What they need to do is put a super thin layer of encryption at some point on the network. Then when RIAA scans, we can get them for violating DMCA!
Now that I think about it, if they have reverse engineered the network protocol and are using third-party software to "scan" the network, isn't that already a violation?
The problem with solar sails is that the spacecraft do not have "keels" like traditional boats. Thus the solar pressure can never propel them TOWARD the source, only away from it. However, the sail can be "feathered" and gravity can do its work.
My favorite quote, 'Microsoft, true to tradition, has focused on expanding its list of features, while Apple has worked toward elegance and simplicity.'"
Ummmm.... I think history has shown that users want both but that features trumps elegance/simplicity. Last I checked Apple's market share was something ~10% so I think it is safe to say that Microsoft's buisness model will win this one.
Let the "yeah but M$... unfair.... monopoly..." rants begin!!!
To those who say that DVDs are indestructable, I suggest you let your 3 year old play with them a few times. Parenting techniques aside, I have found one good use for decrypting... we have purchased several children's educational DVDs but each only has about 30 minutes of material. Rather than continuously swapping them out, I decrypted them and copied a few of them onto one DVD so they play end-to-end. Can you think of a better "fair-use" example?
We are aware that high IQ is not ADHD, just had read somewhere that it more often occurrs in high IQ children. I had never heard anything about the TYPES of games that are common. Interestingly, for the last two years I have only played two games (about ~2 hr a day)... one is a combat first person shooter, the other is Civilization (map type...)
I am too old to have been tested for ADD as a child as it was just coming into vogue when I was in college. My wife has informally "diagnosed" me as a pretty accute case and I take her at her word considering she is an elementry teacher and of course she lives with me. (She also based it largely on reading all of my report cards from grade K through 12 and can't believe I wasn't diagnosed). I have always known something was different about me and am curious if any diagnosed ADD/ADHD sufferers have similiar symptoms:
the usuals:
-very high IQ
-frequently bored and easily distracted
However my successes in life largely stem from an ability to focus on certain things like a laser. Wouldn't this be contrary to ADD? Although doing almost anything else easily distracts me,... programming and certain academic areas I can focus for hours on end, effectively shutting out all other stimuli.
I find it near impossible to read fiction, but love to spend hours a day pouring over technical/mathematical texts which don't bore me in the least.
I seem to be hypersensitive to distracting noises (all the time). I have always had a lot of trouble if people are eating near me as I can "hear" are the smacking and crunching noises they make. (OCD?) And don't get me started about candy wrappers and pen tappers!
Finally, periodically I have a "bout" of some sort where I go into a mental state of what feels like extreme mental agitation/excitement. It actually like I am thinking several times faster than normal and I am hyper alert and usually either elated or stressed feeling (either). This state usually last a half hour or so.
I have found a couple things to sooth me when in this state: playing my guitar or playing a video game. My guess is that both require just enough concentration that I can't think about other things, but not enough concentration to be "stressful".
just curious if anyone else has had similiar experiences...
Thats rather interesting - thanks. However, to swallow it whole, one would have to include the 9-11 hijackings in with the "conspiracy" to get the pipe-line, or alternately somehow disassociate Al-qiada (sp?) with the Taliban.
cite your source please. And how exactly would the US benefit from this? Such a pipeline would presumably connect Russian oil to the Indian ocean. Sounds like they would benefit not the US. Either way, never heard of it.
Well Mr. Anonymous Coward, what are the other significant military actions? Also, you can call them what you want, but I didn't see you dispute the whole "oil" connection.
Exactly, we have sent PROBES to Mars without nuclear propulsion. They typically have about 100kg of payload or less. And keep in mind that includes ZERO mass for a return trip. Assuming you use similiar checmical propulsion used to get man to the moon, the human occupants would likely die due to long-term space effects (and even if they survived, would be much too weak to perform any useful research on the Martian surface). Chemical propellant technology has peaked at about 350-400 sec specific impulse. To reduce trip times (and increase payload mass), we must move to continuous thrust propulsion systems. Ion propulsion does not provide adequate thrust, leaving really only nuclear propullsion.
Similiarly, all our outer planet probes have thus far used an RTG for electrical power needs as someone else had mentioned (solar power is not feasible beyond about 2-3 AU).
Finally, while the Apollo missions used chemical propellants, they used RTGs (nuclear) to generate electricity. Think of all the Apollo vehicles... did any of them have solar panels? (no)
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Well, he has ponied up $1.2 Billion ($1,200 million for you Brits) for fuel cell research so I would hardly say he is against oil. None of his predescesors invested this much in any form of alternative fuels. Like him or not, this is fact.
