* There is a theoretical limit to the resolution a satellite camera can capture, based on its aperture and orbit. Quickbird and the like are already pushing that limit and can get down to 60cm pixels. The Feds could simply purchase the photos from DigitalGlobe and see you just fine.
* Spy satellites don't "stare", they "sweep". Unless you have a geostationary spy satellite, but that could only get a resolution on the order of kilometers, or maybe even more than that. You need you know what you want to take a picture of, then schedule it with the satellite. For some, it takes only a day to come back into range, for others it takes weeks.
I'm not defending their use of spy satellites here, but they would only let them have a dedicated source they can control, instead of just buying it off of DigitalGlobe.
Personally, I think any kind of commercial entity should be required (i.e. by law) to delete all personal information from their records if requested. It's the ultimate power of the individual over the corporation.
the height was fine when it was built, back when nobody was stupid enough to taunt tigers like that I'm guessing it's more of an issue of a developing awareness of safety.
Oh, and the fact that there was a giant depression going on and nobody gave a shit about some moron taunting a tiger.
I looked at PC World's printer reviews. For example, their review of the Brother HL-2070N says the consumables cost (toner + replacement drum) per page works out to about 3.4 cents, which is on par with some of the inkjets.
Their top-rated laser was 2.2 cents per page though, so my conclusion was that these things vary, and that the ranges overlap.
Of course, that's one organization's test, so real-world might be a bit different.
What printer are you using that gets 1c/page prints?
While we're on the topic, why don't we expect politicians to abstain from votes involving those who have given money? Is that not a conflict of interest? Why do we expect judges to do this, but not representatives?
From what I've heard, there are medicines that people can be given before they undergo painful procedures (like resetting a broken limb) that essentially block the short-term memory, making them immediately forget that the painful procedure ever happened. They will feel extreme pain for the few minutes it takes to do it, but immediately after, they won't realize anything had ever happened.
So you could ask, does it matter that they underwent the procedure, other than the fact that before it their limb was broken, and afterward their limb was set? If your old self died in the teleporter and your new self didn't remember, would it even matter outside of the moment it took for it to happen?
Chicken and egg. Nobody's making Windows define a file as 1MB = 1024KB. To make things consistent, it's either Windows that must change or the HDD industry (and the DVD+-R industry).
In the mid-1990s, one marketing dweeb at a low-end hard drive manufacturer (I want to say Maxtor but don't recall for sure) convinced his company to start defining 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes. Absolutely wrong. The first hard drive ever made was the IBM 350, in 1956. Its storage capacity was a simple 5e6 bytes (actually 7-bit characters).
While he was a bit harsh, the 'gibi' 'mibi' 'mabi' and what not are NOT accepted units of measure irregardless of what any organization (even a 'standards' organization)says. Binary prefixes are supported by the following professional organizations: IEEE, CIPM, SAE, NIST, CENELEC, and the European Union.
Neither can (free) MP3 playback, but that apparently hasn't stopped you. I fail to see why you have a problem with one, and not the other. Because legal codecs for MP3, WMA, and a few others can be had legally from http://shop.fluendo.com/ (MP3 is even free). I know of no legal source at any price for a Linux DVD decoder.
The latest issue of National Geographic has a good article on this (it's also online).
If you look at the Energy Balance tab, I'll gladly take cellulosic ethanol over biodiesel any day.
And any ethanol, regardless of production method, needs a retail path to be of any use. The market for corn-based ethanol we're developing now can be shifted over to cellulosic ethanol when the technology becomes feasible.
Well, I'd argue first that people don't have to back it up - they'll use what they like, and until most people like OOo better, MS will have some nice cash flow.
On the other hand, I dislike OOo for two reasons at the moment (I'm sure others will come up later on, along with a few "Wow, cool!" moments too). First, the chart functionality in Calc is a bear to use. Try making a variety of charts on differently-organized data in Excel, then try the same thing in Calc, and you'll understand.
Secondly, Base is nowhere near Access in terms of functionality. One of the main reasons Access is cool for small workgroup type stuff is that you can split the database into a data file and a front-end file, then you can share the data file on the network for easy multi-user access. Not so with OOo.
