You don't know how much any of the above countries are spending on missile technology. However, what we do know is that the majority of that spending is going towards more accurate medium-range missiles, to hit local enemies. Saddam would get a big cheer from many quarters if he nuked Tehran. If he nuked Chicago, it'd be the end of him - and he knows it. And the one thing all of the evil scum you nam have in common is a need to remain in power. All of them will tweak the tigers tail, but none of them really want to see its teeth.
As we also know that several Russian "suitcase bomb" tactical nuclear weapons are unaccounted for, we'd probably be better off tracking them down than trying to perfect ABMs.
If your scenerio is true, it is most likely that a terrorist organisation would seize an American missile sight, and attack the former USSR - provoling massive retaliation against the US.
In which case, you should give this technology to the Russians!:-)
Surely the point of an anti-missile system is to prevent those warheads reaching their intended target? Which means if, as you say "most Pariot engagements were hits they just did'nt have any effect of the missile's trajectory and so the missiles warhead hit its tatget anyway" they failed.
You don't understand how deterrance works. To deter someone, you to let them know that you know how powerful they are, and let them know that the consequences of them using their weapons would lead to their own destruction. In this case, it pays to make your enemies missiles public.
Erm... Intel is nowhere in the embedded market. Motorola already owns about 32% of it.
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It all depends on power management. The great thing about the Psion devices is that they can get 8+ hours battery life (weeks in the case of a 5mx), which means you don't have to worry about it. Laptop power performance, at the moment, isn't good enough.
You're absolutely right. The big problem with EPOC32 is the file formats.
What this means is that, unless Psion actively supports connectivity with your desktop OS of choice, you're limited to transfering *text* files from the word processor - and that's it. Even when Psion does support another OS, as it does the Mac, it does so half-heartedly. MacConnect, the connection software for EPOC32 and the Mac, doesn't translate at all - making it pretty useless.
It's a shame, as the Psion machines are really nice. I've seen the Series 7 and it's lovely - I'm almost tempted to buy one even though I can't connect it to either my Linux machine or my Mac (I'd have to use SoftWindows instead).
You can read a review I did of the Series 5mx from a Mac user's perspective at http://www.macuser.co.uk/guest/printreview.php3?id =34763
How long till they run on the Sawtooth boards, though? I really want to get a 500MHz but there's no way I'm going to do it if Linux isn't there as well...
Hey, Jason, mail Jobs! Tell him Lnux got him an extra sale!
It'll reach a speed next year that Firewire already beats, and *that's* a good reason to go with it?
Boy are you an easy mark!
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Don't worry: The technology you've bought is pretty future proof. Just buy a Firewire card and away you go.
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Yes, it's possible, and yes it's been done. For the PowerBook G3, Digital Origin is shipping MobileDV (http://www.digitalorigin.com/products/mobiledv/ov erview.html), a PC Card Firewire interface. A Windows version will follow soon.
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There are millions and millions of DV cams out there that use FireWire. It is *the* standard there, and there's not a chance in the world that's going to change - for a lot of good reasons (try shifting video over USB without major league frame loss - it can't be done).
What's more, you talk as if Apple owns Firewire: It doesn't.
And don't forget that Apple itself uses USB, and will probably also use USB 2.0 (when it comes out - maybe 2001). USB is great for little devices. You want performance, peer to peer etc you use Firewire.
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Actually, USB wouldn't have taken off for at least five more years had Apple not adopted it as the only expanstion port on the iMac. The reason is simple: While PC's had all the older legacy serial ports on them, you could hit a bigger market by designing for them, rather than for the newer USB. And, as there were more peripherals out there for older ports, computer makers where never going to abandon older ports and just have USB. So, while there were plenty of PCs with USB, there were very few peripherals that used it. However, what the iMac meant was that there was a market that HAD to have USB peripherals - and so peripheral makers, spotting a way to make money, rushed USB devices to market.
Actually, you *can't* download a player for Linux. You can download a player for one specific kind of Linux - Linux/Intel. I use LinuxPPC, and there's no player for me.
Where's your argument? All you have is a bit of conjecture ("it wouldn't be so 'open' if it was develope today.") that doesn't hold up. After all, didn't they recently give away the source to Darwin, and (of course) QuickTime Streaming Server?
And as I've said elsewhere, no one put a gun to Sorenson's head and made them sign that contract. They chose to go down that road because they worked out it would maximise their profit - which is any company's prime reason for existence.
That's the way that Sorenson chose to make their money. No one forced them to sign that contract with Apple - it was their own free choice. So any "oh, well it's nasty Apple's fault" whining from them is, frankly, bs.
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Yes, of course, China has only aimed ICBM's at the US since Clinton became president.
You don't know how much any of the above countries are spending on missile technology. However, what we do know is that the majority of that spending is going towards more accurate medium-range missiles, to hit local enemies. Saddam would get a big cheer from many quarters if he nuked Tehran. If he nuked Chicago, it'd be the end of him - and he knows it. And the one thing all of the evil scum you nam have in common is a need to remain in power. All of them will tweak the tigers tail, but none of them really want to see its teeth.
