I remember reading about this years ago. Apparently the incidence of heart attacks is greatest around 3:00am on Mondays due to the 'dread' of going to work.
Speaking of dread, What is it that Rastas dread? Locks? If they dread locks so much, they shouldn't get into trouble in the first place!
A slight correction - there will still be 9.7 - 9.8 m/s acceleration on him - otherwise he wouldn't be falling! What he'll lack is the force caused by air resistance. 'Normal' skydivers feel the force of the air on them as they fall, which counteracts some of the force generated by the fall. (Hence their 'terminal velocity').
He'll most likely not feel a heckuva lot of resistance until he gets deeper into the atmosphere.
"...without clogging up the already-crowded airwaves."
I disagree with the general statement that the 'airwaves are crowded.' The airwaves are horribly mismanaged and misallocated. Let's see, here in Richmond, VA, there are 7 major stations. They're 6 MHz each. That's 42 MHz of used spectrum. There are currently 62 or so allocated TV channels, representing 372MHz for a grand total of 11.2% utilization. Note that those unused channels are just sitting there idle, although in some markets (Philadelphia rings a bell, har!) they've begun using channels for public service. (before flaming me, I understand the engineering constraints of harmonic channels and IMD).
The TV channels aren't the only wasted spectrum. Have you ever noticed how much spectrum is allocated to the US Gov't? Geez Louise! Here's a link to allocations from 137MHz to 10GHz. These allocations were made back when there wasn't a use for these mysterious 'ultra high frequency' waves. Technology changes, and so should outdated allocations. Remember that at one time Amateur radio operators 'owned' everything from '200m and down.' (That's 1.5MHz -> gamma rays - the top of the AM band, all of the shortwave and CB bands, all of the VHF TV and business bands, all the gov't allocations, all the UHF TV and business bands, Cell phones, radars, visible light,...) There's a book called '200 Meters and Down' that chronicles the early years of radio. I think it's available at the ARRL Website.
My point is that once uses were found for these previously useless waves, allocations were changed to accomodate the new technology.
Check out this this recent slashdot article regarding the research into the critter that causes leprosy. There is still research going on for diseases that aren't suffered by 'baby-boomers', but it doesn't get the same airtime.
Amteur Radio operators have been launching small satellites for decades. We have a worldwide volunteer group called AMSAT that helps coordinate launch efforts.
As to the comment that all these picosats generate huge amounts of space junk and that they all should have 'auto-deorbit' capability: Note that the article said Low earth orbit. Their orbits will naturally decay, leading to burnup in the atmosphere. Perhaps there should be a limit on exactly what you can launch - I wouldn't want some nut to launch a kilo of anthrax, plutonium, or Spam.
What was the breakthrough that allows your latest release to boot directly from the CD-ROM on a Macintosh? Is this something that you are willing to share with other Mac distributions, i.e. M68k-linux?
Divx was an excellent idea, although apparently ahead of it's time. The assertion that the discs were 'disposable' and that they were no good after playing is absurd. That disc could be replayed on any Divx player as many times as you like. It was cool to be able to trade discs among co-workers and only pay a couple of bucks to see a movie. I found myself willing to pay $4.95 to explore genres and movies I'd otherwise never go to see or rent. (Of course it was quite handy to have them for sale in the company canteen!)
Divx movies were not competition for DVD's. If that were the case, why were Divx machines DVD-compatible?
I still have a bunch of movies to watch before the June, 2001 deadline. Sniff, sniff..I miss my Divx!
I agree wholeheartedly. I loved my VideoGuide! I could queue up recording for a week at a time with just a few clicks on the 'mote, and it would handle turning on/starting/stopping/turning off the VCR. All I had to do was feed tapes into the VCR. My wife hated the fact that I'd come home and read the news on the thing for half an hour or so then pick the next day's recording. I had hoped that whomever bought them out would enhance and re-release it, but no joy.
Cogent will upgrade your building's telecommunications system by bringing fiber to your telecom room, while taking up only a 3' x 3' x 7' high space and using the existing Category 5 wiring in your risers. Initially, Cogent will provide up to 5 gigabits per second access to your building. As new multiplexing technologies become available, Cogent will be able to upgrade your building and increase access speed by simply inserting the latest hardware card into our equipment.
Having unlimited power is a two-edged sword. It would certainly drive innovation and improve the standard of living for many around the world, but remember that most of that wonderful, free energy will ultimately end up as heat. The planet is already in a precarious thermal balance (some would say it's out of balance). If we could clean up the atmosphere to let the heat radiate out before fusion becomes a reality, this might work out ok. Otherwise look for hotter summers, more power for AC, more heat dumped into the atmosphere, lather, rinse, repeat.
