Oh geez, it's not that bad. It's not like Stanford refused to acept delivery on them or anything...
(Off topic, but I can one up you. I'm the sucker that gets to integrate SF General's brand spanking new KinetDx system with their Nova Rad.... OH HAPPY DAYS!)
You'd actually be suprised how many systems run Winnt or 98 as their OS. A good example are the Siemens Allegra series ultrasound systems (mid range, specializes in General Imaging, not cardio). They run WINNT as a backend with a custom app handling HW interaction. (Which is causing an interesting political battle with their Semi-Recent aquisition, and my old employer, Acuson. All of our systems ran a custom build of Linx OS as the OS with UI in X11.
Most of the MRI, CT, and PACS systems are built on industrial grade Unix OSs, but you'll still see a ton of MS around on the lower end devices.
My question to anyone out there that might now is what location has the highest computing resources. Looking at the list, it seems like Lawrence Livermore has at least 3 systems in the top 50, and more from there on down.
Anyone have a toal available resources in one location list?
What I find amusing about this situation is that these are the same leglislators (scuse the spelling) that unanimously voted for SB1386 when their bank/credit info was compromised, yet don't want to take that last step now to protect everyone's privacy.
The more time I spend in CA the more I realize our state legislators are like ill trained puppies: They're cute to look at, but occassionally you need to whack them with a magazine to keep them from crapping on the carpet.
I agree it has a brushed metallic appearance like Safari, or the iLife apps, but it doesn't look Safari driven. It just looks like a normal Finder window with a new skin.
1) I completely stoked to see Security having it's own control panel.
2) Where's the advanced spam filtering mentioned? I just see the normal Mail.app screen.
3) I don't see the Safari driven finder either. It's just the normal finder window with a brushed metallic look. (I still haven't made up my mind on the metallic. I don't hate it, but it's not lickable like the rest of the OS)
4) For anyone who's never used them, folder actions kick ass.
Okay, what strikes me most about this comment is two things:
1) Even the RIAA folks said... "Uhhh.... we don't want to destroy anyones computer"
2) The first time this happens to anyone in the black hat community it'll be taken as a declaration of war by the RIAA. I think even those idiots would realize the repercussions from trashing peoples systems would far outweight any deterrent it may provide.
Keep in mind this guy does have a financial interest in making sure that companies prepare for SB 1386, but with that said there's a pretty good reasource here. The FAQ goes over the basics pretty well and there's a good leagalese to english translation.
(Side note, I saw this guy speak at one of the Silicon Valley chapter ISSA meetings. The tone everyone had, especially from the Medical IT guys like myself, was this is going to be a HUGE headache next time a big worm comes around.)
I know 24 hours may not sound like a lot, but just consider all they other "hard" science projects out there competing for resources. Getting 3 days on one of the largest radiotelescopes in the world is actually quite an achievement. Especially if you consider than most scientists consider SETI to be a bunch of crackpots.
So wait, (In response to Timbo's comment) You'll fly on a 777 or A320, trust your miltary w/ F-16s, and communicate using software guided Satellites, but you won't trust SDI because the software might be Buggy?
Not to contradict you, we have had AOD for a while now. It's started out being called Napster, and now it goes by the name of Gnutella.
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Just as a frame of reference a good MPEG-2 encoder (My example is MPEG Power Pro from Heuris Software) will do a 2 pass encode on 2 hours of video in about 18 hours. (On a single chip 3.06 P4)
I'm sure I'm not the first in a long string of people to tell you that the "fragile" piece is just the carry vehicle.
Other thing to keep in mind is that all aircraft that are certified under FAR 35 (I think that's right, It's been a while since ground school) in the Transport category (That's just about all private aircraft, except for some of the bush birds) have to be able to withstand 4 G's as a normal service load, and can't have any structural failures at less than 6. That combinded with the fact that Rutan's birds are notoriously strong (the Long-EZ his first real trendsetter was certified to 9Gs) and that the White Knight is pure composites means it's stronger than it looks.
I concur about the S-turn not placing undue loads on the airfame, or causing the catastrophic failure.
On the other topic, the similarity of the S turns used in general aviation, vs Orbiter re-entry is only the shape. Obviously a series of 180 banking maneuvers would tear the shuttle apart at Mach 18, but a slow series of banks does help the Orbiter bleed off speed, and allow it to slow to a velocity when normal aerodynamic flight surfaces can be used.
