You are right, I should have added the seasonal factor as well.
It is a real pity about this because with an RTG, it could have carried on for ages. Of course, the flip side is that it means a lot more project time at JPL to support the rover.
Battery chemistry is a major problem. They are operating the rover in cold conditions and there is a real danger that it cools down too much overnight. I guess there are heaters, but they are limited by the power drain. Satellites don't generally spend so long in the dark. The ones that do, in geosynch orbits, are much larger.
Unless it could fly with an RTG (Radio-isotope Thermal Generator), which adds to the weight and danger at launch, there isn't really much that NASA can do.
However there are a boatload of others for critics, and most particularly for the distribution industry. There are physically too many screeners to uniquely tag them all, except for physical serial numbers on the DVD itself. These get 'defeated' by the first copy.
The last three are provably wrong and the attacl on the GPL is really asking for trouble. What surprises me is that if they turned round and said, whoops, we made a mistake and then offerred an ex-gratia payment of a thousand dollars or so for the use of the subtitling code, I'm sure they would be able to dig themselves out at less than the lawyer time or the ding on sales.
Unlike hiking boots which have a metal stiffner in the sole (helps going up hill), 'Docs' only have the normal amount of metal in (eyes for shoe laces) and should go through security without problems.
Good idea, but you don't need real running shoes, there are some quite nice looking sneakers that you can even get away with under a suit (black lace-up and not too bad looking). The thing is to look for good sole with cushioning and support.
A $150 pair of Nikes is overkill for a trade show.
However, you won't be sold a flammable on the plane for $3. (Assuming you're talking about liquor). Liquor greater than 140 proof is prohibited on board U.S. aircraft.
Actually 70 proof is enough, think of a christmas pudding or something else that burns after being soaked in brandy. The secret is that ethyl-alcohol has a low boiling point so once something is warm enough to vapourise part of the ethanol content, it will burn.
The joke is that I had root access on some AIX boxes which were generating data. Regrettably the version of AIX was sufficiently prehistoric, that I lusted after some modern utilities. I ended up d/lk the stuff onto my desktop WIndoze box and working under Cygwin which is close, but sometimes not close enough.
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Ironically, where I have been working we had X under Windows (Hummingbird eXceed), so what would be really nice would be to use networking to talk to the host O/S. The interesting bit would be to get the UML system networked to Windows. On the same box!
I'm a big fan of Cygwin, it has stopped me from going insane many times. However, it isn't full Linux.
UML runs in user mode and issues standard posix calls. Theoretically it can work under Linux to give a full workalike environment. It would be interesting to try.
They wanted their own space program but were told no by Congress. The air-force had the MOL idea which was essentially a manned observation satellite which could be launched from the shuttle bay and recovered on another flight.
Note that the biggest issue for military at the time was the ability to recover photographic emulsion from surveillance sattelites. At the time the design concept was produced, CCD cameras were a figment of someone's imagination so the process of image recovery was cumbersome. Also, the original satellites required regular and frequent replacement (they used film and had to send it down in small reentry capsules). One idea was that the shuttle would be able to recover old KH satellites for service on the ground and relaunch.
Of course, CCD changed everything. The only thing that cost consumables was an orbital change.
Ok, maybe it does seem stupid, but sometimes you are cursed to a Windows wokstation by corporate policy. Sometimes you are not permitted admin access even to the local system and Knoppix isn't permitted.
Cygwin is great but a full linux would be even better. In theory at least, User Mode Linux should be able to run under Windows. Possibly with a MinGW compile under Cygwin so after building, it doesn't need the Cygwin layer.
5. The hierarchy of NASA will be changed so that the Defense Department is now included in the planning and future use of future technology. Expect big stuff from this. Having the military involved is a GOOD thing.
No. One of the reason's that the shuttle became a turkey were the cnflicting requiurements from the Air Force. They had planned the MOL, a sort of manned reconnasiance station in space and the payload bay for the shuttle was expanded accordingly. They needed a single orbit capability for snapping a few pictures of the soviet union, this is why it has to glide for so long down range.
There isn't anything fundementaly wrong with putting some wings on a space capsule. The problem is putting wings onto a truck and calling the thing a space vehicle. Shorter wings for manouvering and a steeper rentry profile (as preferred by the NASA shuttle proposal) would have been workable.
Landing small capsules without much cargo by a reentry and parachute is ok but more people and larger loads not so simple.
Um there are two levels of assesment, one for normal members and one for permanent members of the security council, but the amount depends upon the GNP. Peace-keeping activities carried out on the UN's behalf are paid for by a special budget not by the individual members.
It is true that the US spends a lot on the military, but one reason is that the US bases are seen as vote-winners by the congress and senate. The military need arms and equipment which need regular servicing and replacement. A cynic remarked after the Gulf War I that in about 10 years the cruise missiles would have to used or replaced. However, it should be added that the Iraqi conflict was not a UN action so it was up to the participants to pay for it.
At no point did I say that the EU is a country. In your quote from my posting, I refer to it as a collection of countries, although an increasingly powerful one.
