That's a good point. I should point out that weapons generate a crazy ammount of heat too. Though only when firing.. and i think such a system wouldn't be very useful during peaceful operations, haha.
The Abrams, HMMWV, and Bradley all run on diesel (or JP8). You are correct that the Abrams is a fuel burning machine, but there isn't much tank maneuvering going on, atm. Also, i'm not sure.. but i'm pretty sure you can burn all kinds of crazy fuels in a turbine.
A diesel electric hybrid would be pretty cool.. as long as it was powerful enough. The HMMWV alone is a monster.. not that i am doubting an electric engine(s) would be powerful enough, but storing enough energy within the small ammount of space available sounds difficult. Think about 1-2 ton cars getting 100 miles on electric. Now think about 3-70 ton vehicles with off-road and towing requirements. They should also be able to knock down trees, push other cars around, stuff like that. I'm sure an electric motor could do those things but how long would the stored power last? Then i ask, is the drive train hybrid or is the diesel engine a generator for the electric motor?
I think ineffiecient war machines is ok.. as long as the supply lines can be protected. But in this case they cannot be, so i'll compromise for hybrid light vehicles and leave the heavy vehicles as they are. In an occupation type scenerio the heavy vehicles won't/shouldn't be in use as much as the lighter ones.
I prefer the voluntary option but with bigger soldier tables for peacetime and during conflict. The reason so many are deploying over and over is because the US Military has been sitting at it's population limits.
The reason i prefer voluntary is because i want a "Professional" military where everyone wants to be there. However, i would compromise for support roles being conscripts with short duty cycles, 2 years max. This would allow the professional soldiers to be trigger pullers and not support persons and conscripts can learn how the military functions and get some good experience out of it. Or make a 1-2 year service (post training) a requirement for citizenship? I don't see why citizenship can't be something that has to be earned.. even by a token measure. Not all military jobs are for "rough and tough" people either.. there are many many technical ones. There are also journalists, accountants, IT techs/admins, researchers, janitors, mechanics, doctors/nurses and much more.
haha, thanks for pointing that out. I was thinking "what is this guy talking about?" Sure enough, it's been there the whole time. Two tools menus.. geez.
I read up on it. PS using objects is very neat but appears limited to PS aware programs, obviously. I picture the object outputs as being used together like basic tools to build more complex ones. But ultimately, most output will need to be.ToString() to be useful to the user. Output to an external program can't be an object either as it needs to be converted to argv.
It's possible to bring this structured output to a bash type environment but i don't think it will improve anything as all the tools already exist. Unless converting the output between cmds into objects will speed things up or reduce the ammount of steps needed.
There are other things you should take into account when comparing PS to linux CLI. For linux you aren't restricted to one language or style of doing things. There are many shells and many different languages that can be used for scripting. You obviously can make your own scripting language for PS and bash, but being able to use something like php and python in CLI can be interesting. It might be possible to pass entire objects using one of these languages, now that i think about it.
These items don't give an advantage either.. they are better at one thing and worse at another. The items appear balanced in power but unbalanced in ability.
I was looking at the store last night and most of the items have "abilities". The soldier for example can get an Anti-Sentry rocket launcher and a backpack that causes nearby mates to take 35% less damage.
That could be very true. If google is not taking responsibility for the "official" apps, it could get scary. But the plus side is it leaves open the ability for someone to create a "Trusted Market" app where the app acceptance could be requirement to open source for QA or other mechanisms above and beyond the "official market".
You can compare it to PC software. There is no regulating of what programs you are allowed to install or not.. this goes for linux and windows (i don't know mac). There are trusted vendors that emerge from the masses based on performance. The Android market is probably too new to produce "leaders" that people use as their goto software people. I enjoy the freedom of installing anything i want on my PC.. it should be the same for the phone. Why not?
If you're going to install something on your computer, do you just accept any random executable and run it with admin rights? Hell no, you ask.. what is this? lemme google this and see what other people's experiences are with it... or ask a friend, they might know of a better app. This isn't something that only technical people can do.. everyone does it. Need to get your car fixed? Well, you probably aren't going to the first place you come across. You want a reference or some background on the shop before they take your jeep/car/truck apart.
You sound like an American BMW owner, there is only one place you may get your car repaired, any other place will void your warranty. You may not work on your own vehicle. Some people like this, it's even great for some people. Other people want more choice and freedom. One is not stupid over the other.. but you can have a preference for one over the other.
The result of most army training exercises is OPFOR wrecking the home team. Then after lessons learned and experiences build up, the OPFOR can be beaten. I don't understand why a civilian organization would be different? It should really be a matter of reorganizing and retraining the assets they already have.. not purchasing new stuff. If their planning and expectations were so terrible that they need new equipment, then by all means they should buy it.
