Really - Howard Hughes got Honored by the president, all the hollywood babes he wanted and a ticker tape parade:
The following year, 1938, he set an around-the-world record of 3 days, 19 hours and 17 minutes; in the process he cut Charles Lindbergh's New York-to-Paris record in half. (Radio equipment developed by Hughes Aircraft engineers for this flight would later serve as an entry into the electronics field.) Upon his return, Hughes was given a ticker tape parade down Broadway in New York City. He was at the height of his popularity.
the second person could just run around and physically search everyone in the area...
At first I though that was a crazy idea - then realized that if it was held in the US, a clever team could just obtain some t-shirts marked "Homeland Security" or something, setup a fake X-Ray scanning table outside and start searching everybodys backpack and parcels. Locate it by social engineering instead of rf sniffing;)
That's ok - I didn't want any of their cheesy updates anyway.
In unrelated news, The US has successfully downed a dummy ballistic missile in a test of the sea-based element of its Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) programme. Bet that's not going to make the liberal media news today.
You can tell from the spelling of 'program' that that was cut/paste from Der Register.
aren't those the same people who are always complaining about Bush's intelligence?
Anyway, they can just wait for Bush backlash in the form of President Hillary announcing $80 billion for the Federal Enbryonic Stem Cell Research Center (FESCRC) and the Institute for Cloning Research So Who Needs A Husband Anymore Anyway (ICRSWNAHA) Foundation.
Well, it communicates with Radio Frequency electromagnetic radiation, and each one has a unique identification, but it's NOT RFID!! Maybe it's not the proper name but the same idea.
Anyway, it sure would trim a few seconds off awkwardly sliding the old debit card thru the reader at the grocery store. Being afraid of it would be like being afraid of privacy abuse by Exxon's speed pass, etc.
BION I've actually been dreaming of a portable, back-packable DIY Hydroelectric generator/battery charger. See, where I go backpacking, there are plenty of mountain streams, and I'd love to take along a small qrp ham radio station;) There's *much* less powerline and digital gadget noise out there.
One component would be a 10 ft or so section of pvc pipe to get a good head of water - just need a lightweight turbine/submersible generator to put at the end of it and I can find plenty of water in enough volume to keep it full. Run some cables over to the campsite and enjoy.
not only that, the processors are only getting power - won't they need a clock source (unless it's integrated) - you need transistors rapidly switching to generate the heat, unless he's just turned the entire die into a silicon resistor.
Here's one that's maybe earlier? HERE. It's advertised in the Oct. 1977 issue of Byte Magazine - I've always wanted to find one but never seen any. Besides, one scratch and your screwed. Better back it up to reel-to-reel tape quick!
and you can calculate them using the 'bc' arbitrary precision calculator in Linux - I just tried 2^6972593-1 (#38) and it took a few minutes at 99% cpu on my AMD 3200+ then printed out a BIG number.
The story of two Chinese laundry truck drivers. Their 5 hour mission, to deliver clean lanudry, to seek out new customers and clients, to Boldly Go® where no chinese laundry truck drivers have gone before!
Slashdot is like the Linux Information Minister - standing in front of a chart showing record Msft profits while pounding the podium and shouting, "Microsoft is declining! Their programmers leave in droves!! Linux will bury the bloated corpses of their broke investors!!"
D'oh! Somewhere thousands of nuclear scientists are smacking their foreheads and shorting, "Someone on slashdot just thought of the one failure sceanario we neglected to consider!"
Besides, look at what an aweful failure nuclear power in France has been. (/sarcasm)
Also, just in the US alone we willingly sacrifice 50,000 people each year to enjoy the benefits of personal automobile transportation. I think cheap and clean electrical power for everyone is worth a Chernobyl every half century or so.
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Really - Howard Hughes got Honored by the president, all the hollywood babes he wanted and a ticker tape parade:
The following year, 1938, he set an around-the-world record of 3 days, 19 hours and 17 minutes; in the process he cut Charles Lindbergh's New York-to-Paris record in half. (Radio equipment developed by Hughes Aircraft engineers for this flight would later serve as an entry into the electronics field.) Upon his return, Hughes was given a ticker tape parade down Broadway in New York City. He was at the height of his popularity.
That's easy - there was a lot interest in sci-fi in the 50's, like early tv's Tom Corbet, interplanetary officer candidate.
