I categorized about 200 messages in PopFile [sourceforge.net] and it still wouldn't sort any itself. It was getting something like 99.999% certainty and wasn't getting any wrong.
This makes no sense. If it was getting 99% certainty, and not getting any wrong, then it is sorting the messages itself. Are you sure you set up your mail client to actually pay attention to what POPfile was telling it?
Remember, POPfile doesn't do anything except mark messages with "spam" or "not spam" (or whatever else you're sorting for.) It's up to your email client to notice the difference.
The most well known of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." But only slightly less well known is "Never go up against IBM, when Intellectual Property is on the line!" A ha ha ha! A ha ha ha! A ha ha... (thud)
Dude, "Low Orbit" is space. They didn't die in "low orbit", they died on re-entry. In "low orbit", there is no significant air friction, haven't you ever seen a spacewalk? The key point you're missing is: Don't let them re-enter if their ship is damaged.
Then, you have time. Sure, maybe they can't launch a shuttle on demand. But, in this case, with a launch date of March 1 planned for Atlantis, how hard could it have been to bump that up two weeks? It's been said it's possible.
The CHIPS satellite is a, well, satellite. The CHIPS home page clearly states that it will "be launched into a 94 inclination, 600 km circular orbit."
Just because it's called an "Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer" doesn't mean it's on an interstellar mission.
The mission will last one year (see http://chips.ssl.berkeley.edu again). It took Voyager about a year and a half just to get to Jupiter. Thus, this thing could not get "interstellar" even if it tried.
Light takes 8 minutes to reach Earth from the Sun (Sol).
Light takes about 4 years to reach Earth from the nearest star other than Sol (Proxima Centauri.)
Radio waves are light waves and are thus not much much slower. By definition, light (and thus radio) travels at the speed of, um, light.
Since the bloody thing is going to be in LEO (low earth orbit,) they won't have to communicate with the machine the way you describe.
In short, you have no clue what you're talking about. Thanks for clouding the discussion.
If you have a 350 Watt PS, it is capable of producing 350 Watts. It is not obligated to produce this much.
Just as you aren't using all 185 horsepower in your car when you are sitting idle at a red light, or even when crusing at 40 mph, you aren't using your full rated power in your computer. You are never going to have a computer that uses the full rated power of the PS, unless you've added tons of extra components.
A more realistic figure for a computer's power consumption is somewhere in the 50-200 Watt range.
This page has some actual measurements of power usage which suggests that Pentium class machines (including disk) run at between 50-100 Watts, and a monitor will take another 50-70 Watts.
So yes, it is an order of magnitude more than a low-power consumption machine, but your assumptions are overly simplistic.
The Freefall Research pages have information on people who have survived various mishaps while skydiving (intentionally or otherwise.)
This includes the pilot of a WWII bomber without a chute who caught a crewmate with a parachute, as well as a pilot of a biplane chasing down and rescuing (by means of crashing him into a wing) a freefaller with no parachute.
How do you keep a contact lens from rotating in place? Seems to me you'd have a hard time controling the polarization axis and end up tilting your head anyway.
... At which point the Sierra Club or Green Party or someone shows up on your doorstep with a gazillion lawyers, and files an 18 billion dollar lawsuit against Monsanto. Those are some deep pockets.
If the scenario you describe ever happened, you'd have two things: - Lots of money from Monsanto. - Instant legislation outlawing this technology.
So why aren't they using it on one of our fine fleet of space shuttles? Or better yet, send it up to the ISS for a bit.
Because in order to observe near-sun sky for any reasonable length of time, you have to hide behind some object and peak around the corner. Each orbit of the ISS give it just a few seconds of twilight, then it's in bright sun or total darkness. An F-18 can sit right on the terminator, flying along at the exact speed of the rotation of Earth, peeking around the 'corner' of Earth for hours.
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This makes no sense. If it was getting 99% certainty, and not getting any wrong, then it is sorting the messages itself. Are you sure you set up your mail client to actually pay attention to what POPfile was telling it?
Remember, POPfile doesn't do anything except mark messages with "spam" or "not spam" (or whatever else you're sorting for.) It's up to your email client to notice the difference.
Sun & HP at least have perpetual license to Unix, hence all the stuff about "Solaris is a safe harbor". SCO can't touch these guys.
