Just did a quick calculation for a Turbo Skylane gph into mpg (assume static weather etc) and it works out around 14MPG.
Now, I'm pretty sure there are a good few SUVs / pickups etc on the US market that do that sort of economy.
The economy of the Cessna looks even better when you consider it can take the shortest route (staying VFR and barring airspace restrictions) whereas the SUV has to 'dog-leg' around the road network to get where it wants to be. Plus the Skylane consumption is more or less constant. An SUV's consumption can be expected to spike when starting/stopping in traffic.
Sure, you could give it to a courier but I honestly can't think of a single one I would trust with an important server.
I'd recommend just taking a trip to your local computer store and trying out the best they have to offer in terms of keyboards and mice.
If you have extra pennies to spend, consider more than two monitors (and their associated video cards). There is a real sense of 'space' when you can spread your GUI based apps over a number of displays. (Personally I think it helps reduce percieved 'stress'.)
Also consider getting the most powerful system you can afford. Having a window open slowly is just depressing. Fire as much raw CPU power/speedy disk/ram as you can at the problem and app/window opening should be faster than turning the pages in a book.
Last, but most importantly, make sure the system is quiet. Theres nothing worse than sitting next to the desktop equivalent of a Boeing 747 all day.
There's nothing computer related about Johnson and Johnson's baby rash powder
I'll have you know that Johnson and Johnson's baby rash powder is required equipment when you're sitting on your backside for an 10 hour gaming tournament.
Even the most modern, lumbering Aircraft Carrier is a big target for waiting submarines / strike aircraft so you protect it.
You protect these things according to their strategic value. ie: The Aircraft carrier is strategically valuable so you give it a Frigate / Destroyer screen along with air-cover.
In the case of the huge HTA cargo carrier, you likewise protect it with fighters, refuellers etc and because it can carry huge ammounts, perhaps give it it's own air to air missile system.
Given it's size / lifting capability, perhaps these warships could also carry a Phallanx / Goalkeeper type system.
Unfortunately the 'business community' in general aren't going to want to help Hubble because it is largely irrelevant to their greater cause of maximising shareholder value.
Companies that would reap a benefit from helping are those already with interests in space systems (It could boost their value). However, most of these companies are simply interested in 'fire-and-forget' sattelite launches and do not have (or have the means to aquire) the complex systems needed to perform on-orbit servicing.
The absolute majority of RFID tags that could be embedded under your skin are passive devices with no power source. ie: they only respond when interogated by an external device and they really don't care whether they are alive, dead or even still attached to your body.
Active tags which have a power cell are around the size of a 10 penny piece are wholely unsuitable for placing under the skin and, of course, would require a minor operation every time the battery needed changing. (Oh, and just *pray* the cell never leaks).
Is it the case that the non-violation of the DMCA through interoperability was so blindingly obvious here that the court simply had to get it wrong?
I really do wonder how the US legal system works; do they ever find someone technically knowledgable to assist in this sort of case? Or do they just defer to whichever side provides the most fluent jargon?
Nobody is asking you to go to Mars and it just so happens that some people still have the spirit of exploration and adventure and will volunteer to go knowing the dangers involved. (I know this to be true because I would raise my hand for the chance).
If America can't find someone to volunteer and do it for the spirit of exploration, China, a few years later will order someone to do it for prestige.
it's an audio file with the intent of being news listened to on a portable audio device
Sorry to bring you up there, but my system weighs around 40kg now with the fluid cooling and it's anything but portable; even If I could work off with it, It'd rip the IEC out of the UPS after 4 feet.
...that 'real-life' social interaction and regular structured excercise are no longer needed for kids in the 21st century?
I assume all the above goes on in America just as it does in schools across the world.
I think the school bus or just getting kids to walk to school is about as good as it gets. Perhaps a more efficient HFC or EV bus could help with long-term costs?
I (personally) do not want to contribute to software designed to attempt to strip my rights to fair use of material I purchase and prevent digital backups etc.
