I believe the contract includes nonrecurring engineering costs. Basically the engineering time to meet NASA requirements for docking to the station that wouldn't have been there just to launch into orbit. SpaceX's website puts per launch costs at around $45-50 million.
Picosatellite is just a general classification in the satellite community of 1kg. "Small" satellites are anything from 500kg down. Notice it's not Pico- kg but pico-satellite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_satellite
Maybe because VOIP has NEVER BEEN A GOOD 911 OPTION.
What happens when the power goes out?
My UPS kicks in supporting the modem, the VOIP router and the phone.
What happens when the internet goes out?
I assume you mean when your internet connection goes out. I've got DSL and I've had it go out once in three years and that was during a pretty nasty storm. I'm pretty sure the phone was out also though I had no way of checking. So as long as the phone system works my DSL and VOIP are probably up.
What happens when...
The list goes on and on and on and on which is why if you're really concerned about 911 you should have at least one land line phone plugged into an outlet. Why? Because the FBI doesn't need to worry about VOIP service. You should have a 911 phone available.
Why should I be forced to subsidize an out of date POTS when I don't use it? Maybe we should all be forced to buy and maintain emergency radios so we can call first responders when the phone system goes out.
If 911 was REALLY a problem then Comcast shouldn't be able to cut anyone's internet access... ever.
Because the phone company has never disconnected anyone before either.
IAAAE (I am an aerospace engineer) and Ares looks silly. Solid rockets should never be used for manned vehicles. The capsule idea is the way to go but the LV is a bad choice IMHO.
Don't forget to calculate the increase personnel time required to meet current output rates. This is often many times more $$$ then what some upgrade hardware costs. Then if they're ok with decreased productivity, and therefore higher man hours, then it's purely a management decision. You can also point to this report at a performance review as a reason goals were not met.
It's a problem because they're paying for those extra's to the phone manufacturer. So instead of subsidizing a $100 phone they could be subsidizing a $50 and still get the same monthly rate out of the customer. Customer gets a phone without all these extra's that aren't used and the company saves some money.
over-engineering doesn't mean tight tolerances or precision parts. It means you just spent 3/4 of your budget to go from 95% accuracy to 96% when you only needed 95%.
Obviously you don't use Netflix because if you did you would know you report shipping problems via the website. You go to your queue and at the top of the list, just under the dvd's that have been shipped to you, is a link that says "Mislabeled, lost or damaged DVD? Report a problem and order replacements". Three more clicks and you have a report filed and a replacement or next on the queue is sent out.
This phone center is for other problems with the service.
but that's not how companies are named in the aero industry. Boeing, Lockheed, Martin, Mcdonald, Douglas, etc. Only recently have some companies been named other things.
I don't know if it's suspicious but you can be damn sure NG is going to go back and put some procedures in place. This is after they said they weren't going to change anything at scaled. They're going to use this as an excuse to implement their processes and procedures in the name of "safety" and start bringing down scaled.
I just hope Rutan has the will to prevent this but I don't know if he's had to deal with anything like this before.
The winner is one who is better at killing the other side. Wrong, the winner is the one who removes the other's ability to wage war. Killing is just one of many options.
He explained how the PSU was one of the worst offenders for efficiency and then failed to include it on the power totals. That makes no sense what so ever. He also went through the process of building the computer. Why? If you're going to build a green PC you probably already know how to build a PC.
Now, I like what he started but I think his execution was poor. I'm looking at building a media computer in the next few months and I will definitely look into the Plus80 PSUs. Minimizing power usage will be one of the factors in my selection process so there are some very good ideas in this article.
You mention using a outlet meter, I wonder why the author didn't do the same thing. On the last page he lists some of the parts and notes "The watts listed are the highest for normal operation when the component is active." He doesn't actually confirm this or even list the PSU. He also clumps together a lot of things and dismisses them.
Why not hook up a $30 Watt meter and find out how well his design worked? Do an idle test and then run various benchmarks to see how the Green Machine works in reality.
well FERPA for one. It's at the National level for schools that recieve federal money.
Also note that the DMCA does not require the release of information back to the copywrite holder. It simply requires the removal of the offending material by the ISP (the university in this case). Now if they serve a lawfull subpoena then there isn't much the school can do, but most of the time the RIAA/MPAA just sends DMCA noticies and try to bluff their way to get information. Like I said before, we had just completed a FERPA review because of circumstances and the lawyers were sensitive to this type of issue at the time. Once the policy was established it was easy to maintain it.