The EU has a currency that most of its members have adopted and a directly elected parliament. The provisons in the new constitution that you refer to are for the representation on the council of Europe and essentially mean that the countries with the most people have the most votes. However it does lack a single foreign-policy (as in Powell's complaint of "Who do I call when I want to know Europe's opinion?"). The EU doesn't have its own joint defence force, this would be a problem because of NATO.
However, the EU also runs its own aid programmes in addition to those performed by the member countries. Although some programmes are for the EU's own sake such as PHARE which provides transitional assistance for new members, others such as TACIS provide general assistance to the post Soviet Block. Others try to help people establish democracy in places like Palastine. In Israel, this was not particularly sucessful, but it has worked elsewhere. On the whole, this is just playing good neighbours and trying to reduce tension.
Lastly, I don't really see banking elitists taking over. The ECB seems pretty powerful, but elite it isn't. Each EMU member has a vote running it. Outside of the UK, the banks really don't have that much power. There is more money in the funds management companies based out of St. James in London that all of Frankfurt, let alone the city. For the EU to coalesce into a single country is about as likely as a "North America". On the other hand confederation is a vague possibility.
Lastly, I should return to topic and point out that that the ESA and similar organisations (like CERN) are not EU.
The dues were based on a GDP formula and paid more than other individual countries. The US was most definitly not paying a lion's share compared to collections of countries (such as the EU, even just adding Germany's, the UK's and France's contributions together) - and in any case, they welched for party-political reasons.
You are correct about the 75%/150% rule, but the problem is then when you start discussing how to get around such preventive measures, you may become 'interesting'. If you are a legit graphics art shop, they probably wouldn't look twice, but otherwise look out! Having your equipment examined sezed for investigation wouldn't be pleasant.
Apart from protecting the tennant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the Secret Service's other brief is to protect the currency (bit hard when the tenant is screwing around with it's value). If they even think that you are counterfeiting currency, you will discover that they have more powers than the Dept of Homeland inSecurity. Reverse engineering the watermark would certainly earn you their full attention.
Because of the ubiquity of the dollar, you will find staff around the world whose job it is to monitor counterfeiting of the greeenback.
It was called The Molotov-Ribbentrop Non-Aggression Pact. However, Stalin ended up fighting the Germans, but he wasn't particular, he distrusted and hated everyone: Germans, Jews, intellectuals and he was responsible for death of between 20 and 30 million people in the thirties.
Some older Russians may distrust Germans, but the younger ones aren't bothered. The Germans had a history of working with the Russians dating back to Peter the Great. There was a large contingent of Russians of German ethnic origin (mostly descendents of farmers invited by Catherine the Great), although many have taken up their right to relocate to Germany. Catherine herself was born in Darmstadt, Germany.
The US led Marshall plan provided the groundwork for much of modern Europe. The reconstruction after WW2 Militarism in the former Axis countries was very actively discouraged, which is why Germany, for example is not big on military spending.
You will find out that almost all EU countries contribute a much larger share of non-military foreign aid to the rest of the world. Although the military contributions are smaller, the social programmes make up for this. Unhappy people and unstable countries make poor neighbours and an effective recruiting ground for terrorists.
Also you will find that unlike the US, the EU countries have been paying their share of the UN. The US has in the past refused to pay and they are only doing so now by renegotiating their contributions downwards.
All the early computers, from Babbage's analytical engine to the ENIAC etc were designed in the USA
The difference and analytical engines wew design by a Brit in the UK. The Z3 was German and the bombes and in particular, Colossus for code cracking were British, albeit the bombes had some Polish input. The first commercial electronic computer was built by a British company as was the first virtual memory computer. Essentially it wasn't until the superior buying power of major corporations and the US government spurred development over in the US. The European market was very fragmented then and without a large single domestic market, they fell behind.
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It is a real pity about this because with an RTG, it could have carried on for ages. Of course, the flip side is that it means a lot more project time at JPL to support the rover.
Unless it could fly with an RTG (Radio-isotope Thermal Generator), which adds to the weight and danger at launch, there isn't really much that NASA can do.
However there are a boatload of others for critics, and most particularly for the distribution industry. There are physically too many screeners to uniquely tag them all, except for physical serial numbers on the DVD itself. These get 'defeated' by the first copy.
If anything we can probably blame JR of Dallas for the need to introduce business ethichs into the MBA.
The last three are provably wrong and the attacl on the GPL is really asking for trouble. What surprises me is that if they turned round and said, whoops, we made a mistake and then offerred an ex-gratia payment of a thousand dollars or so for the use of the subtitling code, I'm sure they would be able to dig themselves out at less than the lawyer time or the ding on sales.
Denmark hasn't yet succeeded from the EU. Hungary is joining this year. KISS are being *very* stupid.
Perhaps that was the real fate of Beagle 2? Sunk into the mud, or even worse, fallen into water....
Unlike hiking boots which have a metal stiffner in the sole (helps going up hill), 'Docs' only have the normal amount of metal in (eyes for shoe laces) and should go through security without problems.
A $150 pair of Nikes is overkill for a trade show.
