The speed of light may give you an upper boundary, but the real impeding factor it that for a signal to transition from "low" to "high" (or vice versa) you have to deal with the capacitance of the signal paths, and that gives you an RC circuit that takes some measurable time to transit from one state to another (by means of charging/discharging the parasitic capacitances present).
That's why there's all that fuss about optical signal paths in the silicon, those are not limited by this one factor.
Yup, I'm keeping an eye (or both) on commet Machholz, as much as the weather here allows (not many clear nights lately). As it is moving northwest (I see it *above* the Pleiades from here), it is quickly becoming too low in the horizon to allow a good view from here.
Just thought I would let you know that I share some of your hobbies:
I started with SWR listening when I was a kid, influenced by a neighbor HAM and the possibility to listen to his HF contacts in AM and CW. Many many years later I got my novice license, mainly because I got interested in packet and APRS. I'm still trying to finish learning CW to be able to get into HF, but I'm not in a hurry.
Astronomy: that one became a passion after the (somewhat diappointing) 1986 passage of the Halley comet. I own a small refractor (don't use it much now) and good russian binoculars. Currently I do a bit of variable star observing, and when I get to go to a star party, enjoy deep-sky on the big newtonians:-)
I've been studying with the local ATMs and may try to figure a small mirror when I get the time. Just for fun, to get that "I've built it" sense.
GPS: got my first receiver in 1995, boy, it's almost 10 years now, it sure don't seem like that muck. I used it mainly to record my hiking/backpacking/biking trips, plot stuf on top of topo maps and satelite images, that king of stuff. In my neck of the woods (S29/W51) geocaching is not really a popular game, and I don't think I would get into it even if it were.
Other hobies, somewhat related: electronics (everything, from PIC microcontrolers to QRP stuff - although I'm not very good with analog stuff yet); Moutain biking, backpacking, endurance cycling (AUDAX)...
Well, long post. If you got till here, welcome to/.:-)
Dj Delorie? Wow, a flash of wonderful memories from using DJGPP in a couple of big projects back in 1997/1998. Thank you so much for that, I had a great time using it
Now I'll sure keep an eye in gEDA (as I was just starting to learn Eagle, I might as well do it right to boot and go with the open source product!)
Zoom note: just remember, the more you zoom-in, the easier it gets to ruin the picture by shaking the camera - specially in low light conditions (longer exposure times)
The number one complain you see on reviews on "telephoto" lens for point-and-shoot digicams is about blurry images, basically because people don't realise with more zoom they need to hold it against a hard surface for best results. Or, better yet, use a tripod - even a cheap one from Best Buy will do, since the cameras are very light.
A rechargable battery that runs for about three weeks.
That, sir, you won't find any time soon: most rechargeables, specially high-density ones, tend to self discharge in less than that time, and that is with no load at all. Try to use it, and it will be dry much sooner than that.
In Korea, only old people ...
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Anyone knows if the new beta will finally allow one to locally rename its contacts, like you can with ICQ, for example?
I use Messenger for work communications, and it annoys the heck out of me that I have to live with whatever the other person decided to set their screen name this morning... I much rather set it myself and have it never change, thank you!
Never mind that a torn beer can can do more damage.
Lou: That sounded like an explosion at the old Simpson place. Wiggum: Forget it, That's two blocks away. Lou: Looks like there's beer coming from the chimney. Wiggum: I am proceeding on foot, call in a code 8. Lou: We need pretzels, repeat, pretzels.
Honest posts here and there. I tried FC1 and didn't think much of it. Time to do it again has come and I'm not sure which of the two aforementioned to pick.
Well, that (time to dedicate do linux) is not much of a problem as I've been playing on and off with it since 1995, so I'm not totaly new to it - but I'm no expert too.
I'm not going to try linux on my main box, it is going to be on a test machine. But I really want to play with it, as there are a few apps that I want to run that only exist for linux - xastir and aprsd being two of those.
I've been wanting to try a linux desktop for a while and I had a mixed opinion with Fedora Core 1, not I'm not sure wich one of the two to pick - since I don't have that much time to commit, I can't try both and compare...
Heck, I don't care much for multi-layer, take a "normal" inkjet printer that can print on a solid plate (like the CD printers out there) with a corrosion-resistant ink and I would be all set for making single- or double-sided PCBs.
I currently make do with the laserjet and clothes iron method, but it is less than perfect, it takes me a couple of tries to get a good transfer.
In a moon eclipse, the earth's shadow is cast *on the moon*, so no matter where you are, if you see the moon, you'll see a "total" eclipse. You may not see the event it in its entirelly because the moon will either rise already eclipsed or will set before the show is over.
With a sun eclipse, the moon's shadow is cast on earth, and since it's a tiny (in proportions) shadow, only those places along the path of the shadow experience an eclipse.
