The "browser" within AOL has little visual resemblance to IE, Mozilla, Gecko, Netscape, or whatever. The AOLer sees a window. In that window, a website may or may not open. Nowhere is there an IE or Gecko logo. I'd bet that 90% do not know nor care that the underlying tech is from the evil empire to the west, or from Gecko.
"Flying passenger car". Do you REALLY want your neighbor, who can barely manage piloting a car in 2D, to have free 3D range? Coming in for a landing over YOUR house?
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I have a local store that does software 'rental'. They are atually selling, but with a very liberal return policy. You buy it for $5-20, and then if you don't 'like it', you bring it back in 2 days. If you DO want it, you simply pay the rest of the regular purchace price. Then you get the shrinkwrapped box with all the manuals, etc.
It is really 'renta;' but I guess they can get by with the way they are doing it. They've been in business several years.
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17 year lead time? Sure. We went from 0 to the moon in 1/2 that time. Granted, it was a little tiny ship, and all they did was collect a few rocks, but faced with extinction by a 2km rock? No problem
We'd only get one shot, but I think it could be done. Nudge, crack, something.
Which is fine, if all you want to do is write until you die. If, however, you actually want a product in a reasonable time frame, you must use >1 coder. How long would it take you to design, code, test 1.5 million lines of code?
As a former F-106, -4, -15 and -16 ground crew (Weapons) person, I can say this is not an unusual occurance. The F-16, for example, occasionally requires a reboot to some of the ancillary systems inflight. The SMS (Stores Management System) being probably the most needed.
Jet fighters operate in an unbelievably harsh environment. High and low temps, high G forces, vibration, etc, etc. It's a wonder they get it to work at all.
Slashdot fodder: For maintenance, diagnostics, and troubleshooting, the groundcrew uses laptops. Armored, waterproof, etc. Plug it in, and the jet tells you more or less what is wrong. The maintenance manuals are all on CD. These laptops are running on...wait for it....NT.
Why not Linux? Because even if it is demonstrably more stable, the specs for the F-22 were laid down several years ago, when Linux was but a wet dream. Too late to change now.
...the YF23, which was rumoured to be superior in some areas to the YF22...
And inferior in other areas. The F-22 won the competition.
And also, Northrup already had the B-2 contract. Excellent aircraft, but late, and overbudget. Lockheed had built the F-117 on time and under budget. Industrial capacity matters.
...was when I could actually check the button marked: Household income? >$100,000
and then, only once. Of course, the rest of the block were filled in with random junk.
If they take actual inputs, and randomize the results, why bother with the expensive surveyy taking in the first place? Just generate a set of random responses.
"Well, we had 1,500 responses, and 23% were female, potential snow tire buyers, age 18-25" (of course, we did not actually take a survey, and just had the computer over in the corner generate a bunch of random responses).
I wouldn't think there would be a booth next to piercing pagoda, but I would imagine it could be as simple as getting a haircut.
Ok....step up to the plate, and have some bozo in a babershop at the mall burn away part of your eyeball with a laser.
The majority of cases may be routine. Aim, zap, come back tomrrow for a checkup. But are your eyeballs a routine case? Me? I'd want an actual doctor to determine that.
Last I checked, they can't replace your eyeballs when things go tits up.
If you put a disgruntled lunatic with a gauss gun againt 5 grunts with m16's at close range, I'd put my money on the on the lunatic any day. =P
ahhh...but the lunatic has to get in close range first. The grunts will try to prevent that at all costs. At least one will hang back. Then all bets are off.
So, given the inclination and funds, I could, as an american, obtain things like rocket launchers, and RPGs? What's the stance in the U.S. on privately owned nuclear ICBM's?
As long as they are non-functional as weapons, yes. You may NOT own a functional WMD.
Many private citizen vet organizations own tanks, old rocket launchers, etc. There are a number of non-weapons capable fighter aircraft in private hands, all the way from WWI biplanes to a guy restoring an early model F-16. And I believe there is a privately owned MiG-29.
In a lot of families, at least one car is used solely for commuting to work. 1/2 hour each way, and the rest of the time it sits, unused in the parking lot or driveway.
