I dont either, and not actually being a user, all I can do is point to my current devices and the cycle of batteries for them all.
My beef isnt technically with the price of batteries, but the method for changing them.
Anywhere I go, I can take spare batteries - I could be away from any sockets for an entire week and because I took a fistfull of AA's I could play games and take photos etc.
Once an iPod runs down I would be stuck in silence again instead of simply changing.
Your right about keeping the battery topped up, but with all the bad press around about iPod battery replacement I think i'll be looking for a player with removable batteries.
I already have a charger and a rotating set of batteries for a number of devices, so grabbing another pair of AA's or whatever it will need won't rock the boat too much.
I love this program. I have never felt so close to space exploration as I do when I'm poking around it.
It is an awe inspiring mission and this software practically lets you touch it.
Heres an interesting quote from their "Conductor" guided tour of the dataset, which is extensive and shows you EVERYTHING they have on the mission so far. (emphasis mine)
The images shown here were among the first to arrive from Mars. The Navcam image on top was taken before the rover mast was deployed. The rover's high-gain antenna can be seen on the left side of the image. It was this image, loaded in the mission version of Maestro, that gave the scientists their first glimpse of where Spirit had landed.
One of the aims of the Super high res mode of the camera is stated as:
SRC Super Resolution Channel (2)
This is the high resoluting channel with an resolution of down to 2.3 m per pixel. SRC images will provide detailed information about areas of special interest, e.g. for the examination of future landing sites.
This camera looks phenominal, and theres going to be some smiles from the European scientists when that data starts coming through.
The American Administration likes to brag about their missions.
Just like we do with our computers, there isnt any NEED to upgrade, but once every tom/dick/harry starts to have the same spec machines as us - its time to go 64bit;)
It is in the human spirit to be competitive, and with that I hope we as humans do go there and beyond:)
Thats because you have been both careful and lucky. Fortunately now, more and more people are using their brains before blindly giving out their personal information.
Within the people in my primary contact list, I cannot name one now who does not run either behind a protected business firewall and mail server, or runs Norton and has updated mail clients. The problems with Windows 98 outlook preview pane are thankfully subsiding for me.
For unknown services which require an email address to signup, I now use a wonderful service called Mailinator which allows you to use and read mail at any [username]@mailinator.com email address. The mail parser is quite simplistic in that it wont display images in mails etc:) its becoming automatic for me to signup using it, and change my details once trust is built up.
1) Absolutely agree, and until this situation can be resolved - either taking more spares and ways to fix parts, or making more durable componants, it will not be financially feasible.
2) Planet killing meteors in the universe - larger scale, equivilent odds?
If we were worried about the challenges and dangers inherant in our sphere of influence we would never have left our caves.
I agree, and this is the reason why "old" technology is still in use at NASA - the larger components are less susceptable to failure. But placing the control portions inside a shielded box should prevent/contain that problem.
The rest of the equipment, the mirror/dish/solar panels (if required) should all be capable of surviving.
Absolutely - its a heck of a lot easier giving out our fax number than it is explaining how to export to file, then add that as an attachment, and send it.
It is often simpler for even tech-savvy people to explain things. The Ball point pen can show me things no markup or PDF wizardry can come close to.
They might waste your time etc, but it costs them for each fax they send, so they have a very targetted audience, from what I have seen the majority are just fliers from our suppliers.
to all Mods modding the parent as redundant, please dont, give the guy some credit.
he submitted an adjustment and got it in the story blurb at the top - check the links - within 19mins of him posting this message, the story got updated:)
Good job this isnt Microsoft, or the update would have taken 4 weeks and broken a percentage of the systems that read it;)
Thanks for showin me where my thought patterns went wrong - really, I hadnt thought about it like that:)
The big difference I see with terrestial broadcast shows and movies however is that, given a large enough antenna I could receive these shows when broadcast from another country.
Downloading the shows publically aired is just a way of repeating the signal.
You shouldnt have to pay 5 per episode, thats ridiculous.
BUT - I would pay a small additional monthly fee to my ISP to allow access to the BitTorrent/p2p ports so I can download all the episodes I want when they come out.
This really does seem like the best way for the artists to get a guaranteed royalty payment without it intefering with anything.
You already pay extra to get the movie channels on your cable/sat box, so how much more difficult could it be for them?
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I dont either, and not actually being a user, all I can do is point to my current devices and the cycle of batteries for them all.
My beef isnt technically with the price of batteries, but the method for changing them.
Anywhere I go, I can take spare batteries - I could be away from any sockets for an entire week and because I took a fistfull of AA's I could play games and take photos etc.
Once an iPod runs down I would be stuck in silence again instead of simply changing.
do you still have your "hacker" problem, or have you now turned into a good user?
Your right about keeping the battery topped up, but with all the bad press around about iPod battery replacement I think i'll be looking for a player with removable batteries.
I already have a charger and a rotating set of batteries for a number of devices, so grabbing another pair of AA's or whatever it will need won't rock the boat too much.
I love this program. I have never felt so close to space exploration as I do when I'm poking around it.
It is an awe inspiring mission and this software practically lets you touch it.
