Seems to me just like a programmer describing programming (or software). Take it to another level is Linux. I find there are two kinds of people: Those that know Linux and those who do not. The Linux people are experts in all aspects including other operating systems and programming languages. All others have not a clue. I know a little as I did MS-DOS years ago, and that it is a OS where you don't have to continually pay royalties to people in Seattle or Cupertino and the mascot is a penguin.
sounds like the broadband over powerlines proposal some years ago that died. This may do the same like Ricochet, Metro (I think) and a few others that was going to be the "cat's meow" for all internet but ended up biting the dust. Yeah, higher speed internet to more customers... call me cynical but sounds much like waiting for the flying car, controlled fusion power plants, men on Mars, etc.
Regarding emergency communications, first order of business is emergency managers (and fire chiefs, IC, others) want to first be able to talk across their town, not to another county, state. Local comms can be VHF, UHF. Of course when everything goes down, there's no power in the power lines so no interference then can do HF.
In a college class (Cabrillo College, Aptos CA) I had in 1979 each student was tasked to research alternate energy sources. One student examined extracting methane gas at landfills, he also identified "urban ore" potential for mining various metals. My idea was hydrogen powered cars, getting the H2 was tricky because splitting the water using electricity from a fossil fuel plant didn't make sense from energy efficiency. Maybe powering electrolysis from solar or wind power but storing it can be difficult. Fast forward to these days they've made storing H2 easier. And now profitable to mine "urban ore?"
Going OT but this is example mentioned in a documentary how history subtlely gets rewritten where many enjoy this famous speech by JFK (rarity as not often hear "let's go for it!" in a positive way). So it's gotta be reposted, however, nobody gets the "Rice play Texas" so it is removed. Bzzt, this happens with many historical film footage, articles where younger historians don't relate to certain quotes so they remove them. In this case, small university football team from Rice has no chance of winning the bigger team from UT, but they do it anyways because it is hard like climbing the highest mountain.
Yep. Until they start BUILDING and FLYING hardware like a transfer stage and a lander. Also need EVA suits, ability to communicate a quarter million miles away, and God knows what else. Otherwise this is typical, new president trashes the previous plans and introduces a new plan.
In meantime begin with a lander/rover mission to both poles as the first steps in a return to the Moon, http://www.spudislunarresource...
and to think on 50th anniversary of the Soyuz (though first flight was not good, it killed their best cosmonaut) it is not certain when a rocket/spacecraft made and launched from US will happen. It is always next year or two (for how many past years? I've lost count). Imagine a half a century ago if someone were to say "those capitalists stooges will be buying rides on our rocket because they're too cheap to build their own." (heh, but we send them dollars).
other day on CSPAN2 they interviewed a author that recently published a book about drug dealers, abusive cops. Author mentioned nobody seeks out a career as a drug dealer, almost all make very little money except those very few at top. It is also hard work, long hours, being on the streets even when very cold for all day or night, fear of getting robbed or busted. Reason why many go into drug dealing is because "it is a company town" with no other options.
A cousin said some years ago reason we see growing number of self storage places and more people in credit card debt because sales and marketing people have so successfully getting people to go into debt buying stuff they don't need.
Excellent summary. Though it makes sense people will still push "Mars" instead of the Moon. Reason is if you propose sending people to the Moon, you have to come up with real money now. To begin building transfer stage, lander, EVA suits, etc. now. But if you propose sending people to Mars, it will always be 20 years into the future so you can defer spending real money to future smucks. Then 20 years from now you can bitch why they didn't spend the money.
Big question is how much is your time worth? When I get coffee, I get typical 'murican coffee (no cream or sugar, just black). I also consider how long will it take? I don't earn as much as Oleary but waiting in line behind several other people getting some kind of frappa macca moca that takes five minutes to make... $2.50 is nothing compared to how much worth per hour.
I've been looking for such a comprehensive for Shuttle, I wonder if any will be written for SLS. I don't expect for FH as that is purely company rocket. Maybe something is there, I've burned too much time sifting through retreads of PPTs.
