That satellite isn't much of a "spy" satelite.... If you take a look at this article, the images have 1 meter resolution (i.e 1 pixel = 1 meter om the ground.) Very nice for civilian use, but nothing compared to what's already up there in military satellites, AFAIK. It's been a while since I learned a bit about Remote Sensing at college, but I guess 1 meter resolution was common in military satellites 20 years ago or so...
After all these changes it's becoming harder to know exactly what "the rules" are today. I think the current system should be tried a while before the (inevitable) next changes. There are so many features now that we need some kind of "Slashdot-Comment-HOWTO". Writing it all down in a single document might allow some of the angry demon bugs^H^H^H^Hfeatures to leap forth. And besides, giving Rob a break from Slashdot-coding might enable him to have a life or something.
MUST READ, MUST READ NEAL STEPHENSON!
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Wonderful essay. Wow, that man can write! First "Snow Crash", then "Mother earth, motherboard" in 'Wired', december'96, http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr .html (Try to find a paper copy of it before you download it, the online version is ~260Kb and none of the great pictures...), and now this one. Looks like I have to find out what other essays/books Mr. Stephenson has written....
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He probably means that they don't ship the software or docs in other languages than german and english.
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>The press usually gets it right that Linus Thorvald is a swede. :^)
>Penguins, of course, are arctic creatures...
Hey, wait! I thought his name was Linux Thorvold or something... and there's Polar bears on the South Pole, too! Sorry, couldn't resist...
Ah...who needs Usenet when we can get our daily spelling corrections on Slashdot...:-)
That satellite isn't much of a "spy" satelite....
If you take a look at this article, the images have 1 meter resolution (i.e 1 pixel = 1 meter om the ground.) Very nice for civilian use, but nothing compared to what's already up there in military satellites, AFAIK. It's been a while since I learned a bit about Remote Sensing at college, but I guess 1 meter resolution was common in military satellites 20 years ago or so...
After all these changes it's becoming harder to know exactly what "the rules" are today. I think the current system should be tried a while before the (inevitable) next changes. There are so many features now that we need some kind of "Slashdot-Comment-HOWTO". Writing it all down in a single document might allow some of the angry demon bugs^H^H^H^Hfeatures to leap forth. And besides, giving Rob a break from Slashdot-coding might enable him to have a life or something.
Wonderful essay. Wow, that man can write! Firstr .html (Try to find a paper copy of it before you download it, the online version is ~260Kb and none of the great pictures...), and now this one.
"Snow Crash", then "Mother earth, motherboard"
in 'Wired', december'96, http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_p
Looks like I have to find out what other essays/books Mr. Stephenson has written....
He probably means that they don't ship the software or docs in other languages than german and english.