Light coming in from far enough off axis won't reflect into the focal plane. In this regard, most "light shrouds" actually make things worse by providing a surface for off-axis light to reflect off of on its way to the focal plane. No shroud = no reflecting surface.
A newtonian can be easily tested by looking into the focuser w/out an eyepiece. If all you see is black and the mirror, the scope is adequately baffled, and no shroud or tube will improve it.
Bullshit. Utter and complete bullshit. You are confusing Green Card (permanent alien) holders with H1B's. There's a big difference. People with Green Cards are here for the long haul. H1B's are generally indentured. H1B's are not allowed to get Green Cards.
I have worked with several H1B's over the years, and typically they were not as good as myself or many of my native and green card colleagues. I actually found out how one of them was being paid, and it wasn't pretty. He was making less than half of what I was making on the same project.
Typical Military BS
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Choice quotes: "might cause interence", "not right now, but maybe in the future"... This is the Pentagon spreading FUD, and knowing the predilictions of the current administration, it all bodes very ill for wireless in general and WiFi in particular. In my quick scan of the article I didn't see any mention of 5Ghz or 802.11a, so it rationalizations that the Pentagon is looking at the UII band are misplaced.
Have you also factored in support contracts, and that products purchased, may be EOL'd, and force upgrades to continue being supported. These forced upgrades could then have a trickle-down effect of increased license costs, licensing changes, and increased hardware costs (new servers).
Definately an issue and one that was discussed. The problem is that all of this is so speculative. We couldn't put even an honest estimated number to EOL/forced upgrade issues. Do you know of any studies that provide a 'figure' for this that I could plug into a project and back up with hard facts?
My experience after 16+ years in the industry is that you can count on only three years of active support. After that the product will be EOL'd, and you will have to pay T&M for any support, contract or no contract. In fact, I seriously doubt that any software vendor can write a 10 year support contract in good faith. Data point: In no company that I have ever worked for has a product that was more than 5 years old been on active support.
Furthermore, the quality of that support will decline over time. The people who actually wrote the code will have moved on to other projects, and will be subject to internal bickering/tug-o-wars in terms of looking at any bug fixes. If they are even still at the company. If the company still exists. I have seen this happen on products that were only 2 years old. I hate to imagine the situation at age 10.
My own preference would be to have a contractor design and deploy the (open source) system with complete documentation as to exactly the steps taken . Test thoroughly. And when something breaks, bring in the original contractor to fix it on a T&M basis. In the long term this is likely to be much cheaper than a 10 year support contract which will be worthless in three years.
The USA is hampered by regulation, not lack of technology.
Excuse me? The US has the least regulated telecom market in the world. Our problem is that we don't have enough regulation to push the slow moving monopolies forward. Instead we allow them to stifle competition and to keep offering the same old sub-standard service.
I for one only hate things that Disney does. When they do well, you have to give them all due credit. To do otherwise might feel like consistency to some, but its really just spite.
I read Tilley's web site a bit, and they seem to be making a small industry out of perpetual motion. Its clear that they really did modify a DeLorean to use an electric motor, but beyond that their claims are vague at best. They do claim a "power source" that "uses no inputs", which sure sounds like PM. They do claim that the DeLorean does not use the PM source.
One thing is clear: they at least have the guts to show up at a public demonstration, even if they blew out a wheel bearing (no surprise on a DeLorean). Now if they would let a couple of qualified engineers take a look at the car before and after the test I'd feel better. For all I know they have a little gas powered generator hidden in the vehicle recharging the batteries.
The reason I've given up buying CDs is because most of the songs are crap.
Funny, my wife just told me the same thing. Paraphrased: "I'm always so disapointed with domestic CD's, I don't even bother unless its from another country."
IIRC (and I believe that I do) Metallica's stand was that fans were welcome to share all of the live cuts that they want, but that they didn't want studio cuts shared. Metallica's point was about the artist being allowed to determine what happens with their recorded products. I have a difficult time disagreeing with that.
The question was what effect on UUNet. And the answer really is "none whatsoever. for now." Certainly not long term if WorldComm decides to shut down UUNet. However, that won't happen as the unit was profitable pre-merger, so it is one part of the operation that will have significant value, and may remain part of a re-organized WorldComm, or it could be sold profitably.
