It's blood thirsty if you know the US will kill any one near a spot light, but personly i think the majority of the blame would lie in the occupying force using such extreme force in a place they know has innocent civilians, not the person that turned on a light. Honestly if they can't protect these people why are they there in the first place (oh that's right to take their oil). If its a sniper or a tank its still going to give away its position when shooting at every light. I don't understand why you can't see this is a problem.
Fair enough mate, laser based comms would be very hard to jam. It might not work at the distances needed, but can't you see lasers with IR? I know the guys in our army can see enemy laser sights with their optics, it shows a line straight to the target.
I admitted it was a bit off but I was playing the devils advocate to prove a point. If it was so easy to get an American to shoot something surely it would be used to their disadvantage. What if the incredibly unlikely situation America gets invaded and some one goes round putting lights up on top of your peoples houses (these lights could be very light weight and disposable). I wasn't as much trying to lay down tactics (I’m no general), but I was trying to point out how shooting at any spot light that gets turned on for.3 of a second could be a bad idea. However you lot thinks it’s such a great idea to kill any civilian who gets in your way so maybe it won't work.
I admit killing your own people, even if it is through the hands of the enemy is a bit much; but If you think some one that has a remote control spot light dropped off on their roof in the middle of the night then turned on for.3 of a second (what the parent believed would take to be blown up) deserves to die then you sound like a true blood thirsty warrior, willing to justify any cost.
I agree the satellites being hacked is a long shot, but china showed how easy it was to take a satellite out (after that its just rinse repeat 100 times); and if you then go to a ground source that's fairly easily jammed. It's also a good point you wouldn't bring tanks somewhere you didn't control the air force. However i still think something with 6 to 9 second delay, and is constantly broadcasting too and from is a giant target for a modern military. Hopefully we will never find out who would win this war; although it would be quite interesting to see how a modern day developed nation war would go. I know the US has some pretty cool tech but it's not like the other major powers are sitting on their asses.
Ok then, put the search light on top of a civilian home then operate from a distance. If your lucky you spot the tank if your unlucky the US kills a whole bunch of innocent people and generate more soldiers for your cause. Of course that is if your chasing cave men if its a developed country i don't like the uav's chances, satellites can be hacked or destroyed and an air force would obliterate your little rc planes in minutes.
Unless you use your peltier plate to generate power from the tempreture difference. Although that alone wouldn't be fast enough to camoflouge a moving tank.
Because your not trying cool the tank any more than the surrounding air, it could be possible to generate power from the difference in tempreture on the tank and outside air. Although trying to do this fast or make it active would have to use power.
and better yet with that tank firing (at an unmanned spot light) you could pinpoint it using a number of different cheap methods (muzzle flash, noise triangulation).
Also CS is a bit of a waste without EE. For example you will have your engine and a software way to control it, but no way to connect the two or monitor the variables.
Ditto, this is what i came to the comments to say, EE is the way to go. Sure we will need the mechanical for a long time to come but more and more parts of any mechanical system is going electrical. It opens up many new doors like controls and robotics and means you'll be doing some quite interesting stuff. My father who is a civil and mechanical engineer recons most plain mechanical engineers spend there time designing a particular bolt to hold the fuel tank on or something, not the revolutionary new engine you might hope to be building. In Australia i did a course in infomechatronic engineering which throws light CS into the mix as well, but to be honest any one that can learn mechanical and electrical engineering wont have trouble picking up a lot of the programing from guides on the internet.
B) 535 people in the capitol pass laws, and those people are voted on once every couple of years by people. This is ultimately democratic system, and the citizens are ultimately responsible for the laws that are passed.
This is the problem with our democracy. Do you think voting on 1 out of 535 people you have never met gives people good control over what laws will get passed? The government (in Australia at least) can do whatever it wants and does.
If they put a decent graphics card in it, make a keyboard dock and increase the screen size then i would definitely get one (and i know it'll cost more than an ipad). You've got to love the wacom stylus.