The most well known of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." But only slightly less well known is "Never go up against IBM, when Intellectual Property is on the line!" A ha ha ha! A ha ha ha! A ha ha...
(thud)
Yes, there is an archive of bullshit patents that you can search, going as far back as 1976. Here it is.
Dude, "Low Orbit" is space. They didn't die in "low orbit", they died on re-entry. In "low orbit", there is no significant air friction, haven't you ever seen a spacewalk? The key point you're missing is: Don't let them re-enter if their ship is damaged.
Then, you have time. Sure, maybe they can't launch a shuttle on demand. But, in this case, with a launch date of March 1 planned for Atlantis, how hard could it have been to bump that up two weeks? It's been said it's possible.
This node at everything2 has a good description of the catfight this paper generated.
Here's an example (natori), from the Year 2000 winners:
It supposedly generates a picture of the moon in it's current phase.
Impossible? feh.
- The CHIPS satellite is a, well, satellite. The CHIPS home page clearly states that it will "be launched into a 94 inclination, 600 km circular orbit."
- Just because it's called an "Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer" doesn't mean it's on an interstellar mission.
- The mission will last one year (see http://chips.ssl.berkeley.edu again). It took Voyager about a year and a half just to get to Jupiter. Thus, this thing could not get "interstellar" even if it tried.
- Light takes 8 minutes to reach Earth from the Sun (Sol).
- Light takes about 4 years to reach Earth from the nearest star other than Sol (Proxima Centauri.)
- Radio waves are light waves and are thus not much much slower. By definition, light (and thus radio) travels at the speed of, um, light.
- Since the bloody thing is going to be in LEO (low earth orbit,) they won't have to communicate with the machine the way you describe.
In short, you have no clue what you're talking about. Thanks for clouding the discussion.Ever hear of Enron? Executives sold millions in stock, while rank and file employees had frozen Enron shares in their 401(k). Blatant theft.
Oh, and I missed the "if Slashdot ever posts" part.
Try this.
Don't you pay for Caller ID? If this is a "free" part of Caller ID, you're still paying for it.
Please let us know where we can find your results of this test. I'm intrigued.
If you have a 350 Watt PS, it is capable of producing 350 Watts. It is not obligated to produce this much.
Just as you aren't using all 185 horsepower in your car when you are sitting idle at a red light, or even when crusing at 40 mph, you aren't using your full rated power in your computer. You are never going to have a computer that uses the full rated power of the PS, unless you've added tons of extra components.
A more realistic figure for a computer's power consumption is somewhere in the 50-200 Watt range.
This page has some actual measurements of power usage which suggests that Pentium class machines (including disk) run at between 50-100 Watts, and a monitor will take another 50-70 Watts.
So yes, it is an order of magnitude more than a low-power consumption machine, but your assumptions are overly simplistic.
For more info:
http://www.uscar.org/techno/svsp.htm
The verb form of Exportation is of course Exportationize. This leads to the new java construct:
importationize javax.swing.*;
Because on the moon means you still have launch costs. Lagrange points give you access to low-energy pathways throughout the solar system.
For example:
New Planet Freeway...
iRobot.
Um, dude - the government doesn't fund SETI. I think that's why they are running out of money.
My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us N Pizzas.
The Freefall Research pages have information on people who have survived various mishaps while skydiving (intentionally or otherwise.)
This includes the pilot of a WWII bomber without a chute who caught a crewmate with a parachute, as well as a pilot of a biplane chasing down and rescuing (by means of crashing him into a wing) a freefaller with no parachute.
How do you keep a contact lens from rotating in place? Seems to me you'd have a hard time controling the polarization axis and end up tilting your head anyway.
...
At which point the Sierra Club or Green Party or someone shows up on your doorstep with a gazillion lawyers, and files an 18 billion dollar lawsuit against Monsanto. Those are some deep pockets.
If the scenario you describe ever happened, you'd have two things:
- Lots of money from Monsanto.
- Instant legislation outlawing this technology.
I don't see the problem.
I thought turkeys could fly.
Because in order to observe near-sun sky for any reasonable length of time, you have to hide behind some object and peak around the corner. Each orbit of the ISS give it just a few seconds of twilight, then it's in bright sun or total darkness. An F-18 can sit right on the terminator, flying along at the exact speed of the rotation of Earth, peeking around the 'corner' of Earth for hours.
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