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Grucci is quoted as saying privacy sites are used to recruit children into militant, pro-environmental causes. I want some of what he's been smoking. No, you don't; it's making him seriously paranoid. Must be PCP.
Yes, they make a perfect delivery system for a terrorist. Zero cross section on radar, silent, incredibly hard to see, and they can carry a decent payload.
Help me out here. I don't stare at O-scopes for a living, but wouldn't these things give some kind of radar return? I don't know if wood and Mylar would absorb, reflect, or transmit radar-frequency RF. But if we're talking about relatively sophisticated, modern radar, I don't think that's the whole story; there's more to detecting an aircraft than getting a "skin paint" off the wing and fuselage surfaces. For modern aircraft, radar-return design considerations include things like how visible the jet engines' impeller blades are to radar waves. To some extent the internals of an aircraft can reflect radar waves, causing a return, if the radar energy isn't dissipated or "trapped" using stealth materials and design techniques.
The avionics, payload, engine, and prop at least would have some characteristic, if significantly small, signature, right? I'm thinking that in conjunction with computers that do image analysis, they'd look somewhat different from a bird -- at least in flight behavior, if not radar cross-section itself.
I gotta admit, though, the image in the mind's eye is hilarious: swarms of these things, each carrying 10 kilos of pure cocaine or heroin, cruising serenely past a DEA aerostat in the dead of night....War On Some Drugs my @$$.
This is either the most elaborate, professional-looking prank Web site I've seen yet, or it's rather disquieting, to say the least. It gives new meaning to the name "Internet gag."
I'm wondering where this will end. I realize I have a long, long time yet before the following are affordable and available at CompUSA, but...
AFA resolution, once they get it down below 300 ppi on the screen, I'll never be able to see any improvement with these middle-aged peepers.
And with screen area, a 48" diagonal monitor sounds really sexy, but really, for anything much above 24", aren't we talking about having to redesign the computer furniture to accomodate the display device?
That being said, I'm looking forward to the day I can pick up a 21" CRT display for dirt cheap at Computer Renaissance because everybody's gone to LCD (or whatever flat-panel technology wins out).
"Does Mr. Albertson have a point, or was he just frustrated that he couldn't atract any good prospects?"
Why the "or"? Who says they're mutually exclusive?
1997 - Ukrainian dolphins trained by the Soviet Navy for military operations are now being used for therapy with autistic and emotionally disturbed children.
Now there's an interesting reason to communicate with dolphins. It hits awfully close to home, as my son has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. Too bad the local zoo doesn't have any kind of marine mammal program....:o(
Reading over some of these posts, I see initiative as a recurring theme. And it makes me wonder: Do any companies have an unvoiced or unconscious goal of career Darwinianism to identify who's got the moxie to go after additional, more interesting challenges? The drones would get their drudgery and paychecks too, but they wouldn't necessarily get the offer letter upon graduation.
If you're an 31337 overclocking ultrageek, why would you deign to run windows for some snarky boss?? Oh, wait....well, I guess there's always WINE...;o)
Funny thing, just this weekend I was thinking about Eyebeam. That strip was still running in the Daily Texan when I transferred to UT in '84. I remember the uproar about Hank the H winning the election, too.
(Just some context for those not familiar with UT at that time: Hank was nominated and won mainly because of how disconnected students had become from student government. That's hardly a surprise at a school the size of UT, where IIRC one dorm, Jester Center, had its own ZIP code and comprised two voting precincts in Travis County.)
Spring semester of '85, there was a minor uproar that the DT's editorial staff wanted to move Doonesbury from the funnies to the op/ed page, which in retrospect makes perfect sense. I can't remember whether they even did it, but we actually had big arguments at Simkins dormitory about where the strip belonged. Amazing how important stuff like that seems when you're in school.
anyways RF ID tags have a very very very short range, I would be really hard pressed to track a tag from orbit even if I was a government body with trillions of dollars at my disposal.
I get your overall point, but ELINT interception is more an issue of whether you know what you're looking for and where to look for it. Actually sensing it isn't really that much of a problem. RF is RF, and there are some fairly sensitive national technical means out there. Even civilian radio telescopes are sensitive enough to receive RF-bandwidth radiating sources whose received power makes a snowflake hitting the ground seem like a nuclear bomb by comparison.
