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Astronaut Photographs Perseid Meteor — From Space 61

astroengine writes "As the Perseid meteor shower begins to subside, there is one observer who was perfectly positioned to take a photograph where the skies are guaranteed to be clear from cloud. NASA astronaut Ron Garan — who is currently living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Expedition 27 — captured this stunning photograph of a Perseid out of the ISS window."

Comment Bump :Definition of terms (Score 1) 215

To paraphrase a comment I read on this :

In the mining industry there is possibly two words for those rare metal deposit : ore, and dirt.

Ore is the state where you can collect it for less than the market price and make a benefit.

Dirt is the other one, aka 5 km deep underwater where the cost of recovering it TODAY would WAY exceed the possible ore value.

N.B. : IANADSM (I Am Not A Deep Sea Miner)

Comment provided by business (Score 1) 601

if provided by business, most of the times you will get a blackberry, just like I did.
And it will all be managed by a disgruntled windows admin allowing you almost no possibility to install anything on it, or change any of the options.

So basically I have a dumbphone where I can also write emails, but blackberry big.

chimes a bell to anyone ?

Comment 1/10th... (Score 1) 306

1/10th of ppl are subject to mental deficiencies of some sort
Because of that 1/10th, we cannot drink in the street, smoke cannabis, drive fast, etc...mostly because that small fringe of the population cannot cope with it.

So I propose we start discriminating on those 1/10th of the population and stop making the live of the 9/10th miserable. Wanna smoke dope ? have a psy check. Wanna drive fast ? have a "left lane permit". Wanna drink in the street ? "pass a binge check and prove you are not agressive when you drink.

You fail ? I still get to enjoy life....

Comment Dear northcountrygazette (Score 1) 549

You may not have noticed, but my HTTP request encapsuled a link to my EPLA (End-Provider Licence Agreement) that resides on my HDD under c: (or /home/$user, for you linux geeks)

This EPLA describes the rules governing the sending of your IP packets to MY computer and gives a formula to account for eyeball time allowed to your packets and the just compensation I should receive for your use of eyeball and brain time (standard time-sharing agreement).

It grants you a non exclusive right to my eyeballs, and excludes any right you might think you have to present me with advertisement without proper compensation for my eyeball/brain time.

To make it simple there is a mandatory 50/50 share for any advertisement revenue derived from my eyeball time, plus a one-off, annual fee of 5000$ for non exclusive access to my eyeball.

Another 5000$ fee is mandatory for the implementation and maintenance of the eyeball-to-brain connection, and has to be paid in full before sending me any IP packets and / or advertising.

We are currently gathering IPs and computer info on persistent intruders who refuse to buy subscription to my eyeball and eyeball-brain connection, and are engaging in a theft of eyeball and brain services. We have engaged an attorney who will be doing a bulk subpoena demand on each ISP involved,..

If you want to stop the legal proceeding, please kindly forward your money to me.

Regards,
Da5id

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