Valid point - however, for any fiction to be good fiction, a few key ingredients are required - one of which is proper continuity of storyline... If there is no 'Established History', then by implication, there can be no Continuity.
I know fine well the difference between fact and fiction - but nevertheless, fiction is much more enjoyable when it is conststant!
If memory serves, Worf said "We don't talk about it.", implying some sort of catastrophe or somesuch. From what I recall, the change in appearance was either due to some kind of virus, or a failed genetic experiment - not 100% sure however.
The odd thing is, if you watch the pilot from Enterprise, the Klingons have the 'new look', with the brow ridges, even though at that time (100 years before Kirk), the event causing the ridges had yet to happen! (At least according to established Trek History.)
The vast majority of the processing carried out by a typical laser-based Bar-Code reader is to eliminate the amount of noise in the input signal - which can be quite significant. In an underwater environment, the amount of noise in the input signal is going to be considerably higher, perhaps to the point where the actual data is drowned out.
Remember that the vast majority of Domestic DVD Players on the market can take firmware updates - including CODEC Updates. What matters is not the CODEC itself, but whether or not the Processing Unit can run fast enough to handle the revised CODEC.
Sorry, but your maths is terrible!
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OK, I have to say it, but your maths sucks!
90 GB = 92160 MB = 94371840 KB 94371840 KB / 32 KB = 2949120 Seconds = 49152 Hours over three discs, or 16384 Hours per Disc. That's a/lot/ of music!
...The FCC Should look more closely at the series of foul-ups that have hit the UK's Digital Terestrial Television Service in recent months - with the collapse of ITV Digital, and the subsequent relicencing of the system to the BBC, view confidence in the system has slumped - and there were only 1.2 Million viewers of DTT at it's peak anyway!
Serious thought needs to be put into the transmission systems employed, signal quality, and most importantly, programme content - poor content will doom any attempts at Forced DTT takeup to complete failure - pushing more and more people into Cable or Satelite based systems... Sure, the US and UK markets are very different, but should the FCC not at least try and learn from other countries' mistakes?
Secirity Problems perhaps? Given the number os severe security issues that have been found in IE over the years, I would have thought this would have been a pretty major reason to switch!
It's all very well defining yet another 'standard' for system security, but the problem in this field is that the target moves much faster than any standard, or associated testing tool, can keep up.
It would be much more useful for the distro builders (Commercial and Non-Commercial alike) to place Security at the head of the queue when designing the default install configurations of their OS's.
OK, so your average home user doesn't want to care about system security, but until OS's can transparantly, securely, safely & automatically install the latest security updates, without causing 'big brother' feelings in their users, and with enough protection in place so that the update mechanism cannot be fooled, spoofed or tampered with by a malicious 3rd party (not likely in the near future!), then everyone should be taking an active interest in the security of their systems.
This tool will definately be useful, but only when used in conjunction with a whole bunch of other testing tools, and only when these are all combined with a healthy dose of common sense. It's a good development, but system security tools in general still have a long way to go...
Apollo 13, which suffered a meteor collision enroute
Umm... Nope - Apollo 13 suffered from an explosion on board, caused by a spark created by a faulty component inside one of the O2 tanks during a routine procedure (called a 'stir') whilst enroute to the moon.
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True 'Computer Science' covers a lot of areas, mostly fundemental, including Computer Theory, Electronics, Mathematics, Logic, Processor Theory and Design, to name but a few.
The majority of today's CS Courses seem to fall into two broad categories, 'Software Development', and 'Systems Management'. Whilst these are both elements of computer science, they do not encompass computer science as a whole.
Universities are more and more often cutting out the core Computer Science components of their courses, such as Electronics and Computer Thery, which is a shame - whilst the courses leave graduates with an understanding of 'How' to do certain tasks, they are left with no understanding of 'why' they are done that way, because they have no real understanding of how the Computer Systems they are carrying out tasks on actually perform their functions.
NDFSM's are important, Karnaugh Maps are important, Understanding the CPU F/E Cycle is important too - bring back real CS to our Universities!
... employees to work for private companies for six to 12 months, with a one-year option....
Hmmm, 6 to 12 Months, with a One Year Option - can someone remind me just how many months there are in a year?? Does the Government work off the Lunar calendar or something....?
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It's SCIENCE FICTION.
