Uh huh. And the morse test had nothing to do with trying to keep Ham exclusive. Seriously, for recreational flying there is absolutely no reason to require pilots to have 20-20 vision or any of the other crap. How could I possibly know? Because I know three pilots who have told me that they didn't have 20-20 vision the day they went for their exams, they just faked it. I've met a half dozen pilots who are colour blind and faked their way through the test.
As you might have guessed, I don't think I know something about flying because I know how to code, I think I know something about flying (and air traffic control) because I know people in the industry and have an interest in it myself. Your assumption that I'm some geek who knows nothing is typical of pilot arrogance.
If you were an ex-pilot, then we'd get a different story.. as I do from most ex-pilots I know.. and some active pilots I know who are mature enough to know how little important they are in the normal operation of the aircraft.
Yeah, in Australia, such a vehicle would be considered unroadworthy.. seeing as most no-one drives Holdens except Australians, I gotta ask, where'd you get your bodgy roadworthy from?:)
All those requirements on pilots are there to keep the membership exclusive - none of them are necessary. The vast majority of pilots today don't even fly the damn plan, the ground controllers do. Watch "Air Crash Investigations" sometime.. it's all about instructing the computer to follow pre-programmed flight routes. Just like driving a train, you could replace all the "pilots" with automated systems tomorrow and it wouldn't require a bit of new technology.
"Settings" is a completely abstract category that should be divided into appropriate parts that are related to the subsystems that they actually configure. For example, when the Internet browser fails to get a connection, the connection settings should be nearby. Go borrow a Wii and see how a good UI is done.
It's ashame the PS3 is so much a lame duck. Every part of it seems like it was invented by someone who either isn't human or doesn't live in human society. The menus and hardware doodads are so counterintuitive even the biggest geeks I know have to ask for the manual.
If you think Americans are mostly literate then you either have a different definition of 'American' or you have a different definition of 'literate' to the rest of us.
Yeah, good luck with that plan. A country will a reasonable electricity grid and an abundance of cheap second hand computers doesn't need the OLPC. Besides which, the entrenched schooling systems of the first world prevent the kind of encouragement that is needed to make constructivist learning happen. Americans already have widespread access to the Internet and educational software, and they're still dumb as lamp posts.
But hey, if it gets the numbers up so there's some chance of fulfilling the third world plan, go for it.
no, see, this retard still thinks that "sufficient lead time" means "2 or 3 days". That's why he's talking about nuclear weapons. He's a product of Hollywood.
People who actually have any experience with these things know that there is something we could do, if we detect a collision early enough. The problem is that we don't yet have a program to do that.. because getting money for these things is all politics.
So yes, just like the environment or poverty or (formally) disease, whether or not an extinction event is allowed to occur is entirely up to the politicians. A wake-up call is needed for them to justify the expense.
What makes you think you can't stop it? Because you're unaware of basic astrophysics? If you know sufficiently in advance you can easily change the orbit of the object so it is no longer a threat. It's a chaotic system.. small changes in the inputs result in large changes in the outputs. But obviously if we bury our heads in the sand we have no chance of avoiding the catastrophe.
What's more alarming is that if you have a *very* good model of the solar system you can work out how much you need to nudge an asteroid so that it will hit the Earth in 10 or 20 years time - you could cause an extinction event.
Nah, that'd be worse. At least one astrophysicist would say that this is what the he Moon is for and you'd have the media repeating it and eventually everyone would believe the earth is immune to NEO.s.
Well, actually what it needs is a comp-sci department of a major university to take it on as a research project and apply for many many government grants for super-computer time. Simulating a chaotic system is never easy, but failure to calculate the orbit of a large NEO could be catastrophic.
The point is that if you or I are using some random image we find on the net, even if it is for commercial use, the excuses start piling out. Copyright is unreasonable. The person who took the picture is just being greedy, etc. But when Fox does it, oh no, they're evil bastards who should pay for every picture they want or they are stealing.
Copyright is stupid and it is dangerous for precisely this reason - when people start seeing the dollar signs they become extremists. Then, of course, in an attempt not to be hypocritical they accept that it is ok for everyone to treat them the same way. To put it in a sound bite: power corrupts.
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Uh huh. And the morse test had nothing to do with trying to keep Ham exclusive. Seriously, for recreational flying there is absolutely no reason to require pilots to have 20-20 vision or any of the other crap. How could I possibly know? Because I know three pilots who have told me that they didn't have 20-20 vision the day they went for their exams, they just faked it. I've met a half dozen pilots who are colour blind and faked their way through the test.
