Gosh, what all those years of slashdot have done to me? I actually read "It's just a leemhz netbsd box" once or twice before turning off my automatic l337 translator.
But what exactly are your customer's needs/wants? Look at sales of MS products and you'll see that although it is sure important to support the grow of Linux, MS is where the money currently is;
Great message sent to everyone listening: do not recycle; do not donate (public schools anyone?); do not care for the environmental hazard of that big pile of rubble; just plain crush it.
That's almost as stupid as kids dumping old monitors from the roof of buildings just to see them crash on the ground.
I think other posters have already explained that very well, so I won't repeat that here.
But talking about the satellite and orbits issue, it may be interesting but bear in mind that orbital elements or ephemeredes are only valid for a certain amount of time after they are issued (up to a few weeks); this is due to the effects of things like atmospheric drag, orbital corrections and the alike. This is particularly true for low-orbit satellites like ISS and the Space Shuttle (when in orbit, off course)
Specially interesting, see here a chart of the orbital height of the International Space Station over time. Quite interesting chart.
The poster was talking about the *plugs*, not transformers. But I should say that given the high voltages (high for the human body, that is), the plugs must be quite large to guarantee a certain level of mechanical sturdiness. I don't want to have a RJ45-sized 100v plug for fear it may someday break when I plug it in.
On the other hand, It could be interesting to have one and only one DC standard and have a "DC mains" through the house, with its own connector style. Then you don't need a transformer for your cellphone charger, diskplayer, etc. Just plug it on the wall with cable only. Neat, and the transformers in the wall could be way more efficient than the average Chinese DC converter. (and yes, I know that's for low currents only, for safety reasons)
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I don't do it very often, but sometimes it's ok to work long hours, specially if you're excited about the project. Given enough (but not too much) caffeine, it won't affect the code I'm writing at the moment.
However, I found out that every time I do that I feel like trash on the day after, and that day I usually write shitty code as a result. Not deliberately bad code, but it's just that on these days I'm not capable of brilliant insights, so I tend to stay on more bureaucratic code.
Not only java people, but pretty much everyone implementing a deep MINI-MAX will probably exceed the 1 second limit, so I guess I have to re-think my initial idea:)
Agreed. But on the other hand, I spend an average of 5 to 10 minutes every day near a running microwave. And anywhere from 7 to 12 hours in front a computer.
With processors close to the 3GHz mark, I guess that the EM radiation levels should start getting some more attention. A usual "gray box" computer is well shielded should not cause much problems. But with all these case mods full of plexiglas, there is less of a Faraday cage to trap radiation in.
Remember that the higher the frequency, higher the energy level, so more care should be exercised before you decide to put yourself under exposure for long hours every day.
Also, the clock speeds are near the frequency of the microwave radiation on your oven, that thing about resonance of the H2O molecule that makes you feel all warm. Another bit to worry about.
In the end that may prove be a non-issue, but I'm no expert on the field and usually prefer to exercise caution now and avoid chemotherapy later:-) That's one readon why I keep my case closed all the time (the other is cause it looks better with all the mess hidden).
The next logical step would be to have a/. poll to vote on the landing site. Anyone know if there is a CowboyNeal plateau or volcano up there? What, you say no? Ah crap!
About a year ago, for reasons I don't need to go through, I was getting ready to switch jobs. So I started taking interviews on companies I felt like working for. Since I was the one "picking" and I was not really under pressure to get a job (I had one already), I could afford to chose carefully.
Well, turned out that after a couple of interviews I started to be the one making most of the questions. I wanted to know about the methodologies in place, work environment and so many other things that I ended-up discarding quite a few companies based on their responses or their attitude. I got offers, but I turned down many based on what I gathered from these experiences.
Think of the "vast" amount of information provided on the website and the number of fantastic claims per sentence. I think we know better from past records that this probably is not even real.
What surprise me though is to realize it made it to the front page, and I lost my time reading it.
This method is secure because you cannot intercept the signal and still. With standard light techniques it is possible to place yourself as the "man in the middle", intercept the stream of light and re-broadcast it though the fiber. Using polarization as the encoding technique this is not possible because the system can be designed so that you cannot guess exactly what is the exact polarization of the bit you just received, and so you cannot re-broadcast it adequately.
Simon Singh in its book "The Code Boob" has a interesting explanation of one such system; it is tool lengthy to quote here (and I don't have the book with me now) but I highly recommend reading it.
You're confusing the two techs discussed. The employee tracking uses cell phones. The kid watch uses GPS.
A GPS receiver tells *you* your current location, and no one else. A cellphone (or other similar device) is still required to report that position back to the control center. That's where the PCS issue comes from: you need its coverage to broadcast the current position
Nearly all satellites have propulsion systems to get them to the right orbit and to correct it every now and then. When that fuel is over, after several years, the orbit can no longer be corrected and the satellite begins a slow descend back to earth.
As for getting different satellites on different orbits, its really just a matter of releasing them at the right altitude and then using the (already in place) propulsion system to make the necessary corrections. As it is done today.
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Got a funny idea that may help: assign karma to editors too, not only regular users. So when a editor posts a dupe or troll, he gets hit.
Bad karma, Mr. Editor? Ya not posting on the front page for a while sir!
It's just a 133mhz netbsd box (...)
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Gosh, what all those years of slashdot have done to me? I actually read "It's just a leemhz netbsd box" once or twice before turning off my automatic l337 translator.
I need to get out more
But what exactly are your customer's needs/wants? Look at sales of MS products and you'll see that although it is sure important to support the grow of Linux, MS is where the money currently is;
Ah crap, there goes all my karma
Great message sent to everyone listening: do not recycle; do not donate (public schools anyone?); do not care for the environmental hazard of that big pile of rubble; just plain crush it.