Going OT here, I'm thinking of the "pilot shortage" diatribe that has been going on for decades, even recent AWST had extensive article about this. I was chatting with a pilot who said it isn't a pilot shortage but a pilot pay shortage. He went on to say for someone to get qualified enough to fly the majors, it will cost that person at least $300K. Now with this fiasco, will it address this issue? I remember Capt Sully testifying in front of congress saying before the famous Hudson river landing, him and his wife were dealing with strains of mortgage payments. Other pilots were finding it more difficult earning a decent living.
Reminds me I need to wire up a dial phone to call a friend to tell her she's wrong. She does consultant work on phone systems, mentioned equipment that responds to pulse dialing has been removed. I have a 1980s answering machine, tape is dead but I still use it as a phone. There is a switch below to select tone or pulse, I tried pulse mode and it worked (probably not for long). So gotta connect that Model 500 telephone. Show how to dial a number (i.e. you old timers remember the ads "dial before you dig"), also how you pick up and hang up the telephone. And it rings with real bells.
At one time I followed rec.Martial-arts on Usenet.
I miss usenet! Lots of good info and knowledge, and some funny comments too. Sometimes people got a bit too much of themselves, i.e. rec.skydiving occasionally referred as wreck.skywhining. There was also techie groups, if they still existed I could ask questions about color balancing a JVC 750 camera. There are some blogsites but gotta register and you better use the correct forum when asking a specific question or you will be banned for life from the internet.
carrier pigeons have been downed by high winds. Yahoo groups? Who the heck is still using that?
Actually many groups such as bayscan, Parachute Mobile, various clubs as it is convenient in sense of mailing lists and a place to put photos, files, and various documents. Some of these people have tried other groups such as IO and Google groups though overall doesn't seem to cause a huge migration from yahoogroups. Of course for IT/Linux/Unix/Network gurus always have something better but most people are not such gurus (analogy of why most people buy tickets to ride an airplane instead of flying their own). Google groups is ok but from what I have experienced not much better. Also many yahoogroups have been around for decades so there's a lot of legacy. What may obliterate yahoogroups is if they extensively change the format where it becomes not usable (kind of like hotmail).
Laugh what you want but geocities was of great value. Sure it never had the luster of what an IT/Linux/Unix/Network guru can build, it had that primitive 1990s feel, many of the sites were stinkers but many had very useful information pages on various subjects. These were written by actual people who put in their personal time to share knowledge. Unlike now most webpages that show up on searches are sales/marketing websites that aggregate the same stuff over and over.
Better drag out my acoustic modem that takes the Model 500 handset (got it at kludge sale for $5). I could only afford the 300 baud, I was not rich like you 1200 baud guys. I enjoyed it immensely, even got to do electronic mail. I also was able to get detailed news of Shuttle flight 41C. Someone was kind enough to devote tons of time to get latest space news compiled in a single text file (decades before spaceref, NASAwatch, etc). Took some time to download but was very convenient since none of us had access to the UPI/AP wire and a Model 33 Teletype. Then the UPI found out and put a stop to it.
Actually last time I logged in was in 1996, there was a website that you can look up people that had compuserve accounts. Ah yes, them were the days.
Lockheed made the SR-71, U-2, F-117, P-38, C-69 and C-130. All were innovative aircraft that were considered excellent at what they did.
I'm thinking Lockheed is a different company now than what it was back then, it is now LockMart. Also the country as a whole is different, much less manufacturing industrial base. However, the concept of having a single all-in-one airplane probably not practical. Astronaut Michael Collins wrote about the F111 with car analogy a vehicle that dad can commute to work, mom use it taking the kids to school and go shopping, same car can also be used as a cement truck, and race the Daytona 500 on the weekends. Good luck with that.
In another discussion someone commented about money wasted on F35s, the rebuttal "Money wasted on F-35s? What are you talking about? Many people now have damn nice houses due to that money. Wasted, my foot."
, because it means our media is gearing us up for war with them.
I wonder if the hawks were living in Seoul, would they be still willing to gear up for war? For those clueless Seoul is the major South Korean city that will be flatten from conventional artillery that is within range of NK.
