Your 80k/year is probably low when you look at fully loaded cost - remember you have to recruit, train, feed, house and cloth the person, and you'd be surprised what the recruiting and training really costs
Plus you have to load in the costs of retirement benefits
When you look, the largest costs in the military budget are people (No, I'm not kidding)
Gutenberg did NOT invent the printing press - He invented moveable type -a BIG difference
Before Gutenberg, there were printing presses, BUT you had to carve the master (the plate) for each page, and it could NOT be changed. Other folks had the IDEA of movable type, but what Gutenberg did was figure out a way to make it work (what he did was figure out how to make all the type the same length, so that when you press down, all the type comes in contact with the paper)
Movable type gives you one huge advantage - you can make up a bunch of sets of letters, and reuse them for many pages.
The total irony of this is that movable type is almost never used anymore - we make up a plate for each page. Of course, we are doing it with electronic movable type, but that is here nor there. Movable type started to go away with the Linotype machine - which made up one LINE of type at a time.
I think I still have an ingot of linotype metal around somewhere
Why? OK - Picture this - you work on a campus (either corp or school), and you are in security - You have to be able to unlock doors when folks forget keys, or if there is a fire, or other emergency
So... You've got, say 400 - 5000 doors to worry about.
You carry around 400 keys, or do you make a "master" key that opens them all
The put up a short that says "There is No problem with you getting a phone call during the movie , we'll wait"
An the footnote says that they will stop the movie, turn on the house lights, and wait
The next slide then encourages the REST of the audience to pelt the offender with popcorn
BTW The first time I was there after the notice went up, yep, someones cellphone rang. They stopped the movie, and started bring up the lights - you should see how fast the phone got hung up!
It's a little harder than you might think - remember that Military GPS uses a second encrypted signal, so you can tell when your being spoofed
Now, what is the RANGE of your $100 jammer. Let's say 1/2 mile - 2600 ft. Your JADM up at, oh, 35,000 feet isn't jammed, and knows RIGHT where it is - all you have to know where the target is. You drop your rock, which is falling at, oh, lets call it, 240MPH (for easy math) - one mile every 15 seconds - it's in range of your jammer for only the last 7.5 seconds, and remember, the guidance package guides the bomb in like a funnel - by the time your 1/2 mile up, your already fairly well centered on the target. The system sees the spoof, and stops acquiring data (aka, you can't feed BAD data, you can just stop the good) - now how far off is that bomb going to end up? Probably worst case will be in the low order of 10s of feet. Most JADMs are mounted on 2k lb bombs - doesn't make much of a difference
You don't thing that the military hasn't thought about jammers, right? ECM, and ECCM go back into the 40s, and we're about the best in the world at it. Thank Hughes for that
I unfortunately found out about a cancer that cats suffer from - Vaccine Associated Sarcoma (VAS), which is highly aggressive, and usually fatal within a fairly short period of time
Cats can get this from ANY injection (but it seems most related to the 3 year rabies vaccine), and can get it up to 5 or so years after the injection - the way they KNOW it comes from the injections is that it is at the injection site, and usually contains the adjuvinate from the injection
Having a cat with VAS, I would never recommend any unneeded injection for them
I work for one of the major networks in the News Division - Middle of the night calls come when some producer/reporter can't get his/her work done
99% of the time, it's a network/pc problem - the thing is, the help desk calls us, because the network guys won't pick up their phones!
Last night, we PROVED it was a problem with 2 things, a share on a server, and a bad batch file written by the lan ops group - when we called them (after working till midnight, when they went home at 5:00), they litterally cursed at my co-worker
Of course, to the end users, it's the program that does not work, so they blame us
Well, I have a landline phone, but not the one my boss has the number to! Otherwise, the high tech items in our bedroom is the clock radio, and the lights and ceiling fan
Ah, sleep
Charlie (Now, how do you turn off the 21 month old?)
I develop software - so yeah, I get my share of calls - but why am I called when a raid drive fails? I don't even have access to the server room, or admin rights to the server
The problem is, it stops "My app" from working, so they call me
We just had a rash of network problems - we had to change the server. We tell the LAN services group "all you hae to to is copy X directory, make this ONE change to the INI file, and push the INI file change" (all the stuff to push the INI file is supposidly in place an maintained by another group)
Guess what? They have not been keeping up to date on their INI push software, so have the end users don't get the new INI file. We spend 11 hours yesterday fixing a problem that isn't even the responsibility of our group, but we get the blame!
sounds like you may fail the IRS "test" by setting work conditions - Congrats if one of your contractors goes to the IRS - that back tax bill plus penalties can kill you
Guess what - one of the BIG changes here in NY was that about 5 years ago they dropped the exempt occupation list - even Lawyers, MDs and Cops have to serve now! One of the more interesting times was when Rudy G (the Mayor at the time) was called for Jury Duty - yes, one of the lawyers had him tossed off the panel
Part of the reason it's hard for us to understand is that a LOT of the analysis was (is?) done with stereo pairs.
