I'm glad their going ahead with this design. Hopefully it's good. I live on the same geographic sub unit. Though I won't benefit from this probably because the energy produced there is never coming this way.
It is not the perfect design perhaps. But its updated compared to the ones people were raving about in the 60's and 70's.
Just to be smart ass. Providing people with the opportunity to participate in peaceful activities they enjoy while supporting themselves and their families usually results in more peaceful behavior.
I agree I'm not that worried about munitions specifically designed to carry people. That can be worded into the regs at the very least and made permissible. Someone else made the valid argument that "yes a bomb could be carried on one" and "planes can be munitions". That is a very valid point.
However this requires economics. And we can limit "export" to specific countries such as NK, not the entire world and outer space.
Perhaps firing them might be harsh but what do you do when people consistently mismanage their business unit on a regular basis? U.S.A. incorporated and all that... =)
Thanks =) In a way this is just a flop around of the previous regulations. It is good like the article mentioned for regular commercial satellites which are primarily launched by conventional tech. But could kill these guys developing these really nice spaceplanes. Which are part of what we need. I see this as a deliberate attempt to put technology back into someone else's hands and take it away from new entrepreneurs who were trying to fill the void left by the shuttle program.
Actually no. But spreading the work load around and giving the process enough complexity so that many voices can be heard on the issue (Including the CEO's of XCOR and the 5 Star Generals at NORAD, and those guys on in the DMZ in NK) is a good thing for a Democratic Republic (Federation) thing...
If were going with institutional government than organization is a good thing. It makes it easier to hold people accountable when they make mistakes too. Not burning at the stake accountable... but you know possibly fired at least and sent to apply for WOTC with everyone else at McDonalds.
Why don't they go after the advertisers who are willing participating in criminal activity by supporting the sites specifically targeted for the infringement. (I'm just using their logic here). For a different perspective.
Honestly those advertisers are part of this issue.
No need to mod this guy down. But CURRENTLY in modern history individual artists and small companies suffer far greater than the institutions who are members of BPI.
There are victims on both side of this war. And collateral damage. By pulling out the big nuclear weapons BPI and their pals are just harming everyone including themselves.
I'm going to RE-link the best ever article from 1841 on this issue. Because it really is still relevant today.
Because of the nature of this spyware (targeting social contacts and trying to snoop in on private life) it sounds more like a a colleague asked their buddies (or stole) a copy to spy on her because they lack any interpersonal skills. After RTFAing though it seems like it was a completely unprofessional job or just someone phising at random who's got worse spelling than I. Also the article neglects to mention her area of research. It could be something completely unimportant to "spies".
It could have also been part of a program run by a US agent to spread fear and spook people to spying from foreigners, hence the deliberate exposure and sloppiness.
Sounds a bit like getting worried about kids peaking into each others windows. Nothing to see here... slap their asses and move along. Not even news.
There is not enough information to make this any more noteworthy than just normal malware looking for personal information or financial information.
I get your point. I don't advocate which hunts either. So I apologize if I came off that way. Just that this seems disproportionate and not in our best interest.
To the Moon is definitely a really good reference for "narrative gameplay" and after reading a few other comments here. I think I would include the narrative into the context of gameplay. So it is an additive rather then a separate factor.
I read a few more comments here. I agree with your interpretation. What he is actually describing is not Bernoulli's principle but an analog to it caused by angle of attack. Which doesn't work possibly efficiently enough if you have no thrust to produce flight. In example, it would be a bad way to build a glider, that may not even work. Though I suppose if you could keep forward momentum fast enough with enough weight in the front it might stop it from stalling.
But I always understood it as. Air moving faster was lower pressure than air moving slower. I never got past high school level with it though and into the math. Since I never had a need. Always understanding that the curve shaped appropriately would create the proper effect.
Though much credit to the math (which is useful to all those Aerospace engineers) making all the cool aircraft we get to play with =)
Again unintentional. And yes I saw the 1950's cartoon about un American vs American values. And how its all our differences of opinion that make us unique little special buttercups in a melting pot and that we shouldn't single out individual opinions... etc..
