I guess the fact that one satellite system will cover the entire earth is notable. Though I assume you could get a patchwork to cover the earth at finer resolution from elsewhere.
However, 12 m is still rather coarse, even for commercial imagery.
http://www.antrix.gov.in/earth_observation.html
"... it offers these data in a multi resolution package of 1m, 2.5m, 5m, 23m, 56m and 180m with suitable spectral resolutions..."
http://www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/products/imagery-sources/Comparison.aspx
0.41, 0.5 and 1 m resolution commercial packages.
Barath
"FPTP accountability" "There's almost no situation where a proportional representation system would beat out a FPTP system, in terms of keeping the people in charge in a democracy."
Indian elections, like the British, are based on first past the post. However, as India is diverse, this leads to regional http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recognised_political_parties_in_India" > parties . Even most "national" parties are present and represent quite narrowly. As a result, coalitions are built and reform to ensure a national government. This results in coalition partners having an outsized say in governance and in slower change ("common minimum program") and extremism pandering to narrow political (caste, linguistic) constituencies. The nature of coalition building means that at the highest, there is a loss of accountability and stability.
I wonder if a proportional system would be fairer in that it would result in broader base, nationally (parties running a good second everywhere would be rewarded) and perhaps in less extremism, as "our people" in charge gets defined more narrowly
The Indian provincial elections of 1937 led to Muslim parties coming in second in most places in mostly FPTP system, and hence not being part of those governments. One could make a case that this concern (of being ignored and swamped in a FPTP system) led to demands for a separate muslim country and hence towards the partition of India, (creation of Pakistan) and the associated genocide.
Art is when, in addition to the actual standard representation, the creator is attempting to convey another meaning. For example, 'beauty'. Or 'excitement'. Or whatever.
Art is simply what we call symbols and representations that are 'two deep'...the normal literal one, and one on top of that.
So the map of the london underground, with its symbolic representation of straight network lines sold for thousands of pounds, is not art ?
Abstract art (Urinals) and Campbell's soup cans are not art ?
.. actually fails the 'art test', as it's often not possible for people to grasp the second meaning without being told it, and there isn't any 'first meaning' beyond 'blobs of stuff'.
So for those people who *are able* to grasp the second meaning, it is art, and for those who can't, it is not ? You just justified Ebert's opinion (for him, it ain't art) and nullified your position (art has an objective definition). We're back again to whatever a person calls art, is art.
I would argue that human minds are extremely good at finding second meanings, but not always.
A switch of squirrel's hair can easily become a shaman's article which translates to art. The mind can supply the context, even years later; it doesn't require the *artist* to set the context always.
All of you clearly missed the discovery and reporting that there are 92 other identical clones out there.
Except that in the ultimate twist, it turns out that none of the 94 clones actually did it, it was their progenitor who having successfully faked his death, and having consumed anti-agathic drugs, decided to break into the shopping center and steal the watches and got cut doing so.
Now the only remaining detective work is to find out why he dun it . And before you smart alecs come out with answers like, "the glass was sharp" , I clearly meant why did he break in and steal the watches. The leading theories :
1. Just to keep in practice doing evil things
2. Because the watches were just so *shiny*
4. It was meant to distract you from the other break in in the other shopping center
6. Because the watches had inscribed on them ancient mystic Tibetan runes, that when read together would open the bowels of hell, or entitle the reader to 10% discount in Wally's world rides.
So Nasa now has an Aegis cruiser on another world.
The War of the Worlds can now begin.
Clearly the stationary Spirit rover did not qualify for the upgrade.
a) The CalPoly is an IC Prototype (futuristic) entry; as some noted, the record is held by the Microjoule, St Joseph La Joliverie, 3,771km/l (8870mpg per wolfram Alpha) b) There are categories for Urban Course - realistic quasi street legal modifications, with significant economy wins by the Norwegian and danish teams (fuel cell and ic engine
"Who else would hack one of the most successful companies in the world only to read the e-mails of Human Rights Activists in China? What possible gain could anyone else have from this information?"
Maybe the human rights activists' wife and / or mistresses ?. You got to hope that there's better proof than that before setting off a diplomatic incident. And from what's out so far, there does seem to be more; maybe there's enough for Google, but not for the US state department.
Plus, I'm not sure why you emphasize open source implementations that predate it. Did you really mean to imply that if I had a closed source implementation that predated it, it would not be prior art ?
