You just have to wait until you can build up a fleet of bombers and send them to take out the Telsa coils. They take so long to recharge, they can't get every bomber and one will get through.
--Tiberian Son
Yes, Jobs is a control freak. He restricted development on the early Apple platforms, so that Apple could develop its own applications and that is one of the reasons PC's and Windows took over the computer market. Do you think at some point he will learn his lesson?
In her interview with Charles Gibson, Sarah Palin claimed to have foreign policy experience because, "You can see Russia from Alaska." Is this true? Is Alaska so close to Russia that you can see it? From a world map we can see that the state of Alaska is indeed close to Russia. (Use Google Maps)
They seem to be closest at the Seward Peninsula. But, both the peninsula and the part of Russia that it is opposite are snow covered mountainous regions that are separated by about 50 miles of the storm tossed Bering Strait. Not a likely invasion route.
But since they are 50 miles apart how can you "see Russia from Alaska"? Well between the two peninsulas there are two islands Big Diomede and Little Diomede.
Big Diomede is indeed owned by Russia and Little Diomede is part of Alaska, since they are separated by about 2 miles of ocean, you can indeed see one from the other. Little Diomede is 2.8 square miles and has a population of 146, mostly Native Americans who make their living from whaling and ivory carving. Not a tempting target for Russia.
So where did Palin get the idea that Russia is such an immediate security threat to Alaska? Well, if you look at the Risk game board there is indeed a dotted line where you can move armies from Russian territory to Alaska. Is playing Risk where she really got her foreign policy experience?
This type of tsunami is the exact same as what is predicted will ultimately wipe out most of the Eastern Seaboard.
Is it? the tsunami in the original article was in an isolated bay, the article that you linked to was about a tsuanmi in the open ocean, I wouldn't say they are "exact same."
RTFA
When the Net absorbs a medium, that medium is recreated in the Net's image." In other words, as we "go online" in increasing numbers and to an increasing degree, are we losing our ability to think coherently and deeply . ..
So what will you take, the red pill or the blue pill.
How many Redstone rockets exploded on the pad (or within inches of it on ascent)
before we ever got a monkey into suborbital space, much less a human?
Actually the Redstone rocket was a very reliable launch vehicle, you are probably
referring to the Vanguard rocket which had several well publicized failures before
the Jupiter-C, a derivative of the Redstone, was used to launch the first U.S.
satellite in 1958.
Yes, its an enigma to me why they don't preserve this historic site. I guess they want to build some ultra-modern skyscrapers. Hopefully things are turning around for the museum.
Despite being a Apple user for many years, I have stopped using Safari and now use Opera exclusivly. Safari is fast for most web pages, but its video support is abyssmal. Also Opera has bit torrent built in, don't need to find another application. Used both for a while, but then figured why not just use Opera exclusivly. I expected great things from Safari when it was first released. About all it has done is to get Microsoft to stop supporting Explorer for Macs. (Yes, Explorer sucks, but there are some sites that require it.) C'mon Steve, can't you get your people to do better?
Doh! I've known that vinyl sounds good since I got my first Beatle Album in 1964 for my sixth birthday (Meet the Beatles). Still have almost 1000 albums that I listen to regularly. CD's are ok, but, yes, the sound of MP3's is not good and I still don't have an I-pod, despite being an Apple Mac fanatic since 1984 (but that's another story.)
Well all I can say is that personally I prefer Perl for short programs, which is about all I write for my little web site (no I am not giving the url in slashdot). Knowing my own limitations with keeping track of variable names, etc. I would personally prefer a more orderly language like Java for larger programs. And, btw, I have had some experience with COBOL, after trying to learn it for a quarter I dropped out of college and didn't get back into programming for ten years.
Much thanks to Mr. Wall for creating a fast and dirty lannguage. The Oscar Madison of programming languages, much easier to learn and use than Java, the script equivilent of Felix Unger. Perl has been great for small cgi web things, not a lot of fuss and bother. Wouldn't use it for anything over a few hundred lines, tho, too easy for variable to get confused, even when using strict. Now if I can just get the DBI to MySQL on OS 10.5 to work my life would be perfect.
