Re: [Texascavers] OT - recent computer news - supercomputers

Yes, OSX is based off of Unix, specifically FreeBSD, but they cut it up pretty good, even the core system and kernel are all customized. OSX can actually run X11 and apps designed for it. Plus with the modern boxes going to Intel based machines, makes it much easier to port apps over from Windows

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[ot_caving] Re: [Texascavers] Mexican cave swallows Massachusetts coast :

Man - that guy REALLY has a thing about watching birds, don't he?! -WaV On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 4:05 AM, wrote: > *Cave swallows invade Massachusetts coast * > > Published: November 15, 2008 03:48 am > Words on Birds > Steve Grinley > > With the colder weather arriving, it may be hard to rememb

[Texascavers] ICS 2009 volunteers

Greetings Cavers, The window of opportunity has opened for those who would like to volunteer and help out the ICS and save George some money. The December issue of the NSS News has been printed and now roughly 10,000 copies of the ICS Brochure need to be inserted between the pages to go a

Re: [NMCAVER] Internet Cave Photo site

Agreed. That is peculiar. You can see circular, crinoid-like fossils between the 2 starfish in the big picture (click on it twice). These are worse specimens: http://www.paleodirect.com/sf009.htm Mike Flannigan On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, mmin...@nmhu.edu wrote: > > I found a photo site on t

Re: [NMCAVER] Internet Cave Photo site

Agreed. That is peculiar. You can see circular, crinoid-like fossils between the 2 starfish in the big picture (click on it twice). These are worse specimens: http://www.paleodirect.com/sf009.htm Mike Flannigan On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, mmin...@nmhu.edu wrote: > > I found a photo site on t

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Re: [Texascavers] Film about Enchanted Rock Cave on You Tube

Hope it's not going to be yet another UTUBE launched cave video that gives out locations and how to get there so ANYONE can find it and do what they want to do. That's not what the caving community needs. In Austin, we're still dealing with the fallout from the Airman's video and other Austin ca

[Texascavers] Film about Enchanted Rock Cave on You Tube

Hi folks, I know this guy. He's a successful though amateur documentary filmmaker. He's going to Honey Creek Cave with us in late January 2009 on the monumental tank haul trip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9LCapEbMt4&feature=PlayList&p=CCE40ED433643198&index=0$fmt=16 Bill ---

RE: [Texascavers] OT - recent computer news - supercomputers

I remember the early days of the HP35. When they first came out in the early 70s, they cost several hundred dollars and could just do a few engineering calculations, etc. Twenty years later we could do the same stuff with something that would fit in your pocket and cost less than $20. Ain't sci

texascavers Digest 19 Nov 2008 20:45:03 -0000 Issue 646

texascavers Digest 19 Nov 2008 20:45:03 - Issue 646 Topics (messages 9398 through 9422): ICS deadlines 9398 by: Jim Kennedy Little Bear Cave Other Listings 9399 by: CaverArch 2 more Florida cave diving fatalities 9400 by: David Grow stalactites, save the planet

Re: [Texascavers] OT - recent computer news - supercomputers

Isn't much of what goes on in the 'basement' of the Mac OSX, actually a form of "unix/linux"? -WaV On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Diana Tomchick < diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > Charles, > > In the scientific computing world, quad core Macs rule! I have just been > reading a length

Re: [ot_caving] politics and more personal opinions

Responsible fiscal spending seems to be the most important matter. I believe the entire problem currently being experienced is based on the simple fact that so many are living beyond their means. Way too much money is being wasted, but you can't say it's wasted on entertainment values (sports) - I

Re: [Texascavers] OT - recent computer news - supercomputers

Charles, In the scientific computing world, quad core Macs rule! I have just been reading a lengthy and lively discussion/debate on my protein crystallography listserve about the relative merits of Linux vs. Mac OSX vs. Windows. The Mac OSX quad core is favored due to it's ease of setup a

Re: [Texascavers] OT - recent computer news - supercomputers

I would agree with all that you say on that, Charles. I'm using something right now that just might have knocked the socks off of the Cray Multimillion Whateveritwas of 25 years ago. I think it cost me less than $200 to build (with recycled hard drives, CD and DVD devices). I don't imagine there's

Re: [NMCAVER] Big underground thermal lake unveiled in Hungary

>This is the biggest active, water-filled thermal water cave and hall in >the world," speleologist Sandor Kalinovits, one of the lake's >discoverers, said during a tour of the cave below one of Budapest's more >affluent residential districts. > >The lake, discovered earlier this year, lies in a

Re: [ot_caving] natural gas driven hybrid Camry

; http://cwimg.sv.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=CW&Date=20081119&Category=FREE&ArtNo=81111&ref=AR&maxw=630 > > Even if Toyota only builds a handfull of these, it should help the > environmen

