* Posts by Adventurer

8 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Jul 2020

Russia: Hey, don't act surprised if we're still on the ISS in 2030

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Time to revisit Arthur C Clarkes 2010 movie The Year we made contact.

The message "All these worlds are yours except Europa, attempt no landing there. Use them together, use them in peace.

It inspired the American and Soviet leaders to seek peace.

India on track for crewed space mission, says first test flight to launch in late 2021

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Re: Priorities

Hmmm. That arguement was used when the Apollo 11 astronauts walked on the moon.

Better buckle up: Volkswagen puts Microsoft in driver's seat to deliver 'automated' platform

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No GPS / Web service Questions.

How well does the car perform with a driver when there is no available internet and/ or no GPS signal in Australia's remote areas?

Can you delay the reboot till yiou are safely off the road? What about should the reboot fail? Can you go back to the last installed version of the OS.

It sounds Very Wonkey (VW) to me.

Buggy chkdsk in Windows update that caused boot failures and damaged file systems has been fixed

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Holmes

Ahh this explains why my PC died during a reboot in November.

I now see how one of those M'$oft updates wiped out the operating system on my PC a month ago. I thought the SD was dying after 18 months of use.

Spent $300 having windows reinstalled. The blessing now being a quicker reboot, reinstalled software, old rubbished removed. This is some blessing and frustration with M'$oft updates. Luckily I was nearing the end of monthly backups. My blue screen was identical to the German user group.

After 11 years, Australia declares its national broadband network is ‘built and fully operational’

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Re: Politicans Logic

This can be seen as another demonstation why politicians should never be given the right to decide what type of technology should be employed in a national roll out. As you can now see, the FTTN is now out of date, and has to be replaced with a FFTC or a FTTP.

If the homework was done correctly in the first place, this replacement should never have occurred.

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Re: Still on unlimited ADSL plan

Are you eligible for Satellite NBN ? You can keep your landline for that type of NBN connection.

I am surised there are 359 connections in the small area of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) who have not taken up the satellite connection, according to the latest rollout report.

She was praised by the CEO and promoted. After her brother and mom died, she returned from compassionate leave. IBM laid her off

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Old cartoon

I recall an old cartoon when I guy gets home from work and says to his wife I have been replaced by a Calculator.

I have yet to see one being replaced by a computer.

Did IBM ever produce a calculator?

NASA delays James Webb Space Telescope launch date by at least seven months

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Hubble revisited

Can we expect another Hubble Servicing mission in the meantime?