The National Air and Space Museum had an exhibit on the a while back, and they shoed some stereo pairs - It's MUCH easier to figure out what things are
Folk, Languages are tools - If you can only work in one language, you've only got a hammer. Sometimes you need a hammer, sometimes a saw, sometimes a Vertical Milling Center
For those who say abstraction is a problem, I guess they should give up OSes of all sorts, and program right on the iron - remember, the OS itself is an abstraction!
I've done everything from real time machine code (right on the iron, thank you), all the way up to "hand wave" design (wave your hand and say "Magic Happens")
Abstraction is useful, so you don't have to remember the details - the human brain can only deal with so many orders of magnitute of problem at a time. Some folks can deal with more than others, but everyone has a limit. Higher level languages are a way that you can deal with larger projects. A TCP class is a good place for assembler. Writing a Video Tape Library Card Catalog is NOT
The way I was told by some Microbiologist somewhere (Took a course "back when") was to recite "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" under your breath - it's about the right length!
Of course his answers are half answers or evasive! Lawyers, when talking on broad ground (which this decision is) will give half/evasive answers, because there are SO many exceptions to everything.
Ask him a SPECIFIC question, and you'll get (if you PAY him for it) as specific answer.
That's the way the law works - it's not really there to answer broad questions, but very specific ones
I agree totally - I was involved in a Y2K re-write. We kept the old system online for kicks (the users could NOT get to it) - dramatic failure at changeover. The new system didn't even burp
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Your 80k/year is probably low when you look at fully loaded cost - remember you have to recruit, train, feed, house and cloth the person, and you'd be surprised what the recruiting and training really costs
Plus you have to load in the costs of retirement benefits
When you look, the largest costs in the military budget are people (No, I'm not kidding)
Gutenberg did NOT invent the printing press - He invented moveable type -a BIG difference
Before Gutenberg, there were printing presses, BUT you had to carve the master (the plate) for each page, and it could NOT be changed. Other folks had the IDEA of movable type, but what Gutenberg did was figure out a way to make it work (what he did was figure out how to make all the type the same length, so that when you press down, all the type comes in contact with the paper)
Movable type gives you one huge advantage - you can make up a bunch of sets of letters, and reuse them for many pages.
The total irony of this is that movable type is almost never used anymore - we make up a plate for each page. Of course, we are doing it with electronic movable type, but that is here nor there. Movable type started to go away with the Linotype machine - which made up one LINE of type at a time.
I think I still have an ingot of linotype metal around somewhere
I can tell you don't live in a modern US house - Most front doors I see these days
1)Have factory installed mortice locks (the doors come pre hung, so both halves are "factory")
2)Are usually fiberglass reinforced, or metal - hard to kick them in
Why?
OK - Picture this - you work on a campus (either corp or school), and you are in security - You have to be able to unlock doors when folks forget keys, or if there is a fire, or other emergency
So... You've got, say 400 - 5000 doors to worry about.
You carry around 400 keys, or do you make a "master" key that opens them all
I like what one of the local Movie Houses does
The put up a short that says "There is No problem with you getting a phone call during the movie , we'll wait"
An the footnote says that they will stop the movie, turn on the house lights, and wait
The next slide then encourages the REST of the audience to pelt the offender with popcorn
BTW The first time I was there after the notice went up, yep, someones cellphone rang. They stopped the movie, and started bring up the lights - you should see how fast the phone got hung up!
I just did a little web search, the terminal velocity of a MK82 is around 1000fps - so now your jammer has only 2.8 seconds to confuse the bomb
Good luck
It's a little harder than you might think - remember that Military GPS uses a second encrypted signal, so you can tell when your being spoofed
Now, what is the RANGE of your $100 jammer. Let's say 1/2 mile - 2600 ft. Your JADM up at, oh, 35,000 feet isn't jammed, and knows RIGHT where it is - all you have to know where the target is. You drop your rock, which is falling at, oh, lets call it, 240MPH (for easy math) - one mile every 15 seconds - it's in range of your jammer for only the last 7.5 seconds, and remember, the guidance package guides the bomb in like a funnel - by the time your 1/2 mile up, your already fairly well centered on the target. The system sees the spoof, and stops acquiring data (aka, you can't feed BAD data, you can just stop the good) - now how far off is that bomb going to end up? Probably worst case will be in the low order of 10s of feet. Most JADMs are mounted on 2k lb bombs - doesn't make much of a difference
You don't thing that the military hasn't thought about jammers, right? ECM, and ECCM go back into the 40s, and we're about the best in the world at it. Thank Hughes for that
NOT great for cats
I unfortunately found out about a cancer that cats suffer from - Vaccine Associated Sarcoma (VAS), which is highly aggressive, and usually fatal within a fairly short period of time
Cats can get this from ANY injection (but it seems most related to the 3 year rabies vaccine), and can get it up to 5 or so years after the injection - the way they KNOW it comes from the injections is that it is at the injection site, and usually contains the adjuvinate from the injection
Having a cat with VAS, I would never recommend any unneeded injection for them
Larry Constantine
Demarco and Lister
I work for one of the major networks in the News Division - Middle of the night calls come when some producer/reporter can't get his/her work done
99% of the time, it's a network/pc problem - the thing is, the help desk calls us, because the network guys won't pick up their phones!
