Yeah, but then the best you can get is 1m black and white. The images from Google are really beautiful.
In a lot of the metro areas they have "Urban Area" aerials which can be higher-res and color. In fact, in the Denver area Google's "Satellite" images are identical to TerraServer's images. Here's an example
TerraServer relies on PD USGS data, so they don't have to worry about their data providers limiting redistribution. Unfortunately, this means that they don't have any vector street capabilities, as TIGER doesn't quite cut it for routing.
For the most part, though, I prefer looking at the topo image anyway.
Plenty of colleges require laptops (Which IMHO is so much more a status thing than anything productivity oriented)
My understanding is that schools that require laptops do so because it allows them to phase out public access computers in libraries and labs. If the students are packing their own laptops the schools only have to provide wifi or ethernet jacks, which would be a lot cheaper than buying and supporting rooms full of PCs.
Chances are (statically speaking), I'm far more intelligent, well spoken then you will ever be. Chances are that I have a larger vocabulary then you do. I'm far more likely to know what a specific word means then you.
I was a horrible speller throughout grade school, and although it improved greatly during collage when I started posting on the internet constantly. That said, there are still a lot of words out there I don't type frequently, and therefore can't spell. I notice when I use one of these words, and spell-check it. Most of the time, I don't.
(Interestingly, I really only know how to type words, if you ask me how to spell a word, I'd often need to 'type' it with my fingers to know what letters make it up).
If you can find a single mis-used word in any comment I've ever posted to Slashdot (several thousand) I'll paypal you $100.
In conclusion, you're an idiot.
+1 Funny, +2 if you had used the you're in the closing sentence.
Neutrons can be used to detect a whole variety of high explosives. Google on "neutron explosive detection" and you'll get a bunch of papers on the subject.
Explosive detection could easily become the major commercial use for this tech.
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Some of the Google photos are the Urban Area photos, at least in the Denver area. Compare the shadows and vehicle locations on Google and Terraserver for the Colorado state capitol building.
NiMHs have a fairly high self-discharge rate, after a couple of months they need recharging. Alkalines, OTOH have a shelf life of several years now.
I use NiMHs in cameras, music players, radios and such where I would normally have to frequently change batteries. For stuff like remote controls, clocks smoke detectors, emergency flashlights, and some of the kids toys which are infrequently played with I stick with alkalines.
TFA doesn't mention the shelf life of the oxyrides.
There's also Lithium AAs which have a vastly longer shelf life, and they deal better with high current devices like cameras. In TFA the author mentions paying $23 for a pack of 4 Li AAs, but he got ripped off. Target has 'em for $9.99.
Triumph (the insult comic dog) is a regular feature on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. One of the star wars clips is on ifilm and there's a link there to the other one.
You will either laugh your ass off, or hate it. There's no middle ground.
Although Google doesn't provide metadata for its photographs, compare this USGS aerial on terraserver with this "satellite" photo on google, paying particular attention to the location of vehicles and shadows.
It's a great promo for an ad agency, integrates audio, video, and has a real 'application' feel, so for those who still don't load frames or images you won't be happy with this:
http://www.agencynet.com/
Not the best example, between the bizarre font (Initally I thought it was a russian site) and microscopic point size (Hint: not everyone browses at 800x600,) I would never have figured out what the site was for had you not pointed it out.
While I mostly agree with your post, I will take issue with your subject line. In commercial television. the fans are not the customers. The advertisers are the customers. The viewers are the product, and the programs exist soley to entice the viewers to watch the ads.
If the network programmers can get the same viewership -- in terms of quantity and quality (demographics) -- at less cost, they will do so. As many other posters on this article point out, SF is the big loser here due to the expense if production.
Here's an interesting interview with Clarke which discusses some of this history. It's part of the background material for the Frontline documentary "The Man Who Knew" which is also viewable online.
My guess would be something like a PX on a military base. I used to work at a halfway house which had a lot of federal 'clients' who were serving some serious sentences for crimes committed on military bases and Indian reservations. The same crimes in a typical municipality probably would rated a fine and served time at most.
I'm in a similar situation -- saving pennies for a CLP-550. I started out looking at the CLP-500, which is a lot cheaper, but it is a GDI printer with linux drivers which are apparantly tricky to set up. (It's rated as a 'paperweight' at linuxprinting.org) The 550 has Postscript and PCL emulation built in.