The joke is that I had root access on some AIX boxes which were generating data. Regrettably the version of AIX was sufficiently prehistoric, that I lusted after some modern utilities. I ended up d/lk the stuff onto my desktop WIndoze box and working under Cygwin which is close, but sometimes not close enough.
The Games aren't loaded :-)!!!!
Ironically, where I have been working we had X under Windows (Hummingbird eXceed), so what would be really nice would be to use networking to talk to the host O/S. The interesting bit would be to get the UML system networked to Windows. On the same box!
UML runs in user mode and issues standard posix calls. Theoretically it can work under Linux to give a full workalike environment. It would be interesting to try.
Note that the biggest issue for military at the time was the ability to recover photographic emulsion from surveillance sattelites. At the time the design concept was produced, CCD cameras were a figment of someone's imagination so the process of image recovery was cumbersome. Also, the original satellites required regular and frequent replacement (they used film and had to send it down in small reentry capsules). One idea was that the shuttle would be able to recover old KH satellites for service on the ground and relaunch.
Of course, CCD changed everything. The only thing that cost consumables was an orbital change.
VMWARE requires Admin privs under Windows. I'm looking for something that requires none.
Cygwin is great but a full linux would be even better. In theory at least, User Mode Linux should be able to run under Windows. Possibly with a MinGW compile under Cygwin so after building, it doesn't need the Cygwin layer.
There isn't anything fundementaly wrong with putting some wings on a space capsule. The problem is putting wings onto a truck and calling the thing a space vehicle. Shorter wings for manouvering and a steeper rentry profile (as preferred by the NASA shuttle proposal) would have been workable.
Landing small capsules without much cargo by a reentry and parachute is ok but more people and larger loads not so simple.
It is true that the US spends a lot on the military, but one reason is that the US bases are seen as vote-winners by the congress and senate. The military need arms and equipment which need regular servicing and replacement. A cynic remarked after the Gulf War I that in about 10 years the cruise missiles would have to used or replaced. However, it should be added that the Iraqi conflict was not a UN action so it was up to the participants to pay for it.
At no point did I say that the EU is a country. In your quote from my posting, I refer to it as a collection of countries, although an increasingly powerful one. The EU has a currency that most of its members have adopted and a directly elected parliament. The provisons in the new constitution that you refer to are for the representation on the council of Europe and essentially mean that the countries with the most people have the most votes. However it does lack a single foreign-policy (as in Powell's complaint of "Who do I call when I want to know Europe's opinion?"). The EU doesn't have its own joint defence force, this would be a problem because of NATO.
However, the EU also runs its own aid programmes in addition to those performed by the member countries. Although some programmes are for the EU's own sake such as PHARE which provides transitional assistance for new members, others such as TACIS provide general assistance to the post Soviet Block. Others try to help people establish democracy in places like Palastine. In Israel, this was not particularly sucessful, but it has worked elsewhere. On the whole, this is just playing good neighbours and trying to reduce tension.
Lastly, I don't really see banking elitists taking over. The ECB seems pretty powerful, but elite it isn't. Each EMU member has a vote running it. Outside of the UK, the banks really don't have that much power. There is more money in the funds management companies based out of St. James in London that all of Frankfurt, let alone the city. For the EU to coalesce into a single country is about as likely as a "North America". On the other hand confederation is a vague possibility.
Lastly, I should return to topic and point out that that the ESA and similar organisations (like CERN) are not EU.
The dues were based on a GDP formula and paid more than other individual countries. The US was most definitly not paying a lion's share compared to collections of countries (such as the EU, even just adding Germany's, the UK's and France's contributions together) - and in any case, they welched for party-political reasons.
You are correct about the 75%/150% rule, but the problem is then when you start discussing how to get around such preventive measures, you may become 'interesting'. If you are a legit graphics art shop, they probably wouldn't look twice, but otherwise look out! Having your equipment examined sezed for investigation wouldn't be pleasant.
Because of the ubiquity of the dollar, you will find staff around the world whose job it is to monitor counterfeiting of the greeenback.
Some older Russians may distrust Germans, but the younger ones aren't bothered. The Germans had a history of working with the Russians dating back to Peter the Great. There was a large contingent of Russians of German ethnic origin (mostly descendents of farmers invited by Catherine the Great), although many have taken up their right to relocate to Germany. Catherine herself was born in Darmstadt, Germany.
You will find out that almost all EU countries contribute a much larger share of non-military foreign aid to the rest of the world. Although the military contributions are smaller, the social programmes make up for this. Unhappy people and unstable countries make poor neighbours and an effective recruiting ground for terrorists.
Also you will find that unlike the US, the EU countries have been paying their share of the UN. The US has in the past refused to pay and they are only doing so now by renegotiating their contributions downwards.
The difference and analytical engines wew design by a Brit in the UK. The Z3 was German and the bombes and in particular, Colossus for code cracking were British, albeit the bombes had some Polish input. The first commercial electronic computer was built by a British company as was the first virtual memory computer. Essentially it wasn't until the superior buying power of major corporations and the US government spurred development over in the US. The European market was very fragmented then and without a large single domestic market, they fell behind.