Finding an alternate way to work for one member frees up the car for the other person on kid hauling duty, or if they have a long commute to work. I've managed to do that several times, for long periods of time. Bike, bus, carpool, whatever. A 2 car family can turn into a one car family.
1 minivan and a bike (or bus) gets better gas mileage than two Insights. And is far easier on YOUR wallet.
I spent 11 years in Europe with Uncle Sugar. Saw many, many items in the base Audio clubs and BX/PX that I never, ever saw in a regular stateside high end stereo shop. And I looked. The ElCassette mentioned in the above post is but one example.
Do I have a direct quote from the Marketing VP of Technics stating they do this? Obviously not. But my own visual verification is neough for me.
Phones, with their attendant monthly service charge, are a different story thna a regular stereo component. I don't doubt for a minute that GI's rotate back to the states leaving a bill outstanding. THere is also the question of "Does this phone work in the states when I leave?"
The Japanese electronics companies, (and many american ones), use the US military AAFES and NAVEX stores overseas to test market a LOT of stuff.
Certain lines, or models, or even entire formats get a testdrive at the larger military stores. They have a captive, technoid, consumer group. if it flies there, you may see it in BestBuy.
Anyone remember the ElCassette? Mid '70's cross between a cassette deck, and a reel to reel. Fidelity of a reel, with the pop-in convienience of a cassette. I had a Technics model. Of course, they didn't sell that well, so it never showed up in the States.
Fifty years from now I expect all wars to be fought by giant robots controlled by teenagers.
Predator, Global Hawwk, Dark Star anyone?
But realistically, the 3rd world will still be the 3rd world, even 50 years from now. And will still be fighting over the same patches of dry barren ground as they are today.
It doesn't count as a win until some 19 year old with a rifle is standing on that patch of ground
If you had bothered to look, my child, you would have found a significant amount of information on the exact data that the program is looking for. From there you can write your own, and display whatever you want. If you don't want to, or can't write your own, oh well. You expect the developers to give their software away? Free as in beer, right? Not a chance. Go buy it.
As far as my post being 'void' for not posting the specific links as to where you can download a free demo of OBD-II compliant software, it took me all of a few seconds to find several on google. I'm sure you have an adult close by who can show you how that very useful tool works.
If not, oh well.
If we were to allow concealed-carry permit holders to travel with their weapons, the terrorists will have no way of knowing who's armed on a given flight.
How many people routinely carry their weapons? 2% of the population? On a hundred person flight, you will then assume 2 people.
The terrorist group just has to load up one particular flight with 4 or 5 armed hijackers. It them becomes a 5-2 fight. Looks like good odds for the bad guys. Add to that the advantages of time selection and choice of location. Then have 2 of the group hold back, until the civilian CCW's identify themselves, and pop...no more threat from the passengers.
Allow firearms among the passengers, and the terrorists will bring them as well. And they WILL have the advantage.
The point is, hopefully, to enhance the teaching/learning experience.
If introducing PDA's does help in one area --organizing their lives-- but brings along detriments (beam cheating, stolen/broken PDA's, goofing off playing games), has the teaching/learning experience really been enhanced?
Using the business model as a starting place is not really valid. Kids are not office workers, they are kids. And kids like toys. Which is what these PDA's will become. Expensive toys that the taxpayer funds. To the detriment of other things like teacher salaries, books, regular supplies.
1 step forward and 2 steps back is not a good way to progress.
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She won't cherish that laptop 50 years form now.
The "browser" within AOL has little visual resemblance to IE, Mozilla, Gecko, Netscape, or whatever. The AOLer sees a window. In that window, a website may or may not open. Nowhere is there an IE or Gecko logo. I'd bet that 90% do not know nor care that the underlying tech is from the evil empire to the west, or from Gecko.
All the AOL user sees is "AOL".
Moller has been shilling that thing for years.
"Flying passenger car". Do you REALLY want your neighbor, who can barely manage piloting a car in 2D, to have free 3D range? Coming in for a landing over YOUR house?
