The problem is, newspapers isn't being replaced by anything superior. I really don't see blogs and sites like digg and slashdot taking over journalism. They are great for commentary but don't produce original news, unless if there is an agenda.
As I understand it, it's not really a bug but a security issue that many are unaware of. It's similar to how many email worms send out.scr files (screensaver) because many people know not to run unknown.exe files.
It would be useful for specialty open source software that are not in the repositories (yet). Then users could install it without compiling from source or having to pick the right binary.
I'm an Objectivist libertarian, and my beliefs are in fact based on rationality.
In my experience, those who think their political opinions are based on rationality and logic are the most dangerous because they are unable to consider the possibility that they may be wrong, even when faced with absurd consequences of their reasoning. Besides, most of the time their opinions are actually based on emotions and self-interest, then rationalized afterwards.
To clarify: Rationality certainly has a place in politics, but remember that facts trumps theory and society is too complex for over-simplified theories, beautiful as they are.
Why do we get this every time there is something about developing countries? Not everyone in every developing country is starving. Communications are very important to development.
Wouldn't the Lagrange points also be occulted by the sun, though not at the same time as the planet? Also the distance would be a lot longer, as Nadaka said above.
Does this interface support everything that the proprietary one does, such as transferring DRM'd files from the iTunes store? If it does, then why isn't Apple using it themselves for the iPod?
There are different USB cables for different devices, but not for different computers. If I bring my USB harddrive and its cable over to a friend, I know it will fit with his computer, whether he has USB 1.1, 2.0 or 3.0.
This is like when airplanes were invented. Before that if you owned land, you owned it all the way up to the sky. Imagine if every airline and hobby pilot had to get permission from each individual owner of the land they would fly over. Well, it was decided that property rights would have to yield to progress. There are of course limitations, such as how low you can fly, noise and other things that actually affect the land owner.
This raises some questions: 1. why design the ATV for the smaller hatch, when a larger one is apparently available and would afford greater flexibility?
It connects to the Russian docking system that Soyuz and Progress also use, which has a smaller hatch. The advantage is that it can dock automatically. HTV just flies near the station and has to be picked up manually with the robotic arm and connected. The port the HTV is connected to isn't really intended for spacecraft but for connecting station modules. The hatch is bigger, but more work to connect/disconnect. I think it would also be harder to reboost the station if you aren't docked at the aft, which is a Russian port. The Space Shuttle does it though.
2. had the larger hatch been used, there would have been no need for HTV. IMO it's ridiculous to have 2 designs to do basically the same mission.
Different agencies want to build their own stuff. There is a lot of politics in space. Sometimes redundancy is good too. The ISS would have been in trouble if it completely relied on the Space Shuttle when it was grounded. Also, neither ESA nor JAXA had all that much experience with large spacecraft that humans can enter so one of the projects could have failed.
3. what were they thinking, using 2 different hatch designs on one space station?
The Russian side has its connection and the American side (plus Europe, Japan, etc.) has theirs. There are a lot of differences between the two. The Russian modules evolved from MIR, and they wanted to keep using Soyuz of course. It's still more efficient than each agency send up their own space station which was originally the plan (Mir 2, Space Station Freedom, Columbus Orbital Facility).
This makes we wonder, where did Google get people who know how do develop mirrors? Did they buy a smaller solar power company, hire a bunch of people, or reassign some computer engineers?
China has (limited) manned spaceflight and has expressed interest in going to the ISS, but the US is against it. I suppose they would dock to the Russian side.
For reference, there are two spacecraft that can bring crew to and from the ISS: * The Space Shuttle * Soyuz , and two unmanned supply ships: * Russian Progress * European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle will be the third. It has less payload than ATV and cannot reboost the station, but the door is bigger so it can carry standard size experiment racks and other big things. Neither of the two launch very often, so both will be needed.
Moving the ISS to a Lagrange Point would require an enormous amount of fuel, and getting that fuel to orbit. You would need to attach engines, and the station structure cannot handle the force. There is also currently no way of getting supplies and people there. The Space Shuttle cannot leave earth orbit. The ISS is also not built for the radiation outside the earths magnetosphere. Seriously, you cannot just take a spacecraft and put it somewhere it isn't made for.
What is it with Slashdot these days? I'd never demand to use Linux at work, but I use what I want at home. The submitter asked about using Linux on your personal PC. I would be very disappointed is my university required me to use specific operating systems at home. I didn't expect them to help me configure Linux, but I did expect their systems to use open standards.
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I almost always took notes in class and almost never read them afterwards. So why did I take notes? Because it helps me think and stay focused.
Last time i checked Foxit was bundled with some crapware
The problem is, newspapers isn't being replaced by anything superior. I really don't see blogs and sites like digg and slashdot taking over journalism. They are great for commentary but don't produce original news, unless if there is an agenda.
For that reason, I take this to be further evidence that most people operate on a sort of auto-pilot.
It is well-known that people aren't particularly rational and most things we do are not really conscious decisions.
As I understand it, it's not really a bug but a security issue that many are unaware of. It's similar to how many email worms send out .scr files (screensaver) because many people know not to run unknown .exe files.