A more subtle difference, though, is that the 550 ships with full toner cartridges, and the 500 comes with 'starter' cartridges. By my estimation, this alone makes up the price differential.
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In a lot of the metro areas they have "Urban Area" aerials which can be higher-res and color. In fact, in the Denver area Google's "Satellite" images are identical to TerraServer's images. Here's an example
TerraServer relies on PD USGS data, so they don't have to worry about their data providers limiting redistribution. Unfortunately, this means that they don't have any vector street capabilities, as TIGER doesn't quite cut it for routing.
For the most part, though, I prefer looking at the topo image anyway.
Arch you forgetting something?
My understanding is that schools that require laptops do so because it allows them to phase out public access computers in libraries and labs. If the students are packing their own laptops the schools only have to provide wifi or ethernet jacks, which would be a lot cheaper than buying and supporting rooms full of PCs.
+1 Funny, +2 if you had used the you're in the closing sentence.
I'll do you one better: here goes...
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Maybe not so much odd as disgusting...
And what if something has no gender and is an "it", you insensitive clod?
Clearly, to avoid offending anyone, we all must start saying "s/h/it".
Best spelling flame ever.
this one can be solved with bending - Bender Bending Rodriguez
Neutrons can be used to detect a whole variety of high explosives. Google on "neutron explosive detection" and you'll get a bunch of papers on the subject.
Explosive detection could easily become the major commercial use for this tech.
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Some of the Google photos are the Urban Area photos, at least in the Denver area. Compare the shadows and vehicle locations on Google and Terraserver for the Colorado state capitol building.
Google just doesn't let you zoom in as close.
NiMHs have a fairly high self-discharge rate, after a couple of months they need recharging. Alkalines, OTOH have a shelf life of several years now.
I use NiMHs in cameras, music players, radios and such where I would normally have to frequently change batteries. For stuff like remote controls, clocks smoke detectors, emergency flashlights, and some of the kids toys which are infrequently played with I stick with alkalines.
TFA doesn't mention the shelf life of the oxyrides.
There's also Lithium AAs which have a vastly longer shelf life, and they deal better with high current devices like cameras. In TFA the author mentions paying $23 for a pack of 4 Li AAs, but he got ripped off. Target has 'em for $9.99.
Triumph (the insult comic dog) is a regular feature on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. One of the star wars clips is on ifilm and there's a link there to the other one.
You will either laugh your ass off, or hate it. There's no middle ground.
Although Google doesn't provide metadata for its photographs, compare this USGS aerial on terraserver
with this "satellite" photo on google, paying particular attention to the location of vehicles and shadows.
Looks the same to me.
Thanks for the link, but, next year, if they do something regarding Uranus, I don't think I want to know about it.
Ghostword does hyperlinks in Word and Powerpoint
http://ghostword.sourceforge.net/
And then they try to get you to buy a $20 extended warrenty for it.
While I mostly agree with your post, I will take issue with your subject line. In commercial television. the fans are not the customers. The advertisers are the customers. The viewers are the product, and the programs exist soley to entice the viewers to watch the ads.
If the network programmers can get the same viewership -- in terms of quantity and quality (demographics) -- at less cost, they will do so. As many other posters on this article point out, SF is the big loser here due to the expense if production.
Here's an interesting interview with Clarke which discusses some of this history. It's part of the background material for the Frontline documentary "The Man Who Knew" which is also viewable online.
My guess would be something like a PX on a military base. I used to work at a halfway house which had a lot of federal 'clients' who were serving some serious sentences for crimes committed on military bases and Indian reservations. The same crimes in a typical municipality probably would rated a fine and served time at most.
I'm in a similar situation -- saving pennies for a CLP-550. I started out looking at the CLP-500, which is a lot cheaper, but it is a GDI printer with linux drivers which are apparantly tricky to set up. (It's rated as a 'paperweight' at linuxprinting.org) The 550 has Postscript and PCL emulation built in.
A more subtle difference, though, is that the 550 ships with full toner cartridges, and the 500 comes with 'starter' cartridges. By my estimation, this alone makes up the price differential.