For some reason, I initially thought of Samuel L Jackson.
"The path of the righteous hobbit is beset on all sides by the inequities of selfish dwarves and the tyrrany of evil orcs. Blessed is he who in the name of the Shire and good magic leads the weak through the darkness of Moria. For he is truly of the fellowship and the finder of lost rings. And I will strike down upon thee with furious anger he who seeks to harm a hobbit, and you will know my name is Gandalf when I hit my staff upon thy head."
How about any empire or monolpoly throughout history. Did the Romans fear the German and French "barbarians"? Did the British Monarchy fear the rebellious colonists in America? Did the Indian Rajas fear the Mogols?
Throughout history empires have crumbled under the invasions and incursions of so called barbarians with greater fighting skills or more drive and energy then themselves. The barbarians take over and become the new empire, new threats arise on the borders, and so on.
The same thing happens in business as new companies arise with new ideas or old companies (Apple) come up with better business models or better products. Its like the old catch phrase for Avis car rental, "Were #2, so we try harder."
The American hubris is that they think they are the greatest and final empire, but sooner or later it will crumble under pressure from outside forces or rebellion from within. Veitnam, 9/11, and Iraq are just examples of how vunerable the American empire is becoming.
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You just have to wait until you can build up a fleet of bombers and send them to take out the Telsa coils. They take so long to recharge, they can't get every bomber and one will get through. --Tiberian Son
Yes, Jobs is a control freak. He restricted development on the early Apple platforms, so that Apple could develop its own applications and that is one of the reasons PC's and Windows took over the computer market. Do you think at some point he will learn his lesson?
I heard that the hack was easy, they just guessed her password: whitewitch
In her interview with Charles Gibson, Sarah Palin claimed to have foreign policy experience because, "You can see Russia from Alaska." Is this true? Is Alaska so close to Russia that you can see it? From a world map we can see that the state of Alaska is indeed close to Russia. (Use Google Maps) They seem to be closest at the Seward Peninsula. But, both the peninsula and the part of Russia that it is opposite are snow covered mountainous regions that are separated by about 50 miles of the storm tossed Bering Strait. Not a likely invasion route. But since they are 50 miles apart how can you "see Russia from Alaska"? Well between the two peninsulas there are two islands Big Diomede and Little Diomede. Big Diomede is indeed owned by Russia and Little Diomede is part of Alaska, since they are separated by about 2 miles of ocean, you can indeed see one from the other. Little Diomede is 2.8 square miles and has a population of 146, mostly Native Americans who make their living from whaling and ivory carving. Not a tempting target for Russia. So where did Palin get the idea that Russia is such an immediate security threat to Alaska? Well, if you look at the Risk game board there is indeed a dotted line where you can move armies from Russian territory to Alaska. Is playing Risk where she really got her foreign policy experience?
I am a Zen Buddhist. There is no difference between the subjective and the objective, you insensitve clods.
This type of tsunami is the exact same as what is predicted will ultimately wipe out most of the Eastern Seaboard.
Is it? the tsunami in the original article was in an isolated bay, the article that you linked to was about a tsuanmi in the open ocean, I wouldn't say they are "exact same."
RTFA
Bradbury
I wonder how many Estes "D" engines it would take to do this. Hmmm ....
When the Net absorbs a medium, that medium is recreated in the Net's image." In other words, as we "go online" in increasing numbers and to an increasing degree, are we losing our ability to think coherently and deeply . . .
So what will you take, the red pill or the blue pill.
Sarva Dharma Sunya Ity
How many Redstone rockets exploded on the pad (or within inches of it on ascent) before we ever got a monkey into suborbital space, much less a human?
