I recall reading that some SETI contributors had found ways to artificially raise their rankings for number of packets processed (forget how they did it). This angered some contributors whose high rankings were based on real results, and who were now being knocked from the top spots by the 'cheaters'.
Does the new client include methods to block the methods used to spoof the current SETI@Home client?
It's a common requirement throughout most of the world to identify yourself upon request of the police. However, since the U.S. only just started doing it, then it's proof that Bush=Hitler, time to break out the tin-foil hats, etc...
Hmm, so the wing has to be lowered to an altitude with different winds (direction and/or speed) in order to allow the balloon to "tack" into the wind like an inverted sail boat. That's a neat idea! I can easily understand how that would work here on Earth.
However, I was under the impression that the less dense Martian atmosphere changed little with altitude. Is there enough variation in Martian winds with altitude for this system to work there?
Bleh. The designer *really* likes up-lighting. I agree it's a nice contrast from standard down-lighting, but a little goes a long way, and almost every room has lots of it...
"This is stupid. No other company can make a RPG that features Norse gods?? Its not like they were invented by that company"
No, the main issue is that M$'s new online game is almost identical to the name of one of the established companies in this field. The fact M$'s new game will also follow the same folk-lore as 1/3 of Mythic's current main product makes things worse, but the main issue is the almost identical name.
"If, however, we assume a certain level of trust in someone and have them sign all the fingerprints, and also assume that the scanning device correctly produces a print matching that of the person putting their finger on it, then we can prevent most cases of things like identity theft."
But in the "Internet Age", where a store or bank is receiving electronic transactions from all over the globe, how can the store or bank have a "certain level of trust" that the data it is receiving is from a biometric scanner and not just a stolen recording of someone else's data?
If my SmartCard is compromised, I can get it revoked and have a new one issued. If my biometric data is compromised, the best I can hope for is to have all stores, banks, etc. permanently refuse to accept my biometrics from any remote sites.
Although the Wright brothers were not first to make a machine that could "hop" into the air, they were the first to make one that was controllable once it got there.
The Kitty Hawk Flyer was destroyed by a wing gust before the Wright brothers attempted turning it, but it was the first machine with a full 3-axis control system. Their next airplane demonstrated controlled turns, which the Wright's achieved before anyone else.
I don't think the few short, straight hops of the Kitty Hawk Flyer should count as "the first flight". The Wrights did little more with this machine than other experimenters had done, even though the Flyer was the first to have full 3-axis flight controls.
However, their next airplane, which demonstrated controlled turns, was IMHO the first true airplane.
I think that the Segway has some interesting technology, but I also think that it is still "a solution looking for a problem". For the same weight in batteries, a simple foldable inline scooter could go much further at lower cost. The extra energy expenditure for balance gyros/motors is simply not needed to move ordinary people around on level surfaces...
As I understand it, the exposure times needed to see features on the sunlit side of a celestrial body are too short to see stars. It's like trying to see the stars at night right after you leave a brightly lit house - your eyes are still adjusted to full light, and you just can't see the dim light of the stars...
I would suggest re-photographing the famous (or infamous) "face" on Mars. I know NASA already did that once, but at a different angle and under different lighting coniditions, which resulted in an image that is hard for many to correlate with the earlier, fuzzy "face" photo.
Instead, I suggest trying to duplicate the same lighting conditions and view angle. This should make it easier to see how the shadows looked like a face in the fuzzier image...
nautical mileA unit of length used in sea and air navigation, based on the length of one minute of arc of a great circle, especially an international and U.S. unit equal to 1,852 meters (about 6,076 feet). Also called sea mile.
Since aeronatical charts have hash marks for each minute of latitude along the north-south lontigude lines, it is easy to pull nm distances off using ruler that are corrected for the map's distortion due to projection.
For one week each summer, Wittman Field in Oshkosh Wisconsin is the busiest airport in the world. If you have any interest in aviation, consider this your Mecca. Check out http://www.airventure.org/ for a preview. If scheduling problems prevent you from getting there during the fly-in, at least visit the mueseum: http://www.airventuremuseum.org/
When I go to https://www.helixcommunity.org/content/client.html , I get a warning from my browser that the site's security certificate was issued by a company that it's nto configured to trust. Anyone heard of "Como Class Security Services CA" before?
1. Physical Security, so that only autorized people get direct access to your hardware, including terminals, ports, routers, etc.
2. Personnel Security, so that you reduce the chances that you've given authorization to an untrustworthy person.
3. Computer/Network Security, to reduce the chances that unauthorized people get into your network from outside your facility, and to control the access that authorized users have to your systems.
