Yep. heard it on NPR. The mic is on a Russian science package and I guess after it was launched someone remembered that they didn't clear the memory chip for the mic so there is probly the voices of the guys doing a sound check.
For some reason I have an image of Tom Hanks dressed as an Aerosmith roadie doing mic checks on SNL's Wayne's World.
I would much rather my tax money was going to space exploration/settlement than buying a new hosing project that will be torn down in 20 years or more C-130Js that the Air Force does not want or need.
I'm really not concerned with writing of the debt of Africa. Is anyone willing to write of the debt of the United States?
The way I see it, and I'll get flamed for it. There has been poverty and homelessness and disease since man first walked erect. I'm not homeless or poor (but am diseased - Cancer - Twice) because I make a living for myself. African (and other nations) took it upon themselves to get into debt, so why should anyone write off that debt? No one is willing to write off my debt for me.
I think it is far more important to explore and discover than it solve all the World's ills. Because we will never solve the World's ills, and it is foolish to think we will.
I think it would be good to go to Mars, not just for the trip but for the technology that will be developed for the trip. But I think it would be cool just for the trip.
Yes, I know, I'm sure any technology that would be developed for a Mars trip could be developed in time without going to Mars, but it seems that the two things that increase the rate of new technologies are wars and exploration.
And Yes...I think you will have to be part of a club, most likely NASA, ESA and the Japanese. I don't see a robust South Asian or African space program around.
What would writing off Africa's debt do? Allow African nations to acquire more debt?
We have MS Works 4.0 on about 900 computers here...and it sucks. Well it sucks less on iMacs because iMacs don't seem to have the OLE crashing problem that older Macs do. But hey...we have a billion Works files so we can't migrate to anything newer.
I love MS.
BTW
Wouldn't Windows Unpluged be a better name for Wince than Windows Powered?
Wow, your right. Look at how free the people in Chechnya are right now.
And with freedom comes massive corruption and organized crime right?
Of course I don't live in Russia or any of the former Soviet Republics so I don't know what it's really like there, I get my information from NPR and the Internet, but it doesn't look that free in Russia. Maybe for the AK wielding mafias, but not for anyone else.
I remeber a quote on the subject of F-22s vs. the newest Russian fighters.
"If you have a sniper rifle and you are trying to shot a knife wielding midget in a telephone booth are you going to get in the phone booth with the midget or are you going to shot him with the rifle?"
The point is a fighter like the F-22 isn't going to get in a knife fight with an SU-35 or F-16. It is going to stand-off and fire AMRAAM missiles at a range where the target is unable to lock on to the F-22. An F-22 will prbly be one hell of a dog-fighter, like the F-15 or F/A-18 is, but thats not it's primary job. It's job is to defend the AWACS/JSTARS and sweep the skys so the F-117s and F-16s can do thier job.
However, due to the high alltitude and low-observability of the F-22 most SAMs will not beable to aquire and launch until the F-22 has already past, this turns the pursuit into a tail chase where the F-22 has the advange since it can manuver and spoof with chaff/flares. Also it is harder for a SAM to manuver because of it's smaller control surfaces and the higher altitude the F-22 operates at.
The majority of Soviet-Bloc SAMs were developed with the F-16/15 and Torando in mind. The F-22 is faster and higher flying than the last generation NATO fighters.
Most SAMs operate in the Mach 2-4 range, and they use all of thier fuel in the first few seconds of flight.
If you don't know what this means, it is the ability to project power in areas far from your homeland. The United States has this ability, as do the UK and France to a lesser extent. China does not have the warships or experiance to succesfully project power. If you look at the Chinese invasion of Vietnam in 79 they were mauled by the Vietnamese army.
Simply, China or India can not invade the US just because they have more people.
1. The name "Woobly Goblin" was a joke from the first generation of flight control systems. This was back in the early 80s. It was picked up in Popular Science/Mechanics, in the article with the first offical photos of the 117. It is an inaccurate term.
2. Normal fighters do tend to crash on a regular basis, esp one engire fighters like the F-16 or A-7. Take a look at crashes of fighter types for every 100,000 hours and notice that single engine fighters crash about twice as much.