Any kind of response probably wouldn't have come from the MPAA it probably would have just been at the university level. I use to work at a ResNet while I was at school. It was a state school and so we were protected by strict privacy laws. We received and processed hundreds of DMCA complaints each year but we never released a name or other identifying information. We even developed special procedures to ensure privacy and compliance with the DMCA.
We would track down students after receiving a complaint letter and make sure the offending material was removed from the network. We would document this process and then a clean version was returned to the complainant. Typically we also showed them how to disable sharing on whatever they were running in order to reduce the likely hood of a repeat offence. The student would also have to have a meeting with a student coordinator for their building and usually ended up making some kind of awareness project.
In the days of Napster, the university was threatened by the RIAA to release student information. Luckily (or not) we had just had an issue with an estranged parent getting information on a student and the lawyers had read up on their state privacy requirements. The university unilaterally said "No". Since the laws haven't changed, the students are still protected from lawsuits from the RIAA/MPAA/BSA using the DMCA to fish for info.
Now if I had known that two weeks ago I wouldn't have signed up for another 2 years. Thanks a lot. Really, that's just awesome. Explains why I've been getting a run around from tech support. It took three emails to get them to understand I wasn't talking about blocked ports but their stupid firmware java/network access restrictions.
Did you even RTFA? It pertains to aircraft owners getting access so they can maintain the airworthiness as required by the FAA. Nothing about getting permission to make games with older aircraft from existing aircraft companies. If NG doesn't want people to use their aircraft without licensing this isn't going to change that.
Exactly, and this isn't something new. NASA's robotic missions have been launched via rockets from Boeing and Lockheed for years. So they're finally moving the manned missions over, it's about time.
Now they can focus on what they're good at, exploring and innovating, not running a hauling service.
There's already quite a few decks that will play either. However, you still have to buy a service specific tuner, antenna and then the subscription. The front end however can play either.
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Most T-Mobile android phones have wifi calling built into them. great for calling when outside the US and not paying roaming fee's.
I believe the contract includes nonrecurring engineering costs. Basically the engineering time to meet NASA requirements for docking to the station that wouldn't have been there just to launch into orbit. SpaceX's website puts per launch costs at around $45-50 million.
Picosatellite is just a general classification in the satellite community of 1kg. "Small" satellites are anything from 500kg down. Notice it's not Pico- kg but pico-satellite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_satellite
Maybe because VOIP has NEVER BEEN A GOOD 911 OPTION.
What happens when the power goes out?
My UPS kicks in supporting the modem, the VOIP router and the phone.
What happens when the internet goes out?
I assume you mean when your internet connection goes out. I've got DSL and I've had it go out once in three years and that was during a pretty nasty storm. I'm pretty sure the phone was out also though I had no way of checking. So as long as the phone system works my DSL and VOIP are probably up.
What happens when...
The list goes on and on and on and on which is why if you're really concerned about 911 you should have at least one land line phone plugged into an outlet. Why? Because the FBI doesn't need to worry about VOIP service. You should have a 911 phone available.
Why should I be forced to subsidize an out of date POTS when I don't use it? Maybe we should all be forced to buy and maintain emergency radios so we can call first responders when the phone system goes out.
If 911 was REALLY a problem then Comcast shouldn't be able to cut anyone's internet access... ever.
Because the phone company has never disconnected anyone before either.
IAAAE (I am an aerospace engineer) and Ares looks silly. Solid rockets should never be used for manned vehicles. The capsule idea is the way to go but the LV is a bad choice IMHO.
Don't forget to calculate the increase personnel time required to meet current output rates. This is often many times more $$$ then what some upgrade hardware costs. Then if they're ok with decreased productivity, and therefore higher man hours, then it's purely a management decision. You can also point to this report at a performance review as a reason goals were not met.
It's a problem because they're paying for those extra's to the phone manufacturer. So instead of subsidizing a $100 phone they could be subsidizing a $50 and still get the same monthly rate out of the customer. Customer gets a phone without all these extra's that aren't used and the company saves some money.
over-engineering doesn't mean tight tolerances or precision parts. It means you just spent 3/4 of your budget to go from 95% accuracy to 96% when you only needed 95%.
Obviously you don't use Netflix because if you did you would know you report shipping problems via the website. You go to your queue and at the top of the list, just under the dvd's that have been shipped to you, is a link that says "Mislabeled, lost or damaged DVD? Report a problem and order replacements". Three more clicks and you have a report filed and a replacement or next on the queue is sent out.
