Okay, so my government, as well as everyone else in the world will always be at least a month behind the US government's spooks, when it comes to windows updates. I think that Microsoft just gave every other government in the world good reason to switch IMMEDIATELY to Linux!
Every non-US or multinational corporation too. It's common knowlege that the CIA spies on foreign businesses in order to give USA based businesses a competitive edge. So unless that company's headquarters is on USA soil, that company would be smart to switch to something other than MS for security purposes.
Well, at least some Slashdotters can rejoice. MS just shot themselves in the foot, and soon will soon just be an incompatible regional OS, instead of a global one. I mean honestly, how much hardware gets built in the US anymore? Imagine if Asian hardware manufacturers pay MS the same attention that they used to pay Linux?
I am also a physicist, and I disagree with you that bonds cannot be broken. The math is relatively simple to prove that a photon of microwave energy can't break apart something as simple as a water molecule. But how about something as complex as DNA?
What I disagree with is the statement that molecular bonds cannot be broken in much more complex molecules by weak radiation. With such a large structure as a chain of DNA or some proteins, the microwaves could set up harmful oscillations and harmoinc motion that could magnify the effect of the radiation, and snap the chain in a weak spot.
If I glue 3 or 4 bricks together with mortar, and put them in a field, I can prove that a 9.0 earthquake probably won't break them apart. Now if I put a few million bricks together in a building, all bets are off. Kinda scary.
Considering that your typical molecule of DNA could easily contain millions of atoms, there is plenty of room for waves to build up and cause damage. If you want the Nobel prize, try mathematically modelling THAT.:-P
But wouldn't classifying air crew as radiation workers increase their pay, to compensate? I sure as heck would want a pay increase if I were working on an airliner.
For some reason they didn't build them back then. I wonder if the patent was part of the reason. Maybe your dad's patent is a wonderful example of why the current intellectual property rights laws don't really help much with innovation.
Either way, kudos to him! I hope his name gets mentioned lots whenever there is a press release about these machines. Some how i doubt it though.
"That is not a legitimate reason. That's a matter of using a simple auto header or footer function in the software you're using (some sort of CAD I presume in your case?)."
Until EVERY piece of software that my staff can possibly think of using has a mandatory and foolproof plot stamp function built into it, you're just talking out your ass, and plot stamping at the driver level will remain a legitimate use.
My HP plotter has a "plot stamp" feature on it, that sticks the date, time, and our company name on every sheet we plot. Very handy when tracking things down.
That's funny because I know several. All they had to do was see the same files compressed with ZIP, and again with RAR. Once they saw WinRAR did everything WinZIP could do, and then some, and was easier to boot, they switched.
Face it, people are slowly moving to a better and more efficient format. All we have is some virus protection companies who are on the slow end of adapting to new technologies. And it's not all that new, RAR has been around for at least 5 years.
Do you really want to trust an anti-virus company that can't deal with semi-popular 5 year old compression protocols?
Motorcycles and small sportscars get you laid too. So unless you're banging the entire female rugby team at once in the back seat, have the decency to switch!!
That is true, something strange like that could happen. However, it doesn't explain why the stars are blurred in the same direction as the amplitude of the sinusoidal wave of the meteor. Because of this, I still think vibration of the telescope is the most likely culprit.
I think you are right. When I looked closer at the stars, they seemed motion blurred, but in an elliptical shape. This would happen if the telescope was vibrating back and forth, in one direction. Perhaps if the telescope was on the back of a pickup truck or something we would see this.
When you look at the wavy meteorite trail, it's not a perfect sine wave. It looks like it was "waving" on an axis that wasn't perpendicular to the direction of travel. In fact, the apparent direction of the waving seems to line up with the stars motion blur. It seems the axis of vibration is rotated twenty or thirty degrees counterclockwise from the direction of the meteor. Because the stars shape and the wave of the meteor are the same, I'm inclined to agree that this is some kind of vibrational anomoly.
The probability of rolling snake eyes on two (six sided) dice is 1 in 36, compared to 1 in 37 chance of earth being hit by that asteroid. How many times has any slashdot reader rolled snake eyes in their lifetime?
I just thought it was a sobering way to think about it.
I found it to be a fairly accurate portrayal of the history of the Necromunda universe. (Tabletop miniature game.) Or something that could easily happen in Warhammer 40K.
It certainly seems like point 6 covers most of the enemy combatants in Afghanistan. There was no regular Afghan army, it was just locals who get together and fight. I think it would take years for those people to organize an actual Afghan army under those pre-war conditions.
So there you have it, the US broke the Geneva Convention.