Not to mention, I doubt even the most ingenious of open-source engineers could come up with reliable *software* DRM which automatically allows public-domain type rights to any given media when that media's copyright expires.
Is google really a web 'site'?
If you go to google Australia You're presented with very little more than a web-facing interface to a search-engine.
Certainly, if you type in 'Casinos in Melbourne' you will probably find a lot of adverts at the side of your search - but the ads are usually fairly relevant to what *you* (mr consumer) wanted to find anyway.
If the USPTO are allowed to make such a mistake as this, it might reinforce the notion that the USPTO is no-longer doing anyone any good and maybe, by proxy, calls for patent reform may be answered.
Now if we could just get all browser software providers to go and read that spec and adhere to it, we would have a happy-shiny web for all;)
Unfortunately, some browser writers feel the need to 'extend' standards to their own specification. Of course, it never seems to trouble them that this precludes their browser being standards compliant.
Although this robot is built from remote-control car parts, it is fully autonomous using a Motorola 'brain' and inertial navigation. It also includes ultrasonic object avoidance detectors.
I think you'd be fairly hard-pushed to find an 'off the shelf' vehicle that could do that autonomously over reasonably rough terrian.
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Just did a quick calculation for a Turbo Skylane gph into mpg (assume static weather etc) and it works out around 14MPG.
Now, I'm pretty sure there are a good few SUVs / pickups etc on the US market that do that sort of economy.
The economy of the Cessna looks even better when you consider it can take the shortest route (staying VFR and barring airspace restrictions) whereas the SUV has to 'dog-leg' around the road network to get where it wants to be. Plus the Skylane consumption is more or less constant. An SUV's consumption can be expected to spike when starting/stopping in traffic.
Sure, you could give it to a courier but I honestly can't think of a single one I would trust with an important server.
I'd recommend just taking a trip to your local computer store and trying out the best they have to offer in terms of keyboards and mice.
If you have extra pennies to spend, consider more than two monitors (and their associated video cards). There is a real sense of 'space' when you can spread your GUI based apps over a number of displays. (Personally I think it helps reduce percieved 'stress'.)
Also consider getting the most powerful system you can afford. Having a window open slowly is just depressing. Fire as much raw CPU power/speedy disk/ram as you can at the problem and app/window opening should be faster than turning the pages in a book.
Last, but most importantly, make sure the system is quiet. Theres nothing worse than sitting next to the desktop equivalent of a Boeing 747 all day.
I'll have you know that Johnson and Johnson's baby rash powder is required equipment when you're sitting on your backside for an 10 hour gaming tournament.
Cinelerra has supported opening, editing and rendering Theora and Vorbis for a little while now.
As in refuellers *for* the fighters.
Warship.
Even the most modern, lumbering Aircraft Carrier is a big target for waiting submarines / strike aircraft so you protect it.
You protect these things according to their strategic value. ie: The Aircraft carrier is strategically valuable so you give it a Frigate / Destroyer screen along with air-cover.
In the case of the huge HTA cargo carrier, you likewise protect it with fighters, refuellers etc and because it can carry huge ammounts, perhaps give it it's own air to air missile system.
Given it's size / lifting capability, perhaps these warships could also carry a Phallanx / Goalkeeper type system.
Because they have money?
Unfortunately the 'business community' in general aren't going to want to help Hubble because it is largely irrelevant to their greater cause of maximising shareholder value.
Companies that would reap a benefit from helping are those already with interests in space systems (It could boost their value). However, most of these companies are simply interested in 'fire-and-forget' sattelite launches and do not have (or have the means to aquire) the complex systems needed to perform on-orbit servicing.
So they've patented it? - Well, fair-play to them; this is actually an invention.
It would be nice if they license the tech cheaply but if not, there is another solution.
There is another material which can store hydrogen completely safely at room temperature (unless you are drowning in it).