Anecdotally, I've been told that it's possible to "see" the wrecks of World War II B-25 Army Air Corps bombers at the bottom of Lake Murray in South Carolina, USA -- because of the radar reflections off them, even though they're underwater!
There are times when I want to be walked through a procedure in order to learn it for myself, and there are times when I want tech support to save us both time and just fix the damn thing.
Besides this effort which various people are questioning, is there anything else going on in terms of GUI-based installation, updating and package management? Maybe this guy needs more fresh horses and fewer critics, or maybe the effort needs to be focused on more viable attempts at this.
Coming from the TW side of the street, I kind of like the idea of doing a GUI first, then maybe documenting how it ought to work from the user's point of view, then finally building the code to match. If that's what this guy's doing, I don't see the problem, but then, you developers can flame me as long as the flames are nice and bright so I get the benefit of the illumination along with the heat.
Second oldest, kid. I'm 39.:o)
There are probably some folks in their sixties and even beyond who've been turned on to this site, I bet.
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I wonder if the cineplex where you saw it was running the projector bulb at a lower wattage to try to get more life out of it. According to Ebert it's unnecessary as well as unhelpful, but that's the way it is.
As for the graininess, maybe that's a deliberate, atmospheric effect. ISTR that The Elephant Man, in a addition to being shot in B&W, had that same sort of visual texture.
JonKatz, glad to see we can expect regular reviews from you. You're an interesting foil to Ebert et al. You go, guy.
No, it's not just you, and you go on to answer your own question in detail. As John le Carre said through one of his characters, "If I had to choose between betraying my friend and betraying my country, I should hope I would have the guts to betray my country."
Fifteen years ago a college roommate described "The Wave" incident to me, and I've been curious to read about it ever since. I'm grateful to you for posting this link, and I hope everyone will take the time to look through it.I'm planning to buy the book and, when my son's old enough, get him to read it so he'll understand certain things he needs to know.
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Grucci is quoted as saying privacy sites are used to recruit children into militant, pro-environmental causes. I want some of what he's been smoking. No, you don't; it's making him seriously paranoid. Must be PCP.
Yes, they make a perfect delivery system for a terrorist. Zero cross section on radar, silent, incredibly hard to see, and they can carry a decent payload. Help me out here. I don't stare at O-scopes for a living, but wouldn't these things give some kind of radar return? I don't know if wood and Mylar would absorb, reflect, or transmit radar-frequency RF. But if we're talking about relatively sophisticated, modern radar, I don't think that's the whole story; there's more to detecting an aircraft than getting a "skin paint" off the wing and fuselage surfaces. For modern aircraft, radar-return design considerations include things like how visible the jet engines' impeller blades are to radar waves. To some extent the internals of an aircraft can reflect radar waves, causing a return, if the radar energy isn't dissipated or "trapped" using stealth materials and design techniques. The avionics, payload, engine, and prop at least would have some characteristic, if significantly small, signature, right? I'm thinking that in conjunction with computers that do image analysis, they'd look somewhat different from a bird -- at least in flight behavior, if not radar cross-section itself. I gotta admit, though, the image in the mind's eye is hilarious: swarms of these things, each carrying 10 kilos of pure cocaine or heroin, cruising serenely past a DEA aerostat in the dead of night....War On Some Drugs my @$$.
This is either the most elaborate, professional-looking prank Web site I've seen yet, or it's rather disquieting, to say the least. It gives new meaning to the name "Internet gag."
...and the Red Sox haven't won a World Series in over 80 years. And here's why...
Since when are nerds and geeks into sports? Well, here's one aspect of sports-geekdom...
...this is where they got the idea for the Death Star?
...meanwhile, South Carolina looks like present-day Somalia.
Offtopic, huh? Pardon, your ignorance is showing.
Paging "Mad" Mike Hoare; white courtesy telephone, please...
Man: "Oh my God, they must be using a cell phone!" Oh, so that's why the crash happened at Roswell in '47...
I'm wondering where this will end. I realize I have a long, long time yet before the following are affordable and available at CompUSA, but... AFA resolution, once they get it down below 300 ppi on the screen, I'll never be able to see any improvement with these middle-aged peepers. And with screen area, a 48" diagonal monitor sounds really sexy, but really, for anything much above 24", aren't we talking about having to redesign the computer furniture to accomodate the display device? That being said, I'm looking forward to the day I can pick up a 21" CRT display for dirt cheap at Computer Renaissance because everybody's gone to LCD (or whatever flat-panel technology wins out).
