What you don't need is a conventional lifting rocket, put something in Geo-orbit and give it a sustained push (e.g. ion-drive) and it will drift down into LEO (efficient but inconvenient for other craft) or a small rocket to drop it into LEO and you have still saved using a massive lifting rocket
Considering the material to build the cable is currently unknown, and the cable will be mostly high in the atmosphere or in space where it is cold, superconductors are are real possibility...
Without knowing how to build the cable, the rest is in comparison trivial, because the rest is just extensions of current technology, and largely pointless because we don't know the properties of the cable...
No it is like an elevator, there are stations at the top (Geo-Orbit or Counterweight Geo+several km) and bottom but you can stop anywhere...
It's main use is not for passengers it is for lifting freight where speed is not an issue lifting capacity is : Saturn V rocket can lift 118,000 kg, Shuttle 3,810 kg to Geo orbit, a space elevator is only limited by the strength of the cable...
Power : the top of the cable will have to have a 'counterweight' you can use the cable itself as an Electrodynamic tether... this will generate more power than you need...
Transmission : The cable may be conductive itself...
The biggest issue by far is the cable, we cannot current make one strong enough, when we can the other issues will be trivial...
Space elevator : Initial cost is very very high but once built the running costs are negligible
Rockets : Initial cost is high but not that high, running costs are high forever, economy of scale will never kick in to any reasonable degree
Once you have built a space elevator, all rocketry for lifting will be obsolete - most of a rocket is there to lift the rocket into orbit not the payload... a space elevator will be externally powered so will not need to be any heavier than needed to climb the cable..and you might be able to drive it and fund it with materials coming down (mining the asteroids)
Try and Buy anntivirus software for Linux, it is not needed, and mostly scans for Windows Viruses
Note this is antivirus, not firewall, not browser exploits, but actual antivirus...
If a virus tries to get itself run, and can do so without your permission, then your OS has failed, AV is just a stopgap to plug a hole the OS should not have .
Web platforms embedded in the OS are a simple way of using the simple scripting interfaces of the web, to write a client quickly (not necessarily portably)
A client interface is the advantage of a web platform, no install, works anywhere
But even now web platforms use native code on the server, because it is quicker and more efficient
And put any hardware performance in the mix and the native app suddenly becomes essential...iOS and Android have native apps because direct access to the hardware by code tailored to it is so much more efficient and secure than any web app could hope to be...
If your app is only presenting information from the internet, or is a user interface client then a web app is simpler to install (you don't need to)
If your app needs to access any native hardware, or uses the system to it's fullest (processing, graphics, disk, other) then a native app is the only way to go
Facebook only presents data from a web server, so does Gmail, a native client gives you no advantage
Now try playing most games in a web interface, or anything that pins the processor, graphics, disk, or needs specialist hardware...
If you trust Microsoft with AV software given their track record then you are asking for trouble...
AV and security is all about trust, and I for one don't trust MS with security, and looking at all the add-ons to MS products to enhance security nor do many many people
MS should be trying to make AV software obsolete, not trying to write their own..
Be careful what you measure, as that will be what people will do...
If you measure commits, with comments, then people will do many commits with comments,... the comments may not be useful, the commits may not be relevant, but that is what you measured so that is what they did...
The problem is that insurance companies only want to insure drivers that never have accidents, if you are poor risk, because you live in an area where you might get your car stolen, other people drive badly and crash into you, or you have to take avoiding action, you will get harshly penalised even though your only solution is to move to a better (and more expensive) area...
In the UK you have to by law have insurance, and so the insurance companies are running it like a cartel...
Bow street runners did not patrol Bow street runners served writs on behalf of the magistrate Bow street runners arrested offenders on the authority of the magistrate Bow street runners were paid by the magistrate out of government funds, not the public
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apt-getting, chown, sudo are all apps ....
Run in a command line which is an app ...
The OS runs all of these for you and all your other apps, manages them, and allocates resources... you use it all the time ...
the OS is not a shell, not the interface, it is the manager that makes everything work, MS have muddied the waters ,,,
If Texas bans TSA in it's airports, then the FAA can simply stop all flights to and from Texas airports ...
You won't get scanned if there are no flights ...
Content is content. Microsoft doesn't care what it is as long as you consume it (and of course they track you and advertise at you).
The Alternative is no better ..
What you don't need is a conventional lifting rocket, put something in Geo-orbit and give it a sustained push (e.g. ion-drive) and it will drift down into LEO (efficient but inconvenient for other craft) or a small rocket to drop it into LEO and you have still saved using a massive lifting rocket
Considering the material to build the cable is currently unknown, and the cable will be mostly high in the atmosphere or in space where it is cold, superconductors are are real possibility ...
