it gets run over by a van. you find it at the side of the road and bury it. you feel bad about it. you feel bad personally, but you feel bad for your daughter because it was her pet, and she loved it so. she used to croon to it and let it sleep in her bed. you write a poem about it. you call it a poem for your daughter, about the dog getting run over by a van and how you looked after it, took it out into the woods and buried it deep, deep, and that poem turns out so good you're almost glad the little dog was run over, or else you'd never have written that good poem. then you sit down to write a poem about writing a poem about the death of that dog, but while you're writing you hear a woman scream your name, your first name, both syllables, and your heart stops. after a minute, you continue writing. she screams again. you wonder how long this can go on.
I know a bit about radio frequency (RF), doppler radar, jamming GPS (passive and active). Near-range drone detection, tracking and characterization (within inches) is simple using doppler radar.
The real issue here is counter measures. When do you shoot (CRAM), capture, use active GPS to shift off course, etc.? Drones (electric or combustion) do emit a unique RF and acoustic signature that could be used for close range real-time counter measure decisions.
Matlab has become a popular intro CS language for engineering students. And, you've probably noticed that those $300K per year PhD "Algorithm Designers" in your company use Matlab for development, then have someone translate the final algorithm to a production language.
> School is not about earning a living and that is not even a legitimate consideration.
I strongly disagree. I'm a supporter (political and financial) of liberal education, but public schools' main mission in society is to provide the knowledge and skills to be a productive and useful citizen. There will be poets, artists, and philosophers despite the curricula.
I disagree. We have GATE kids and our school day is 8am-2pm and one "half day". That gives plenty of time for our half dozen outside activities, independent reading and play time. 300 days a year is too much, but 180 is not enough.
There are two themes. Days per year of education and school break schedule.
I'm a big fan of "year-round" school schedules for K-12, but think higher education works best with a long summer break. In the US, a year-round schedule is typically the same number of days as the traditional schedule; about 180 days. In many Asian countries, it's 240-250 days per year. US and EU have seasonal farming. Prior to the industrial revolution, having the kids home for 3-4 months during the growing season made sense, but not anymore.
K-12: * There should be 200+ days of free socialized education (increase from the current 180 days)
* My father was a Superintendent of Schools in the Los Angeles area. He converted K-8 to year-round largely because the majority Hispanic population would return to Mexico around Christmas for several weeks and the schools would loose crucial ADA funds. It also keeps kids from regressing in their learning over long breaks.
Higher Ed: * Keep the * Keep the 3 month summer holiday. Summer jobs and Internships are critical for the development, and often finances, of young adults. * There is more choice in accreditation and schedule for higher ed.
I continue my father's mission by financially supporting year-round school lobby orbs. Personally, we are still on a traditional school schedule with our two elementary kids, but would prefer a year-round schedule. We like to take time off and travel for 1-2 months a year with the kids. The year-round schedule helps space out the travel.
So, you penalize the people with smarts, that work hard to succeed...
I don't think he is saying you penalized by not having a Porshce for all your hard work, just that he'd rather live in a society that did not use it's resources to build Porshces, or want Porshces. That fair.
Come on, let's all sing it.. "Imagine there's no Porshce. It's easy if you try..."
Some of us would rather have a society where everyone had a Nissan Micra, rather than one where a few people had Porshces and the rest walked, or at least a society where people thought of that as a worthwhile goal.
But you have to carry around those four paperweights to hold down the corners when using it. They're clanking around in your pocket scratching up phone, etc. Pain.
Amazon Fire preordered due of Silk browser curosity.
Reading suggestion: "The Master Switch" by Tim Wu, November 2010
http://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Information-Empires-Borzoi/dp/0307269930/
It's surprising how many people here don't know the history of telecom, recording, radio and motion pictures and how history suggests that early and active government regulation is required to avoid monopolies, cartels and barriers to entry. Government regulation can protect markets, competition and free enterprise. To many of us, the public Internet is the most important thing the human race has ever produced. Keeping an open public network is critical for human growth and free enterprise. We need to hold the FCC and carriers to provide Internet and wireless public networks that are open, regulated, common carriers for the greater public good and the greater economic good.
