Are you talking about the push to Flexi Platform in Nokia Siemens Networks? Gaahhh... that was the ultimate hit and run. What a piece of crap Flexi was (is? I left the company last year).
And that's exactly why the angular resolution is the only relevant figure. But did you read, nay, at least glance at the Wikipedia article I linked to? I guess not, otherwise your reply would have been different.
You really didn't think this through, did you.
3 inches on the ground, FROM SPACE. in particular, from earth orbit. What distance is this "earth orbit" exactly? LEO is between 160 and 2000 Km from the Earth. Geostationary orbits are at 35800 Km from the surface of the Earth.
angular resolution means nothing without also knowing how high it flies Epic fail. Here, educate yourself.
"3 inches" doesn't make scientific sense for satellite imagery resolution. You use angular resolution for that.
To demonstrate how pointless is "3 inch resolution", I can state with confidence that even I can have better resolution than 3 inches - see my username - if I get close enough.
The post I am replyint to is NOT informative in any way - mods, get a fscking clue.
But they are very tightly related fields (I am a student in a micro and nanotechnology program), and China is surging in them. In less than 10 years they will be at the top of the world in both micro and nanotechnology. China already now has some of the largest and most sophisticated cleanrooms in the world. Also interesting are the various technologies they developed and/or use to cope with the huge pollution in their industrial centers.
I know for a fact that China is producing a ton of nanotechnology scientists. For one interesting note: this book by my professor is available in two languages - English and Chinese.
My imagination was more about a musical: the place is a courtroom - pirates on one side, Village People on the other. What starts as an acrimonious legal battle, develops into a romance of sorts, punctuated by singing and dancing. Not quite sure of the judge and jury's role in all of this, but both the pirates and the VP would have a lot of music time.
I don't suppose they mention any of the people on/. who say they aren't coming either. I find it disingenuous to compare a random Slashdot poster with the art director of the olympic games. Still, I appreciate your view, but I must consider it your personal view only, in no way relevant to the reality of China.
You know about "it". OK, do you know the "why" as well? I don't care if he's important or not, I just want to know if the media mentioned Darfur and the connection with China, when they mentioned Spielberg's resignation. If the media omitted that little fact, that would make him indeed a very important person - one whose views the regime finds very unpleasant and intimidating enough to cover up.
Since I started studying microsystems eng., I disconnected from a lot that's been going on in the IT world. So I admit, I had no idea Dell was making AMD-based PCs. When did this start?
You are right, of course, and the OP is ignorant (and the mods that modded that post up, even more so), but he/she is, by chance, also correct: how do you think China got the games in the first place? Or how do you think China gets away with what they indirectly do in Darfur?
Simple, just imagine a (phone?) conversation between a Chinese Communist Party high official and a minister of one of the countries represented in the olympic committee: "Dear minister, you are certainly aware of the prosperous and very large trade between our two countries. This is a clear sign of our friendly relations. We hope those relations will stay as amiable in the future, as our imports of goods are growing and your country is an important partner [blah blah]. One cloud that might obscure our relations could be the outcome of the vote in the IOC [blah blah / ok, I am not diplomatic enough, but you get the point]".
At least the UK doesn't have a Great Firewall around it, and it doesn't have a steely grip on the media. For example, the people living inside China still don't know the reasons Spielberg gave for his resignation from the position of cultural director of the olympic games in China. Just one small example. The people in China are not told a shitload of things.
Have you heard that the UK team could only go to the olympic games in China, if they signed (individually) a paper that they will not say anything against the regime? And that said regime has, instead of improving, further cracked down on human rights and democracy activists?
Furthermore.... did you know that the air in most venues is too polluted to hold ANY outdoors competitions, let alone marathons?
So why was China selected, and the other candidates dropped?
A fungus that grows in concentrated NaOH? Strong bases are the ideal destroyers/cleaners of organics. Only Piranha is more effective. Well, that's what I thought until now.
Not true, not eveyting. Yahoo acquired babelfish (now babelfish.yahoo.com) and it works just as well (or as badly) as the original one. They even added a few languages since.
I can see my ISP's point, but they're making my life difficult. You can? I think your ISP should be on your side as you are their customer, and not break the service they provide.
This is exactly what Tele2 is now fighting against in the Nethelrands.
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Are you talking about the push to Flexi Platform in Nokia Siemens Networks? Gaahhh... that was the ultimate hit and run. What a piece of crap Flexi was (is? I left the company last year).