"Until lasers or other beam weapons can deliver enough energy in a short enough amount of time (10 thousandths of a second) similar to a bullet or supersonic missile, they simply will not make good weapons"
How about using lasers to deliver 4 MJ of energy in a few picoseconds, resulting in 500 TW of power?. That's expected to be enough to cause fusion. Of course, this plan will deliver it to a stationary capsule instead of a missile, but surely that's engineering ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_ignition_facility
Since they were solar-powered there's no particular reason that they would last only that long. 90 days was a classic case of "underpromise and overdeliver." If there had been some sort of catastrophic design flaw
Except that Martian dust was expected to cover the solar panels. No one predicted the existence of Martian winds and dust devils that would lift the dust off. Not to mention the dice game with surviving the Martian winter, and any number of associated design (wheels, motors etc) targeted at 90 day plus
1. "if your air stuff is awesome enough, you don't need guys on the ground. That's at least as old as... "
Douhet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Douhet), 1921 with theories and advocacy going back before World War 1
Of course some of Douhet's theories on Total War in 'breaking the will of the people" and the 'bomber will always get through - flying over the defense" did not translate well to most* air battles, but currently do translate well to ICBMs.
2. cf: The US having air superiority over every nation.
The US does not have air superiority over every nation. That's why it does not currently routinely overfly those nations (at least since Gary Powers). Part of getting air superiority is being able to project force *over there* and much of US hardware is *elsewhere*. i.e. Quantity*quality at target vs opponent quantity*quality. The US has got the best capability of getting air superiority over there with carriers, forward bases and air refueling, but any major moves towards this would be met by counter-threats of the missile (nuclear bombs can take out carrier groups)
If he had foreseen the commercial impact, he would have used $$ instead of//
Though as a Brit working in Euroland, he could have supported other protocols such as ££ or €€
Someone in Finland hold up a router and proclaim to the *IAAA alliance and those pushing 3 strikes laws
"you can have my internet connection when you can pry it from my cold dead hands"
why would they bother....[reviving you and optionally curing...anti-aging etc]
The best option would be to found a cult which would revive you. Religions and cults do go back thousands of years. Heck, do you doubt that someone wouldn't try and bring back Jesus (if there was any sample tissue) ?
and since this is slashdot, obligatory tip to 'cult of the cobol programmer'
And if nothing else, being revived gives me the ability to make that decision for myself.
Given that all technologies go through a learning curve, and given that revival is a particularly hard set of problems with multiple failure modes, I'd be interested in your opinions and information on this.
I would assume some of the failure modes may be gruesome or at least open up unintended consequences.
For example, revival as an imbecile, without the ability to take that decision (to kill yourself). Revival as a completely different person, perhaps with access to some memories. Multiple partially successful tries at revival.
What's your attitude towards being on this learning curve ? Would you prefer to be one of the early ones (revived when chance of less than complete success is high) ? Would you want to ensure that you are only revived when the technology is mature (if everyone had that attitude, then you could write of that technology) ? Do you actually take contractual steps to ensure that you are only revived when the technology is mature and not in its infancy ? What options does your patient care trust provide in this regard ? What are their contractual obligations and positions towards getting it *fully right* *once*.
Since you have taken steps, no doubt you must have dealt with these issues. Really interested in hearing back.
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, Showing that something contains carcinogens is not the same as showing that it causes cancer,/i>
By definition, carcinogens cause cancer.
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the idea of being cremated, put into some container, and then.... just going to waste
ObBookQuote: "Grandpa's ashes go into that hourglasses on the mantelpiece over there.... Grandpa must work.. all we germans must work..
Always thought that was cool.
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What's a tape?
A disgusting parasite found in places of poor hygiene; that is communicated from one human to another.
I guess the fact that one satellite system will cover the entire earth is notable. Though I assume you could get a patchwork to cover the earth at finer resolution from elsewhere. However, 12 m is still rather coarse, even for commercial imagery. http://www.antrix.gov.in/earth_observation.html "... it offers these data in a multi resolution package of 1m, 2.5m, 5m, 23m, 56m and 180m with suitable spectral resolutions ..."
http://www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/products/imagery-sources/Comparison.aspx
0.41, 0.5 and 1 m resolution commercial packages.
