Ah, shit, you just had to go and ruin a good story with fucking facts. Dammit.
Seriously though, thanks. It is interesting to see just HOW FUCKING FAR OFF the claimed numbers are to the real numbers. I suck at math so I've no idea how many orders of magnitude they are off by, but it's fucking fantasy land for certain. 32TB vs. 1.2GB and seems rather benign compared to the sensationalism. Thanks for putting things in perspective.
Media and politicians, repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot repeatedly for our amusement and bemusement.....
And the funny part is the cite doesn't even make his point. From that link: Natural swings in the Arctic climate have caused up to half the precipitous losses of sea ice around the North Pole in recent decades, with the rest driven by man-made global warming, scientists said on Monday.
Do people really believe that no one was accounting that nature drives part of the process? It's never been claimed we cause 100%, we've always know natural processes were involved as well. The only question is how much. If deniers can only bring our contribution down to 50%, then they have proven themselves wrong.
Hopefully that makes some sense, pretty buzzed right now....I have weird days off.
And of course, to be ideologically pure, you will turn down those 'socialist' programs like Medicare and Social Security when you become eligible. So we don't have to pay anything for your care, right?
Because it was on every sitting presidents watch since the formation of government? As far as the electronics hacking goes, ever since electronics became a thing. Hell, Nixon got caught up in early electronic eavesdropping, This isn't new knowledge, just confirmation of what has been suspected all along.
Vault 7 sounds like a great title for a new TV series...
Not a failure. Using your accurate headline would severely reduce the number of clicks as it narrows the subject. If you didn't use Cyberfox, you would likely skim past it. But THE HEAT DEATH OF WEB BROWSERS IS UPON US! gets a helluva lot more clicks!
We have had our water polluted by illegal oil dumps and a guaranteed leak-proof high speed rail refueling station for BNSF, along with various dumps of industrial solvent and such. The water here tastes like shit. Growing up the water was much better after they got rid of the major rail switch yard downtown and turned it into a park. But the last 40 years have seen it return to the 60's.
"I watch racing, but a crash is the last thing I want to see." And I agree, but it is the risk that makes it interesting, the human element.
It's an interesting technology that can only add to the abilities of self driving considering how much a track with minutely known characteristics can change over the course of a race, And then there are the 'marbles' of rubber on the outsides of the curves. Nothing quite as exciting as getting into the marbles at a hundred MPH in turn four and glancing off the grandstand concrete.
Sorry, I digressed, miss doing that a lot! Old age sucks. The point I started for is I see it at best being slightly more popular than RC model car, boat, plane, drone racing at about a zillion times the cost.
Oh, I think the vast majority of 'NIX users know exactly what they are using,
Hell,, the closest I get to 'LINUX' is the Custom Debian based server that runs our Brunswick A2 machines that has paid support. I'm just the keyboard interface. And although I can't tell you the details of the distribution, I know what it's based on and know it is a very 'stripped down' version as the 8 computers it controls have 80486x 32bit 33mhz CPU's with the astounding amount of 4mb SIMM memory!
They do have updated IDE 40GB HDD's but use less than 4 GB as they originally used 100 MB HDD's.
The other two systems I'm responsible for are propitiatory Frameworx scoring I suspect was written in a mental institution, as some brainiac decided that an invisible 9 digit touchpad on a touchscreen that is unusable if it gets slightly out of calibration was a good idea. As you need to enter the code to access the calibration screen.
The other is a Windows system comprised on an isolated xp system that runs our in house advertising behind the bowl desk, (hey, it works perfect, why replace it) an internet connected vista/7 system for our POS (appropriate,no?) and a solitary computer that when I started everyone said don't turn it off! We don't know what it does! (seriously, the new owners had no idea!). It was headless, so I installed a monitor and low and behold, it was awaiting a login. That was all that was on the screen, it had been reset by a power outage or crash years before. It is a Win3.1! I work with some old shit!
So even I, a lowly Windows user who doesn't code, knows at least the basics of the one LINUX system I come in contact with.
Only a minority of 'NIX users wouldn't know at least the distro.
Every bus system has routes that run nearly empty at the end of the day. He's just trying to use those few routes as a poorly constructed troll against the entire system. And yeah, he likely has never ridden one. That would just screw up his predetermined world view.
These satellites were launched into a heliosynchronous orbit according to the article. If the article is correct that means an orbit between 600 and 1000 km (372 to 621 miles). The ISS and the Hubble orbit much lower (400km/249m 568km/568m). So while these satellites cannot maintain those orbits, it will take decades for them to fall to earth.
Most definitely contributing to the problem.