Nobody should be fired because of a test, what a waste of resources. Train them until they are better than the opposing force. They will be at work atleast 40 hours a week whether they are being tested or not, nobody gets paid more for just doing their damn job.
I can upgrade my computer. That is my only gripe to Mac desktops.
I don't know why iWork2009 or Office2010 is a requirement for anything.. can't you use OpenOffice or an older version of iWork or MSoffice? There's no need to buy the latest version of that crap when the older ones work exactly as well.
So MacOS 10.6.3 comes with iDVD, iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb and GarageBand? You should see what $DISTRO linux comes with.
You are right about the cost of OSs though, that crap is expensive. I think Win7pro is 170$ right now? I was able to buy a key for 20$ though.
I don't think he was implying we all go CLI. There are other ways to load up your ipod without using the iTunes abomination. Some people just want a portable music player and not drag around an entire apple inc ecosystem to do it.
You are right, people want to move their data around easily, but that doesn't have to involve losing control of it.
You don't have to restrict yourself to VGA output or Ethernet connectivity. You can get something like an Ardweeny for 10$, using a cheap LCD for your screen and an Xbee for connectivity. When you get down to the micro sized stuff, you aren't really dealing with "programs" anymore. More likely libraries and classes. If you do want something beefier that plugs into the wall, the beagle board you're looking at would be perfect. Arduino sized stuff rarely uses a full keyboard. More likely you'd have a few buttons to activate the functions you are wanting to perform. Which is really all you need for gadgets.
You can get an Ardweeny here: http://www.solarbotics.com/products/kardw/ But you'll need an FTDI cable (USB->serial) to program it. You can google that and buy the cheapest available.
I'm glad to hear there are sane universities out there:)
My reference to academics was all the college kids in my peer group doing Computer Information System degrees. It's a mix of IT stuff and business classes, from what i can tell. The CECS degrees i've seen don't look very non-microsofty either.. but i've yet to meet someone who completed the degree.
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That's a good point. I should point out that weapons generate a crazy ammount of heat too. Though only when firing.. and i think such a system wouldn't be very useful during peaceful operations, haha.
The Abrams, HMMWV, and Bradley all run on diesel (or JP8). You are correct that the Abrams is a fuel burning machine, but there isn't much tank maneuvering going on, atm. Also, i'm not sure.. but i'm pretty sure you can burn all kinds of crazy fuels in a turbine.
A diesel electric hybrid would be pretty cool.. as long as it was powerful enough. The HMMWV alone is a monster.. not that i am doubting an electric engine(s) would be powerful enough, but storing enough energy within the small ammount of space available sounds difficult. Think about 1-2 ton cars getting 100 miles on electric. Now think about 3-70 ton vehicles with off-road and towing requirements. They should also be able to knock down trees, push other cars around, stuff like that. I'm sure an electric motor could do those things but how long would the stored power last? Then i ask, is the drive train hybrid or is the diesel engine a generator for the electric motor?
I think ineffiecient war machines is ok.. as long as the supply lines can be protected. But in this case they cannot be, so i'll compromise for hybrid light vehicles and leave the heavy vehicles as they are. In an occupation type scenerio the heavy vehicles won't/shouldn't be in use as much as the lighter ones.
I prefer the voluntary option but with bigger soldier tables for peacetime and during conflict. The reason so many are deploying over and over is because the US Military has been sitting at it's population limits.
The reason i prefer voluntary is because i want a "Professional" military where everyone wants to be there. However, i would compromise for support roles being conscripts with short duty cycles, 2 years max. This would allow the professional soldiers to be trigger pullers and not support persons and conscripts can learn how the military functions and get some good experience out of it. Or make a 1-2 year service (post training) a requirement for citizenship? I don't see why citizenship can't be something that has to be earned.. even by a token measure. Not all military jobs are for "rough and tough" people either.. there are many many technical ones. There are also journalists, accountants, IT techs/admins, researchers, janitors, mechanics, doctors/nurses and much more.
I know of an example where Veterans had to save an election by force of arms.
The Battle of Athens: http://www.constitution.org/mil/tn/batathen.htm
haha, thanks for pointing that out. I was thinking "what is this guy talking about?" Sure enough, it's been there the whole time. Two tools menus.. geez.
I read up on it. PS using objects is very neat but appears limited to PS aware programs, obviously. I picture the object outputs as being used together like basic tools to build more complex ones. But ultimately, most output will need to be .ToString() to be useful to the user. Output to an external program can't be an object either as it needs to be converted to argv.
It's possible to bring this structured output to a bash type environment but i don't think it will improve anything as all the tools already exist. Unless converting the output between cmds into objects will speed things up or reduce the ammount of steps needed.
There are other things you should take into account when comparing PS to linux CLI. For linux you aren't restricted to one language or style of doing things. There are many shells and many different languages that can be used for scripting. You obviously can make your own scripting language for PS and bash, but being able to use something like php and python in CLI can be interesting. It might be possible to pass entire objects using one of these languages, now that i think about it.
