I haven't checked yet, but somewhere, sometime, in a/. posting I think I remember a conversation that gave links stating that the shuttles were incapable of deorbiting/landing with a payload of the mass of the HST.
Has anyone seen comparisons of the characteristics of the modules, satellites, and other payloads the shuttles have carried?
What it has to do with the HST is that it wasn't done right the first time (software and hardware), and stands a great chance of not being done right the second time. This _is_ NASA...
As for the mirror: where the fçk have you been? Gravity twisted the mirror because the project was shelved for so long after the Challenger O-ring 'difficulty'? Seriously, you haven't been "following the news"?
...after I SEE it work. After all, the HST needed unanticipated 'eyeglasses' before IT was fully operational (and even then they still had to do lots of software correction afterward).
FIO: what software runs the HST? Custom, I would imagine.
Well, they were accumulating footage all along and each movie's-worth went to the editors while footage for succeeding movies still had to be shot - they shot a lot of footage that never made it to the finished prints: stuff that would have better filled-out, and lent more continuity to, the saga. And, there was a lot of re-shooting done during editing when what he had wasn't exactly what he wanted.
I believe he could have done a lot better than he did.
>> It isn't injurious to me if it is bad, the one in my head is actually pretty good.
Spot on! Movies can never replace "the theatre of the mind" amongst discerning readers. I watched all three movies - director's cuts, ALL the soundtracks - but it seemed like every-third-scene there was a "where the f*ck did THAT come from?"-type of plot-twitch.
I first read the trilogy 39 years ago and I revisit Middle Earth every couple of years and while I have my own preferred conceptions about the looks of the characters and the environment of Middle Earth - nothing to disparage WETA, they did a fantastically, heroically detailed job - but the plot and characters shifted all OVER the place at times which were enough to put me off.
Quite a bit in 'Fellowship'; progressively more in 'Towers' and even more in 'Return'. The dialogue markedly changes in the "director's soundtrack" across the DVDs too - it almost sounded like they _wanted_ to do a better job in 'Fellowship' but had to make concessions to the PTB, but by 'Return' the attitude seemed more like "screwyou - we know you bought the tickets, we know you bought the DVDs, we know we've got you hooked, and we'll do what we damn well please".
From my experiences with the three movies I wouldn't have wasted the time to watch a jackson/Hobbit movie for free, if one came out.
So, the material's 'n' would be around 1/0.9 = 1.1111 (n=c/v). I wonder what form of "carbon" it is - crystalline and amorphous diamond are in the range of 2.42-2.57...
(from about 2/3 down the page): So yes, I used an image against itself and designed it to work here. But the algorithem can surely be improved to work on real stuff. I don't have the time nor desire to improve this any further, though, because I'm not the one after your information.
Yeah, like: surely someone else can make it work - I've only described a fantasy in an article that'll work only under fabricated examples and circumstances and I don't want to put myself in a position of proving it unworkable in general use.
I like the way the assholes at PMSnbc used the original image from the Jan/2006 BBC article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/460 5202.stm), and properly cited "National Taiwan University" in the photo credit, while talking about "Northeast Agricultural University" in the copy. REAL pro...
Maybe I missed it in a posting (it sure isn't in TFA), but HOW MUCH was the sea supposed to have risen to supposedly 'wipe out' this island (sandbar?)?
I've gone through a few dozen search results from google already and cannot seem to find a map of exactly where the island is/was, no aerial before/after images, and no definite numbers regarding how much the sea rose to erode it. But, yet, everyone agrees that it was a real place and that Man is evil for letting this happen.
The story would be a lot easier to swallow if _any_ of the "news" outlets had any substantive, verifiable information.
>>Which means all car windshields should be made of it in about 10 years.
Of course it would cost a lot more to fix - and the insurance companies will be orgasmically happy to pass the exorbitant costs unto you; just make sure you never piss anyone off: free glass replacement will be a thing of the past (if all the insurance companies refuse to give you free windshields they'll all be in cahoots with each other to deny you ANY free glass replacement). And replacing a transparent-display windshield (which, naturally, will do-away with all your dashboard instrumentation - so you COULDN'T replace it with a cheaper then-traditional plain one) could be likely to end-up costing you kilobucks (look at what 'opaque' windshield-sized LCD screens cost now - transparent ones will cost more).
("Windshields are made to look through; not at." ~ R.Lasecki)
I remember what's supposed to happen when all the dolphins leave; but I don't think he wrote about penguins disappearing (only Ford temporarily turning into one)... Now, I'm scared.
