There's still a last chance to see the satellite before the destruction attempt (or before it disintegrates). Visit one of the many satellite-tracker sites, such as the Heavens-above link below and enter your location to see if you'll have a favorable time to view it (binoculars or naked eyes).
http://www.heavens-above.com/usa193.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET
Fears? You missed my point. I'd be the first to volunteer on any manned spaceflight if I could. Just meant that for now (until NASA or whatever other company can develop a better system than the shuttle) I'll settle for the scientific rewards of a robotic flight rather than no mission at all. At this point I'm ready to form my own space agency and create a space vehicle of my own that could transport every techie I can find. Any takers?
plasma-thruster engine--funny name but an excellent leap forward in propulsion technologies. Shame they couldn't come up with a "Cow-dung" powered engine that could make the farmers feel more at home.
Robotic missions like this have come a long way in exciting the public about science and astronomy. Besides, they're much cheaper and safer than manned (or wo-manned) spaceflight, especially given the unstable track record for successful Mars missions.
Why pay $25 for a couple of tickets, popcorn and drinks when you can wait a couple of months and watch it OnDemand (or rent it) in the comfort of your own home with more comfortable seats, any food you desire and a clean restroom just a pause button away?
Can't we all just get along? The days of the exclusive "C#" club should come to an end. It's what you do now that counts. Treating VB like a toy language won't help. True, many beginners may (and probably should) choose VB as their language of choice because of its intuitiveness and ease of use, but what's wrong with that? Extremely powerful and robust VB apps are built and in production. I've converted C# apps and routines to VB and still haven't seen an enormous difference between the languages except for syntax.
Good point. Nothing worse than upgrading and crashing another system. Adobe sticks out in my experiences with this, but I've noticed this with others including Microsoft. Yes, there will always be bugs and opportunities to enhance a release with service packs, but ensuring that an upgrade won't affect the enormous diversity of applications for all users is obviously an incredible challenge. I like the version numbering--helps us programmers troubleshoot a bit more.
Glad for the PR. I have a relative with an Apple and she had no idea how to check or protect her system. I think it's about time all Apple users take the initiative to protect their system and keep their anti-virus software up-to-date (and install it first!).
Can't believe there are still VB 6 programmers out there who haven't jumped on the.NET bandwagon, but if so, it's time to get on board. Either way, we definitely need better resources for Visual Studio 2005 and this is a welcome addition.
Sounds like natural evolution to me. Blogs have attracted enough attention by the corps to get noticed, now we'll see blogs with categorization and restrictions over the next several months. It'll be interesting to look back at this next year to see how our definition of "Blog" has changed.
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There's still a last chance to see the satellite before the destruction attempt (or before it disintegrates). Visit one of the many satellite-tracker sites, such as the Heavens-above link below and enter your location to see if you'll have a favorable time to view it (binoculars or naked eyes). http://www.heavens-above.com/usa193.aspx?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET
Looks like she's the real thing, even makes Russell Crowe seem boring.
Fears? You missed my point. I'd be the first to volunteer on any manned spaceflight if I could. Just meant that for now (until NASA or whatever other company can develop a better system than the shuttle) I'll settle for the scientific rewards of a robotic flight rather than no mission at all. At this point I'm ready to form my own space agency and create a space vehicle of my own that could transport every techie I can find. Any takers?
plasma-thruster engine--funny name but an excellent leap forward in propulsion technologies. Shame they couldn't come up with a "Cow-dung" powered engine that could make the farmers feel more at home.
Robotic missions like this have come a long way in exciting the public about science and astronomy. Besides, they're much cheaper and safer than manned (or wo-manned) spaceflight, especially given the unstable track record for successful Mars missions.
Why pay $25 for a couple of tickets, popcorn and drinks when you can wait a couple of months and watch it OnDemand (or rent it) in the comfort of your own home with more comfortable seats, any food you desire and a clean restroom just a pause button away?
It's about time--MAC should definitely get on top of security to keep confidence high and avoid bad pr (and a whole lotta losses).
Can't we all just get along? The days of the exclusive "C#" club should come to an end. It's what you do now that counts. Treating VB like a toy language won't help. True, many beginners may (and probably should) choose VB as their language of choice because of its intuitiveness and ease of use, but what's wrong with that? Extremely powerful and robust VB apps are built and in production. I've converted C# apps and routines to VB and still haven't seen an enormous difference between the languages except for syntax.
Good point. Nothing worse than upgrading and crashing another system. Adobe sticks out in my experiences with this, but I've noticed this with others including Microsoft. Yes, there will always be bugs and opportunities to enhance a release with service packs, but ensuring that an upgrade won't affect the enormous diversity of applications for all users is obviously an incredible challenge. I like the version numbering--helps us programmers troubleshoot a bit more.
Glad for the PR. I have a relative with an Apple and she had no idea how to check or protect her system. I think it's about time all Apple users take the initiative to protect their system and keep their anti-virus software up-to-date (and install it first!).
Can't believe there are still VB 6 programmers out there who haven't jumped on the .NET bandwagon, but if so, it's time to get on board. Either way, we definitely need better resources for Visual Studio 2005 and this is a welcome addition.
Sounds like natural evolution to me. Blogs have attracted enough attention by the corps to get noticed, now we'll see blogs with categorization and restrictions over the next several months. It'll be interesting to look back at this next year to see how our definition of "Blog" has changed.