Reference: http://www.howstuffworks.com/space-shuttle12.htm (NASA site is slammed, sorry bout the 3rd party link)
Well the heat shield portions aren't re-usable, which is one of the main reasons behind the huge turnaround times on Shuttle launches. As for the airframe, it was originally designed to survive 100 launches (per orbiter, that is), so metal fatigue isn't too probable (but still possible).
My bet is on heat shield failure due to FOD damage on launch. The failure occured at max load on the tiles (pressure/temp), and wasn't and instant failure.
Anyone out there know what the margin for error (ie. max tolerance) for the ablative tiles is?
Basically it's the same thing you do when you're skiing and want to bleed off speed. It's a pretty common aviation maneuver used to bleed off speed, or in the case of general aviation, to check your blind spots before landing.
Essentially, it's a series of slow, lazy turns from side to side in a sort of half figure eight (resembling and S, ergo: S turns).
Shouldn't this post be under a bridge somewhere trying to eat young German children?
I wish I were mature enough not to even justify your comments with a rebuttal, but when's the last time you saw a German (or even for that matter, European) manned spacecraft?
No way. They are equally as dangerous as bikes, if not more so (Segways don't have brakes).
Bzzzt. Wrong.
While the Segway doesn't have traditional friction brakes, it does have regenerative braking ala the GM EV1. Essentially when you lean back to brake, the Segway puts the motors in reverse and turns them into generators. Otherwise there'd be not real way to stop a Segway.
The big advatage of Digital is being freed from having only a set number of titles you can run. Digitial takes up no space, doesn't wear out (media, not projectors) and you can run any title at any time. Quality isn't the big reason, flexibility is.
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It still funny, and frankly if you're tired of seeing it go somewhere else.
Oh geez, it's not that bad. It's not like Stanford refused to acept delivery on them or anything...
(Off topic, but I can one up you. I'm the sucker that gets to integrate SF General's brand spanking new KinetDx system with their Nova Rad.... OH HAPPY DAYS!)
You'd actually be suprised how many systems run Winnt or 98 as their OS. A good example are the Siemens Allegra series ultrasound systems (mid range, specializes in General Imaging, not cardio). They run WINNT as a backend with a custom app handling HW interaction. (Which is causing an interesting political battle with their Semi-Recent aquisition, and my old employer, Acuson. All of our systems ran a custom build of Linx OS as the OS with UI in X11.
Most of the MRI, CT, and PACS systems are built on industrial grade Unix OSs, but you'll still see a ton of MS around on the lower end devices.
Especially with Network "Solutions". My spam count tripled when I did this.
-E2
My question to anyone out there that might now is what location has the highest computing resources. Looking at the list, it seems like Lawrence Livermore has at least 3 systems in the top 50, and more from there on down.
Anyone have a toal available resources in one location list?
-E2
What I find amusing about this situation is that these are the same leglislators (scuse the spelling) that unanimously voted for SB1386 when their bank/credit info was compromised, yet don't want to take that last step now to protect everyone's privacy.
The more time I spend in CA the more I realize our state legislators are like ill trained puppies: They're cute to look at, but occassionally you need to whack them with a magazine to keep them from crapping on the carpet.
-E2Given that 2 button support is built into the OS already. Or you can just hold down ctrl when you click to get the same effect.
(never seen that desktop mouse icon you speak of either)
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I agree it has a brushed metallic appearance like Safari, or the iLife apps, but it doesn't look Safari driven. It just looks like a normal Finder window with a new skin.
Awww... idealists, aren't they cute?
Frankly, because making money on OSS is HARD.
(Ask Mandrake oops can't)
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A few things:
1) I completely stoked to see Security having it's own control panel.
2) Where's the advanced spam filtering mentioned? I just see the normal Mail.app screen.
3) I don't see the Safari driven finder either. It's just the normal finder window with a brushed metallic look. (I still haven't made up my mind on the metallic. I don't hate it, but it's not lickable like the rest of the OS)
4) For anyone who's never used them, folder actions kick ass.
Can't wait till monday.
