The field-upgradeable SSD system can hold 27 copies of the Human Genome and transfer data at a rate equivalent to 100 Human Genomes per second.
I guess that using standard measurements (GB and GB/sec) just isn't intuitive enough! But why use the humane genome as a reference? Is that REALLY more intuitive to most people? Does anyone (besides geneticists) really understand how much information is in the human genome?
By the way, has anyone found a link to a picture from the top down? All I see is from the side.
As far as I know, there is no polar view of Saturn.
If you think about it, this makes sense: all the planets orbit around the sun in approximately the same plane (called the plane of the ecliptic), and all the planets (except Uranus) rotate on their axis that are close to perpendicular to this plane. All are tilted to some degree or another - Earth's axis is tilted by more than 23 degrees (which is, of course, why we have distinct seasons).
Saturn's axis is tilted by more than 26 degrees. This is why in the pictures linked, we appear to be looking at Saturn from slightly below - at other points in Saturn's orbit, we would similarly be looking at it from above, but never more than about 26 degrees.
Although we could never get an actual single polar image of Saturn, it would be relatively simple to take several images of saturn at various times throught the day (Saturn's day), and interpolate them to create a simulated polar view.
(as an aside, I am a computing science student. I took a graphics course last semester, and one student did a similar project in image-based rendering. Using the Mona Lisa, he was able to interpolate various positions and create a 3-Dimensional view of it, and he animated it so that it appeared that a camera was going around the face of the person in the image - a very cool effect).
Europa and Callisto may have oceans, thus making them the most likely places that we will find extra-terrestrial life
Titan has a nitrogen-rich atmosphere that is so thick that astronomers have not yet been able to see the surface.
The Moon - as has been mentioned before on Slashdot, the Moon may have water at its south pole. It is important to confirm this initial observation. If water does exist there, it could be mined and used as fuel, thus acting as an inter-planetary refuelling point.
3 options... Are there any other possible posts? What do the editors wish us to discuss with this?
Maybe there should be an "Announcement" for/. frontpage. It links to the info, without any comments allowed...
4th option: Instead of just NOT posting a message since you have nothing to say, post a message that says "maybe there should be an announcement page".
It sounds like an entry in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Ha!
I liked the 2001 winner of the science fiction category:
Kirk's mind raced as he quickly assessed his situation: the shields were down, the warp drive and impulse engines were dead, life support was failing fast, and the Enterprise was plummeting out of control toward the surface of Epsilon VI and, as Scotty and Spock searched frantically through the manuals trying to find a way to save them all, Kirk vowed, as he stared at the solid blue image filling the main view screen, that never again would he allow a Microsoft operating system to control his ship.
Starting salaries for paid undergraduate researchers will remain the same--generally about $8.75 an hour. But those students can receive raises, and Bender wrote that the top range of the pay scale could decrease 10% to 20%.
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sorry...but if you're going to begin a post with "learn to code" followed by your own code, you may want to include the library correctly: [incorrect code snipped]
Either way will work, but the correct way to include iostream is:
Advanced Math Textbook +
Computer +
Low-level programming skills =
High Grade Encryption... Anywhere in the world.
You forgot to mention the 15-20 minutes it would take to actually implement and test it.
This isn't difficult stuff - anyone with high school math and an introductory programming course (in just about any procedural language) would be able to hack together an encryption program in no time.
I read The Fellowship Of The Rings for the first time this summer in anticipation of the movie. I have to say that it was one of the most boring books I have ever read.
Don't get me wrong! The story was great - there were many memorable moments - but it was told in a very tedious manner.
For example, you could probably edit out everything 95% of the text between the death of Gandalf and the arrival at the elvin village without losing any coherence.
All of this probably means that the movie will be better than the book, so I haven't lost all hope!
From the Tempest page, it seems like you could potentially do the opposite of what this guy is doing - that is, you could tell what is being displayed on someone's monitor by picking up the AM signals from it and reconstructing it on your own display.
So much for all the concern about people picking up your 802.11 traffic! Soon you'll be seeing people driving around with high gain AM antennas, snooping for whatever company memo is on your screen!
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It's there... Click the map and drag it left...
FYI - the letter "H" is spelled aitch... Just in case you ever need to spell out pee-aitch-dee again :-)
You just need an extra zero: escapre velocity is around 11,000 m/s.
Slashdotted in 2 minutes. Maybe their server needs one of those new-fangled gigabit NIC's...
... something like this if you're not careful!
I guess that using standard measurements (GB and GB/sec) just isn't intuitive enough! But why use the humane genome as a reference? Is that REALLY more intuitive to most people? Does anyone (besides geneticists) really understand how much information is in the human genome?
Just in case some of you don't get the reference, check out this video of Steve Ballmer at a MicroSoft pep rally.
It really speaks for itself :-)
They must have called the tech support department!
As far as I know, there is no polar view of Saturn.
If you think about it, this makes sense: all the planets orbit around the sun in approximately the same plane (called the plane of the ecliptic), and all the planets (except Uranus) rotate on their axis that are close to perpendicular to this plane. All are tilted to some degree or another - Earth's axis is tilted by more than 23 degrees (which is, of course, why we have distinct seasons).
Saturn's axis is tilted by more than 26 degrees. This is why in the pictures linked, we appear to be looking at Saturn from slightly below - at other points in Saturn's orbit, we would similarly be looking at it from above, but never more than about 26 degrees.
Although we could never get an actual single polar image of Saturn, it would be relatively simple to take several images of saturn at various times throught the day (Saturn's day), and interpolate them to create a simulated polar view.
(as an aside, I am a computing science student. I took a graphics course last semester, and one student did a similar project in image-based rendering. Using the Mona Lisa, he was able to interpolate various positions and create a 3-Dimensional view of it, and he animated it so that it appeared that a camera was going around the face of the person in the image - a very cool effect).
Reminds me of a question in an astophysics class a couple of years ago:
He was quite a character, that prof... :-)
Some moons are extremely interesting:
4th option: Instead of just NOT posting a message since you have nothing to say, post a message that says "maybe there should be an announcement page".
:-)
Ha!
I liked the 2001 winner of the science fiction category:
RTFA!
Either way will work, but the correct way to include iostream is:
#include <iostream>
Yeah, yeah. That's what they all say... :-)
You forgot to mention the 15-20 minutes it would take to actually implement and test it.
This isn't difficult stuff - anyone with high school math and an introductory programming course (in just about any procedural language) would be able to hack together an encryption program in no time.
I'm sure that the US has its fair share of evil people.
If there is a significant amount of heat radiated, why not use it to generate electricity via turbines?
It's Moose Jaw - two words. Get it right!
And here is a screenshot of the HUD.
It's amazing what they can do these days... :-)
I read The Fellowship Of The Rings for the first time this summer in anticipation of the movie. I have to say that it was one of the most boring books I have ever read.
Don't get me wrong! The story was great - there were many memorable moments - but it was told in a very tedious manner.
For example, you could probably edit out everything 95% of the text between the death of Gandalf and the arrival at the elvin village without losing any coherence.
All of this probably means that the movie will be better than the book, so I haven't lost all hope!
Any thoughts?
What does Art Bell have to do with any of this?
I don't listen to his show - am I missing some sort of inside joke here?
From the Tempest page, it seems like you could potentially do the opposite of what this guy is doing - that is, you could tell what is being displayed on someone's monitor by picking up the AM signals from it and reconstructing it on your own display.
So much for all the concern about people picking up your 802.11 traffic! Soon you'll be seeing people driving around with high gain AM antennas, snooping for whatever company memo is on your screen!