Einstein's theory was proposed a hundred years ago. So I don't know what plural centuries you're talking about. Also, his genius was recognized almost instantly, and sent shockwaves through the entire physics community at that time. Some still doubted his theory was true, but shortly therafter the measurements of the precession of Mercury proved Einstein to the point where his theory was generally accepted.
So... this IS the world where Einstein's genius was appreciated when he was alive.
Considering they lived in indonesia that long ago, they probably looked more like Oompa-Loompas. But I have a feeling that it wouldn't be PC enough to say in a news report.
Ever since the Americans started wrecking their economy by starting random wars for false reasons, their dollar has fallen fast. Heck the two currencies are getting closer every day. I wonder if Americans even realize what's happening to their buying power that's kept their economy going so well. I hope they notice and do something before hyper inflation hits.
Kinda like when I actually didn't know about 9-11 till two days later, because I locked myself in my basment. I had just moved in, so I didn't have TV or internet yet, so I just played some RPG computer games.
My wife bought a cheap briefcase with a zipper, to carry some of her paperwork from work. It looked very similar to one of the expensive laptop bags. She left it in our vehicle overnight, and the next day our vehical was broken into, and only that bad was missing.
I think it's a great idea... There's a huge list of failed X-prizes, and they might risk being scrapped, instead of flown. That would be an awful shame, and a waste. I would like to see all of them fly eventually. (Except maybe the really dangerous ones.)
The other reason I think it's a great idea is because even though Spaceship One got their first, it won't ever go much further. That design was designed for one thing, to win the X prize. A modified version of it will never go anywhere useful. Some of the other X prize contestants could concievably scale all the way to orbit. So that way, setting the bar a bit higher each year is a great way of getting maximum development of the space industry for the prize dollars offered. If we ran this prize several years in a row, each time higher, I'm certain that Spaceship One wouldn't be able to hold on to the cup.
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Okay, so my government, as well as everyone else in the world will always be at least a month behind the US government's spooks, when it comes to windows updates. I think that Microsoft just gave every other government in the world good reason to switch IMMEDIATELY to Linux!
Every non-US or multinational corporation too. It's common knowlege that the CIA spies on foreign businesses in order to give USA based businesses a competitive edge. So unless that company's headquarters is on USA soil, that company would be smart to switch to something other than MS for security purposes.
Well, at least some Slashdotters can rejoice. MS just shot themselves in the foot, and soon will soon just be an incompatible regional OS, instead of a global one. I mean honestly, how much hardware gets built in the US anymore? Imagine if Asian hardware manufacturers pay MS the same attention that they used to pay Linux?
Rejoice!
The end cometh!
What are UCC papers, and can I get those in Canada?
I am also a physicist, and I disagree with you that bonds cannot be broken. The math is relatively simple to prove that a photon of microwave energy can't break apart something as simple as a water molecule. But how about something as complex as DNA?
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What I disagree with is the statement that molecular bonds cannot be broken in much more complex molecules by weak radiation. With such a large structure as a chain of DNA or some proteins, the microwaves could set up harmful oscillations and harmoinc motion that could magnify the effect of the radiation, and snap the chain in a weak spot.
If I glue 3 or 4 bricks together with mortar, and put them in a field, I can prove that a 9.0 earthquake probably won't break them apart. Now if I put a few million bricks together in a building, all bets are off. Kinda scary.
Here's another example of harmonics in action. http://online.redwoods.cc.ca.us/instruct/darnold/
Considering that your typical molecule of DNA could easily contain millions of atoms, there is plenty of room for waves to build up and cause damage. If you want the Nobel prize, try mathematically modelling THAT.
Bork!
But wouldn't classifying air crew as radiation workers increase their pay, to compensate? I sure as heck would want a pay increase if I were working on an airliner.
For some reason they didn't build them back then. I wonder if the patent was part of the reason. Maybe your dad's patent is a wonderful example of why the current intellectual property rights laws don't really help much with innovation.
Either way, kudos to him! I hope his name gets mentioned lots whenever there is a press release about these machines. Some how i doubt it though.
"That is not a legitimate reason. That's a matter of using a simple auto header or footer function in the software you're using (some sort of CAD I presume in your case?)."
Until EVERY piece of software that my staff can possibly think of using has a mandatory and foolproof plot stamp function built into it, you're just talking out your ass, and plot stamping at the driver level will remain a legitimate use.
My HP plotter has a "plot stamp" feature on it, that sticks the date, time, and our company name on every sheet we plot. Very handy when tracking things down.