I would be the first to call for certain forms of political reform. What I mean about this being unamerican is that it is intended to control and dicatate peoples ability to freely and equally compete in a sector of our society. Something that I never swore to uphold while pledging to serve the consitution of the United States of America.
I don't know what else to call it. I'm actually open to suggestions. Even if you think I'm being stupid.
I'm not sure how this proposition works. Is it something that needs to go before congress to be voted on in the house and senate? Who submits it? The Secretary of State? If thats a case it makes a lot more sense. But they really should think about better wording and more specifics about civilian passengers on vessels. Vs munitions and technology export issues.
If you have a sea vessel with a radar system. Is it subject to ITAR if it is mounted on the vessel for operation and you are not trading it or transporting it for commerce?
Can they even stop you from using home built electronics overseas if you built them yourself for non commercial reasons?
It would make sense to interpret space transport laws in the same way. Even if disparate entities end up governing each celestial body in the end.
Thanks for the write up. I agree to some degree =). But I thought we were a democracy and that we would try to do this the democratic way. I suppose technically it is. But it does not "feel" like it.
You make a really good point why we need a process for this. (I still laugh at 'munitions') being used as the terminology in the article. You would think all the people who have a very vested interest in the stuff they have in orbit would want to ensure the safety of their property. That probably plays quite a bit into it.
That does not lessen the safety that others would want for the tourists.
Or at least we should make a Department of Space Transportation. Unrelated to Homeland Security. It could still be under the executive branch, and Civil.
The only reasoning behind this crazy system I can envision is NORAD and Russia's counterpart. Not wanting to ever see launches without them being scheduled over DEFCON type situations.
Still munititions is way overboard for a manned space mission. It is laughable.
Or just extend international maritime law into space. We have other treaties as well. I don't think they stipulate issues like this. In fact the ruling is probably to play into the wording of those treaties deliberately.
So I was reading this other political article on slashdot the other day. And these doods were argueing about this very same thing and a bunch of people cited some Canadian study or paper or news report that said... 60% less fatalities from cameras on duty for officers. Meaning the job is a lot safer.
Even if it does not make everyone safer. I think 60% safer for law enforcement is something to consider. That is a lot of incentive to keep doing your job well vs being mad at everyone for screwing you over.
That one person or very few people in our government are exerting almost complete totalitarian control over what goes up and comes down from space.
This is patently UN American. It is the antithesis to the spirit of freedom and exploration.
Can we please take this power away from these few individuals and at least tie it up in bureaucratic red tape so we can build an industry to lobby for its control later on before we miss this golden opportunity...
Oh well. Screw it. It never was about science, tech, or enlightenment (despite the all seeing eye being on everything), always politics, greed, and fear.
I agree. But it was like a tease that never ever delivered and then turned out to be the wrong gender for you. ARMA came out much later than the first Crytek demo.
Or maybe I'm confusing their demo with their later games. But yeah.
Nobody liked that one for some reason that I showed it to... or it was just too depressing for them and they had a hard time keeping interest enough to follow it. After watching it again a decade later. I could see a lot of shortcomings.
I think it a curious movie. Possibly a little prurient. Not one bearing study and deep thought though. Or entirely unique. The most poignant aspect was the mass control of society through drugs, media, and religion.
The two most likely options I see here: This is a last grab at profiting from this before the old guard transfers it on or it eventually leaves Hollywoods grasp. Or Ridley and his pals just want to revisit old nostalgic memories as much as we do. But for them thats more making the film, not watching it.
All good universes are full of separate self contained stories simultaneously happening. Some so loosely connected you may not even recognize the universe.
There is an opportunity here if the writers can work with this parallelism. And it even works in time scales. Depending on how well built the universe was.
Blade Runner was a great universe and was left simple and straightforward enough to not have horrible illogical inconsistencies throughout. There are lots of blank pages left in it that could be filled without muddying the waters.
Slashdot Mirror
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogtle_Electric_Generating_Plant#Units_3_and_4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP1000
http://www.ap1000.westinghousenuclear.com/
I'm glad their going ahead with this design. Hopefully it's good. I live on the same geographic sub unit. Though I won't benefit from this probably because the energy produced there is never coming this way.
