This kind of thing killed two linemen when they were restoring power in Virginia after hurricane Isabel came through. These two cases are not isolated incidents. Getting hit with 7kV 1/3 amp (2500 watts) while 30feet in the air, or standing on the ground, will kill you. Dead. So will 120V. Your 10kV example is a non-sequitor because it was only a few milli-amps and you yourself proved how dangerous it was because it 1.) melted your screwdriver, 2.) caused you to have involuntarily muscle spasms that "threw" you a couple of feet, 3.) knocked you unconscious.
Phew! For a moment there I thought I mis-understood all my Physics professors. Glad someone else remembers it this way too -- light is an electro-MAGNETIC wave.
Can't you see... If one person builds one, then another will have to build one as well to defend themself. And, so, it escalates. Then comes the larger more powerful water gun. Then the mobile water gun. Then a brilliant but misguided developer creates an artificial intelligence. Building such a weapon will ultimately lead to IT armageddon. Think of the children!
It works out to an even better deal if you realize that SpaceX is not just pocketing the money, but is channeling a considerable fraction of it back into their own internal R&D programs. Their intention is to get the Falcon9 and Dragon man-rated. The published development schedule appears to be fairly agressive. In some respects, I believe they are further along than the Ares 1 and Orion CEV programs are. Imagine a COTS program comprised of crew transport to and from the ISS or LEO.
LED lamps are mandated by law, for new traffic signals and when replacing bulbs in existing traffic signals in the US. Been that way for a few years. The article is about street lamps (general illumination).
I've seen companies use components rated at or just below their stated current rating in order to save money (using 8 amp transistors in a 10 amp supply, for example). They'll often work right out of the box, but, since there's no margin built in they will run hot and eventually fail. As to component quality, take it from someone who designs and manufactures precision instrumentation, I can tell you that there can be an enormous difference in quality from one manufacturer to another. "considering all the parts are mass manufactured, anyway" is not a valid argument.
In the US, as long as you're standing outside the fence, there's nothing preventing you from taking all the pictures you want. I wouldn't recommend driving around ON the base while taking pictures, however. Google has pretty good aerial photos of the air base where I live; and, the street view clearly shows the base as seen along the fence line.
As a former C programmer who has been forced to code in VB for the past half decade... Brother, I can see you've been brought into the fold. We in Hell need you to continue with your work. Continue to disseminate the lies, convince as many as you can that Evil is the One True Way and declare it to be Good. Many will believe you. Many souls will fall to us...
You're missing the point. I'm being droll and sarcastic. I'm well aware of where the term originates (going way back to the original Apple II days) People hang on to what that man says and what that company does waaayyyy too much.
Several people have tried; but, noone has done it right. So, here goes
Etch the data into stone tablets. Choose a hard stone unaffected by water immersion; the harder the stone is to work, the better. Include a primer in multiple languages, which explains the content, data format and duplicates the first page or two. Make multiple copies of it all. Distribute in many locations worldwide. Every few years add more copies to distribution.
That should give you a few thousand years to come up with a better method. If your lucky, a copy will be incorporated into a building, monument, or other structure. This will enhance the data's chances for survival.
Until you have a power supply failure take out multiple disks or a controller failure corrupt them all. Then your data is GONE!!!. Don't rely on a single RAID array, of any kind, or any combination in one chassis, to store data you want to keep long term.
Ok, before someone takes you seriously Dr. Strange Glove... While it's technically possible, no one actually makes 100 megaton bombs, because they're insane, even in an environment where use of nuclear weapons is considered reasonable, which it's not.
I don't think that someone who would plan to do this (they obviously planned it out) would care about getting a road construction job. Maybe I'm wrong. But with scrap metal prices being what they are, and the guard rails weighing over 100 lbs a piece, it's an "easy" way to make a couple hundred dollars a day, in cash.
thieves have been stealing the aluminum guard rails, hand rails and brackets off of bridges and overpasses here. Apparently they grab them one or two at a time, and it takes a week or two before they've removed enough that someone notices the missing rails. The aluminum has been found at scrap dealers, cut up into small enough pieces so it's not (easily) identifiable as it's original form.
It's part of a plot developed by the squirrels. They want us to feel sorry for them, feed them, and invite them into our homes. They've become jealous of what the dogs and cats have, and they want in...
The parent poster and editor did a poor job describing the article. The obvious thing was the questions about cutting Ares 1. As mentioned, they also asked about Ares 5. What's missing, Obama's office also asked about:
Possibility of continuing Ares 5 without Ares 1
Extending the Shuttle to 2015
Possibility of adapting CEV to other launch vehicles, including Ariane
Cost of funding the entire suite of Earth observatory satellites
Cost of picking up the pieces and funding some of the cancelled programs
What it sounds like to me is they're doing due diligence with the intention of possibly increasing NASA's budget; but, they want to spend the money as wisely as possible.
For once, I with people would read the damn article before jumping to conclusions, even here, on/.
Making a sandwich was often used, back in the day, as a process for teaching logical flow and show how computers required you to include each and every step of the program in order to get the correct results -- it's like, an intro to computers, first day of class exercise. Many thousands of us probably flowcharted this process back then. Don't know if it's still used now...