As for the "Net Economy", WorldComm doesn't (AFAIK) owe a cent to any of the "Net Companies" (ha ha), as they had no money to lend it in the first place. If there were any investment in Internet companies right now the lack of payments from WorldComm would prevent cash flows, but since the level of investment is minimal right now, even that side effect will also be minimal.
So, overall I think that there won't be a lot of fall-out from WorldComm until they start into serious re-structuring. I can see some scenarios where UUNet could get gutted, but I view that as a fairly distant possibility. Of course, I could be wrong;-).
In ANY company, employees are given the least consideration. They are viewed simply as a consumable resource, like fuel oil or coal (hopefully a bit more environmentally friendly).
Sadly, this is mostly true. There is one company that I know of (Johnson and Johnson) that puts their employees second in their "Credo", right after the customers and ahead of the shareholders. However this doesn't seem to be helping them, as the FDA is now investigating them based on an accusation from a fired maintenance employee.
None whatsoever. For now. Chapter 11 gives a company time to operate while it re-organizes, sells units, etc... without having to pay back creditors. It also means that pretty much everything that it does will have to pass muster with a bankruptcy judge, so it isn't a free ride. Eventually enough assets will be sold and the creditors paid off so that the company can emerge from Chapter 11, probably as a smaller, more focused organization. Or they may find that they cannot generate enough cash to pay off their creditors and then go into Chapter 7, at which point all the remaining assets will be liquidated.
Mel Bartels has a great web site for making computer controlled scopes
here.
I know people who use this sytem in backyard observatories. The current implementation can correct for all sorts of problems in the mount, and compares favorably with the software used by professional observatories.
Actually, artists DO get paid if the record makes money or not. Your point is just silly. Go do some research. Start here [state.tx.us] and learn a bit about recording contracts.
The artist gets a loan regardless of whether the album makes money or not. This is not the same thing as getting paid, not by a long shot. And the artist starts out even further in the hole once promotions are taken into account, as those costs are recouped from royalties.
Furthermore, I am highly dubious on the figures the record industry brings up. Why should we trust the books of any label more than we trust the books from a movie studio or an energy trader.
From the comments I'm seeing, it looks like Moby is on the wrong side of the "tech savvy" community. Free access to music can increase sales, but it looks like it can work against an artist who disappoints his fans: if the record sucks, everyone knows it quickly and many do not buy the album.
Sorry Moby, but the days of putting out mediocre records with no backlash are over. You're going to have to work for your sales now.
----"Microsoft holds a patent that describes a method by which hardware and software interoperate to guarantee "digital rights management" (aka fair use destruction and monopoly lock-in). The patent describes a mechanism in which there is a private/public key pair, with one half embedded in hardware (possibly the CPU). Only "authorized code" (aka Windows) can run in ring 0 (kernel space) on the CPU. Naturally, only Windows has the other half of the key."
Patent? Ohhh yeah, those things. Did anybody tell you that the US is NOT the world government? Well, not every country agrees with "Our" patent system.
Everyone with the resources files for patents not only in the US, but also Japan, Europe, etc... I bet that if you look it up you'll find that the MSFT DRM patent is in process in every major economic market in the world.
Pay attention to the messenger. Of all the news agencies, it's MSnbc. Who else would report with that much enthusiasm?
If you looked closely at the article you'll notice that it is actually credited to Newsweek.
Keep in mind that it is quite dangerous to look at the Sun without adequate filtering or a projection system of some sort, look at S&T for some hints. You can look at a Total Eclipse without filters during totality. Nothing you can do can prepare for that sight.
This particular eclipse is an Annular, where the Moon's shadow is somewhat smaller than the Sun's disk. From the right location, it appears as a bright ring around a dark Moon. I've not seen one, but I've heard some Umbraphiles say "I wouldn't cross the street for an Annular Eclipse."
"Indie" labels nowadays are too often nothing more than a scheme to convince the gullible that they're outwitting the majors. Guess what you've been buying?
Bzzt! Wrong answer, thanks for playing.
Baaba Maal has no contract with Island. His latest was released on Palm Pictures.
Varttina is currently available on North Side, a specialty label that appears to associated with the "Boiled in Lead" crowd.