It is not the perfect design perhaps. But its updated compared to the ones people were raving about in the 60's and 70's.
Just to be smart ass. Providing people with the opportunity to participate in peaceful activities they enjoy while supporting themselves and their families usually results in more peaceful behavior.
I agree I'm not that worried about munitions specifically designed to carry people. That can be worded into the regs at the very least and made permissible. Someone else made the valid argument that "yes a bomb could be carried on one" and "planes can be munitions". That is a very valid point.
However this requires economics. And we can limit "export" to specific countries such as NK, not the entire world and outer space.
Perhaps firing them might be harsh but what do you do when people consistently mismanage their business unit on a regular basis? U.S.A. incorporated and all that... =)
Thanks =) In a way this is just a flop around of the previous regulations. It is good like the article mentioned for regular commercial satellites which are primarily launched by conventional tech. But could kill these guys developing these really nice spaceplanes. Which are part of what we need. I see this as a deliberate attempt to put technology back into someone else's hands and take it away from new entrepreneurs who were trying to fill the void left by the shuttle program.
Actually no. But spreading the work load around and giving the process enough complexity so that many voices can be heard on the issue (Including the CEO's of XCOR and the 5 Star Generals at NORAD, and those guys on in the DMZ in NK) is a good thing for a Democratic Republic (Federation) thing...
If were going with institutional government than organization is a good thing. It makes it easier to hold people accountable when they make mistakes too. Not burning at the stake accountable... but you know possibly fired at least and sent to apply for WOTC with everyone else at McDonalds.
Why don't they go after the advertisers who are willing participating in criminal activity by supporting the sites specifically targeted for the infringement. (I'm just using their logic here). For a different perspective.
Honestly those advertisers are part of this issue.
No need to mod this guy down. But CURRENTLY in modern history individual artists and small companies suffer far greater than the institutions who are members of BPI.
There are victims on both side of this war. And collateral damage. By pulling out the big nuclear weapons BPI and their pals are just harming everyone including themselves.
I'm going to RE-link the best ever article from 1841 on this issue. Because it really is still relevant today.
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/4/25/1345/03329
Because of the nature of this spyware (targeting social contacts and trying to snoop in on private life) it sounds more like a a colleague asked their buddies (or stole) a copy to spy on her because they lack any interpersonal skills. After RTFAing though it seems like it was a completely unprofessional job or just someone phising at random who's got worse spelling than I. Also the article neglects to mention her area of research. It could be something completely unimportant to "spies".
It could have also been part of a program run by a US agent to spread fear and spook people to spying from foreigners, hence the deliberate exposure and sloppiness.
Sounds a bit like getting worried about kids peaking into each others windows. Nothing to see here... slap their asses and move along. Not even news.
There is not enough information to make this any more noteworthy than just normal malware looking for personal information or financial information.
In soviet Russia it exports itself =)
I get your point. I don't advocate which hunts either. So I apologize if I came off that way. Just that this seems disproportionate and not in our best interest.
To the Moon is definitely a really good reference for "narrative gameplay" and after reading a few other comments here. I think I would include the narrative into the context of gameplay. So it is an additive rather then a separate factor.
I read a few more comments here. I agree with your interpretation. What he is actually describing is not Bernoulli's principle but an analog to it caused by angle of attack. Which doesn't work possibly efficiently enough if you have no thrust to produce flight. In example, it would be a bad way to build a glider, that may not even work. Though I suppose if you could keep forward momentum fast enough with enough weight in the front it might stop it from stalling.
But I always understood it as. Air moving faster was lower pressure than air moving slower. I never got past high school level with it though and into the math. Since I never had a need. Always understanding that the curve shaped appropriately would create the proper effect.
Though much credit to the math (which is useful to all those Aerospace engineers) making all the cool aircraft we get to play with =)
Not intentional. But if you really want to go off the deep end. Mr Skull and Bones from the Forbes pedigree has friends in the UN. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_United_Nations_Affairs
Again unintentional. And yes I saw the 1950's cartoon about un American vs American values. And how its all our differences of opinion that make us unique little special buttercups in a melting pot and that we shouldn't single out individual opinions... etc..