3. The single F-117A lost in Serbia was lost (pbly) to a SAM that locked on during the bomb run while the weapons bay was open and thus the aircraft was unstealthy. Or it was lost to a combination of SAM and airborne radar illumination coupled with optical sights. It was a full moon on the night the F-117 was lost.
For more on the F-117/F-22 go out and find World Air Power Volume 19 and 38.
I've been seeing alot of China fears coming from the press of late.
For one thing, just becase someone has a new technology there is no telling how long it will be until it works. Look at the B-1B and it's advanced defensive/Offensive electronic packages...are they operational yet? I don't think they ever reached the promised level of operation.
Saying this new technology might work against the F-22 is simply conjecture. The F-22, when operational in FY-03 will be 14 years newer than the newest F-117A. Plus the F-22 does not rely just on stealth like the F-117 does. The F-22 has an extremly robust powerplant and radar system. The F-22 can cruse about 10,000 feet higher than the F-15, at a higher speed making it much harder for SAMs to intercept the aircraft.
The quote is from the launch pad at KSC were the Apollo One crew died. If you watch Armageddon there is a scene filmed there at the pad, I paused my DVD player to copy the quote down. I say this because a number of people have emailed me to tell me I am wrong, well if I'm wrong NASA is wrong too:)
I wonder if NASA or Kansas has the right translation, or if they are both right since I don't know Latin.
I went twice, on Thanksgiving and then again yesterday. I really liked it and pretty much agree with the review. I too wish they would not have shown so many faces, but hey it was still one of the best movies I have seen this year. Did anyone else notice all the Bug's Life merchandise in the movie?
You really have tiome to notice alot more things when you see it a second time.
Tim Allen is a lot better as Buzz Lightyear than Tim "The Drunk from ABC" Tailor.
China launched a capsule that might carry people into space. Only 38 years after the Soviets and Americans did it.
Lets not forget that China was even more ravaged by WW2 and the Revolution than the Soviet Union was by the Nazis.
Also lets not forget that the technology exchanges between the US and Chinese started with President Bush, although more was exchanged during the Clinton administration, actually it's all because of that stupid/bankrupt Iridium phone system.
Iraq had French AMX tanks and Mirage fighter/bombers. It was a French Exocet that hit the USS Stark in 1987.
Iraq also had Chinese tanks and APCs, at the battle of Khafji...those brewed-up pieces of Iraqi armour were Chinese. They also had a number of Brazilian and Soviet block armor.
Saddam's bunkers were built by West German firms.
The pipe for Saddam's super gun to rain death down on Israel...it came from the UK.
The vast majority of Iraqi aircraft and armour was Soviet bloc.
I know it's prbly easy to blame the US for everything, but sometimes it's just not accurate.
Not all of the United States has the death penalty.
Only some of the states in the US have the death penalty. And a vast majority of the executions are in two states, Texas and Florida.
The Federal Government does have the death penalty for some murders of federal agents while involoved with drugs and mass terrorism, but the Federal Governemnt hasn't put anyone to death since the Supreme Court re-instated the death penalty.
I don't think it's accurate to say the "US has a death penalty" when not all of the US has one.
Subject says it all. What is needed is AutoDesk to release a Linux version of AutoCAD 2000.
Right now the Macintosh has better CAD tools than Linux, on the Mac you have MicroStation, Ashlar Vellum, MiniCAD and VectorWorks. AutoDesk supported Macintosh until R12.
If AutoDesk won't release ACAD 2K...bug Ashlar and Diehl Graphsoft for Vellum and/or VectorWorks.
Slashdot Mirror
Yep. heard it on NPR. The mic is on a Russian science package and I guess after it was launched someone remembered that they didn't clear the memory chip for the mic so there is probly the voices of the guys doing a sound check.
For some reason I have an image of Tom Hanks dressed as an Aerosmith roadie doing mic checks on SNL's Wayne's World.
What Nazi efforts?
Really, what Nazi technology in the 30s and 40s have anything to do with semiconductors?
Now if we were talking about rocket engines or aircraft wings you might have some basis in fact...
Those wern't mechnical. I thought they were GE'ed.
No, wait...maybe they were mechanical...they had SN#s on em right?
Could someone that doesn't have a cold clear this up for me?