Just because a major released one or two albums by a given artist doesn't mean that the artist is a "major label artist". Sometimes a major will take a gamble on a well established small market artist, and drop 'em like a rock when they don't sell enough in the U.S. market. Believe it or not there are people working for the majors that care deeply about music and want to see their organizations put out good stuff.
I'll grant your point that most "indies" are really just arms of the corporate giants, but I far prefer alternative tentacles.
Right now we've got Habib Koite, Vaartinaa (sp?), Baaba Maal and sundry other artists in the CD changer. Not a one has a major label deal. All are on indies of various sorts. Somehow I managed to hear about these bands/people, most likely because I actually listen to community/public radio instead of Clearchannel.
Major labels are nothing more than a scheme to spoonfeed pablum to people who are too lazy to actually have any taste.
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Light coming in from far enough off axis won't reflect into the focal plane. In this regard, most "light shrouds" actually make things worse by providing a surface for off-axis light to reflect off of on its way to the focal plane. No shroud = no reflecting surface.
A newtonian can be easily tested by looking into the focuser w/out an eyepiece. If all you see is black and the mirror, the scope is adequately baffled, and no shroud or tube will improve it.
Ever notice that major power outages and clear skies only coincide near full moon?
Bullshit. Utter and complete bullshit. You are confusing Green Card (permanent alien) holders with H1B's. There's a big difference. People with Green Cards are here for the long haul. H1B's are generally indentured. H1B's are not
allowed to get Green Cards.
I have worked with several H1B's over the years, and typically they were not as good as myself or many of my native and green card colleagues. I actually found out how one of them was being paid, and it wasn't pretty. He was making less than half of what I was making on the same project.
Choice quotes: "might cause interence", "not right now, but maybe in the future"... This is the Pentagon spreading FUD, and knowing the predilictions of the current administration, it all bodes very ill for wireless in general and WiFi in particular. In my quick scan of the article I didn't see any mention of 5Ghz or 802.11a, so it rationalizations that the Pentagon is looking at the UII band are misplaced.
Consider yourselves warned.
Furthermore, the quality of that support will decline over time. The people who actually wrote the code will have moved on to other projects, and will be subject to internal bickering/tug-o-wars in terms of looking at any bug fixes. If they are even still at the company. If the company still exists. I have seen this happen on products that were only 2 years old. I hate to imagine the situation at age 10.
My own preference would be to have a contractor design and deploy the (open source) system with complete documentation as to exactly the steps taken . Test thoroughly. And when something breaks, bring in the original contractor to fix it on a T&M basis. In the long term this is likely to be much cheaper than a 10 year support contract which will be worthless in three years.
Excuse me? The US has the least regulated telecom market in the world. Our problem is that we don't have enough regulation to push the slow moving monopolies forward. Instead we allow them to stifle competition and to keep offering the same old sub-standard service.
I for one only hate things that Disney does. When they do well, you have to give them all due credit. To do otherwise might feel like consistency to some, but its really just spite.
I read Tilley's web site a bit, and they seem to be making a small industry out of perpetual motion. Its clear that they really did modify a DeLorean to use an electric motor, but beyond that their claims are vague at best. They do claim a "power source" that "uses no inputs", which sure sounds like PM. They do claim that the DeLorean does not use the PM source.
One thing is clear: they at least have the guts to show up at a public demonstration, even if they blew out a wheel bearing (no surprise on a DeLorean). Now if they would let a couple of qualified engineers take a look at the car before and after the test I'd feel better. For all I know they have a little gas powered generator hidden in the vehicle recharging the batteries.
Funny, my wife just told me the same thing. Paraphrased: "I'm always so disapointed with domestic CD's, I don't even bother unless its from another country."
RIAA, take note.
IIRC (and I believe that I do) Metallica's stand was that fans were welcome to share all of the live cuts that they want, but that they didn't want studio cuts shared. Metallica's point was about the artist being allowed to determine what happens with their recorded products. I have a difficult time disagreeing with that.
The question was what effect on UUNet. And the answer really is "none whatsoever. for now." Certainly not long term if WorldComm decides to shut down UUNet. However, that won't happen as the unit was profitable pre-merger, so it is one part of the operation that will have significant value, and may remain part of a re-organized WorldComm, or it could be sold profitably.