That's almost as stupid as kids dumping old monitors from the roof of buildings just to see them crash on the ground.
Two words: GROW UP!
Hey, this guy has my vote! At the very minimun, it helped this nice guy get a boost ;)
I knew I had seen this piece of text before:
: spiralx.dyndns.org/texts/troll1.html
The original link (don't seem to be working though)
http://spiralx.dyndns.org/texts/troll1.html
The Google cache, amen!
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:YFmy6y5PKzMC
I think other posters have already explained that very well, so I won't repeat that here.
But talking about the satellite and orbits issue, it may be interesting but bear in mind that orbital elements or ephemeredes are only valid for a certain amount of time after they are issued (up to a few weeks); this is due to the effects of things like atmospheric drag, orbital corrections and the alike. This is particularly true for low-orbit satellites like ISS and the Space Shuttle (when in orbit, off course)
Specially interesting, see here a chart of the orbital height of the International Space Station over time. Quite interesting chart.
And can you imagine "what if" someone had a patent on *normal* auctions?
This whole issue of patents for "doing things with computers" is getting a bit out of hand. I'll be curious to see the outcome of this.
You want to protect sensitive information? Put it behind a wall.
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Just not good enough
Sure. And 640K is all we'll ever need.
Vampire taps is how people used to call that. Yeah, I remember.
Those were the days
The poster was talking about the *plugs*, not transformers. But I should say that given the high voltages (high for the human body, that is), the plugs must be quite large to guarantee a certain level of mechanical sturdiness. I don't want to have a RJ45-sized 100v plug for fear it may someday break when I plug it in.
On the other hand, It could be interesting to have one and only one DC standard and have a "DC mains" through the house, with its own connector style. Then you don't need a transformer for your cellphone charger, diskplayer, etc. Just plug it on the wall with cable only. Neat, and the transformers in the wall could be way more efficient than the average Chinese DC converter. (and yes, I know that's for low currents only, for safety reasons)
Let me help you, cause you forgot the last one ...
5. Profit
I don't do it very often, but sometimes it's ok to work long hours, specially if you're excited about the project. Given enough (but not too much) caffeine, it won't affect the code I'm writing at the moment.
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However, I found out that every time I do that I feel like trash on the day after, and that day I usually write shitty code as a result. Not deliberately bad code, but it's just that on these days I'm not capable of brilliant insights, so I tend to stay on more bureaucratic code.
Oh well, that's how I react to it at least
Not only java people, but pretty much everyone implementing a deep MINI-MAX will probably exceed the 1 second limit, so I guess I have to re-think my initial idea :)
You! Yes, you! Stand still lady!
Agreed. But on the other hand, I spend an average of 5 to 10 minutes every day near a running microwave. And anywhere from 7 to 12 hours in front a computer.
With processors close to the 3GHz mark, I guess that the EM radiation levels should start getting some more attention. A usual "gray box" computer is well shielded should not cause much problems. But with all these case mods full of plexiglas, there is less of a Faraday cage to trap radiation in.
:-) That's one readon why I keep my case closed all the time (the other is cause it looks better with all the mess hidden).
Remember that the higher the frequency, higher the energy level, so more care should be exercised before you decide to put yourself under exposure for long hours every day.
Also, the clock speeds are near the frequency of the microwave radiation on your oven, that thing about resonance of the H2O molecule that makes you feel all warm. Another bit to worry about.
In the end that may prove be a non-issue, but I'm no expert on the field and usually prefer to exercise caution now and avoid chemotherapy later
The next logical step would be to have a /. poll to vote on the landing site. Anyone know if there is a CowboyNeal plateau or volcano up there? What, you say no? Ah crap!
About a year ago, for reasons I don't need to go through, I was getting ready to switch jobs. So I started taking interviews on companies I felt like working for. Since I was the one "picking" and I was not really under pressure to get a job (I had one already), I could afford to chose carefully.
Well, turned out that after a couple of interviews I started to be the one making most of the questions. I wanted to know about the methodologies in place, work environment and so many other things that I ended-up discarding quite a few companies based on their responses or their attitude. I got offers, but I turned down many based on what I gathered from these experiences.
Think of the "vast" amount of information provided on the website and the number of fantastic claims per sentence. I think we know better from past records that this probably is not even real.
What surprise me though is to realize it made it to the front page, and I lost my time reading it.
Too fast on the "submit" button for my own good ...
On the first paragraph, read "intercept the signal and still be able to re-broadcast it un-corrupted".
On the second paragraph, the correct name is "The Code Book", as you all probably know.
This method is secure because you cannot intercept the signal and still. With standard light techniques it is possible to place yourself as the "man in the middle", intercept the stream of light and re-broadcast it though the fiber. Using polarization as the encoding technique this is not possible because the system can be designed so that you cannot guess exactly what is the exact polarization of the bit you just received, and so you cannot re-broadcast it adequately.
Simon Singh in its book "The Code Boob" has a interesting explanation of one such system; it is tool lengthy to quote here (and I don't have the book with me now) but I highly recommend reading it.
You're confusing the two techs discussed. The employee tracking uses cell phones. The kid watch uses GPS.
A GPS receiver tells *you* your current location, and no one else. A cellphone (or other similar device) is still required to report that position back to the control center. That's where the PCS issue comes from: you need its coverage to broadcast the current position
Nearly all satellites have propulsion systems to get them to the right orbit and to correct it every now and then. When that fuel is over, after several years, the orbit can no longer be corrected and the satellite begins a slow descend back to earth.
As for getting different satellites on different orbits, its really just a matter of releasing them at the right altitude and then using the (already in place) propulsion system to make the necessary corrections. As it is done today.