I agree - we often use models at work to predict what will occur when we build systems - we also try to refine our models with experimental results - I think relative to Terahertz radiation effect on human cells and DNA there is still much work to do, and as you point out there are many who still buy into the cell phone cancer myth. I really hate when a true story of science gets sensationalized and turned into FUD....
If you read the story this conjecture is the results of a computer model...NOT real measurements of actual damage to DNA - since no previous actual experiments have turned up any damage then I'd say the model is not quite right - at any rate its all theoretical and not proven with experiment
Having built many a prototype board in my day I can tell you I have utilized all manner of odds and ends including not only wood screws but wood as well - I don't think it means the card is a fake, it may be an engineering prototype or a software development board or whatever. I personally don't see anything in the photos that screams to me "FAKE" !
other than the fact it is a radar I can assure it shares NOTHING in common with the F22's AN/APG-77 radar, no components, software, waveforms, algorithms NOTHING - that is some serious literary license
you are absolutely spot on - federal employees make less than their contractor counterparts - and your numbers are about right - but this is one of the reasons it is a screwed up system - do you think the best and brightest go work for NASA or the better paying jobs with their subcontractors ?
folks it was built by the LOW BIDDER - what on earth would you expect - the design has been an abortion since day 1 and has had problems with virtually every single subsystem.....
while it is certainly unfortunate that they got sensitive data - the violation of the ITAR was the professors alone and I am glad he was found guilty - aside from the obvious security issues giving away technology weakens our economic and business advantages as well - part of doing business in this country is playing by the rules - if you don't want to play by these rules, then work on non ITAR technologies instead
Further evidence of the administration complete lack of understanding of capitalism and free enterprise - expect others to follow. People don't like their livelihood and bottom line being screwed with. Car makers, software developers,... no economy can grow and flourish without CREATING things and these are the businesses and jobs that can be moved overseas - we aren't going to re-build our economy by paving roads and expanding the service industries
Personally we usually look for VHDL programmers instead of verilog - I would recommend focusing primarily on VHDL, touch on Verilog AND maybe expose the students to LabVIEW for FPGA's, or possibly Annapolis Micro's Corefire software just to show them that there are other approaches besides VHDL and Verilog
Communism is against human nature - people don't want to be equal - competition is in our genetic makeup, competition for resources, mates, power, influence. This is the biggest reason why Communist governments have failed to ever work on a large scale - you might be able to find small compatible groups that can function in such a manner but never for a society as a whole.
not to quibble with your comment "fly questionable craft at ridiculous speeds" yes he was test pilot, but not testing the aircraft he was flying, he was an ordnance test pilot, testing new bombs. Big difference, New aircraft test pilots usually come out of the air force TPS at Edwards AFB. I have tons of respect for anyone that has real combat time especially in the Vietnam era aircraft. He'd be OK in my book, the techies usually don't make good managers in the NASA environment - better to have an ex Marine Corp General, he obviously knows how to play politics..
I agree, and this rules out the current choice - I have never met a good CTO that wasn't very broad but also a recognized leader in a specific field. Usually a CTO with a background in Physics or Applied mathematics can pretty much comprehend anything thrown at them from a technology standpoint - Public Administration and Business grads need not apply (unless you got it as a second degree to go along with that Physics/math/Engineering degree)
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what keeps the sheep stupid is the heaping piles of crap fed to them by the media - they have no clue what is going on in the world - in warfare there is a term for it, "Psyops", as defined in wikipedia "techniques used by military and police forces to influence a target audience's value systems, emotions, motives, reasoning, and behavior" - the media IS the military force of the left wing, they influenced the behavior and reasoning of over half the population !
the first group of linux machines were named after the Little Rascals, Darla, Spanky, Buckwheat, etc. Then we had a whole collection of VMS machines named after superheros and tropical fish, there was Ren and Stimpy - finally a VP had enough and all the machines were reduced to alphanumerics - ahh the good old days....
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I agree - we often use models at work to predict what will occur when we build systems - we also try to refine our models with experimental results - I think relative to Terahertz radiation effect on human cells and DNA there is still much work to do, and as you point out there are many who still buy into the cell phone cancer myth. I really hate when a true story of science gets sensationalized and turned into FUD....