;-).
As for the "Net Economy", WorldComm doesn't (AFAIK) owe a cent to any of the "Net Companies"
(ha ha), as they had no money to lend it in the first place. If there were any investment in Internet companies right now the lack of payments from WorldComm would prevent cash flows, but since the level of investment is minimal right now, even that side effect will also be minimal.
So, overall I think that there won't be a lot of fall-out from WorldComm until they start into serious re-structuring. I can see some scenarios where UUNet could get gutted, but I view that as a fairly distant possibility. Of course, I could be wrong
Cheers!
Sadly, this is mostly true. There is one company that I know of (Johnson and Johnson) that puts their employees second in their "Credo", right after the customers and ahead of the shareholders. However this doesn't seem to be helping them, as the FDA is now investigating them based on an accusation from a fired maintenance employee.
None whatsoever. For now. Chapter 11 gives a company time to operate while it re-organizes, sells units, etc... without having to pay back creditors. It also means that pretty much everything that it does will have to pass muster with a bankruptcy judge, so it isn't a free ride. Eventually enough assets will be sold and the creditors paid off so that the company can emerge from Chapter 11, probably as a smaller, more focused organization. Or they may find that they cannot generate enough cash to pay off their creditors and then go into Chapter 7, at which point all the remaining assets will be liquidated.
Well, that sure goes a long way towards explaining Dennis Day ;-).
I know people who use this sytem in backyard observatories. The current implementation can correct for all sorts of problems in the mount, and compares favorably with the software used by professional observatories.
"Forgent", as in Forged Entity. Somone has a great sense of humor.
The artist gets a loan regardless of whether the album makes money or not. This is not the same thing as getting paid, not by a long shot. And the artist starts out even further in the hole once promotions are taken into account, as those costs are recouped from royalties.
Furthermore, I am highly dubious on the figures the record industry brings up. Why should we trust the books of any label more than we trust the books from a movie studio or an energy trader.
From the comments I'm seeing, it looks like Moby is on the wrong side of the "tech savvy" community. Free access to music can increase sales, but it looks like it can work against an artist who disappoints his fans: if the record sucks, everyone knows it quickly and many do not buy the album.
Sorry Moby, but the days of putting out mediocre records with no backlash are over. You're going to have to work for your sales now.
Everyone with the resources files for patents not only in the US, but also Japan, Europe, etc... I bet that if you look it up you'll find that the MSFT DRM patent is in process in every major economic market in the world.
If you looked closely at the article you'll notice that it is actually credited to Newsweek.
Of course it would be illegal. And of course the RIAA will push for legislation that would change that.
Remember, no one's life, liberty or property are safe as long as Congress is in session.
> controll my battlebot guard dog while chowning my neighbors' cat?
Any cat can be chown'd with a sufficient supply of tuna.
You've got that backwards: let them buy all of the MSFT products they want. The impact on productivity will topple Saddam in no time ;-).
This particular eclipse is an Annular, where the Moon's shadow is somewhat smaller than the Sun's disk. From the right location, it appears as a bright ring around a dark Moon. I've not seen one, but I've heard some Umbraphiles say "I wouldn't cross the street for an Annular Eclipse."
Bzzt! Wrong answer, thanks for playing.
Baaba Maal has no contract with Island. His latest was released on Palm Pictures.
Varttina is currently available on North Side, a specialty label that appears to associated with the "Boiled in Lead" crowd.
Just because a major released one or two albums by a given artist doesn't mean that the artist is a "major label artist". Sometimes a major will take a gamble on a well established small market artist, and drop 'em like a rock when they don't sell enough in the U.S. market. Believe it or not there are people working for the majors that care deeply about music and want to see their organizations put out good stuff.
I'll grant your point that most "indies" are really just arms of the corporate giants, but I far prefer alternative tentacles.
Right now we've got Habib Koite, Vaartinaa (sp?), Baaba Maal and sundry other artists in the CD changer. Not a one has a major label deal. All are on indies of various sorts. Somehow I managed to hear about these bands/people, most likely because I actually listen to community/public radio instead of Clearchannel.
Major labels are nothing more than a scheme to spoonfeed pablum to people who are too lazy to actually have any taste.