Also, you can't export the data from an OOo embedded database. The workaround I came up with was to open each table, select everything, and drag it over to a Calc spreadsheet, then save it to CSV from there.
The SELENE mission is highly awaited among NASA types because it will help produce a better lunar gravity model (the "shape" of the gravity field around the moon due to irregularities in shape, etc.), which will help in the design of the upcoming LRO mission (and missions after that).
These models are typically published in journals, then used by organizations around the world to design their own missions.
How does gnash work with YouTube? If it plays videos, it must implement the VP6 codec, right? I believe this is patented, which makes gnash illegal in the US and some other countries.
I don't think that video games affecting your actions or mental state is an all-or-nothing thing, and I don't think it requires a person to be "deranged" beforehand.
For a quick personal example, I spent a few weeks playing GTA3 this summer, much of which I spent cruising around in cars and pulling whiplash-inducing U-turns in the middle of oncoming traffic. Once during the day on my way from work (real life), I spotted someone I knew pass me in the opposite direction, and got a strange powerful urge to pull a fast U-turn right there in the middle of the road. Of course I caught it before I actually did that, but I don't I'd have felt that urge had I not been playing the game (and if the game hadn't been so immersive). Also, I don't think I'm someone you would consider "deranged", although I suppose you could support your argument by claiming that I must be, since the game affected my mental state.
In general, a game is an immersive experience, and such experiences do affect people further down the line to some degree. Whether it's entirely forgettable and relegated to nostalgia or vividly real and applicable to real life is up to the game, the person, and the situation.
I worked for NASA Langley during 2003-2004 while in college, and we had to fill out a pretty long background check form as well (though we weren't getting clearance for anything). Nothing as bad as what the article is saying, but it included standard things like personal references, all previous employment, maybe visits to other countries, etc.
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A short list of missions intended to impact the Moon:
A short list of missions with other goals, but were eventually intentionally impacted with the Moon:
A couple points:
* There is a theoretical limit to the resolution a satellite camera can capture, based on its aperture and orbit. Quickbird and the like are already pushing that limit and can get down to 60cm pixels. The Feds could simply purchase the photos from DigitalGlobe and see you just fine.
* Spy satellites don't "stare", they "sweep". Unless you have a geostationary spy satellite, but that could only get a resolution on the order of kilometers, or maybe even more than that. You need you know what you want to take a picture of, then schedule it with the satellite. For some, it takes only a day to come back into range, for others it takes weeks.
I'm not defending their use of spy satellites here, but they would only let them have a dedicated source they can control, instead of just buying it off of DigitalGlobe.
Personally, I think any kind of commercial entity should be required (i.e. by law) to delete all personal information from their records if requested. It's the ultimate power of the individual over the corporation.
Oh, and the fact that there was a giant depression going on and nobody gave a shit about some moron taunting a tiger.
I looked at PC World's printer reviews. For example, their review of the Brother HL-2070N says the consumables cost (toner + replacement drum) per page works out to about 3.4 cents, which is on par with some of the inkjets.
Their top-rated laser was 2.2 cents per page though, so my conclusion was that these things vary, and that the ranges overlap.
Of course, that's one organization's test, so real-world might be a bit different.
What printer are you using that gets 1c/page prints?
I won't comment on your other points, but as far as cost/page, lasers are pretty much on par with inkjets (and much worse for color).
I did a tiny bit of analysis when this story was posted to Reddit:
http://reddit.com/info/63c11/comments/c02p9mc
While we're on the topic, why don't we expect politicians to abstain from votes involving those who have given money? Is that not a conflict of interest? Why do we expect judges to do this, but not representatives?
Are you talking about applications that run on spacecraft, or astrodynamics programs like STK?
I would love to see an open-source STK alternative.
From what I've heard, there are medicines that people can be given before they undergo painful procedures (like resetting a broken limb) that essentially block the short-term memory, making them immediately forget that the painful procedure ever happened. They will feel extreme pain for the few minutes it takes to do it, but immediately after, they won't realize anything had ever happened.
