Whether speed or mass, the energy a satellite can convey will have to be put into it, nothing comes for free.
Solar sails are an example of a space craft using energy that does not need to be carried from earth but regrettably their power is very limited at the distance from the sun where you could possibly still nudge an asteroid.
One of the problems is that many if not most gas fields not only contain Methane but also harmful aromatics like Hexane.
Chances that deep reservoir gas would enter relatively shallow drinking water reservoirs are slim, a serious problem with the casing and cement job are the most likely scenario, this has nothing to do with the fracking.
And at least since the BP spill we know the US does not have a solid system of enforcing casing and cement integrity...
Last night, some 12 hours after the news came out, I received an apologetic mail from them promising this would no longer be allowed plus a voucher for a free update to their data base of known speed traps.
The story broke in The Netherlands where speed traps are extremely common.
Over here TomTom is by far the most popular navigator and who says other brands aren't doing the same?
TomTom might have been gullible not realising their commercially available data was going to be used in this way but surely no company would commit suicide by identifying individuals.
Yesterday morning he story broke via the largest Dutch newspaper and last night I received a mail from TomTom stating this was not what they expected and they would prevent any further use of their data for this purpose.
What actually happened is they sell the aggregated data to whoever is interested, one company distilled out the stretches of road where most speeding happened and sold it to the police.
Then the police used this to select places for speed traps.
This is an excellent example of where the manufacturing skills are fine but the management sucked seriously.
In this British example the reasons are well understood, management had a pre-occupation with limiting (exposure to) risk and maximising short term profits by failing to innovate.
Of course this type of management blames others like the unions but isn't willing to acknowledge the Japanese and Germans don't seem to have such issues.
Exactly the reason why I can't trust BP, British financials and American cowboy (Amoco) engineering, the other way around would make a much better company.
I believe Germany is pretty much middle of the road for European internet freedom policies, looking at a bunch of others isn't going to sway the outcome of this study by much.
Exactly like on any other coast, on the other side of the water you find Evil Cubans, Europeans, Chinese and Canadians, they are all drug peddling terrists that are a threat to your constitutional freedoms!
Great scientists stand on the shoulders of giants/ other great men.
Meaning you can follow a path of evidence and reliability from the discussed item down to many that understand at least elements of the theory supporting the item, this can be done without personally having all the knowledge to fully understand the discussed item.
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Solar sails are an example of a space craft using energy that does not need to be carried from earth but regrettably their power is very limited at the distance from the sun where you could possibly still nudge an asteroid.
Chances that deep reservoir gas would enter relatively shallow drinking water reservoirs are slim, a serious problem with the casing and cement job are the most likely scenario, this has nothing to do with the fracking.
And at least since the BP spill we know the US does not have a solid system of enforcing casing and cement integrity...
But the present KDE4.6.2 works well and looks great.
As a long term Kubuntu user I can wholeheartedly recommend 11.04 over 10.04.
Had they spend the past 18 months further developing the system they would judging by the N900 (from Q4-2009) have had a winner.
They sell aggregated data, meaning it is bulk stuff, nothing individual.
Much if not most of it is used by road owners to do their planning.
When TomTom is able to download this data it'll be only a matter of time before the police is going to download it next time you're stopped.
Would you buy additional updates you could maybe be traced via your payment.
But wilfully sharing this type of data with the law would be corporate suicide, so it doesn't worry me.
Last night, some 12 hours after the news came out, I received an apologetic mail from them promising this would no longer be allowed plus a voucher for a free update to their data base of known speed traps.
Over here TomTom is by far the most popular navigator and who says other brands aren't doing the same?
TomTom might have been gullible not realising their commercially available data was going to be used in this way but surely no company would commit suicide by identifying individuals.
What actually happened is they sell the aggregated data to whoever is interested, one company distilled out the stretches of road where most speeding happened and sold it to the police.
Then the police used this to select places for speed traps.
You mean like a regular TV or radio transmitter that is on 24/7 and has newscasts every 60 mins.
Because the battery runs out.
In this British example the reasons are well understood, management had a pre-occupation with limiting (exposure to) risk and maximising short term profits by failing to innovate.
Of course this type of management blames others like the unions but isn't willing to acknowledge the Japanese and Germans don't seem to have such issues.
Exactly the reason why I can't trust BP, British financials and American cowboy (Amoco) engineering, the other way around would make a much better company.
I believe Germany is pretty much middle of the road for European internet freedom policies, looking at a bunch of others isn't going to sway the outcome of this study by much.
Yep, I already have an N900, regretfully the manufacturer has been taken over by a Microsoft peon.
No, after elections the government agency suffered a new 'leadership' with allegiance to the proprietary software market place.
But maybe I missed the wooosh when you claimed a Windows install is done and dusted with a click on Go...
Not to mention free speech zones and the constitution free zone. or gitmo.
There's nothing constitution free about the zone where the decisions about Gitmo are made.
But then, a constitution that allows something like Gitmo to be run is in itself broken.
Funny install you have, I'm running it (the Kubuntu 10.10 desktop version) on a two years old HP-mini netbook with 1 GB of RAM and it's fine...
Guy that called the local cops to release the nice of the Egyptian president?
You could call 'm wetbacks.
Great scientists stand on the shoulders of giants/ other great men.
Meaning you can follow a path of evidence and reliability from the discussed item down to many that understand at least elements of the theory supporting the item, this can be done without personally having all the knowledge to fully understand the discussed item.
At the time, it also felt like KDE was trying for a much more uniform (and annoyingly Windows 3 interface),
Exactly the reason I went with KDE!
I found nothing more frustrating than the mess of Gnome, every application did the basic operations their own way.
You will no doubt remember the days things like copy and paste or the recycle bin didn't work between Gnome applications.
So I always put a USB stick in it to get net access for those that don't carry their own computer.
Presently it runs the Kubuntu 11.4 beta (KDE4.6) and I've yet to find someone having trouble navigating it.