I have been told by people who should know that the MPEG patent holders are quite confident that Ogg/Vorbis would not stand up as unencumbered if it was ever viewed as necessary to take them to court.
One disadvantage that Open Source has in this context is that everything is... open, so that an opposing side could look at every piece of code for an infringement. By contrast, Microsoft might or might not be infringing with WMP, but it's much harder to tell, because who knows what they are doing under the hood.
Meteors have to hit the Earth's atmosphere, so they are by definition near-Earth. The article is talking about near-Earth asteroids, most of which are big enough that we'll have big problems if they ever turn into meteors.
Who wrote it ? In which administration ? Curious minds want to know.
It was obvious to me in 2001 that this had been previously prepared, and it astounded me that anyone would fall for this BS. Unfortunately, history indicates they would probably do it again.
I certainly hope that the crews plan to ignore this. NOAA might have a point if a participant does plan to set up a commercial remote sensing service and sell the product in the US, but this statement is impossibly broad and should not just be rolled over for.
These articles rarely mention that there are two camps in the scientific community, one of which is largely American, and rejects any evidence for recent liquid water on Mars, and the other of which is more European, and accepts it.
The Mars cratering model indicates that a billion year old surface on Mars should have multiple 100 meter craters per square kilometer, and maybe ten 50 meter craters per square km . Basically, if you see a picture of the Martian surface, and there aren't lots of little craters on it, then that is not a billion year old surface, regard of what the press release says. It isn't hard to find such images. Here is another, and another.
Mars' magnetic field has not always been as weak as it is now.
One hypothesis I have brought forward is that Mars might have a reasonably strong dipole and is in a magnet field reversal right now, making the field at this epoch very non-dipolar. That is improbable, but not outlandishly so, and I believe is consistent with the data.
Venus had oceans once - how do you know it didn't have life ?
More importantly, Venus is an Earth that went bad (not an early Earth - if Earth ever got that hot it would be impossible for it to get itself cool again.) It would be a good idea for us to figure out what went wrong.
You are aware that in the 1950's there was a serious proposal from the Soviet astrophysicist I.S. Shklovsky that Phobos actually was a space station ? This hypothesis attempted to explain the obital decay of the moon by atmospheric drag, which meant that it had to have such a low mass to area ratio that it basically had to be hollow.
Now the model for the orbital decay of Phobos is that it is due to tidal friction, but the spacecraft idea was seriously entertained for a while.
Phobos is dynamically very interesting. Its orbit is decaying, due to its tidal interaction with Mars, and yet the tide it raises in Mars (as seen by its orbital decay) indicates a flexibility in the crust and mantle of Mars that is not in agreement with other measurements.
Basically all of our knowledge of the surface of Venus comes from the Soviet Venera spacecraft. The Soviets developed the ability to land spacecraft on the hellishly hot surface of Venus, conduct experiments, and send back some pretty cool pictures.
Given that Venus is pretty similar to the Earth, except with run-away global warming, and that no other space agency has seen fit to do any surface missions, I wish that the Russians would send some more landers to Venus.
I was in France with friends before they voted on the constitution. Every voter was mailed a copy (imagine if they did that in the US with referenda) so I got to take a look at it. It was hundreds of pages of the most turgid legalese imaginable. I couldn't imagine voting for such a thing - how would you know what you were really approving ?
Uh, "Happy Birthday to You" is not a folk song, and I believe that Time Warner owns the copyright and claims that it is valid. That's why restaurant chains make up lame imitations to sing to customers, so they don't have to pay royalties.
If you have ever dealt with Richard M Stallman, you would know that the term "intellectual property" drives him crazy. Literally every time it comes up in an email, he will rant about how improper it is. He refuses to use it, and doesn't like to have it used in his presence.
What total nonsense. This is not intended for any artists, it is designed to provide more money to the corporations that lobby McCreevy. Victor Hugo would be appalled.
It is high time that copyright stopped being an issue decided by bought and paid for technocrats, and became a political issue.
You could send the ISS or Mir to a NEA - some are easier to reach energetically than the Moon. I am not quite sure what you would do with it once you got there, but it would be cool.
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I have been told by people who should know that the MPEG patent holders are quite confident that Ogg/Vorbis would not stand up as unencumbered if it was ever viewed as necessary to take them to court.
One disadvantage that Open Source has in this context is that everything is ... open, so that an opposing side could look at every piece of code for an infringement. By contrast, Microsoft might or might not be infringing with WMP, but it's much harder to tell, because who knows what they are doing under the hood.