I assume you were unaware of the characteristics of a polar sun synchronous orbit as you thought they would quickly re-enter due to lack of fuel.
"The current system puts them on two dangerous learning curves at the same time. "
Here in WA. a. Instruction Permit: 15 years old if enrolled in driver's education. b. Instruction Permit: 15 1/2 years old without enrollment driver's education. c. Intermediate Driver's License: 16 years old. c. Unrestricted Driver's License: 18 years old.
The drinking age is 21, so there should be a minimum of 3 years driving with an adult license before being legally able to drink.
Hardly the same time. And better they learn to drive first. They can learn irresponsibility at any time. It's hardly age dependent, unless you're advocating lowering the drinking age to 10.....
The problem has grown considerably in a couple of decades, I didn't mean to imply it was incorrect, as we haven't yet had a problem, just that we are fast approaching the point where it will become a major problem for launches. It takes very little to critically damage a spaceship, especially at orbital speeds.
NASA is taking it seriously.
We currently track over 500,000 pieces of space debris. There are many times that amount of smaller, untrackable objects, to small to track, to large to shield against. It took 40 years to put 10,000 softball size objects into orbit, it took only 10 more to double that.
There have fortunately only been a handful of collisions. But it does get more likely each year.
I wasn't trolling you, merely pointing out the problem is much less simple than it was a couple of decades ago and getting worse, as much of it is in high orbits that take decades or longer to decay. I think you may enjoy these links.
Slashdot Mirror
Idiocracy reference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zNsUTWsOc&ab_channel=infokalypse
But it's supposed to be Costco! With an overweight guy greeting you saying "Welcome to Costco, I love you."
So, according to the court itself, it's ruling is just as laughable, stupid and unenforceable as it appears to be?
That $0.50 US bread was thirty years ago...It's now in the $1.50 to $2.50 range today. (depending on location and store)
Ah, shit, you just had to go and ruin a good story with fucking facts.
Dammit.
Seriously though, thanks. It is interesting to see just HOW FUCKING FAR OFF the claimed numbers are to the real numbers. I suck at math so I've no idea how many orders of magnitude they are off by, but it's fucking fantasy land for certain.
32TB vs. 1.2GB and seems rather benign compared to the sensationalism.
Thanks for putting things in perspective.
Media and politicians, repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot repeatedly for our amusement and bemusement.....
No need to bash a game just because you're not smart enough to play it.......
I bought it in version 0.17 for $17 US about four years ago, 1300 hours. Best value ever.
The best AAA never got that much time from me.
Update your mods!
And the funny part is the cite doesn't even make his point.
From that link:
Natural swings in the Arctic climate have caused up to half the precipitous losses of sea ice around the North Pole in recent decades, with the rest driven by man-made global warming, scientists said on Monday.
Do people really believe that no one was accounting that nature drives part of the process? It's never been claimed we cause 100%, we've always know natural processes were involved as well. The only question is how much. If deniers can only bring our contribution down to 50%, then they have proven themselves wrong.
Hopefully that makes some sense, pretty buzzed right now....I have weird days off.
A little to the left now, yeeeeeessssss, ohhhh god! That's it......
But the Republicans DO HAVE a health care plan, drafted by the Heritage Foundation in 1993, and an earlier version requiring a mandate from 1989!
Oh, right, that became Obamacare.....
And of course, to be ideologically pure, you will turn down those 'socialist' programs like Medicare and Social Security when you become eligible. So we don't have to pay anything for your care, right?
If you don't, you're a massive hypocrite.
Dammit.
I knew I overlooked something.
I guess the post will have to go to Ethanol Fueled.
I was so hoping for a cushy job with great healthcare.
And I so wanted to use my brand new sledgehammer.
Guess I'll have to wait....
Because it was on every sitting presidents watch since the formation of government?
As far as the electronics hacking goes, ever since electronics became a thing.
Hell, Nixon got caught up in early electronic eavesdropping,
This isn't new knowledge, just confirmation of what has been suspected all along.
Vault 7 sounds like a great title for a new TV series...
I should get one of those postings at the FCC!
Under this administration I'm totally the perfect candidate!
[1] I have no idea what the job is
[2] I will likely be incompetent.
[3] I own a sledgehammer.
See, complete and total qualifications!
Not a failure.
Using your accurate headline would severely reduce the number of clicks as it narrows the subject. If you didn't use Cyberfox, you would likely skim past it. But THE HEAT DEATH OF WEB BROWSERS IS UPON US! gets a helluva lot more clicks!
Ah shit. I should of hit preview....
Gotterdammerung muss fliegen...
I copy/pasted to preserve the accent marks....
Big mistake.....
