I used to get an extra 15 hrs/wk pay for on-call time in addition to any hours worked. In other words, during an on-call week I would get paid for 55 hours even if I did not get a call. If I worked a call, those hours would be added to the 55. We all rotated with one person on-call each week, but were allowed to exchange or pass on our on-call duties to someone else on the crew if they wanted some extra cash.
The description doesn't mention the compressor and motor (they never show you all that stuff in the basement) which would probably require 3-phase power. That sort of load might enable you to get a wholesale rate from yer power company;)
as far as i know DSS and other TV sattelite users have no issues when storms come in because the signals penetrate the clouds, etc.
Sure, KU band will penetrate clouds, but if those clouds are dumping precip the signal is easily distorted by rain and snow resulting in a loss of signal lock. Have a look at any of the pizza-dish system FAQs (DSS && Dish) and you'll find a discussion of what they generously call "rain fade".
Still, this type of access is great if you live && work in an isolated location.
AFAIK, most of the users of the RBL are admins for corporations who are simply trying to reduce the noise level within their company's network. Most ISPs seem to have an open-door policy and/or offer their customers options for spam filtering.
Forgetting the ethical and religious implications for a moment, and understanding that I don't have a clue with respect to biology...
Can I suggest that assembling 350 genes would be similar to assembling 350 simple subroutines? If that is a reasonable analogy, and my design and coding effort results in only one-half of one percent of the modules having potentially dangerous bugs...yikes! I can only hope that Dr. Venter and his buddies will design some thorough test cases.
Argh, the link I posted above is mostly info oriented and the scans there are probably comparable to a 5m or 10m satellite image. PhotoScience has some better air-photo examples here:
I am a programmer for a photogrammetric company (aerial surveying). Most of my work involves developing applications to correct for lens fall-off, brightness gradient, and sun flares in scanned aerial photography. I've been doing this bit for almost six years now and have been hearing from day one how these new up-and-coming high resolution imaging satellites would make our aircraft obsolete. From everything I've seen, its mostly marketing hype. 1m resolution is just that, 1 pixel == 1m x 1m, there is not a lot you can see in something that coarse. Sure roads, buildings, and cars are visible, but that is about it.
Have a look at some NAPP photography if you want to *see* something:
I never met the man, but I can vouch for his books. They've been an invaluable asset. He will be missed.
OT = 1; I don't want to start another pro/con thread on the need for or want of the AC option, but perhaps its time to reconsider the whole issue. Many of the postings here are obviously a sick joke. And, considering the context, depressing to say the least.
Sure, I could set my threshold above the noise, but then some of the occasional interesting off-topic notes would be missed.
"out of control; much like the linux community today"
Really!? Who would you suggest be in control? IBM maybe? OS/2 didn't fail due to its diehard fans (have a look the earlier posts) and I doubt that anyone could provide evidence that they had any responsibility.
Why is it so terribly important that Linux (or the community) become acceptable to certain business types? Those who can't see the advantages will be less competitive since they'll be spending more time and $'s for inferior solutions. All it took for me to get Linux in the door where I work was a simple demonstration of cost/performance. My boss (an old VMS believer) was more impressed with the stability than anything else. He couldn't care less if a few fanatics are on the loose.
Gads, I'm starting to sound like a fanatic, go ahead and shoot me;)
"most business users really don't care about... flame wars"
I agree. However, those "flame wars", as you call them, are no different than what goes on in many development meetings in a closed source environment. People argue and people disagree. The difference with the Linux community is the end result... you often have a choice of tools (e.g. KDE or GNOME) and can decide for yourself which solution will meet your needs.
As an MIS admin I found everything on PacketStorm to be of the highest quality
I couldn't agree more...
JP is pissing in his own backyard with stunts like this. Any admin at any ISP who hosts Antionline (including the current one) would do well to consider that he/she is hosting a service that is apparently committed to destroying the sites that all competent admins need.
If I worked for his ISP I'd have been on the phone yesterday, "What the... You did what!? PacketStorm was one of my primary sources of security information! I think you'd better leave."
"a popular underground collection of security related tools and information"
I must inform you that I am about as far as you can get from the underground (whatever that means). I have enough trouble keeping up with security issues without some whiner taking down one of the most informative sites available. I have removed your site from my bookmarks and will not be visiting again...ever! Self-destruction is even stranger than self-delusion John, you've done plenty of damage for one day... get a life and quit messing with mine.
Not sure where to get everything, but all the code is freely available. Oh wait, try here:
http://www.netlib.org/linpack/
I once did some optimization of the BLAS on some old SPARCs. We were able to more than double the performance by unrolling the loops into blocks that would fit the cache (hand tweeking the assembler). Which makes me wonder, most optimizing compilers do a fair amount of this sort of thing themselves...could this list have as much to do with compiler tricks as it does the raw speed of the machine?
