I was one of those kids who built the thing pictured on the box once, admired it for 5 min, then took it apart, added the pieces to my collection, and started building anything I could think up.
I had some friends who lived not to far from me, they had legos on their shelf, just what was from the box, nothing unique, collecting dust.
It's all about the kid, some will create, others will not. You can encourage the creative but not force it...
I think he is refering to 'keying' the plug/socket, all those you reference are keyed plugs (RJ45 (ethernet), DVI, svideo, firewire, etc) are all keyed plugs where the key is visible and easy to distinguish, you don't have to be looking directly at one of those plugs to figure out where the key is, and usually you can see the keying for the socket.
USB decides to be keyed as well, but internally keyed (the key is the shape of the inside of the plug) so you are forced to put the USB logo on one side so people know which side's up. For those who have cables that don't have that label or sockets that are on their side, and you don't know which side is up, this becomes a problem.
I'm seeing people trying to explain that USB is not keyed, but then say it won't go in the wrong way, but that means it's keyed, so you contradict yourself.
Because USB IS KEYED, and it is keyed internally, it's an annoying spec, personally I like firewire better and try and use it more then USB, it's easier for me to see the keying.
For a while they were sold on www.thinkgeek.com but last time I checked they were no longer there. and no, those are the stats; how could they get away with puking on you and forcing you to feed them and change their diaper if they don't have a high charisma?
While that would work for many situations, when on private property (which a hotel or mall is considered) you have to abide by their request for not photographing anything. In either case they do not have the right to confiscate your film/camera but they can ask you not to take photographs or ask you to leave.
(see the end of "The General Rule" paragraph, and the section titled "They have no right to confiscate your film" in the link you provided)
Thanks, by the way, for that link, I'll have to print out a copy to keep on hand JIC.
Not quite, doing development stuff I'd be downloading tools, libraries, and software packages to help out, and just about every time I'd get about 6 months after initial install of windows and it would go into BSOD cycle, eventually it'd be bad enough to reinstall windows and the cycle would start over again.
So yah, not normal usage... but I'm doing roughly the same thing with my MB Pro and I haven't run into the same problem.
Oooo, nice play... I seem to remember very serious video card driver problems with early versions of NT that would easily bring down the system. Nice of you to blithely exclude such problems.:)
Number of kernel panics on my MB Pro not relating to a bad third-party usb wifi card: 2
Number of kernel panics on my MB Pro related to a bad third-party usb wifi card:... lost count around 20 or so... wouldn't last 30 min of serious network usage before crashing the computer. Be wary of third party usb wifi cards!
Number of kernel panics on my windows box: None in the last year, it has been unplugged all that time! Before that? Forget it... way to many to count!
Number of kernel panics on my Linux/BSD boxes: None, very stable.
So in the end, Linux has the best record so far, windows is terrible, and Mac good without using bad drivers. Sounds about right.
Not true, many people noticed more "colorful" sunsets and sunrises during the oil fires, all the added pollution made for some spectacular colors. And I'm talking about Wisconsin USA.
Nope, even here it's considered a disadvantage by most, only an advantage by the corporate types.
I buy my stuff to last as long as possible, if I buy something and it breaks quickly I never go back to that product and distrust the brand from then on, only exceptions are when warranty replaces it and the replacement lasts for a long time (hard drive I bought died out of the package, the warranty replacement has lasted 8 years and still going)
And I have a 5 gallon tub of Lego's that I play with, many that are 20+ years old, sure the cornstarch-type stuff is "environmentally friendly" but since my Lego's will never see a landfill until they are totally deformed beyond usage I'm not too worried.
I agree with using the Python language for a different reason.
Python has a built-in interpreter so you can test out code pretty much as-you-type. It really makes things easy to figure out and learn when I can type something in, test it, type it in with a modification, test it, etc. until I get it the way I want it.
Once he gets the hang of it, you can steer him towards creating new functionality for Python using C (which much of Python relies on). That will allow him to transition from OO language (Python) to a Non-OO Language (C) and use them together.
That would be very different (and even more interesting) then what they are doing, right now it's just rocket powered aircraft, to race in LEO you'd have to have some powerful maneuvering jets and a strong control system, and a pilot who can think maneuvering in an airless environment where it's all changing momentum vs changing wind deflection and lift properties.
Last update to PS3 brings Trophies, similar to Achievements I guess, but shinier. Games can have a mix of bronze, silver, and gold, and one platinum trophy.
Also, with the trophies is a "level" system that works out kinda like an RPG of game play, after x number of trophies you go up a level, with the next level needing even more trophies.
This just came out so not many games support this as of right now, but many are adding it in. By this time next year all games will require trophy support.
MS had a good idea with the achievements, but it's no longer a distinguishing feature.
