Soyuz is a LEO launch system, whereas the SLS is heavy lift for moon/mars/asteroids/Lagrange. The Commercial Crew Program is what should be compared to Soyuz. Currently Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada are competing to develop a new U.S. crew to LEO capability--Boeing and SN launch with AtlasV, SpaceX of course has it's own Falcon launcher. The SLS is a completely different critter. Not saying it doesn't have it's issues.
What will survive of our world today in 10,000 years time? Check out the Clock of the Long Now Also, the Rosetta project Anyone know of other long term projects, like long term nuclear fuel storage facilities (ie that will survive into future 'barbaric' time periods) or animal/plant genetic preservation libraries?
What about long-term human knowledge preservation projects (i.e. written on 'long-lasting paper'!)? doomsday or not, data CDs are good for a few years at best, and my 10 yr old college text books are ragged (and obsolete).
...had bigger brains: 1200-1700 cm skull capacity (slightly greater than modern humans), which made them too smart for their own good and were driven out of the marketplace by the slightly less smart (modern humans). A quick scan of current news gives ample evidence that the current model of hominidae is successful not for it's intelligence so much as it's predisposition for lying, cheating, killing, and, well, dominating.
... just as the QWERTY keyboard and 'dialing' a telephone, however, we still use the old keyboard and 'dial' telephone numbers. Channels will remain while their definition and/or use will adapt to changing technological demands. The concept of a channel is becoming more like that of a directory, organizing files (topical video programming) in a file system where early tv channels were competing networks, each carrying more or less similar program line-ups. In any case the 'channel' is hardwired into all of the physical equipement AND softwired into software interfaces... both will have momentum into the foreseeable future. Long live the TV channel.
the entire Star Trek francise should be GPL'd. Do the same for any number of other essentially good -but cancelled- science fiction that didn't survive the for-profit entertainment model.
Thesis in summary: GPL sci-fi: distributed script writing and video production present new opportunities for old sci-fi series.
related links: freefilm.sourceforge.net www.freescriptexchange.com
note to self: distributed video production will present interesting continuity challenges.
The iMac is an excercise in industrial design, mating new materials in creative new ways benefiting an expanding consumer market. It has in less than 12 months become a pop culture icon and a watershed in the personal computing industry. These are concepts that loom small in the minds of many but are nevertheless important and legally protected.
into thinking they're getting one thing when they're being sold another. the iMac has become an industry and pop culture icon, a watershed in personal computing design. Apple has a case and they have the resources to back it up.
just like tricked out V-6 can have better overall performance than a V-8, depending on piston size, cams, carburetion, exhaust, casting weight... The PPC does more work at lower revs more efficiently than a Pentium at the same clock speed. Sorry, it's physics and design, not propaganda. It's called RISC. Look into it.
secrets of the one button mouse 1) simple, fewer things to break, 2) reduce UI complications, 3) click and hold the button to get second button function... it's a "time-based" mechanism, not fully implimented but very effective, 4) the mouse is just an extension of the keyboard, which has lots of buttons already, 5) extend your keyboard with a new multibutton mouse, how does a four button Kensington sound? 6) multibutton mice came about to assist DOS/UNIX CLI, where a high level GUI like Mac is by design (not omission) served by a single button, 7) ergonomics notwithstanding.
Currently I only know of one multi-button mouse and that's the Kensington Orbit, but there must be others, and anyway the iMac has universal drivers available for it so any multi-button mouse should work.
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It's too easy to disarm Mac because most have never used one in a deadline driven production environment, and that's where it shines. The hardware is well engineered and reliable and highly integrated with the OS...it's been evolving that way for 15 yrs. Most of the OS code is PPC now. Next built (v8.6) is 100% PPC plus a new microkernal to boost threading. And MacOS v10 will be a new breed altogether.
The UI in Mac is very good and casual use won't reveal it's power. It's not right to just say the UI is "deliberately slowed down", 68k emulation aside, the UI opens windows and moves files plenty fast and has responsive feel. many of it's refinements are poorly mimicked or entirely absent in Windows (the usual comparison). Linux is very happy on these PPC's but plopping a Mac or Next or other funky interface on top is just a paint job, it not the refined workplace the MacOS provides.
A big engine will make a car go like hell but if your driver's seat is a metal box with a nice paint job you won't want to drive it often... I like to drive.
Failings aside, when you buy a Mac/iMac/G3 (same diff) you buy an optimized and highly integrated package. Linux on iMac would be a hoot. It is on my 601. And so will MacOS v10. I can only hope Apple works Linux into it's world view in an acceptable way.
good read on PPC directions and benchmarks: http://www.MacKiDo.com/Press/TechResponseStateOf PPC1.html
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Soyuz is a LEO launch system, whereas the SLS is heavy lift for moon/mars/asteroids/Lagrange. The Commercial Crew Program is what should be compared to Soyuz. Currently Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada are competing to develop a new U.S. crew to LEO capability--Boeing and SN launch with AtlasV, SpaceX of course has it's own Falcon launcher. The SLS is a completely different critter. Not saying it doesn't have it's issues.