Yah - go ahead and fully read a EULA or two sometime and see all the stuff written in there that people don't read.
They _can_ have buried in there: "click all the buttons you want to and we'll still 'taste' all your cookies, rummage-around through your 'temporary internet files' folder, look at your saved information, diddle your sister and her best friend, and snoop your emailer's addressbook; if we want to because if you didn't READ this fifteen-screen-long block of three-point text before you clicked and agreed to it, then that's YOUR problem."
I'm not saying that kind of stuff is in anybody's EULA _now_; but it _could_ be done by a "major software manufacturer" in the future and all the sheep that don't know any better, or don't WANT to be bothered to LEARN any better, will keep right on supporting that OS rather than doing the intelligent thing that Linux/OSX/etc. users have done.
FWIW: according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB) the spec for ports is 4.35-5.25 VDC @ 500mA max. IEEE1394 (Firewire) ports (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewire) can supply up to 45 watts @ 30 VDC (1.5A).
>> If you care even an iota about the privacy of your web browsing, you should choose "no" when IE7 asks you to enable its invasive anti-phishing system.
Okay, no, wait - you seriously think that just because you click a "no" box that IE7 _still_ won't "rat-you-out to mom"?
I seem to remember a speculative fiction novel in which the protagonists are on a ramscoop ship whose drive goes funky and won't shut down. (it's lurking on my shelves somewhere; but I cannot remember the title yet)
Long story short: they keep increasing in speed, ever nearer 'c' (the scoop field strengthening with the increasing speed so they don't collide or get fried), and eventually end-up 'wrapping around' the universe and seeing how things have changed each time they pass certain galaxies/clusters (time dilation helps here). As the wrapping progresses, they also notice all else 'cooling down' and regressing back to Origin where there is eventually another 'big bang', they get their drive fixed and start to slow down, and ultimately (conveniently) find an earth-type planet to land on.
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I haven't checked yet, but somewhere, sometime, in a /. posting I think I remember a conversation that gave links stating that the shuttles were incapable of deorbiting/landing with a payload of the mass of the HST.
Has anyone seen comparisons of the characteristics of the modules, satellites, and other payloads the shuttles have carried?
>> He got in hot water over bugging his rival's office. And getting caught...
And THEN trying to cover it all up. Most likely, things wouldn't have gone so badly if everything was admitted when they were caught.
What it has to do with the HST is that it wasn't done right the first time (software and hardware), and stands a great chance of not being done right the second time. This _is_ NASA...
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As for the mirror: where the fçk have you been? Gravity twisted the mirror because the project was shelved for so long after the Challenger O-ring 'difficulty'? Seriously, you haven't been "following the news"?
I'll save you time - here, go directly to, and read, the four sections starting with this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telesco
...after I SEE it work. After all, the HST needed unanticipated 'eyeglasses' before IT was fully operational (and even then they still had to do lots of software correction afterward).
FIO: what software runs the HST? Custom, I would imagine.
I believe he could have done a lot better than he did.
>> It isn't injurious to me if it is bad, the one in my head is actually pretty good.
Spot on! Movies can never replace "the theatre of the mind" amongst discerning readers. I watched all three movies - director's cuts, ALL the soundtracks - but it seemed like every-third-scene there was a "where the f*ck did THAT come from?"-type of plot-twitch.
I first read the trilogy 39 years ago and I revisit Middle Earth every couple of years and while I have my own preferred conceptions about the looks of the characters and the environment of Middle Earth - nothing to disparage WETA, they did a fantastically, heroically detailed job - but the plot and characters shifted all OVER the place at times which were enough to put me off.
Quite a bit in 'Fellowship'; progressively more in 'Towers' and even more in 'Return'. The dialogue markedly changes in the "director's soundtrack" across the DVDs too - it almost sounded like they _wanted_ to do a better job in 'Fellowship' but had to make concessions to the PTB, but by 'Return' the attitude seemed more like "screwyou - we know you bought the tickets, we know you bought the DVDs, we know we've got you hooked, and we'll do what we damn well please".
From my experiences with the three movies I wouldn't have wasted the time to watch a jackson/Hobbit movie for free, if one came out.
So, the material's 'n' would be around 1/0.9 = 1.1111 (n=c/v). I wonder what form of "carbon" it is - crystalline and amorphous diamond are in the range of 2.42-2.57...
So yes, I used an image against itself and designed it to work here. But the algorithem can surely be improved to work on real stuff. I don't have the time nor desire to improve this any further, though, because I'm not the one after your information.
