3rd
December
1999
“No signal was heard from Mars Polar Lander on Mars at the 12:39 PST (20:39 UTC) opportunity … There is a window on Saturday evening, December 4, during which the lander would transmit if it experienced a slightly different safing event. You will recall from the above that the lander would transmit on Friday afternoon if it entered safe mode immediately upon touchdown. If it went into safe mode sometime after touchdown but before its first transmission session began, it would shut itself down and wait until Saturday evening to transmit to Earth. This signal would be expected during a window between 8:30 and 10:45 p.m. Saturday, December 4.”
posted in Space | Permalink |
3rd
December
1999
Your momma won’t like her.
posted in Music | Permalink |
3rd
December
1999
“The aim of Ancient Scripts is not to replace texts books or instructional web sites. Instead, it is designed to give an introduction to writing systems, which hopefully will tantalize the reader into searching for more information on the web or in books and publications. Here’s the disclaimer: I am not a linguist. It’s my hobby (even though it consumes a lot of my time).”
posted in Language | Permalink |
3rd
December
1999
A comprehensive and fascinating overview of the philosophy and history of the Internet. Many related links and a section on pertinent statistics.
posted in Internet | Permalink |
3rd
December
1999
1450-1999. Lotsa links too. Like this one: A more detailed, though less comprehensive History of Computer Graphics.
posted in Graphic design | Permalink |
3rd
December
1999
posted in Comics | Permalink |
