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The Smart Sensor Web
Roland Piquepaille writes "As writes Vincent Tao for GEO World, integrating the billions of sensors already present in our environment with the power of the Web will represent 'a revolutionary leap in earth observation.' 'In short, the Sensor Web offers full-dimensional, full-scale and full-phase sensing and monitoring of Earth at all levels: global, regional and local.' The Sensor Web will need to have five characteristics to be successful. It must be interoperable, intelligent, dynamic, flexible and scalable. And the Sensor Web architecture will have four layers: a sensor layer, a communication layer, a location layer and an information layer. When it's here, it will have 'extraordinary significance for science, environmental monitoring, public safety and many other domains of activity.' This summary contains the essential concepts of the original and dense article."
FFPEVAR
Victims of so-called "modbombing", which DOES NOT EXIST.
2. What is modbombing?
"Modbombing" (which doesn't exist) is the name for a mythical series of moderations that result in several moderations of a user's comment in a negative fashion.
3. Why would anyone make up something as silly as that?
This is a myth invented and perpetuated by known serial trollers. They even claim that "rouge editors" "modbomb" entire threads of comments. Which is obviously a false myth, once again.
4. If modbombing doesn't exist, why did you stop taking the time off messages sent telling you that you received moderations?
To save bandwidth. Obviously, on a sinking ship like OSDN is, the eliminating of 6 characters from a message saves about two bucks a quarter, which lets us order Cowboy Neal a pizza every 10 years approximately. Someday (in approximately 50 years for our retirement party) we are optimistic we will be able to afford a party pizza for Neal and one for the rest of the editors. Unfortunately, whatever toppings we agree on micheal insists he doesn't like.
6. Why should we care?
SUBCRIBE. WE'RE POOR.
7. I was under the impression that if we subscribed, half the promised features don't work.
Another lie perpetuated by trolls.
8. You're a little paranoid about the trolls, aren't you?
NO, we must defend ourselves against them by any means possible, even if it means a 72 hour IP ban for receiving 5 negative moderations.
What's the difference between a smart sensor web and CmdrTaco?
The smart sensor web doesn't jack off to pictures of naked boys!
But....
Will it run on Linux?
Linux needs buzzword ridden software or whatever this is. FYI, I didn't read the article and I certainly don't want to! Ignorance is bliss.
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
despite all of the horror befalling windows users - the govt., esp the military, does not get it.
Im gunna go for a long shot here, but I have a feeling I am 100% right on:
Awww, you musta been on the loser end of the 2000 presidential election... boo hoo, go home and cry to mommy!
Imagine a beo... nevermind. I'm laughing too hard to make the obvious joke.
Somebody must be smoking some serious crack. It's a sad day when the article is so stupid that it's funnier than the trolls.