Are they going to continue stretching the pipeline to get these "improved clock speeds"? I personally don't care if it runs at 20 GHz. I want performance.
I had one 30GB 75xp for about 6 months when it started making weird noises... then it had a "bad sector". IBM had me run their software disk utility and I ended up reformatting. I bought a 45GB (same model) at the same time I restarted everything and I haven't had problems since./me knocks on wood
If the shuttle is a prototype, then it has to be the most advanced prototype ever. The SSME is the most amazing engine in the world. To increase the Isp even a tenth of a percent would be an amazing accomplishment.
To add to this, there is an upgrade in the works. Several parts of the orbiter are being upgraded. The Avionics system is one of those. They've already put new displays and computer hardware in the cockpit and after the avionics is upgraded in a few years, it will be "up-to-date".
I agree that we need the money and public support that we had in the Space Race days of Mercury through Apollo. Unfortunately the public sees no reason for this. Back then we had the Cold War to fuel our need to advance in space technology. Now most people could care less. I don't think any wars in the next 10 years will show a demand for a TIE-fighter, unfortunately.
As for the space station... well, they're working on that. But _that_ is where their money problems are coming from;)
GPS is also used on some satellites. In LEO, these would be travelling at hypersonic velocities (of course this statement is sort of ridiculous considering the lack of sound, and therefore speed of sound, at the extremely low-pressure atmosphere, but you get my point).
I hardly think Sydney to Melbourne is "halfway around the world". A 600-mile trip in a half-hour is reasonable (assuming they don't count taxi, takeoff, and landing time in that).
Do you have a link to that article? I'm curious to find out how they reduce the shock effects. I guess they could create lots of small angles on the leading edges, thus making several shockwaves that transition to subsonic more "smoothly", but I still don't see how that would reduce the effects of the shockwave to "innocent bystanders".
I'm not sure about the solid waste, but a person who is drinking plenty of fluids throughout the day will pass lots of water. So water could be extracted from pee before it's expelled from the craft.
I just hate the thought of eating/drinking something that's already taken a hike on the digestive trail.
So now if an astronaut farts, would another astronaut ask, "Mmmm, what'cha got cooking?"
He's got some pics of cars with turbojet engines in the back. He lists some really low thrust for the first one (Honda) and I was wondering what your thoughts were. He mentions how part of the turbine was removed, but what part? If the row(s) of blades turning a generator were removed, I could understand that. I just don't see why someone would remove the turbine blades, but not the corresponding stators.
Also, even with the remaining stators diverting flow inefficiently, I wouldn't think it would reduce the overall thrust so much.
If the statistics are truly "made up", then the researchers should lose all credibility. My point is that statistics are often used deceptively to make one's point.
I could say that in the past 10 years, e-commerce has risen xx% or I could say in the past 1 year, e-commerce has fallen xx%
I could say a burrito is 5% fat (yuck!) or I could say it's 95% fat-free (yay!).
Statistics can be construed to back up most anyone's opinion. You just have to know _all_ the facts before you interpret their argument.
LOL, I usually dish out the fragging... but on those occasional bad nights, getting my ass handed to me electronically gives me incentive to go out. Nothing ends my enjoyment of using a computer faster than having a bad night in a FPS game. So I usually end up going out to a bar and having a good time.
So I guess my astounding revelation is that when "the information superhighway" depresses me, I go out and have a good time. I don't see what's wrong with that.
People use statistics to warp the truth and form biased results. I love how, in the original article, they claim less than one percent increase in depression and lonliness. Wow. Less than one percent increase. That's ridiculous. If anything, people became more depressed because they realized they just made a huge mistake in wasting several hours on some stupid study.
One problem of designating "sky lanes" comes from fluid dynamics. When one of these aircraft flies through a portion of air in a "sky lane", it creates vortices that take time to dissipate. Airports are limited to how quickly they can line up planes for takeoff and landing because of this problem. So these suggested "sky lanes" would not be nearly as crowded as car traffic lanes can get.
I wonder how they would regulate the pilot licensing for these things... I hope they would require the current process of training at the very minimum. Considering how many people tailgate with cars, I can't imagine what would happen if some jackass tailgated mid-air and lost lift due to turbulence from the guy he's so madly tailgating. The jackass would then drop from his designated altitude and threaten the lane below him.
To put things back in perspective, sky lanes will not be implemented until both the technology is developed far enough to provide safe mass air travel for general pilots and well-defined laws/regulations are formed to keep flying commuters from chaotic wrecks.
What's even worse is when companies go under. Consider this: You give your confidential info to a company to sign up for their service. They go bankrupt and try to salvage what they can by liquidating everything they still have... including lists of personal info. So some vulture comes along and buys their lists with your name and personal info and in turn sells it to several other companies just drooling over the new people to spam.
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Are they going to continue stretching the pipeline to get these "improved clock speeds"? I personally don't care if it runs at 20 GHz. I want performance.
