I bought a P4 package from a local shop, composed of case/ps, Intel D850GB motherboard, CPU and 128MB of RAMBUS memory. They were offering it at a good price ($599 US), probably as a result of the Intel subsidized bundles mentioned in the article.
I could have bought an AMD package for a bit less money and it would have probably run most programs faster than the Intel package. Why did I buy the Intel package? I don't care about Quake or minor differences in performance. I wanted a reliable and well supported system that wasn't going to have compatibility problems with hardware and software. The large memory bandwidth was also a plus for the Intel package.
Every time I see him speak on TV, my blood pressure goes up 40 points. He never lets inconvenient things like facts, logic or principles get in the way of a good rant.
According to the Junkyard Wars website she was inspired after watching the scene in Apollo 13 where the astronauts had to build an air filter after junk that was lying around the space shuttle.
The USA does not have to "break" the ABM treaty. See Article 15, Section 2 of the treaty. The text of the treaty can be found here. Either side can withdraw from the treaty after giving six months prior notice.
I say why not use REAL weapons: guns, flamethrowers, EMP devices, etc.
BATF agents are not known for their sense of humor. There is a licensing category for "destructive devices", but it would be a lot of trouble and expense. Plus, California has some of the worst weapons laws in the country. One way around California's stupid laws might be to become a movie producer. There are exemptions written into the laws for Hollywood.
It would be easier to put Linux, or the operating system of your choice, on a flash card. From what I have read, these can be used as a direct replacement for an IDE hard disk.
I think you need 10-12 bits per color to eliminate banding. I've read about x-ray display systems that use 16-bit gray scale. 48 bits per pixel should be sufficient. Might as well toss in 16 bits for an alpha channel and make it 64 bits.
Anyone know what the short term stability of this clock is? Last time I checked, masers beat cesium beam clocks for short term stability, which is important in some applications.
From what I have read, plutonium wasn't suitable for gun assembly due to the high background radiation (neutrons) of the material. There was a high probability of a fizzle (premature chain reaction resulting in low yield) due to the relatively slow assembly time of the gun.
You are correct that an implosion device can use uranium or plutonium.
Breeder reactors produce plutonium, not uranium. Extracting the plutonium from the fuel rods, and converting it into usable weapons components, is a difficult and dangerous business. Look at the robotic factories the USA built during the Manhattan Project to process plutonium.
A plutonium bomb (implosion device) is a complex design. There are a lot of things that can go wrong.
A U-235 bomb (gun device) is considerably simpler, but inefficient in its use of fissionable material.
Someone who got their hands on a sizable quantity of highly enriched uranium could easily build a nuclear weapon.
"Trusted" is just marketing language and has no official definition. The official definitions, at least for the US government, can be found in the NSA/NCSC rainbow books.
Actually, it was probably used for monitoring the health of the missile while it was sitting inside its silo. Most large missiles and launch vehicles have a "hardline" telemetry connection between the missile and the launch control center. This is just an electrical cable that plugs into the side or bottom of the missile. This allows the launch control center to test and monitor the missile before they push the big red button.
ICBMs usually only have RF telemetry systems installed when they are being test launched from one of the ranges (Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg). The USAF does this on a regular basis. They pull a Minuteman missile from a silo, remove the nuclear weapons, add RF telemetry and range safety systems, and launch it from Vandenberg. If you see a film clip in a movie of an ICBM launch, it was probably one of these tests.
I am probably the only person on Slashdot who has programmed PCM decommutators. PCM decommutators are used to strip and display parameters from telemetry downlinks. They are used with satellites, launch vehicles, aircraft and missile tests, even race cars.
The model number is not familiar to me. Do you know the manufacturer?
I doubt that it is worth more than scrap. Most standalone PCM decommutators have been replaced with ISA or PCI cards that fit into a PC. These are made by Aydin, Avtec, L3 and other companies.
Some of the old PCM decommutators are interesting from a computer architecture point of view. They were very specialized computers that could process multi-megabit telemetry streams in real-time, using hardware built out of 7400 series TTL with magnetic core memory, running at a low (1 MHz ballpark) clock rate. A single instruction could input a telemetry word from a serial/parallel convertor and send it to multiple output devices. It was common to have multiple program counters, with each instruction having a field that specified which program counter to use for fetching the next instruction.
As American law is directly derived from English law (excluding Louisiana), the copyright practices in the rest of Europe are irrelevant to a discussion of American copyright law. If that offends you, too bad.
Tell me how you are going to do integration, certification and testing in a few hours?
I've built my share of PCs from parts, but I realize that a reputable pre-built machine has value added in the engineering and testing performed by the manufacturer. I don't have to worry about whether the components are compatible with each other and the operating system. There is a single point-of-contact for maintenance, technical support, software/firmware updates and parts.
Basically to top it off close to %80 of all internet users support microsoft which is supprisingly higher then the national public. I always assumed ms supporters were just ignorant but I guess not. The poll continues showing that %76 of americans believe Microsoft is healthy for the IT industry and I assume the number is higher for tech savy internet users who use ms office/IE everyday.
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I never understood the rationale behind VA Linux. I can get better prices at the local screwdriver shop. If I want support and better engineered hardware, I can buy a server from IBM. In fact, that is what I did when I bought a low-end server last year.