I got a great deal through NPS this year (http://www.cssnps.com/index.html), when I called to get quotes from everyone, they told me I could get a year of all the Showtime stuff (SHOW, SHOW2, FLIX, Sundance, and TMC) for only $50. I'm still amazed, but disappointed. Got all these channels and there is still nothing on:)
C-Band is your best bet. Since most program providers offer A La Carte programming (you pick the channels you want) you can avoid the high package costs associated with pizza dishes (check out http://www.bigdish.com for examples). Also, you get wildfeeds and commercial-free programming from the network feeds, yes Dan Rather really does pick his nose during commercial breaks. Take a look at http://www.lyngsat.com/america.shtml to see what transponders are available on the "birds" for N & S America.
Equipment can be a problem. However, if you're a doit-yourself-er (most of us are I think), you can often get a dish for free. Go for a cruise in the country and look for dishes, if they appear to be in a state of dis-repair, most folks will let you haul it away just to get it out of the yard. Check out the TVRO Scroungers Guide at http://www.nmia.com/~roberts/scrounge for ideas and advise on getting everything you need.
The obvious analogy here is the same choice you are faced with when choosing Linux or Microsoft or perhaps building your own PC from scratch or buying a bundled mess. C-Band is to TV what Linux is to computing. You can bolt a pizza dish to the side of a house and have all your programming choices made, or you can decide you want to learn a few things about satellite communications and get your hands dirty digging that hole in the yard.
More than anything though, C-Band gives you some freedom. If you buy DSS or Dish, you'll get roped into a package and you'll end up donating cash to another large communications company. I started out with DSS, but after a year I switched to real satellite TV. DSS's so-called digital picture and sound was complete crockage! They are all trying to cram too many signals on to too little bandwidth resulting in artifacts and generally poor quality signals (I've heard that Dish is better than most though). In addition, small (KU Band) dishes suffer from what is known as "rain fade"...if its raining, you're screwed.
Also note that all the "digital" dishes get their programming from C-Band first. The analog signal is picked on their dish farms, sampled to digital, and uplinked to their proprietary birds.
I have a Uniden SQ560 receiver and an Orbitron 2.5 meter dish with C and KU LNBs and I've never looked back. IMO, pizza dishes just plain suck.
I am currently subscribed to the following at $11.50 per month (try and beat that with a pizza-dish):
CNN, CNN-Fi/Intl, CNN-HLN, CNN-SI, SciFi, Comedy Cent., History, Discovery, Travel, AnPlanet, TLC, USA, TBS, TNT, A&E, Weather Chnl, Showtime, Showtime2, Flix, Sundance, The Movie Channel. All this along with those things that are "in the clear" like ZDTV (not so great), NASA TV (very cool), TNN, FoxNews, SpeedVision, MC, Gene Scott:), PBS, CSPAN, CSPAN2, and TVLAND (I'm sure I've forgotten a couple, e.g., MTV has been ITC lately).
Sorry 'bout the rant, but DSS really pissed me off, $300+ down the proverbial drain.
C-Band is cheaper than either cable or what are commonly called the "pizza" dishes. I have all the programming I can stand (the usual CNN, TBS, TNT, SciFi, Comedy, etc.) plus Showtime, Sundance, Flix, and The Movie Channel all for $11.50/mo. Of course, C-Band can be more expensive to get into, but if you look around you can usually find some great deals on used equipment.
Yep, Gene Scott is still up there, still making noise. The cigars and hats still make me laugh.
Network feeds are harder to come by, but NBC is almost never scrambled (W1-KU). Fox scrambles during the baseball and football seasons. Depending on the time of day, CBS and ABC are in the clear.
Guess I don't agree. RedHat hired him knowing who he was and where his passions were directed. If they had wanted someone who would bend in the wind, they might not have found someone with his talent. My experience has been that the people with the most talent are typically excessively passionate about their code/projects. 'E' and its users are apparently more important to Raster than his manager's ideas about what might be best for the company. What someone at RedHat failed to realize is that this kind of passion is/was a GoodThing(TM) for RedHat.
On the other hand, some project managers have become managers either because they've lost their passion for the work or never had it in the first place. I've worked for good and bad managers, the bad type is always more concerned with corporate "vision" than the creative talent in his team. Good managers realize that their best coders will always produce something amazing that will benefit the company. Give them everything they need and get out of the way...great things will follow.
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I used to get an extra 15 hrs/wk pay for on-call time in addition to any hours worked. In other words, during an on-call week I would get paid for 55 hours even if I did not get a call. If I worked a call, those hours would be added to the 55. We all rotated with one person on-call each week, but were allowed to exchange or pass on our on-call duties to someone else on the crew if they wanted some extra cash.
I must agree, the calculator is not confusing, rather, Michael is...
cooling of this thing is going to cost a fortune
;)
The description doesn't mention the compressor and motor (they never show you all that stuff in the basement) which would probably require 3-phase power. That sort of load might enable you to get a wholesale rate from yer power company
I think we are going to need a few more satellites.