"Does Mr. Albertson have a point, or was he just frustrated that he couldn't atract any good prospects?" Why the "or"? Who says they're mutually exclusive?
1997 - Ukrainian dolphins trained by the Soviet Navy for military operations are now being used for therapy with autistic and emotionally disturbed children. Now there's an interesting reason to communicate with dolphins. It hits awfully close to home, as my son has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. Too bad the local zoo doesn't have any kind of marine mammal program.... :o(
Reading over some of these posts, I see initiative as a recurring theme. And it makes me wonder: Do any companies have an unvoiced or unconscious goal of career Darwinianism to identify who's got the moxie to go after additional, more interesting challenges? The drones would get their drudgery and paychecks too, but they wouldn't necessarily get the offer letter upon graduation.
If you're an 31337 overclocking ultrageek, why would you deign to run windows for some snarky boss?? Oh, wait....well, I guess there's always WINE... ;o)
Funny thing, just this weekend I was thinking about Eyebeam. That strip was still running in the Daily Texan when I transferred to UT in '84. I remember the uproar about Hank the H winning the election, too. (Just some context for those not familiar with UT at that time: Hank was nominated and won mainly because of how disconnected students had become from student government. That's hardly a surprise at a school the size of UT, where IIRC one dorm, Jester Center, had its own ZIP code and comprised two voting precincts in Travis County.) Spring semester of '85, there was a minor uproar that the DT's editorial staff wanted to move Doonesbury from the funnies to the op/ed page, which in retrospect makes perfect sense. I can't remember whether they even did it, but we actually had big arguments at Simkins dormitory about where the strip belonged. Amazing how important stuff like that seems when you're in school.
anyways RF ID tags have a very very very short range, I would be really hard pressed to track a tag from orbit even if I was a government body with trillions of dollars at my disposal. I get your overall point, but ELINT interception is more an issue of whether you know what you're looking for and where to look for it. Actually sensing it isn't really that much of a problem. RF is RF, and there are some fairly sensitive national technical means out there. Even civilian radio telescopes are sensitive enough to receive RF-bandwidth radiating sources whose received power makes a snowflake hitting the ground seem like a nuclear bomb by comparison. Anecdotally, I've been told that it's possible to "see" the wrecks of World War II B-25 Army Air Corps bombers at the bottom of Lake Murray in South Carolina, USA -- because of the radar reflections off them, even though they're underwater!
There are times when I want to be walked through a procedure in order to learn it for myself, and there are times when I want tech support to save us both time and just fix the damn thing.
Besides this effort which various people are questioning, is there anything else going on in terms of GUI-based installation, updating and package management? Maybe this guy needs more fresh horses and fewer critics, or maybe the effort needs to be focused on more viable attempts at this. Coming from the TW side of the street, I kind of like the idea of doing a GUI first, then maybe documenting how it ought to work from the user's point of view, then finally building the code to match. If that's what this guy's doing, I don't see the problem, but then, you developers can flame me as long as the flames are nice and bright so I get the benefit of the illumination along with the heat.
...I'll be able to literally put down any book I pick up, Jon. :o)
Second oldest, kid. I'm 39. :o)
There are probably some folks in their sixties and even beyond who've been turned on to this site, I bet.
I wonder if the cineplex where you saw it was running the projector bulb at a lower wattage to try to get more life out of it. According to Ebert it's unnecessary as well as unhelpful, but that's the way it is. As for the graininess, maybe that's a deliberate, atmospheric effect. ISTR that The Elephant Man, in a addition to being shot in B&W, had that same sort of visual texture. JonKatz, glad to see we can expect regular reviews from you. You're an interesting foil to Ebert et al. You go, guy.
With a short story that nuanced and disturbing, what the hell do we need the movie for?
No, it's not just you, and you go on to answer your own question in detail. As John le Carre said through one of his characters, "If I had to choose between betraying my friend and betraying my country, I should hope I would have the guts to betray my country."
Fifteen years ago a college roommate described "The Wave" incident to me, and I've been curious to read about it ever since. I'm grateful to you for posting this link, and I hope everyone will take the time to look through it.I'm planning to buy the book and, when my son's old enough, get him to read it so he'll understand certain things he needs to know.