It's a voluntary effort, so the people building the sats don't get paid. That's a big cost reduction. Next, some companies donate parts or sell them at a reduced price because Amsat is a well-known organisation, and it allows the company to test their new products in space. And they have donation programs, you can also donate to Amsat.
Also, people building satellites in their spare time tend to work at companies that can support the program. If you work at Agilent for example, you have access to cutting edge measurement equipment. The same goes for cleanroom usage etcetera.
I have experienced this problem many times when drinking coffee. In my opinion, the solution to this problem could come from a high-tech NASA spin-off, involving a funnel and a plastic bag.
I vote for a new "Roland Piquepaille" section, he should get a good amount of advertisement revenue from his daily submits, always with "read more" links just quoting the original story.
I'm not too sure a dedicated distribution is such a good thing.
Soon every application will have it's own dedicated distribution. I'm not sure what will be the advantage besides a try-before-you-install feature, but hell, why not!
Could be useful on telescopes, if a bit of mist threatens to spoil the evening.. At least for imaging planets, I don't think long exposures are feasable.
That's why scientists are working so hard on string theories etc.. The plan is to give those new dimentions to the redundant governments and keep them all happy, and then return to daily life.
Here's the part of the article that states the problem:
At Intel's technical conference, CTO Patrick Gelsinger said the Internet will begin to collapse as millions of new computer users from developing nations begin to sign on."We're running up on some architectural limitations," Gelsinger was quoted as saying.
And the solution:
Gelsinger's solution is to build a new network over the current Internet, that would monitor and direct traffic and better fight security threats or traffic surges.
the rest is just blahblahblah. As you can see, a very thorough article.
The heat radiates away, in the form of infrared radiation. You can also choose to be cooked alive, if you're in the sunlight istead of a shadow. There are lots of interesting ways to die in space.. and all that for only $30k!
'A novice's greatest fear is sitting in front of a motionless command prompt with no idea what to type; or, as so frequently happens, knowing a command that he copied verbatim from a document discovered on the internet somewhere, but with no idea of what it means or how to alter it if it doesn't behave exactly as advertised.'"
My desktop doesn't have a single bay in use. No floppy, no CD-ROM, no burner,.. Same comment as parent, I haven't missed them yet.
Oh, when I installed GNU/Linux on it, I had a quad-speed CD-ROM attached with a Debian boot CD. After installation, I removed it and have been updating over the network ever since.
Windows never got installed, the price of a license is just too steep for casual use.
I was wondering why they keep saying the shuttle is needed to complete the ISS, since Russia managed to get Mir up there without using a shuttle.. Any thoughts?
I've heard somewhere that if we wanted the same level of wellfare as a century ago, we'd only have to work 2hrs/week.
(redundant disclaimer: it's hear-say)
Anyway with all that unemployment, I wonder how many work there IS worldwide. Divide that by the number of people living on the planet (minus children etc), and maybe you'll get a 20hrs of work per week?
I'm glad to see so many positive comments about nuclear energy. The risks can be maintained very well, but some sort of mass-hysteria seems to overwhelm common sense in the general public. Most of those hysterical people don't even know what an atom is, but that doesn't stop them. I even doubt they have ever heard of "natural" radiation.
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It's a voluntary effort, so the people building the sats don't get paid. That's a big cost reduction. Next, some companies donate parts or sell them at a reduced price because Amsat is a well-known organisation, and it allows the company to test their new products in space. And they have donation programs, you can also donate to Amsat.
Also, people building satellites in their spare time tend to work at companies that can support the program. If you work at Agilent for example, you have access to cutting edge measurement equipment. The same goes for cleanroom usage etcetera.
Dear Middle Earth Marketing Department,
I have experienced this problem many times when drinking coffee. In my opinion, the solution to this problem could come from a high-tech NASA spin-off, involving a funnel and a plastic bag.
Sincerely,
Mr2cents
OMG, Dilbert is dead???
I vote for a new "Roland Piquepaille" section, he should get a good amount of advertisement revenue from his daily submits, always with "read more" links just quoting the original story.
I'm not too sure a dedicated distribution is such a good thing.
Soon every application will have it's own dedicated distribution. I'm not sure what will be the advantage besides a try-before-you-install feature, but hell, why not!
Could be useful on telescopes, if a bit of mist threatens to spoil the evening.. At least for imaging planets, I don't think long exposures are feasable.
1. Outsource all IT jobs.
2. ???
3. An army of angry, unemployed zombie hackers!
gsuit - with a lava lamp integrated in the tie.
That's why scientists are working so hard on string theories etc.. The plan is to give those new dimentions to the redundant governments and keep them all happy, and then return to daily life.
Is he also, by any chance, suggesting a solution
Here's the part of the article that states the problem:
At Intel's technical conference, CTO Patrick Gelsinger said the Internet will begin to collapse as millions of new computer users from developing nations begin to sign on."We're running up on some architectural limitations," Gelsinger was quoted as saying.
And the solution:
Gelsinger's solution is to build a new network over the current Internet, that would monitor and direct traffic and better fight security threats or traffic surges.
the rest is just blahblahblah. As you can see, a very thorough article.
aka a behaviour remaining from the the time we were still climbing trees.
The heat radiates away, in the form of infrared radiation. You can also choose to be cooked alive, if you're in the sunlight istead of a shadow. There are lots of interesting ways to die in space.. and all that for only $30k!
that should be SE-ATA, CE-ATA refers to cerial-ATA, an effort to make harddisks out of old bread crumbs..
'A novice's greatest fear is sitting in front of a motionless command prompt with no idea what to type; or, as so frequently happens, knowing a command that he copied verbatim from a document discovered on the internet somewhere, but with no idea of what it means or how to alter it if it doesn't behave exactly as advertised.'"
/etc
Try this one as root: rm -rf
Just blame Canada!
Author of vim. When you spend some time figuring out a program to the bottom you tend to know who the author is.
Some other people too, but I cannot remember their names since they are Slavic and unpronouncable.
My desktop doesn't have a single bay in use. No floppy, no CD-ROM, no burner, .. Same comment as parent, I haven't missed them yet.
Oh, when I installed GNU/Linux on it, I had a quad-speed CD-ROM attached with a Debian boot CD. After installation, I removed it and have been updating over the network ever since.
Windows never got installed, the price of a license is just too steep for casual use.
I was wondering why they keep saying the shuttle is needed to complete the ISS, since Russia managed to get Mir up there without using a shuttle.. Any thoughts?
That was in April 2003. It's now over a year later again and it hasn't been disproven.
What we need is a 1 Million $ prize for the person that disproves the proof.
Don't forget those nitwits answering "Word"!
(I've got that answer a couple of times to the simple question: "What operating system do you use?").
I've heard somewhere that if we wanted the same level of wellfare as a century ago, we'd only have to work 2hrs/week.
(redundant disclaimer: it's hear-say)
Anyway with all that unemployment, I wonder how many work there IS worldwide. Divide that by the number of people living on the planet (minus children etc), and maybe you'll get a 20hrs of work per week?
The parent poster is a prick! Do us all a favor and reformat his hdd as soon as you log in!
[innocent smile]
I'm glad to see so many positive comments about nuclear energy. The risks can be maintained very well, but some sort of mass-hysteria seems to overwhelm common sense in the general public. Most of those hysterical people don't even know what an atom is, but that doesn't stop them. I even doubt they have ever heard of "natural" radiation.
We could adapt the method using this technology! An interplanetary internet!
like the entire information equivalent for our global genome fitting on a 100 pound laptop!
You can forget about on-site warranty, though..