That's funny because I know several. All they had to do was see the same files compressed with ZIP, and again with RAR. Once they saw WinRAR did everything WinZIP could do, and then some, and was easier to boot, they switched.
Face it, people are slowly moving to a better and more efficient format. All we have is some virus protection companies who are on the slow end of adapting to new technologies. And it's not all that new, RAR has been around for at least 5 years.
Do you really want to trust an anti-virus company that can't deal with semi-popular 5 year old compression protocols?
My mechanic insists on pizza as well as beer. But he's worth it.
Even assuming your 20% efficiency, thats a space based solar panel that's 500m square. Thats doable.
Motorcycles and small sportscars get you laid too. So unless you're banging the entire female rugby team at once in the back seat, have the decency to switch!!
Bork!
That is true, something strange like that could happen. However, it doesn't explain why the stars are blurred in the same direction as the amplitude of the sinusoidal wave of the meteor. Because of this, I still think vibration of the telescope is the most likely culprit.
I think you are right. When I looked closer at the stars, they seemed motion blurred, but in an elliptical shape. This would happen if the telescope was vibrating back and forth, in one direction. Perhaps if the telescope was on the back of a pickup truck or something we would see this.
When you look at the wavy meteorite trail, it's not a perfect sine wave. It looks like it was "waving" on an axis that wasn't perpendicular to the direction of travel. In fact, the apparent direction of the waving seems to line up with the stars motion blur. It seems the axis of vibration is rotated twenty or thirty degrees counterclockwise from the direction of the meteor. Because the stars shape and the wave of the meteor are the same, I'm inclined to agree that this is some kind of vibrational anomoly.
What do you guys think?
The probability of rolling snake eyes on two (six sided) dice is 1 in 36, compared to 1 in 37 chance of earth being hit by that asteroid. How many times has any slashdot reader rolled snake eyes in their lifetime?
I just thought it was a sobering way to think about it.
when they integrate GPS into these things. Before then, all these wifi detectors are just toys and not serious tools.
I found it to be a fairly accurate portrayal of the history of the Necromunda universe. (Tabletop miniature game.) Or something that could easily happen in Warhammer 40K.
I think that if there is any existing movie that it should be based off of, is Event Horizon.
Now if Doom the Movie as a sequel to Event Horizon would actually make sense. And would set the stage for plenty of gore.
It certainly seems like point 6 covers most of the enemy combatants in Afghanistan. There was no regular Afghan army, it was just locals who get together and fight. I think it would take years for those people to organize an actual Afghan army under those pre-war conditions.
So there you have it, the US broke the Geneva Convention.
Einstein's theory was proposed a hundred years ago. So I don't know what plural centuries you're talking about. Also, his genius was recognized almost instantly, and sent shockwaves through the entire physics community at that time. Some still doubted his theory was true, but shortly therafter the measurements of the precession of Mercury proved Einstein to the point where his theory was generally accepted.
So... this IS the world where Einstein's genius was appreciated when he was alive.
Scary, huh?
Considering they lived in indonesia that long ago, they probably looked more like Oompa-Loompas. But I have a feeling that it wouldn't be PC enough to say in a news report.
Bork!
Ever since the Americans started wrecking their economy by starting random wars for false reasons, their dollar has fallen fast. Heck the two currencies are getting closer every day. I wonder if Americans even realize what's happening to their buying power that's kept their economy going so well. I hope they notice and do something before hyper inflation hits.
Kinda like when I actually didn't know about 9-11 till two days later, because I locked myself in my basment. I had just moved in, so I didn't have TV or internet yet, so I just played some RPG computer games.
So I feel for you man, IT CAN HAPPEN!
My wife bought a cheap briefcase with a zipper, to carry some of her paperwork from work. It looked very similar to one of the expensive laptop bags. She left it in our vehicle overnight, and the next day our vehical was broken into, and only that bad was missing.
I think it's a great idea... There's a huge list of failed X-prizes, and they might risk being scrapped, instead of flown. That would be an awful shame, and a waste. I would like to see all of them fly eventually. (Except maybe the really dangerous ones.)
The other reason I think it's a great idea is because even though Spaceship One got their first, it won't ever go much further. That design was designed for one thing, to win the X prize. A modified version of it will never go anywhere useful. Some of the other X prize contestants could concievably scale all the way to orbit. So that way, setting the bar a bit higher each year is a great way of getting maximum development of the space industry for the prize dollars offered. If we ran this prize several years in a row, each time higher, I'm certain that Spaceship One wouldn't be able to hold on to the cup.
I wonder who would be next?
But I just blame my employees!