Barath
So we have gone now from putting a Tiger in your tank to putting Rats in your tank ? Whatever next ? Snakes on a plane ?
Indian elections, like the British, are based on first past the post. However, as India is diverse, this leads to regional http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recognised_political_parties_in_India" > parties . Even most "national" parties are present and represent quite narrowly. As a result, coalitions are built and reform to ensure a national government. This results in coalition partners having an outsized say in governance and in slower change ("common minimum program") and extremism pandering to narrow political (caste, linguistic) constituencies. The nature of coalition building means that at the highest, there is a loss of accountability and stability.
I wonder if a proportional system would be fairer in that it would result in broader base, nationally (parties running a good second everywhere would be rewarded) and perhaps in less extremism, as "our people" in charge gets defined more narrowly
The Indian provincial elections of 1937 led to Muslim parties coming in second in most places in mostly FPTP system, and hence not being part of those governments. One could make a case that this concern (of being ignored and swamped in a FPTP system) led to demands for a separate muslim country and hence towards the partition of India, (creation of Pakistan) and the associated genocide.
So the map of the london underground, with its symbolic representation of straight network lines sold for thousands of pounds, is not art ? Abstract art (Urinals) and Campbell's soup cans are not art ?
So for those people who *are able* to grasp the second meaning, it is art, and for those who can't, it is not ? You just justified Ebert's opinion (for him, it ain't art) and nullified your position (art has an objective definition). We're back again to whatever a person calls art, is art.
I would argue that human minds are extremely good at finding second meanings, but not always.
A switch of squirrel's hair can easily become a shaman's article which translates to art. The mind can supply the context, even years later; it doesn't require the *artist* to set the context always.
Except that in the ultimate twist, it turns out that none of the 94 clones actually did it, it was their progenitor who having successfully faked his death, and having consumed anti-agathic drugs, decided to break into the shopping center and steal the watches and got cut doing so.
Now the only remaining detective work is to find out why he dun it . And before you smart alecs come out with answers like, "the glass was sharp" , I clearly meant why did he break in and steal the watches. The leading theories :
1. Just to keep in practice doing evil things
2. Because the watches were just so *shiny*
4. It was meant to distract you from the other break in in the other shopping center
5.. i)Fake death ii) Consume anti-agathic drugs iii) Clone yourself iv) Steal watches. v)????? vi) profit.
6. Because the watches had inscribed on them ancient mystic Tibetan runes, that when read together would open the bowels of hell, or entitle the reader to 10% discount in Wally's world rides.
7. ..............
Godwin, fail us not, now.
So Nasa now has an Aegis cruiser on another world. The War of the Worlds can now begin. Clearly the stationary Spirit rover did not qualify for the upgrade.
Uranium Density = 19.05 g/cc
Osmium Density = 22.59 g/cc Lanthanide contraction
Iridium Density = 22.56 g/cc
Naturally occurring mineral : Chengdeite : Ir3Fe (an Alloy) Density = 19.3 g/cc
Though Elemental Platinum also occurs in nature and has a density = 21.09
We need a better wording than heavy for most protons in nucleus. How about uranium, the most protonic naturally occurring element.
. http://www.shell.com/home/content/ecomarathon/about/current_records/ [shell.com] http://www-static.shell.com/static/deu/downloads/aboutshell/media/news/shell_eco_marathon_press_kit_2009.pdf [shell.com]
a) The CalPoly is an IC Prototype (futuristic) entry; as some noted, the record is held by the Microjoule, St Joseph La Joliverie, 3,771km/l (8870mpg per wolfram Alpha) b) There are categories for Urban Course - realistic quasi street legal modifications, with significant economy wins by the Norwegian and danish teams (fuel cell and ic engine
"Who else would hack one of the most successful companies in the world only to read the e-mails of Human Rights Activists in China? What possible gain could anyone else have from this information?"
Maybe the human rights activists' wife and / or mistresses ?. You got to hope that there's better proof than that before setting off a diplomatic incident. And from what's out so far, there does seem to be more; maybe there's enough for Google, but not for the US state department.
The 55 people are safe and have returned to work, and this is suspected to be sabotage ("intentionally added to water cooler") with an investigation launched http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/internal-sabotage-behind-radiation-leak-at-kaiga/378095/
That's why they call it the Fermi Paradox
http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/02/05/in-cell-charting/ https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7603152763857688635&postID=4147846911463078558&pli=1 Note especially comments by Bob Phillips and jon Peltier, in addition to the post by Fabrice on starting in 2005.
