Nothing travels faster than the speed of light. So when this satellite learns of the big flare, it has already hit us. (Due to delays in processing and transmission, it'll tell us only after the flare has passed by earth)...
As valadaar states, the light from the flare travels at the speed of light, the actual matter that does the damage travels much more slowly.
So we'll get a little bit of warning that a big flare is on the way, gps is going to be disrupted, and the air-traffic-control system is going to fail.
I wonder if there's a market for a fireproof box (firebrick or such) containing drives and just enough thermite to destroy the drives (platters) but not leak thermite out of the box?
Not yet, but how far off, heh.
Not a lot of thermite required to destroy the platters if oriented correctly.
Of course even less required if the thermite is in the drive housing itself.
If you're going to engage in illegal activities, a little thermite on the drives seems like a cheap precaution... Biggest hassle is the thermite-proof container.
I believe just the production of it is a crime, if it is made to look like real money.
If produced as art there is a line there somewhere as how 'good' it would need to be to be considered counterfeit, I think, unless someone attempted to use it. If you photocopied a suitably colored monopoly bill and tried to use it as money that's probably be counted as a crime.
Fair warning- IANASSA, IANATA
If I was considering doing money-type pieces as art, I'd just ask the secret service up-front.
I suppose it is a crime to print money if you are not a government and distribute them, but simply print them and not distribute them, not buy anything for that printed cash, how is that illegal?
Printing and circulating your own money is perfectly legal, in fact this is catching on a bit.
As a 49 yo grandmother, a feminist, and having had a long career as a C programmer, I find that offensive. Would they have said his father couldn't see it? This is just another racist characterization of women being incompetent with technology.
To know whether or not we should listen to you, we have to know- are you hot?
We produce some of the recent safety systems, and the 'save' rate is, well, interesting. We are not 'responsible for the ATC system', and I didn't mean to infer as much.
A lot of the ATC system is indeed ancient and decrepit, but our stuff is all shiny and new.
My nickname is chosen for it's irony, and I sure as hell don't have dialup by choice. You find a good house with good schools in a nice area with some room to breathe and a 3800sq ft garage, and if it only has dialup, that's minor compared to the rest of the picture.
Let me see, I work for an engineering company with equipment deployed in air-traffic control systems around the world, military radar systems, and if you fly it's likely your flight was made safer because of our equipment....
Yep, I and my coworkers sound like we're a bunch if idiot redneck hicks.
We've repeated the error of the french in the 1700's (or was it 1800's) of destroying out financial system by allowing the re-packaging of worthless securities to 'eliminate risk', so I'd say, yes, we are going to let them do it again.
Or more accurately, we won't be able to stop them.
I'm referring to a recurrent trait where one group thinks they know best for other people, that people are not capable of making decisions for themselves.
Believe it or not, that does not make it a political comment, it means that people that have that trait tend to be liberals.
Heh, whoever modded this guy down, prepare to eat crow (and besides, ripping on a guy for a Simpsons reference? Shame...).
Since Tomato plants and tobacco are both members of the nightshade family, you can cross 'em a bit, but the nicotine ends up in the leaves of the tomato plant, not the fruit.
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The confusion is my fault- temporary interference from X-rays, RF, etc, not so much of a worry as the more damaging ejection products.
Dave
GPS interference is temporary, I worry more about the ejection products that can cause permanent damage.
Dave
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light. So when this satellite learns of the big flare, it has already hit us. (Due to delays in processing and transmission, it'll tell us only after the flare has passed by earth)...
As valadaar states, the light from the flare travels at the speed of light, the actual matter that does the damage travels much more slowly.
Dave
So we'll get a little bit of warning that a big flare is on the way, gps is going to be disrupted, and the air-traffic-control system is going to fail.
Excellent!
Dave
I wonder if there's a market for a fireproof box (firebrick or such) containing drives and just enough thermite to destroy the drives (platters) but not leak thermite out of the box?
Not yet, but how far off, heh.
Not a lot of thermite required to destroy the platters if oriented correctly.
Of course even less required if the thermite is in the drive housing itself.
