I recall a friends EE textbook (I was a math major at the time) that discussed Phasers (Phase Rectifiers or something like that). It had a nice little footnote that said, "Contrary to popular opinion, the phaser was not invented by Captain Kirk." It also had an entry for Kirk in the index. Another little easter egg was a black box diagram with Snoopy and his doghouse as the black box.
Let's face it, a EE text is not going to be the most interesting reading, but little easter eggs, or anecdotes like these help to make it better.
The Vandenberg pad is still there, it's just mothballed. However, it was intended for polar orbit (using a southerly launch trajectory).
Launch facilities are at KSC in FL for a reason. By launching in an easterly direction, you pick up an essentially "free" 1000mph or so, due to centripetal effects. You could do this anywhere. But by launching from the east coast, discards, such as ETs and SRBs fall into the ocean, rather than on (potentially) populated areas (an issue that Heinlein touched on in "The Man Who Sold the Moon").
Similarly, by using a southerly launch from Vandenberg, though you don't get the velocity bonus, you do have the ability to drop discards into the Pacific ocean.
IE has gone BACKWARDS. IE4 at least remembered that you had your window maximized. This was broken in IE5 and still doesn't work in 6.1 (have to use it at work, alas).
AutoCad - I don't know of any programs that work as well and have the name recognition. AutoCad is essential to all engineers and architechts. Wine usage doesn't count either.
Except that while AutoCAD may run on Win only (I don't know -- I don't do drafting/ME), it's not a Microsoft product. It's by Autodesk.
If they think they can win at "patent chicken" with IBM, they're sadly mistaken. Doesn't IBM have the world's largest patent portfolio? Oh well, it was nice knowing you, SCO. Too bad you are about to be countersued into bankruptcy.
And apparently somebody at IBM dropped the ball when they wrote up the contracts for the now defunct Monterey. They should have included a patent cross-licensing agreement there.
Most of Heinlein's space opera was pre-Eniac. They did have mechanical calculators (see "Starman Jones", and the Andy Libby short in "The Past Through Tomorrow" -- the one moving EM3).
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The point is an anecdote or two livens things up
I recall a friends EE textbook (I was a math major at the time) that discussed Phasers (Phase Rectifiers or something like that). It had a nice little footnote that said, "Contrary to popular opinion, the phaser was not invented by Captain Kirk." It also had an entry for Kirk in the index. Another little easter egg was a black box diagram with Snoopy and his doghouse as the black box.
Let's face it, a EE text is not going to be the most interesting reading, but little easter eggs, or anecdotes like these help to make it better.
Was it "Surely You're Joking..."? or was it "What Do YOU Care..."?
High school textbooks are, in general woefully inadequate when compared to science textbooks from other developed nations
See Feynman's rant from "What do you care what other people think?"
How about "until hell freezes over"? :)
It already has.
What's the difference between an Opteron and an Athlon64?
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Thanks. To quote Johnny Carson... I did not know that!
The Vandenberg pad is still there, it's just mothballed. However, it was intended for polar orbit (using a southerly launch trajectory).
Launch facilities are at KSC in FL for a reason. By launching in an easterly direction, you pick up an essentially "free" 1000mph or so, due to centripetal effects. You could do this anywhere. But by launching from the east coast, discards, such as ETs and SRBs fall into the ocean, rather than on (potentially) populated areas (an issue that Heinlein touched on in "The Man Who Sold the Moon").
Similarly, by using a southerly launch from Vandenberg, though you don't get the velocity bonus, you do have the ability to drop discards into the Pacific ocean.
IE has gone BACKWARDS. IE4 at least remembered that you had your window maximized. This was broken in IE5 and still doesn't work in 6.1 (have to use it at work, alas).
You mean it doesn't already look like that?
Interstitials, pop-ups, spam, etc...
I remember (in the early days) hearing it pronounced "3-Dub".
Damn straight. Actually, Spring Training has the same feel. Small, intimate ballparks; inexpensive seats, a "family feel" to the thing.
I was visiting my folks in Phoenix and caught a few games. I commented that this was how Baseball was supposed to be.
Major's about subway series where no matter what New freakin' York wins
Except the Angels won. (Yeah, I know Disney owns 'em).
Hey! I play catcher on my local synagogue softball team! I'm in my third season.
AutoCad - I don't know of any programs that work as well and have the name recognition. AutoCad is essential to all engineers and architechts. Wine usage doesn't count either.
Except that while AutoCAD may run on Win only (I don't know -- I don't do drafting/ME), it's not a Microsoft product. It's by Autodesk.
100mbps? Wow! 100mbps is 1 bit every 10 seconds! I can talk faster than that!
Now, a 100Mbps connection, that I could get excited about!
one of those grandiose but crummy cars that Nader thought were unsafe at any speed.
It was the Corvair.
I assume you mean Ringworld and The Ringworld Engineers.
Discworld is Pratchett, though I believe he's never written a book with that in the title.
And how about 10Gbit Ethernet ? What's stopping you from using this as a drive interface ?
Is iSCSI a standard yet?
Guys, we've already had 2Gb/s SCSI for a while.
It's called Fibre Channel. FC can run 2Gb/s full duplex, and I believe the next gen will be 10Gb/s.
If they think they can win at "patent chicken" with IBM, they're sadly mistaken. Doesn't IBM have the world's largest patent portfolio? Oh well, it was nice knowing you, SCO. Too bad you are about to be countersued into bankruptcy.
And apparently somebody at IBM dropped the ball when they wrote up the contracts for the now defunct Monterey. They should have included a patent cross-licensing agreement there.
When I was 6 (many many many moons ago), we lived in Boston for a year. I still remember my sister ordering a chocolate milkshake, and getting...
:-P)... She then found out she had wanted a "frappe".
Chocolate milk shaken up (not stirred
You do know that it is customary to capitolize the first word in a sentence?
So the first word in a sentence is the location from where that sentence is governed?
Most of Heinlein's space opera was pre-Eniac. They did have mechanical calculators (see "Starman Jones", and the Andy Libby short in "The Past Through Tomorrow" -- the one moving EM3).
What taxes?