I have a local store that does software 'rental'. They are atually selling, but with a very liberal return policy.
You buy it for $5-20, and then if you don't 'like it', you bring it back in 2 days. If you DO want it, you simply pay the rest of the regular purchace price. Then you get the shrinkwrapped box with all the manuals, etc.
It is really 'renta;' but I guess they can get by with the way they are doing it. They've been in business several years.
17 year lead time? Sure. We went from 0 to the moon in 1/2 that time. Granted, it was a little tiny ship, and all they did was collect a few rocks, but faced with extinction by a 2km rock? No problem
We'd only get one shot, but I think it could be done. Nudge, crack, something.
Flying a jet into an italian ski-lift killing many people is not considered a crime
Flying a jet into a cablecar on purpose would be a crime.
Hitting, by accident, the cablecar may, or may not be, a crime.
only one person should be writing it.
Which is fine, if all you want to do is write until you die. If, however, you actually want a product in a reasonable time frame, you must use >1 coder.
How long would it take you to design, code, test 1.5 million lines of code?
As a former F-106, -4, -15 and -16 ground crew (Weapons) person, I can say this is not an unusual occurance. The F-16, for example, occasionally requires a reboot to some of the ancillary systems inflight. The SMS (Stores Management System) being probably the most needed.
Jet fighters operate in an unbelievably harsh environment. High and low temps, high G forces, vibration, etc, etc. It's a wonder they get it to work at all.
Slashdot fodder:
For maintenance, diagnostics, and troubleshooting, the groundcrew uses laptops. Armored, waterproof, etc. Plug it in, and the jet tells you more or less what is wrong. The maintenance manuals are all on CD. These laptops are running on...wait for it....NT.
Why not Linux? Because even if it is demonstrably more stable, the specs for the F-22 were laid down several years ago, when Linux was but a wet dream. Too late to change now.
...the YF23, which was rumoured to be superior in some areas to the YF22...
And inferior in other areas. The F-22 won the competition.
And also, Northrup already had the B-2 contract. Excellent aircraft, but late, and overbudget. Lockheed had built the F-117 on time and under budget. Industrial capacity matters.
...was when I could actually check the button marked:
Household income? >$100,000
and then, only once. Of course, the rest of the block were filled in with random junk.
If they take actual inputs, and randomize the results, why bother with the expensive surveyy taking in the first place? Just generate a set of random responses.
"Well, we had 1,500 responses, and 23% were female, potential snow tire buyers, age 18-25" (of course, we did not actually take a survey, and just had the computer over in the corner generate a bunch of random responses).
I wouldn't think there would be a booth next to piercing pagoda, but I would imagine it could be as simple as getting a haircut.
Ok....step up to the plate, and have some bozo in a babershop at the mall burn away part of your eyeball with a laser.
The majority of cases may be routine. Aim, zap, come back tomrrow for a checkup. But are your eyeballs a routine case? Me? I'd want an actual doctor to determine that.
Last I checked, they can't replace your eyeballs when things go tits up.
In Cuba a medical student DOES NOT PAY A PENNY FOR HIS/HER EDUCATION!
Yes. That is why *so many* students are flocking to Cuba to obtain their meducal education.
If you put a disgruntled lunatic with a gauss gun againt 5 grunts with m16's at close range, I'd put my money on the on the lunatic any day. =P
ahhh...but the lunatic has to get in close range first. The grunts will try to prevent that at all costs. At least one will hang back. Then all bets are off.
So, given the inclination and funds, I could, as an american, obtain things like rocket launchers, and RPGs?
.50 cal is a no-no.
What's the stance in the U.S. on privately owned nuclear ICBM's?
As long as they are non-functional as weapons, yes. You may NOT own a functional WMD.
Many private citizen vet organizations own tanks, old rocket launchers, etc. There are a number of non-weapons capable fighter aircraft in private hands, all the way from WWI biplanes to a guy restoring an early model F-16. And I believe there is a privately owned MiG-29.
"Demilitarize" it, and you're ok. Basically, the BATF says anything over
This is "Importation of arms, ammunition, and implements of war", but the same rules probably hold for domestic products.
