if they ever succeeded in building such a lense its still probably buried in some black program - Maybe we'll get to see a demonstration in a few days....
This new tool allows you to get a 3D view of the numerous duplicated postings on Slashdot. The axis's of the 3D space is story, time, and poster - so we can get a better understanding of the complex nature of Slashdot dupe's
At the end of the day - it was an embarrasing election by any standards - the fact of the matter was that we Americans had two zero's to choose from. It was like trying to decide which is better, hemorrhoids or a bladder infection.
I for one hope Apple keeps Al Gore entertained and out of politics - now if we can just get Purdue Chicken to hire GW Bush we'll be all set.
Amen Brother - I was really thinking about getting an i-book, not anymore - I won't support any company that hires a two-faced loser like Al Gore, I can't see what value having him on your board of directors would do - Apple never ceases to amaze at the bizarre business decisions they make....
it doesn't have much to do with the pressure in the fuel tanks - you need to hit the missile while it is under the stresses of the boost phase (under power) the laser energy weakens the body of the missile and it collapses or buckles a bit - during the boost phase a structural failure is likely to cause the missile to go unstable and tear itself apart. It will work just as well on a solid fuel missile for the sama reasons.
We started using FPGA's in our HPC designs where I work several years ago - the designs are faster, more reliable, and quicker to design. StarBridges graphical development environment is a lot like another product sold by Anapolis Micro called Corefire. Corefire is a java based graphical (iconic)development environment for Xilinx FPGA's. It is like anything else though sometimes programming in VHDL will be a better choice, it depends on the complexity of the design and the desired end result. But all in all we probably saved at least 6 man-months of design time using Corefire.
Probably not much danger.. Its most likely a COMSEC module from the communications system - This would be what is termed a CCI (Cryptographically Controlled Item) by itself it would be useless to a terrorist - but coupled with the keying material it might be useful - it is doubtful to me that the device survived with the key still in memory - but I guess the government wants to be sure.
Too late dude - there is already software called Doors and I noticed this comment at the bottom of the page -
"NOTE: MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows NT v3.xx are NOT compatible with Doors."
The Predator UAV is nothing but a big radio controlled aircraft - it takes two human operators to fly and use the system. There are UAV's that are truly robots (Global Hawk for one)http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/global.html but in the context of this Slashdot story Predator is completely irrelevant and incorrect.
With regard to software for the government and the DoD, on many projects that I have worked (on both ends as a devoloper and a customer) source code AND design documents are usually required deliverables - in many instances this also includes embedded firmware as well (microcontroller code, VHDL, etc). In some cases the software source is delivered with the understanding that it may be provided to a competitor for development of a reliable second source. It works out OK in the DoD environment because the code is largely unique and therefore very expensive - the developer makes all his profit up front (and hopefully gets future business). In the cut throat commercial market the economics make providing the source code a non-starter IMHO.
That little white pixel is Saturns largest moon Titan - If you read the link you will find that this was a test of the camera (A monochrome camera shot through various color filters) depending on the aperature of the camera, the integration time, and any image processing routines the stars were lost most likely due to the fact that Saturn is such a bright planet - I am sure that if they adjusted the image to see the stars the image of Saturn would be saturated and just a bright blob.
As well as prolific drugs, there are also prolific freaks in Amsterdam - case in point: the Ellen Feiss look alike contest was mostly guy's - oh well I guess Mac users do "Think Different"
If you ever work with Satellite communications systems (spread spectrum included) you will quickly find that even with all the so called "Draconian rules" in place, there is a high probability of someone stepping on your signal and satellite channel - the same has been my experience with other more conventional line of site RF systems - The ONLY way that whis would ever be feasible is if we took all the existing systems and simultaneously destroyed them before wheeling out the "Open Spectrum" systems. I for one don't believe that "free for all" RF spectrum is ever going to be practical or desireable. Does anyone else remember the days of the CB radio arms race and home built 100 W linear amplifiers ? As hard as it is to accept government regulation this is one area we don't want to let go to anarchy - if we do all we'll hear on our fancy Spread Spectrum radios will be static.
I don't know why I am so cynical tonight, but give me a break - yes its cute and clever to use your video ram for something other than video but if you have a video card with a lot of ram you probably also put a reasonable amount in your computer in the first place - nice stunt, but not very useful IMHO.
Microsoft should hire the guy's for actually trying to do something useful with an X-Box, I mean for God's sake how many freaking gaming consoles does the world need !!!
But wait, I can run Linux on my toaster, Look I opened a telnet session to my blender, ftp'd to my refigerator and I can finger my microwave - I am working on getting TUX Racer to run at 0.5 FPS - I'll post screen shots as soon as I do.
