Wikipedia seems to indicate that the Galileo orbits are medium-earth orbits
Not to be confused with Middle Earth Orbits, which are where we place the spy satellites used to monitor Sauron.
I guess you mistake the for Middle Earth Orbs used for the same purposes.
The ones made by the Elves of Valinor in the Uttermost West, and marketed under the Palantir brand, were considered the best... until it was discovered that not only they tracked the location of its users but also subtly altered the information, in a way targeted for each particular user (very much like the targeted ads today):
1. Saruman looked through the Orthanc stone, and saw what he thought was an unassailable strength in Mordor, helping to corrupt him
2. Sauron, looking the other way with voyeuristic intent thought, thought Pippin had the One Ring
3. when Denethor used the stone, it convinced him there was no hope for Minas Tirith, driving him to suicide
Needless to say, once all of the above has been exposed, their customers lost confidence, so the production of new devices was interrupted. It took quite a long time until the brand was resurrected and today it seems to enjoy commercial viability again.
A word of caution for the would-be consumers of their services: rumours have it that the new management team can not resist co-contracting alongside trolls if they were given an opportunity.
Name a single thing that have in your home, in your pocket, on your desk, or in your car that came directly from whatever the fuck the MIC has been spending $4 Trilion on over the last few years. You can't. Precisely because none of us are getting anything useful out of it. Period.
Funny thing with the logic... if you don't see something happening, it simply does not mean it can not happen!
(a subtle way of Godwining the thread) my car brand started because of a group of people with megalomaniac aggressive mindset wanted it... No, it's not a Humvee... it goes 74.8 MPG and you wouldn't like the people that pushed it into existence.
My point: yes, funding NASA have better chances of progress than waging wars... however, the results of belligerency may not be all bad (e.g. why larger human agglomerations called cities happened? Easier to defend between walls at that time. Why they ditched the walls with the result they could grow unrestricted? Mobile artillery made city walls obsolete).
NASA was impressive, when it was committed to human exploration. They already lost that legacy. They replaced it with the shuttle, and then started doing an endless stream of space research.
Sometimes you have to shoot the scientists and turn it over to the engineers.
You sure wasn't exactly the engineers that cut the manned human space exploration? After all, it's a sensible idea when it comes to pragmatic solutions.
Besides, the "Lose exactly what?" is a good question. Except that the alternatives are not "manned/unmanned space exploration" but the choices are: the "leadership in space" or the "capability"? Because... you know?... other solutions may exists for maintaining the capability (e.g. collaboration./contracts with other space agencies, be them national or private), but if it's the "leadership in space" then yes, you have to pay for it.
As an engineer, I'd say: pick what you want first (picking also a why would be even better) then assess the solutions from this perspective... in this case, if picking "capability" maybe the "defunding" is a good enough solution?
If I'm still developing when quantum computing becomes ubiquitous, how will programming work?
By that time, you should be past programming and have reached the management level; the questions at that level are of the nature of: what's the probability for the project to finish by X date, within Y budget and deliver Z?
It's one thing to build an app for smartphones and tablets — but what if that app also needs to handle streams of data ported from a pair of tricked-out sunglasses or a wristwatch, or send information in a concise and timely way to a tiny screen an inch in front of someone's left eye?"
How is this "spiraling complexity" in any way? There are standards. There are APIs. If they don't exist today, they will, necessitated for such issues.
In other words, Zynga, the authors of "Angry birds" and the like are the only ones that are fucked. A decent software engineer will certainly survive this complexity.
You are missing the point. Gold Chloride does form naturally. It is in ocean water at levels between 15-75 ppt. Are you going to boil all of the ocean water to extract the gold? Have you heard of bioremediation?
Don't you think that if the gold chloride (at these concentrations) in the oceans would be a "good feeding ground" for bacteria, we would find more gold deposits (similar to the manganese nodules) on the ocean floor? Are you going to boil the ocean until the concentration of gold chloride is high enough to call it "contaminant" and support Cupriavidus metallidurans colonies as "bioremediators"?
I've spent the last 20 years perfecting my Unix skills. The main thing I've always felt was holding me back form perfect success is a lack of a neck beard and no where near enough sweat glands. This may finally get me to perfect my professional arts.
No disrespect, but...
Bad news: wrong choice as repository. If you haven't have them ever, you have nothing to regenerate - you'll need to grow them anew, which is in totally different another repo (:-P hint - your parents, if still in business, may know something about it).
Good news - the UNIX world evolved: with a correct choice of repositories, good chances that you can "apt-get install neck-beard" or "yum install neck-beard" (that is: no longer need to manually download the patches to apply them).
I predict the first practical use of these devices will be for surveillance.
Until they become cheap enough... then you can swallow something like a dozen of Tor bridges/exist points at your breakfast to keep you connected for the day.
A classic example is the Kalman Filter. Devised by Kalman while he was waiting in a train station.We may not have that innovation today if he'd had an iPhone.
