I'm sure he was using this as a figure of speech. Some people would say 'everybody' and others would say '99%.'
Perhaps we can agree that he means 'somewhat more than 30%' or whatever arbitrarily low number makes sense. That's what I do when I am confronted with an obviously fabricated number. (Actually, I made that last part up. I don't do that.)
I don't think he can even use that kind of fuel. The article said he needed 400 liters of fuel. Perhaps gallons aren't even compatible with his airplane. We saw what happened when NASA tried to mix metric (SI for non-americans) with English units of measure.
The assumption you attributed to me was a quote from the article. That's what I tried to convey with the italics.
Other than that, I must commend you on your treatment of the math involved. I never expected that level of detail when I invited the reader to do the math for himself. But, then again, this is Slashdot, and hey -- Free Math Problem!:-)
How about the idea of having two engines? According to the FAQ, the fuel was chosen to be common to the 'fan jet engine,' presumably a turbofan, and the diesel. I don't think I would like to fly around in a plane that has an extra diesel engine strapped in it, 'cause they are usually pretty heavy, and heavy doesn't like to fly without power, and power requires bigger engines, which are heavy....
Anyway, can't one engine do double duty to cut weight? I know I don't drive around with a turbofan in the back of my truck. (To be fair, there are several reasons for that i.e. I don't have one.)
I could be way off base, though. I may have spent several hundred hours in folding wing airplanes, but that doesn't make me an expert. You see, if I were an expert, I would have my name next to the founder's on his web site, and then I would have my say.
Fifteen percent DVR penetration implies that 9.1 percent of all ads would not be watched and that advertisers would be overpaying by 9.1 percent
I am not a marketing professional, but if 9.1 percent of adds are skipped, that would seem to imply a 10% overpayment. If 100% of adds are skipped, does that mean that marketers are paying only twice what they are worth? (100% overpayment) For that matter, where did the 9.1% figure come from anyway? Two thirds of 15%?
I will leave the math as an exercise for the reader.
And what's the easiest way to get a large army of orcs for battle scenes? Yes, that's right, they used the New Zealand Army!
I didn't realize the New Zealand Army was made up of orcs. No wonder they have never been defeated. Any opponents must be terrified. People just aren't used to fighting orcs.
Assuming the noise is all coming from the microwave, your peak noise reported is still less power (-63db) than the maximum strength signal you get from your network (-60db).
To be patentable, an idea is supposed to be nonobvious. In making computers more user-friendly, the interface is designed to be obvious. The scandal a year or two ago when some corporation claimed the IP rights to the hyperlink comes to mind. However, when you put your grandmother in front of a computer with a web page displayed (and teach her to use the mouse) she will find clicking on hyperlinks a very intuitive interface. Perhaps obvious, even.
On the other hand, it is not obvious how to make a hyperlink. Well, it's pretty easy to make them, but I couldn't code an html interpreter myself. Anyway, it's usually the behind-the-scenes stuff that has the patentable ideas in it. Kind of like how the mpeg2 developers consortium is charging money to use mpeg2 encoders, but isn't suing people who use Ogg Vorbis.
Or how SCO charges people to use their UNIX, but doesn't sue people who... uh, never mind.
Well, anyway, that's the idea. Did I use enough buzzwords?
There are also blood oxygen sensors that are small enough to slip over the end of a finger with no other bulky hardware. I'm pretty sure a dead finger would have quite a bit less oxygen than others; these things show a pretty big change in an altitude chamber (I watched by blood oxygen level go from 99% to 73% over a few minutes of breathing rarified air.)
The military has transducers used on walls to prevent people from listening in on classified conversations. I've seen them installed in aircraft carrier ready rooms, where flight briefs take place. One can put an ear to the outside of the wall to try to listen, but can only hear the (usually lame) music in the wall.
This system is not designed as a speaker, per se, but it is audible from near the wall. I have no idea what flavor of unobtanium is used for these, but I suspect they probably cost at least $1500, based on the military's track record.
I think we can look at the original "Emperor..." story and get a little bit more out of the analogy.
The one who pointed out that the emperor had no clothes was a small child in the story. He was too innocent to understand the explanation of why one couldn't see the alleged clothes.
In this case, though, the analogy strays a bit. One could think of a child (if young enough) as one who has no fear of reprisal from corporate lawsuits. Case in point being that 13 year old sued by the RIAA a couple of months ago with (IIRC) the suit quickly dropped. Unfortunately, in this case, it appears that the 'villain' is old enough to be a legal target, and won't make a bad PR scene for the evil corporation.
As I recall, most of the satellite dishes these days have an offset feed, so it is not obvious which way they are pointing. In fact, they usually point a little higher than it appears. That is, a vector normal to the center of the dish points lower than the main lobe of the antenna pattern.
During a trip to Fairbanks, Alaska last year, it struck me as odd (well, odd looking) that the satellite dishes were pointing at the horizon. The offset-feed dishes looked like they were pointing at the dirt.
If you want it to appear that your dish is pointing to a satellite, you could mount it with the feed horn on top, giving the appearance of a skyward view.
The real mission has two parts:
1. Killing people - adequitely covered
2. Breaking things - this is where the air to ground guys make their money. If they break the right things, not as many people have to be killed to "complete the mission."