Without knowing how to build the cable, the rest is in comparison trivial, because the rest is just extensions of current technology, and largely pointless because we don't know the properties of the cable ...
The people who are in line to get the 10k will also have non-existent broadband ..
These are people who live in an area with no cable, bad satellite coverage, and bad analog TV coverage
GM had no money, still has no money, will always get bailed out "too big to fail", and will always be bought by "True" Americans ..
All things that create bad products that will still sell ..
Meanwhile in the civilised world we buy cars that are reliable, not because of where they are made or who by ...so we get reliable cars
No it is like an elevator, there are stations at the top (Geo-Orbit or Counterweight Geo+several km) and bottom but you can stop anywhere ...
It's main use is not for passengers it is for lifting freight where speed is not an issue lifting capacity is : Saturn V rocket can lift 118,000 kg, Shuttle 3,810 kg to Geo orbit, a space elevator is only limited by the strength of the cable ...
Power : the top of the cable will have to have a 'counterweight' you can use the cable itself as an Electrodynamic tether ... this will generate more power than you need ...
Transmission : The cable may be conductive itself...
The biggest issue by far is the cable, we cannot current make one strong enough, when we can the other issues will be trivial ...
Space elevator : Initial cost is very very high but once built the running costs are negligible
Rockets : Initial cost is high but not that high, running costs are high forever, economy of scale will never kick in to any reasonable degree
Once you have built a space elevator, all rocketry for lifting will be obsolete - most of a rocket is there to lift the rocket into orbit not the payload ... a space elevator will be externally powered so will not need to be any heavier than needed to climb the cable ..and you might be able to drive it and fund it with materials coming down (mining the asteroids)
Try and Buy anntivirus software for Linux, it is not needed, and mostly scans for Windows Viruses
Note this is antivirus, not firewall, not browser exploits, but actual antivirus ...
If a virus tries to get itself run, and can do so without your permission, then your OS has failed, AV is just a stopgap to plug a hole the OS should not have .
Web platforms embedded in the OS are a simple way of using the simple scripting interfaces of the web, to write a client quickly (not necessarily portably)
A client interface is the advantage of a web platform, no install, works anywhere
But even now web platforms use native code on the server, because it is quicker and more efficient
And put any hardware performance in the mix and the native app suddenly becomes essential ...iOS and Android have native apps because direct access to the hardware by code tailored to it is so much more efficient and secure than any web app could hope to be ...
If your app is only presenting information from the internet, or is a user interface client then a web app is simpler to install (you don't need to)
If your app needs to access any native hardware, or uses the system to it's fullest (processing, graphics, disk, other) then a native app is the only way to go
Facebook only presents data from a web server, so does Gmail, a native client gives you no advantage
Now try playing most games in a web interface, or anything that pins the processor, graphics, disk, or needs specialist hardware ...
You can't close source and open source project, you can only close source a branch of it ...
Once open, open forever ... and knowing Google they would continue both ...
See copyright ....no patents needed ,,,
Net neutrality should be decided by the people it affects, not shareholders of companies the lack of it will benefit ...
On Andoid : An app that wants too many permissions with no obvious reason does not get installed by me ....
on iPhone you don't know... so just have to trust Apple, apparently this trust is misplaced
Many rainforests if you remove the trees are quite arid an unsuitable for crops ... as has been seen ...
But with the trees they are very lush and full of water
They don't make more water they just recycle it very efficiently ...
No we don't
a growing proportion are biofuels - a very wasteful way of making liquid fuels to replace oil
If you trust Microsoft with AV software given their track record then you are asking for trouble ...
AV and security is all about trust, and I for one don't trust MS with security, and looking at all the add-ons to MS products to enhance security nor do many many people
MS should be trying to make AV software obsolete, not trying to write their own ..
Whereas in Europe, and especially the UK, libel law protect the rich and famous from anything being said about them that they don't like ...
Be careful what you measure, as that will be what people will do ...
If you measure commits, with comments, then people will do many commits with comments,... the comments may not be useful, the commits may not be relevant, but that is what you measured so that is what they did ...
The problem is that insurance companies only want to insure drivers that never have accidents, if you are poor risk, because you live in an area where you might get your car stolen, other people drive badly and crash into you, or you have to take avoiding action, you will get harshly penalised even though your only solution is to move to a better (and more expensive) area ...
In the UK you have to by law have insurance, and so the insurance companies are running it like a cartel ...
Bow street runners did not patrol
Bow street runners served writs on behalf of the magistrate
Bow street runners arrested offenders on the authority of the magistrate
Bow street runners were paid by the magistrate out of government funds, not the public
So perhaps you should check your facts ....
By speaking to the Police ... ?
If the only way the media can get information from the Police is by monitoring police radio, then your system is already broken
Currently the Police don't bother attempting to update the press they just assume they are being monitored ...