You've raised something I've been wondering about for years. I don't understand why MS hasn't developed a current multitiered approach to OS development. The old NT/Xp should be kept going for what is now becoming legacy systems and something like W7 or better with no backwards compatibility for newtech systems. There would be a clear choice for consumers. It's almost there now with the infamous Vista Ready and Vista capable hardware. I suppose pressure from manufacturers to provide 2 classes of hardware may be an issue though.
I suppose that this question should be asked. What alternative legal means can the RIAA/MPAA use to protect copyright and copyrighted content? What alternatives do they have with prosecution?
(a) Depends on your internet usages. If you torrent a lot of movies TV shows etc because they are unavailable by direct streaming, which is often the case because: 1. It's not available via an Australian ISP 2. It's not available because the request comes from Australia. 3. You need very high broadband capacity AND speed which doesn't exist 4. You don't want to receive emails forwarded by your ISP from RIAA/MPAA/Gaming Companies because they think you've downloaded their product and they've traced your IP. (Yes this happens). Then you want to hide your IP and DNS and have an encrypted channel.
(b) That's now a moot point. Things won't change until we get fast, cheap broadband. Now when is that going to happen again? If and when it does, I'd rather pay $1 to download legally. Every 10 DVDs I buy, I may download 1 or 2 and NOT pirate them. Personal consumption only.
So I don't think the AC is spending money needlessly.
I've been wanting that since my old hacking days when I wrote a small editor where every letter (ascii - hex) was poked into memory, then saved in a temp file. On bootup, the temp file would automatically load as if nothing happened.
Today, all you need is an Open, Rename function - which would include filetypes and a Close. Writing every character or recording every action (graphics for example) to disk/SSD would be very intensive though.
Yes you are right. B5 had depth, but more importantly was inclusive of all the elements that humanity has believed in, even an explanation of angels. There wasn't too much that fell into technobabble or techno-fantasy, except maybe the time-travel plotline. I wish JMS/Harlan had more money and support for a continuation - maybe a few hundred years into the future?
Are there legal brothels in Australia? I knew that there was a movement a few years ago to legalise some, but I'm unaware if there are any. As far as I know, all forms of prostitution is still illegal.
...and will focus on two rival families, the Graystones and the Adamas.
Hmm. I wonder if one of them survives the Cylon attack.
You mean instead of Romeo and Juliet? So you reckon that Adamas will come up trumps? That's a bit of a stretch isn't it?
Episode 1: Graystones rustle a herd of Adamas' R2D2 bots and grind off the branding.. Episode 2: In the gunfight McCoy Greystone gets fragged by Martin Adamas. Episode 3: Dolores Adamas gets raped by imbecile Graystone son. Episode 4: Intrigue builds as Old Granpappy Adamas soils himself and is sent to a home - but he's got a secret he's not going to tell! Episode 5: Cydonia {grin} the capitol city of the Knights gets attacked by mutating nanobots creating the first Cylon overlord. Episode 6: Hey maybe I should be writing these series. I'm starting to interest myself....
You can now revoke my geek card for having a low opinion of Galactica Not at all. We've all taken a vote and you get to keep it. I stopped watching after about the 3rd episode when it dawned on me that the whole series was going to be about "Who's a Cylon and Who's Not". I could immediately see 9 seasons of this coming up with the inevitable conclusion that they are all cyborgs.
The old series was far superior in that it was the first to use effects that would be later used in Star Wars and, the story was 'original'. Reminded me of Eric Von Daniken a bit..... you know, Aliens visiting the Earth, 2001 A Space Odyssey, The Story of Jesus and so on.
How dense do you think this theorized cloud of comets is?
It's not a matter of density as much as it is of gravity and orbital dynamics. There are 2 clouds, the Inner and Outer. The inner cloud is not as susceptible to extra-solar gravitational forces as the outer. The outer bodies can be pulled away from the cloud which is about 1 light year from Sol so the gravitational effects of the sun are very weak. The Outer cloud 'protects' the inner cloud from intrusion. Any body drawn into the cloud by the cloud's combined gravitational forces would just join the cloud and go no further unless the body was ejected towards the sun at high speed., which as I said before is highly unlikely as any captured body would just join the cloud. The Inner cloud is closer and is the theoretical source of our system's comets. It is unlikely but possible that an outer cloud body would enter the inner cloud's realm. A body that is dislodged from the inner cloud due to random collisions by its neighbors, enters the solar system and becomes a comet.
