Gnodal Journal

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.

What a bunch of CRAP!!

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.

www.nasa.gov/columbia/ – Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew – “this page will collect and distribute information about the crew, the flight, and the ongoing investigation.”

As you can imagine, NASA servers are getting pounded. A very intelligent set of resources is published on NASA Television and on NASA TV on the Web. (One feeds that’s holding up very well is that from JPL … perhaps they’re used to getting pounded? This one and the other traditional feeds are consistenly better than those posted more recently.)
NB: Since 99.5% of coverage is talking head stuff, I’ve set RealAudio connection to 14.4 … not only is my feed uninterrupted, but my load is roughly 1/6th that of those sucking down 80KB or whatever. When I’m not viewing RA, I feed from KSC’s nasatv.ra audio feed at 8.5KB … again, without interruption, but this time at nearly 1/10th the pull. (Look to see who’s maximizing their own share … /that’s/ someone you don’t want on your team.)