Yes, we would (for every idea, chances are to have more than one person pondering in the area).
8.Governments must subsidize competent NGOs that substantially contribute to reducing terrorist use of the Internet...
10. Governments should subsidize the initial development of software...
11. Governments should include Internet companies' track record [sic] on reducing terrorist use of Internet as a criterion in purchasing policies...
But...
[PP] The government has no idea what to do with this information,
While true, the above sins by omission... you see, not even they (Clean IT) know what exactly is "the terrorist use of Internet"... and it's highly probable it is not in their interest for somebody to know: as a "private self/un-regulated police" not accountable to anyone, ambiguity helps their bottom line.
[page 9] 3. All kinds of Internet companies LEA and NGOs, but not governments should promote the use of...
[page 10] g. Internet companies must be sufficiently (quantity and quality) staffed or supported to handle reports. Recognizing illegal, terrorist use of internet requires specialist knowledge on terrorism, (national) legislation and (national) cultural differences
[Page 11] a. No wording of European standard service/business conditions or abuse policy should be recommended...
c. Local law and what is considered as unwanted by local society must be a decisive factor. "Unwanted by local society" may refer to content that is fully legal and which may also be in line with terms and conditions of the relevant service provider
And don't forget the shoes....namely, that there were none.
Hmmm... when I started to learn, we had sort-of shoes... except they where more like thongs and full of holes... the Hollerith line of IBM fashion house.
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Alto isn't a new email client. You don't have to sign up for yet another email address
Now, somebody enlighten me: since when, if one switches email clients, the one needs to get another email address?
The UN will draft a strongly worded memo and strike him with it.
How thick/heavy?
Nuke em now
Volunteering already you backyard to have some nukes exploded there?
No work may be extracted.
You sure speak of my workstation... while reading /.
Wikipedia seems to indicate that the Galileo orbits are medium-earth orbits
Not to be confused with Middle Earth Orbits, which are where we place the spy satellites used to monitor Sauron.
I guess you mistake the for Middle Earth Orbs used for the same purposes.
The ones made by the Elves of Valinor in the Uttermost West, and marketed under the Palantir brand, were considered the best... until it was discovered that not only they tracked the location of its users but also subtly altered the information, in a way targeted for each particular user (very much like the targeted ads today):
1. Saruman looked through the Orthanc stone, and saw what he thought was an unassailable strength in Mordor, helping to corrupt him
2. Sauron, looking the other way with voyeuristic intent thought, thought Pippin had the One Ring
3. when Denethor used the stone, it convinced him there was no hope for Minas Tirith, driving him to suicide
Needless to say, once all of the above has been exposed, their customers lost confidence, so the production of new devices was interrupted.
It took quite a long time until the brand was resurrected and today it seems to enjoy commercial viability again.
A word of caution for the would-be consumers of their services: rumours have it that the new management team can not resist co-contracting alongside trolls if they were given an opportunity.
Name a single thing that have in your home, in your pocket, on your desk, or in your car that came directly from whatever the fuck the MIC has been spending $4 Trilion on over the last few years. You can't. Precisely because none of us are getting anything useful out of it. Period.
Funny thing with the logic... if you don't see something happening, it simply does not mean it can not happen!
(a subtle way of Godwining the thread) my car brand started because of a group of people with megalomaniac aggressive mindset wanted it... No, it's not a Humvee... it goes 74.8 MPG and you wouldn't like the people that pushed it into existence.
My point: yes, funding NASA have better chances of progress than waging wars... however, the results of belligerency may not be all bad (e.g. why larger human agglomerations called cities happened? Easier to defend between walls at that time. Why they ditched the walls with the result they could grow unrestricted? Mobile artillery made city walls obsolete).
NASA was impressive, when it was committed to human exploration. They already lost that legacy. They replaced it with the shuttle, and then started doing an endless stream of space research.
Sometimes you have to shoot the scientists and turn it over to the engineers.
You sure wasn't exactly the engineers that cut the manned human space exploration? After all, it's a sensible idea when it comes to pragmatic solutions.
Besides, the "Lose exactly what?" is a good question. Except that the alternatives are not "manned/unmanned space exploration" but the choices are: the "leadership in space" or the "capability"?
Because... you know?... other solutions may exists for maintaining the capability (e.g. collaboration./contracts with other space agencies, be them national or private), but if it's the "leadership in space" then yes, you have to pay for it.
As an engineer, I'd say: pick what you want first (picking also a why would be even better) then assess the solutions from this perspective... in this case, if picking "capability" maybe the "defunding" is a good enough solution?
(shudders)... that's not a dream, that's a nightmare.
If I'm still developing when quantum computing becomes ubiquitous, how will programming work?
By that time, you should be past programming and have reached the management level; the questions at that level are of the nature of: what's the probability for the project to finish by X date, within Y budget and deliver Z?