This image helps how the places on earth that will have the moon above the horizon during the time of the eclipse:
That's why I just LOVE GSM: you don't ask the provider to enable your phone, you just get the SIM-CARD out of your old phone, and stick into the new one. Subscription info and phone book carried over to the new phone.
Heck, this even allows one to have an expensive phone (say a P900) for day-to-day, and a cheap one for hiking, cycling, etc... Just swap the SIM-CARD and off you go...
The failure with your reasoning is that you assume your side is righteous and would be willing to disarm and the other would not. Just as the *people* in those countries you mentioned is peacefull (in general), people in those so called *evil countries* is also (generally) peacefull.
And just as the leaders of the so called "evil countries" are (arguiably) evil, you will have to admit that your own king is also (arguiably) evil.
Bottom line? We're all the same: the idividual wants piece, but give him power and he'll screw you up most often than not, color/religion/origin non-withstanding.
Wake-up and and see the world. It stinks, but its also beaultiful mostly
I'm giving you only one example, as that's the one I have in my car. It plays MP3s out of CD-R/RWs and it has an analog audio input for the iPods and alikes.
I got mine a couple of years ago, for less than the suggested $250, and it's still going strong, no reason to change it.
Just to give an example, it may be more than just "a couple of companies".
I drive a compact VW with a 1-liter, 16-valve engine, and it is "throttle by wire". That's an economy car, mind you.
I had if fail on me a few times when new, the dealer would never figure out the problem, they would see some strange conditions logged on the CPU, hard-reset the whole thing and it would not happen for a few days.
After the third visit to the shop they finally replaced the whole control unit and I never had another problem with that car since (had it for 2.5 years not)
Hum, not really: the/.-ing will only last for a few hours, while the site itself will be remembered far longer, specially by european readers. All in all, if that was an attempt to take them down, it was a lousy one:)
Slashdot Mirror
The speed of light may give you an upper boundary, but the real impeding factor it that for a signal to transition from "low" to "high" (or vice versa) you have to deal with the capacitance of the signal paths, and that gives you an RC circuit that takes some measurable time to transit from one state to another (by means of charging/discharging the parasitic capacitances present).
That's why there's all that fuss about optical signal paths in the silicon, those are not limited by this one factor.
It just seems everything these days need to get a coat of "Magic Terrorism Paint (tm)" in order to sell, doesn't it?
Yup, I'm keeping an eye (or both) on commet Machholz, as much as the weather here allows (not many clear nights lately). As it is moving northwest (I see it *above* the Pleiades from here), it is quickly becoming too low in the horizon to allow a good view from here.
Wow, what an interesting post that was!
:-)
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Just thought I would let you know that I share some of your hobbies:
I started with SWR listening when I was a kid, influenced by a neighbor HAM and the possibility to listen to his HF contacts in AM and CW. Many many years later I got my novice license, mainly because I got interested in packet and APRS. I'm still trying to finish learning CW to be able to get into HF, but I'm not in a hurry.
Astronomy: that one became a passion after the (somewhat diappointing) 1986 passage of the Halley comet. I own a small refractor (don't use it much now) and good russian binoculars. Currently I do a bit of variable star observing, and when I get to go to a star party, enjoy deep-sky on the big newtonians
I've been studying with the local ATMs and may try to figure a small mirror when I get the time. Just for fun, to get that "I've built it" sense.
GPS: got my first receiver in 1995, boy, it's almost 10 years now, it sure don't seem like that muck. I used it mainly to record my hiking/backpacking/biking trips, plot stuf on top of topo maps and satelite images, that king of stuff. In my neck of the woods (S29/W51) geocaching is not really a popular game, and I don't think I would get into it even if it were.
Other hobies, somewhat related: electronics (everything, from PIC microcontrolers to QRP stuff - although I'm not very good with analog stuff yet); Moutain biking, backpacking, endurance cycling (AUDAX)
Well, long post. If you got till here, welcome to
Dj Delorie? Wow, a flash of wonderful memories from using DJGPP in a couple of big projects back in 1997/1998. Thank you so much for that, I had a great time using it
Now I'll sure keep an eye in gEDA (as I was just starting to learn Eagle, I might as well do it right to boot and go with the open source product!)
Zoom note: just remember, the more you zoom-in, the easier it gets to ruin the picture by shaking the camera - specially in low light conditions (longer exposure times)
The number one complain you see on reviews on "telephoto" lens for point-and-shoot digicams is about blurry images, basically because people don't realise with more zoom they need to hold it against a hard surface for best results. Or, better yet, use a tripod - even a cheap one from Best Buy will do, since the cameras are very light.
A rechargable battery that runs for about three weeks.
That, sir, you won't find any time soon: most rechargeables, specially high-density ones, tend to self discharge in less than that time, and that is with no load at all. Try to use it, and it will be dry much sooner than that.