This is a textbook great stimulus program. Glad congress approved another $2B. Quick stimulus spending and helps one of our main progressive goals for increased automobile fuel efficiency. It's clear that this program will be continued well beyond the the $3B level.
After several months of not seeing new car plates around town, I've seen 50+ new plates in the last month in San Diego. It's working!
I think Tim O'Reilly nailed this on his blog. Chopra is an excellent choice for making real progress. We don't need much emerging technology, we need more/better use of technology to improve government process, improve regulation, build technology commons between government and business, etc.
"Why Aneesh Chopra is a Great Choice for Federal CTO"
http://radar.oreilly.com/
agreed. Rails is awesome for prototypes and small apps, but you need to move to java stack at some point. I think twitter did it right... starting with Rails, but now it's time to do what they are doing... bring in the pros and refactor.
Good point that the "inventory cost" of VHS tapes were much higher than disks. Disks are doomed anyway. We will all be downloading HD movies from Netflix on our new 25Mbps ATT internet connections, right?
I strongly disagree on your picture quality point. The subjective picture quality increase moving from SD to 1080i or 1080p HD is a wow! for most people. More of a wow than VHS to DVD was in my experience.
I can't see any reason other than licensing costs that will stop HD players from getting real cheap, real fast.
Blockbuster no longer rents or sells VHS tapes. It took less than 10 years for DVD to kill VHS. So, your probably OK using old SD-DVDs for another 8 years.
Slashdot Mirror
Nobody cares. We have nothing to hide.
Standby for a brief poetry break!
Your Dog Dies
by Raymond Carver
it gets run over by a van.
you find it at the side of the road
and bury it.
you feel bad about it.
you feel bad personally,
but you feel bad for your daughter
because it was her pet,
and she loved it so.
she used to croon to it
and let it sleep in her bed.
you write a poem about it.
you call it a poem for your daughter,
about the dog getting run over by a van
and how you looked after it,
took it out into the woods
and buried it deep, deep,
and that poem turns out so good
you're almost glad the little dog
was run over, or else you'd never
have written that good poem.
then you sit down to write
a poem about writing a poem
about the death of that dog,
but while you're writing you
hear a woman scream
your name, your first name,
both syllables,
and your heart stops.
after a minute, you continue writing.
she screams again.
you wonder how long this can go on.
I know a bit about radio frequency (RF), doppler radar, jamming GPS (passive and active). Near-range drone detection, tracking and characterization (within inches) is simple using doppler radar.
The real issue here is counter measures. When do you shoot (CRAM), capture, use active GPS to shift off course, etc.? Drones (electric or combustion) do emit a unique RF and acoustic signature that could be used for close range real-time counter measure decisions.
If these stars are burning He to produce H2, we are on to something.
"... bodies that form by shedding their hydrogen-filled outer layers quickly, exposing a bright hot, helium-burning core."
> Except that they didn't figure out when they were eight that this will never work.
This one goes to 11.
After being away working on CentOS and Archlinx for Asterisk radio station links, I'm back on Debian... home sweet home.
You're wearing it wrong.
Nokia still exists?
Matlab has become a popular intro CS language for engineering students. And, you've probably noticed that those $300K per year PhD "Algorithm Designers" in your company use Matlab for development, then have someone translate the final algorithm to a production language.
> School is not about earning a living and that is not even a legitimate consideration.
I strongly disagree. I'm a supporter (political and financial) of liberal education, but public schools' main mission in society is to provide the knowledge and skills to be a productive and useful citizen. There will be poets, artists, and philosophers despite the curricula.
Roger Bly
(closely related to a poet)
I disagree. We have GATE kids and our school day is 8am-2pm and one "half day". That gives plenty of time for our half dozen outside activities, independent reading and play time. 300 days a year is too much, but 180 is not enough.
There are two themes. Days per year of education and school break schedule.
