> To beam energy to a vessel, you have to cross the atmosphere. Methinks
> you're not just going to only heat up the vessel.

The current shuttle burns propellant and thereby heats the atmosphere.

All rocket propellants come out at high temperatures, and heat the atmosphere.

Even just sitting somewhere heats the atmosphere by your body heat!

So of course anything we do will heat the atmosphere a little, but even if the system is 5% efficient, it's going to (1) be cheaper (2) prove more useful, and (3) cause less atmospheric heating than anything we have at the moment.

Creating a list of companies & people, and then grabbing their assets is called a "Bill of Attainder"

This is illegal under Article 1, Section 9 of the US Constitution.

I can not say more or I would be subject to such a bill.

A: http://www.sons-of-liberty.net/

The answer to 1984 is 1776.

"Amending a definition" is changing a law. Imagine if I amended the definition of "seditious person" in the SC law to mean a legislator.

Andy

P.S. Try to spell my name right on the next sedition indictment.

I've been playing with the beta on a Dell Optiplex 755, and it's bad. I tried 2 different Dell LCDs, and it keeps setting the refresh rate out of the LCD's spec. Every time I reboot, I'm screwed. Every time I reset it, it forgets. ARGH!!

It will not activate with the included key, but works with another (free, for now) key. THIS IS NOT GOOD

IE8 can not play a video without locking up.

It uses Vista drivers, and only Vista drivers, so there's still not support for older HP plotters and wide-format inkjets, despite lies by Micro$soft and HP to the contrary.

Andy

http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/

Get over it. There will be no faster computers now that the US Govt has bailed out the DRAM industry. Innovation like this is illegal!

Deepfreeze deletes any programs installed when the laptop reboots. I need something that only deletes them on the user's request to reset the laptop to a previous state. Also, deepfreeze disallows updates unless they are centrally managed. A teacher can not have a class install a copy of flash or shaockwave player after IT forgot it without deepfreeze deleting it when the machine reboots. That's annoying when you need the software TODAY and an automatic reboot is the last step of the installation.

> Microsoft makes a program called SteadyState that does this;
> a company called Faronics makes an app called DeepFreeze
> as well.

I've used deep freeze - it's not what I'm talking about. It deletes all changes when the laptop boots. Re-read my original message.

> Awwww. That's almost cute. You think you've discovered
> DRM that works.

I meant to make the laptop's software unbreakable. Students will install their own software. I say allow it, but when they break their Windows (or linux) install, have a way to revert back to factory specs. The data partition is there to keep their school assignments, with very little chance of a virus hanging around.

Create a restore point, and a data partition that survives the restore. Ensure the data partition can only store certain types of files. That way, they can never break their software.

Once Fed.Gov involves itself in DRAM manufacture, the industry will find innovation illegal. Moore's Law died today, 12/15/2008.

Professor Allen

One thing that G W Bush got right is at http://www.whitehouse.gov/rss you can download thousands of speeches by G W Bush.

I hope EVERY talk Obama gives will be posted. History deserves this record, and the noise media will do everything they can to prevent it. (recall the copyright suits over "The Prise.")

Andy