And if au naturale isn't your forte, there's always fufme
And that's exactly why the angular resolution is the only relevant figure. But did you read, nay, at least glance at the Wikipedia article I linked to? I guess not, otherwise your reply would have been different.
"3 inches" doesn't make scientific sense for satellite imagery resolution. You use angular resolution for that.
To demonstrate how pointless is "3 inch resolution", I can state with confidence that even I can have better resolution than 3 inches - see my username - if I get close enough.
The post I am replyint to is NOT informative in any way - mods, get a fscking clue.
No, it doesn't, that's true.
But they are very tightly related fields (I am a student in a micro and nanotechnology program), and China is surging in them. In less than 10 years they will be at the top of the world in both micro and nanotechnology. China already now has some of the largest and most sophisticated cleanrooms in the world. Also interesting are the various technologies they developed and/or use to cope with the huge pollution in their industrial centers.
Our institute is separate but both nanotech and microfabrication are under the auspices of the University of Technology.
I know for a fact that China is producing a ton of nanotechnology scientists. For one interesting note: this book by my professor is available in two languages - English and Chinese.
I never got cookies with Ubuntu.
We're talking real, edible cookies, right?
I didn't know Mathematica could use multiple cores! Do you have any estimate of the speedup going from 1 to 2 cores (or from 2 to 4)?
And did you perchance ever try to run Comsol Multiphysics on your quad core machine?
I am trying to gauge if it would be worth for me to upgrade my workhorse for the sake of speeding up some of my scientific work.
My imagination was more about a musical: the place is a courtroom - pirates on one side, Village People on the other. What starts as an acrimonious legal battle, develops into a romance of sorts, punctuated by singing and dancing. Not quite sure of the judge and jury's role in all of this, but both the pirates and the VP would have a lot of music time.
I don't know exactly why, but the above sentence is full of all kinds of funny.
You know about "it". OK, do you know the "why" as well? I don't care if he's important or not, I just want to know if the media mentioned Darfur and the connection with China, when they mentioned Spielberg's resignation. If the media omitted that little fact, that would make him indeed a very important person - one whose views the regime finds very unpleasant and intimidating enough to cover up.
Since I started studying microsystems eng., I disconnected from a lot that's been going on in the IT world. So I admit, I had no idea Dell was making AMD-based PCs. When did this start?
You are right, of course, and the OP is ignorant (and the mods that modded that post up, even more so), but he/she is, by chance, also correct: how do you think China got the games in the first place? Or how do you think China gets away with what they indirectly do in Darfur?
Simple, just imagine a (phone?) conversation between a Chinese Communist Party high official and a minister of one of the countries represented in the olympic committee: "Dear minister, you are certainly aware of the prosperous and very large trade between our two countries. This is a clear sign of our friendly relations. We hope those relations will stay as amiable in the future, as our imports of goods are growing and your country is an important partner [blah blah]. One cloud that might obscure our relations could be the outcome of the vote in the IOC [blah blah / ok, I am not diplomatic enough, but you get the point]".
At least the UK doesn't have a Great Firewall around it, and it doesn't have a steely grip on the media. For example, the people living inside China still don't know the reasons Spielberg gave for his resignation from the position of cultural director of the olympic games in China. Just one small example. The people in China are not told a shitload of things.
Just read the fourth assessment report. Heck, if you're too lazy at least read the AR4 Synthesis Report.
Have you heard that the UK team could only go to the olympic games in China, if they signed (individually) a paper that they will not say anything against the regime? And that said regime has, instead of improving, further cracked down on human rights and democracy activists?
Furthermore.... did you know that the air in most venues is too polluted to hold ANY outdoors competitions, let alone marathons?
So why was China selected, and the other candidates dropped?
Money and power? Naaaahh... never!
A fungus that grows in concentrated NaOH? Strong bases are the ideal destroyers/cleaners of organics. Only Piranha is more effective. Well, that's what I thought until now.
Is there a paper on such fungii?
Not true, not eveyting. Yahoo acquired babelfish (now babelfish.yahoo.com) and it works just as well (or as badly) as the original one. They even added a few languages since.
I love it! I'll present that quote to whoever says "I don't understand all the furore around Vista: I installed it and it runs quite fine". Haha.
This is exactly what Tele2 is now fighting against in the Nethelrands.
YOU had to pay for the phonecharges??? Wow, man, that sucks!