-E2
Okay, what strikes me most about this comment is two things:
1) Even the RIAA folks said... "Uhhh.... we don't want to destroy anyones computer"
2) The first time this happens to anyone in the black hat community it'll be taken as a declaration of war by the RIAA. I think even those idiots would realize the repercussions from trashing peoples systems would far outweight any deterrent it may provide.
Keep in mind this guy does have a financial interest in making sure that companies prepare for SB 1386, but with that said there's a pretty good reasource here. The FAQ goes over the basics pretty well and there's a good leagalese to english translation.
(Side note, I saw this guy speak at one of the Silicon Valley chapter ISSA meetings. The tone everyone had, especially from the Medical IT guys like myself, was this is going to be a HUGE headache next time a big worm comes around.)
Cheers,
-E2
I know 24 hours may not sound like a lot, but just consider all they other "hard" science projects out there competing for resources. Getting 3 days on one of the largest radiotelescopes in the world is actually quite an achievement. Especially if you consider than most scientists consider SETI to be a bunch of crackpots.
-E2
Nah, the A319/20 series is fly by wire too.
-E2
(And I got modded down because I spoke ill of the high lords of slashdot)
So wait, (In response to Timbo's comment) You'll fly on a 777 or A320, trust your miltary w/ F-16s, and communicate using software guided Satellites, but you won't trust SDI because the software might be Buggy?
WTF?
Not to contradict you, we have had AOD for a while now. It's started out being called Napster, and now it goes by the name of Gnutella.
-E2
Just as a frame of reference a good MPEG-2 encoder (My example is MPEG Power Pro from Heuris Software) will do a 2 pass encode on 2 hours of video in about 18 hours. (On a single chip 3.06 P4)
-E2
I'm sure I'm not the first in a long string of people to tell you that the "fragile" piece is just the carry vehicle.
Other thing to keep in mind is that all aircraft that are certified under FAR 35 (I think that's right, It's been a while since ground school) in the Transport category (That's just about all private aircraft, except for some of the bush birds) have to be able to withstand 4 G's as a normal service load, and can't have any structural failures at less than 6. That combinded with the fact that Rutan's birds are notoriously strong (the Long-EZ his first real trendsetter was certified to 9Gs) and that the White Knight is pure composites means it's stronger than it looks.
Cheers,
-E2
I concur about the S-turn not placing undue loads on the airfame, or causing the catastrophic failure.
On the other topic, the similarity of the S turns used in general aviation, vs Orbiter re-entry is only the shape. Obviously a series of 180 banking maneuvers would tear the shuttle apart at Mach 18, but a slow series of banks does help the Orbiter bleed off speed, and allow it to slow to a velocity when normal aerodynamic flight surfaces can be used.
Reference: http://www.howstuffworks.com/space-shuttle12.htm
(NASA site is slammed, sorry bout the 3rd party link)
-E2
Well the heat shield portions aren't re-usable, which is one of the main reasons behind the huge turnaround times on Shuttle launches. As for the airframe, it was originally designed to survive 100 launches (per orbiter, that is), so metal fatigue isn't too probable (but still possible).
My bet is on heat shield failure due to FOD damage on launch. The failure occured at max load on the tiles (pressure/temp), and wasn't and instant failure.
Anyone out there know what the margin for error (ie. max tolerance) for the ablative tiles is?
-E2
Basically it's the same thing you do when you're skiing and want to bleed off speed. It's a pretty common aviation maneuver used to bleed off speed, or in the case of general aviation, to check your blind spots before landing.
Essentially, it's a series of slow, lazy turns from side to side in a sort of half figure eight (resembling and S, ergo: S turns).
-E2
Shouldn't this post be under a bridge somewhere trying to eat young German children?
I wish I were mature enough not to even justify your comments with a rebuttal, but when's the last time you saw a German (or even for that matter, European) manned spacecraft?
Thought not.
Cheers (what little there is left),
-E2
No way. They are equally as dangerous as bikes, if not more so (Segways don't have brakes).
Bzzzt. Wrong.
While the Segway doesn't have traditional friction brakes, it does have regenerative braking ala the GM EV1. Essentially when you lean back to brake, the Segway puts the motors in reverse and turns them into generators. Otherwise there'd be not real way to stop a Segway.
The big advatage of Digital is being freed from having only a set number of titles you can run. Digitial takes up no space, doesn't wear out (media, not projectors) and you can run any title at any time. Quality isn't the big reason, flexibility is.
-E2