I was actually surprised to hear about the mu limitation concept. Swimmers for examle might actually swim faster than their handspeed through the water - an efficient swimmer miht actually take his and out of the water at a point AHEAD of where the same hand entered the water.
So why can't the solution to nuclear waste disposal be as easy as this: Simply reverse the uranium mining and refining process, to where you're decomposing the material into less and less refined material, until you get to the point where you are mixing it with 1000's of tons of dirt and putting it back into hugh open pits... Shouldn't cost any more than getting it in the first place...
Telecom companies don't fund installation broadband capacity, telecom investors do. Apparently, cheap bandwidth costs more that we consumers have been paying. We all owe a big "thanks" to the investors getting hammered (hey, that inclueds me) for throwing money into the hat and then walking away from ivestment empty handed, so that the public can keep getting unlimited spam for free...
In a piano, some of the keys strike a pair (or three) strings when struck. Piano tuners tune each of the strings independently, but also realize that one string affects its mate. Even if they are tuned just a titch off from one another, they will try to sycnh up. Instead of seeking to tune the pair perfectly together, detuning one from the other very slightly will affect the loger-term 'envelope" of the note.
Boxes, arrows, and arrows-pointing-to-boxes are fine, in that they mean exactly what you mean them to mean. Problems arise when other people think they mean something different. The UML represents the current best-effort of a group of people who thought about the problem of how to describe complex systems with a minimum yet sufficient set of notations. It could work for you and your project - or, if your with a team that all understands your boxes and arrows then stick with it...
So, they think they've done the best they can with capital raised in their initial stock offering to create a profitable, money making operation. Yet, they still see additional un-realized opportunities to do more great things in the same vein they'be been doing, if only they had the capital. So it's time to offer additional stock.
It's great for them if they can get the money, but I think they're blowing it...
Nobody has been added into the management mix. And it's not like they suddenly noticed the nedd for a Chief Software Architect - how was that function getting done before the announcement? And nobody has been moved out. I conclude that this is only a cosmetic change.
Think about how courts are administered over districts with physical/geographical boundaries. It's not always easy to map something critical happening on a nationwide network to a specific jurisdiction. So imagine solving that by creating the District of Cyberspace.
And, don't read me wrong - I'm not proposing a Cyberspace Force. But look how hard/how far we pushed Y2K readiness. Don't you think we could take information warfare a lot futher?
I suppose somewhere, people are thinking along the lines of a cyberspace force, similar to our other defense services (army, navy, air force,...) who's job it would be to defend and fight in cyberspace when called on. Manning, training, equipping such a force could easily go way past $91M...
A lean, high-capabilty, stable browser is needed. For me, Netscape pretty much fills the need, though I will continue to look forward to incremental improvements. But - In the longer run, the future is not about rendering html and displaying pretty pages on large high res screens. Assuming we continue to take the www in that direction, isn't that really just interactive TV, with infinite number of channels? The future may be more about Internet access from everywhere, from all kind of devices. And Internet access won't mean rendering web pages on itty bitty screens. It's all about getting the _data_ that's out there into your hands, not some set of visual pages that contain the data, that you have to do additional processing on to get the nuggets out... Bottom line - web browsers are important for getting at data and accessing the Internet/www in its present condition. I eagerly await the 'next big thing' though that will push web browsers into the same category with archie and gopher...
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In CDex, look under "Tools" and you can "Record from analog input". CDex may be MOSTLY a cd ripping utility, but its got some other features.
I was actually surprised to hear about the mu limitation concept. Swimmers for examle might actually swim faster than their handspeed through the water - an efficient swimmer miht actually take his and out of the water at a point AHEAD of where the same hand entered the water.
So, how much energy can you get from combusting a gallon of gas? If an engine was completely efficient, how far should it push 1ooo pounds?
So why can't the solution to nuclear waste disposal be as easy as this: Simply reverse the uranium mining and refining process, to where you're decomposing the material into less and less refined material, until you get to the point where you are mixing it with 1000's of tons of dirt and putting it back into hugh open pits ... Shouldn't cost any more than getting it in the first place ...
But then, people buy lottery tickets too ...
One 29-year-old engineer recently caught in Nortel Network's layoffs said "I spent seven years in school, and it resulted in a six-year career."
So -- they layed him off, and killed him? too??
Telecom companies don't fund installation broadband capacity, telecom investors do. Apparently, cheap bandwidth costs more that we consumers have been paying. We all owe a big "thanks" to the investors getting hammered (hey, that inclueds me) for throwing money into the hat and then walking away from ivestment empty handed, so that the public can keep getting unlimited spam for free ...
In a piano, some of the keys strike a pair (or three) strings when struck. Piano tuners tune each of the strings independently, but also realize that one string affects its mate. Even if they are tuned just a titch off from one another, they will try to sycnh up. Instead of seeking to tune the pair perfectly together, detuning one from the other very slightly will affect the loger-term 'envelope" of the note.
brain shield, to prevent the dreaded brain clouds, of course
Boxes, arrows, and arrows-pointing-to-boxes are fine, in that they mean exactly what you mean them to mean. Problems arise when other people think they mean something different. The UML represents the current best-effort of a group of people who thought about the problem of how to describe complex systems with a minimum yet sufficient set of notations. It could work for you and your project - or, if your with a team that all understands your boxes and arrows then stick with it ...
We all can't fit on the rocket ...
This electric scooter is the way to go http://www.turboscooter.com/Turbo-Z.htm
... and, mind the gap ...
So, they think they've done the best they can with capital raised in their initial stock offering to create a profitable, money making operation. Yet, they still see additional un-realized opportunities to do more great things in the same vein they'be been doing, if only they had the capital. So it's time to offer additional stock.
...
It's great for them if they can get the money, but I think they're blowing it
Nobody has been added into the management mix. And it's not like they suddenly noticed the nedd for a Chief Software Architect - how was that function getting done before the announcement? And nobody has been moved out. I conclude that this is only a cosmetic change.
And, don't read me wrong - I'm not proposing a Cyberspace Force. But look how hard/how far we pushed Y2K readiness. Don't you think we could take information warfare a lot futher?
I suppose somewhere, people are thinking along the lines of a cyberspace force, similar to our other defense services (army, navy, air force, ...) who's job it would be to defend and fight in cyberspace when called on. Manning, training, equipping such a force could easily go way past $91M ...
Or, maybe it's just playing, with toys?
A lean, high-capabilty, stable browser is needed. For me, Netscape pretty much fills the need, though I will continue to look forward to incremental improvements. But - In the longer run, the future is not about rendering html and displaying pretty pages on large high res screens. Assuming we continue to take the www in that direction, isn't that really just interactive TV, with infinite number of channels? The future may be more about Internet access from everywhere, from all kind of devices. And Internet access won't mean rendering web pages on itty bitty screens. It's all about getting the _data_ that's out there into your hands, not some set of visual pages that contain the data, that you have to do additional processing on to get the nuggets out ... Bottom line - web browsers are important for getting at data and accessing the Internet/www in its present condition. I eagerly await the 'next big thing' though that will push web browsers into the same category with archie and gopher ...