Plus, I'm not sure why you emphasize open source implementations that predate it. Did you really mean to imply that if I had a closed source implementation that predated it, it would not be prior art ?
Cooling. A lot of work done to expend the waste heat. Remember that powerful LASERS are only single digit efficient.
"Until lasers or other beam weapons can deliver enough energy in a short enough amount of time (10 thousandths of a second) similar to a bullet or supersonic missile, they simply will not make good weapons" How about using lasers to deliver 4 MJ of energy in a few picoseconds, resulting in 500 TW of power?. That's expected to be enough to cause fusion. Of course, this plan will deliver it to a stationary capsule instead of a missile, but surely that's engineering ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_ignition_facility
Since they were solar-powered there's no particular reason that they would last only that long. 90 days was a classic case of "underpromise and overdeliver." If there had been some sort of catastrophic design flaw
Except that Martian dust was expected to cover the solar panels. No one predicted the existence of Martian winds and dust devils that would lift the dust off. Not to mention the dice game with surviving the Martian winter, and any number of associated design (wheels, motors etc) targeted at 90 day plus
1. "if your air stuff is awesome enough, you don't need guys on the ground. That's at least as old as ... "
Douhet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Douhet), 1921 with theories and advocacy going back before World War 1
Of course some of Douhet's theories on Total War in 'breaking the will of the people" and the 'bomber will always get through - flying over the defense" did not translate well to most* air battles, but currently do translate well to ICBMs.
2. cf: The US having air superiority over every nation.
The US does not have air superiority over every nation. That's why it does not currently routinely overfly those nations (at least since Gary Powers). Part of getting air superiority is being able to project force *over there* and much of US hardware is *elsewhere*. i.e. Quantity*quality at target vs opponent quantity*quality. The US has got the best capability of getting air superiority over there with carriers, forward bases and air refueling, but any major moves towards this would be met by counter-threats of the missile (nuclear bombs can take out carrier groups)
If he had foreseen the commercial impact, he would have used $$ instead of //
Though as a Brit working in Euroland, he could have supported other protocols such as ££ or €€
Someone in Finland hold up a router and proclaim to the *IAAA alliance and those pushing 3 strikes laws "you can have my internet connection when you can pry it from my cold dead hands"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Core_(story)
The best option would be to found a cult which would revive you. Religions and cults do go back thousands of years. Heck, do you doubt that someone wouldn't try and bring back Jesus (if there was any sample tissue) ? and since this is slashdot, obligatory tip to 'cult of the cobol programmer'
Given that all technologies go through a learning curve, and given that revival is a particularly hard set of problems with multiple failure modes, I'd be interested in your opinions and information on this.
I would assume some of the failure modes may be gruesome or at least open up unintended consequences. For example, revival as an imbecile, without the ability to take that decision (to kill yourself). Revival as a completely different person, perhaps with access to some memories. Multiple partially successful tries at revival.
What's your attitude towards being on this learning curve ? Would you prefer to be one of the early ones (revived when chance of less than complete success is high) ? Would you want to ensure that you are only revived when the technology is mature (if everyone had that attitude, then you could write of that technology) ? Do you actually take contractual steps to ensure that you are only revived when the technology is mature and not in its infancy ? What options does your patient care trust provide in this regard ? What are their contractual obligations and positions towards getting it *fully right* *once*. Since you have taken steps, no doubt you must have dealt with these issues. Really interested in hearing back.
, Showing that something contains carcinogens is not the same as showing that it causes cancer ,/i>
By definition, carcinogens cause cancer.
the idea of being cremated, put into some container, and then .... just going to waste
ObBookQuote: "Grandpa's ashes go into that hourglasses on the mantelpiece over there.... Grandpa must work.. all we germans must work..
Always thought that was cool.
There have been persistent reports in the Indian press over the last 3 days that Nasa's Moon Minerology Mapper on board India's Chandrayaan-1 had found water, and that the Thursday press conference would reveal it. Glad to have the embargo lifted early. http://www.examiner.com/x-21670-Houston-Space-News-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Did-Chandrayaan1-confirm-ice-on-the-Moon http://www.rttnews.com/Content/GeneralNews.aspx?Node=B1&Id=1074265