Mesh networks basically do what your require, so it is feasible. Using a mesh network you will connect all of your neighbors in a big seamless network (i.e. your neighbor to the West will be able to see your neighbor to the East). You would need some sort of firewall to prevent that from happening.
I'm sure it's possible, I'm also sure you will need two wifi adapters (or one device that has two built in) since your neighbors are likely on different channels. I don't know of any software specifically intended for that application.
Off topic? No self respecting, tinfoil hat wearing, Slashdot reader mods that offtopic. Honestly, it would make a lame, but plausible cover for a drug testing program, and knowing our government, it's likely true.
I dual boot Vista and Ubuntu Hardy. I mostly agree with you. I haven't experienced any issues with Vista crashing, and for the most part it seems fairly fast. The big performance issue I noticed was that Vista couldn't play an MP3 without stuttering. I just googled the issue and it appears to be due to some sort of "enhancement" in Vista.
We tried, we even have the metric conversion act of 1975. There are simply too many people who resist change and can't do the math in their head. I understand the difficulties with Fahrenheit to Celsius, but it isn't hard to multiply a pound by 2.2. You can even round it to 2 if you had to.
I used to work in a factory that was owned by a German company, but located in the US. If I would give a drawing labeled in milimeters to our machinists they would balk at it, and I would have to go back and convert it to inches. We had a visiting machinist from Germany and I accidentally gave him a drawing in milimeters to use with our mill which was in inches. Realizing my mistake I offered to correct the drawing. He simply asked what the conversion was. I told him 25.4 mm/in and he came back a little while later with a perfectly machined part.
Mod parent up, please. The funny thing about title IX is it mentions that opportunities must be given to all people interested.(I paraphrased) However, it isn't enforced that way. If women have no interest, then men do without.
The inclination of the ISS orbit is too great with respect to the plane of the solar system. If I remember right it's inclined by 56 degrees to allow the Russian rockets easier access.
That's a big trade off for diplomacy. I hope the Russians understand/appreciate that.
1. It will travel out side the radiation belts, which will cause all sorts of problems with the electronics, and crew.
2. It's too heavy, and likely not structurally sound enough for sufficient thrust. (i.e. in less than 9.2 years)
3. The US doesn't own it. Other countries own it too.
If we want to use it to explore the solar system, use it as an orbital construction platform. You can provide a place for astronauts to live and work as they build a vessel that is better suited for the mission.
The DIRECT v2.0 proposal has taken this "rebuttal" document and re-worked the architecture to baseline absolutely zero performance upgrades to the existing RS-68 engines as flown on Delta-IV. No re-optimized nozzle, no regenerative cooling, no fixes to the injector/combustion chamber. We are not even using the higher specification engine which NASA is still planning to use for Ares-V. DIRECT's Jupiter launchers do not require the additional 6% increase to existing RS-68 performance (nor the additional stresses) currently baselined for use on the Ares-V.
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Look at the article you posted and the one above. They have something in common. I'll give you a hint, look at the date!
correction: The Mac story isn't a dupe. The one before it is. Regardless, that's two dupes today. Start paying attention.
It was already posted on Slashdot. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/03/0656205 That's two dupes in a row guys! Care to go for three?
Also, here's the actual CA article.
Mesh networks basically do what your require, so it is feasible. Using a mesh network you will connect all of your neighbors in a big seamless network (i.e. your neighbor to the West will be able to see your neighbor to the East). You would need some sort of firewall to prevent that from happening.
I'm sure it's possible, I'm also sure you will need two wifi adapters (or one device that has two built in) since your neighbors are likely on different channels. I don't know of any software specifically intended for that application.
How is this a troll? This *isn't* news. 2003 called, they want their slashdot stories back:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/0053233
Read the first post on the article you lined to:
It was modded +5 insightful! If it's not news in 2003, it definitely isn't news in 2008.
everybody knows that old satellite dishes and Asian parabolic cookware can be used to boost wifi signals.
Jupiter look better every minute.
worstcompanyever tag on this one?
NASA is beginning a secret drug testing program.
Off topic? No self respecting, tinfoil hat wearing, Slashdot reader mods that offtopic. Honestly, it would make a lame, but plausible cover for a drug testing program, and knowing our government, it's likely true.
I dual boot Vista and Ubuntu Hardy. I mostly agree with you. I haven't experienced any issues with Vista crashing, and for the most part it seems fairly fast. The big performance issue I noticed was that Vista couldn't play an MP3 without stuttering. I just googled the issue and it appears to be due to some sort of "enhancement" in Vista.
Except that you wouldn't want to multiply a pound by 2.2. You'd want to *divide* a pound by 2.2...
That's an imperial kg, a US kg you multiply. Maybe that's why the US never switched to the metric system.
end sarcasm
Don't get me started on dress sizes.
...we got to sit there while the camera man screwed around and zoomed in on girls in the crowd and the commentators drew garbage on the screen.
That's what everybody sees when they watch NBC Sunday Night Football with John Madden. All you need is an antenna to get that.
Just be careful with that microwave oven. Those magnetrons can be dangerous.
Happy Hunting!
We tried, we even have the metric conversion act of 1975. There are simply too many people who resist change and can't do the math in their head. I understand the difficulties with Fahrenheit to Celsius, but it isn't hard to multiply a pound by 2.2. You can even round it to 2 if you had to.
I used to work in a factory that was owned by a German company, but located in the US. If I would give a drawing labeled in milimeters to our machinists they would balk at it, and I would have to go back and convert it to inches. We had a visiting machinist from Germany and I accidentally gave him a drawing in milimeters to use with our mill which was in inches. Realizing my mistake I offered to correct the drawing. He simply asked what the conversion was. I told him 25.4 mm/in and he came back a little while later with a perfectly machined part.
100 ft wave?!
No, a 1,720 ft wave!
Mod parent up, please. The funny thing about title IX is it mentions that opportunities must be given to all people interested.(I paraphrased) However, it isn't enforced that way. If women have no interest, then men do without.
Pregnancy can mean that you have to stop doing certain types of research or it may just interfere with your ability to be competitive in your field.
The same goes for medicine, yet that field doesn't seem to have a problem.
P.S. Wikipedia says it's 51.6410 degrees inclination.
The inclination of the ISS orbit is too great with respect to the plane of the solar system. If I remember right it's inclined by 56 degrees to allow the Russian rockets easier access.
That's a big trade off for diplomacy. I hope the Russians understand/appreciate that.
here are a list of problems with this plan:
1. It will travel out side the radiation belts, which will cause all sorts of problems with the electronics, and crew.
2. It's too heavy, and likely not structurally sound enough for sufficient thrust. (i.e. in less than 9.2 years)
3. The US doesn't own it. Other countries own it too.
If we want to use it to explore the solar system, use it as an orbital construction platform. You can provide a place for astronauts to live and work as they build a vessel that is better suited for the mission.
I don't know who this Anonymous Coward chap is, but it appears he may have some inside information at NASA.
Basically what happened was the DIRECT team said their design will work if they re-optimize the RS-68 engine for high altitude.
The Ares team said their design will work if they re-optimize the RS-68 and the J-2 engines.
NASA management chose the Ares over the DIRECT.
The DIRECT team reworked their design to require no engine optimizations. This resulted in DIRECT 2.0