I would much rather my tax money was going to space exploration/settlement than buying a new hosing project that will be torn down in 20 years or more C-130Js that the Air Force does not want or need.
I'm really not concerned with writing of the debt of Africa. Is anyone willing to write of the debt of the United States?
The way I see it, and I'll get flamed for it. There has been poverty and homelessness and disease since man first walked erect. I'm not homeless or poor (but am diseased - Cancer - Twice) because I make a living for myself. African (and other nations) took it upon themselves to get into debt, so why should anyone write off that debt? No one is willing to write off my debt for me.
I think it is far more important to explore and discover than it solve all the World's ills. Because we will never solve the World's ills, and it is foolish to think we will.
I think it would be good to go to Mars, not just for the trip but for the technology that will be developed for the trip. But I think it would be cool just for the trip.
Yes, I know, I'm sure any technology that would be developed for a Mars trip could be developed in time without going to Mars, but it seems that the two things that increase the rate of new technologies are wars and exploration.
And Yes...I think you will have to be part of a club, most likely NASA, ESA and the Japanese. I don't see a robust South Asian or African space program around.
What would writing off Africa's debt do? Allow African nations to acquire more debt?
Now thats some sucky software.
We have MS Works 4.0 on about 900 computers here...and it sucks. Well it sucks less on iMacs because iMacs don't seem to have the OLE crashing problem that older Macs do. But hey...we have a billion Works files so we can't migrate to anything newer.
I love MS.
BTW
Wouldn't Windows Unpluged be a better name for Wince than Windows Powered?
Wow, your right. Look at how free the people in Chechnya are right now.
And with freedom comes massive corruption and organized crime right?
Of course I don't live in Russia or any of the former Soviet Republics so I don't know what it's really like there, I get my information from NPR and the Internet, but it doesn't look that free in Russia. Maybe for the AK wielding mafias, but not for anyone else.
That was more of Tipper Gore's deal than Al Gore. It was during the Reagan administration.
Parent's Music Resource Center.
I remeber a quote on the subject of F-22s vs. the newest Russian fighters.
"If you have a sniper rifle and you are trying to shot a knife wielding midget in a telephone booth are you going to get in the phone booth with the midget or are you going to shot him with the rifle?"
The point is a fighter like the F-22 isn't going to get in a knife fight with an SU-35 or F-16. It is going to stand-off and fire AMRAAM missiles at a range where the target is unable to lock on to the F-22. An F-22 will prbly be one hell of a dog-fighter, like the F-15 or F/A-18 is, but thats not it's primary job. It's job is to defend the AWACS/JSTARS and sweep the skys so the F-117s and F-16s can do thier job.
True.
However, due to the high alltitude and low-observability of the F-22 most SAMs will not beable to aquire and launch until the F-22 has already past, this turns the pursuit into a tail chase where the F-22 has the advange since it can manuver and spoof with chaff/flares. Also it is harder for a SAM to manuver because of it's smaller control surfaces and the higher altitude the F-22 operates at.
The majority of Soviet-Bloc SAMs were developed with the F-16/15 and Torando in mind. The F-22 is faster and higher flying than the last generation NATO fighters.
Most SAMs operate in the Mach 2-4 range, and they use all of thier fuel in the first few seconds of flight.
Power Projection.
If you don't know what this means, it is the ability to project power in areas far from your homeland. The United States has this ability, as do the UK and France to a lesser extent. China does not have the warships or experiance to succesfully project power. If you look at the Chinese invasion of Vietnam in 79 they were mauled by the Vietnamese army.
Simply, China or India can not invade the US just because they have more people.
1. The name "Woobly Goblin" was a joke from the first generation of flight control systems. This was back in the early 80s. It was picked up in Popular Science/Mechanics, in the article with the first offical photos of the 117. It is an inaccurate term.
2. Normal fighters do tend to crash on a regular basis, esp one engire fighters like the F-16 or A-7. Take a look at crashes of fighter types for every 100,000 hours and notice that single engine fighters crash about twice as much.
3. The single F-117A lost in Serbia was lost (pbly) to a SAM that locked on during the bomb run while the weapons bay was open and thus the aircraft was unstealthy. Or it was lost to a combination of SAM and airborne radar illumination coupled with optical sights. It was a full moon on the night the F-117 was lost.
