While I have no idea if these guys will do it right, and lots of people seem to think it will be corporation-oriented, this has been needed for a long time. If they can simply address spam and spoofing IP Addresses, which should be easy to take care of with a redesign from scratch, we would already be so much better off.
Yeah, there was no real information at all in the article. Go to WebmasterWorld.com if you want real info. Then you will learn a lot, like the latest news on the November 2002 update.
Some of you may be aware that the "largest" telescopes on Earth are "virtual telescopes", where many telescopes are set to view the same area of the sky at the same time and their images are later co-ordinated resulting in what is effectually a HUGE telescope.
Although the technology is not quite there yet, it will be cool if one day the amateur telescopes will be given the ability to co-ordinate with other telescopes around the world using the internet for post image processing and communication and hooking into an Atomic clock for time-coordination to create even larger telescopes then we have today.
Groups of amateur astronomer friends would be able to have virtual viewing parties and many new discoveries of deep space would await us.
I suggested this to a well-known astronomer once and he told me the technology is far off. I'd love to hear what telescope manufacturers have to say about the idea too though!
I'm going to stay out of the politics and take this time to discuss another aspect of Bobby Fisher's many methods of winning...
I read Bobby Fisher's book on chess as well as the NY Times account of his famous match against Spassky. He was brilliant. And devious. He totally psyched out Boris Spassky. According to my recollection, Spassky had the first move. But Fisher didn't show up right away. So Spassky made his move and then had to wait. And wait. And wait... A full half-hour later Fisher shows up and makes his move. The psychological impact of showing up half-hour late was worth losing the time on the clock.
In his rematch, he did something very similar. He argued and argued the terms of the rematch. He fought and fought and fought to get TV coverage and media and the location and and and... He got everything he requested...then when time began for the match to happen, the set up which was to his exacting demands was the very thing he complained about. The TV camera was killing his concentration. Move it back. No move it farther. No, out of the room altogether. Put it in the next room filming through the glass in the door!
Caveat, this is from my recollection of the events I read about, so I may have a detail or two off, but it's correct in the general outline...
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I wish the Senator meant to raise the questions he raised...but reading between the lines, he's saying: "Why didn't you give me a piece of the action"
While I have no idea if these guys will do it right, and lots of people seem to think it will be corporation-oriented, this has been needed for a long time. If they can simply address spam and spoofing IP Addresses, which should be easy to take care of with a redesign from scratch, we would already be so much better off.
Yeah, there was no real information at all in the article. Go to WebmasterWorld.com if you want real info. Then you will learn a lot, like the latest news on the November 2002 update.
Some of you may be aware that the "largest" telescopes on Earth are "virtual telescopes", where many telescopes are set to view the same area of the sky at the same time and their images are later co-ordinated resulting in what is effectually a HUGE telescope.
Although the technology is not quite there yet, it will be cool if one day the amateur telescopes will be given the ability to co-ordinate with other telescopes around the world using the internet for post image processing and communication and hooking into an Atomic clock for time-coordination to create even larger telescopes then we have today.
Groups of amateur astronomer friends would be able to have virtual viewing parties and many new discoveries of deep space would await us.
I suggested this to a well-known astronomer once and he told me the technology is far off. I'd love to hear what telescope manufacturers have to say about the idea too though!
I'm going to stay out of the politics and take this time to discuss another aspect of Bobby Fisher's many methods of winning...
I read Bobby Fisher's book on chess as well as the NY Times account of his famous match against Spassky. He was brilliant. And devious. He totally psyched out Boris Spassky. According to my recollection, Spassky had the first move. But Fisher didn't show up right away. So Spassky made his move and then had to wait. And wait. And wait... A full half-hour later Fisher shows up and makes his move. The psychological impact of showing up half-hour late was worth losing the time on the clock.
In his rematch, he did something very similar. He argued and argued the terms of the rematch. He fought and fought and fought to get TV coverage and media and the location and and and... He got everything he requested...then when time began for the match to happen, the set up which was to his exacting demands was the very thing he complained about. The TV camera was killing his concentration. Move it back. No move it farther. No, out of the room altogether. Put it in the next room filming through the glass in the door!
Caveat, this is from my recollection of the events I read about, so I may have a detail or two off, but it's correct in the general outline...