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Anyone going to try and display Newton's Forward Difference Interpolation formulae?

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Ipso Facto - they aren't a problem!

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One assumes that if the atmosphere on Mars was once dense enough to support liquid water - even if only for a geologically brief period (half a billion years?) - then the atmosphere went somewhere. Given that geologic processes are unlikely to drop atmospheric pressure from a maximum of 600 Millibar...

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How's the CPU seated? It seems unlikely, but if the thermal interface material is toasted, then the CPU temperature would sky-rocket within seconds, resulting in a crash. Just an idea. Does it get through the RAM check? Enabled "Quick power-on self test" in BIOS? Does the PSU smell hot if ...

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If IT are complaining you could offer to install - and use - a program called NIMBUS (it's free - Google for it) which limits the bandwidth across a NIC card. You can enable this during lunch time - to 56K speeds while you are playing - and that way you can GUARANTEE that the PC won't use more than ...

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I believe the forces generated during the deployment of a fighter ejector seat can do the following: 1) Fracture lumbar vertebrae in the initial acceleration. 2) Cause serious whiplash, or broken neck if the head is wrongly positioned. 3) Knock you out instantly However, better than being "spam...

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LOL @ Idiot Explorer!

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Try http://news.bbc.co.uk/ it's a much better news site.

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WHOA! That's one very maneuverable aeroplane!

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Hmmm - you got some pretty lame-a$$, know-nothing, idiot-minded IT people working there. How on Earth can they call themselves IT professionals when they don't know jack-sh1t? LMFAO.

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And Tricord, the incoming solar wind provides that energy. But look - here's a new picture from Mars - and we can surmise from this picture - that Mars is doomed! Doomed I say - DOOMED! <a href="http://www.joked.com/content/2004/Jan2004/26/joked-dot-com-new-mars-picture1.jpg">New Mars-is-D...

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This is the question I am asking myself right now! How the hell am I going to display it? It'll be about 60cm wide and about 1 metre long - and I have yet to create the space shuttle which will be hang "down" about 30cm from Unity Node. My current thinking is this: A 3mm stainless steel ro...

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Correction: Direct Sound picks this up if you have a crappy BS Live! card.

I doubt a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card would have the issues you describe.

Direct 3D sound through a TBSC is beautiful, clear, clean 5.1 in D3 (and all other games I have too).

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No. Provided you already have an external 56K modem you will have as good a connection as possible. 26.4kb/s handshake is absolutely diabolical man - it's possible you have some MAJOR issues with your phone lines. You could have a massive ground loop somewhere, and a big capacitance is possible too....

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Q: Why do blondes like tilt-adjustable steering wheels? A: More head room! http://www.descentbb.net/ubb/smile.gif ------------------- Q: What's the mating call of a blonde? A: Oh - My - God - I am sooooo drunk! ------------------- Q: What's the mating call of a brunette? A: Thank God that blonde ★■◆...

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The models can be downloaded from http://www.marscenter.it/eng/modellismoiss.htm But I would not recommend it for children. This is some pretty serious modelling - and you have to work with VERY sharp blades. A huge amount of patience and a reasonably high level of skill is required. I intend to com...

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Here's the view the shuttle pilots would get on approach to the ISS for docking at Unity: http://4sure.co.nz/temp/iss-model05.jpg The final part I've made (Actually, the first one I did - because it's the easiest) is the US "Destiny" laboratory. http://4sure.co.nz/temp/iss-model06.jpg And ...

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I've been assembling the ISS at home the last few weeks. It's been a lot of hard work but I hope you'll agree that the hard work has paid of so far. I have yet to complete the Z1 Truss, PMA 3, the large solar panels, and to fit it all together. Here's my work area at home. A bit messy, but otherwise...

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Oh - I forgot to add one strange thing! On the last format C: I did, when I installed XP Pro for the sceond time (The first failed due to a faulty stick of RAM) it asked me to insert my Windows 2000 disk before it would install it! This was very weird, because it was the 4th time I've installed from...

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Do the numbers and read the benchamrks: SATA transfer rates on modern SATA drive = 20-30% higher than the EXACT SAME PATA drive except with SATA interface. Shove it up your know-nothing a$$. SATA drive price premium is around $15-20 in NZ - which is NOTHING. Make it $10-13 for you guys. If you are s...

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Best to have it on its own IDE channel if at all possible. Better yet, do you have a SATA capable motherboard? Get a SATA drive - transfer rates generally kill the same version of the drive in PATA format. If using as a slave on an IDE channel - remember the master must go on the end of the cable, a...

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NOPE. The upgrade is the full install.

Mine is an academic copy of XP Pro (Upgrade) and it supposedly can only be used to upgrade Win98/2K to Windows XP. But it installs from scratch without issue.

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Yep, and low latency PC2700 is dirt cheap, and will allow the tightest possible timings at low speeds. And we know that memory latency provides a good speed boost when tweaked.

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For $10 you can only afford a Penguin.

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Here's the facts guys: Birds didn't descend from dinosaurs. Birds ARE dinosaurs. You want to know what a T-Rex tasted like? Go eat a turkey. The Raptor class of dinosaurs evolved into avians. No question. The process is still unknown, but it *IS* known that dinosaurs developed feathers a LONG time b...

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OK, I read the first 4 pages - and the rest must be full of the same garbage. Meathead, you've suffered a fate (sadly) which befalls many people on this Earth: indoctrination, and lack of education. Forget evolution - no one's going to convince you it exists. Instead, lets look at the things which a...

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No Nitrofox. Armageddon was like a slap in the face to anyone who had even quarter of a Brain. I swear, Jerry Bruckheimer is a moron. But yeah, that mars thing was just crazy stupid. Actually, the gravity of Mars is NOT strong enough to retain water. That's the problem for Mars. Even if we bombarded...

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No - I concur with MD on this one. Cafe is a public forum. I thought my suggestion was even a bit dodgey!

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Ha! - the site is down. They're getting slammed!

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Sorry - can't resist.

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Change * to a "u"

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That aint gonna happen any time soon. AMD need a mature 90nm process to do that.

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You want PC2700 for that rig I think.

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Actually, recent thinking says liquid water might be found on the surface if enough salts are dissolved in it. A super-saturated saltwater solution won't freeze solid until it hits about -45 C. What kind of life might exist in such water is unknown. That's why we're exploring! http://www.descentbb.n...

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I would post something - but I think I'd get maximum flamage for doing so. So, I'll just remain silent, and thought a fool, rather than write something and remove all doubt.

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Yes, Martians h4v3 H@x0r3D ur B0xor!

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Dudes, I have corrugated loom-cover-stuff all through my box, and I'm a heavy smoker. 2 years later the stuff looks like brand new. It's (relatively) easy to install, is cheap as dirt, looks great, and is also easy to remove.

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No, not show offs; big spenders.

Beagle's Budget: 30 Million squid.
MER budget: 840 Million bucks.

See?

NASA realised after the MPL faisco that their policy of "BETTER, FASTER, CHEAPER" needed to be lengthened to:

"Beter, Faster, or Cheaper: Pick Two"

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LOL @ Topher!

I think the color issue is moot. There's a very good explanation about the MER and MGS color images.... but I forgot where I read it. Google's your friend.

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Beagle is toast.

Good work NASA.

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GASP - SPLUTTER!!111

KROM IS RIGHT!

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