As we also know that several Russian "suitcase bomb" tactical nuclear weapons are unaccounted for, we'd probably be better off tracking them down than trying to perfect ABMs.
If your scenerio is true, it is most likely that a terrorist organisation would seize an American missile sight, and attack the former USSR - provoling massive retaliation against the US.
:-)
In which case, you should give this technology to the Russians!
Or Massachussetts, after the Ryder Cup! :-)
Surely the point of an anti-missile system is to prevent those warheads reaching their intended target? Which means if, as you say "most Pariot engagements were hits they just did'nt have any effect of the missile's trajectory and so the missiles warhead hit its tatget anyway" they failed.
So you're saying "It's all a Zionist conspiracy"?
LOL
You don't understand how deterrance works. To deter someone, you to let them know that you know how powerful they are, and let them know that the consequences of them using their weapons would lead to their own destruction. In this case, it pays to make your enemies missiles public.
Do you have any evidence for this, or are you just trolling? And no, "it's a well known fact" isn't evidence.
Macintouch claims announced on October 5th. I'd think, after the G4 mess, Appls is likely to ship very soon after that.
Erm... Intel is nowhere in the embedded market. Motorola already owns about 32% of it.
It all depends on power management. The great thing about the Psion devices is that they can get 8+ hours battery life (weeks in the case of a 5mx), which means you don't have to worry about it. Laptop power performance, at the moment, isn't good enough.
You're absolutely right. The big problem with EPOC32 is the file formats.
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What this means is that, unless Psion actively supports connectivity with your desktop OS of choice, you're limited to transfering *text* files from the word processor - and that's it.
Even when Psion does support another OS, as it does the Mac, it does so half-heartedly. MacConnect, the connection software for EPOC32 and the Mac, doesn't translate at all - making it pretty useless.
It's a shame, as the Psion machines are really nice. I've seen the Series 7 and it's lovely - I'm almost tempted to buy one even though I can't connect it to either my Linux machine or my Mac (I'd have to use SoftWindows instead).
You can read a review I did of the Series 5mx from a Mac user's perspective at http://www.macuser.co.uk/guest/printreview.php3?i
How long till they run on the Sawtooth boards, though? I really want to get a 500MHz but there's no way I'm going to do it if Linux isn't there as well...
Hey, Jason, mail Jobs! Tell him Lnux got him an extra sale!
It'll reach a speed next year that Firewire already beats, and *that's* a good reason to go with it?
Boy are you an easy mark!
Don't worry: The technology you've bought is pretty future proof. Just buy a Firewire card and away you go.
Yes, it's possible, and yes it's been done. For the PowerBook G3, Digital Origin is shipping MobileDV (http://www.digitalorigin.com/products/mobiledv/ov erview.html), a PC Card Firewire interface. A Windows version will follow soon.
There are millions and millions of DV cams out there that use FireWire. It is *the* standard there, and there's not a chance in the world that's going to change - for a lot of good reasons (try shifting video over USB without major league frame loss - it can't be done).
What's more, you talk as if Apple owns Firewire: It doesn't.
And don't forget that Apple itself uses USB, and will probably also use USB 2.0 (when it comes out - maybe 2001). USB is great for little devices. You want performance, peer to peer etc you use Firewire.
Actually, USB wouldn't have taken off for at least five more years had Apple not adopted it as the only expanstion port on the iMac. The reason is simple: While PC's had all the older legacy serial ports on them, you could hit a bigger market by designing for them, rather than for the newer USB. And, as there were more peripherals out there for older ports, computer makers where never going to abandon older ports and just have USB. So, while there were plenty of PCs with USB, there were very few peripherals that used it.
However, what the iMac meant was that there was a market that HAD to have USB peripherals - and so peripheral makers, spotting a way to make money, rushed USB devices to market.
...except that current generation PowerBook G3's don't have FireWire.
Check your facts, next time.
Hey, at least they did better than IBM - did they ever get PowerPC OS/2 out? And they make PowerPC chips!
Actually, you *can't* download a player for Linux. You can download a player for one specific kind of Linux - Linux/Intel. I use LinuxPPC, and there's no player for me.
...and when Apple was losing money hand over fist, you *still* would have wanted QuickTime out of them.
Previous Windows versions didn't have all the features of QiuckTime for Mac - hence the "more cross platform."
Where's your argument? All you have is a bit of conjecture ("it wouldn't be so 'open' if it was develope today.") that doesn't hold up. After all, didn't they recently give away the source to Darwin, and (of course) QuickTime Streaming Server?
And as I've said elsewhere, no one put a gun to Sorenson's head and made them sign that contract. They chose to go down that road because they worked out it would maximise their profit - which is any company's prime reason for existence.
That's the way that Sorenson chose to make their money. No one forced them to sign that contract with Apple - it was their own free choice. So any "oh, well it's nasty Apple's fault" whining from them is, frankly, bs.