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Last I checked, the Koreans, Panamanias, Somalis, Vietnamese, Grenadians (?), Bosians, Croats, and Muslim residents of Kosovo don't have any oil. That pretty much covers every signinficant US military action in the last 50 years leaving the one exception being the collective Gulf Wars. So actually when you think about, the US fighting for oil is the exception, not the rule.
All the heavy elements that make up each planet are remains from previous stars' supernovae. Just as the Earth was formed from this matter, so were the other planets. Therefore one would assume that at least the inner "dense" planets would have similiar mineral compositions so there -should- be uranium on Mars. However, why take all the mining and processing equipment (probably tens of thousands of kilos) to Mars when you could simply senda few kilos of processed material from Earth much more efficiently on supply vessels?
Yes... this IS completely safe. First off, most people have no idea what nuclear power for space really means. This includes the poster, as the article mentions both nuclear propulsion and nuclear power which are two very different things. This link does a pretty good job of explaining various space nuclear power programs.
Oh, and for all those who believe that we should be designing a manned mission to Mars, let me be perfectly clear:
The only way we will get humans to Mars will be using nuclear propulsion and nuclear power sources(RTGs). Period.
And for those who question the safety of launching RTGs... this link describes the cases where this has already happened. RTGs have survived abort detonations of REAL missions right after launch with no radiation leakage. They have also survived re-entry (Apollo 13) with no leakage. The safety technology is mature and works.
This is our only ticket for orbitter missions to the outer planets.
You neglect to point out that although the US doles out the smallest PERCENTAGE of its GDP, it still gives out more actual CASH than any other country in the world. Go ask a starving family in some third world country if they want 5% of the GDP of Luxemburg or 1% of the GDP of the US.
Actually the decision was indeed based largely on historical events. There had been a least a couple other instances of foam coming off and striking the shuttle. In these cases the damage was minimal. As I recall there was also some simulation work that was used in the decision.
Try this... drive down the street at 1000 mph and stick your arm out the window. That force ripping your arm off is called drag. Now imagine another scenario where you are stationary in your car in a wind tunnel with a wind velocity of 1000 mph. Again stick your arm out in the freestream. How fast is your arm travelling about 30 feet after it has been detached from your shoulder?
My wife is getting her MS in Psycology (Industrial/Organizational) from Capella and she seems pretty happy with it (about 7 courses into it). The courses are about $1500 each (not including textbooks). She gets two assignments each week which are always writing a short point paper on that weeks topic. She is also required to comment on other students' posted work. So far she says the instructors are hit and miss. Some are really interactive, others are somewhat distant. Email me if you want more specific info.
Its pretty sad that even when you have a socialist government with exceedingly high tax rates (at least compared with US) that you can be "out of money".
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Then if it falls in the forest does anyone hear it?
What they need to do is put a super thin layer of encryption at some point on the network. Then when RIAA scans, we can get them for violating DMCA! Now that I think about it, if they have reverse engineered the network protocol and are using third-party software to "scan" the network, isn't that already a violation?
I'll bet ya both the author and the poster are single....
No kidding, what's next? A /. story on dating?
The problem with solar sails is that the spacecraft do not have "keels" like traditional boats. Thus the solar pressure can never propel them TOWARD the source, only away from it. However, the sail can be "feathered" and gravity can do its work.
This stuff is the real danger...
Help! I've been attacked by moderators for speaking truth!
Ummmm.... I think history has shown that users want both but that features trumps elegance/simplicity. Last I checked Apple's market share was something ~10% so I think it is safe to say that Microsoft's buisness model will win this one.
Let the "yeah but M$ ... unfair.... monopoly..." rants begin!!!
To those who say that DVDs are indestructable, I suggest you let your 3 year old play with them a few times. Parenting techniques aside, I have found one good use for decrypting... we have purchased several children's educational DVDs but each only has about 30 minutes of material. Rather than continuously swapping them out, I decrypted them and copied a few of them onto one DVD so they play end-to-end. Can you think of a better "fair-use" example?
We are aware that high IQ is not ADHD, just had read somewhere that it more often occurrs in high IQ children. I had never heard anything about the TYPES of games that are common. Interestingly, for the last two years I have only played two games (about ~2 hr a day)... one is a combat first person shooter, the other is Civilization (map type...)
the usuals:
-very high IQ
-frequently bored and easily distracted
However my successes in life largely stem from an ability to focus on certain things like a laser. Wouldn't this be contrary to ADD? Although doing almost anything else easily distracts me,... programming and certain academic areas I can focus for hours on end, effectively shutting out all other stimuli.