Yeah, like: surely someone else can make it work - I've only described a fantasy in an article that'll work only under fabricated examples and circumstances and I don't want to put myself in a position of proving it unworkable in general use.
I like the way the assholes at PMSnbc used the original image from the Jan/2006 BBC article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/460 5202.stm), and properly cited "National Taiwan University" in the photo credit, while talking about "Northeast Agricultural University" in the copy. REAL pro...
BTW: that BBC article has video too.
You really know how to kill an eyepiece...
Thanks!
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Does anyone know of an online 'map' that summarises the extent of the 'blackout'? (i.e. how much traffic passes through Taiwan?)
Maybe I missed it in a posting (it sure isn't in TFA), but HOW MUCH was the sea supposed to have risen to supposedly 'wipe out' this island (sandbar?)?
I've gone through a few dozen search results from google already and cannot seem to find a map of exactly where the island is/was, no aerial before/after images, and no definite numbers regarding how much the sea rose to erode it. But, yet, everyone agrees that it was a real place and that Man is evil for letting this happen.
The story would be a lot easier to swallow if _any_ of the "news" outlets had any substantive, verifiable information.
>> I know this!
Agreeing to say lines like that, it's not surprising that she did more work _before_ jurassic park than _after_ it.
>>Which means all car windshields should be made of it in about 10 years.
Of course it would cost a lot more to fix - and the insurance companies will be orgasmically happy to pass the exorbitant costs unto you; just make sure you never piss anyone off: free glass replacement will be a thing of the past (if all the insurance companies refuse to give you free windshields they'll all be in cahoots with each other to deny you ANY free glass replacement). And replacing a transparent-display windshield (which, naturally, will do-away with all your dashboard instrumentation - so you COULDN'T replace it with a cheaper then-traditional plain one) could be likely to end-up costing you kilobucks (look at what 'opaque' windshield-sized LCD screens cost now - transparent ones will cost more).
("Windshields are made to look through; not at." ~ R.Lasecki)
http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSound s/1ACV08/11.mp3
I remember what's supposed to happen when all the dolphins leave; but I don't think he wrote about penguins disappearing (only Ford temporarily turning into one)... Now, I'm scared.
Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Negro_Space_Progr am
Knock y'rself out.
They _can_ have buried in there: "click all the buttons you want to and we'll still 'taste' all your cookies, rummage-around through your 'temporary internet files' folder, look at your saved information, diddle your sister and her best friend, and snoop your emailer's addressbook; if we want to because if you didn't READ this fifteen-screen-long block of three-point text before you clicked and agreed to it, then that's YOUR problem."
I'm not saying that kind of stuff is in anybody's EULA _now_; but it _could_ be done by a "major software manufacturer" in the future and all the sheep that don't know any better, or don't WANT to be bothered to LEARN any better, will keep right on supporting that OS rather than doing the intelligent thing that Linux/OSX/etc. users have done.
It is beyond reasonable expectation to expect me to REMEMBER a 4096-bit PGP key.
-or-
"That USB drive was lost/stolen/destroyed/etc..
Choose one.
FWIW:
according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB) the spec for ports is 4.35-5.25 VDC @ 500mA max.
IEEE1394 (Firewire) ports (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewire) can supply up to 45 watts @ 30 VDC (1.5A).
>> If you care even an iota about the privacy of your web browsing, you should choose "no" when IE7 asks you to enable its invasive anti-phishing system.
Okay, no, wait - you seriously think that just because you click a "no" box that IE7 _still_ won't "rat-you-out to mom"?
>> The book is Tau Zero, written by Poul Anderson if I recall correctly.
yup! That's it - I found it this morning.
I seem to remember a speculative fiction novel in which the protagonists are on a ramscoop ship whose drive goes funky and won't shut down. (it's lurking on my shelves somewhere; but I cannot remember the title yet)
Long story short: they keep increasing in speed, ever nearer 'c' (the scoop field strengthening with the increasing speed so they don't collide or get fried), and eventually end-up 'wrapping around' the universe and seeing how things have changed each time they pass certain galaxies/clusters (time dilation helps here). As the wrapping progresses, they also notice all else 'cooling down' and regressing back to Origin where there is eventually another 'big bang', they get their drive fixed and start to slow down, and ultimately (conveniently) find an earth-type planet to land on.
Sound familiar to anyone?
...or, more properly, a MICROSOFT freedom disk? (freedom from microsoft)