The good news is that they aren't trying to broadcast on the km scale. 60GHz would require and obscene amount of power to go that distance, but if you're only looking to get signal from a few meters, it could work out at a reasonable wattage.
"60GHz signals don't penetrate anything. They just bounce around like light"
You're not just kidding about that. Police Ka-band traffic radar operates at around 34Ghz, specifically *because* it reflects so well. It's not going to get any better at a higher frequency.
America spends more on the military than other developed countries combined
This is true. They also depend on the 82nd and 101st Airborne, the United States Marines, missiles launched from a US Navy carrier battle group, or a US Air Force bombing wing to be there to kick the crap out of anyone that tries some shit, through "peacekeeping efforts" on behalf of the UN, or direct action via pre-existing treaty.
They don't have to spend all that money, specifically because the US Government does. Would be nice if they kicked a little something back though.
1. Apple allows Flash on the iPhone / iPad, with one caveat - there's a huge fucking OFF switch in the settings. When this is turned off, no Flash code can execute. 2. If Adobe doesn't like that, too God damn bad. Get screwed with your pants on.
This way, the *user* gets to decide if Flash has all the problems that Apple claims it does, and if those problems aren't outweiged by the added functionality. If the problems are that bad, then very few people will use it, and Adobe looks like the goat for churning out terrible inefficient crapware.
Seemed to work out pretty well for everyone in the world except the Germans and Japanese in World War II. Those weren't exactly precision munitions they were dumping all over Germany and Japan by the B24 and B-29-full...
Which part of the computer? How about "semiconductors."
The Apollo Guidance Computer was the first computer based on semiconductors rather than vacuum tubes. It was estimated that building the ACG consumed close to 100% of the world's semiconductor fabrication capacity while the Apollo Program was in operation.
It's not fair for my place of employment since I work for a state agency and we are mandated by state to purchase all computers from a specific vendor. Because of this, we can not develop an iPhone app.
It's not Apple's fault that your state has unusually strict procurement procedures (and by the way, a government-granted monopoly to that vendor). Either tell that vendor to start carrying Apple stuff, change the regulation / mandate, or suck it up and go without.
Apple in no way is under any obligation to abide by arbitrary rules that other organizations instill upon themselves. They are answerable to their customers, their employees, their shareholders, and any relevant regulatory body; and not in that order.
Their policy is "Thanks for buying that. Now give us $799 for the new version."
What you bought still functions just as good today as it did yesterday when CS5 wasn't available, so they will not feel any compulsion to give you a break on upgrading, especially since they have no competition for you to run away to.
The distinction between launch vehicles and warheads takes care of this. A Peacekeeper ICBM (LGM-118A) could carry 10 warheads (or a combination of warheads and decoys) when it was produced, and the Minuteman-III (LGM-30) can carry 3 warheads, though most of the active LGM-30's only carry one recycled W87 from the decommissioned Peacekeepers, because it has much more fuzing capability and much more advanced safety systems than the original W78 warheads designed for this missile.
The START-I treaty limited how many MIRVs could be on each launch vehicle. Under START-II, MIRVs were supposed to be all but abolished, but it never went into effect.
Because it's bad that we now have a politically expedient reason to disassemble the 700 oldest, least reliable, and most expensive warheads in the arsenal?
This is going to save us a boatload of money from the DoD budget, look good while doing it, all the while keeping lots of nuclear scientists employed at the likes of Y-12 in Tennessee. I don't see how anyone could be against this.
I hear that square-wave signals look WAY better when they travel through way-overpriced copper rather than inexpensive copper. You can totally tell the difference!
In addition, with Mac OS X Server 10.5 and above, they support multicast Apple Software Restore. A quick primer on how to image a whole bunch of Macs at once:
Would you rather have the detonation of the booster destroy the warhead and drop a couple pounds of plutonium somewhere in a wheat field, or have those couple pounds of plutonium detonate at a 400Kt nuclear yield right in the middle of a city?
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The good news is that they aren't trying to broadcast on the km scale. 60GHz would require and obscene amount of power to go that distance, but if you're only looking to get signal from a few meters, it could work out at a reasonable wattage.
"60GHz signals don't penetrate anything. They just bounce around like light"
You're not just kidding about that. Police Ka-band traffic radar operates at around 34Ghz, specifically *because* it reflects so well. It's not going to get any better at a higher frequency.
This is true. They also depend on the 82nd and 101st Airborne, the United States Marines, missiles launched from a US Navy carrier battle group, or a US Air Force bombing wing to be there to kick the crap out of anyone that tries some shit, through "peacekeeping efforts" on behalf of the UN, or direct action via pre-existing treaty.
They don't have to spend all that money, specifically because the US Government does. Would be nice if they kicked a little something back though.
