Read it again. There is no distinction made by end use, and the Board will ignore any argument based on grounds the Board feels they can do nothing about:
(4) The levy is payable on all media that qualify, without regard to end use. No purpose is served by asking that the tariff include a mechanism that would allow those who can prove that they use qualifying media for purposes other than reproducing musical works to be exempted from payment or to receive a refund.
The tariff will be charged directly to manufacturers or importers, not when the consumer makes his/her purchase. All Canadians should lodge their complaint. This proposal ignores many factors beyond the obvious assumed wrong-doing of consumers. Please note the official objection process as letters that don't follow this format will essentially be ignored:
Objections that do not conform to the directions set out in this notice will be dealt with as letters of comments; the person filing them will not be considered as a formal objector.
Objections must briefly state the reasons therefor, and must indicate the name, address, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address of the objector. The objection must
also contain the following declarations:
I intend to participate actively to the process leading to the certification of the private copying tariff. Consequently, this constitutes my formal objection to the proposed statement filed by CPCC.
I have read the information set out in the Boardís notice published in the Canada Gazette on March 9, 2002 with CPCCís proposed statement. I understand the duties that I undertake as an objector and intend to abide by them.
Objections must also state if the objector intends to participate in the pre-hearing conference to be held on Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 10:00 a.m., the object of which is set out below.
Where possible, the Board asks that all comments and objections be sent by electronic mail.
Ottawa, March 9, 2002
CLAUDE MAJEAU
Secretary General
56 Sparks Street, Suite 800
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C9
(613) 952-8621 (Telephone)
(613) 952-8630 (Facsimile)
majeau.claude@cb-cda.gc.ca (Electronic mail)
It doesn't matter one whit whether or not LOTR wins an Oscar. What is important is that Peter Jackson be recognized for Best Directing and Best Art Directing. PJ has brought to fruition something that many know and love with such success that his work shouldn't be ignored. PJ has had a nomination-nod with "Heavenly Creatures" in the past. Now is the time to acknowledge what was easily the best directed film of the past year.
Having spent a considerable amount of time marking undergraduate assignments it is amazing how many people will duplicate the results of others, faithfully reproducing the same bizarre errors. For one reason or another, some folks feel that they are better off cheating than actually performing the work themselves. What is more amazing is that these same folks believe they won't be caught. In these cases I would usually divide-up the mark for this one question amongst the duplicators.
During my own undergraduate years I quickly realized that unless I completed the work myself I was wasting my time and money. Collaboration and discussion of how to solve a problem is useful, but blindly duplicating the results of others is no way to learn.
Catching plagerism amongst submitted computer code is nothing new. Automagic comparison of submitted code was done during my undergraduate years long ago. Even though our instructor warned us at the beginning of the year at least half a dozen people were caught using software evaluation.
I am an engineering grad student working on a similarly sized project. Our project is compiled on a variety of Unix platforms using automake, autoconf and libtool. As you are already compiling for multiple platforms you are 90% of the way there in determining the different needs for each compile. If you haven't already organized your build process, now would be a good time before it becomes 10M lines of code.
Autoconf and friends make it infinitely easier to compile our code. However you will have to put in a fair bit of work determining all variety of tests required to determine the idiosyncracies of each build. You are probably already doing something similar if you can build on multiple platforms.
Autoconf has been well worth the initial effort. Occasionally new compile problems crop up, but they are usually solved by the addition of another 1 line check in configure.in.
Selling autoconf should be easy. Wrestle with compile problems once getting autoconf working, or have users repeatedly wrestle with the problems without autoconf.
We toasted an Athalon 1400 in about 5 seconds, cracking the CPU ceramic nearly in half. In the process of switching the heatsink we failed to completely remove a thin layer of plastic protecting a preinstalled layer of thermal paste. The top layer of protective plastic was removed but a second layer (which should have been removed) remained on the heatsink. This 0.5mm thick piece of plastic was enough to cook it. The MB survived so I imagine the CPU took the majority of the heat load.
The speed of sound varies proportionally with temperature, not density! The speed of sound varies proportionally with pressure and _inversely_ proportional with density through the ideal gas law (pressure/density is proportional to temperature.)
The speed of sound (and temperature) decrease with altitude until you reach about 100000 feet (30 km.) At sea level the speed of sound is about 340 m/s. At the operating altitude of this aircraft of 100000 feet the speed of sound is only 295 m/s.