I built a projection TV lens system over 20 years ago with a $10 plastic fresnel lense - it worked (in a very dark room) and I also had to re-wire the deflection yoke on the TV to invert and rotate the image (reference optics 101). It was an interesting experience for a 13 year old ( I still can't believe my mother let me tear apart the TV to do the deflection yoke mod ).
Anyway it sucked 20 years ago and it still would suck today I'm sure....
My thoughts as well. Also what good is it without something like grafitti ? Who the heck wants to pull up a keyboard everytime you need to input some text or numbers.
not nearly ready for prime time....
The worst thing is it took me 2 hours to get my damn IIIxe back to a useful state.
I agree, there is nothing quite as satisfying as the sound of my Porsche 911's rev-limiter cutting in and out in 5th gear. Thank You almighty dollar:-)
Thats great, you are my hero - Look at it this way, at least you didn't open up on the whole office with an AK-47 or a sawed-off pump 12 guage.
I'll bet Nerf was never quite the same at that place after the "postal paintball incident"
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In the case of the Predator a real human pilot and a sensor operator are required to fly and use the UAV so its really not a robot - The GlobalHawk on the other hand requires no human interaction (other than getting its data and putting fuel in it). You are right, of course, now if we can get a robotic factor to build the planes we'll be all set:-)
When I got my first job as an engineer working on the Eastern Test Range - I took lower than average pay so I wouldn't have to leave Central Florida. The job was fairly cool, I worked on Rockets, Radar's, Telemtry Systems, Timing Systems etc.. I traveled to and worked on Islands in the Caribean and South Atlantic, I did this for almost 10 years. By the time I had been there about 5 years I was so bored out of my mind I started doing consulting on the side (Software and hardware designs for instrumentation systems). Finally about 4 years ago I was washing my car on a Saturday and heard an add on the radio for a job fair put on by a major defense contractor. I popped a couple of resumes out of the printer, put on a tie, and drove about 45 minute's to Melbourne. It turned out to be the best employment decision I ever made - I now work in a R & D environment, am given the latest software and hardware tools and computers, travel to cool places (even better than my old job) and the icing on the cake is that I get paid well for it, heck this job is so cool, I'd pay my employer to do the work...
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if they ever succeeded in building such a lense its still probably buried in some black program - Maybe we'll get to see a demonstration in a few days....
This new tool allows you to get a 3D view of the numerous duplicated postings on Slashdot. The axis's of the 3D space is story, time, and poster - so we can get a better understanding of the complex nature of Slashdot dupe's
At the end of the day - it was an embarrasing election by any standards - the fact of the matter was that we Americans had two zero's to choose from. It was like trying to decide which is better, hemorrhoids or a bladder infection.
I for one hope Apple keeps Al Gore entertained and out of politics - now if we can just get Purdue Chicken to hire GW Bush we'll be all set.
Amen Brother - I was really thinking about getting an i-book, not anymore - I won't support any company that hires a two-faced loser like Al Gore, I can't see what value having him on your board of directors would do - Apple never ceases to amaze at the bizarre business decisions they make....
it doesn't have much to do with the pressure in the fuel tanks - you need to hit the missile while it is under the stresses of the boost phase (under power) the laser energy weakens the body of the missile and it collapses or buckles a bit - during the boost phase a structural failure is likely to cause the missile to go unstable and tear itself apart. It will work just as well on a solid fuel missile for the sama reasons.
We started using FPGA's in our HPC designs where I work several years ago - the designs are faster, more reliable, and quicker to design. StarBridges graphical development environment is a lot like another product sold by Anapolis Micro called Corefire.
Corefire is a java based graphical (iconic)development environment for Xilinx FPGA's. It is like anything else though sometimes programming in VHDL will be a better choice, it depends on the complexity of the design and the desired end result. But all in all we probably saved at least 6 man-months of design time using Corefire.
Probably not much danger..
Its most likely a COMSEC module from the communications system - This would be what is termed a CCI (Cryptographically Controlled Item) by itself it would be useless to a terrorist - but coupled with the keying material it might be useful - it is doubtful to me that the device survived with the key still in memory - but I guess the government wants to be sure.
Too late dude - there is already software called Doors and I noticed this comment at the bottom of the page - "NOTE: MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows NT v3.xx are NOT compatible with Doors."
The Predator UAV is nothing but a big radio controlled aircraft - it takes two human operators to fly and use the system. There are UAV's that are truly robots (Global Hawk for one)http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/global.html
but in the context of this Slashdot story Predator is completely irrelevant and incorrect.
A local house burned to the gound when its X10 camera system and 22,000 Christmas lights were Slashdotted.....
