military gps accuracy is within 2 cm's.
this is real-time, and is not available to
non-govt parties.
I would hope any new european system would
benefit by new technologies not available
when the US system was designed.
There is a difference between a rifle's
"maximum effective range" and its maximum
altitude when fired straight up. Eg, when fired
parallel to the earth's surface, the only force
slowing the projectile is the force of wind resistance, which will continue to operate for as
long as the projectile is aloft, ie, the time it'd
take a body to fall to earth if dropped by hand directly from the same altitude as the rifle's muzzle. 'Effective range' means that the projectile must still be able to cause some degree of intended damage, so firing from a higher altitude might get it to hit the earth further away, but it would not necessarily have enough forward velocity to do any damage.
On the other hand, a projectile fired straight up is affected by two slowing forces: air resistance,
and gravity itself; the vertical-fired projectile
will not travel as high as it would if only wind resistance were the impeding force, and the height
at which it still has enough upward velocity to cause damage is quite less than its maximal attained height.
So, the "last 1500m" 'connection' problem remains,
though i suspect a 90mm Howitzer might take it out
with little problem.
tkjtkj
tkjtkj@charter.net
Its amazingly stupid that Stravatti, the developer of this nuclear-powered laser rifle, feels the fuel
(Polonium 210) is 'harmless' because it's an
alpha particle emmitter'... That is nonsense!!!
ALL radiation can be harmful, depending on circumstnaces! Eg, 'Alpha particle emmiters' are MORE deadly if ingested, for all their energy is absorbed by body tissue, while beta particles' high speed let them escape thru tissue. Alpha's have much more mass, and as their range is short, are indeed deadly in ingested!
Now, just where do you think all this Polonium is going to end up?? yes,, where lead has ended up today : filling our environment with its toxicity!...so much so that lead bullets are being outlawed..
Harmless?? i think not!!!!
Anyone familiar with working with large corporations knows fully how enormous can be the 'internal inertia' resistent to change.
Anyone reading of nasa's manned-vehicle design, construction, and performance issues must be aware of just how serious nasa's problems are, and how they seem to permeate the entire organization.
This idea of such rapid-paced 'return to normal' planning is only another symptom of an organization that refuses to see the most obvious problems, and which refuses to stand-fast on safety-related issues, yet which is happy to project an imaginary "safety is everything to us" attitude.
Think of it.. no official analysis has even been done, no list of problems presented, no testing of any possible solutions... and they have the audacity to project that there might be even a chance of resuming op's so soon!!
Arrogance? yes. Self-serving at the expense of safety? yes, again. Motivated by "the buck"?.. what needs to be said!
Nasa: Either face realities or get out of the business.
Great!.. so when they secretly and illegally videotape guests, they'll be able to distribute the vids all over the world at high speed!!
Yes, there iS a court case pending ($5 million law suite) involving a Marriott hotel secretly videotaping a guest !!
its simple: i love linux, but need to access lots of different hardware. Some is ok in a linux vmware session, but not all.. So, i still can get to all the hardware by popping over to the host win2k , without ever rebooting.
so, i need win2k so i can run linux
i'm delighted that Dr. Horvitz has garnerd this prize. My only question is why did not the Nobel Committee discover my paper written as a first-year medical student in which i proposed that there exists just such a mechanism for cell death, mediated by a DNAse enzyme. For this I was awarded a summer cancer research fellowship, in 1980.
Oh well, my debts probably exceed the value of the prize, making the impact of such a prize so minimal on my earthly existence.;)
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i dont know about other states, but unsolicited materials in ma. at least, become the property of the recipient. period.
otherwise, i could send you a house that would be too expensive for you to return, and thus obligate you to unnecessary expense, in the extreme example.
this would grant the doctor in the article full ownership but, of course, do little for users not receiving by mail.
However, because the package must be opened to be examined as to 'suitability for use' and other warranty issues, forcing acceptance (by requiring 'breaking the seal' before being able to see the full product would be of questionable defensibility.
but its toooo bad things have got even this far in this ludicrous scheme of things!
jon
you're confusing reality with fantasy... She has the fantasy, and no reality realized by yourself or anyone can ever ever take that away from her. Yes, it's an orchestrated illusion, but it's HER illusion, solidly and irrevocably entrenched in her psyche...
so get over it... get the diamond, and dont make a thesis out of this!
trust me!
jon
Have you any idea at all of what the cost would be for such a misadventure??... and all done because of the difficulties of the math of tracking time? Many algorithms exist that have done the job for such chores, and changing things would cost *billions* of dollars.