"What Drunken German Gynecologist came up with this sport? 'I am going to dress myself like a sperm, shove an ice-skate up my ass, and slide balls-first down an ice chute.', 'how will you steer?', 'I will clench my ass and do kegles all the way down'.
"And don't even get me started on two-man luge, I'm going 'fellas, get a room'. 'hard right, hard right, make that turn you fucker, ohh yah'. 'You cost us 1-100s of a second with your thing going 'bbbrrrng' all over the place, dolphin boy'
Honestly don't know so legit question... in court Contempt of Court and Perjury are two different things, is Contempt of Congress the same as Contempt of Court or is it the same as Perjury? Or is it both rolled into one?
Really? Sweet! Um... Have him deported? No, that'd be to cruel... Not sure to who... Um... Sued? Nope... That's been tried already... Campane for Hillary? No, again too cruel, not sure to who... Um... Well then... Dang... All out of ideas...
Oh wait! I know! Make Hillary his permanent secretary!
Bush's statements were made to congress and to the public, neither of which have punishments in the law books about lying. Clinton's statements were made in the court of law, under oath, there are punishments in the law books about lying under oath. Both are lying, but only one has a direct legal punishment assigned to it. Clinton should have been impeached for lying under oath, neither can be trusted to tell the truth.
Also it's kind of interesting that both you and the parent quote Rockefeller, only the parent's quotes are direct from a government report and yours appear to be from media/interviews? Personally I would consider the quotes in the parent post to carry more weight.
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I was up at the EAA Oshkosh fly-in, they had one of these rocket powered aircraft showing off for the crowd. The most impressive part of the entire thing was the sound.
First off he was at a decent altitude, there was about a 3 to 5 second delay between the engine turning off and the sound stopping. Even with that kind of distance the sound was Very loud, only close-in jets were louder. The sound of the rocket igniting was a standard "FOOM" kind of sound, and the running engine sound was also normal, but the sound the thing made when they shut off the engine was the weirdest I'd ever heard. It sounded like someone took some sound effects software and crossed the rocket sound with that of a balloon (when you stretch the opening to make that really high pitched, air-escaping, sound, then shut off/stop the air).
The sound of the engine shutting off caught your attention more then the sound of it turning on or the sound of it running.
One last note, there was no throttle on that plane, the choices were full on or full off, nothing inbetween.
If these rocket racing courses are set out with some low-speed areas where they have to shut the engine off in order to make the turns, I will definitely be paying to watch these races, if nothing else for the sound of these rockets shutting off.
They do, it's called a 'USB hub'.
I'd suggest using iTunes to reset your iPod. I have a 60gb 5g iPod and last time it crashed was... sometime last year actually. However it's had similar problems before, usually the solution is a refresh from iTunes, takes a while but you get a clean install of the OS out of it, and most likely what is going on is that some part of your iPod OS is corrupted.
If the chances of getting caught are high enough you can use it in reverse to screw your neighbors, program theirs to be some random person (or find one from a cop car) and let them explain it to the judge. :)
As I recall, Google Analytics uses Javascript to do the tracking, I don't think it uses the 1x1 pixel image method... though I could be wrong, it's been almost a year since I last played with it.
I was one of those kids who built the thing pictured on the box once, admired it for 5 min, then took it apart, added the pieces to my collection, and started building anything I could think up.
I had some friends who lived not to far from me, they had legos on their shelf, just what was from the box, nothing unique, collecting dust.
It's all about the kid, some will create, others will not. You can encourage the creative but not force it...
I think he is refering to 'keying' the plug/socket, all those you reference are keyed plugs (RJ45 (ethernet), DVI, svideo, firewire, etc) are all keyed plugs where the key is visible and easy to distinguish, you don't have to be looking directly at one of those plugs to figure out where the key is, and usually you can see the keying for the socket.
USB decides to be keyed as well, but internally keyed (the key is the shape of the inside of the plug) so you are forced to put the USB logo on one side so people know which side's up. For those who have cables that don't have that label or sockets that are on their side, and you don't know which side is up, this becomes a problem.
I'm seeing people trying to explain that USB is not keyed, but then say it won't go in the wrong way, but that means it's keyed, so you contradict yourself.
Because USB IS KEYED, and it is keyed internally, it's an annoying spec, personally I like firewire better and try and use it more then USB, it's easier for me to see the keying.
I think that's one of those "april fools" items... note the availability of it.
For a while they were sold on www.thinkgeek.com but last time I checked they were no longer there. and no, those are the stats; how could they get away with puking on you and forcing you to feed them and change their diaper if they don't have a high charisma?
While that would work for many situations, when on private property (which a hotel or mall is considered) you have to abide by their request for not photographing anything. In either case they do not have the right to confiscate your film/camera but they can ask you not to take photographs or ask you to leave.