All 3 are needed. If one person isn't doing all 3 security jobs, then the different security people should be working together so that they don't accidentally work at cross-purposes.
For example, one of the buildings on our site had been vacant for several months, so to save money physical security dropped the alarm monitoring and guard patrols when the contract was renewed. Two months later IT set up a new server farm in it,and didn't tell the physical security folks. One month after that, the servers went down and "walked away" over a three day weekend...
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Does the new client include methods to block the methods used to spoof the current SETI@Home client?
It's a common requirement throughout most of the world to identify yourself upon request of the police. However, since the U.S. only just started doing it, then it's proof that Bush=Hitler, time to break out the tin-foil hats, etc...
However, I was under the impression that the less dense Martian atmosphere changed little with altitude. Is there enough variation in Martian winds with altitude for this system to work there?
Bleh. The designer *really* likes up-lighting. I agree it's a nice contrast from standard down-lighting, but a little goes a long way, and almost every room has lots of it...
It also does *not* have a name almost identical to Mythic's trademark.
"This is stupid. No other company can make a RPG that features Norse gods?? Its not like they were invented by that company" No, the main issue is that M$'s new online game is almost identical to the name of one of the established companies in this field. The fact M$'s new game will also follow the same folk-lore as 1/3 of Mythic's current main product makes things worse, but the main issue is the almost identical name.
But in the "Internet Age", where a store or bank is receiving electronic transactions from all over the globe, how can the store or bank have a "certain level of trust" that the data it is receiving is from a biometric scanner and not just a stolen recording of someone else's data?
If my SmartCard is compromised, I can get it revoked and have a new one issued. If my biometric data is compromised, the best I can hope for is to have all stores, banks, etc. permanently refuse to accept my biometrics from any remote sites.
The Kitty Hawk Flyer was destroyed by a wing gust before the Wright brothers attempted turning it, but it was the first machine with a full 3-axis control system. Their next airplane demonstrated controlled turns, which the Wright's achieved before anyone else.
However, their next airplane, which demonstrated controlled turns, was IMHO the first true airplane.
I'm just guessingg, but I think Apollo 2 thru 6 were unmanned tests. Unlike the Shuttle, Apollo could be flown unmanned.
I think that the Segway has some interesting technology, but I also think that it is still "a solution looking for a problem". For the same weight in batteries, a simple foldable inline scooter could go much further at lower cost. The extra energy expenditure for balance gyros /motors is simply not needed to move ordinary people around on level surfaces...
As I understand it, the exposure times needed to see features on the sunlit side of a celestrial body are too short to see stars. It's like trying to see the stars at night right after you leave a brightly lit house - your eyes are still adjusted to full light, and you just can't see the dim light of the stars...
Instead, I suggest trying to duplicate the same lighting conditions and view angle. This should make it easier to see how the shadows looked like a face in the fuzzier image...
nautical mile A unit of length used in sea and air navigation, based on the length of one minute of arc of a great circle, especially an international and U.S. unit equal to 1,852 meters (about 6,076 feet). Also called sea mile.
Since aeronatical charts have hash marks for each minute of latitude along the north-south lontigude lines, it is easy to pull nm distances off using ruler that are corrected for the map's distortion due to projection.
For one week each summer, Wittman Field in Oshkosh Wisconsin is the busiest airport in the world. If you have any interest in aviation, consider this your Mecca. Check out http://www.airventure.org/ for a preview. If scheduling problems prevent you from getting there during the fly-in, at least visit the mueseum: http://www.airventuremuseum.org/
When I go to https://www.helixcommunity.org/content/client.html , I get a warning from my browser that the site's security certificate was issued by a company that it's nto configured to trust. Anyone heard of "Como Class Security Services CA" before?
1. Physical Security, so that only autorized people get direct access to your hardware, including terminals, ports, routers, etc.
2. Personnel Security, so that you reduce the chances that you've given authorization to an untrustworthy person.
3. Computer/Network Security, to reduce the chances that unauthorized people get into your network from outside your facility, and to control the access that authorized users have to your systems.
All 3 are needed. If one person isn't doing all 3 security jobs, then the different security people should be working together so that they don't accidentally work at cross-purposes.
For example, one of the buildings on our site had been vacant for several months, so to save money physical security dropped the alarm monitoring and guard patrols when the contract was renewed. Two months later IT set up a new server farm in it,and didn't tell the physical security folks. One month after that, the servers went down and "walked away" over a three day weekend...