The absolute majority of RFID tags that could be embedded under your skin are passive devices with no power source. ie: they only respond when interogated by an external device and they really don't care whether they are alive, dead or even still attached to your body.
Active tags which have a power cell are around the size of a 10 penny piece are wholely unsuitable for placing under the skin and, of course, would require a minor operation every time the battery needed changing. (Oh, and just *pray* the cell never leaks).
I'll take it you've never watched the Steve Balmer "Developers, developers, developers" video then? (aka Monkey Dance)
Well if you missed it: have a look here
Is it the case that the non-violation of the DMCA through interoperability was so blindingly obvious here that the court simply had to get it wrong?
I really do wonder how the US legal system works; do they ever find someone technically knowledgable to assist in this sort of case? Or do they just defer to whichever side provides the most fluent jargon?
Sure Valve has their Steam delivery system (whether you like it or not)
Certainly, they could push more 'content' through Steam.
However, this isn't addressing the problem of the content itself being lacklustre or just 'milking' previous successful products such as HL2.
Just taking a look at TFA, it's quite clear that this is a link to an audio file (actually an M3U PL) rather than any mention of a podcast.
This would suggest the file is intended for listening by anyone, anywhere with a Mpeg 3 player thethered or not.
It seems that the term podcast in this case was applied solely by the submitter to Slashdot.
There is no risk to you.
Nobody is asking you to go to Mars and it just so happens that some people still have the spirit of exploration and adventure and will volunteer to go knowing the dangers involved. (I know this to be true because I would raise my hand for the chance).
If America can't find someone to volunteer and do it for the spirit of exploration, China, a few years later will order someone to do it for prestige.
Sorry to bring you up there, but my system weighs around 40kg now with the fluid cooling and it's anything but portable; even If I could work off with it, It'd rip the IEC out of the UPS after 4 feet.
...that 'real-life' social interaction and regular structured excercise are no longer needed for kids in the 21st century?
I assume all the above goes on in America just as it does in schools across the world.
I think the school bus or just getting kids to walk to school is about as good as it gets. Perhaps a more efficient HFC or EV bus could help with long-term costs?
Did anyone say it was meant to 'kill' AIM?
For all we know they may allow Jabber connectors so you can access your AIM / MSN / Yahoo etc accounts via the google server.
I (personally) do not want to contribute to software designed to attempt to strip my rights to fair use of material I purchase and prevent digital backups etc.
Not to mention, I doubt even the most ingenious of open-source engineers could come up with reliable *software* DRM which automatically allows public-domain type rights to any given media when that media's copyright expires.
Media sans DRM please.
Is google really a web 'site'? If you go to google Australia You're presented with very little more than a web-facing interface to a search-engine.
Certainly, if you type in 'Casinos in Melbourne' you will probably find a lot of adverts at the side of your search - but the ads are usually fairly relevant to what *you* (mr consumer) wanted to find anyway.
Serves me right for not RingTFA - must be a slow-brain day for me ;)
If the USPTO are allowed to make such a mistake as this, it might reinforce the notion that the USPTO is no-longer doing anyone any good and maybe, by proxy, calls for patent reform may be answered.
I'm not one to name names and tell tales.
Besides, it would be nice if all browser writers aimed to support W3C standards so the writing of webpages themselves would become so much simpler.
Now if we could just get all browser software providers to go and read that spec and adhere to it, we would have a happy-shiny web for all
Unfortunately, some browser writers feel the need to 'extend' standards to their own specification. Of course, it never seems to trouble them that this precludes their browser being standards compliant.
No doubt it will be edited but it was amusing while it lasted.
This is *not* a remote control vehicle.
Although this robot is built from remote-control car parts, it is fully autonomous using a Motorola 'brain' and inertial navigation. It also includes ultrasonic object avoidance detectors.
I think you'd be fairly hard-pushed to find an 'off the shelf' vehicle that could do that autonomously over reasonably rough terrian.