So for an extra-solar system body to enter into the system, it has to pass through 2 gravity wells (the Outer and Inner clouds) and be directed (velocity approaching) the sun. The other aspect is that these cloud bodies are the remnants of the formation of our Solar System which would include a variety of different compositions. Eventually all these left-overs will be drawn together and inwards to the sun.
This theory was explained to me by an astronomer from Kansas U. in 1976(?) so that's why I mentioned the 30 year bit in my last post.
Unless cometary theory has changed over the last 30 years (and what's the chance of that?), I seriously doubt that any body of an 'alien' source has entered our Solar System as we're surrounded by the Oort cloud, hypothesized to be the source of all comets. For a foreign body to enter the system, it would have to pass through the Oort cloud and that would be highly unlikely. It's most probably an Oort cloud comet of a new type. Either that or it's one of those alien space vehicles that some people believe in.
If you've got some grounding in electronics, you could probe her with a multimeter and if that doesn't satisfy then connect that to a red wire... Hopefully you won't get a negative reaction and she just might blow her fuse!
Get rid of the Holden and buy a 1998 Hyundai Sonata (2 litre manual 2nd series). I did and I don't regret it. You'll probably get a really good one for $3000, low kms, serviced etc. Fit a lawn mower in the boot too.
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You've raised something I've been wondering about for years.
I don't understand why MS hasn't developed a current multitiered approach to OS development. The old NT/Xp should be kept going for what is now becoming legacy systems and something like W7 or better with no backwards compatibility for newtech systems.
There would be a clear choice for consumers. It's almost there now with the infamous Vista Ready and Vista capable hardware.
I suppose pressure from manufacturers to provide 2 classes of hardware may be an issue though.
It becomes damn sad when we find ourselves reminiscing about Apples et. al.
Just shows that we're becoming a bunch of geezers.
'And you try to tell the young kids that and they won't believe you!'
Movie rights.
There's got to be a series in that too.
There's too much officialdom going on and it warrants an expose of some sort.
I for one am going multicored, with 6 hypothreaded DNA/RNA/PNA/ZNA quad strands.
That'll show 'em.
I suppose that this question should be asked.
What alternative legal means can the RIAA/MPAA use to protect copyright and copyrighted content?
What alternatives do they have with prosecution?
Kool! {grin}
At least there will be no problem with air conditioning.
How cold is space?
Sounds like it would be ideal for spacecraft.
(a) Depends on your internet usages.
If you torrent a lot of movies TV shows etc because they are unavailable by direct streaming, which is often the case because:
1. It's not available via an Australian ISP
2. It's not available because the request comes from Australia.
3. You need very high broadband capacity AND speed which doesn't exist
4. You don't want to receive emails forwarded by your ISP from RIAA/MPAA/Gaming Companies because they think you've downloaded their product and they've traced your IP. (Yes this happens).
Then you want to hide your IP and DNS and have an encrypted channel.
(b) That's now a moot point. Things won't change until we get fast, cheap broadband. Now when is that going to happen again? If and when it does, I'd rather pay $1 to download legally. Every 10 DVDs I buy, I may download 1 or 2 and NOT pirate them. Personal consumption only.
So I don't think the AC is spending money needlessly.
Ok. So what's new here? Nothing?
I've been wanting that since my old hacking days when I wrote a small editor where every letter (ascii - hex) was poked into memory, then saved in a temp file. On bootup, the temp file would automatically load as if nothing happened.
Today, all you need is an Open, Rename function - which would include filetypes and a Close.
Writing every character or recording every action (graphics for example) to disk/SSD would be very intensive though.
Not for XP only older WinX
XP doesn't need or use system.ini or win.ini
I used to get away with it by creating a ram drive. It worked well on pre XP os'
Much harder to do with XP though.
This series has always been referred to as Galactica 1980.
Not in all countries.
Yes you are right. B5 had depth, but more importantly was inclusive of all the elements that humanity has believed in, even an explanation of angels.