I have a bad feeling that something worse is waiting for us down the line...
Maybe this?
SOPA and PIPA were stopped because people found out.. What if this is just misinformation while they prepare something behind the scenes?
If? There is no if
Make you think it's dead, that way when they bring it back under another name, you won't notice.
But some do notice
It's one thing to build an app for smartphones and tablets — but what if that app also needs to handle streams of data ported from a pair of tricked-out sunglasses or a wristwatch, or send information in a concise and timely way to a tiny screen an inch in front of someone's left eye?"
How is this "spiraling complexity" in any way? There are standards. There are APIs. If they don't exist today, they will, necessitated for such issues.
In other words, Zynga, the authors of "Angry birds" and the like are the only ones that are fucked. A decent software engineer will certainly survive this complexity.
This is performance art, nothing more.
You are missing the point. Gold Chloride does form naturally. It is in ocean water at levels between 15-75 ppt. Are you going to boil all of the ocean water to extract the gold? Have you heard of bioremediation?
Don't you think that if the gold chloride (at these concentrations) in the oceans would be a "good feeding ground" for bacteria, we would find more gold deposits (similar to the manganese nodules) on the ocean floor? Are you going to boil the ocean until the concentration of gold chloride is high enough to call it "contaminant" and support Cupriavidus metallidurans colonies as "bioremediators"?
My point: practically, it is an art project.
Just accept that and find the plan that best suits your needs.
To put it in other way: if "wicked internet/mobile speeds" are essential for your life style, consider postponing your return to US...
To be fair, in the US practice can sometimes be 30 miles away and we don't have public transportation everywhere,
Perfect conditions to nurture future biathle champions ( :-P )
I've spent the last 20 years perfecting my Unix skills. The main thing I've always felt was holding me back form perfect success is a lack of a neck beard and no where near enough sweat glands. This may finally get me to perfect my professional arts.
No disrespect, but...
Bad news: wrong choice as repository. If you haven't have them ever, you have nothing to regenerate - you'll need to grow them anew, which is in totally different another repo ( :-P hint - your parents, if still in business, may know something about it).
Good news - the UNIX world evolved: with a correct choice of repositories, good chances that you can "apt-get install neck-beard" or "yum install neck-beard" (that is: no longer need to manually download the patches to apply them).
I predict the first practical use of these devices will be for surveillance.
Until they become cheap enough... then you can swallow something like a dozen of Tor bridges/exist points at your breakfast to keep you connected for the day.
A classic example is the Kalman Filter. Devised by Kalman while he was waiting in a train station.We may not have that innovation today if he'd had an iPhone.
Yes, we would (for every idea, chances are to have more than one person pondering in the area).
We have PET scan, we have MRI, we have the technology to do virtual 3D slicing.
Exactly! I just can't wait for the article titled "Neural correlates of perspective taking in the post-mortem Einstein's brain"
(this is to say: what the hell is one expected to find in a brain dead for more than half a century?!)
...Parker told us that while the pool report didn't explicitly indicate that Romney was joking, it was self-evident that he was.
Can't do nothing but to agree with the comments following Linus' apology:
I think it's a version of Poe's law. It's hard to tell when Republicans are joking or serious about being scientifically illiterate.
but it's just stupid to say popular = "American".
Fine!! But... if one would be to say "American" = unpopular, would it be correct then?
Are consultants and hardware manufacturers.
True. Page 7.
8.Governments must subsidize competent NGOs that substantially contribute to reducing terrorist use of the Internet...
10. Governments should subsidize the initial development of software...
11. Governments should include Internet companies' track record [sic] on reducing terrorist use of Internet as a criterion in purchasing policies...
But...
[PP] The government has no idea what to do with this information,
While true, the above sins by omission... you see, not even they (Clean IT) know what exactly is "the terrorist use of Internet"... and it's highly probable it is not in their interest for somebody to know: as a "private self/un-regulated police" not accountable to anyone, ambiguity helps their bottom line.
[page 9] 3. All kinds of Internet companies LEA and NGOs, but not governments should promote the use of ...
[page 10] g. Internet companies must be sufficiently (quantity and quality) staffed or supported to handle reports. Recognizing illegal, terrorist use of internet requires specialist knowledge on terrorism, (national) legislation and (national) cultural differences
[Page 11] a. No wording of European standard service/business conditions or abuse policy should be recommended...
c. Local law and what is considered as unwanted by local society must be a decisive factor. "Unwanted by local society" may refer to content that is fully legal and which may also be in line with terms and conditions of the relevant service provider
Knowing that this and the many similar plans would have been a Stasi wet-dream didn't help.
Well... something needs to be done!!! It is unacceptable that Europe falls behind Iran in providing a clear internet for its citizens.
</sarcasm>
And don't forget the shoes....namely, that there were none.
Hmmm... when I started to learn, we had sort-of shoes... except they where more like thongs and full of holes... the Hollerith line of IBM fashion house.