Your reception shouldn't be that flakey. There are three things that can affect the reception at your end.
Antenna size/geometry
Preamp noise figure
Pointing accuracy
The first two are cost-sensitive. A cheap dish may not perform as well as a more expensive model. The last is dependent on the stability of the antenna mount and proper installation.
I found a well-written tutorial (PDF file) from the Naval Academy on the subject of submarine air treatment. A spacecraft would have to deal with the same problems, even though the corrective measures might be different.
That's not the way it was handled at my last job. Even though we were classified as salaried exempt, anything less than 40 hours/week resulted in a proportionally smaller pay check, as if we were hourly workers. We always called our status "exempt from being paid overtime".
How about modifying and installing some of the equipment used on nuclear submarines? I'd think that after decades of service and experience at sea, it would be reliable and inexpensive by NASA flight hardware standards.
My mother used to use one of those models of IBM typewriter at her job. There is no way in hell that you would find one at a typical office, let alone a military installation. It still wouldn't look anything like the images of the memos that have been posted to the web.
Back then, most people in the military were still using grungy old manual typewriters. The military is not noted for being on the cutting edge of office equipment.
Liberals are all for individual rights, except for the ones they disagree with. Freedom of speech is only granted to those who hold "progressive" views. Freedom of association is granted on a case by case basis. Forget about the right to self-defense, the right to teach your own children, or the right to do anything that offends someone. Not that most conservatives are any better. America has a long history of hypocrisy when it comes to individual rights.
The FCC takes a very dim view of anyone who causes intentional interference to radio communications. It's a good way to get hit with major fines, and in extreme cases, a prison sentence.
The problem is that modern motherboards need more than generic DC power from an external source. The power requirements of modern motherboards are very severe for current and voltage regulation. This has resulted in the use of DC/DC converters that are tightly integrated into the motherboard design to meet the performance requirements. The performance requirements for a P4 power supply are insane. This means that the external DC power supply is mostly a source of bulk power that it converted to AC on the motherboard, before being converted to usable, regulated DC power for the various chips.
So what we have today is AC wall power being converted to DC in the PC power supply, then being converted back to AC, and then regulated DC on the motherboard. Some parts of the motherboard can directly run off the DC from the power supply.
With solar power there is an additional DC/AC conversion stage to feed the power supply.
We might be better off with motherboards that were designed to run off loosely regulated 48VDC, like a lot of telecom equipment. This could be sourced from batteries, solar panels, or a simple DC power supply connected to an AC line. The motherboard would use DC/DC converters to convert the 48VDC to the required local regulated DC voltages.
If he can't have an Oscar, why not give Moore the Leni Riefenstahl Memorial Award for Documentary Filmmaking. After all, his films have broken new ground in the art of persuasion.
Tyranny of the majority is a real problem. It can already be seen at the state level, thanks to the Supreme Court's "one man - one vote" ruling that forced the reorganization of state legislatures. Try living in a state that has one large city and a bunch of rural counties. It easily degenerates to a situation where the only interests that have an effective voice in the legislature are those from the big city and (maybe) its suburbs. Anyone from a rural county can just pound sand.
It's this sort of thing that leads to situations like a bunch of animal rights nuts in London setting the policy on hunting for the countryside.
I used to own a Compaq Deskpro that came with a PDCD drive. The PDCD drive supported CD-ROMs and rewritable PD cartridges. The PD cartridge looked like a CD-RW inside a plastic cartridge. The nice thing was that you could use it just like a removable disk. It didn't need any special software. As far as the operating system was concerned, it was an ordinary, but removable, IDE drive. I'm not sure why they never became popular. They were much easier to use than a CD-R or CD-RW.
Getting hit by a 0.75 kg object at 236 m/s is a mild impact? That's about the same energy as a bullet from a.50 caliber Browning M2 heavy machinegun at point blank range.
The compilers of the list should consider the possibility that, instead of censorship, the press and the public are just not that interested in the stories and issues that the list makers think are important. Activists often suffer from the delusion that the public would support their cause if they only knew the facts.
Business Audio is real. Compaq used to use this phrase on some of their desktops. They had the sound card AND speaker inside the case. No lie.
I think the only reason Compaq called it Business Audio was because of the common perception that audio was only useful for home users and playing games.
What's the market? The number of people who have a PC with the latest nvidia/ati cards is small. A quick look at the current Dell entry-level home PC reveals that its graphics capabilities are well below that needed for many current PC games.
It's a hell of a lot cheaper to buy a PS2 or other game console.
Huh? I was saying that bill collectors should use the existing laws and court system rather than resorting to illegal and unethical methods of debt collection.
You are not indestructible. I've seen too many friends and coworkers die well before their time.
I have chronic health problems that were caused or aggravated by high levels of stress.