Last night, we PROVED it was a problem with 2 things, a share on a server, and a bad batch file written by the lan ops group - when we called them (after working till midnight, when they went home at 5:00), they litterally cursed at my co-worker
Of course, to the end users, it's the program that does not work, so they blame us
Nokians anyone?
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Great tires - don't have a WRX (just a Saturn right now...), but
Well, I have a landline phone, but not the one my boss has the number to! Otherwise, the high tech items in our bedroom is the clock radio, and the lights and ceiling fan
Ah, sleep
Charlie
(Now, how do you turn off the 21 month old?)
Sometimes you get calls you should NOT get
I develop software - so yeah, I get my share of calls - but why am I called when a raid drive fails? I don't even have access to the server room, or admin rights to the server
The problem is, it stops "My app" from working, so they call me
We just had a rash of network problems - we had to change the server. We tell the LAN services group "all you hae to to is copy X directory, make this ONE change to the INI file, and push the INI file change" (all the stuff to push the INI file is supposidly in place an maintained by another group)
Guess what? They have not been keeping up to date on their INI push software, so have the end users don't get the new INI file. We spend 11 hours yesterday fixing a problem that isn't even the responsibility of our group, but we get the blame!
The whole ride is over in 20 seconds - you make the top in less than 10 seconds!
Nasty idea, that I have NOT seen covered in the rules
Use the stock wheels, and the stock wheel nails - no problem - In fact, we going to GLUE the wheel onto the nail!
Of course, that nail will be inserted into a nice micro ball bearing
Think OUTSIDE the box
Depending on the rules your pack uses, another trick is not to use 4 wheels, but 3
Charlie
Starrett Instruments in Athol Ma has a tour - call first. If you want to see how precision measuring tools are made
sounds like you may fail the IRS "test" by setting work conditions - Congrats if one of your contractors goes to the IRS - that back tax bill plus penalties can kill you
Todays Bushie-Republican Judges?
I guess you have NOT been following the fact that the Senate (democrat) didn't approve any of Bush's judges - you can't blame it on him
Guess what - one of the BIG changes here in NY was that about 5 years ago they dropped the exempt occupation list - even Lawyers, MDs and Cops have to serve now! One of the more interesting times was when Rudy G (the Mayor at the time) was called for Jury Duty - yes, one of the lawyers had him tossed off the panel
Part of the reason it's hard for us to understand is that a LOT of the analysis was (is?) done with stereo pairs.
The National Air and Space Museum had an exhibit on the a while back, and they shoed some stereo pairs - It's MUCH easier to figure out what things are
Folk,
Languages are tools - If you can only work in one language, you've only got a hammer. Sometimes you need a hammer, sometimes a saw, sometimes a Vertical Milling Center
For those who say abstraction is a problem, I guess they should give up OSes of all sorts, and program right on the iron - remember, the OS itself is an abstraction!
I've done everything from real time machine code (right on the iron, thank you), all the way up to "hand wave" design (wave your hand and say "Magic Happens")
Abstraction is useful, so you don't have to remember the details - the human brain can only deal with so many orders of magnitute of problem at a time. Some folks can deal with more than others, but everyone has a limit. Higher level languages are a way that you can deal with larger projects. A TCP class is a good place for assembler. Writing a Video Tape Library Card Catalog is NOT
RE not scrubbing LONG enough
The way I was told by some Microbiologist somewhere (Took a course "back when") was to recite "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" under your breath - it's about the right length!
Of course his answers are half answers or evasive! Lawyers, when talking on broad ground (which this decision is) will give half/evasive answers, because there are SO many exceptions to everything.
Ask him a SPECIFIC question, and you'll get (if you PAY him for it) as specific answer.
That's the way the law works - it's not really there to answer broad questions, but very specific ones
I agree totally - I was involved in a Y2K re-write. We kept the old system online for kicks (the users could NOT get to it) - dramatic failure at changeover. The new system didn't even burp