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You've misheard that. It's not "locks", it's "lox". Rastafarian's dread lox.
Come to think of it, it could be LOX (liquid oxygen) they dread. I've never seen a Rasta around a rocket, have you?
I think ICANN, I think ICANN, I THINK ICANN...(faster and faster)
I remember reading about this years ago. Apparently the incidence of heart attacks is greatest around 3:00am on Mondays due to the 'dread' of going to work.
Speaking of dread, What is it that Rastas dread? Locks? If they dread locks so much, they shouldn't get into trouble in the first place!
He'll most likely not feel a heckuva lot of resistance until he gets deeper into the atmosphere.
"...without clogging up the already-crowded airwaves."
I disagree with the general statement that the 'airwaves are crowded.' The airwaves are horribly mismanaged and misallocated. Let's see, here in Richmond, VA, there are 7 major stations. They're 6 MHz each. That's 42 MHz of used spectrum. There are currently 62 or so allocated TV channels, representing 372MHz for a grand total of 11.2% utilization. Note that those unused channels are just sitting there idle, although in some markets (Philadelphia rings a bell, har!) they've begun using channels for public service. (before flaming me, I understand the engineering constraints of harmonic channels and IMD).
The TV channels aren't the only wasted spectrum. Have you ever noticed how much spectrum is allocated to the US Gov't? Geez Louise! Here's a link to allocations from 137MHz to 10GHz. These allocations were made back when there wasn't a use for these mysterious 'ultra high frequency' waves. Technology changes, and so should outdated allocations. Remember that at one time Amateur radio operators 'owned' everything from '200m and down.' (That's 1.5MHz -> gamma rays - the top of the AM band, all of the shortwave and CB bands, all of the VHF TV and business bands, all the gov't allocations, all the UHF TV and business bands, Cell phones, radars, visible light, ...) There's a book called '200 Meters and Down' that chronicles the early years of radio. I think it's available at the ARRL Website.
My point is that once uses were found for these previously useless waves, allocations were changed to accomodate the new technology.
Check out this this recent slashdot article regarding the research into the critter that causes leprosy. There is still research going on for diseases that aren't suffered by 'baby-boomers', but it doesn't get the same airtime.
I guess Soylent Green won't be people anymore with all that perfectly good plankton/slime laying around...
As to the comment that all these picosats generate huge amounts of space junk and that they all should have 'auto-deorbit' capability: Note that the article said Low earth orbit. Their orbits will naturally decay, leading to burnup in the atmosphere. Perhaps there should be a limit on exactly what you can launch - I wouldn't want some nut to launch a kilo of anthrax, plutonium, or Spam.
They sell Weetabix in the states, Queen's seal of approval and all. I still can't tell if I'm eating the cereal or the box, though.
What was the breakthrough that allows your latest release to boot directly from the CD-ROM on a Macintosh? Is this something that you are willing to share with other Mac distributions, i.e. M68k-linux?
Sounds like you were a very generous unpaid security consultant to me.
Divx movies were not competition for DVD's. If that were the case, why were Divx machines DVD-compatible?
I still have a bunch of movies to watch before the June, 2001 deadline. Sniff, sniff..I miss my Divx!
I agree wholeheartedly. I loved my VideoGuide! I could queue up recording for a week at a time with just a few clicks on the 'mote, and it would handle turning on/starting/stopping/turning off the VCR. All I had to do was feed tapes into the VCR. My wife hated the fact that I'd come home and read the news on the thing for half an hour or so then pick the next day's recording. I had hoped that whomever bought them out would enhance and re-release it, but no joy.
NASA has an article about a project to restore the data from the Viking experiments and make them 'machine-readable' Here.
Upgraded Communication Equipment and Service -
Cogent will upgrade your building's telecommunications system by bringing fiber to your telecom room, while taking up only a 3' x 3' x 7' high space and using the existing Category 5 wiring in your risers. Initially, Cogent will provide up to 5 gigabits per second access to your building. As new multiplexing technologies become available, Cogent will be able to upgrade your building and increase access speed by simply inserting the latest hardware card into our equipment.
Wouldn't that be nice to have!!!
Having unlimited power is a two-edged sword. It would certainly drive innovation and improve the standard of living for many around the world, but remember that most of that wonderful, free energy will ultimately end up as heat. The planet is already in a precarious thermal balance (some would say it's out of balance). If we could clean up the atmosphere to let the heat radiate out before fusion becomes a reality, this might work out ok. Otherwise look for hotter summers, more power for AC, more heat dumped into the atmosphere, lather, rinse, repeat.