Seems Sony hardware division does not play well with Some Music division.
Maybe they will sue each other and implode from the mass of lawyers.
...two cars? That is the real question.
In a lot of families, at least one car is used solely for commuting to work. 1/2 hour each way, and the rest of the time it sits, unused in the parking lot or driveway.
Finding an alternate way to work for one member frees up the car for the other person on kid hauling duty, or if they have a long commute to work. I've managed to do that several times, for long periods of time. Bike, bus, carpool, whatever. A 2 car family can turn into a one car family.
1 minivan and a bike (or bus) gets better gas mileage than two Insights. And is far easier on YOUR wallet.
I spent 11 years in Europe with Uncle Sugar. Saw many, many items in the base Audio clubs and BX/PX that I never, ever saw in a regular stateside high end stereo shop. And I looked. The ElCassette mentioned in the above post is but one example.
Do I have a direct quote from the Marketing VP of Technics stating they do this? Obviously not. But my own visual verification is neough for me.
Phones, with their attendant monthly service charge, are a different story thna a regular stereo component. I don't doubt for a minute that GI's rotate back to the states leaving a bill outstanding. THere is also the question of "Does this phone work in the states when I leave?"
The Japanese electronics companies, (and many american ones), use the US military AAFES and NAVEX stores overseas to test market a LOT of stuff.
Certain lines, or models, or even entire formats get a testdrive at the larger military stores. They have a captive, technoid, consumer group. if it flies there, you may see it in BestBuy.
Anyone remember the ElCassette? Mid '70's cross between a cassette deck, and a reel to reel. Fidelity of a reel, with the pop-in convienience of a cassette. I had a Technics model. Of course, they didn't sell that well, so it never showed up in the States.
Fifty years from now I expect all wars to be fought by giant robots controlled by teenagers.
Predator, Global Hawwk, Dark Star anyone?
But realistically, the 3rd world will still be the 3rd world, even 50 years from now. And will still be fighting over the same patches of dry barren ground as they are today.
It doesn't count as a win until some 19 year old with a rifle is standing on that patch of ground
If you had bothered to look, my child, you would have found a significant amount of information on the exact data that the program is looking for. From there you can write your own, and display whatever you want. If you don't want to, or can't write your own, oh well. You expect the developers to give their software away? Free as in beer, right? Not a chance. Go buy it.
As far as my post being 'void' for not posting the specific links as to where you can download a free demo of OBD-II compliant software, it took me all of a few seconds to find several on google. I'm sure you have an adult close by who can show you how that very useful tool works. If not, oh well.
Specifically, for VW/Audi, but the concept still holds
OpenDiag.org
a little sniffing around yields this ODBScan Protocol Interface
They also sell the interface hardware and software for
There are also numerous places to download free OBD demos.
If we were to allow concealed-carry permit holders to travel with their weapons, the terrorists will have no way of knowing who's armed on a given flight.
How many people routinely carry their weapons? 2% of the population? On a hundred person flight, you will then assume 2 people.
The terrorist group just has to load up one particular flight with 4 or 5 armed hijackers. It them becomes a 5-2 fight. Looks like good odds for the bad guys. Add to that the advantages of time selection and choice of location. Then have 2 of the group hold back, until the civilian CCW's identify themselves, and pop...no more threat from the passengers.
Allow firearms among the passengers, and the terrorists will bring them as well. And they WILL have the advantage.
With fingerprints, at least you get 9 more tries after the database gets hacked. With retina scanning, you only get one reset.
The point is, hopefully, to enhance the teaching/learning experience.
If introducing PDA's does help in one area --organizing their lives-- but brings along detriments (beam cheating, stolen/broken PDA's, goofing off playing games), has the teaching/learning experience really been enhanced?
Using the business model as a starting place is not really valid. Kids are not office workers, they are kids. And kids like toys. Which is what these PDA's will become. Expensive toys that the taxpayer funds. To the detriment of other things like teacher salaries, books, regular supplies.
1 step forward and 2 steps back is not a good way to progress.