Yep, growth is not a zero-sum-game.
What'd be really cool is using a FOSS POS system to sell software.
the second person could just run around and physically search everyone in the area...
;)
At first I though that was a crazy idea - then realized that if it was held in the US, a clever team could just obtain some t-shirts marked "Homeland Security" or something, setup a fake X-Ray scanning table outside and start searching everybodys backpack and parcels. Locate it by social engineering instead of rf sniffing
That's ok - I didn't want any of their cheesy updates anyway.
In unrelated news, The US has successfully downed a dummy ballistic missile in a test of the sea-based element of its Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) programme. Bet that's not going to make the liberal media news today.
You can tell from the spelling of 'program' that that was cut/paste from Der Register.
But for those who still don't get it:
aren't those the same people who are always complaining about Bush's intelligence?
Anyway, they can just wait for Bush backlash in the form of President Hillary announcing $80 billion for the Federal Enbryonic Stem Cell Research Center (FESCRC) and the Institute for Cloning Research So Who Needs A Husband Anymore Anyway (ICRSWNAHA) Foundation.
Well, it communicates with Radio Frequency electromagnetic radiation, and each one has a unique identification, but it's NOT RFID!! Maybe it's not the proper name but the same idea.
Anyway, it sure would trim a few seconds off awkwardly sliding the old debit card thru the reader at the grocery store. Being afraid of it would be like being afraid of privacy abuse by Exxon's speed pass, etc.
BION I've actually been dreaming of a portable, back-packable DIY Hydroelectric generator/battery charger. See, where I go backpacking, there are plenty of mountain streams, and I'd love to take along a small qrp ham radio station ;) There's *much* less powerline and digital gadget noise out there.
One component would be a 10 ft or so section of pvc pipe to get a good head of water - just need a lightweight turbine/submersible generator to put at the end of it and I can find plenty of water in enough volume to keep it full. Run some cables over to the campsite and enjoy.
Hmmm, a joke marked 'insightful'. Your card should have 360 or 720 channels. That way speaker 0 would be front, 90 right, 180 back, 270, left, etc.
;))
I actually saw an old Wards quadra-phonic turntable/8-track system at an antique store the other day. It had a joystick for the balance control
not only that, the processors are only getting power - won't they need a clock source (unless it's integrated) - you need transistors rapidly switching to generate the heat, unless he's just turned the entire die into a silicon resistor.
is for the Linux Corporation to patent the IsTo operator and the competition can devolve to a completely childish level.
Maybe it's because of the MLoR:
First Law:
A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, unless it interferes with making a profit.
Second Law:
A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law, or interferes with making a profit.
Third Law:
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law, or interferes with making a profit.
Here's one that's maybe earlier? HERE. It's advertised in the Oct. 1977 issue of Byte Magazine - I've always wanted to find one but never seen any. Besides, one scratch and your screwed. Better back it up to reel-to-reel tape quick!
and you can calculate them using the 'bc' arbitrary precision calculator in Linux - I just tried 2^6972593-1 (#38) and it took a few minutes at 99% cpu on my AMD 3200+ then printed out a BIG number.
12.5 GOTO 12
It just like the Popular Science cover of 50 years ago with the flying car on it!
The story of two Chinese laundry truck drivers. Their 5 hour mission, to deliver clean lanudry, to seek out new customers and clients, to Boldly Go® where no chinese laundry truck drivers have gone before!
Kind of interesting to see that a Chicken can be trained to play a perfect game of Tic-Tac-Toe.
The Linux Information Minister is speaking
for pulling Gen. MacArthur off the Korean war instead of letting him finish the job with more resources, at risk of War with China.
Slashdot is like the Linux Information Minister - standing in front of a chart showing record Msft profits while pounding the podium and shouting, "Microsoft is declining! Their programmers leave in droves!! Linux will bury the bloated corpses of their broke investors!!"
Flash: Carly to leave HP.
D'oh! Somewhere thousands of nuclear scientists are smacking their foreheads and shorting, "Someone on slashdot just thought of the one failure sceanario we neglected to consider!"
Besides, look at what an aweful failure nuclear power in France has been. (/sarcasm)
Also, just in the US alone we willingly sacrifice 50,000 people each year to enjoy the benefits of personal automobile transportation. I think cheap and clean electrical power for everyone is worth a Chernobyl every half century or so.
You mean this?