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Comment let's secure your windows pc (Score 1) 32

Sorry I've re-posted this because it's making me an AC.

Lately I've been getting hit with well crafted emails that would get most people.
so I wrote a simple step by step for basic security for the average person.

I kept in mind that most people don't have spare cash, so I choose freeware
and I've included the above product into the set up.

What I have enjoyed is most people have sent me emails saying thanks.

What I would like, if someone knows other products that could be used,
for the average layperson.

While it's not much, here is what I wrote.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse...

Comment Re:New TLDs will hopefully end this practice (Score 1) 175

What's gouda worth .... that's a good question so let's run some quick math just to see what it might be worth. I'll use a name that i owned for a while.
first, it's a solid fun name, I happen also to have a fun and solid domain name
that's 48000 visitors for year, of which I got about 9000 visitors to click google paid about 650.00
that level has been consistent for years.
so 650 x 10 = low end is about 6500
I get offers all the time, best do far is about 18,000.00
gouda is much more fun sounding so it's got to be worth more
I think it's fair to say that it's an easy 10,000

Comment Re:Corporation Controlled (Score 1) 283

Your outlook is correct. good example if how the FAA is reaching outside of "rights" is. I have a london based firm, I launch from russia, and products produced in space are imported via south american landing zone. Really the FAA has some rights???

So some US corp starts mining on my moon dirt claim, Heavy Impact rail gun slug solves that issue since Colt has not produced a space pistol yet. ( if i'm mining, a 1 ton slug sent via the launcher should do the job, aiming might be difficult.

Comment Re:The police are terrified (Score 1, Insightful) 693

You are correct. most people have never really faced a real threat, and walking into a house where a "person with perceived hostile intent" is just about as insane as it can be.

if you did not grow up around violence, you might not understand what that cop is thinking, but I bet he's crapping in his pant's when he's got to use the foot instead of knock. like everyone, he just wants his shift to end and go home.

Comment Re: No good video? (Score 1) 213

A) Thanks for the photo. That explained a ton.
B) In vessel design, some basic ratio's are used, and stability is important. The dimensions just don't add up to be any good if it's a barge, the roll and pitch just seem way out of line for such a box type shape. Pontoons on the otherhand, they overcome ( better word is reduce ) multiple stability problem.

so maybe it's a pontoon type platform, all I got is an overhead shot ( which I thank you for )

Comment Re: No good video? (Score 1) 213

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Why do you consider the ration 'bad'? IMHO the ratio does not matter at all, the barge only needs to be big enough to provide the landing space and what ever else they need on it.

Vessel stability on all 3 axis, I would guess that something like this needs a really good stable landing platform. It's not easy to keep a platform at the required location. I am going to take a guess that they tested everything to the extreem and this is what they came up with.

but the most likely size should have been near 1000 x 170, which now writing it, is super huge, just having a hard time picturing 170 feet in width. and the dimentions ... here is a container ship that would be near the dimentions and I can see clearer now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

that landing platform would cost a fortune.

Comment Re:it made it home (Score 1) 213

>>You do realize that planes fly all the time in the dark and in fog, right?
Yes, I do and that's with humans at the stick, but the plane can land itself. on a stable platform ( runway ) that has know variables, big space, a performance design that have been tested and tested and updated almost to the point that it's automated, but at the end, a pilot is still required just in case. Landing and takeoffs are still the highest risk points of a flight.

But this landing, this is a tiny little speck, and it hit the mark! it's really a super amazing thing.

Now I'll give you a perspective that might help you understanding my views
you are looking at current technology, seeing the future and mixing in rose colored glasses ... It's not an insult, we expected wireless Dick Tracy watch's but they did not happen till the late 90's. I, myself bitch and complain about nanobot's not being injected into the human blood stream to remove bad blood cells ( I really expected that to happen by 2000, and I am still waiting ) and there is a ton more.

this happens to everyone, we mix the future with the current. It's not a bad thing at all, it just shows us what we desire as humans and what we can succeed at. Without this expectation, we would not be able to grow, Knowing that you expect it and if it had failed, someone out thier would be trying to solve it. It's in our nature ( or at least I think it is )

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