Are you kidding me apple is what this whole story is about. Even if they did spend years comming up with rectangle with rounded corners and lets put shortcuts on the front page, that is hardly research and development. R&D would be if they had actully invented capacitive touch not just bought a whole lot of units. R&D would be if they had actully come up with arm architecture not just paid samsung to use it for them. R&D would be if they had invented gorilla glass or ssd. R&D would be if they had actully made a new antena that didn't drop phone calls, R&D isn't looking up the best produt for then job plugging it in, then trying to sue any competitors that use the same materials. If you can name any product that was actully researched (originally not just make somthing bigger) then developed by apple i'm all ears but i havn't seen anything ever that isn't a copy of some one elses work.
Too right. I can't wait till I can supply my own computer with all the latest guts, my own os, and all the programs I use (for something I use every day most of the time I would happily spend the money), Want to do anything corporate just open your browser or virtual pc. It also means you can work from anywhere (home, the park, coffee shop).
This is exactly the problem why invest in risky r&d that could take computing and other technologies to new heights, when lawyers and advertising is a fool proof method for profit, and you can take any one else’s hard earned r&d at fire sale prices.
The specs are solid and will stay ahead of phones for atleast 6 months more like 12 months and maybe even longer for one particular brand. Also they bring thumb sticks and all the ps titles which are alot better than any app. I would of liked to see a hdmi out though.
The story says if some one ahead of windows crashes and burns Microsoft might be in for a chance at 2nd or 3rd. Isn't Microsoft already at least in 3rd position, i know everybody whinges about convertible tablets (even though wacom stylus is the bomb) but their is a fair few out there. This is hardly the wild out there cutting edge prediction this guy thinks it is, he is just stating the obvious, what else would happen.
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It's blood thirsty if you know the US will kill any one near a spot light, but personly i think the majority of the blame would lie in the occupying force using such extreme force in a place they know has innocent civilians, not the person that turned on a light. Honestly if they can't protect these people why are they there in the first place (oh that's right to take their oil). If its a sniper or a tank its still going to give away its position when shooting at every light. I don't understand why you can't see this is a problem.
Fair enough mate, laser based comms would be very hard to jam. It might not work at the distances needed, but can't you see lasers with IR? I know the guys in our army can see enemy laser sights with their optics, it shows a line straight to the target.
I admitted it was a bit off but I was playing the devils advocate to prove a point. If it was so easy to get an American to shoot something surely it would be used to their disadvantage. What if the incredibly unlikely situation America gets invaded and some one goes round putting lights up on top of your peoples houses (these lights could be very light weight and disposable). I wasn't as much trying to lay down tactics (I’m no general), but I was trying to point out how shooting at any spot light that gets turned on for .3 of a second could be a bad idea. However you lot thinks it’s such a great idea to kill any civilian who gets in your way so maybe it won't work.
I agree the satellites being hacked is a long shot, but china showed how easy it was to take a satellite out (after that its just rinse repeat 100 times); and if you then go to a ground source that's fairly easily jammed. It's also a good point you wouldn't bring tanks somewhere you didn't control the air force. However i still think something with 6 to 9 second delay, and is constantly broadcasting too and from is a giant target for a modern military. Hopefully we will never find out who would win this war; although it would be quite interesting to see how a modern day developed nation war would go. I know the US has some pretty cool tech but it's not like the other major powers are sitting on their asses.
Ok then, put the search light on top of a civilian home then operate from a distance. If your lucky you spot the tank if your unlucky the US kills a whole bunch of innocent people and generate more soldiers for your cause. Of course that is if your chasing cave men if its a developed country i don't like the uav's chances, satellites can be hacked or destroyed and an air force would obliterate your little rc planes in minutes.
Unless you use your peltier plate to generate power from the tempreture difference. Although that alone wouldn't be fast enough to camoflouge a moving tank.
