Actually, only the 0-degree line of latitude will work in this case, as satellites can only occupy a geosynchronous orbit if their orbital plane is peripendicular to the earth's axis. Since the earth spins (and pretty quickly) it's not as simple a matter as putting up a satellite and parking it...it needs to orbit the earth at the same speed as the earth's rotation (taking altitude into account) and if it's not exactly on the equator then there will be some north and south motion on it (picture a hula hoop around a beach ball...you can't tip it up without it tilting down on the other side.)
It seems to me like this application of the DMCA would violate the fair use standards for copyright protection. Assume (and this is true) that I own a copy of the Matrix. That means that I have the right to view the IP (intellectual property not internet protocol) encoded on the VHS tape. Well, I can't always carry a VCR with me, and maybe I want to watch my movie on a laptop. So I go online and download a Divx;-) of it. @Home terminates my service. I have not committed any copyright violations, I am simply attempting to exercise my fair use rights.
Yes, the security issues on Alpha (the International Space Station) are certainly quite severe, what with the airless void outside.
If you're going to complain about other people's lack of attention to detail, why not try proofreading your posts?
Although I'm usually content to sit back and marvel at the general poverty of Katz's ideas and writing ability, his hypocrisy is in this case too great to be borne.
Katz, it must take a hell of a lot of nerve to criticize Slate as a failing site surviving only because it's backed by [evil] corporate $$ while you write for Slashdot (last I checked supported heavily by VA Linux), or to criticize the zines for cultivating an elitist readership (um, hello... you work for Slashdot).
Even setting aside your hypocrisy, Katz, in this article and others you consistently eschew precision for drama like the propagandist you wish you could be. This could have been a really great article if it were written by someone more intelligent than a gerbil. It's sad that the zines are going and I'd have been interested to read about that...but your article spends more time talking about AOL/Time-Warner than it does about its purported subject.
In usenet, in the old days, [this was probably before your ill-advised adventure into the world of technology] there used to be a concept of "Obligatory On-Topic." See, people would post completely irrelevant things, and other, intelligent people would demand that they stay on topic. So they'd have a tiny on-topic part of the post completely unrelated to the body. That's what your posts do... you take some genuinely significant topic, but instead of writing about it you make it a soapbox for your empty-headed critique of society.
why don't you go back to writing lame books and whatever else it was you were into before you started plaguing slashdot with your ignorant socialist propaganda?
Many administrators (and unfortunately many judges as well) seem to feel that the fact that schools operate in loco parentesis (or something like that, it's been a while since I had law classes) that gives them the right to do those random locker searches, censorship, etc. in much the same way as a parent is allowed to search their child's room whenever they feel like it. I don't think that the intent of the law is to give schools carte blanche when it comes to unconstitutional actions, but many court contests have gone to schools doing just those kinds of things.
...is that the content will likely be mirrored on free sites anyways. Don't we have enough free/not free controversy with audiovisual media without dragging web content back into the mix?
magi_caspar
"Every mistake that I make / I couldn't have made without you" - The Get-Up Kids
You should read SatireWire's hilarious article "Interview with the Search Engine" about Ask Jeeves. One of the funniest things I've seen on the net.
magi_caspar
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Actually, only the 0-degree line of latitude will work in this case, as satellites can only occupy a geosynchronous orbit if their orbital plane is peripendicular to the earth's axis. Since the earth spins (and pretty quickly) it's not as simple a matter as putting up a satellite and parking it...it needs to orbit the earth at the same speed as the earth's rotation (taking altitude into account) and if it's not exactly on the equator then there will be some north and south motion on it (picture a hula hoop around a beach ball...you can't tip it up without it tilting down on the other side.)
-mc
Something to think about...
Walk without rhythm, and you won't attract the worm.
Yes, the security issues on Alpha (the International Space Station) are certainly quite severe, what with the airless void outside. If you're going to complain about other people's lack of attention to detail, why not try proofreading your posts?
That depends on if anyone could confuse a piece of software with a car. Dolt.
Sounds a lot like the way BeOS does things [capabilities]. Too bad that system's going the way of the dinosaurs...
Katz, it must take a hell of a lot of nerve to criticize Slate as a failing site surviving only because it's backed by [evil] corporate $$ while you write for Slashdot (last I checked supported heavily by VA Linux), or to criticize the zines for cultivating an elitist readership (um, hello... you work for Slashdot).
Even setting aside your hypocrisy, Katz, in this article and others you consistently eschew precision for drama like the propagandist you wish you could be. This could have been a really great article if it were written by someone more intelligent than a gerbil. It's sad that the zines are going and I'd have been interested to read about that...but your article spends more time talking about AOL/Time-Warner than it does about its purported subject.
In usenet, in the old days, [this was probably before your ill-advised adventure into the world of technology] there used to be a concept of "Obligatory On-Topic." See, people would post completely irrelevant things, and other, intelligent people would demand that they stay on topic. So they'd have a tiny on-topic part of the post completely unrelated to the body. That's what your posts do... you take some genuinely significant topic, but instead of writing about it you make it a soapbox for your empty-headed critique of society.
why don't you go back to writing lame books and whatever else it was you were into before you started plaguing slashdot with your ignorant socialist propaganda?
magi_caspar
magi_caspar
magi_caspar
"Every mistake that I make / I couldn't have made without you" - The Get-Up Kids
You should read SatireWire's hilarious article "Interview with the Search Engine" about Ask Jeeves. One of the funniest things I've seen on the net. magi_caspar
No, I'm afraid to say that you're not the only person who thought that. ^_^