This is going to be great. There are going to be a whole bunch of probes and satellites on and orbiting Mars at the same time, its almost like an invasion
God, can you imagine the conspiracy theories around here if something goes wrong with any of them?:)
That would be like having regular 3D rubik's cube and not be able to turn the white face.
Not quite. It's like having a physical 3D rubik's cube and not being able to see all 6 faces at the same time. You can however turn a physical cube around so you can see the hidden face. It's a similar idea in this one. The way to see the hidden "face" is given in the FAQ:
Q: I can turn a real cube around so that I can see the hidden faces, can I do something similar to see the invisible eighth "face"? A: Yes. If you hold down the control key and click either mouse button on any part of a "face", the puzzle will "rotate" in 4D until that "face" is in the center. That "rotation" will bring the invisible face into the same position as the one you clicked on. The "face" on the opposite side of the puzzle will "rotate" out until it turns inside-out and becomes the invisible "face". This "turning inside-out" motion is very typical of 4D "rotations". Notice that control-clicking either mouse button on the central "face" does nothing because it's already in the center.
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Is this really a fair comparison? Sure they operate on the same set of frequencies, but I was under the impression they are designed for completely different purposes. Bluetooth as a very low power, short range convenience technology while 802.11 offers full wireless ethernet. Sure, maybe Bluetooth isn't as great as all the hype, but is it really that informative or relavent to compare it to 802.11?
It thinks it's running on a real physical fruit machine and acts in exactly the same way in all circumstances (except money doesn't actually come out of your PC).
Whew, thank god they put in that disclaimer, or I would've wasted the next 7 hours sitting here waiting for that one big payout from my PC.
The impression I get is that they're both to scale. And they're both 40 miles from the Sun to Pluto. But the Maine one is 1:93,000,000 and the Lakeview one is 1:140,000,000. (remember the orbits are elliptical, so they can both be 40 miles across and to different scales.) So technically the Maine one is "bigger" - ie: the size of the planets, etc will be a bit bigger.
Everyone who's asking about the potential battery life/ polution from/ etc the fuel cells might like to read this article in scientific american. It's pretty old but gives a fair idea of what the technology involves. And heres a couplemore.
Basically they have the potential for much longer battery life (magnitudes greater than lithium) and produce water and C02 as waste products. and cheap vodka could potentially be used for the fuel:)
What you've really gotta ask is, if this "policy" is accepted, will any countries who want to launch any satellites then have to prove that they have no "advanced intelligence-gathering" uses or risk getting "negated"? Or will only US approved sattelites be allowed? Sound crazy....? well:
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made it clear that the abrogation of treaty constraints in the use of radar and tracking devices was not just for the benefit of fielding a missile-defense system, but to build better unilateral networks to manage the planet from space.
You know, reading that article, I was ready to post that the program didn't really include "blowing them up." But then re-reading the following part... well hell, it could very well include blowing them up. Geez:
The program will include two components: the Counter Communication System, designed to disrupt other nations' communication networks from space; and the Counter Surveillance Reconnaissance System, formed to prevent other countries from using advanced intelligence-gathering technology in air or space.
It's just a matter of coughing up the $$ to fabricate them.
You don't even have to do that. For one of our courses (around 4 years ago) we had to design our own reconfigurable μP and implement on an altera FPGA.
PS: Yes, there's not really anything wrong with "another" in that sentence. My real problem with it was the "upstart" and "lashed out," neither of which were required for it to make sense, and both of which seem to carry negative connotations. (which is really why it caught my eye in the first place.) Consider:
Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit...
or...
Mobile phone company Sendo today started legal proceedings in London against Orange...
which is from the register article which Dusty kindly linked to. Which one makes you think you're going to get a neutral account of the whole thing... hmmm?
Yeah, OK, you're right about "another", nothing wrong with that. But I do take issue with both "upstart" and "lashed out" which, to me at least, carry some pretty negative connotations.
Heh, the funny thing is that in the previous slashdot stories everyone was hailing sendo as the poor, legitimate, little guy getting trampled by M$. Now they're, as you say, the "bastards... filing frivilous lawsuits."
Slashdot Mirror
...Yup, you just have to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow and hey presto.
...that my design documents aren't the only ones that look like this.
I think what you meant is:
You underestimate the power of the (open) source.
Yeah, That's the spirit! You're not a sick pervert, just an amateur anatomical researcher.
You know, believe it or not, P2P software has some legitimate uses...
:)
Like backing up all my stuff on random stranger's computers.
That would be like having regular 3D rubik's cube and not be able to turn the white face.