There wasn't too much that fell into technobabble or techno-fantasy, except maybe the time-travel plotline.
I wish JMS/Harlan had more money and support for a continuation - maybe a few hundred years into the future?
I thought they were 'massage parlours'
Maybe I should get out more......
Are there legal brothels in Australia?
I knew that there was a movement a few years ago to legalise some, but I'm unaware if there are any.
As far as I know, all forms of prostitution is still illegal.
Damn you! I had to look that up and there goes another 5 mins of my life.
You're right of course.
I'm now humbled by your magnificence!
Hmm. I wonder if one of them survives the Cylon attack.
You mean instead of Romeo and Juliet? So you reckon that Adamas will come up trumps? That's a bit of a stretch isn't it?
Episode 1: Graystones rustle a herd of Adamas' R2D2 bots and grind off the branding..
Episode 2: In the gunfight McCoy Greystone gets fragged by Martin Adamas.
Episode 3: Dolores Adamas gets raped by imbecile Graystone son.
Episode 4: Intrigue builds as Old Granpappy Adamas soils himself and is sent to a home - but he's got a secret he's not going to tell!
Episode 5: Cydonia {grin} the capitol city of the Knights gets attacked by mutating nanobots creating the first Cylon overlord.
Episode 6: Hey maybe I should be writing these series. I'm starting to interest myself....
You can now revoke my geek card for having a low opinion of Galactica
Not at all. We've all taken a vote and you get to keep it. I stopped watching after about the 3rd episode when it dawned on me that the whole series was going to be about "Who's a Cylon and Who's Not". I could immediately see 9 seasons of this coming up with the inevitable conclusion that they are all cyborgs.
The old series was far superior in that it was the first to use effects that would be later used in Star Wars and, the story was 'original'.
Reminded me of Eric Von Daniken a bit..... you know, Aliens visiting the Earth, 2001 A Space Odyssey, The Story of Jesus and so on.
Oh shut up already. He got +5 for literary style, not correctness.
Mod AC up for wisdom, correctness, clean living and being of fine character.
How dense do you think this theorized cloud of comets is?
It's not a matter of density as much as it is of gravity and orbital dynamics.
There are 2 clouds, the Inner and Outer.
The inner cloud is not as susceptible to extra-solar gravitational forces as the outer. The outer bodies can be pulled away from the cloud which is about 1 light year from Sol so the gravitational effects of the sun are very weak.
The Outer cloud 'protects' the inner cloud from intrusion. Any body drawn into the cloud by the cloud's combined gravitational forces would just join the cloud and go no further unless the body was ejected towards the sun at high speed., which as I said before is highly unlikely as any captured body would just join the cloud.
The Inner cloud is closer and is the theoretical source of our system's comets. It is unlikely but possible that an outer cloud body would enter the inner cloud's realm.
A body that is dislodged from the inner cloud due to random collisions by its neighbors, enters the solar system and becomes a comet.
So for an extra-solar system body to enter into the system, it has to pass through 2 gravity wells (the Outer and Inner clouds) and be directed (velocity approaching) the sun.
The other aspect is that these cloud bodies are the remnants of the formation of our Solar System which would include a variety of different compositions. Eventually all these left-overs will be drawn together and inwards to the sun.
This theory was explained to me by an astronomer from Kansas U. in 1976(?) so that's why I mentioned the 30 year bit in my last post.
Unless cometary theory has changed over the last 30 years (and what's the chance of that?), I seriously doubt that any body of an 'alien' source has entered our Solar System as we're surrounded by the Oort cloud, hypothesized to be the source of all comets.
For a foreign body to enter the system, it would have to pass through the Oort cloud and that would be highly unlikely.
It's most probably an Oort cloud comet of a new type.
Either that or it's one of those alien space vehicles that some people believe in.
If you've got some grounding in electronics, you could probe her with a multimeter and if that doesn't satisfy then connect that to a red wire...
Hopefully you won't get a negative reaction and she just might blow her fuse!
I'm still looking for her G Spot.
Get rid of the Holden and buy a 1998 Hyundai Sonata (2 litre manual 2nd series). I did and I don't regret it. You'll probably get a really good one for $3000, low kms, serviced etc. Fit a lawn mower in the boot too.