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Seems to me just like a programmer describing programming (or software). Take it to another level is Linux. I find there are two kinds of people: Those that know Linux and those who do not. The Linux people are experts in all aspects including other operating systems and programming languages. All others have not a clue. I know a little as I did MS-DOS years ago, and that it is a OS where you don't have to continually pay royalties to people in Seattle or Cupertino and the mascot is a penguin.
sounds like the broadband over powerlines proposal some years ago that died. This may do the same like Ricochet, Metro (I think) and a few others that was going to be the "cat's meow" for all internet but ended up biting the dust. Yeah, higher speed internet to more customers... call me cynical but sounds much like waiting for the flying car, controlled fusion power plants, men on Mars, etc.
Regarding emergency communications, first order of business is emergency managers (and fire chiefs, IC, others) want to first be able to talk across their town, not to another county, state. Local comms can be VHF, UHF. Of course when everything goes down, there's no power in the power lines so no interference then can do HF.
In a college class (Cabrillo College, Aptos CA) I had in 1979 each student was tasked to research alternate energy sources. One student examined extracting methane gas at landfills, he also identified "urban ore" potential for mining various metals. My idea was hydrogen powered cars, getting the H2 was tricky because splitting the water using electricity from a fossil fuel plant didn't make sense from energy efficiency. Maybe powering electrolysis from solar or wind power but storing it can be difficult. Fast forward to these days they've made storing H2 easier. And now profitable to mine "urban ore?"
Going OT but this is example mentioned in a documentary how history subtlely gets rewritten where many enjoy this famous speech by JFK (rarity as not often hear "let's go for it!" in a positive way). So it's gotta be reposted, however, nobody gets the "Rice play Texas" so it is removed. Bzzt, this happens with many historical film footage, articles where younger historians don't relate to certain quotes so they remove them. In this case, small university football team from Rice has no chance of winning the bigger team from UT, but they do it anyways because it is hard like climbing the highest mountain.
And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?
you left out "why does Rice play Texas?"
Yep. Until they start BUILDING and FLYING hardware like a transfer stage and a lander. Also need EVA suits, ability to communicate a quarter million miles away, and God knows what else. Otherwise this is typical, new president trashes the previous plans and introduces a new plan.
In meantime begin with a lander/rover mission to both poles as the first steps in a return to the Moon, http://www.spudislunarresource...
and to think on 50th anniversary of the Soyuz (though first flight was not good, it killed their best cosmonaut) it is not certain when a rocket/spacecraft made and launched from US will happen. It is always next year or two (for how many past years? I've lost count). Imagine a half a century ago if someone were to say "those capitalists stooges will be buying rides on our rocket because they're too cheap to build their own." (heh, but we send them dollars).
other day on CSPAN2 they interviewed a author that recently published a book about drug dealers, abusive cops. Author mentioned nobody seeks out a career as a drug dealer, almost all make very little money except those very few at top. It is also hard work, long hours, being on the streets even when very cold for all day or night, fear of getting robbed or busted. Reason why many go into drug dealing is because "it is a company town" with no other options.
A cousin said some years ago reason we see growing number of self storage places and more people in credit card debt because sales and marketing people have so successfully getting people to go into debt buying stuff they don't need.
Excellent summary. Though it makes sense people will still push "Mars" instead of the Moon. Reason is if you propose sending people to the Moon, you have to come up with real money now. To begin building transfer stage, lander, EVA suits, etc. now. But if you propose sending people to Mars, it will always be 20 years into the future so you can defer spending real money to future smucks. Then 20 years from now you can bitch why they didn't spend the money.
are all subjects I have zero interest in watching?
Big question is how much is your time worth? When I get coffee, I get typical 'murican coffee (no cream or sugar, just black). I also consider how long will it take? I don't earn as much as Oleary but waiting in line behind several other people getting some kind of frappa macca moca that takes five minutes to make... $2.50 is nothing compared to how much worth per hour.
I've been looking for such a comprehensive for Shuttle, I wonder if any will be written for SLS. I don't expect for FH as that is purely company rocket. Maybe something is there, I've burned too much time sifting through retreads of PPTs.
Going OT here, I'm thinking of the "pilot shortage" diatribe that has been going on for decades, even recent AWST had extensive article about this. I was chatting with a pilot who said it isn't a pilot shortage but a pilot pay shortage. He went on to say for someone to get qualified enough to fly the majors, it will cost that person at least $300K. Now with this fiasco, will it address this issue? I remember Capt Sully testifying in front of congress saying before the famous Hudson river landing, him and his wife were dealing with strains of mortgage payments. Other pilots were finding it more difficult earning a decent living.