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This kind of thing killed two linemen when they were restoring power in Virginia after hurricane Isabel came through. These two cases are not isolated incidents. Getting hit with 7kV 1/3 amp (2500 watts) while 30feet in the air, or standing on the ground, will kill you. Dead. So will 120V. Your 10kV example is a non-sequitor because it was only a few milli-amps and you yourself proved how dangerous it was because it 1.) melted your screwdriver, 2.) caused you to have involuntarily muscle spasms that "threw" you a couple of feet, 3.) knocked you unconscious.
Phew! For a moment there I thought I mis-understood all my Physics professors. Glad someone else remembers it this way too -- light is an electro-MAGNETIC wave.
Can't you see... If one person builds one, then another will have to build one as well to defend themself. And, so, it escalates. Then comes the larger more powerful water gun. Then the mobile water gun. Then a brilliant but misguided developer creates an artificial intelligence. Building such a weapon will ultimately lead to IT armageddon. Think of the children!
BOFH style rolling excuse generator. Need an excuse, just look up and read off the display.
It works out to an even better deal if you realize that SpaceX is not just pocketing the money, but is channeling a considerable fraction of it back into their own internal R&D programs. Their intention is to get the Falcon9 and Dragon man-rated. The published development schedule appears to be fairly agressive. In some respects, I believe they are further along than the Ares 1 and Orion CEV programs are. Imagine a COTS program comprised of crew transport to and from the ISS or LEO.
Unless you don't have green receptors, which includes a sizeable fraction of the male population.
LED lamps are mandated by law, for new traffic signals and when replacing bulbs in existing traffic signals in the US. Been that way for a few years. The article is about street lamps (general illumination).
Here's a partial list:
I've seen companies use components rated at or just below their stated current rating in order to save money (using 8 amp transistors in a 10 amp supply, for example). They'll often work right out of the box, but, since there's no margin built in they will run hot and eventually fail. As to component quality, take it from someone who designs and manufactures precision instrumentation, I can tell you that there can be an enormous difference in quality from one manufacturer to another. "considering all the parts are mass manufactured, anyway" is not a valid argument.
In the US, as long as you're standing outside the fence, there's nothing preventing you from taking all the pictures you want. I wouldn't recommend driving around ON the base while taking pictures, however. Google has pretty good aerial photos of the air base where I live; and, the street view clearly shows the base as seen along the fence line.
As a former C programmer who has been forced to code in VB for the past half decade... Brother, I can see you've been brought into the fold. We in Hell need you to continue with your work. Continue to disseminate the lies, convince as many as you can that Evil is the One True Way and declare it to be Good. Many will believe you. Many souls will fall to us...
You're missing the point. I'm being droll and sarcastic. I'm well aware of where the term originates (going way back to the original Apple II days) People hang on to what that man says and what that company does waaayyyy too much.
Is that a crack in the RDF? We're doomed. DOOMED I say.
Several people have tried; but, noone has done it right. So, here goes
Etch the data into stone tablets. Choose a hard stone unaffected by water immersion; the harder the stone is to work, the better. Include a primer in multiple languages, which explains the content, data format and duplicates the first page or two. Make multiple copies of it all. Distribute in many locations worldwide. Every few years add more copies to distribution.
That should give you a few thousand years to come up with a better method. If your lucky, a copy will be incorporated into a building, monument, or other structure. This will enhance the data's chances for survival.
paper tape is too easy to damage. It should be stainless steel ribbon, punched to the same standard.
Until you have a power supply failure take out multiple disks or a controller failure corrupt them all. Then your data is GONE!!!. Don't rely on a single RAID array, of any kind, or any combination in one chassis, to store data you want to keep long term.
But they want you to pay the return shipping.
Ok, before someone takes you seriously Dr. Strange Glove... While it's technically possible, no one actually makes 100 megaton bombs, because they're insane, even in an environment where use of nuclear weapons is considered reasonable, which it's not.
You just described AMD's current memory architecture in multi-processor systems.
I don't think that someone who would plan to do this (they obviously planned it out) would care about getting a road construction job. Maybe I'm wrong. But with scrap metal prices being what they are, and the guard rails weighing over 100 lbs a piece, it's an "easy" way to make a couple hundred dollars a day, in cash.
thieves have been stealing the aluminum guard rails, hand rails and brackets off of bridges and overpasses here. Apparently they grab them one or two at a time, and it takes a week or two before they've removed enough that someone notices the missing rails. The aluminum has been found at scrap dealers, cut up into small enough pieces so it's not (easily) identifiable as it's original form.
Let's see...
Note to self: Prepare for Zombie Apocalypse
It's part of a plot developed by the squirrels. They want us to feel sorry for them, feed them, and invite them into our homes. They've become jealous of what the dogs and cats have, and they want in...
The parent poster and editor did a poor job describing the article. The obvious thing was the questions about cutting Ares 1. As mentioned, they also asked about Ares 5. What's missing, Obama's office also asked about:
What it sounds like to me is they're doing due diligence with the intention of possibly increasing NASA's budget; but, they want to spend the money as wisely as possible.
For once, I with people would read the damn article before jumping to conclusions, even here, on /.
While the command and control was down, they missed the chance to take out the bots too.
Making a sandwich was often used, back in the day, as a process for teaching logical flow and show how computers required you to include each and every step of the program in order to get the correct results -- it's like, an intro to computers, first day of class exercise. Many thousands of us probably flowcharted this process back then. Don't know if it's still used now...