Not quite. It's like having a physical 3D rubik's cube and not being able to see all 6 faces at the same time. You can however turn a physical cube around so you can see the hidden face. It's a similar idea in this one. The way to see the hidden "face" is given in the FAQ:
Q: I can turn a real cube around so that I can see the hidden faces, can
I do something similar to see the invisible eighth "face"?
A: Yes. If you hold down the control key and click either mouse button
on any part of a "face", the puzzle will "rotate" in 4D until that "face"
is in the center. That "rotation" will bring the invisible face into the
same position as the one you clicked on. The "face" on the opposite side
of the puzzle will "rotate" out until it turns inside-out and becomes the
invisible "face". This "turning inside-out" motion is very typical of 4D
"rotations". Notice that control-clicking either mouse button on the
central "face" does nothing because it's already in the center.
Introducing the new paradigm in proactive tech article authoring, the fault-tolerant, Integrated dynamic Bob Franklinâ! With this revolutionary, vision-oriented, optimizing software package, you too can write misinfor... err... versitile, even-keeled tech articles! Utilitising a data-warehousing, datamining system along with well-modulated neural GUI synchronisers and Quality-focused methodology, you'll be the envy of all devolved scalable migration distributed multimedia coporations!!! With such realistic standalone client-server model it'll fool even your upward-trending Exclusive RAD/JAD bugetary manager!!
Is this really a fair comparison? Sure they operate on the same set of frequencies, but I was under the impression they are designed for completely different purposes. Bluetooth as a very low power, short range convenience technology while 802.11 offers full wireless ethernet. Sure, maybe Bluetooth isn't as great as all the hype, but is it really that informative or relavent to compare it to 802.11?
Uh huh, thank you for that, Mr Brainiac...
It thinks it's running on a real physical fruit machine and acts in exactly the same way in all circumstances (except money doesn't actually come out of your PC).
Whew, thank god they put in that disclaimer, or I would've wasted the next 7 hours sitting here waiting for that one big payout from my PC.
The impression I get is that they're both to scale. And they're both 40 miles from the Sun to Pluto. But the Maine one is 1:93,000,000 and the Lakeview one is 1:140,000,000. (remember the orbits are elliptical, so they can both be 40 miles across and to different scales.) So technically the Maine one is "bigger" - ie: the size of the planets, etc will be a bit bigger.
...later, when he re-awoke after running face first into Mars, he grogily told reporters that "This new fangled metric system got me confused."
Everyone who's asking about the potential battery life/ polution from/ etc the fuel cells might like to read this article in scientific american. It's pretty old but gives a fair idea of what the technology involves. And heres a couple more.
:)
Basically they have the potential for much longer battery life (magnitudes greater than lithium) and produce water and C02 as waste products. and cheap vodka could potentially be used for the fuel
What you've really gotta ask is, if this "policy" is accepted, will any countries who want to launch any satellites then have to prove that they have no "advanced intelligence-gathering" uses or risk getting "negated"? Or will only US approved sattelites be allowed? Sound crazy....? well:
....manage the planet!!?
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made it clear that the abrogation of treaty constraints in the use of radar and tracking devices was not just for the benefit of fielding a missile-defense system, but to build better unilateral networks to manage the planet from space.
You have my sympathy.
A story... on Slashdot... hours old... about probes.... and photos... from the surface of another planet....
....and noones mentioned Uranus yet!?
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE???
Ah.. I can see it now:
"And now, I vill svitch on mein home made Cathode-ray tube..."
*BOOM!*
"ARGH!! mien eyes! mein eyes!"
It's just a matter of coughing up the $$ to fabricate them.
You don't even have to do that. For one of our courses (around 4 years ago) we had to design our own reconfigurable μP and implement on an altera FPGA.
4) You may get sued by SCO.
errr.... "may"?
PS: Yes, there's not really anything wrong with "another" in that sentence. My real problem with it was the "upstart" and "lashed out," neither of which were required for it to make sense, and both of which seem to carry negative connotations. (which is really why it caught my eye in the first place.) Consider:
Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit...
or...
Mobile phone company Sendo today started legal proceedings in London against Orange...
which is from the register article which Dusty kindly linked to. Which one makes you think you're going to get a neutral account of the whole thing... hmmm?
Yeah, OK, you're right about "another", nothing wrong with that. But I do take issue with both "upstart" and "lashed out" which, to me at least, carry some pretty negative connotations.
Heh, the funny thing is that in the previous slashdot stories everyone was hailing sendo as the poor, legitimate, little guy getting trampled by M$. Now they're, as you say, the "bastards... filing frivilous lawsuits."
Ah, gotta love slashdot.
Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit...
...lashed out... another lawsuit..?
Doesn't that sound a little like biased reporting to anybody else?