So you could ask, does it matter that they underwent the procedure, other than the fact that before it their limb was broken, and afterward their limb was set? If your old self died in the teleporter and your new self didn't remember, would it even matter outside of the moment it took for it to happen?
Chicken and egg. Nobody's making Windows define a file as 1MB = 1024KB. To make things consistent, it's either Windows that must change or the HDD industry (and the DVD+-R industry).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix#Hard_disk_drives
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix#Adoption
3) Reimplement the required code, distribute only in countries with a more enlightened attitude towards software patents (eg the EU)
Here's the mp3 patent list. I see a lot of listings for Germany, France, Spain, UK...
What's the deal?
The latest issue of National Geographic has a good article on this (it's also online).
If you look at the Energy Balance tab, I'll gladly take cellulosic ethanol over biodiesel any day.
And any ethanol, regardless of production method, needs a retail path to be of any use. The market for corn-based ethanol we're developing now can be shifted over to cellulosic ethanol when the technology becomes feasible.
"But please bear in mind that they are not "names of releases"--they are codenames that do not appear on the official releases."
This is not entirely true.
For example, System > Administration > Software Sources > Updates refers to "feisty-security", "feisty-updates", etc.
At least in Ubuntu, there's F-Spot too. It rules.
Yeah, that's just it. I'm not really very serious about my charting. I'd just rather have something that isn't a pain to use.
I mean, you can argue that having bad charting functionality in Calc isn't important for scientific types, but that's no reason not to improve it.
Well, I'd argue first that people don't have to back it up - they'll use what they like, and until most people like OOo better, MS will have some nice cash flow.
On the other hand, I dislike OOo for two reasons at the moment (I'm sure others will come up later on, along with a few "Wow, cool!" moments too). First, the chart functionality in Calc is a bear to use. Try making a variety of charts on differently-organized data in Excel, then try the same thing in Calc, and you'll understand.
Secondly, Base is nowhere near Access in terms of functionality. One of the main reasons Access is cool for small workgroup type stuff is that you can split the database into a data file and a front-end file, then you can share the data file on the network for easy multi-user access. Not so with OOo.
Also, you can't export the data from an OOo embedded database. The workaround I came up with was to open each table, select everything, and drag it over to a Calc spreadsheet, then save it to CSV from there.
Where are the codecs on the CNR site? I'm looking but can't find them.
It's being shared.
The SELENE mission is highly awaited among NASA types because it will help produce a better lunar gravity model (the "shape" of the gravity field around the moon due to irregularities in shape, etc.), which will help in the design of the upcoming LRO mission (and missions after that).
These models are typically published in journals, then used by organizations around the world to design their own missions.
How does gnash work with YouTube? If it plays videos, it must implement the VP6 codec, right? I believe this is patented, which makes gnash illegal in the US and some other countries.
I don't think that video games affecting your actions or mental state is an all-or-nothing thing, and I don't think it requires a person to be "deranged" beforehand.
For a quick personal example, I spent a few weeks playing GTA3 this summer, much of which I spent cruising around in cars and pulling whiplash-inducing U-turns in the middle of oncoming traffic. Once during the day on my way from work (real life), I spotted someone I knew pass me in the opposite direction, and got a strange powerful urge to pull a fast U-turn right there in the middle of the road. Of course I caught it before I actually did that, but I don't I'd have felt that urge had I not been playing the game (and if the game hadn't been so immersive). Also, I don't think I'm someone you would consider "deranged", although I suppose you could support your argument by claiming that I must be, since the game affected my mental state.
In general, a game is an immersive experience, and such experiences do affect people further down the line to some degree. Whether it's entirely forgettable and relegated to nostalgia or vividly real and applicable to real life is up to the game, the person, and the situation.
I worked for NASA Langley during 2003-2004 while in college, and we had to fill out a pretty long background check form as well (though we weren't getting clearance for anything). Nothing as bad as what the article is saying, but it included standard things like personal references, all previous employment, maybe visits to other countries, etc.
Just another data point.
Helix Player 2.0 (don't know if this will correspond to RealPlayer 11) will support ALSA:
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https://player.helixcommunity.org/2005/dev/plans.