I find it near impossible to read fiction, but love to spend hours a day pouring over technical/mathematical texts which don't bore me in the least.
I seem to be hypersensitive to distracting noises (all the time). I have always had a lot of trouble if people are eating near me as I can "hear" are the smacking and crunching noises they make. (OCD?) And don't get me started about candy wrappers and pen tappers!
Finally, periodically I have a "bout" of some sort where I go into a mental state of what feels like extreme mental agitation/excitement. It actually like I am thinking several times faster than normal and I am hyper alert and usually either elated or stressed feeling (either). This state usually last a half hour or so.
I have found a couple things to sooth me when in this state: playing my guitar or playing a video game. My guess is that both require just enough concentration that I can't think about other things, but not enough concentration to be "stressful".
just curious if anyone else has had similiar experiences...
Thats rather interesting - thanks. However, to swallow it whole, one would have to include the 9-11 hijackings in with the "conspiracy" to get the pipe-line, or alternately somehow disassociate Al-qiada (sp?) with the Taliban.
cite your source please. And how exactly would the US benefit from this? Such a pipeline would presumably connect Russian oil to the Indian ocean. Sounds like they would benefit not the US. Either way, never heard of it.
Well Mr. Anonymous Coward, what are the other significant military actions? Also, you can call them what you want, but I didn't see you dispute the whole "oil" connection.
Similiarly, all our outer planet probes have thus far used an RTG for electrical power needs as someone else had mentioned (solar power is not feasible beyond about 2-3 AU).
Finally, while the Apollo missions used chemical propellants, they used RTGs (nuclear) to generate electricity. Think of all the Apollo vehicles... did any of them have solar panels? (no)
Well, he has ponied up $1.2 Billion ($1,200 million for you Brits) for fuel cell research so I would hardly say he is against oil. None of his predescesors invested this much in any form of alternative fuels. Like him or not, this is fact.
Last I checked, the Koreans, Panamanias, Somalis, Vietnamese, Grenadians (?), Bosians, Croats, and Muslim residents of Kosovo don't have any oil. That pretty much covers every signinficant US military action in the last 50 years leaving the one exception being the collective Gulf Wars. So actually when you think about, the US fighting for oil is the exception, not the rule.
All the heavy elements that make up each planet are remains from previous stars' supernovae. Just as the Earth was formed from this matter, so were the other planets. Therefore one would assume that at least the inner "dense" planets would have similiar mineral compositions so there -should- be uranium on Mars. However, why take all the mining and processing equipment (probably tens of thousands of kilos) to Mars when you could simply senda few kilos of processed material from Earth much more efficiently on supply vessels?
Oh, and for all those who believe that we should be designing a manned mission to Mars, let me be perfectly clear:
The only way we will get humans to Mars will be using nuclear propulsion and nuclear power sources(RTGs). Period.
And for those who question the safety of launching RTGs... this link describes the cases where this has already happened. RTGs have survived abort detonations of REAL missions right after launch with no radiation leakage. They have also survived re-entry (Apollo 13) with no leakage. The safety technology is mature and works.
This is our only ticket for orbitter missions to the outer planets.
You neglect to point out that although the US doles out the smallest PERCENTAGE of its GDP, it still gives out more actual CASH than any other country in the world. Go ask a starving family in some third world country if they want 5% of the GDP of Luxemburg or 1% of the GDP of the US.
which mv^2 equation is that? I know of a mv equation and a .5mv^2 equation but mv^2? Sorry... (unless of course v=c :)
Actually the decision was indeed based largely on historical events. There had been a least a couple other instances of foam coming off and striking the shuttle. In these cases the damage was minimal. As I recall there was also some simulation work that was used in the decision.
Try this... drive down the street at 1000 mph and stick your arm out the window. That force ripping your arm off is called drag. Now imagine another scenario where you are stationary in your car in a wind tunnel with a wind velocity of 1000 mph. Again stick your arm out in the freestream. How fast is your arm travelling about 30 feet after it has been detached from your shoulder?
My wife is getting her MS in Psycology (Industrial/Organizational) from Capella and she seems pretty happy with it (about 7 courses into it). The courses are about $1500 each (not including textbooks). She gets two assignments each week which are always writing a short point paper on that weeks topic. She is also required to comment on other students' posted work. So far she says the instructors are hit and miss. Some are really interactive, others are somewhat distant. Email me if you want more specific info.
Its pretty sad that even when you have a socialist government with exceedingly high tax rates (at least compared with US) that you can be "out of money".