You only have one life. Do you want to spend it working overtime, putting cover sheets on TPS reports and dealing with control freaks in management? Working excessive hours will not make your penis/boobs larger or make you a better person.
Aviation Week & Space Technology (trade magazine) has run numerous articles on the activities at VAFB. There are regular ICBM launches from VAFB to test/train missile crews and to test the reliability of the ageing ICBMs in the USAF arsenal. The warheads are removed from the ICBM and replaced with a telemetry and range safety package.
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- Antenna size/geometry
- Preamp noise figure
- Pointing accuracy
The first two are cost-sensitive. A cheap dish may not perform as well as a more expensive model. The last is dependent on the stability of the antenna mount and proper installation.I found a well-written tutorial (PDF file) from the Naval Academy on the subject of submarine air treatment. A spacecraft would have to deal with the same problems, even though the corrective measures might be different.
That's not the way it was handled at my last job. Even though we were classified as salaried exempt, anything less than 40 hours/week resulted in a proportionally smaller pay check, as if we were hourly workers. We always called our status "exempt from being paid overtime".
How about modifying and installing some of the equipment used on nuclear submarines? I'd think that after decades of service and experience at sea, it would be reliable and inexpensive by NASA flight hardware standards.
Back then, most people in the military were still using grungy old manual typewriters. The military is not noted for being on the cutting edge of office equipment.
What can we expect next from CBS, Hitler's long-lost diaries, discovered in the third-floor broom closet of CBS headquarters?
Try exercising your free speech rights at a "liberal" college or university.
Liberals are all for individual rights, except for the ones they disagree with. Freedom of speech is only granted to those who hold "progressive" views. Freedom of association is granted on a case by case basis. Forget about the right to self-defense, the right to teach your own children, or the right to do anything that offends someone. Not that most conservatives are any better. America has a long history of hypocrisy when it comes to individual rights.
The FCC takes a very dim view of anyone who causes intentional interference to radio communications. It's a good way to get hit with major fines, and in extreme cases, a prison sentence.
So what we have today is AC wall power being converted to DC in the PC power supply, then being converted back to AC, and then regulated DC on the motherboard. Some parts of the motherboard can directly run off the DC from the power supply. With solar power there is an additional DC/AC conversion stage to feed the power supply.
We might be better off with motherboards that were designed to run off loosely regulated 48VDC, like a lot of telecom equipment. This could be sourced from batteries, solar panels, or a simple DC power supply connected to an AC line. The motherboard would use DC/DC converters to convert the 48VDC to the required local regulated DC voltages.
A similar strategy was used successfully for many years to recover film capsules from reconnaissance satellites.
If he can't have an Oscar, why not give Moore the Leni Riefenstahl Memorial Award for Documentary Filmmaking. After all, his films have broken new ground in the art of persuasion.
A vote for any other party is just throwing away your vote.
I'd like to see more justices like Antonin Scalia appointed to the court.
It's this sort of thing that leads to situations like a bunch of animal rights nuts in London setting the policy on hunting for the countryside.
I used to own a Compaq Deskpro that came with a PDCD drive. The PDCD drive supported CD-ROMs and rewritable PD cartridges. The PD cartridge looked like a CD-RW inside a plastic cartridge. The nice thing was that you could use it just like a removable disk. It didn't need any special software. As far as the operating system was concerned, it was an ordinary, but removable, IDE drive. I'm not sure why they never became popular. They were much easier to use than a CD-R or CD-RW.
Getting hit by a 0.75 kg object at 236 m/s is a mild impact? That's about the same energy as a bullet from a .50 caliber Browning M2 heavy machinegun at point blank range.
The compilers of the list should consider the possibility that, instead of censorship, the press and the public are just not that interested in the stories and issues that the list makers think are important. Activists often suffer from the delusion that the public would support their cause if they only knew the facts.
I think the only reason Compaq called it Business Audio was because of the common perception that audio was only useful for home users and playing games.
There's a mob of "stamp collectors" outside your front door. One mentioned something about needing a new scratch monkey.
It's a hell of a lot cheaper to buy a PS2 or other game console.
Huh? I was saying that bill collectors should use the existing laws and court system rather than resorting to illegal and unethical methods of debt collection.
You only have one life. Do you want to spend it working overtime, putting cover sheets on TPS reports and dealing with control freaks in management? Working excessive hours will not make your penis/boobs larger or make you a better person.
Any bill collector who lies or uses fraud to collect a debt, should be tossed in a cell with Bruno, the sex machine.
Aviation Week & Space Technology (trade magazine) has run numerous articles on the activities at VAFB. There are regular ICBM launches from VAFB to test/train missile crews and to test the reliability of the ageing ICBMs in the USAF arsenal. The warheads are removed from the ICBM and replaced with a telemetry and range safety package.