1. Apple allows Flash on the iPhone / iPad, with one caveat - there's a huge fucking OFF switch in the settings. When this is turned off, no Flash code can execute.
2. If Adobe doesn't like that, too God damn bad. Get screwed with your pants on.
This way, the *user* gets to decide if Flash has all the problems that Apple claims it does, and if those problems aren't outweiged by the added functionality. If the problems are that bad, then very few people will use it, and Adobe looks like the goat for churning out terrible inefficient crapware.
Seemed to work out pretty well for everyone in the world except the Germans and Japanese in World War II. Those weren't exactly precision munitions they were dumping all over Germany and Japan by the B24 and B-29-full...
I guess it's a good thing that they perfected Rendezvous and Docking back in the 1960s during Gemini.
Which part of the computer? How about "semiconductors."
The Apollo Guidance Computer was the first computer based on semiconductors rather than vacuum tubes. It was estimated that building the ACG consumed close to 100% of the world's semiconductor fabrication capacity while the Apollo Program was in operation.
Because it's somehow wrong to beat swords into plowshares?
It's not fair for my place of employment since I work for a state agency and we are mandated by state to purchase all computers from a specific vendor. Because of this, we can not develop an iPhone app.
It's not Apple's fault that your state has unusually strict procurement procedures (and by the way, a government-granted monopoly to that vendor). Either tell that vendor to start carrying Apple stuff, change the regulation / mandate, or suck it up and go without.
Apple in no way is under any obligation to abide by arbitrary rules that other organizations instill upon themselves. They are answerable to their customers, their employees, their shareholders, and any relevant regulatory body; and not in that order.
Their policy is "Thanks for buying that. Now give us $799 for the new version."
What you bought still functions just as good today as it did yesterday when CS5 wasn't available, so they will not feel any compulsion to give you a break on upgrading, especially since they have no competition for you to run away to.
The distinction between launch vehicles and warheads takes care of this. A Peacekeeper ICBM (LGM-118A) could carry 10 warheads (or a combination of warheads and decoys) when it was produced, and the Minuteman-III (LGM-30) can carry 3 warheads, though most of the active LGM-30's only carry one recycled W87 from the decommissioned Peacekeepers, because it has much more fuzing capability and much more advanced safety systems than the original W78 warheads designed for this missile.
The START-I treaty limited how many MIRVs could be on each launch vehicle. Under START-II, MIRVs were supposed to be all but abolished, but it never went into effect.
Because it's bad that we now have a politically expedient reason to disassemble the 700 oldest, least reliable, and most expensive warheads in the arsenal?
This is going to save us a boatload of money from the DoD budget, look good while doing it, all the while keeping lots of nuclear scientists employed at the likes of Y-12 in Tennessee. I don't see how anyone could be against this.
I hear that square-wave signals look WAY better when they travel through way-overpriced copper rather than inexpensive copper. You can totally tell the difference!
I think you're missing:
4. Still die from Emphysema
Hey!
What's your problem with bananas?!
Afterward, therefore, because of it. Same reasoning as what's used in all the studies, and just as valid.
Guess what, luddite - Chernobyl can't happen in any reactor complex built in North America. I know why because I understand the physics. Do you?
To say nothing of intentionally disabling what safety systems it DID have, combined with massive operator error to arrive at what happened.
Germany *does* sell their waste to France. However, the US has these silly non-proliferation laws and executive orders that prevent doing that.
They'll still be Comcastards though.
Yeah, phone books are a relic from a past era, and should be put out to pasture.
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You forgot:
Comcastards
In addition, with Mac OS X Server 10.5 and above, they support multicast Apple Software Restore. A quick primer on how to image a whole bunch of Macs at once:
# hdiutil create -srcdir / -format SPARSE -nocrossdev /Volumes/network_volume/image.dmg.sparseimage /Volumes/network_volume/image.dmg.sparseimage -o /Volumes/network_volume/image.dmg /Volumes/network_volume/image.dmg
# hdiutil convert -format UDRO
# asr imagescan --filechecksum --source
You now have a restorable disk image. You can even do this while the system is running - no booting off another disc or w/e.
On the server:
# asr server --source /path/to/asr-scanned.dmg --config /path/to/config.plist
(config.plist would contain the required multicast address and bit rate)
Next, boot your client Macs from an OS DVD, go into the terminal from the menu, and type:
# asr restore --source asr://servername --target /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD --erase
Done, and done. No 3rd party anything.
Would you rather have the detonation of the booster destroy the warhead and drop a couple pounds of plutonium somewhere in a wheat field, or have those couple pounds of plutonium detonate at a 400Kt nuclear yield right in the middle of a city?
Get some perspective.
Funny that Apple doesn't have any problem writing Safari updates that still work on 10.4...