If you read the story this conjecture is the results of a computer model ...NOT real measurements of actual damage to DNA - since no previous actual experiments have turned up any damage then I'd say the model is not quite right - at any rate its all theoretical and not proven with experiment
Having built many a prototype board in my day I can tell you I have utilized all manner of odds and ends including not only wood screws but wood as well - I don't think it means the card is a fake, it may be an engineering prototype or a software development board or whatever. I personally don't see anything in the photos that screams to me "FAKE" !
other than the fact it is a radar I can assure it shares NOTHING in common with the F22's AN/APG-77 radar, no components, software, waveforms, algorithms NOTHING - that is some serious literary license
I am sure that eventually the horrible wrong she committed will be balanced - Karma has a way of working things out !
you are absolutely spot on - federal employees make less than their contractor counterparts - and your numbers are about right - but this is one of the reasons it is a screwed up system - do you think the best and brightest go work for NASA or the better paying jobs with their subcontractors ?
maybe we can finally get rid of the Johnson Space Center one of the ultimate examples of pork...
folks it was built by the LOW BIDDER - what on earth would you expect - the design has been an abortion since day 1 and has had problems with virtually every single subsystem.....
while it is certainly unfortunate that they got sensitive data - the violation of the ITAR was the professors alone and I am glad he was found guilty - aside from the obvious security issues giving away technology weakens our economic and business advantages as well - part of doing business in this country is playing by the rules - if you don't want to play by these rules, then work on non ITAR technologies instead
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Further evidence of the administration complete lack of understanding of capitalism and free enterprise - expect others to follow. People don't like their livelihood and bottom line being screwed with. Car makers, software developers, ... no economy can grow and flourish without CREATING things and these are the businesses and jobs that can be moved overseas - we aren't going to re-build our economy by paving roads and expanding the service industries
Personally we usually look for VHDL programmers instead of verilog - I would recommend focusing primarily on VHDL, touch on Verilog AND maybe expose the students to LabVIEW for FPGA's, or possibly Annapolis Micro's Corefire software just to show them that there are other approaches besides VHDL and Verilog
and it could get you detained by you friendly TSA dude
restrooms would be my number one airport amenity ..
Communism is against human nature - people don't want to be equal - competition is in our genetic makeup, competition for resources, mates, power, influence. This is the biggest reason why Communist governments have failed to ever work on a large scale - you might be able to find small compatible groups that can function in such a manner but never for a society as a whole.
not to quibble with your comment "fly questionable craft at ridiculous speeds" yes he was test pilot, but not testing the aircraft he was flying, he was an ordnance test pilot, testing new bombs. Big difference, New aircraft test pilots usually come out of the air force TPS at Edwards AFB. I have tons of respect for anyone that has real combat time especially in the Vietnam era aircraft. He'd be OK in my book, the techies usually don't make good managers in the NASA environment - better to have an ex Marine Corp General, he obviously knows how to play politics..
I agree, and this rules out the current choice - I have never met a good CTO that wasn't very broad but also a recognized leader in a specific field. Usually a CTO with a background in Physics or Applied mathematics can pretty much comprehend anything thrown at them from a technology standpoint - Public Administration and Business grads need not apply (unless you got it as a second degree to go along with that Physics/math/Engineering degree)
lol - thanks for that !!!
haha - I'd mod that funny if I had mod points
usually Slashdot is pretty quick to get the news but his happened yesterday folks - I guess the admins didn't think it was newsworthy yesterday
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what keeps the sheep stupid is the heaping piles of crap fed to them by the media - they have no clue what is going on in the world - in warfare there is a term for it, "Psyops", as defined in wikipedia "techniques used by military and police forces to influence a target audience's value systems, emotions, motives, reasoning, and behavior" - the media IS the military force of the left wing, they influenced the behavior and reasoning of over half the population !
the first group of linux machines were named after the Little Rascals, Darla, Spanky, Buckwheat, etc. Then we had a whole collection of VMS machines named after superheros and tropical fish, there was Ren and Stimpy - finally a VP had enough and all the machines were reduced to alphanumerics - ahh the good old days....