I've got an old POS Compaq with a Pentium 1. I say we all get our old POS's out and make our own cluster to get in that top-500 list :)
I had one 30GB 75xp for about 6 months when it started making weird noises ... then it had a "bad sector". IBM had me run their software disk utility and I ended up reformatting. I bought a 45GB (same model) at the same time I restarted everything and I haven't had problems since. /me knocks on wood
If the shuttle is a prototype, then it has to be the most advanced prototype ever. The SSME is the most amazing engine in the world. To increase the Isp even a tenth of a percent would be an amazing accomplishment.
... well, they're working on that. But _that_ is where their money problems are coming from ;)
To add to this, there is an upgrade in the works. Several parts of the orbiter are being upgraded. The Avionics system is one of those. They've already put new displays and computer hardware in the cockpit and after the avionics is upgraded in a few years, it will be "up-to-date".
I agree that we need the money and public support that we had in the Space Race days of Mercury through Apollo. Unfortunately the public sees no reason for this. Back then we had the Cold War to fuel our need to advance in space technology. Now most people could care less. I don't think any wars in the next 10 years will show a demand for a TIE-fighter, unfortunately.
As for the space station
I didn't see an efficiency of the energy conversion listed in the article. I wonder how these compare to photovoltaics.
You know you're pathetic when you spend your free time writing a modified OS for a bunch of plastic blocks that fit together.
GPS is also used on some satellites. In LEO, these would be travelling at hypersonic velocities (of course this statement is sort of ridiculous considering the lack of sound, and therefore speed of sound, at the extremely low-pressure atmosphere, but you get my point).
I hardly think Sydney to Melbourne is "halfway around the world". A 600-mile trip in a half-hour is reasonable (assuming they don't count taxi, takeoff, and landing time in that).
Do you have a link to that article? I'm curious to find out how they reduce the shock effects. I guess they could create lots of small angles on the leading edges, thus making several shockwaves that transition to subsonic more "smoothly", but I still don't see how that would reduce the effects of the shockwave to "innocent bystanders".
I'm not sure about the solid waste, but a person who is drinking plenty of fluids throughout the day will pass lots of water. So water could be extracted from pee before it's expelled from the craft.
I just hate the thought of eating/drinking something that's already taken a hike on the digestive trail.
So now if an astronaut farts, would another astronaut ask, "Mmmm, what'cha got cooking?"
He's got some pics of cars with turbojet engines in the back. He lists some really low thrust for the first one (Honda) and I was wondering what your thoughts were. He mentions how part of the turbine was removed, but what part? If the row(s) of blades turning a generator were removed, I could understand that. I just don't see why someone would remove the turbine blades, but not the corresponding stators.
Also, even with the remaining stators diverting flow inefficiently, I wouldn't think it would reduce the overall thrust so much.
That's Mr. Eradicator to you.
If the statistics are truly "made up", then the researchers should lose all credibility. My point is that statistics are often used deceptively to make one's point. I could say that in the past 10 years, e-commerce has risen xx% or I could say in the past 1 year, e-commerce has fallen xx% I could say a burrito is 5% fat (yuck!) or I could say it's 95% fat-free (yay!). Statistics can be construed to back up most anyone's opinion. You just have to know _all_ the facts before you interpret their argument.
That's Mr. Eradicator to you.
If only I was paid to drink scotch and play Counter-Strike.
That's Mr. Eradicator to you.
LOL, I usually dish out the fragging ... but on those occasional bad nights, getting my ass handed to me electronically gives me incentive to go out. Nothing ends my enjoyment of using a computer faster than having a bad night in a FPS game. So I usually end up going out to a bar and having a good time.
So I guess my astounding revelation is that when "the information superhighway" depresses me, I go out and have a good time. I don't see what's wrong with that.
That's Mr. Eradicator to you.
People use statistics to warp the truth and form biased results. I love how, in the original article, they claim less than one percent increase in depression and lonliness. Wow. Less than one percent increase. That's ridiculous. If anything, people became more depressed because they realized they just made a huge mistake in wasting several hours on some stupid study.
That's Mr. Eradicator to you.
One problem of designating "sky lanes" comes from fluid dynamics. When one of these aircraft flies through a portion of air in a "sky lane", it creates vortices that take time to dissipate. Airports are limited to how quickly they can line up planes for takeoff and landing because of this problem. So these suggested "sky lanes" would not be nearly as crowded as car traffic lanes can get.
... I hope they would require the current process of training at the very minimum. Considering how many people tailgate with cars, I can't imagine what would happen if some jackass tailgated mid-air and lost lift due to turbulence from the guy he's so madly tailgating. The jackass would then drop from his designated altitude and threaten the lane below him.
I wonder how they would regulate the pilot licensing for these things
To put things back in perspective, sky lanes will not be implemented until both the technology is developed far enough to provide safe mass air travel for general pilots and well-defined laws/regulations are formed to keep flying commuters from chaotic wrecks.
That's Mr. Eradicator to you.
What's even worse is when companies go under. Consider this: You give your confidential info to a company to sign up for their service. They go bankrupt and try to salvage what they can by liquidating everything they still have ... including lists of personal info. So some vulture comes along and buys their lists with your name and personal info and in turn sells it to several other companies just drooling over the new people to spam.
That's Mr. Eradicator to you.