Mach 7.0 @ 100000 feet is equivalent to about 7434 km/h or 4619 mph.
Above ~40 km the speed of sound (and temperature) increases although both pressure and density continue to decrease, until you reach an altitude of about 70km where the speed of sound (and temperature) begins to decrease again. Pressure and density decrease with altitude, but not at the same rates, thus temperature decreases, then increases, then decreases again.
You are better off describing the speed of sound as a function of temperature.
The (speed of sound) = Gamma * R * Temperature. Gamma ~= 1.4 & R ~= 287 [J/kgK] for air and are close enough to constant for this vehicle. Temperature in degrees Kelvin.
In general, temperture decreases with altitude.
Assuming ideal gas law, which is more than valid for this vehicle, you could also write it as (speed of sound) = Gamma * Pressure / Density, both of which vary with altitude through their relationship to temperature: Pressure = Density * R * Temperature.
Mach number is simply the ratio of speed of anything relative to the speed of sound.
Fly high enough and it takes less speed to exceed sonic (M=1.0) since the speed of sound generally decreases with altitude. For example, most commercial jets cruise at around M=0.7.
To determine Mach number you need more than just the density of the air and the speed of the object/flow.
The X-33/34 program was doomed well before the election. Rather than attempt to prove one or two new technologies, the powers to be funded everything but the kitchen sink. The result is we have proven a few new technologies, but the remainder caused the cost overruns and delays. The tank technology alone was unproven, suffering numerous setbacks during development. The X-33 is a beautiful solution, but too much of a pie in the sky for the government to continue to pay. Gush or Bore, either one would have pulled the switched. Neither have the foresight to continue to fund such an innovative program.
The reason they are using hydrogen is that it is the by far the only fuel that ignites and expands fast enough to be of any use in a scramjet. Fuel choices are limited to those fuels that are capable of combusting and expanding within the nozzle of the engine, as opposed to 10 miles downstream. Any environmental 'features' are secondary.
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Read it again. There is no distinction made by end use, and the Board will ignore any argument based on grounds the Board feels they can do nothing about:
(4) The levy is payable on all media that qualify, without regard to end use. No purpose is served by asking that the tariff include a mechanism that would allow those who can prove that they use qualifying media for purposes other than reproducing musical works to be exempted from payment or to receive a refund.
The tariff will be charged directly to manufacturers or importers, not when the consumer makes his/her purchase. All Canadians should lodge their complaint. This proposal ignores many factors beyond the obvious assumed wrong-doing of consumers. Please note the official objection process as letters that don't follow this format will essentially be ignored:
Objections that do not conform to the directions set out in this notice will be dealt with as letters of comments; the person filing them will not be considered as a formal objector.
Objections must briefly state the reasons therefor, and must indicate the name, address, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address of the objector. The objection must also contain the following declarations: I intend to participate actively to the process leading to the certification of the private copying tariff. Consequently, this constitutes my formal objection to the proposed statement filed by CPCC. I have read the information set out in the Boardís notice published in the Canada Gazette on March 9, 2002 with CPCCís proposed statement. I understand the duties that I undertake as an objector and intend to abide by them. Objections must also state if the objector intends to participate in the pre-hearing conference to be held on Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 10:00 a.m., the object of which is set out below. Where possible, the Board asks that all comments and objections be sent by electronic mail. Ottawa, March 9, 2002
CLAUDE MAJEAU Secretary General 56 Sparks Street, Suite 800 Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C9 (613) 952-8621 (Telephone) (613) 952-8630 (Facsimile) majeau.claude@cb-cda.gc.ca (Electronic mail)
It doesn't matter one whit whether or not LOTR wins an Oscar. What is important is that Peter Jackson be recognized for Best Directing and Best Art Directing. PJ has brought to fruition something that many know and love with such success that his work shouldn't be ignored. PJ has had a nomination-nod with "Heavenly Creatures" in the past. Now is the time to acknowledge what was easily the best directed film of the past year.
Having spent a considerable amount of time marking undergraduate assignments it is amazing how many people will duplicate the results of others, faithfully reproducing the same bizarre errors. For one reason or another, some folks feel that they are better off cheating than actually performing the work themselves. What is more amazing is that these same folks believe they won't be caught. In these cases I would usually divide-up the mark for this one question amongst the duplicators.