Asteroid 17234 has the temporary name of 2000 EL11, so maybe for a suitable donation to the discoverer you could get your wish.
Meteors have to hit the Earth's atmosphere, so they are by definition near-Earth. The article is talking about near-Earth asteroids, most of which are big enough that we'll have big problems if they ever turn into meteors.
Who wrote it ? In which administration ? Curious minds want to know.
It was obvious to me in 2001 that this had been previously prepared, and it astounded me that anyone would fall for this BS.
Unfortunately, history indicates they would probably do it again.
They did get into space, just not into orbit.
Robots, hell. Strictly speaking they should keep their eyes closed.
I certainly hope that the crews plan to ignore this. NOAA might have a point if a participant does plan to set up a commercial remote sensing service and sell the product in the US, but this statement is impossibly broad and should not just be rolled over for.
is worse than Slashdot on the law.
Just saying.
Not written down, printed. It was written down in the 1rst century BC.
These articles rarely mention that there are two camps in the scientific community, one of which is largely American, and rejects any evidence for recent liquid water on Mars, and the other of which is more European, and accepts it.
The Mars cratering model indicates that a billion year old surface on Mars should have multiple 100 meter craters per square kilometer, and maybe ten 50 meter craters per square km . Basically, if you see a picture of the Martian surface, and there aren't lots of little craters on it, then that is not a billion year old surface, regard of what the press release says. It isn't hard to find such images. Here is another, and another.
Mars' magnetic field has not always been as weak as it is now.
One hypothesis I have brought forward is that Mars might have a reasonably strong dipole and is in a magnet field reversal right now, making the field at this epoch very non-dipolar. That is improbable, but not outlandishly so, and I believe is consistent with the data.
Venus had oceans once - how do you know it didn't have life ?
More importantly, Venus is an Earth that went bad (not an early Earth - if Earth ever got that hot it would be impossible for it to get itself cool again.) It would be a good idea for us to figure out what went wrong.
You are aware that in the 1950's there was a serious proposal from the Soviet astrophysicist I.S. Shklovsky that Phobos actually was a space station ? This hypothesis attempted to explain the obital decay of the moon by atmospheric drag, which meant that it had to have such a low mass to area ratio that it basically had to be hollow.
Now the model for the orbital decay of Phobos is that it is due to tidal friction, but the spacecraft idea was seriously entertained for a while.
Pictures from the Soviet Phobos mission can be found here.
Phobos is dynamically very interesting. Its orbit is decaying, due to its tidal interaction with Mars, and yet the tide it raises in Mars (as seen by its orbital decay) indicates a flexibility in the crust and mantle of Mars that is not in agreement with other measurements.
Basically all of our knowledge of the surface of Venus comes from the Soviet Venera spacecraft. The Soviets developed the ability to land spacecraft on the hellishly hot surface of Venus, conduct experiments, and send back some pretty cool pictures.
Given that Venus is pretty similar to the Earth, except with run-away global warming, and that no other space agency has seen fit to do any surface missions, I wish that the Russians would send some more landers to Venus.
Good for you.
I was in France with friends before they voted on the constitution. Every voter was mailed a copy (imagine if they did that in the US with referenda) so I got to take a look at it. It was hundreds of pages of the most turgid legalese imaginable. I couldn't imagine voting for such a thing - how would you know what you were really approving ?
Uh, "Happy Birthday to You" is not a folk song, and I believe that Time Warner owns the copyright and claims that it is valid. That's why restaurant chains make up lame imitations to sing to customers, so they don't have to pay royalties.
No, ultimately the people own it, not the government. There is a subtle but crucial difference there.
If you have ever dealt with Richard M Stallman, you would know that the term "intellectual property" drives him crazy. Literally every time it comes up in an email, he will rant about how improper it is. He refuses to use it, and doesn't like to have it used in his presence.
The original US copyright term was 14 years, just like for patents. I think that that we would all be better off if that term was restored.
What total nonsense. This is not intended for any artists, it is designed to provide more money to the corporations that lobby McCreevy. Victor Hugo would be appalled.
It is high time that copyright stopped being an issue decided by bought and paid for technocrats, and became a political issue.
Put it into the Pacific, same as the last Mir.
Of course, if someone could figure out a good use for it, they could probably get it for free (eventually).
If you couldn't use them, why would you have taken them?
Uh, because they are glued onto the Shuttle ? I was responding to the original post.
You could send the ISS or Mir to a NEA - some are easier to reach energetically than the Moon. I am not quite sure what you would do with it once you got there, but it would be cool.