Because your not trying cool the tank any more than the surrounding air, it could be possible to generate power from the difference in tempreture on the tank and outside air. Although trying to do this fast or make it active would have to use power.
and better yet with that tank firing (at an unmanned spot light) you could pinpoint it using a number of different cheap methods (muzzle flash, noise triangulation).
Enginears can't spell, if the English language was as logical and made as much sense as physics and math then maybe, but it doesn't.
Also CS is a bit of a waste without EE. For example you will have your engine and a software way to control it, but no way to connect the two or monitor the variables.
Ditto, this is what i came to the comments to say, EE is the way to go. Sure we will need the mechanical for a long time to come but more and more parts of any mechanical system is going electrical. It opens up many new doors like controls and robotics and means you'll be doing some quite interesting stuff. My father who is a civil and mechanical engineer recons most plain mechanical engineers spend there time designing a particular bolt to hold the fuel tank on or something, not the revolutionary new engine you might hope to be building. In Australia i did a course in infomechatronic engineering which throws light CS into the mix as well, but to be honest any one that can learn mechanical and electrical engineering wont have trouble picking up a lot of the programing from guides on the internet.
This man speaks the truth. About the only thing we can get cheaper is beef and boron.
B) 535 people in the capitol pass laws, and those people are voted on once every couple of years by people. This is ultimately democratic system, and the citizens are ultimately responsible for the laws that are passed.
This is the problem with our democracy. Do you think voting on 1 out of 535 people you have never met gives people good control over what laws will get passed? The government (in Australia at least) can do whatever it wants and does.
If they put a decent graphics card in it, make a keyboard dock and increase the screen size then i would definitely get one (and i know it'll cost more than an ipad). You've got to love the wacom stylus.
I wouldn't be able to handle the whole country having a language i didn't understand but it would defiantly help the learning process.
I agree the US does tick a lot of the boxes and i am tempted, but something about it doesn't quite feel right.
I'm thinking maybe Canada, Europe is a possibility (i do have a UK passport) but that involves learning another language.
Sometimes tour to close to the truth to see it mate.
Don't forget the ifanatics that think apple should be given a monopoly over all mobile devices.
Are you kidding me apple is what this whole story is about. Even if they did spend years comming up with rectangle with rounded corners and lets put shortcuts on the front page, that is hardly research and development. R&D would be if they had actully invented capacitive touch not just bought a whole lot of units. R&D would be if they had actully come up with arm architecture not just paid samsung to use it for them. R&D would be if they had invented gorilla glass or ssd. R&D would be if they had actully made a new antena that didn't drop phone calls, R&D isn't looking up the best produt for then job plugging it in, then trying to sue any competitors that use the same materials. If you can name any product that was actully researched (originally not just make somthing bigger) then developed by apple i'm all ears but i havn't seen anything ever that isn't a copy of some one elses work.
Too right. I can't wait till I can supply my own computer with all the latest guts, my own os, and all the programs I use (for something I use every day most of the time I would happily spend the money), Want to do anything corporate just open your browser or virtual pc. It also means you can work from anywhere (home, the park, coffee shop).
Interesting. Still its a pitty cause it would of made a great work playstation (for lunchbreaks) if i could plug it into my monitor.
This is exactly the problem why invest in risky r&d that could take computing and other technologies to new heights, when lawyers and advertising is a fool proof method for profit, and you can take any one else’s hard earned r&d at fire sale prices.
The specs are solid and will stay ahead of phones for atleast 6 months more like 12 months and maybe even longer for one particular brand. Also they bring thumb sticks and all the ps titles which are alot better than any app. I would of liked to see a hdmi out though.
The story says if some one ahead of windows crashes and burns Microsoft might be in for a chance at 2nd or 3rd. Isn't Microsoft already at least in 3rd position, i know everybody whinges about convertible tablets (even though wacom stylus is the bomb) but their is a fair few out there. This is hardly the wild out there cutting edge prediction this guy thinks it is, he is just stating the obvious, what else would happen.