Alcatel-Lucent has been hemorrhaging jobs for what feels longer than a decade. Time to just close up shop and put all the assets on the chopping block.
I enjoyed taking MITx 6.002x with you last year. Is there any chance there will be a EE certificate program or graduate level courses (specialty courses) in the future?
I would draw on a tablet screen. I think the Surface Pro is a good alternative to the expensive artist tablets that Wacom sells like the Cintiq and their upcoming windows 8 tablet that is $2,000. Trick is to make the interface small enough to make the drawing area larger.
GaAs semiconductors have been around for years. The issue is it sucks at oxide growth and therefore makes it expensive to fab.
You can get around this by adding aluminum to GaAs, creating a hetrojunction transistor. Other materials like Indium can be used as well.
The beauty of these materials is you can get different bandgaps making it possible to create a true multijunction solar cell bumping up the conversion efficiency to around 40% which is almost unheard of in normal Silicon solar cells. The devices also have the advantage of running at multi GHz speeds with little issue.
If Verizon decides they want to put a limit on how much can be used on their pipes then let them. It's only a matter of time before Google Fiber sets up shop in Verizon's backyard and eats their lunch.
You are correct. Enough people will complain about it they will put it up to a vote in something similar as a California proposition. Regardless of the outcome Verizon will have alienated their base so much their shareholders will jump ship en masse.
Because its the closest large body next to the Earth. It takes a few days to get to if there are any problems and can be used as a stepping stone to other planets since the escape velocity is much smaller than Earths. Don't forget that the Moon also has a source of H3 that we can use for future fusion reactors on our own planet, rather than depending on fossil fuels and nuclear fission.
If you are worried about radiation doses you are still going to get them during the trip to and while on the surface of mars.
And no, GIMP is not competition (and I have been using that, since the late-90s).
The fact that I use it instead of Photoshop shows it is. I suspect that as Photoshop start moving more and more to the cloud and users have to pay a subscription, more people will suddenly find Gimp very competitive.
I would rather rent Photoshop than ever use GIMP again.
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I would like to see Microsoft try to get Ray Ozzie back but, he seems more focused on his startup.
It is a shame we haven't pursued and embraced reactor tech like Thorium fuel cycles and heavy water designs like CANDU that can run on almost any fuel cycle with little issue including natural uranium.
Congress and the president just need to quit making decisions for NASA. Just have a few scientists, a representative from congress and the president meet every 5 or 10 years and come up with a 10 year plan for NASA outlining their goals and budget for the decade and then have congress and the president sign off on it. Then keep that plan locked in until the the next meeting unless there is some need for more funding or a large change which would require a special meeting. I'm getting sick of NASA being used as a political football by the morons in Congress and in the white house who are dumber than rocks when it comes to science and research.
As much as I would love to see NASA establish a colony on the Moon or capture an asteroid and move it to Lunar orbit, Congress and the President are constantly changing NASAs goals every year or two or slashing funding, and thats hurting the agency. NASA needs goals and funding that is locked in and cant be altered until the primary objective is achieved. Take the Apollo program which lasted 10 years or so and got us to the moon. Ever since then every president or congress session has changed NASAs goals and slashed funding that it makes it impossible to get anything fruitful done like the SLS and returning to the Moon and the eventually Mars.
Its great to see aircraft builders embrace composites. Although I am curious about how long lived these aircraft bodies will be compared to metal ones.
It would be cool is rocket builders were the next to use composites for bodies like the high powered rocketry hobby has with carbon fiber but that might be asking for too much since the stresses on large rockets are large.
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How about have a la carte channels on netflix so I only have to pay cable companies for internet access?
Alcatel-Lucent has been hemorrhaging jobs for what feels longer than a decade. Time to just close up shop and put all the assets on the chopping block.
I've had bad luck with LG products so I guess I'll take my money elsewhere or see if a google play version of the moto x comes out.
I enjoyed taking MITx 6.002x with you last year. Is there any chance there will be a EE certificate program or graduate level courses (specialty courses) in the future?
