The Shuttle has had DOD (Department of Defense, not the Usenet Denizens of Doom MC) missions, and had about 10 cubic feet in the nose of the shuttle that was not used by the civilian programs. The shuttle did several missions with DOD payloads and IIRC at least one publicized DOD retrieval mission. That being…
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It is not always the workers fault. In bad economic times the manhole covers are stolen for scrap. In Nikolaev Ukraine they have many many concrete plugs (they look like big lab stoppers) that sit 3-6 inches above the pavement replacing the stolen manhole covers. Smaller utility access covers on sidewalks are often…
So ... Greenpeace knows that most terrestrial helium is the result of radioactive decay right ... and is extracted from the natural gas it is mixed with by fractional distillation at cryogenic temperatures. OH MG, it also is in short supply and is non-renewable. They are killing scientific research wasting it in…
The concepts behind live tiles has existed for quite some time, Display Postscript (ala Next) and Postscript for Display (ala Sun) allowed dynamic icons, desktops and more. In the 80s I had my desktop updating me with server stats the current weather, email status, and a lot more, and built a space ship sim at Apollo…
My educated guesses: A Terabyte SSD at the high end, bare PC style not a 2.5 inch sata SSD at the high end. Maybe two connectors for two daughter card SSDs since 512 GB ones already are shipping.
There are options (I like CO2 Doctor's, no affiliation) to ditch the exorbitant SodaStream CO2 refills and either refill them yourself or replace that with a direct connected large cylinder and dropping the price down to around USD 0.02 per liter for the carburetor cost. Expect to pay around $200 new or $100 on the…
It is called a Mac Mini. We use 'em by the rack-full. Fully configured they cost less than a comparable blade by a factor or 2 to 4 times, and they have full remote management for free, not some added cost hokum. And they use considerably less power. And they can be collocated so that a customer can ship me one or I…
Yet the comments deriding the devices for not having replaceable battery packs will remain ...
Ah ... what ASCAP giveth ASCAP taketh away ...
I particularly lie the roller luggage bag the time traveling woman is using ... These are HO plastics, the real airplane was not that scale ...
It's not just Apple ... Windows phones Android phones, even Palm phones are vulnerable, and even my venerable razr where malicious websites could download the address book. Not that that makes it ok. But it is not unique to Apple. Any Bluetooth phone that supports address card exchange must allow access to the address…
Wouldn't that be fine industrial grade Bleach - complete with substitute Soul Reapers ... That'll do the trick.
Dryers and ranges usually have 240 volt 60Hz connections in America. It uses both haves of the split-phase delivered to the home. One common problem in America as opposed to Europe is that the house has effectively two branches of power and they should be nominally balanced for most efficient delivery from the…
Your "same computer since 1998" costs the sum of all the parts you've bought since then for it. I routinely buy new iMacs, selling the prior ones to fund the new purchase. Counting the 30 inch cinema display and the dual G5 water cooled system from Apple as a starting point I spend about and average of $500-600…
The premise is a little flawed. I live 30 miles from a major city, but have a navel base in town with a carrier, a nuclear munitions store within 20 miles across some water as well as a submarine base and a navel refinement facility. This area will be positively glowing if a nuclear war happens. On the other hand…
The premise is a little flawed. I live 30 miles from a major city, but have a navel base in town with a carrier, a nuclear munitions store within 20 miles across some water as well as a submarine base and a navel refinement facility. This area will be positively glowing if a nuclear war happens. On the other hand…
I just can't see the utility, it might scramble things or mix things up, and certainly it could easily open cans and jars but it would seem to lack the finesse needed in the kitchen ... Oh wait ... you said master CHIEF costume ... never mind
I am reminded of a BMW engineers remarks regarding cup holders. The car is for driving not having dinner. I have seen numerous people doing texting, looking things up in a phone book, and the most egregious a guy with two folders of papers open and a cell phone to his ear with no hands on the wheel as he flipped pages…
Tini tiny motorcycle riders are there too. Pay attention please!!!! I have been hit by a car once that passed me on the right side in traffic on a mouton pass downhill, curve with grooved pavement. He hit me pulling back into the left lane as he wove through traffic. Apparently car drivers in some cases have selective…
What about violet ...