Valid point - however, for any fiction to be good fiction, a few key ingredients are required - one of which is proper continuity of storyline... If there is no 'Established History', then by implication, there can be no Continuity.
I know fine well the difference between fact and fiction - but nevertheless, fiction is much more enjoyable when it is conststant!
If memory serves, Worf said "We don't talk about it.", implying some sort of catastrophe or somesuch. From what I recall, the change in appearance was either due to some kind of virus, or a failed genetic experiment - not 100% sure however.
The odd thing is, if you watch the pilot from Enterprise, the Klingons have the 'new look', with the brow ridges, even though at that time (100 years before Kirk), the event causing the ridges had yet to happen! (At least according to established Trek History.)
One word: Noise.
The vast majority of the processing carried out by a typical laser-based Bar-Code reader is to eliminate the amount of noise in the input signal - which can be quite significant. In an underwater environment, the amount of noise in the input signal is going to be considerably higher, perhaps to the point where the actual data is drowned out.
Doh! That'll teach me to re-read before I post! :)
Remember that the vast majority of Domestic DVD Players on the market can take firmware updates - including CODEC Updates. What matters is not the CODEC itself, but whether or not the Processing Unit can run fast enough to handle the revised CODEC.
OK, I have to say it, but your maths sucks!
/lot/ of music!
90 GB = 92160 MB = 94371840 KB
94371840 KB / 32 KB = 2949120 Seconds = 49152 Hours over three discs, or 16384 Hours per Disc. That's a
...The FCC Should look more closely at the series of foul-ups that have hit the UK's Digital Terestrial Television Service in recent months - with the collapse of ITV Digital, and the subsequent relicencing of the system to the BBC, view confidence in the system has slumped - and there were only 1.2 Million viewers of DTT at it's peak anyway!
Serious thought needs to be put into the transmission systems employed, signal quality, and most importantly, programme content - poor content will doom any attempts at Forced DTT takeup to complete failure - pushing more and more people into Cable or Satelite based systems... Sure, the US and UK markets are very different, but should the FCC not at least try and learn from other countries' mistakes?
...but there is no major reason to switch over.
Secirity Problems perhaps? Given the number os severe security issues that have been found in IE over the years, I would have thought this would have been a pretty major reason to switch!
It's all very well defining yet another 'standard' for system security, but the problem in this field is that the target moves much faster than any standard, or associated testing tool, can keep up.
It would be much more useful for the distro builders (Commercial and Non-Commercial alike) to place Security at the head of the queue when designing the default install configurations of their OS's.
OK, so your average home user doesn't want to care about system security, but until OS's can transparantly, securely, safely & automatically install the latest security updates, without causing 'big brother' feelings in their users, and with enough protection in place so that the update mechanism cannot be fooled, spoofed or tampered with by a malicious 3rd party (not likely in the near future!), then everyone should be taking an active interest in the security of their systems.
This tool will definately be useful, but only when used in conjunction with a whole bunch of other testing tools, and only when these are all combined with a healthy dose of common sense. It's a good development, but system security tools in general still have a long way to go...
Apollo 13, which suffered a meteor collision enroute
Umm... Nope - Apollo 13 suffered from an explosion on board, caused by a spark created by a faulty component inside one of the O2 tanks during a routine procedure (called a 'stir') whilst enroute to the moon.
True 'Computer Science' covers a lot of areas, mostly fundemental, including Computer Theory, Electronics, Mathematics, Logic, Processor Theory and Design, to name but a few.
The majority of today's CS Courses seem to fall into two broad categories, 'Software Development', and 'Systems Management'. Whilst these are both elements of computer science, they do not encompass computer science as a whole.
Universities are more and more often cutting out the core Computer Science components of their courses, such as Electronics and Computer Thery, which is a shame - whilst the courses leave graduates with an understanding of 'How' to do certain tasks, they are left with no understanding of 'why' they are done that way, because they have no real understanding of how the Computer Systems they are carrying out tasks on actually perform their functions.
NDFSM's are important, Karnaugh Maps are important, Understanding the CPU F/E Cycle is important too - bring back real CS to our Universities!
... employees to work for private companies for six to 12 months, with a one-year option. ...
Hmmm, 6 to 12 Months, with a One Year Option - can someone remind me just how many months there are in a year?? Does the Government work off the Lunar calendar or something....?