Wait until you see the new ISS Space Suit, with its twenty lightning rods sticking out in all directions. You could put someone's eye out with those things.
"Because of the... presence of the fully functioning Russian
modules, the actual threat of vehicle or crew loss due to hardware and software problems is lower than for any previous U.S. manned space mission."
Yup, it certainly is nice to have that reliable Mir technology to depend on in case the new stuff has problems.
"I'd really like to see the law they use to back this up."
I don't know if the laws of Poland are on-line. Feel free to search for the tax laws of Poland.
In this case it seems similar to the USA tax concept of taxing based on value -- if you win a $20,000 car in a contest, you have to pay tax on that $20,000 value (almost as if you had that amount of additional income, except for some gift incantations in the tax code). Even though you paid nothing for the car, you're taxed on the value of the benefit.
Good thing they didn't try to tax it based on the 1980 price of Unix...although it's tempting to try to sell it to that government at that price...
There is no "+1, Pun" moderation option so the moderator had to select another reason. Some moderators recognize how enthusiastic some people are about the grape.
"The
entangling alliances here are thicker than your average EULA..."
"The service you signed up for is not stated to be useful for any specific purpose, including the network being able to deliver any data to or from any location."
Well, it's that process of fingerprint growth that needs to be understood. Without knowing what causes the variations and the probabilities of the various variations, we don't know the odds of two fingerprints being the same.
That's the point of the article -- we don't really know those odds, as all the popular numbers seem to have been created mostly by guessing.
You're assuming a two-way 3-D link. But the article makes it sound like 3-D TV, so it's a one-way projection technology. If you want two-way to multiple locations then separate cameras will be needed at each location, and separate display screens around the lecturer, just as with TV.
Unless, of course, it's just a direct projection system involving lenses and mirrors. Like the tabletop device that you put a coin in, and the coin seems to be resting on top of a bowl. But if the image can't be remotely transmitted then this remote lecturing can't happen.
"lecturers would be able to speak from remote locations as if they were physically in the lecture
theatre or could present simultaneous lectures in different locations."
Is it a Ham or a CB misuser? There are a lot of dummies using bad amplifiers on the CB band. The most certain way to know is a spectrum analyzer, although it probably would be enough to flip through all 40 channels on a CB unit and listen for his voice. Also, because the signal gets weaker and stronger he may be using a large antenna which he can rotate -- if it stays the same strength during a conversation then that's probably what is happening.
You can probably tell the difference by what you hear.
If he's using alphanumeric call signs and using alphabetic abbreviations such as "CQ" and "XYL" then he's a Ham.
If he's using a nickname ("handle") and numeric abbreviations ("10-4") then it's CB chatter.
If he's talking about the six different radio boxes in his ham shack, he's a Ham.
If he's boasting about how much power is in his microphone and booster, he's on CB.
If he talks about tuning in "Megahertz" or several different "meter bands", he's a Ham.
If he talks about tuning among channels 1 through 40, he's using CB. (both groups use "sidebands" but only CB is limited to 40 "channels)
If he talks about QSL cards, he's a Ham exchanging special postcards with another Ham.
If he's talking to people in countries outside your continent, he's a Ham. (Many Hams don't, but CBers can't)
If it's a Ham, you might find a local Ham Radio Club on a bulletin board at a ham radio store -- or you might find a club listed on the Web. You could write the club with a description of what you hear and when it happens; they might conduct a fox hunt and track it down themselves.
If it's CB then it's hard to stop, as there's not much enforcement of CB problems. If you find the culprit (perhaps with a CB receiver with a bad antenna) you would write the FCC in case they want to do something (such as if they've gotten many interference complaints from the area). Or his neighbors might like to know why their TVs are having trouble.
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Cable gets cut and power blows up. Obviously using the same computer technologies as Hollywood uses.
Try turning off your heads-up display for about 8 hours a day.
Duct tape.
Which O.S. is running on all those computers which the article says have fragile software?
Wait until you see the new ISS Space Suit, with its twenty lightning rods sticking out in all directions. You could put someone's eye out with those things.
Microarcing on the skin of the ISS is bad. The Andromeda Strain feeds on energy.
Yup, it certainly is nice to have that reliable Mir technology to depend on in case the new stuff has problems.
You forgot the radioactive and toxic waste from a coal plant; it's not all CO2 and water.
Does one use high explosives when doing nuclear excavation? Well, I suppose you do in the final milliseconds of the assembly of the device...
But you can't use all the surface, you can only use coastlines...except if you add more coastline through excavation or island-building.
I don't know if the laws of Poland are on-line. Feel free to search for the tax laws of Poland.
In this case it seems similar to the USA tax concept of taxing based on value -- if you win a $20,000 car in a contest, you have to pay tax on that $20,000 value (almost as if you had that amount of additional income, except for some gift incantations in the tax code). Even though you paid nothing for the car, you're taxed on the value of the benefit.
Good thing they didn't try to tax it based on the 1980 price of Unix...although it's tempting to try to sell it to that government at that price...
You won't like it when the guy dreaming us wakes up...
There is no "+1, Pun" moderation option so the moderator had to select another reason. Some moderators recognize how enthusiastic some people are about the grape.
I petition a referendum which makes requires all other referenda on all versions of this ballot be made law.
Well, when the fire broke out at the mannequin warehouse there were all these warm bodies scattered around...
If the robot was meant to lie down in the mud, it would not have been given wings and rotors.
"The service you signed up for is not stated to be useful for any specific purpose, including the network being able to deliver any data to or from any location."
That's the point of the article -- we don't really know those odds, as all the popular numbers seem to have been created mostly by guessing.
I've used a telephone, and video telephone technologies have been around for decades. It has been a couple of years since my last teleconference.
Here is a link to one of those gadgets. The images of the devices at COMDEX bear a resemblance to it, except for the video screen device.
Unless, of course, it's just a direct projection system involving lenses and mirrors. Like the tabletop device that you put a coin in, and the coin seems to be resting on top of a bowl. But if the image can't be remotely transmitted then this remote lecturing can't happen.
Something like television?
First invent tractor and pusher beams.
For communications, look at the tiny amateur radio handhelds that have been available for years.
You can probably tell the difference by what you hear.
If it's a Ham, you might find a local Ham Radio Club on a bulletin board at a ham radio store -- or you might find a club listed on the Web. You could write the club with a description of what you hear and when it happens; they might conduct a fox hunt and track it down themselves.
If it's CB then it's hard to stop, as there's not much enforcement of CB problems. If you find the culprit (perhaps with a CB receiver with a bad antenna) you would write the FCC in case they want to do something (such as if they've gotten many interference complaints from the area). Or his neighbors might like to know why their TVs are having trouble.