Wire guided anti-tank missiles use a similar system. There is bobbin of wire on the back end of the missile. The ends of the wires are connected to the guidance electronics. The wire peels off the back of the bobbin as the missile goes down range.
That is what they want you to do. Read the contract and assume that every clause is legitimate and enforceable.
In reality, many contracts include unenforceable language that is knowingly included for its intimidation value. They know that it would get laughed out of court, but they know that most people are not lawyers and will assume the language is valid.
You need to consult with a lawyer if you want to know what the contract actually means.
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I could have bought an AMD package for a bit less money and it would have probably run most programs faster than the Intel package. Why did I buy the Intel package? I don't care about Quake or minor differences in performance. I wanted a reliable and well supported system that wasn't going to have compatibility problems with hardware and software. The large memory bandwidth was also a plus for the Intel package.
Every time I see him speak on TV, my blood pressure goes up 40 points. He never lets inconvenient things like facts, logic or principles get in the way of a good rant.
She also starred in Election, opposite Matthew Broderick. She did a great job playing the part of the junior achiever from Hell.
A typical LEO satellite is in view for 10 to 15 minutes before it disappears beneath the horizon. The time can be less for low elevation passes.
That would have been a neat trick.
The USA does not have to "break" the ABM treaty. See Article 15, Section 2 of the treaty. The text of the treaty can be found here. Either side can withdraw from the treaty after giving six months prior notice.
This will be on the test.
BATF agents are not known for their sense of humor. There is a licensing category for "destructive devices", but it would be a lot of trouble and expense. Plus, California has some of the worst weapons laws in the country. One way around California's stupid laws might be to become a movie producer. There are exemptions written into the laws for Hollywood.
It would be easier to put Linux, or the operating system of your choice, on a flash card. From what I have read, these can be used as a direct replacement for an IDE hard disk.
I think you need 10-12 bits per color to eliminate banding. I've read about x-ray display systems that use 16-bit gray scale. 48 bits per pixel should be sufficient. Might as well toss in 16 bits for an alpha channel and make it 64 bits.
Anyone know what the short term stability of this clock is? Last time I checked, masers beat cesium beam clocks for short term stability, which is important in some applications.
An uncompressed HDTV stream is 1.5 gigabit/sec. That would fill up a terabyte disk in about 90 minutes.
You are correct that an implosion device can use uranium or plutonium.
I'll have to check out Project Urchin.
A plutonium bomb (implosion device) is a complex design. There are a lot of things that can go wrong.
A U-235 bomb (gun device) is considerably simpler, but inefficient in its use of fissionable material.
Someone who got their hands on a sizable quantity of highly enriched uranium could easily build a nuclear weapon.
"Trusted" is just marketing language and has no official definition. The official definitions, at least for the US government, can be found in the NSA/NCSC rainbow books.
ICBMs usually only have RF telemetry systems installed when they are being test launched from one of the ranges (Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg). The USAF does this on a regular basis. They pull a Minuteman missile from a silo, remove the nuclear weapons, add RF telemetry and range safety systems, and launch it from Vandenberg. If you see a film clip in a movie of an ICBM launch, it was probably one of these tests.
The model number is not familiar to me. Do you know the manufacturer?
I doubt that it is worth more than scrap. Most standalone PCM decommutators have been replaced with ISA or PCI cards that fit into a PC. These are made by Aydin, Avtec, L3 and other companies.
Some of the old PCM decommutators are interesting from a computer architecture point of view. They were very specialized computers that could process multi-megabit telemetry streams in real-time, using hardware built out of 7400 series TTL with magnetic core memory, running at a low (1 MHz ballpark) clock rate. A single instruction could input a telemetry word from a serial/parallel convertor and send it to multiple output devices. It was common to have multiple program counters, with each instruction having a field that specified which program counter to use for fetching the next instruction.
I tried downloading it from several sites, all reported that the file didn't exist. Did it get pulled by the lawyers?
As American law is directly derived from English law (excluding Louisiana), the copyright practices in the rest of Europe are irrelevant to a discussion of American copyright law. If that offends you, too bad.
I've built my share of PCs from parts, but I realize that a reputable pre-built machine has value added in the engineering and testing performed by the manufacturer. I don't have to worry about whether the components are compatible with each other and the operating system. There is a single point-of-contact for maintenance, technical support, software/firmware updates and parts.
This poll was brought to you by Internet Explorer, now with innovative ActivePoll(TM) technology. Why suffer from the drudgery of filling out those confusing questionnaires, when ActivePoll(TM) can do it for you.
I never understood the rationale behind VA Linux. I can get better prices at the local screwdriver shop. If I want support and better engineered hardware, I can buy a server from IBM. In fact, that is what I did when I bought a low-end server last year.
Wire guided anti-tank missiles use a similar system. There is bobbin of wire on the back end of the missile. The ends of the wires are connected to the guidance electronics. The wire peels off the back of the bobbin as the missile goes down range.
In reality, many contracts include unenforceable language that is knowingly included for its intimidation value. They know that it would get laughed out of court, but they know that most people are not lawyers and will assume the language is valid.
You need to consult with a lawyer if you want to know what the contract actually means.
The reflective layer is gold. You can read the catalog blurb here.