I wish Valve would start announcing new games. This console infatuation is getting annoying.
I would draw on a tablet screen. I think the Surface Pro is a good alternative to the expensive artist tablets that Wacom sells like the Cintiq and their upcoming windows 8 tablet that is $2,000. Trick is to make the interface small enough to make the drawing area larger.
GaAs semiconductors have been around for years. The issue is it sucks at oxide growth and therefore makes it expensive to fab.
You can get around this by adding aluminum to GaAs, creating a hetrojunction transistor. Other materials like Indium can be used as well.
The beauty of these materials is you can get different bandgaps making it possible to create a true multijunction solar cell bumping up the conversion efficiency to around 40% which is almost unheard of in normal Silicon solar cells. The devices also have the advantage of running at multi GHz speeds with little issue.
It's a shame we cant reuse the plant with a simpler and/or safer reactor like CANDU or thorium.
I thought Aerojet got a license to produce the design in the United States so there is a domestic supply.
If Verizon decides they want to put a limit on how much can be used on their pipes then let them. It's only a matter of time before Google Fiber sets up shop in Verizon's backyard and eats their lunch.
You are correct. Enough people will complain about it they will put it up to a vote in something similar as a California proposition. Regardless of the outcome Verizon will have alienated their base so much their shareholders will jump ship en masse.
Obviously you haven't heard of the French Revolution.
Well said V.I.N.CENT.
Because its the closest large body next to the Earth. It takes a few days to get to if there are any problems and can be used as a stepping stone to other planets since the escape velocity is much smaller than Earths. Don't forget that the Moon also has a source of H3 that we can use for future fusion reactors on our own planet, rather than depending on fossil fuels and nuclear fission.
If you are worried about radiation doses you are still going to get them during the trip to and while on the surface of mars.
And no, GIMP is not competition (and I have been using that, since the late-90s).
The fact that I use it instead of Photoshop shows it is. I suspect that as Photoshop start moving more and more to the cloud and users have to pay a subscription, more people will suddenly find Gimp very competitive.
I would rather rent Photoshop than ever use GIMP again.
I would like to see Microsoft try to get Ray Ozzie back but, he seems more focused on his startup.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18PbwYdjsps
I hope Apple and Samsung implode at the same time.
There is a mac version of Avast now. It works just uses alot of resources.
It is a shame we haven't pursued and embraced reactor tech like Thorium fuel cycles and heavy water designs like CANDU that can run on almost any fuel cycle with little issue including natural uranium.
Congress and the president just need to quit making decisions for NASA. Just have a few scientists, a representative from congress and the president meet every 5 or 10 years and come up with a 10 year plan for NASA outlining their goals and budget for the decade and then have congress and the president sign off on it. Then keep that plan locked in until the the next meeting unless there is some need for more funding or a large change which would require a special meeting. I'm getting sick of NASA being used as a political football by the morons in Congress and in the white house who are dumber than rocks when it comes to science and research.
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That's good to know, I've been thinking of using CF or Dyna-wind tubes when I build my rocket for my L2 flight.
As much as I would love to see NASA establish a colony on the Moon or capture an asteroid and move it to Lunar orbit, Congress and the President are constantly changing NASAs goals every year or two or slashing funding, and thats hurting the agency. NASA needs goals and funding that is locked in and cant be altered until the primary objective is achieved. Take the Apollo program which lasted 10 years or so and got us to the moon. Ever since then every president or congress session has changed NASAs goals and slashed funding that it makes it impossible to get anything fruitful done like the SLS and returning to the Moon and the eventually Mars.
Its great to see aircraft builders embrace composites. Although I am curious about how long lived these aircraft bodies will be compared to metal ones.
It would be cool is rocket builders were the next to use composites for bodies like the high powered rocketry hobby has with carbon fiber but that might be asking for too much since the stresses on large rockets are large.
After looking at the aircraft I was thinking someone was watching too much Mobile Suit Gundam.