(see the end of "The General Rule" paragraph, and the section titled "They have no right to confiscate your film" in the link you provided)
Thanks, by the way, for that link, I'll have to print out a copy to keep on hand JIC.
Not quite, doing development stuff I'd be downloading tools, libraries, and software packages to help out, and just about every time I'd get about 6 months after initial install of windows and it would go into BSOD cycle, eventually it'd be bad enough to reinstall windows and the cycle would start over again.
So yah, not normal usage... but I'm doing roughly the same thing with my MB Pro and I haven't run into the same problem.
provided that hardware and drivers were sound.
Oooo, nice play... I seem to remember very serious video card driver problems with early versions of NT that would easily bring down the system. Nice of you to blithely exclude such problems. :)
Number of kernel panics on my MB Pro not relating to a bad third-party usb wifi card: 2
Number of kernel panics on my MB Pro related to a bad third-party usb wifi card: ... lost count around 20 or so... wouldn't last 30 min of serious network usage before crashing the computer. Be wary of third party usb wifi cards!
Number of kernel panics on my windows box: None in the last year, it has been unplugged all that time! Before that? Forget it... way to many to count!
Number of kernel panics on my Linux/BSD boxes: None, very stable.
So in the end, Linux has the best record so far, windows is terrible, and Mac good without using bad drivers. Sounds about right.
Not true, many people noticed more "colorful" sunsets and sunrises during the oil fires, all the added pollution made for some spectacular colors. And I'm talking about Wisconsin USA.
Nope, even here it's considered a disadvantage by most, only an advantage by the corporate types.
I buy my stuff to last as long as possible, if I buy something and it breaks quickly I never go back to that product and distrust the brand from then on, only exceptions are when warranty replaces it and the replacement lasts for a long time (hard drive I bought died out of the package, the warranty replacement has lasted 8 years and still going)
And I have a 5 gallon tub of Lego's that I play with, many that are 20+ years old, sure the cornstarch-type stuff is "environmentally friendly" but since my Lego's will never see a landfill until they are totally deformed beyond usage I'm not too worried.
I agree with using the Python language for a different reason.
Python has a built-in interpreter so you can test out code pretty much as-you-type. It really makes things easy to figure out and learn when I can type something in, test it, type it in with a modification, test it, etc. until I get it the way I want it.
Once he gets the hang of it, you can steer him towards creating new functionality for Python using C (which much of Python relies on). That will allow him to transition from OO language (Python) to a Non-OO Language (C) and use them together.
That would be very different (and even more interesting) then what they are doing, right now it's just rocket powered aircraft, to race in LEO you'd have to have some powerful maneuvering jets and a strong control system, and a pilot who can think maneuvering in an airless environment where it's all changing momentum vs changing wind deflection and lift properties.
and on the PS3, awesome game
Last update to PS3 brings Trophies, similar to Achievements I guess, but shinier. Games can have a mix of bronze, silver, and gold, and one platinum trophy.
Also, with the trophies is a "level" system that works out kinda like an RPG of game play, after x number of trophies you go up a level, with the next level needing even more trophies.
This just came out so not many games support this as of right now, but many are adding it in. By this time next year all games will require trophy support.
MS had a good idea with the achievements, but it's no longer a distinguishing feature.
You gotta love Robbin Williams take on Luge:
"What Drunken German Gynecologist came up with this sport? 'I am going to dress myself like a sperm, shove an ice-skate up my ass, and slide balls-first down an ice chute.', 'how will you steer?', 'I will clench my ass and do kegles all the way down'.
"And don't even get me started on two-man luge, I'm going 'fellas, get a room'. 'hard right, hard right, make that turn you fucker, ohh yah'. 'You cost us 1-100s of a second with your thing going 'bbbrrrng' all over the place, dolphin boy'
between that and my naturally bad luck with reply buttons makes this thread kinda hard to read. :)
Honestly don't know so legit question... in court Contempt of Court and Perjury are two different things, is Contempt of Congress the same as Contempt of Court or is it the same as Perjury? Or is it both rolled into one?
Really? Sweet! Um... Have him deported? No, that'd be to cruel... Not sure to who... Um... Sued? Nope... That's been tried already... Campane for Hillary? No, again too cruel, not sure to who... Um... Well then... Dang... All out of ideas...
Oh wait! I know! Make Hillary his permanent secretary!
... this should be in reply to geekoid... too many reply buttons around here...
Bush's statements were made to congress and to the public, neither of which have punishments in the law books about lying. Clinton's statements were made in the court of law, under oath, there are punishments in the law books about lying under oath. Both are lying, but only one has a direct legal punishment assigned to it. Clinton should have been impeached for lying under oath, neither can be trusted to tell the truth.
Also it's kind of interesting that both you and the parent quote Rockefeller, only the parent's quotes are direct from a government report and yours appear to be from media/interviews? Personally I would consider the quotes in the parent post to carry more weight.