As you might have guessed, I don't think I know something about flying because I know how to code, I think I know something about flying (and air traffic control) because I know people in the industry and have an interest in it myself. Your assumption that I'm some geek who knows nothing is typical of pilot arrogance.
That's just cause no-one has bothered to make an autopilot system that can.
As a pilot, you would say that.
If you were an ex-pilot, then we'd get a different story.. as I do from most ex-pilots I know.. and some active pilots I know who are mature enough to know how little important they are in the normal operation of the aircraft.
Yeah, in Australia, such a vehicle would be considered unroadworthy.. seeing as most no-one drives Holdens except Australians, I gotta ask, where'd you get your bodgy roadworthy from? :)
The other option is the one that I practice with my current ground car.. I keep my eye on the fuel gauge and fill up when it gets low.
Seriously, can't we assume just a *little* bit of intelligence on behalf of the driver? Oh, wait, we're talking about Americans aren't we.
we'll take it under advisement.
All those requirements on pilots are there to keep the membership exclusive - none of them are necessary. The vast majority of pilots today don't even fly the damn plan, the ground controllers do. Watch "Air Crash Investigations" sometime.. it's all about instructing the computer to follow pre-programmed flight routes. Just like driving a train, you could replace all the "pilots" with automated systems tomorrow and it wouldn't require a bit of new technology.
"Settings" is a completely abstract category that should be divided into appropriate parts that are related to the subsystems that they actually configure. For example, when the Internet browser fails to get a connection, the connection settings should be nearby. Go borrow a Wii and see how a good UI is done.
I haven't had the pleasure.
Primarily, no two things that are related are next to each other.
It's ashame the PS3 is so much a lame duck. Every part of it seems like it was invented by someone who either isn't human or doesn't live in human society. The menus and hardware doodads are so counterintuitive even the biggest geeks I know have to ask for the manual.
If you think Americans are mostly literate then you either have a different definition of 'American' or you have a different definition of 'literate' to the rest of us.
Yeah, good luck with that plan. A country will a reasonable electricity grid and an abundance of cheap second hand computers doesn't need the OLPC. Besides which, the entrenched schooling systems of the first world prevent the kind of encouragement that is needed to make constructivist learning happen. Americans already have widespread access to the Internet and educational software, and they're still dumb as lamp posts.
But hey, if it gets the numbers up so there's some chance of fulfilling the third world plan, go for it.
Tax the rich.
Dude, there's no law against making a clone.
Indeed. And, surprise surprise, by accommodating Microsoft a big fat security hole is introduced.
The children a right to laugh at you Ralph, you obviously have no idea what the OLPC is.
no, see, this retard still thinks that "sufficient lead time" means "2 or 3 days". That's why he's talking about nuclear weapons. He's a product of Hollywood.
People who actually have any experience with these things know that there is something we could do, if we detect a collision early enough. The problem is that we don't yet have a program to do that.. because getting money for these things is all politics.
So yes, just like the environment or poverty or (formally) disease, whether or not an extinction event is allowed to occur is entirely up to the politicians. A wake-up call is needed for them to justify the expense.
Maybe Microsoft needs to supply an API for a single update manager.
Either that, or get a proper package management system.
What makes you think you can't stop it? Because you're unaware of basic astrophysics? If you know sufficiently in advance you can easily change the orbit of the object so it is no longer a threat. It's a chaotic system.. small changes in the inputs result in large changes in the outputs. But obviously if we bury our heads in the sand we have no chance of avoiding the catastrophe.
What's more alarming is that if you have a *very* good model of the solar system you can work out how much you need to nudge an asteroid so that it will hit the Earth in 10 or 20 years time - you could cause an extinction event.
That's the most retarded argument I've ever heard.
Nah, that'd be worse. At least one astrophysicist would say that this is what the he Moon is for and you'd have the media repeating it and eventually everyone would believe the earth is immune to NEO.s.
Well, actually what it needs is a comp-sci department of a major university to take it on as a research project and apply for many many government grants for super-computer time. Simulating a chaotic system is never easy, but failure to calculate the orbit of a large NEO could be catastrophic.
Sigh. Remember this argument: just because someone is willing to download something for free, doesn't mean they would be willing to pay for it.
The point is that if you or I are using some random image we find on the net, even if it is for commercial use, the excuses start piling out. Copyright is unreasonable. The person who took the picture is just being greedy, etc. But when Fox does it, oh no, they're evil bastards who should pay for every picture they want or they are stealing.
Copyright is stupid and it is dangerous for precisely this reason - when people start seeing the dollar signs they become extremists. Then, of course, in an attempt not to be hypocritical they accept that it is ok for everyone to treat them the same way. To put it in a sound bite: power corrupts.