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Not that happy with the camera so far!
The brighter photos are from the old 3G.
That’s The Western Flyer all ready for the off tomorrow. Heading to Seoul for the weekend.
Via Google, some of the computer source code used during the Apollo 11 mission.
To commemorate this event the Command Module code (Comanche054) and Lunar Module code (Luminary099) have been transcribed from scanned images to run on yaAGC (an open source AGC emulator) by the Virtual AGC and AGS project.
Check these comments….
178 TC BANKCALL # TEMPORARY, I HOPE HOPE HOPE
179 CADR STOPRATE # TEMPORARY, I HOPE HOPE HOPE
666 GAINBRAK,1 # NUMERO MYSTERIOSO
Ooooof!
So, remember the 1202 error that nearly caused the Apollo 11 landing to be aborted? No?
Well, the guidance computer on The Eagle Lunar Module was reporting errors. The 1202 being one of them. It meant the computer was trying to process too much information, due to the rendezvous radar being on when it didn’t need to be, resulting in an executive overflow. Jack Garman knew it wasn’t a problem and gave Gene Krantz the OK to continue the descent.
Hooray for the geeks!
Anyway … there’s the code:
# 31202 EXECUTIVE OVERFLOW-NO CORE SETS EXEC
I gotta read some more on this.
The Apollo Guidance Computer
Tales from the Lunar Module Guidance Computer
Should have ordered it the other week when it came out and shipped in 24 hours. Now I have to wait a couple of weeks:
FMPMSPD has broken her phone … just the excuse I needed to buy this for me and give my old 3G to her!
They are asking $7900-$8300 on the street for a 32GB 3GS. If you tell them they are dreaming, they get all upset and feisty. You can buy online at the Apple Store, unlocked, no contract for $6300. Cannot! Yes you can, just need to wait a couple of weeks. Need contract. No you don’t, they are unlocked. OK, you try! I will. I shut my mouth! I shut my mouth! I shut my mouth! I shut my mouth!
Eh?! I shut my mouth? Er, OK sunshine, I’ll wait a couple of weeks and save nearly two grand. Toooodle-oooo motherfucker.
The iPhone 3GS will go on sale in HK on Friday. From 3 apparently, but I don’t see anything on their website.
Still nothing on the Apple website, and Nervous Reg, my favourite Apple reseller dude, hasn’t emailed me yet.
Things on the iPhone is really making me get things done.
That bright red badge reminds you that you have something to do every time you look at it:
Great stuff as I am a terrible procrastinator. Pays off right now!
So check out my super interesting list today:
Couldn’t find my pliers this weekend and when I did they were all rusty. Soooo, new everything!
UPDATE: This is actually a problem. If the person you send to cannot receive MMS, then they don’t get the message at all. If they can receive, you will be charged for an MMS not SMS.
To “fix”, turn MMS off in Settings->Messages.
Sorry, more iPhone interface geekery.
When you send to a group of people, even though it’s not an MMS, the messages app says it is:
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