Where would you prefer such monies go? to solving the inconvenience that concerns you? or to adding to the pot available for care of the dying of Africa thru disease? or to other worthy causes that , frankly, should be much higher on the planet's 'must fix' priority list!
Every 'techie trained' person has thought of this, and it's a good thought.. Yet, there are things known as 'realities'... and i'm afraid the earth's time-tracking method is here to stay.
Maybe it'll be different on Mars...
(Btw, i'm curious as to why you'd break the logic and opt for '25' hour days. 100 hour days would be much easier, woould it not? 100 mins per hour... 100 secs per min.... Your suggesting 25 hours / day, while possible, merely re-invents the problem you're trying to solve!)
this is outrageous! redhat trying to feast on another linux rival.. how low can humanity sink?
That RH sees SuSE as worthy of attack only opens eyes to the extremem benefits of SuSE , underlining as it does the fact that RH really must see SuSe as a threat.
SuSe 8.0 is extremely good, and extremely complete.
Have you thought of resigning unless you're given the necessary authority to do that job you're required to perform?
An organization without a command structure is either a very small organization, or one doomed to chaotic consequences. If you're sincerely dedicated to the well-being of the organization then it behooves you to point this out, and to coerce them as much as necessary to make changes.
i do remember this: not long ago MS's cash status was at $50 B.... so whatever that software is, it's at least partly responsible for a 20% drop
in cash assets??
why bother with such a monitor when ViewSonic (www.viewsonic.com) has a great 23.1" unit: the gorgeous VP23mb (http://www.viewsonic.com/products/lcd_vp230mb.htm ) available for $3500 from at least one vendor.
its sitting before me in all its wonder.. right next to the ViewSonic VP181 , in a dual-monitor setup driven by Matrox G450.
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military gps accuracy is within 2 cm's. this is real-time, and is not available to non-govt parties. I would hope any new european system would benefit by new technologies not available when the US system was designed.
There is a difference between a rifle's "maximum effective range" and its maximum altitude when fired straight up. Eg, when fired parallel to the earth's surface, the only force slowing the projectile is the force of wind resistance, which will continue to operate for as long as the projectile is aloft, ie, the time it'd take a body to fall to earth if dropped by hand directly from the same altitude as the rifle's muzzle. 'Effective range' means that the projectile must still be able to cause some degree of intended damage, so firing from a higher altitude might get it to hit the earth further away, but it would not necessarily have enough forward velocity to do any damage. On the other hand, a projectile fired straight up is affected by two slowing forces: air resistance, and gravity itself; the vertical-fired projectile will not travel as high as it would if only wind resistance were the impeding force, and the height at which it still has enough upward velocity to cause damage is quite less than its maximal attained height. So, the "last 1500m" 'connection' problem remains, though i suspect a 90mm Howitzer might take it out with little problem. tkjtkj tkjtkj@charter.net
Its amazingly stupid that Stravatti, the developer of this nuclear-powered laser rifle, feels the fuel (Polonium 210) is 'harmless' because it's an alpha particle emmitter' ... That is nonsense!!!
ALL radiation can be harmful, depending on circumstnaces! Eg, 'Alpha particle emmiters' are MORE deadly if ingested, for all their energy is absorbed by body tissue, while beta particles' high speed let them escape thru tissue. Alpha's have much more mass, and as their range is short, are indeed deadly in ingested!
Now, just where do you think all this Polonium is going to end up?? yes,, where lead has ended up today : filling our environment with its toxicity! ...so much so that lead bullets are being outlawed..
Harmless?? i think not!!!!
Anyone familiar with working with large corporations
... and they have the audacity to project that there might be even a chance of resuming op's so soon!!
.. what needs to be said!
knows fully how enormous can be the 'internal inertia' resistent to change.
Anyone reading of nasa's manned-vehicle design, construction, and performance issues must be aware of just how serious nasa's problems are, and how they seem to permeate the entire organization.
This idea of such rapid-paced 'return to normal' planning is only another symptom of an organization that refuses to see the most obvious problems, and which refuses to stand-fast on safety-related issues, yet which is happy to project an imaginary "safety is everything to us" attitude.
Think of it.. no official analysis has even been done, no list of problems presented, no testing of any possible solutions
Arrogance? yes. Self-serving at the expense of safety? yes, again. Motivated by "the buck"?