They might build the Götterdämmerung muss fliegen!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwsPLciYPyU
I live in such an area.
We have had our water polluted by illegal oil dumps and a guaranteed leak-proof high speed rail refueling station for BNSF, along with various dumps of industrial solvent and such. The water here tastes like shit. Growing up the water was much better after they got rid of the major rail switch yard downtown and turned it into a park. But the last 40 years have seen it return to the 60's.
Yep, I care too.
Now that would be fun!
...oops, sorry, my tinfoil hat came off...
Skynet is just lying in wait, patiently guiding the development.....
"I watch racing, but a crash is the last thing I want to see."
And I agree, but it is the risk that makes it interesting, the human element.
It's an interesting technology that can only add to the abilities of self driving considering how much a track with minutely known characteristics can change over the course of a race, And then there are the 'marbles' of rubber on the outsides of the curves. Nothing quite as exciting as getting into the marbles at a hundred MPH in turn four and glancing off the grandstand concrete.
Sorry, I digressed, miss doing that a lot! Old age sucks. The point I started for is I see it at best being slightly more popular than RC model car, boat, plane, drone racing at about a zillion times the cost.
Oh, I think the vast majority of 'NIX users know exactly what they are using,
Hell,, the closest I get to 'LINUX' is the Custom Debian based server that runs our Brunswick A2 machines that has paid support. I'm just the keyboard interface. And although I can't tell you the details of the distribution, I know what it's based on and know it is a very 'stripped down' version as the 8 computers it controls have 80486x 32bit 33mhz CPU's with the astounding amount of 4mb SIMM memory!
They do have updated IDE 40GB HDD's but use less than 4 GB as they originally used 100 MB HDD's.
The other two systems I'm responsible for are propitiatory Frameworx scoring I suspect was written in a mental institution, as some brainiac decided that an invisible 9 digit touchpad on a touchscreen that is unusable if it gets slightly out of calibration was a good idea. As you need to enter the code to access the calibration screen.
The other is a Windows system comprised on an isolated xp system that runs our in house advertising behind the bowl desk, (hey, it works perfect, why replace it) an internet connected vista/7 system for our POS (appropriate,no?) and a solitary computer that when I started everyone said don't turn it off! We don't know what it does! (seriously, the new owners had no idea!). It was headless, so I installed a monitor and low and behold, it was awaiting a login. That was all that was on the screen, it had been reset by a power outage or crash years before. It is a Win3.1!
I work with some old shit!
So even I, a lowly Windows user who doesn't code, knows at least the basics of the one LINUX system I come in contact with.
Only a minority of 'NIX users wouldn't know at least the distro.
Every bus system has routes that run nearly empty at the end of the day.
He's just trying to use those few routes as a poorly constructed troll against the entire system.
And yeah, he likely has never ridden one. That would just screw up his predetermined world view.
These satellites were launched into a heliosynchronous orbit according to the article. If the article is correct that means an orbit between 600 and 1000 km (372 to 621 miles). The ISS and the Hubble orbit much lower (400km/249m 568km/568m).
So while these satellites cannot maintain those orbits, it will take decades for them to fall to earth.
Most definitely contributing to the problem.
I assume you were unaware of the characteristics of a polar sun synchronous orbit as you thought they would quickly re-enter due to lack of fuel.
"The current system puts them on two dangerous learning curves at the same time. "
Here in WA.
a. Instruction Permit: 15 years old if enrolled in driver's education.
b. Instruction Permit: 15 1/2 years old without enrollment driver's education.
c. Intermediate Driver's License: 16 years old.
c. Unrestricted Driver's License: 18 years old.
The drinking age is 21, so there should be a minimum of 3 years driving with an adult license before being legally able to drink.
Hardly the same time. And better they learn to drive first. They can learn irresponsibility at any time. It's hardly age dependent, unless you're advocating lowering the drinking age to 10.....
The problem has grown considerably in a couple of decades, I didn't mean to imply it was incorrect, as we haven't yet had a problem, just that we are fast approaching the point where it will become a major problem for launches. It takes very little to critically damage a spaceship, especially at orbital speeds.
NASA is taking it seriously.
We currently track over 500,000 pieces of space debris. There are many times that amount of smaller, untrackable objects, to small to track, to large to shield against. It took 40 years to put 10,000 softball size objects into orbit, it took only 10 more to double that.
There have fortunately only been a handful of collisions. But it does get more likely each year.
I wasn't trolling you, merely pointing out the problem is much less simple than it was a couple of decades ago and getting worse, as much of it is in high orbits that take decades or longer to decay.
I think you may enjoy these links.
My sources:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/orbital_debris.html
https://www.orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/
Very interesting reading. Have a good one dblll.