Dave
If you're going to engage in illegal activities, a little thermite on the drives seems like a cheap precaution...
Biggest hassle is the thermite-proof container.
Dave
I believe just the production of it is a crime, if it is made to look like real money.
If produced as art there is a line there somewhere as how 'good' it would need to be to be considered counterfeit, I think, unless someone attempted to use it. If you photocopied a suitably colored monopoly bill and tried to use it as money that's probably be counted as a crime.
Fair warning- IANASSA, IANATA
If I was considering doing money-type pieces as art, I'd just ask the secret service up-front.
Dave
I suppose it is a crime to print money if you are not a government and distribute them, but simply print them and not distribute them, not buy anything for that printed cash, how is that illegal?
Printing and circulating your own money is perfectly legal, in fact this is catching on a bit.
Duplicating gov't money is what's illegal.
Dave
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SINCGARS
SINCGARS uses 25 kHz channels
Seems a bit low bandwith for good video.
I don't think the video is even of NTSC quality- what counts are the lenses, and how much light the sensor needs to operate.
Dave
As a 49 yo grandmother, a feminist, and having had a long career as a C programmer, I find that offensive. Would they have said his father couldn't see it? This is just another racist characterization of women being incompetent with technology.
To know whether or not we should listen to you, we have to know- are you hot?
Dave
We produce some of the recent safety systems, and the 'save' rate is, well, interesting.
We are not 'responsible for the ATC system', and I didn't mean to infer as much.
A lot of the ATC system is indeed ancient and decrepit, but our stuff is all shiny and new.
My nickname is chosen for it's irony, and I sure as hell don't have dialup by choice.
You find a good house with good schools in a nice area with some room to breathe and a 3800sq ft garage, and if it only has dialup, that's minor compared to the rest of the picture.
Dave
Ayuh, that's the feller.
Dave
DSL does not have a 56K limit, but trades higher frequencies and wider bandwidth for
a) much shorter runs from the central office
b) polluting the other copper pairs near the DSL pair, rendering those pairs useless for DSL.
VOIP voice is a fair bit less than 56kbps in many cases.
Dave
Pray to whatever god(s) you believe in when you fly, then, because your ass is in our hands (eeewwwww...).
Dave
Strictly speaking, sure, it's not voice. The frequency is much higher.
But it is an analog signal, put onto the wire with a modem; I was just enjoying the irony of it.
Dave
Voice-over-IP-over-voice (even DSL is "voice"), I love it.
Dave
Let me see, I work for an engineering company with equipment deployed in air-traffic control systems around the world, military radar systems, and if you fly it's likely your flight was made safer because of our equipment....
Yep, I and my coworkers sound like we're a bunch if idiot redneck hicks.
Dave
The death of dial-up has been greatly exaggerated. No broadband available where I am in NY, within 50 miles of Syracuse.
Dave
We've repeated the error of the french in the 1700's (or was it 1800's) of destroying out financial system by allowing the re-packaging of worthless securities to 'eliminate risk', so I'd say, yes, we are going to let them do it again.
Or more accurately, we won't be able to stop them.
Dave
Jackie Stewart said it as 'Aluminium' and that's good enough for me.
Dave
I'm referring to a recurrent trait where one group thinks they know best for other people, that people are not capable of making decisions for themselves.
Believe it or not, that does not make it a political comment, it means that people that have that trait tend to be liberals.
You comment is not relevant.
Dave
Liberals *know* what's best for everyone, and they *know* that risking lives is not worth it for space flight, and so will fight manned space flight.
Dave
My title would have been "Niven Nailed It"
Looks like it's going to be a retro-kind-of-day, saw a blurb on inflatable solar cells, "Tom Swift and the Space Solartron" had 'em 1st!
Dave
Say that again.
Wheaton?
W -H- eaton?
Why do you emphasize the 'H' so much?
Brian
Heh, whoever modded this guy down, prepare to eat crow (and besides, ripping on a guy for a Simpsons reference? Shame...).
Since Tomato plants and tobacco are both members of the nightshade family, you can cross 'em a bit, but the nicotine ends up in the leaves of the tomato plant, not the fruit.
Dave