With regard to software for the government and the DoD, on many projects that I have worked (on both ends as a devoloper and a customer) source code AND design documents are usually required deliverables - in many instances this also includes embedded firmware as well (microcontroller code, VHDL, etc). In some cases the software source is delivered with the understanding that it may be provided to a competitor for development of a reliable second source. It works out OK in the DoD environment because the code is largely unique and therefore very expensive - the developer makes all his profit up front (and hopefully gets future business). In the cut throat commercial market the economics make providing the source code a non-starter IMHO.
only if you install your airplane house in Denver
That little white pixel is Saturns largest moon Titan - If you read the link you will find that this was a test of the camera (A monochrome camera shot through various color filters) depending on the aperature of the camera, the integration time, and any image processing routines the stars were lost most likely due to the fact that Saturn is such a bright planet - I am sure that if they adjusted the image to see the stars the image of Saturn would be saturated and just a bright blob.
As well as prolific drugs, there are also prolific freaks in Amsterdam - case in point: the Ellen Feiss look alike contest was mostly guy's - oh well I guess Mac users do "Think Different"
If you ever work with Satellite communications systems (spread spectrum included) you will quickly find that even with all the so called "Draconian rules" in place, there is a high probability of someone stepping on your signal and satellite channel - the same has been my experience with other more conventional line of site RF systems - The ONLY way that whis would ever be feasible is if we took all the existing systems and simultaneously destroyed them before wheeling out the "Open Spectrum" systems. I for one don't believe that "free for all" RF spectrum is ever going to be practical or desireable. Does anyone else remember the days of the CB radio arms race and home built 100 W linear amplifiers ? As hard as it is to accept government regulation this is one area we don't want to let go to anarchy - if we do all we'll hear on our fancy Spread Spectrum radios will be static.
I don't know why I am so cynical tonight, but give me a break - yes its cute and clever to use your video ram for something other than video but if you have a video card with a lot of ram you probably also put a reasonable amount in your computer in the first place - nice stunt, but not very useful IMHO.
"This expensive cluster would probably run a modified version of Tux Racer at a decent number of FPS."
I doubt it... it would however contribute to Global warming.
Microsoft should hire the guy's for actually trying to do something useful with an X-Box, I mean for God's sake how many freaking gaming consoles does the world need !!!
But wait, I can run Linux on my toaster, Look I opened a telnet session to my blender, ftp'd to my refigerator and I can finger my microwave - I am working on getting TUX Racer to run at 0.5 FPS - I'll post screen shots as soon as I do.
I built a projection TV lens system over 20 years ago with a $10 plastic fresnel lense - it worked (in a very dark room) and I also had to re-wire the deflection yoke on the TV to invert and rotate the image (reference optics 101). It was an interesting experience for a 13 year old ( I still can't believe my mother let me tear apart the TV to do the deflection yoke mod ).
Anyway it sucked 20 years ago and it still would suck today I'm sure....
My thoughts as well. Also what good is it without something like grafitti ? Who the heck wants to pull up a keyboard everytime you need to input some text or numbers.
not nearly ready for prime time....
The worst thing is it took me 2 hours to get my damn IIIxe back to a useful state.
I agree, there is nothing quite as satisfying as the sound of my Porsche 911's rev-limiter cutting in and out in 5th gear. Thank You almighty dollar :-)
Thats great, you are my hero - Look at it this way, at least you didn't open up on the whole office with an AK-47 or a sawed-off pump 12 guage.
I'll bet Nerf was never quite the same at that place after the "postal paintball incident"
In the case of the Predator a real human pilot and a sensor operator are required to fly and use the UAV so its really not a robot - The GlobalHawk on the other hand requires no human interaction (other than getting its data and putting fuel in it). You are right, of course, now if we can get a robotic factor to build the planes we'll be all set :-)
When I got my first job as an engineer working on the Eastern Test Range - I took lower than average pay so I wouldn't have to leave Central Florida. The job was fairly cool, I worked on Rockets, Radar's, Telemtry Systems, Timing Systems etc.. I traveled to and worked on Islands in the Caribean and South Atlantic, I did this for almost 10 years. By the time I had been there about 5 years I was so bored out of my mind I started doing consulting on the side (Software and hardware designs for instrumentation systems). Finally about 4 years ago I was washing my car on a Saturday and heard an add on the radio for a job fair put on by a major defense contractor. I popped a couple of resumes out of the printer, put on a tie, and drove about 45 minute's to Melbourne. It turned out to be the best employment decision I ever made - I now work in a R & D environment, am given the latest software and hardware tools and computers, travel to cool places (even better than my old job) and the icing on the cake is that I get paid well for it, heck this job is so cool, I'd pay my employer to do the work...