But if you realize, that http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim.html We voted for a limited set of candidates. And that these candidates a point these positions.
I would be the first to call for certain forms of political reform. What I mean about this being unamerican is that it is intended to control and dicatate peoples ability to freely and equally compete in a sector of our society. Something that I never swore to uphold while pledging to serve the consitution of the United States of America.
I don't know what else to call it. I'm actually open to suggestions. Even if you think I'm being stupid.
I'm not sure how this proposition works. Is it something that needs to go before congress to be voted on in the house and senate? Who submits it? The Secretary of State? If thats a case it makes a lot more sense. But they really should think about better wording and more specifics about civilian passengers on vessels. Vs munitions and technology export issues.
If you have a sea vessel with a radar system. Is it subject to ITAR if it is mounted on the vessel for operation and you are not trading it or transporting it for commerce?
Can they even stop you from using home built electronics overseas if you built them yourself for non commercial reasons?
It would make sense to interpret space transport laws in the same way. Even if disparate entities end up governing each celestial body in the end.
Thanks for the write up. I agree to some degree =). But I thought we were a democracy and that we would try to do this the democratic way. I suppose technically it is. But it does not "feel" like it.
You make a really good point why we need a process for this. (I still laugh at 'munitions') being used as the terminology in the article. You would think all the people who have a very vested interest in the stuff they have in orbit would want to ensure the safety of their property. That probably plays quite a bit into it.
That does not lessen the safety that others would want for the tourists.
Or at least we should make a Department of Space Transportation. Unrelated to Homeland Security. It could still be under the executive branch, and Civil.
The only reasoning behind this crazy system I can envision is NORAD and Russia's counterpart. Not wanting to ever see launches without them being scheduled over DEFCON type situations.
Still munititions is way overboard for a manned space mission. It is laughable.
Or just extend international maritime law into space. We have other treaties as well. I don't think they stipulate issues like this. In fact the ruling is probably to play into the wording of those treaties deliberately.
So I was reading this other political article on slashdot the other day. And these doods were argueing about this very same thing and a bunch of people cited some Canadian study or paper or news report that said... 60% less fatalities from cameras on duty for officers. Meaning the job is a lot safer.
Even if it does not make everyone safer. I think 60% safer for law enforcement is something to consider. That is a lot of incentive to keep doing your job well vs being mad at everyone for screwing you over.
That one person or very few people in our government are exerting almost complete totalitarian control over what goes up and comes down from space.
This is patently UN American. It is the antithesis to the spirit of freedom and exploration.
Can we please take this power away from these few individuals and at least tie it up in bureaucratic red tape so we can build an industry to lobby for its control later on before we miss this golden opportunity...
Oh well. Screw it. It never was about science, tech, or enlightenment (despite the all seeing eye being on everything), always politics, greed, and fear.
If you can figure out how... sure =)
I agree. But it was like a tease that never ever delivered and then turned out to be the wrong gender for you. ARMA came out much later than the first Crytek demo.
Or maybe I'm confusing their demo with their later games. But yeah.
Aye, thanks for restating it but thats what I eventually gathered after coming back and reading a bit more ;p I had it backwards lol.
Nobody liked that one for some reason that I showed it to... or it was just too depressing for them and they had a hard time keeping interest enough to follow it. After watching it again a decade later. I could see a lot of shortcomings.
I think it a curious movie. Possibly a little prurient. Not one bearing study and deep thought though. Or entirely unique. The most poignant aspect was the mass control of society through drugs, media, and religion.
The two most likely options I see here:
This is a last grab at profiting from this before the old guard transfers it on or it eventually leaves Hollywoods grasp.
Or Ridley and his pals just want to revisit old nostalgic memories as much as we do. But for them thats more making the film, not watching it.
All good universes are full of separate self contained stories simultaneously happening. Some so loosely connected you may not even recognize the universe.
There is an opportunity here if the writers can work with this parallelism. And it even works in time scales. Depending on how well built the universe was.
Blade Runner was a great universe and was left simple and straightforward enough to not have horrible illogical inconsistencies throughout. There are lots of blank pages left in it that could be filled without muddying the waters.
But I honestly don't know. Just my hunches here.