I know, the article made it sound like you couldn't fit a hierarchy within social media too.
Also "not your personal army" and all that jazz. Decentralized is not always weak, though probably short lived.
I've heard the same thing said for Gaming and the PC.
These items don't give an advantage either.. they are better at one thing and worse at another. The items appear balanced in power but unbalanced in ability.
I was looking at the store last night and most of the items have "abilities". The soldier for example can get an Anti-Sentry rocket launcher and a backpack that causes nearby mates to take 35% less damage.
That could be very true. If google is not taking responsibility for the "official" apps, it could get scary. But the plus side is it leaves open the ability for someone to create a "Trusted Market" app where the app acceptance could be requirement to open source for QA or other mechanisms above and beyond the "official market".
You can compare it to PC software. There is no regulating of what programs you are allowed to install or not.. this goes for linux and windows (i don't know mac). There are trusted vendors that emerge from the masses based on performance. The Android market is probably too new to produce "leaders" that people use as their goto software people. I enjoy the freedom of installing anything i want on my PC.. it should be the same for the phone. Why not?
If you're going to install something on your computer, do you just accept any random executable and run it with admin rights? Hell no, you ask.. what is this? lemme google this and see what other people's experiences are with it... or ask a friend, they might know of a better app. This isn't something that only technical people can do.. everyone does it. Need to get your car fixed? Well, you probably aren't going to the first place you come across. You want a reference or some background on the shop before they take your jeep/car/truck apart.
You sound like an American BMW owner, there is only one place you may get your car repaired, any other place will void your warranty. You may not work on your own vehicle. Some people like this, it's even great for some people. Other people want more choice and freedom. One is not stupid over the other.. but you can have a preference for one over the other.
I don't own an android phone yet, but i's linux based.. correct? Linux has a built in firewall via iptables. Why can't they just use that?
Can i buy your phone? serious question. Must accept sim cards and be 3g.
eeek. Trying to build an entire OS in a managed language? you're crazy. Not even MS can do it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_(operating_system)
C will probably never go away.. it's as likely as assembly going away.
The problem isn't scaling to that number of cores but the overhead in doing so. That's what i took from it
The result of most army training exercises is OPFOR wrecking the home team. Then after lessons learned and experiences build up, the OPFOR can be beaten. I don't understand why a civilian organization would be different? It should really be a matter of reorganizing and retraining the assets they already have.. not purchasing new stuff. If their planning and expectations were so terrible that they need new equipment, then by all means they should buy it.
Nobody should be fired because of a test, what a waste of resources. Train them until they are better than the opposing force. They will be at work atleast 40 hours a week whether they are being tested or not, nobody gets paid more for just doing their damn job.
isn't it being replaced with python?
oh god, that made my heart jump. Don't touch AMD!
I can upgrade my computer. That is my only gripe to Mac desktops.
I don't know why iWork2009 or Office2010 is a requirement for anything.. can't you use OpenOffice or an older version of iWork or MSoffice? There's no need to buy the latest version of that crap when the older ones work exactly as well.
So MacOS 10.6.3 comes with iDVD, iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb and GarageBand? You should see what $DISTRO linux comes with.
You are right about the cost of OSs though, that crap is expensive. I think Win7pro is 170$ right now? I was able to buy a key for 20$ though.
I don't think he was implying we all go CLI. There are other ways to load up your ipod without using the iTunes abomination. Some people just want a portable music player and not drag around an entire apple inc ecosystem to do it.
You are right, people want to move their data around easily, but that doesn't have to involve losing control of it.
I use these: http://www.solarbotics.com/products/kardw/
A nice 10$ kit/board. Pretty easy to solder together.
You don't have to restrict yourself to VGA output or Ethernet connectivity. You can get something like an Ardweeny for 10$, using a cheap LCD for your screen and an Xbee for connectivity. When you get down to the micro sized stuff, you aren't really dealing with "programs" anymore. More likely libraries and classes. If you do want something beefier that plugs into the wall, the beagle board you're looking at would be perfect. Arduino sized stuff rarely uses a full keyboard. More likely you'd have a few buttons to activate the functions you are wanting to perform. Which is really all you need for gadgets.
You can get an Ardweeny here: http://www.solarbotics.com/products/kardw/
But you'll need an FTDI cable (USB->serial) to program it. You can google that and buy the cheapest available.
I'm glad to hear there are sane universities out there :)
My reference to academics was all the college kids in my peer group doing Computer Information System degrees. It's a mix of IT stuff and business classes, from what i can tell. The CECS degrees i've seen don't look very non-microsofty either.. but i've yet to meet someone who completed the degree.
I'm the same way. If i must click a shortened link, it's with a throwaway sandbox'd firefox.