BTGBullseye

Nice.

On the contrary, it could very much be a LOT more in the wrong, but it isn't.

It wouldn't be a single DVD, it would be a set of several DVDs.

*Later that night, a conspicuously plain, unmarked taco truck followed BTGBullseye home, which he only eluded thanks to a convenient alleyway and a timely red light. He was heaving for air as he burst into his apartment, yanking the blinds shut and huddling against the door. All night long, he stole wild eyed glances outside, heart jumping at every sound and imagination plagued by the thought of his pursuers. And the moments in between, he pored over the disturbing revelations that guy in the internet had shared, questions forming in his head before he could pin them down with words. Why, oh why, he lamented, didn't he walk away when he had the chance? Only one thing was certain: The Taco Conspiracy went straight to the top...* Or something. I hate spy novels. Well, it's an interesting start, but the wrong character choice. (I would've probly caused the tailing car to crash, and then gone and inspected the vehicle and it's occupants for interesting stuff under the guise of "making sure everyone's all right")

Freshly lubed laptop cooler fans running.

Trying to decide what I should eat, and whether I should shower first.

What do you do with a dead geologists? Barium.

BLOOD!

Nice, sounds like fun to play if you get finished with it.

Yeah, we're actually looking for a way to utilize consumer-grade electronics in our drone systems, since it's costs about 1/100th what hadrened electronics cost, and hardened still degrade way too fast for the uses intended. Also, it's more difficult for a drone to manufacture hardened components than it is to manufacture consumer-grade components. (remember, they are self-repairing) Right now, we're looking at a form of electromagnetic shielding, (high-strength electromagnetic field surrounding the drone) and EM hardening of the component casings. Problems we're having is dust accumulation on the drone, and ways to prevent it. We might just have a cleaner drone design, or find some way to do something like a reverse polarity shield to repel the dust. (the dust is typically comprised of magnetized iron ore particles from the surface of the asteroids being mined)

60 FPS only seems to work in the HTML5 player on my copy of Firefox 35.0b. Downside is it only presents at 720p max in HTML5. (doesn't affect FM though)

Well, I can say that the HD files on YouTube are MP4 (AVC, format profile [email protected]) in the YUV 4:2:0 colorspace. (that's the files irrespective of the HTML5 or Flash presentation) Now that's not saying they don't transcode for different presenters, but those are the only HD files present. (HD = anything 480p or higher, and most 360p)

Ok, so a few more specifics on this 'greater autonomy' thing you keep saying... Please. The 'respect for language rights', how do you propose to make that work? It doesn't even work in the USA, and we've been trying for centuries.

If they would even bother trying, they probly could. As it is, they just don't have the funding to be able to do more than they currently are, and the people in charge don't want them working on it. It's a very interesting aspect of the bureaucracy controlling a scientific endeavor... They tend to make sure they don't go anywhere near anything that could affect life on Earth in any way.

Of course we promise not to tell... *prepares to write it down, paraphrased*

Trying to figure out why I have such a massive upload of data when I have a static IP, and almost none comparatively when I'm on DHCP.

What's the difference between a black and a white fairytale? White begins, "once upon a time," black begins, "y'all motherfuckers ain't gonna believe dis shit!"

I have my router connected to my modem with a static IP and DMZ, my computer connected to the router with a static IP and DMZ, and the router actually blocks SYN floods and DoS attacks, unlike the modem.

I have no idea whatsoever.

Whoever it is that's trying to DDoS me. (unsuccessfully I might add)

Again... Try torrents.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I got a legit copy of both StarCraft 2 games a couple months ago.

For the initial boost into space... Virgin Galactic, or the ISRO would work nicely. For designing the drones and vehicles... Physics simulation has come a very long way in the past 30 years, and I can do most of the simulation in real-time on my laptop. I have plenty experience with in-atmosphere physics for flight and rocketry, and have done quite a bit of research into extra-atmosphere propulsion and design. Right now the biggest problem is shielding the drones from the solar radiation and magnetics.

Then define that compromise.

It's not a tree... It's a tentacle!!! the entity/spawn code for it is "xen_tree", so I referred to it as such It's still a TENTACLE!!!