Actually the Redstone rocket was a very reliable launch vehicle, you are probably referring to the Vanguard rocket which had several well publicized failures before the Jupiter-C, a derivative of the Redstone, was used to launch the first U.S. satellite in 1958.
Redstone Rocket on Wikipedia
2 words, internet porn.
Yes, its an enigma to me why they don't preserve this historic site. I guess they want to build some ultra-modern skyscrapers. Hopefully things are turning around for the museum.
There are also major new discoveries of oil in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. So why am I paying $3.40 for gas????
And why don't these new discoveries make to the news networks, radio or newpapers???
OK, if it ends in .exe its only infecting Windows PC's, how about saying this somewhere in the article????
"Dune is rooted in Islamic Culture"
Duh.
So it goes. Oh, wait, wrong sci-fi author.
Despite being a Apple user for many years, I have stopped using Safari and now use Opera exclusivly. Safari is fast for most web pages, but its video support is abyssmal. Also Opera has bit torrent built in, don't need to find another application. Used both for a while, but then figured why not just use Opera exclusivly. I expected great things from Safari when it was first released. About all it has done is to get Microsoft to stop supporting Explorer for Macs. (Yes, Explorer sucks, but there are some sites that require it.) C'mon Steve, can't you get your people to do better?
OK, has no one seen the Corbin Project, the Terminator Series, read the Moon is a Harsh Mistress, come on, .......
Doh! I've known that vinyl sounds good since I got my first Beatle Album in 1964 for my sixth birthday (Meet the Beatles). Still have almost 1000 albums that I listen to regularly. CD's are ok, but, yes, the sound of MP3's is not good and I still don't have an I-pod, despite being an Apple Mac fanatic since 1984 (but that's another story.)
Well all I can say is that personally I prefer Perl for short programs, which is about all I write for my little web site (no I am not giving the url in slashdot). Knowing my own limitations with keeping track of variable names, etc. I would personally prefer a more orderly language like Java for larger programs. And, btw, I have had some experience with COBOL, after trying to learn it for a quarter I dropped out of college and didn't get back into programming for ten years.
Much thanks to Mr. Wall for creating a fast and dirty lannguage. The Oscar Madison of programming languages, much easier to learn and use than Java, the script equivilent of Felix Unger. Perl has been great for small cgi web things, not a lot of fuss and bother. Wouldn't use it for anything over a few hundred lines, tho, too easy for variable to get confused, even when using strict. Now if I can just get the DBI to MySQL on OS 10.5 to work my life would be perfect.
For some reason, I initially thought of Samuel L Jackson.
"The path of the righteous hobbit is beset on all sides by the inequities of selfish dwarves and the tyrrany of evil orcs. Blessed is he who in the name of the Shire and good magic leads the weak through the darkness of Moria. For he is truly of the fellowship and the finder of lost rings. And I will strike down upon thee with furious anger he who seeks to harm a hobbit, and you will know my name is Gandalf when I hit my staff upon thy head."
More revisionist history from Mr. Jackson. Hey, there were no elves at the battle of Helm's Deep.
How about any empire or monolpoly throughout history. Did the Romans fear the German and French "barbarians"? Did the British Monarchy fear the rebellious colonists in America? Did the Indian Rajas fear the Mogols?
Throughout history empires have crumbled under the invasions and incursions of so called barbarians with greater fighting skills or more drive and energy then themselves. The barbarians take over and become the new empire, new threats arise on the borders, and so on.
The same thing happens in business as new companies arise with new ideas or old companies (Apple) come up with better business models or better products. Its like the old catch phrase for Avis car rental, "Were #2, so we try harder."
The American hubris is that they think they are the greatest and final empire, but sooner or later it will crumble under pressure from outside forces or rebellion from within. Veitnam, 9/11, and Iraq are just examples of how vunerable the American empire is becoming.
the good old Earth has places that model the conditions of pretty much every planet you can imagine ..., except perhaps gas giants
We have those also, you just haven't been in my cubicle after the guy in the next cubicle has had a burrito lunch.