I'm a big fan of "year-round" school schedules for K-12, but think higher education works best with a long summer break. In the US, a year-round schedule is typically the same number of days as the traditional schedule; about 180 days. In many Asian countries, it's 240-250 days per year. US and EU have seasonal farming. Prior to the industrial revolution, having the kids home for 3-4 months during the growing season made sense, but not anymore.
K-12:
* There should be 200+ days of free socialized education (increase from the current 180 days)
* A typical K-12 year-round vs. traditional school schedule looks like this:
http://www.nayre.org/calendar_comparison.htm
* My father was a Superintendent of Schools in the Los Angeles area. He converted K-8 to year-round largely because the majority Hispanic population would return to Mexico around Christmas for several weeks and the schools would loose crucial ADA funds. It also keeps kids from regressing in their learning over long breaks.
Higher Ed:
* Keep the
* Keep the 3 month summer holiday. Summer jobs and Internships are critical for the development, and often finances, of young adults.
* There is more choice in accreditation and schedule for higher ed.
I continue my father's mission by financially supporting year-round school lobby orbs. Personally, we are still on a traditional school schedule with our two elementary kids, but would prefer a year-round schedule. We like to take time off and travel for 1-2 months a year with the kids. The year-round schedule helps space out the travel.
So, you penalize the people with smarts, that work hard to succeed...
I don't think he is saying you penalized by not having a Porshce for all your hard work, just that he'd rather live in a society that did not use it's resources to build Porshces, or want Porshces. That fair.
Come on, let's all sing it.. "Imagine there's no Porshce. It's easy if you try..."
Some of us would rather have a society where everyone had a Nissan Micra, rather than one where a few people had Porshces and the rest walked, or at least a society where people thought of that as a worthwhile goal.
Well said!
P.S. And love David Lynch's Micra spot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkt8L0NtSjA
But you have to carry around those four paperweights to hold down the corners when using it. They're clanking around in your pocket scratching up phone, etc. Pain. Amazon Fire preordered due of Silk browser curosity.
Reading suggestion: "The Master Switch" by Tim Wu, November 2010 http://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Information-Empires-Borzoi/dp/0307269930/ It's surprising how many people here don't know the history of telecom, recording, radio and motion pictures and how history suggests that early and active government regulation is required to avoid monopolies, cartels and barriers to entry. Government regulation can protect markets, competition and free enterprise. To many of us, the public Internet is the most important thing the human race has ever produced. Keeping an open public network is critical for human growth and free enterprise. We need to hold the FCC and carriers to provide Internet and wireless public networks that are open, regulated, common carriers for the greater public good and the greater economic good.
This is a textbook great stimulus program. Glad congress approved another $2B. Quick stimulus spending and helps one of our main progressive goals for increased automobile fuel efficiency. It's clear that this program will be continued well beyond the the $3B level. After several months of not seeing new car plates around town, I've seen 50+ new plates in the last month in San Diego. It's working!
I think Tim O'Reilly nailed this on his blog. Chopra is an excellent choice for making real progress. We don't need much emerging technology, we need more/better use of technology to improve government process, improve regulation, build technology commons between government and business, etc. "Why Aneesh Chopra is a Great Choice for Federal CTO" http://radar.oreilly.com/
agreed. Rails is awesome for prototypes and small apps, but you need to move to java stack at some point. I think twitter did it right... starting with Rails, but now it's time to do what they are doing... bring in the pros and refactor.
Good point that the "inventory cost" of VHS tapes were much higher than disks. Disks are doomed anyway. We will all be downloading HD movies from Netflix on our new 25Mbps ATT internet connections, right? I strongly disagree on your picture quality point. The subjective picture quality increase moving from SD to 1080i or 1080p HD is a wow! for most people. More of a wow than VHS to DVD was in my experience. I can't see any reason other than licensing costs that will stop HD players from getting real cheap, real fast.
Blockbuster no longer rents or sells VHS tapes. It took less than 10 years for DVD to kill VHS. So, your probably OK using old SD-DVDs for another 8 years.