It would be useful for specialty open source software that are not in the repositories (yet). Then users could install it without compiling from source or having to pick the right binary.
This requires the phone to figure out how much current it can draw. USB has a mechanism for this, but I don't know if it works above 500 mA.
I'm an Objectivist libertarian, and my beliefs are in fact based on rationality.
In my experience, those who think their political opinions are based on rationality and logic are the most dangerous because they are unable to consider the possibility that they may be wrong, even when faced with absurd consequences of their reasoning. Besides, most of the time their opinions are actually based on emotions and self-interest, then rationalized afterwards.
To clarify: Rationality certainly has a place in politics, but remember that facts trumps theory and society is too complex for over-simplified theories, beautiful as they are.
Why do we get this every time there is something about developing countries? Not everyone in every developing country is starving. Communications are very important to development.
Wouldn't the Lagrange points also be occulted by the sun, though not at the same time as the planet? Also the distance would be a lot longer, as Nadaka said above.
You are paying too much for your SD cards...
Someone always replies that, and it's never interesting. Please stop.
Does this interface support everything that the proprietary one does, such as transferring DRM'd files from the iTunes store? If it does, then why isn't Apple using it themselves for the iPod?
Not the kind of bots that this article describes, that are targeted specifically to your company.
There are different USB cables for different devices, but not for different computers. If I bring my USB harddrive and its cable over to a friend, I know it will fit with his computer, whether he has USB 1.1, 2.0 or 3.0.
This is like when airplanes were invented. Before that if you owned land, you owned it all the way up to the sky. Imagine if every airline and hobby pilot had to get permission from each individual owner of the land they would fly over. Well, it was decided that property rights would have to yield to progress. There are of course limitations, such as how low you can fly, noise and other things that actually affect the land owner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_rights
I wonder if it's too late to respond now.
This raises some questions:
1. why design the ATV for the smaller hatch, when a larger one is apparently available and would afford greater flexibility?
It connects to the Russian docking system that Soyuz and Progress also use, which has a smaller hatch. The advantage is that it can dock automatically. HTV just flies near the station and has to be picked up manually with the robotic arm and connected. The port the HTV is connected to isn't really intended for spacecraft but for connecting station modules. The hatch is bigger, but more work to connect/disconnect. I think it would also be harder to reboost the station if you aren't docked at the aft, which is a Russian port. The Space Shuttle does it though.
2. had the larger hatch been used, there would have been no need for HTV. IMO it's ridiculous to have 2 designs to do basically the same mission.
Different agencies want to build their own stuff. There is a lot of politics in space. Sometimes redundancy is good too. The ISS would have been in trouble if it completely relied on the Space Shuttle when it was grounded. Also, neither ESA nor JAXA had all that much experience with large spacecraft that humans can enter so one of the projects could have failed.
3. what were they thinking, using 2 different hatch designs on one space station?
The Russian side has its connection and the American side (plus Europe, Japan, etc.) has theirs. There are a lot of differences between the two. The Russian modules evolved from MIR, and they wanted to keep using Soyuz of course. It's still more efficient than each agency send up their own space station which was originally the plan (Mir 2, Space Station Freedom, Columbus Orbital Facility).
This makes we wonder, where did Google get people who know how do develop mirrors? Did they buy a smaller solar power company, hire a bunch of people, or reassign some computer engineers?
I don't think it's NASA so much as the Bush administration that opposed it. I don't know if it has come up this year.
China has (limited) manned spaceflight and has expressed interest in going to the ISS, but the US is against it. I suppose they would dock to the Russian side.
For reference, there are two spacecraft that can bring crew to and from the ISS:
* The Space Shuttle
* Soyuz
, and two unmanned supply ships:
* Russian Progress
* European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)
The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle will be the third. It has less payload than ATV and cannot reboost the station, but the door is bigger so it can carry standard size experiment racks and other big things. Neither of the two launch very often, so both will be needed.
I am 100% confident that bounties like this would result in America developing manned spaceflight capability.
What gives you this confidence? Political ideology?
Moving the ISS to a Lagrange Point would require an enormous amount of fuel, and getting that fuel to orbit. You would need to attach engines, and the station structure cannot handle the force. There is also currently no way of getting supplies and people there. The Space Shuttle cannot leave earth orbit. The ISS is also not built for the radiation outside the earths magnetosphere. Seriously, you cannot just take a spacecraft and put it somewhere it isn't made for.
What is it with Slashdot these days? I'd never demand to use Linux at work, but I use what I want at home. The submitter asked about using Linux on your personal PC. I would be very disappointed is my university required me to use specific operating systems at home. I didn't expect them to help me configure Linux, but I did expect their systems to use open standards.
They're building a new rocket from the ground up and at full cost that does nothing we can't do with the existing Delta or Atlas rockets.
Neither of those are man-rated. Could they be? I don't know. It is quite possible that the acceleration or vibrations are too strong.
I am happy too see an open source developer dropping the attitude that if the bug is not in their code, then it's not their problem.
The next step would be to make sure that at least the most popular extensions work with a new version of Firefox when it is released.