What will survive of our world today in 10,000 years time?
Check out the Clock of the Long Now
Also, the Rosetta project
Anyone know of other long term projects, like long term nuclear fuel storage facilities (ie that will survive into future 'barbaric' time periods) or animal/plant genetic preservation libraries?
What about long-term human knowledge preservation projects (i.e. written on 'long-lasting paper'!)? doomsday or not, data CDs are good for a few years at best, and my 10 yr old college text books are ragged (and obsolete).
...had bigger brains: 1200-1700 cm skull capacity (slightly greater than modern humans), which made them too smart for their own good and were driven out of the marketplace by the slightly less smart (modern humans). A quick scan of current news gives ample evidence that the current model of hominidae is successful not for it's intelligence so much as it's predisposition for lying, cheating, killing, and, well, dominating.
... just as the QWERTY keyboard and 'dialing' a telephone, however, we still use the old keyboard and 'dial' telephone numbers. Channels will remain while their definition and/or use will adapt to changing technological demands. The concept of a channel is becoming more like that of a directory, organizing files (topical video programming) in a file system where early tv channels were competing networks, each carrying more or less similar program line-ups. In any case the 'channel' is hardwired into all of the physical equipement AND softwired into software interfaces ... both will have momentum into the foreseeable future. Long live the TV channel.
the entire Star Trek francise should be GPL'd. Do the same for any number of other essentially good -but cancelled- science fiction that didn't survive the for-profit entertainment model.
Thesis in summary: GPL sci-fi: distributed script writing and video production present new opportunities for old sci-fi series.
related links:
freefilm.sourceforge.net www.freescriptexchange.com
note to self: distributed video production will present interesting continuity challenges.
... just asking.
The iMac is an excercise in industrial design, mating new materials in creative new ways benefiting an expanding consumer market. It has in less than 12 months become a pop culture icon and a watershed in the personal computing industry. These are concepts that loom small in the minds of many but are nevertheless important and legally protected.
into thinking they're getting one thing when they're being sold another. the iMac has become an industry and pop culture icon, a watershed in personal computing design. Apple has a case and they have the resources to back it up.
IBM joins 1,000 MHZ Club
... that I can afford
Here's to:
1GHZ processors
1GB plus RAM configurations (QUIMMS?)
TByte storage
cheap big HD displays
some sort of a muting feature (in QT3 anyway). Seen this on some PC's in our lab. Click on the movie and the sound returns.
just like tricked out V-6 can have better overall performance than a V-8, depending on piston size, cams, carburetion, exhaust, casting weight ... The PPC does more work at lower revs more efficiently than a Pentium at the same clock speed. Sorry, it's physics and design, not propaganda. It's called RISC. Look into it.
secrets of the one button mouse ... it's a "time-based" mechanism, not fully implimented but very effective,
1) simple, fewer things to break,
2) reduce UI complications,
3) click and hold the button to get second button function
4) the mouse is just an extension of the keyboard, which has lots of buttons already,
5) extend your keyboard with a new multibutton mouse, how does a four button Kensington sound?
6) multibutton mice came about to assist DOS/UNIX CLI, where a high level GUI like Mac is by design (not omission) served by a single button,
7) ergonomics notwithstanding.
Currently I only know of one multi-button mouse and that's the Kensington Orbit, but there must be others, and anyway the iMac has universal drivers available for it so any multi-button mouse should work.
It's too easy to disarm Mac because most have never used one in a deadline driven production environment, and that's where it shines. The hardware is well engineered and reliable and highly integrated with the OS ...it's been evolving that way for 15 yrs. Most of the OS code is PPC now. Next built (v8.6) is 100% PPC plus a new microkernal to boost threading. And MacOS v10 will be a new breed altogether.
... I like to drive.
f PPC1.html
The UI in Mac is very good and casual use won't reveal it's power. It's not right to just say the UI is "deliberately slowed down", 68k emulation aside, the UI opens windows and moves files plenty fast and has responsive feel. many of it's refinements are poorly mimicked or entirely absent in Windows (the usual comparison). Linux is very happy on these PPC's but plopping a Mac or Next or other funky interface on top is just a paint job, it not the refined workplace the MacOS provides.
A big engine will make a car go like hell but if your driver's seat is a metal box with a nice paint job you won't want to drive it often
Failings aside, when you buy a Mac/iMac/G3 (same diff) you buy an optimized and highly integrated package. Linux on iMac would be a hoot. It is on my 601. And so will MacOS v10. I can only hope Apple works Linux into it's world view in an acceptable way.
good read on PPC directions and benchmarks:
http://www.MacKiDo.com/Press/TechResponseStateO