For more on the F-117/F-22 go out and find World Air Power Volume 19 and 38.
This sounds like a bunch of China-Parnoia to me.
I've been seeing alot of China fears coming from the press of late.
For one thing, just becase someone has a new technology there is no telling how long it will be until it works. Look at the B-1B and it's advanced defensive/Offensive electronic packages...are they operational yet? I don't think they ever reached the promised level of operation.
Saying this new technology might work against the F-22 is simply conjecture. The F-22, when operational in FY-03 will be 14 years newer than the newest F-117A. Plus the F-22 does not rely just on stealth like the F-117 does. The F-22 has an extremly robust powerplant and radar system. The F-22 can cruse about 10,000 feet higher than the F-15, at a higher speed making it much harder for SAMs to intercept the aircraft.
The quote is from the launch pad at KSC were the Apollo One crew died. If you watch Armageddon there is a scene filmed there at the pad, I paused my DVD player to copy the quote down. I say this because a number of people have emailed me to tell me I am wrong, well if I'm wrong NASA is wrong too :)
I wonder if NASA or Kansas has the right translation, or if they are both right since I don't know Latin.
I went twice, on Thanksgiving and then again yesterday. I really liked it and pretty much agree with the review. I too wish they would not have shown so many faces, but hey it was still one of the best movies I have seen this year. Did anyone else notice all the Bug's Life merchandise in the movie?
You really have tiome to notice alot more things when you see it a second time.
Tim Allen is a lot better as Buzz Lightyear than Tim "The Drunk from ABC" Tailor.
I'm not sure what all the ruckus is about.
China launched a capsule that might carry people into space. Only 38 years after the Soviets and Americans did it.
Lets not forget that China was even more ravaged by WW2 and the Revolution than the Soviet Union was by the Nazis.
Also lets not forget that the technology exchanges between the US and Chinese started with President Bush, although more was exchanged during the Clinton administration, actually it's all because of that stupid/bankrupt Iridium phone system.
These are extremly bad colors.
Your threating us with Edie Brickell?
Thats almost as bad as a Canadian threating to silence Celine Dion.
You can keep all those sports teams too.
I think we should spin off Texas and replace it with Guam...to keep the flag at 50 stars.
Well...Data is kind of a physical package right?
The packet is traceable, has form and definition and can be filtered...so how is that not a physical package?
It's not just the US that armed Iraq.
Iraq had French AMX tanks and Mirage fighter/bombers. It was a French Exocet that hit the USS Stark in 1987.
Iraq also had Chinese tanks and APCs, at the battle of Khafji...those brewed-up pieces of Iraqi armour were Chinese. They also had a number of Brazilian and Soviet block armor.
Saddam's bunkers were built by West German firms.
The pipe for Saddam's super gun to rain death down on Israel...it came from the UK.
The vast majority of Iraqi aircraft and armour was Soviet bloc.
I know it's prbly easy to blame the US for everything, but sometimes it's just not accurate.
Not all of the United States has the death penalty.
Only some of the states in the US have the death penalty. And a vast majority of the executions are in two states, Texas and Florida.
The Federal Government does have the death penalty for some murders of federal agents while involoved with drugs and mass terrorism, but the Federal Governemnt hasn't put anyone to death since the Supreme Court re-instated the death penalty.
I don't think it's accurate to say the "US has a death penalty" when not all of the US has one.
NAFTA does not currently apply to Grand Cayman Island.
NAFTA currently applies only to the US (and Territories of the US), Canada (and Territories of Canada) and Mexico.
Chile has applied for membership but nothing has happened on that yet.
Subject says it all. What is needed is AutoDesk to release a Linux version of AutoCAD 2000.
Right now the Macintosh has better CAD tools than Linux, on the Mac you have MicroStation, Ashlar Vellum, MiniCAD and VectorWorks. AutoDesk supported Macintosh until R12.
If AutoDesk won't release ACAD 2K...bug Ashlar and Diehl Graphsoft for Vellum and/or VectorWorks.
I sure can't find anything that spells that out.
I am very interested since my building just banned DSS dishes...$1300 a month and I can't have a DSS dish.