During my own undergraduate years I quickly realized that unless I completed the work myself I was wasting my time and money. Collaboration and discussion of how to solve a problem is useful, but blindly duplicating the results of others is no way to learn.
Catching plagerism amongst submitted computer code is nothing new. Automagic comparison of submitted code was done during my undergraduate years long ago. Even though our instructor warned us at the beginning of the year at least half a dozen people were caught using software evaluation.
I am an engineering grad student working on a similarly sized project. Our project is compiled on a variety of Unix platforms using automake, autoconf and libtool. As you are already compiling for multiple platforms you are 90% of the way there in determining the different needs for each compile. If you haven't already organized your build process, now would be a good time before it becomes 10M lines of code.
Autoconf and friends make it infinitely easier to compile our code. However you will have to put in a fair bit of work determining all variety of tests required to determine the idiosyncracies of each build. You are probably already doing something similar if you can build on multiple platforms.
Autoconf has been well worth the initial effort. Occasionally new compile problems crop up, but they are usually solved by the addition of another 1 line check in configure.in.
Selling autoconf should be easy. Wrestle with compile problems once getting autoconf working, or have users repeatedly wrestle with the problems without autoconf.
We toasted an Athalon 1400 in about 5 seconds, cracking the CPU ceramic nearly in half. In the process of switching the heatsink we failed to completely remove a thin layer of plastic protecting a preinstalled layer of thermal paste. The top layer of protective plastic was removed but a second layer (which should have been removed) remained on the heatsink. This 0.5mm thick piece of plastic was enough to cook it. The MB survived so I imagine the CPU took the majority of the heat load.
Try Maxim, unless JB is now the cover girl for Viagra.
The same group also produced a scale model ornithopter that successfully flew a few years ago.
Feel free to slashdot the following links. 'Mr. Bill' in flight (MPEG) and a bit of background UTIAS Flight Dynamics .
How much for MS chemotherapy? I have a whole lab full of cancerous computers!
The speed of sound varies proportionally with temperature, not density! The speed of sound varies proportionally with pressure and _inversely_ proportional with density through the ideal gas law (pressure/density is proportional to temperature.)
The speed of sound (and temperature) decrease with altitude until you reach about 100000 feet (30 km.) At sea level the speed of sound is about 340 m/s. At the operating altitude of this aircraft of 100000 feet the speed of sound is only 295 m/s.
Mach 7.0 @ 100000 feet is equivalent to about 7434 km/h or 4619 mph.
Above ~40 km the speed of sound (and temperature) increases although both pressure and density continue to decrease, until you reach an altitude of about 70km where the speed of sound (and temperature) begins to decrease again. Pressure and density decrease with altitude, but not at the same rates, thus temperature decreases, then increases, then decreases again.
You are better off describing the speed of sound as a function of temperature.
The (speed of sound) = Gamma * R * Temperature. Gamma ~= 1.4 & R ~= 287 [J/kgK] for air and are close enough to constant for this vehicle. Temperature in degrees Kelvin.
In general, temperture decreases with altitude.
Assuming ideal gas law, which is more than valid for this vehicle, you could also write it as (speed of sound) = Gamma * Pressure / Density, both of which vary with altitude through their relationship to temperature: Pressure = Density * R * Temperature.
Mach number is simply the ratio of speed of anything relative to the speed of sound.
Fly high enough and it takes less speed to exceed sonic (M=1.0) since the speed of sound generally decreases with altitude. For example, most commercial jets cruise at around M=0.7.
To determine Mach number you need more than just the density of the air and the speed of the object/flow.
The X-33/34 program was doomed well before the election. Rather than attempt to prove one or two new technologies, the powers to be funded everything but the kitchen sink. The result is we have proven a few new technologies, but the remainder caused the cost overruns and delays. The tank technology alone was unproven, suffering numerous setbacks during development. The X-33 is a beautiful solution, but too much of a pie in the sky for the government to continue to pay. Gush or Bore, either one would have pulled the switched. Neither have the foresight to continue to fund such an innovative program.
The reason they are using hydrogen is that it is the by far the only fuel that ignites and expands fast enough to be of any use in a scramjet. Fuel choices are limited to those fuels that are capable of combusting and expanding within the nozzle of the engine, as opposed to 10 miles downstream. Any environmental 'features' are secondary.