In differential gps, the base reciever is pretty much the same as the moving gps unit. The only difference is that when you use it, you place the base reciever in the same place for a few days, then average its positions readings to get a more accurate result.
The "specialist software" to correct the readings is nothing more than see how much the base station's current reading is, and adjust the moving one by that much. Nothing fancy going on here.
Btw, having a good GPS system is vital for fighter planes. When you come out of a steep curling dive, and are doing hundreds of km/h, just a few hundred meters above the ground, you want to know your gps position as quickly as possible. This is where the QoS stuff comes in. Even a delay of a couple of seconds can be fatal if you doing 200km/h at the wrong height:)
Our college used to make a bit of money on the side by teaching how to use MS Word to outside people. They would spend hours just teaching how to make text bold and underlined.
This question bugged me. Imagine you were answering, and had no idea what was happening, what would you say?
A. Not very. We find the japanese insignificant. A. Very - the very existance of the xbox'es fate, lies in their hands! A. We want to be successful in Japan because it's a gaming market and an important territory where we have a lot of third party game publishers.
You sig says "no more than 3, two of them absent." So if you had say 2 people on the commity (that's "no more than 3", and both were absent, you'd get stuff done?
I suppose. It's just the way I personally work - If I'm sitting there doing an exam paper, and there's something wrong with it, or I can't do it, or something, I like to go and see the professor and sort it out then and there. If I had to send an email, and book an appointment for the next day or however long it takes to negotiate a free time, then... well it would be annoying for me;)
We ask that because we have classes that have a lot of proofs, and then we have no idea to what detail we are supposed to reproduce them.
Some classes give you the input, then just ask for the output. Others ask you to produce output+description on how it does done etc. Others ask for a complete reproduction formula that you are going to use.
Also when applying a formula, can we jump about, optimising instinctively, as long as we get the right answer? Or do you want exactly the right layout, like a computer would do it.
Teaching what XP and RUP is hardly the best thing - and it was probably only part of a module or something anyway. You can't say "don't teach them X, it might be bad for them". It's just another tool in the toolbox.
And your idea that theoritical computer science is "operating system design" just proves the parents point. You don't know what you don't know, and get angry when told.:)
Quite a few ide's are getting dataflow analysers. kdevelop's is almost done - it can basically 'compile' code as you write it (into an intermediate representation).
I'm planning to have a go at implementing data bound checking etc in a few months - which should be cool if it works.
It can't be _that_ hard to make surely? The ocr software is already done (unless they made lagre improvements there?)
as for the trick of turning pages.. well go for something simple - static electric rod or something. Just make something that works on say 90% of the pages.
Then you hire someone to sit there and fix it when it goes wrong.
The whole solution would be a hell of a lot cheaper..
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I've pretty much been convinced that it is safe. I just hope that they are careful :)
I think the black hole would revoke the chair anyway, along with everything else :)
And how many of those countries were "with us" because they were forced to be?
I know that for example the carribean countries were given the choice of either voting for the war, not voting, or having all aid cut to them.
I strongly suspect that systematic errors would dominate, from changes in air pressure etc that would affect both units.
This is why differential gps is more accurate - it tackles the systematic error.
Just to clarify on your point.
:)
In differential gps, the base reciever is pretty much the same as the moving gps unit. The only difference is that when you use it, you place the base reciever in the same place for a few days, then average its positions readings to get a more accurate result.
The "specialist software" to correct the readings is nothing more than see how much the base station's current reading is, and adjust the moving one by that much.
Nothing fancy going on here.
Btw, having a good GPS system is vital for fighter planes. When you come out of a steep curling dive, and are doing hundreds of km/h, just a few hundred meters above the ground, you want to know your gps position as quickly as possible. This is where the QoS stuff comes in.
Even a delay of a couple of seconds can be fatal if you doing 200km/h at the wrong height
What if hawking was wrong, and hawking radiation doesn't kill them off?
Then how are we going to stop them from eating us all?
Nah I understand.
Our college used to make a bit of money on the side by teaching how to use MS Word to outside people. They would spend hours just teaching how to make text bold and underlined.
Did you actually try to see whether they could work out how to use KDE/Gnome?
My younger brother worked it out easily, without directions, and without having used a computer before.
Get a couple of machines and put a knoppix cd in them, and see how it goes..
> Too Bad /. can also be labeled a "blog."
:)
>blogs != crap
Can you give a counter example then?
Just kidding..
> Q. How important is the Japanese market to you?
This question bugged me. Imagine you were answering, and had no idea what was happening, what would you say?
A. Not very. We find the japanese insignificant.
A. Very - the very existance of the xbox'es fate, lies in their hands!
A. We want to be successful in Japan because it's a gaming market and an important territory where we have a lot of third party game publishers.
bah
Didn't someone write a webserver in postscript?
:)
Anyway, most people know script it turing complete - this is hardly the greatest hack ever
But it's cool - i'm not being negative.
You sig says "no more than 3, two of them absent."
So if you had say 2 people on the commity (that's "no more than 3", and both were absent, you'd get stuff done?
I suppose. ... well it would be annoying for me ;)
It's just the way I personally work - If I'm sitting there doing an exam paper, and there's something wrong with it, or I can't do it, or something, I like to go and see the professor and sort it out then and there. If I had to send an email, and book an appointment for the next day or however long it takes to negotiate a free time, then
I feel sorry for your students.
We ask that because we have classes that have a lot of proofs, and then we have no idea to what detail we are supposed to reproduce them.
Some classes give you the input, then just ask for the output. Others ask you to produce output+description on how it does done etc.
Others ask for a complete reproduction formula that you are going to use.
Also when applying a formula, can we jump about, optimising instinctively, as long as we get the right answer? Or do you want exactly the right layout, like a computer would do it.
You could have several behind each other - build up a 3D display ;)
I don't know how close you could get one behind another, but even if there is say 1cm gap between each layer, you could still have cool effects.
Teaching what XP and RUP is hardly the best thing - and it was probably only part of a module or something anyway. You can't say "don't teach them X, it might be bad for them". It's just another tool in the toolbox.
:)
And your idea that theoritical computer science is "operating system design" just proves the parents point. You don't know what you don't know, and get angry when told.
I rather liked "At least they're not bombing Redmond. Not yet anyway."
Well how on earth do you disprove "X will collapse" ? Since if X hasn't collapsed yet, it still might even further in the future..
Thanks for linking to that bbc article... jeez
"Fuck you! I think killing is hilarious. Don't tell me not to joke about killing." - very-para quote of george carlin.
Quite a few ide's are getting dataflow analysers. kdevelop's is almost done - it can basically 'compile' code as you write it (into an intermediate representation).
I'm planning to have a go at implementing data bound checking etc in a few months - which should be cool if it works.
that's why he said "then they'll buy a hundred of them"
HAH! Feel foolish now don't you!
well duh - +1 Informative??
I wonder why it is so expensive..
It can't be _that_ hard to make surely? The ocr software is already done (unless they made lagre improvements there?)
as for the trick of turning pages.. well go for something simple - static electric rod or something.
Just make something that works on say 90% of the pages.
Then you hire someone to sit there and fix it when it goes wrong.
The whole solution would be a hell of a lot cheaper..