RE: [Texascavers] RE: TSA Election Results

Yep, it's hard to read tone in an email. Russ is either joking or off his meds, but either way he deserves our sympathy. I'm big like that. :) Looking forward to my new job... Cheers, Denise> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:04:35 -0600> From: jkenn...@batcon.org> To: jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net; russ

[Texascavers] RE: TSA Election Results

It's a JOKE, John. Russ and Denise are friends. He was being facetious! -Original Message- From: John Brooks [mailto:jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:51 PM To: Johnson, Russ (ATX) Cc: Texas Cavers Subject: Re: [Texascavers] RE: TSA Election Results Surel

Re: [Texascavers] OT - recent computer news - supercomputers

10 to 15 years ago, a "supercomputer" was much slower than our current computers, so saying that we will have supercomputers in dorm rooms in 10 years is kind of misleading. We have them in our houses today, even our cell phones are more powerful than some of the earlier supercomputers. My quad c

Re: [Texascavers] RE: TSA Election Results

Surely. You can't be serious. Like any other Caver in Texas...you are welcome to speak your mind, vote in the TSA election. Attend meetings, participate in the discussion and nominate the Caver of your choice to be elected.and you are welcome to disagree with the choices made or the officers

[Texascavers] Big underground thermal lake unveiled in Hungary

This is the biggest active, water-filled thermal water cave and hall in the world," speleologist Sandor Kalinovits, one of the lake's discoverers, said during a tour of the cave below one of Budapest's more affluent residential districts. The lake, discovered earlier this year, lies in a subte

Re: [Texascavers] Internet Cave Photo site

One of those creation "scientist" will someday get a hold of that Starfish Fossil photo. They will claim that beyond a doubt, this is proof of their theory, meaning that 3,000 years ago, there was a 40 day rain event worldwide, and that the starfish washed across the oceans and the continents, cl

[ot_caving] FW: Happy Thanksgiving!! No Bah Humbug on this one.

May all have reason to give thanks. Fritz From: Jane Parker Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:55 AM To: Katy Office; Galveston Dept Subject: FW: Happy Thanksgiving!! From: Kay Wolan [mailto:wo...@garygreene.com] Sent: Wednesd

[ot_caving] natural gas driven hybrid Camry

http://cwimg.sv.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=CW&Date=20081119&Category=FREE&ArtNo=81111&ref=AR&maxw=630 Even if Toyota only builds a handfull of these, it should help the environment in the towns

[Texascavers] Internet Cave Photo site

I found a photo site on the Internet with some cave pictures: . The photos are generally not very interesting, and look to me like they were taken by pretty amateur cavers. But there is one nice picture

[Texascavers] OT - recent computer news - supercomputers

I am posting this off-topic here because nearly everybody on Cavetex uses computers, and a few Cavetex posters are computer enthusiast. ( please reply by subscribing to: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com ) Supercomputers are back in the news again. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?co

RE: [ot_caving] politics and more personal opinions

David, I agree with you that the money spent on professional sports for the pleasure of man is crazy and wasteful. But hey, it's everyone's choice as to how they spend their money. But, only those who partake should bear the cost of stadiums and all of the related costs, not taxpayers. If this c

[Texascavers] RE: Grow stalactites, save the planet

Roger said: >Starting a reaction process that is analogous to a self-perpetuating coal seam >fire? Sounds interesting but a little chancy to me. It is also unlikely. They said they planned to use sea water without enriching it in carbon dioxide. My guess is that there is not enoug

[Texascavers] RE: TSA Election Results

Congrats to the new officials. However, I am bound by duty, to communicate to you, my friends, how troubled am I by Secretary Elect Pendergast's ascendancy. Obviously the vote was not based any meaningful consideration of Madame Pendergast's platform. A mindless electorate appears to have be

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Election Results

I have the tabulation of votes. But not the total number of voters. However, It appears that there were approximately 82 votes cast out of a membership of around 220. On 11/19/08 7:24 AM, "speleoste...@tx.rr.com" wrote: > Hi Jackie, > > I'm curious: how many TSA members voted out of how many e

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Election Results

Hi Jackie, I'm curious: how many TSA members voted out of how many eligible to vote? Also, how much of a difference did it seem to make having ballots at TCR? I thought that was a good idea. Bill "J. LaRue Thomas" wrote: > Thanks, all who worked on the elections. > > Congratulations to

[Texascavers] Large underground thermal lake found in Hungary :

Big underground thermal lake unveiled in Hungary Reuters _BUDAPEST_ (http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/11/18/europe/OUKWD-UK-HUNGARY-CAVE.php#) : An underground thermal lake Hungarian officials say is one of the biggest in the world was unveiled Tuesday after its discovery below a T

Re: [Texascavers] TSA Election Results

Thanks, all who worked on the elections. Congratulations to the new officers! Jacqui - Original Message - From: "John P. Brooks" To: "Texas Cavers" Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:59 PM Subject: [Texascavers] TSA Election Results TSA Members and Texas Cavers; I am pleased to