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  • There are 70,000 tons of various kinds of nuclear waste in the USA. The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) displaces 85,600 tons. There's a lot of empty space in an aircraft carrier. The useful stuff, U235, cannot be made into a single bar of U235 becau…
    in Dangers of Yucca Mountain Comment by skipjack May 2002
  • [QUOTE]Originally posted by cdhostage: 1) ICBM. Plenty of them left in the world. Aim one with GPS at the entrance to the mountain. I think the primary blast will be a more significant effect. If you want to contaminate the world, go after a…
    in Dangers of Yucca Mountain Comment by skipjack May 2002
  • [QUOTE]Originally posted by cdhostage: Problems: Yucca is not big enough. If we hollow the mountain, it's still not enough to contain all the nuclear waste that exists right now. Have you read anything that states this? Yucca Mountain should…
    in Dangers of Yucca Mountain Comment by skipjack May 2002
  • There is a magazine in GB named T3, and they raved about the Nokia 9000 and 9000i. Most reviews from this side of the pond complained that the device was too big. It was bulky and about the size of a telephone handset. Didn't people used to wea…
    in Help a student out, please! (Quick Survey Comment by skipjack April 2002
  • Your age: 45 Your sex (m/f/t): M Model of PDA owned: Model of Cell Phone: Model of Hybrid you own(ed): Nokia 9000 PDA: Style 4 Features 5 Brand …
    in Help a student out, please! (Quick Survey Comment by skipjack April 2002
  • BTP at MacNN recommends sending it here:
    in What do you do with your SPAM? Comment by skipjack February 2002
  • Never saw anything like that when I was at Berkeley (mid 1970s). I wonder if I'd find those courses if I could find my old catalogs ... [ 02-18-2002: Message edited by: Skipjack ]
    in Why you should be proud to send your kids to Berkeley... Comment by skipjack February 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by BRussell: That's enough for a bachelor's and a master's degree. Only if they are concentrated in a few areas! Then there's the "residency requirement". Most colleges want you to take the last 45 units in residen…
    in Who's 21 or over? Who has a degree? Comment by skipjack February 2002
  • 45, no real degree (just a mail order one), a couple of certificates, but over 200 semester hours.
    in Who's 21 or over? Who has a degree? Comment by skipjack February 2002
  • [QUOTE]Originally posted by poor taylor: [QB] so my best friend has decided that he wants to try to be an army ranger. (Puts on other hat) You said your friend dropped out of college because he couldn't keep up his grades. Is he likely to t…
    in becoming military Comment by skipjack January 2002
  • [QUOTE]Originally posted by poor taylor: "military people, please don't take offense to this. its a personal thing, not an attack on anyone who's in the army." Ex-USN here: No I don't think you're unreasonable in your attempt. I was a recruite…
    in becoming military Comment by skipjack January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by zvonx: Most of my programming expereince has been in lingo and actionScript. I picked up a book on Cocca and it suggests learning C++ first, so I've started and it's coming very easily, but I read in Apple's objective …
    in OS X Programming (C, C++ and Objective C) Comment by skipjack August 2002
  • I have seen no favorable or unfavorable comments anywhere. You've probably already read this, but just in case you missed it because the beginning duplicated the summary of changes: AirPort 2.0.2 upgrades the original 40-bit AirPort Cards to a…
    in New Airport Update 2.0.2 ? Comment by skipjack March 2002
  • You can find more info here:
    in New Airport Update 2.0.2 ? Comment by skipjack March 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Adam11: What is the story...is it safe ? I installed it both under OS X and 9.2.2. It seems to be safe. No problems noted after running for about an hour.
    in New Airport Update 2.0.2 ? Comment by skipjack February 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by kelib: Any word on when we can expect full Java support for OsX. I rely on it pretty much and I'm forced to use IE for it's minimal support for Java. Can't use any other browser. Is it an Apple problem or does the proble…
    in OsX and Java..When? Comment by skipjack January 2002
  • [QUOTE]Originally posted by Talibabble: [QB] Sorry, I mean a Good Objective C book. Do you have this? (Note: link is to download a 1.5 MB document.) INSIDE COCOA Object-Oriented Programming and the Objective-C Language December 2000 Apple…
    in Cocoa Development & Objective C: Good Book? Comment by skipjack January 2002
  • This looks like some more support for the claim that Apple can develop the drivers independently: (Eavesdropping on this forum: http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000514.htm l) "do you know *why* ati has revealed their s…
    in Confirmed: Older graphics card not supported by OSX Comment by skipjack January 2002
  • Hi RazzFazz, Thanks for your perspective. It is much appreciated. The sides in this discussion may be black and white, but I think we can learn from the grey stuff, too. Whether or not there is a successful lawsuit against Apple, that does…
    in Confirmed: Older graphics card not supported by OSX Comment by skipjack January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Scott H.: You know what's sad? That a bunch of Linux hackers can write drivers for the Rage Pro with little (or no) help from ATi Thanks again for something else to consider. So, I guess this answers my question to Ro…
    in Confirmed: Older graphics card not supported by OSX Comment by skipjack January 2002