Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew at nasa.gov keeps providing new data, particularly the callouts in STS-107 Ground Track Charts (1.5Meg PDF). I’m working on getting that into my interactive cartoon … lots of detail.
e-mail concerning landing gear is … trenchant.
That’s all for right now.
Oh yes, I did a little survey of page layouts to see if anyone was doing my style of page using CSS only … none found. See “Knees – web pages below the waist“
RealPlayer feeds listed on NASA – Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew (my list) are now looping audio of communications from the end of the STS-107 mission, including Flight Control, FIDO, Ground Control, EComm, and NASA commentary.
I’ve just posted an interactive presentation of NASA’s left wing cartoon: Sensors Timeline
spaceflight.nasa will be carrying “cartoons” of the shuttle’s left wing, intended to show those sensors that have been significant to date, i.e. it does not show all sensors, but rather those that failed (out of range low) and or reported increased temperature. Salient are wire routings, i.e. sensors failed in a sequence, and that sequence is a substantial set of fault indications; that set will be questionned in order to derive what happened and where. (If there were only a single spot where all the cables came together [this is not the case], then it would be strongly compelling to suspect an event at that spot.)
Included on this page is a photograph of “the underside of Columbia during its entry from mission STS-107 on Feb. 1, 2003, as it passed by the Starfire Optical Range […] Kirtland Air Force Base, N. M. The image was taken at approximately 7:57 a.m. CST (1357 GMT)”
Well ain’t this fun … the friggin’ archives are still there, at least for the moment. (Did I save them? Do dawgs poop on lawns?!) Apparently it’s just that blogspot’s archive script has lost its mind.
Enron software!
Even though many users are switching to broadband, BBC | Tech reports that “Internet access hits the wall” A spokesperson for Jupiter research predicts it will continue to grow slowly to around 51% in 2007. “But there is always going to be a digital divide with a significant chunk of the population who don’t want to get online,” said Mr Stevenson.
Digital divide … yaa. Those who already have get more, and those who have not lose even that which they think they have. *I didn’t just come up with that, did I?*
Addend to M$ Slammer stuff: UK security specialist says his code was used in Slammer worm – smh.com.au … now, aint’ that a kick in the head?!
Litchfield said he was now questioning the benefits of publishing proof of concept code. “Some will argue that full disclosure is a good thing. Others will abhor it. There is no one correct answer – it must be a personal decision and for the moment I am undecided.”
Uhhh … yaa. Ya, I think that makes good sense. Jumping to conclusions, like initiating war, can and likely will have the effect of foreclosing future options.