Heres an interesting quote from their "Conductor" guided tour of the dataset, which is extensive and shows you EVERYTHING they have on the mission so far.
(emphasis mine)
The images shown here were among the first to arrive from Mars. The Navcam image on top was taken before the rover mast was deployed. The rover's high-gain antenna can be seen on the left side of the image. It was this image, loaded in the mission version of Maestro, that gave the scientists their first glimpse of where Spirit had landed.
oops - i forgot the link: here
One of the aims of the Super high res mode of the camera is stated as:
SRC Super Resolution Channel (2)
This is the high resoluting channel with an resolution of down to 2.3 m per pixel. SRC images will provide detailed information about areas of special interest, e.g. for the examination of future landing sites.
This camera looks phenominal, and theres going to be some smiles from the European scientists when that data starts coming through.
despite the fact that it won't have a product until the end of the world.
:P
Why does everything have to come back to Duke Nukem Forever
OK, you lot seem to be way over analysing this.
..becomes..
it looks like a simple bloody typo:
"this will give this new Athlon 64 speed bin time to take a firm hold"
"this will give this new Athlon 64 speed in time to take a firm hold"
i doubt it has anything to do with grading the processors or anything......
Kindly explain how having Maestro as open source will accelerate the process of downloading and packaging the data from the probe?
you dont yet, they will release detailed imagery and data updates packages as it they are constructed.
Check back on their website - they estimate about one update per week.
The Chinese make it worth it.
;)
:)
The American Administration likes to brag about their missions.
Just like we do with our computers, there isnt any NEED to upgrade, but once every tom/dick/harry starts to have the same spec machines as us - its time to go 64bit
It is in the human spirit to be competitive, and with that I hope we as humans do go there and beyond
Lucky escape then ;)
Thats because you have been both careful and lucky.
:) its becoming automatic for me to signup using it, and change my details once trust is built up.
Fortunately now, more and more people are using their brains before blindly giving out their personal information.
Within the people in my primary contact list, I cannot name one now who does not run either behind a protected business firewall and mail server, or runs Norton and has updated mail clients. The problems with Windows 98 outlook preview pane are thankfully subsiding for me.
For unknown services which require an email address to signup, I now use a wonderful service called Mailinator which allows you to use and read mail at any [username]@mailinator.com email address. The mail parser is quite simplistic in that it wont display images in mails etc
1) Absolutely agree, and until this situation can be resolved - either taking more spares and ways to fix parts, or making more durable componants, it will not be financially feasible.
2) Planet killing meteors in the universe - larger scale, equivilent odds?
If we were worried about the challenges and dangers inherant in our sphere of influence we would never have left our caves.
I agree, and this is the reason why "old" technology is still in use at NASA - the larger components are less susceptable to failure. But placing the control portions inside a shielded box should prevent/contain that problem.
The rest of the equipment, the mirror/dish/solar panels (if required) should all be capable of surviving.
Is there something about the vacuum of space which speeds erosion?
should we be worried about the Voyager probes (26 years and counting)?
Creating something thats built to last isnt a problem, its getting it to the correct orbit and giving it enough fuel/spares thats difficult.
However, with the advances in ion drives it wont be long before it becomes feasible.
The other possibility is placing a scope on the far side of the moon, shielded totally from light pollution and atmosperic effects.
Excellent, does this mean we can finally ban Outlook?
ooooops - I should engage brain before speaking :$ I'm sorry, i completely missed the parachute part.
So your telling me that dropping a camera from 300foot or however high your going to fly it wouldnt end up with it in pieces?
I would rather it floated off with at least a chance of chasing it than having it drop to earth like a stone.
Absolutely - its a heck of a lot easier giving out our fax number than it is explaining how to export to file, then add that as an attachment, and send it.
It is often simpler for even tech-savvy people to explain things. The Ball point pen can show me things no markup or PDF wizardry can come close to.
They might waste your time etc, but it costs them for each fax they send, so they have a very targetted audience, from what I have seen the majority are just fliers from our suppliers.
Maybe its more of a problem elsewhere.
Happy birthday :)
to all Mods modding the parent as redundant, please dont, give the guy some credit.
:)
;)
he submitted an adjustment and got it in the story blurb at the top - check the links - within 19mins of him posting this message, the story got updated
Good job this isnt Microsoft, or the update would have taken 4 weeks and broken a percentage of the systems that read it
Fair enough, examined, picked apart, spat out.
:)
Thanks for showin me where my thought patterns went wrong - really, I hadnt thought about it like that
The big difference I see with terrestial broadcast shows and movies however is that, given a large enough antenna I could receive these shows when broadcast from another country.
Downloading the shows publically aired is just a way of repeating the signal.
You shouldnt have to pay 5 per episode, thats ridiculous.
BUT - I would pay a small additional monthly fee to my ISP to allow access to the BitTorrent/p2p ports so I can download all the episodes I want when they come out.
This really does seem like the best way for the artists to get a guaranteed royalty payment without it intefering with anything.
You already pay extra to get the movie channels on your cable/sat box, so how much more difficult could it be for them?