Other solutions that actually work, but not exactly the issue?:
If dealing with youths, and you are 'older', use a high frequency generating buzz(As we age, our ability to hear these higher frequencies diminishes). Numerous studies have found very effective. I beleive that cell hardware manufacturers are startuing to use these frequencies so they can tailor to the younger customers.
And then there is the slice and dice method. This device, which I cant yet find link to, "encyrpts" your voice. Apparently it rebroadcasts what you say (e.g. in to the phone) with a slight delay. That basically makes what you are telling the person on the other end of the phone unintelligible to everyone nearby you. I would guess that unintelligible might become "white noise". I wonder if one were to mic' the poeple standing nearby and rebroadcast their conversation with a delay (e.g. via PC speaker) back towards them (call this "crypto-talk"), would they be unable to understand each other? That could be an incentive for them to move farther away (where the effect of the speakers would diminish). And it might not be too detectable - when they stop talking, the crypto-talk stops also. Any audio engineers want to postulate on this? I really need to find the link....
There are many facts that can be said in favor of space exploration and NASA. There are a lot of benefits to everyday life. NASA and its technology helps with emergencies, like wild fires and satelite imaging. Its not about the quality (or lack) of management, or fiscal blunders and so on. Its about the future.
However, the CLCS project is one of NASA's most challenging. It challenging to upgrade from a system that is nearly 30 years old to one that actually uses technology that you (we) use. The stuff that acutally launches the shuttle now was invented by our parents or grandparents. It is amazing that it actually works, so far, so well and so safely. However, the fact is that it can only survive so much longer.
Beyond that, the fact is that I have spent 5 years of my life trying to convince the agency how to do it right. Again, this is more than showing how to upgrade from Win95 to Win2K. Its more like trying to upgrade from a PC/XT to a 1Ghz P4. Actually, the Launch system is a lot slower than a PC/XT. This is an attempt at a revolutionary change. And a long needed one.
And as always, revolutions are defended against by strong armies. In this case, the armies are civil servants and certain contractors that either have no vision for the future or corporate agendas aimed at defending their corporate place against change. In either case, the result is the same - nothing.
This may be the final word on CLCS. The 500 or so engineers, designers, analysts and support staff at KSC will stand up at 9:00 EST tomorrow to hear what the status of our project will be. The livlihood of these 500, plus several hundred others at other locations, are hanging in the balance. But more than that, it is the future of the future that is in question.
gratuitous plug: write your congressman at http://house.gov/writerep (and you might save our jobs!:)
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Other solutions that actually work, but not exactly the issue?: If dealing with youths, and you are 'older', use a high frequency generating buzz(As we age, our ability to hear these higher frequencies diminishes). Numerous studies have found very effective. I beleive that cell hardware manufacturers are startuing to use these frequencies so they can tailor to the younger customers. And then there is the slice and dice method. This device, which I cant yet find link to, "encyrpts" your voice. Apparently it rebroadcasts what you say (e.g. in to the phone) with a slight delay. That basically makes what you are telling the person on the other end of the phone unintelligible to everyone nearby you. I would guess that unintelligible might become "white noise". I wonder if one were to mic' the poeple standing nearby and rebroadcast their conversation with a delay (e.g. via PC speaker) back towards them (call this "crypto-talk"), would they be unable to understand each other? That could be an incentive for them to move farther away (where the effect of the speakers would diminish). And it might not be too detectable - when they stop talking, the crypto-talk stops also. Any audio engineers want to postulate on this? I really need to find the link....
There are many facts that can be said in favor of space exploration and NASA. There are a lot of benefits to everyday life. NASA and its technology helps with emergencies, like wild fires and satelite imaging. Its not about the quality (or lack) of management, or fiscal blunders and so on.
:)
Its about the future.
However, the CLCS project is one of NASA's most challenging. It challenging to upgrade from a system that is nearly 30 years old to one that actually uses technology that you (we) use. The stuff that acutally launches the shuttle now was invented by our parents or grandparents. It is amazing that it actually works, so far, so well and so safely. However, the fact is that it can only survive so much longer.
Beyond that, the fact is that I have spent 5 years of my life trying to convince the agency how to do it right. Again, this is more than showing how to upgrade from Win95 to Win2K. Its more like trying to upgrade from a PC/XT to a 1Ghz P4. Actually, the Launch system is a lot slower than a PC/XT. This is an attempt at a revolutionary change. And a long needed one.
And as always, revolutions are defended against by strong armies. In this case, the armies are civil servants and certain contractors that either have no vision for the future or corporate agendas aimed at defending their corporate place against change. In either case, the result is the same -
nothing.
This may be the final word on CLCS. The 500 or so engineers, designers, analysts and support staff at KSC will stand up at 9:00 EST tomorrow to hear what the status of our project will be. The livlihood of these 500, plus several hundred others at other locations, are hanging in the balance. But more than that, it is the future of the future that is in question.
gratuitous plug: write your congressman at http://house.gov/writerep (and you might save our jobs!