This phone center is for other problems with the service.
but that's not how companies are named in the aero industry. Boeing, Lockheed, Martin, Mcdonald, Douglas, etc. Only recently have some companies been named other things.
I don't know if it's suspicious but you can be damn sure NG is going to go back and put some procedures in place. This is after they said they weren't going to change anything at scaled. They're going to use this as an excuse to implement their processes and procedures in the name of "safety" and start bringing down scaled.
I just hope Rutan has the will to prevent this but I don't know if he's had to deal with anything like this before.
What about "music" nerds? How come it always has to be about "computer" nerds? Can't we be inclusive and support all the nerds of the world?
To those of us stuck in the cubefarms of the city it's the same thing.
He explained how the PSU was one of the worst offenders for efficiency and then failed to include it on the power totals. That makes no sense what so ever. He also went through the process of building the computer. Why? If you're going to build a green PC you probably already know how to build a PC.
Now, I like what he started but I think his execution was poor. I'm looking at building a media computer in the next few months and I will definitely look into the Plus80 PSUs. Minimizing power usage will be one of the factors in my selection process so there are some very good ideas in this article.
You mention using a outlet meter, I wonder why the author didn't do the same thing. On the last page he lists some of the parts and notes "The watts listed are the highest for normal operation when the component is active." He doesn't actually confirm this or even list the PSU. He also clumps together a lot of things and dismisses them.
Why not hook up a $30 Watt meter and find out how well his design worked? Do an idle test and then run various benchmarks to see how the Green Machine works in reality.
well FERPA for one. It's at the National level for schools that recieve federal money.
Also note that the DMCA does not require the release of information back to the copywrite holder. It simply requires the removal of the offending material by the ISP (the university in this case). Now if they serve a lawfull subpoena then there isn't much the school can do, but most of the time the RIAA/MPAA just sends DMCA noticies and try to bluff their way to get information. Like I said before, we had just completed a FERPA review because of circumstances and the lawyers were sensitive to this type of issue at the time. Once the policy was established it was easy to maintain it.
I am definately not a lawyer.
Any kind of response probably wouldn't have come from the MPAA it probably would have just been at the university level. I use to work at a ResNet while I was at school. It was a state school and so we were protected by strict privacy laws. We received and processed hundreds of DMCA complaints each year but we never released a name or other identifying information. We even developed special procedures to ensure privacy and compliance with the DMCA.
We would track down students after receiving a complaint letter and make sure the offending material was removed from the network. We would document this process and then a clean version was returned to the complainant. Typically we also showed them how to disable sharing on whatever they were running in order to reduce the likely hood of a repeat offence. The student would also have to have a meeting with a student coordinator for their building and usually ended up making some kind of awareness project.
In the days of Napster, the university was threatened by the RIAA to release student information. Luckily (or not) we had just had an issue with an estranged parent getting information on a student and the lawyers had read up on their state privacy requirements. The university unilaterally said "No". Since the laws haven't changed, the students are still protected from lawsuits from the RIAA/MPAA/BSA using the DMCA to fish for info.
Now if I had known that two weeks ago I wouldn't have signed up for another 2 years. Thanks a lot. Really, that's just awesome. Explains why I've been getting a run around from tech support. It took three emails to get them to understand I wasn't talking about blocked ports but their stupid firmware java/network access restrictions.
but we've already got iPhone Killers out there!
Are they going to consolidate the music stations? Offer identical options on both sets of hardware or keep things seperate but merge the overhead?
One of the reasons I picked Sirius was the music selection on the channels appealed to me more then on XM. Am I going to loose out now?
This has been talked about before but I've never heard what will actually change for the end user.
Did you even RTFA? It pertains to aircraft owners getting access so they can maintain the airworthiness as required by the FAA. Nothing about getting permission to make games with older aircraft from existing aircraft companies. If NG doesn't want people to use their aircraft without licensing this isn't going to change that.
Exactly, and this isn't something new. NASA's robotic missions have been launched via rockets from Boeing and Lockheed for years. So they're finally moving the manned missions over, it's about time.
Now they can focus on what they're good at, exploring and innovating, not running a hauling service.
I read it as such and then got pretty confused when reading the write up.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7961 468&st=satellite&type=product&id=1153336300075
There's already quite a few decks that will play either. However, you still have to buy a service specific tuner, antenna and then the subscription. The front end however can play either.