Nasa: Either face realities or get out of the business.
tkj
Great! .. so when they secretly and illegally videotape guests, they'll be able to distribute the vids all over the world at high speed!!
Yes, there iS a court case pending ($5 million law suite) involving a Marriott hotel secretly videotaping a guest !!
its simple: i love linux, but need to access lots of different hardware. Some is ok in a linux vmware session, but not all .. So, i still can get to all the hardware by popping over to the host win2k , without ever rebooting.
so, i need win2k so i can run linux
peek at this site for ideas:
p he re.pdf
http://stanley.chem.lsu.edu/webpub/demo-1-atmos
yes, a movement not to tolerate such assinine claims. Good for IBM, for bringing up the rear ! jon@geek.com
i'm delighted that Dr. Horvitz has garnerd this prize. My only question is why did not the Nobel Committee discover my paper written as a first-year medical student in which i proposed that there exists just such a mechanism for cell death, mediated by a DNAse enzyme. For this I was awarded a summer cancer research fellowship, in 1980.
;)
Oh well, my debts probably exceed the value of the prize, making the impact of such a prize so minimal on my earthly existence.
jon anderson, md
tkjtkj@charter.net
but it's a story at least a year old! c'mon guys!
i dont know about other states, but unsolicited materials in ma. at least, become the property of the recipient. period. otherwise, i could send you a house that would be too expensive for you to return, and thus obligate you to unnecessary expense, in the extreme example. this would grant the doctor in the article full ownership but, of course, do little for users not receiving by mail. However, because the package must be opened to be examined as to 'suitability for use' and other warranty issues, forcing acceptance (by requiring 'breaking the seal' before being able to see the full product would be of questionable defensibility. but its toooo bad things have got even this far in this ludicrous scheme of things! jon
you're confusing reality with fantasy... She has the fantasy, and no reality realized by yourself or anyone can ever ever take that away from her. Yes, it's an orchestrated illusion, but it's HER illusion, solidly and irrevocably entrenched in her psyche ...
so get over it ... get the diamond, and dont make a thesis out of this!
trust me!
jon
Have you any idea at all of what the cost would be for such a misadventure?? ... and all done because of the difficulties of the math of tracking time? Many algorithms exist that have done the job for such chores,
.. Yet, there are things known as 'realities' ... and i'm afraid the earth's time-tracking method is here to stay.
...
... 100 secs per min. ... Your suggesting 25 hours / day, while possible, merely re-invents the problem you're trying to solve!)
and changing things would cost *billions* of dollars.
Where would you prefer such monies go? to solving the inconvenience that concerns you? or to adding to the pot available for care of the dying of Africa thru disease?
or to other worthy causes that , frankly, should be much higher on the planet's 'must fix' priority list!
Every 'techie trained' person has thought of this, and it's a good thought
Maybe it'll be different on Mars
(Btw, i'm curious as to why you'd break the logic and opt for '25' hour days. 100 hour days would be much easier, woould it not? 100 mins per hour
jon
and of course the FBI has no access to the enormous data-recovery technologies of the NSA ..
... whereever
right...
dont they know how hard it is to delete data so its not recoverable??
or are their heads still up their
this is outrageous! redhat trying to feast on another linux rival .. how low can humanity sink?
That RH sees SuSE as worthy of attack only opens eyes to the extremem benefits of SuSE , underlining as it does the fact that RH really must see SuSe as a threat.
SuSe 8.0 is extremely good, and extremely complete.
yes .. they're totally correct. Take any pile of speghetti-coded slop and expose its *unfixable* weaknesses and you've got troubles.
Have you thought of resigning unless you're given the necessary authority to do that job you're required to perform?
;)
An organization without a command structure is either a very small organization, or one doomed to chaotic consequences. If you're sincerely dedicated to the well-being of the organization then it behooves you to point this out, and to coerce them as much as necessary to make changes.
Just a thought, but a damn good one.
i do remember this: not long ago MS's cash status was at $50 B. ... so whatever that software is, it's at least partly responsible for a 20% drop
in cash assets??
why bother with such a monitor when ViewSonic (www.viewsonic.com) has a great 23.1" unit: the gorgeous VP23mb (http://www.viewsonic.com/products/lcd_vp230mb.htm ) available for $3500 from at least one vendor.
its sitting before me in all its wonder.. right next to the ViewSonic VP181 , in a dual-monitor setup driven by Matrox G450.