In Korea, only old people preview Kde
Anyone knows if the new beta will finally allow one to locally rename its contacts, like you can with ICQ, for example?
I use Messenger for work communications, and it annoys the heck out of me that I have to live with whatever the other person decided to set their screen name this morning
Never mind that a torn beer can can do more damage.
Lou: That sounded like an explosion at the old Simpson place.
Wiggum: Forget it, That's two blocks away.
Lou: Looks like there's beer coming from the chimney.
Wiggum: I am proceeding on foot, call in a code 8.
Lou: We need pretzels, repeat, pretzels.
Mandelbrot gives Gaston Julia proper attribution in TFA. But it took this extraordinary man to bring new life to this field.
Honest posts here and there. I tried FC1 and didn't think much of it. Time to do it again has come and I'm not sure which of the two aforementioned to pick.
Well, that (time to dedicate do linux) is not much of a problem as I've been playing on and off with it since 1995, so I'm not totaly new to it - but I'm no expert too.
I'm not going to try linux on my main box, it is going to be on a test machine. But I really want to play with it, as there are a few apps that I want to run that only exist for linux - xastir and aprsd being two of those.
But I appreciate your concerns anyway.
Anyone care to explain how it fares againt http://www.ubuntulinux.org/?
...
I've been wanting to try a linux desktop for a while and I had a mixed opinion with Fedora Core 1, not I'm not sure wich one of the two to pick - since I don't have that much time to commit, I can't try both and compare
1: perfect for a corporate environment
:-))
2: and Firefox came with Slashdot already bookmarked.
Anyone else see the irony here?
Heck, I don't care much for multi-layer, take a "normal" inkjet printer that can print on a solid plate (like the CD printers out there) with a corrosion-resistant ink and I would be all set for making single- or double-sided PCBs.
I currently make do with the laserjet and clothes iron method, but it is less than perfect, it takes me a couple of tries to get a good transfer.
the article specificaly mentioned audiobooks and the lack of a decent "bookmark" function, so the concern is very valid indeed.
In a moon eclipse, the earth's shadow is cast *on the moon*, so no matter where you are, if you see the moon, you'll see a "total" eclipse. You may not see the event it in its entirelly because the moon will either rise already eclipsed or will set before the show is over.
0 04Oct28/image/TLE2004Oct-Map1.GIF
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With a sun eclipse, the moon's shadow is cast on earth, and since it's a tiny (in proportions) shadow, only those places along the path of the shadow experience an eclipse.
This image helps how the places on earth that will have the moon above the horizon during the time of the eclipse:
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2
I'll see it all, and plan to dust-off the scope and camera for it
That's why I just LOVE GSM: you don't ask the provider to enable your phone, you just get the SIM-CARD out of your old phone, and stick into the new one. Subscription info and phone book carried over to the new phone.
... Just swap the SIM-CARD and off you go ...
Heck, this even allows one to have an expensive phone (say a P900) for day-to-day, and a cheap one for hiking, cycling, etc
The failure with your reasoning is that you assume your side is righteous and would be willing to disarm and the other would not. Just as the *people* in those countries you mentioned is peacefull (in general), people in those so called *evil countries* is also (generally) peacefull.
And just as the leaders of the so called "evil countries" are (arguiably) evil, you will have to admit that your own king is also (arguiably) evil.
Bottom line? We're all the same: the idividual wants piece, but give him power and he'll screw you up most often than not, color/religion/origin non-withstanding.
Wake-up and and see the world. It stinks, but its also beaultiful mostly
"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses with mp3 players."
"Hit it!"
JVC KD-SX980
I'm giving you only one example, as that's the one I have in my car. It plays MP3s out of CD-R/RWs and it has an analog audio input for the iPods and alikes.
I got mine a couple of years ago, for less than the suggested $250, and it's still going strong, no reason to change it.
Throttle by wire - a couple of companies
Just to give an example, it may be more than just "a couple of companies".
I drive a compact VW with a 1-liter, 16-valve engine, and it is "throttle by wire". That's an economy car, mind you.
I had if fail on me a few times when new, the dealer would never figure out the problem, they would see some strange conditions logged on the CPU, hard-reset the whole thing and it would not happen for a few days.
After the third visit to the shop they finally replaced the whole control unit and I never had another problem with that car since (had it for 2.5 years not)
Hum, not really: the /.-ing will only last for a few hours, while the site itself will be remembered far longer, specially by european readers. All in all, if that was an attempt to take them down, it was a lousy one :)
Here is a PDF with some discussion on the planned Phase 5-A mission, or a amateur satelite to Mars
:-)
http://www.amsat-dl.org/p5a/p5a-to-mars.pdf
And here is the main Phase 5-A website on AMSAT-DL, with text in both German and English:
http://www.amsat-dl.org/p5a/
Stuff like this makes you proud of holding a HAM license
73s