These tags work on unlicensed portions of the frequency spectrum, so why not jam them? The Alien Technology site gives the frequencies they use: Alien Technology
Admittedly, the 2450MHz band is the same as WiFi, so most of us would be opposed to jamming that on general principles, but it looks like the 915MHz band is what is being used more often. The Alien Technology tags for 2450 look really big and expensive.
It should only take about a watt or two with a bandwidth of 26MHz in the low band or 56.5Hz in high band. (These numbers from the FCC web site:FCC frequency spectrum PDF Some sort of pulse modulation would probably help the jamming, too.
Heck, you could probably take the RF shielding off an appropriate-speed laptop and walk around with it as a first iteration of the design. I remember the old Apple ][+ used to jam channel 6 pretty well.
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Perhaps we can agree that he means 'somewhat more than 30%' or whatever arbitrarily low number makes sense. That's what I do when I am confronted with an obviously fabricated number. (Actually, I made that last part up. I don't do that.)
I don't think he can even use that kind of fuel. The article said he needed 400 liters of fuel. Perhaps gallons aren't even compatible with his airplane. We saw what happened when NASA tried to mix metric (SI for non-americans) with English units of measure.
Other than that, I must commend you on your treatment of the math involved. I never expected that level of detail when I invited the reader to do the math for himself. But, then again, this is Slashdot, and hey -- Free Math Problem! :-)
Anyway, can't one engine do double duty to cut weight? I know I don't drive around with a turbofan in the back of my truck. (To be fair, there are several reasons for that i.e. I don't have one.)
I could be way off base, though. I may have spent several hundred hours in folding wing airplanes, but that doesn't make me an expert. You see, if I were an expert, I would have my name next to the founder's on his web site, and then I would have my say.
I am not a marketing professional, but if 9.1 percent of adds are skipped, that would seem to imply a 10% overpayment. If 100% of adds are skipped, does that mean that marketers are paying only twice what they are worth? (100% overpayment) For that matter, where did the 9.1% figure come from anyway? Two thirds of 15%?
I will leave the math as an exercise for the reader.
I didn't realize the New Zealand Army was made up of orcs. No wonder they have never been defeated. Any opponents must be terrified. People just aren't used to fighting orcs.
I wouldn't be too concerned with getting cooked.
On the other hand, it is not obvious how to make a hyperlink. Well, it's pretty easy to make them, but I couldn't code an html interpreter myself. Anyway, it's usually the behind-the-scenes stuff that has the patentable ideas in it. Kind of like how the mpeg2 developers consortium is charging money to use mpeg2 encoders, but isn't suing people who use Ogg Vorbis.
Or how SCO charges people to use their UNIX, but doesn't sue people who... uh, never mind.
Well, anyway, that's the idea. Did I use enough buzzwords?
There are also blood oxygen sensors that are small enough to slip over the end of a finger with no other bulky hardware. I'm pretty sure a dead finger would have quite a bit less oxygen than others; these things show a pretty big change in an altitude chamber (I watched by blood oxygen level go from 99% to 73% over a few minutes of breathing rarified air.)
I'd also like to go one step further, saying blah, blah, blather, pygmies, budgies, kuala lumpur....
Who am I kidding? I don't know jack about this.
My favorite, though, was from Discovery Kids:
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This system is not designed as a speaker, per se, but it is audible from near the wall. I have no idea what flavor of unobtanium is used for these, but I suspect they probably cost at least $1500, based on the military's track record.
You mean outrun. And yes, it will.
Presumably this site has more
The system uses lasers to map elevations. This is interesting from a nerd perspective, but the photos will appeal to all.
It's my understanding that there is a concurrent research project in the works to burn off fog around London with another (TCP/IP modulated) laser.
The one who pointed out that the emperor had no clothes was a small child in the story. He was too innocent to understand the explanation of why one couldn't see the alleged clothes.
In this case, though, the analogy strays a bit. One could think of a child (if young enough) as one who has no fear of reprisal from corporate lawsuits. Case in point being that 13 year old sued by the RIAA a couple of months ago with (IIRC) the suit quickly dropped. Unfortunately, in this case, it appears that the 'villain' is old enough to be a legal target, and won't make a bad PR scene for the evil corporation.
During a trip to Fairbanks, Alaska last year, it struck me as odd (well, odd looking) that the satellite dishes were pointing at the horizon. The offset-feed dishes looked like they were pointing at the dirt.
If you want it to appear that your dish is pointing to a satellite, you could mount it with the feed horn on top, giving the appearance of a skyward view.
The real mission has two parts: 1. Killing people - adequitely covered 2. Breaking things - this is where the air to ground guys make their money. If they break the right things, not as many people have to be killed to "complete the mission."
Admittedly, the 2450MHz band is the same as WiFi, so most of us would be opposed to jamming that on general principles, but it looks like the 915MHz band is what is being used more often. The Alien Technology tags for 2450 look really big and expensive.
It should only take about a watt or two with a bandwidth of 26MHz in the low band or 56.5Hz in high band. (These numbers from the FCC web site:FCC frequency spectrum PDF Some sort of pulse modulation would probably help the jamming, too.
Heck, you could probably take the RF shielding off an appropriate-speed laptop and walk around with it as a first iteration of the design. I remember the old Apple ][+ used to jam channel 6 pretty well.
Psycho Killer? Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Last I heard, Kon-tiki was an expedition by Thor Heyerdahl to cross the Pacific in a raft using thousand year old technology.