I'm not going even look at the results or RTFA. I'll just jump in and comment!
UHF was from 14 to 83
ever tried tuning to 2-way radios from 14 to 20? or cellphones in 71 and up?
Reminds me I need to wire up a dial phone to call a friend to tell her she's wrong. She does consultant work on phone systems, mentioned equipment that responds to pulse dialing has been removed. I have a 1980s answering machine, tape is dead but I still use it as a phone. There is a switch below to select tone or pulse, I tried pulse mode and it worked (probably not for long). So gotta connect that Model 500 telephone. Show how to dial a number (i.e. you old timers remember the ads "dial before you dig"), also how you pick up and hang up the telephone. And it rings with real bells.
Unless a company is put on death row like people, then it is not a people.
At one time I followed rec.Martial-arts on Usenet.
I miss usenet! Lots of good info and knowledge, and some funny comments too. Sometimes people got a bit too much of themselves, i.e. rec.skydiving occasionally referred as wreck.skywhining. There was also techie groups, if they still existed I could ask questions about color balancing a JVC 750 camera. There are some blogsites but gotta register and you better use the correct forum when asking a specific question or you will be banned for life from the internet.
Easiest access to information in human history, and people remain willfully ignorant.
new term for the 21st century to replace the 19th century meme, "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink."
carrier pigeons have been downed by high winds. Yahoo groups? Who the heck is still using that?
Actually many groups such as bayscan, Parachute Mobile, various clubs as it is convenient in sense of mailing lists and a place to put photos, files, and various documents. Some of these people have tried other groups such as IO and Google groups though overall doesn't seem to cause a huge migration from yahoogroups. Of course for IT/Linux/Unix/Network gurus always have something better but most people are not such gurus (analogy of why most people buy tickets to ride an airplane instead of flying their own). Google groups is ok but from what I have experienced not much better. Also many yahoogroups have been around for decades so there's a lot of legacy. What may obliterate yahoogroups is if they extensively change the format where it becomes not usable (kind of like hotmail).
Laugh what you want but geocities was of great value. Sure it never had the luster of what an IT/Linux/Unix/Network guru can build, it had that primitive 1990s feel, many of the sites were stinkers but many had very useful information pages on various subjects. These were written by actual people who put in their personal time to share knowledge. Unlike now most webpages that show up on searches are sales/marketing websites that aggregate the same stuff over and over.
I was thinking of a new meme to illustrate how ridiculous and tragic social media combined with politics has become. Many comments here are scary.
Better drag out my acoustic modem that takes the Model 500 handset (got it at kludge sale for $5). I could only afford the 300 baud, I was not rich like you 1200 baud guys. I enjoyed it immensely, even got to do electronic mail. I also was able to get detailed news of Shuttle flight 41C. Someone was kind enough to devote tons of time to get latest space news compiled in a single text file (decades before spaceref, NASAwatch, etc). Took some time to download but was very convenient since none of us had access to the UPI/AP wire and a Model 33 Teletype. Then the UPI found out and put a stop to it.
Actually last time I logged in was in 1996, there was a website that you can look up people that had compuserve accounts. Ah yes, them were the days.
Lockheed made the SR-71, U-2, F-117, P-38, C-69 and C-130. All were innovative aircraft that were considered excellent at what they did.
I'm thinking Lockheed is a different company now than what it was back then, it is now LockMart. Also the country as a whole is different, much less manufacturing industrial base. However, the concept of having a single all-in-one airplane probably not practical. Astronaut Michael Collins wrote about the F111 with car analogy a vehicle that dad can commute to work, mom use it taking the kids to school and go shopping, same car can also be used as a cement truck, and race the Daytona 500 on the weekends. Good luck with that.
In another discussion someone commented about money wasted on F35s, the rebuttal "Money wasted on F-35s? What are you talking about? Many people now have damn nice houses due to that money. Wasted, my foot."
, because it means our media is gearing us up for war with them.
I wonder if the hawks were living in Seoul, would they be still willing to gear up for war? For those clueless Seoul is the major South Korean city that will be flatten from conventional artillery that is within range of NK.