;)
Have a look over here:
Lyngsat
Looks pretty crowded up there already
as far as i know DSS and other TV sattelite users have no issues when storms come in because the signals penetrate the clouds, etc.
Sure, KU band will penetrate clouds, but if those clouds are dumping precip the signal is easily distorted by rain and snow resulting in a loss of signal lock. Have a look at any of the pizza-dish system FAQs (DSS && Dish) and you'll find a discussion of what they generously call "rain fade".
Still, this type of access is great if you live && work in an isolated location.
AFAIK, most of the users of the RBL are admins for corporations who are simply trying to reduce the noise level within their company's network. Most ISPs seem to have an open-door policy and/or offer their customers options for spam filtering.
Of course, there are other ways to fight back:
SpamCop
ORBS
Forgetting the ethical and religious implications for a moment, and understanding that I don't have a clue with respect to biology...
Can I suggest that assembling 350 genes would be similar to assembling 350 simple subroutines? If that is a reasonable analogy, and my design and coding effort results in only one-half of one percent of the modules having potentially dangerous bugs...yikes! I can only hope that Dr. Venter and his buddies will design some thorough test cases.
Argh, the link I posted above is mostly info oriented and the scans there are probably comparable to a 5m or 10m satellite image. PhotoScience has some better air-photo examples here:
http://www.photoscience.com/digortho.htm
I am a programmer for a photogrammetric company (aerial surveying). Most of my work involves developing applications to correct for lens fall-off, brightness gradient, and sun flares in scanned aerial photography. I've been doing this bit for almost six years now and have been hearing from day one how these new up-and-coming high resolution imaging satellites would make our aircraft obsolete. From everything I've seen, its mostly marketing hype. 1m resolution is just that, 1 pixel == 1m x 1m, there is not a lot you can see in something that coarse. Sure roads, buildings, and cars are visible, but that is about it.
i s/hyper/guide/napp
Have a look at some NAPP photography if you want to *see* something:
http://edc.usgs.gov/Webglis/glisbin/guide.pl/gl
I never met the man, but I can vouch for his books. They've been an invaluable asset. He will be missed.
OT = 1;
I don't want to start another pro/con thread on the need for or want of the AC option, but perhaps its time to reconsider the whole issue. Many of the postings here are obviously a sick joke. And, considering the context, depressing to say the least.
Sure, I could set my threshold above the noise, but then some of the occasional interesting off-topic notes would be missed.
Sad...very sad.
"out of control; much like the linux community today"
;)
Really!? Who would you suggest be in control? IBM maybe? OS/2 didn't fail due to its diehard fans (have a look the earlier posts) and I doubt that anyone could provide evidence that they had any responsibility.
Why is it so terribly important that Linux (or the community) become acceptable to certain business types? Those who can't see the advantages will be less competitive since they'll be spending more time and $'s for inferior solutions. All it took for me to get Linux in the door where I work was a simple demonstration of cost/performance. My boss (an old VMS believer) was more impressed with the stability than anything else. He couldn't care less if a few fanatics are on the loose.
Gads, I'm starting to sound like a fanatic, go ahead and shoot me
"most business users really don't care about... flame wars"
I agree. However, those "flame wars", as you call them, are no different than what goes on in many development meetings in a closed source environment. People argue and people disagree. The difference with the Linux community is the end result... you often have a choice of tools (e.g. KDE or GNOME) and can decide for yourself which solution will meet your needs.
As an MIS admin I found everything on PacketStorm to be of the highest quality
I couldn't agree more...
JP is pissing in his own backyard with stunts like this. Any admin at any ISP who hosts Antionline (including the current one) would do well to consider that he/she is hosting a service that is apparently committed to destroying the sites that all competent admins need.
If I worked for his ISP I'd have been on the phone yesterday, "What the... You did what!? PacketStorm was one of my primary sources of security information! I think you'd better leave."
Did he really write this:
"a popular underground collection of security related tools and information"
I must inform you that I am about as far as you can get from the underground (whatever that means). I have enough trouble keeping up with security issues without some whiner taking down one of the most informative sites available. I have removed your site from my bookmarks and will not be visiting again...ever! Self-destruction is even stranger than self-delusion John, you've done plenty of damage for one day... get a life and quit messing with mine.
Not sure where to get everything, but all the code is freely available. Oh wait, try here:
http://www.netlib.org/linpack/
I once did some optimization of the BLAS on some old SPARCs. We were able to more than double the performance by unrolling the loops into blocks that would fit the cache (hand tweeking the assembler). Which makes me wonder, most optimizing compilers do a fair amount of this sort of thing themselves...could this list have as much to do with compiler tricks as it does the raw speed of the machine?
I got a great deal through NPS this year (http://www.cssnps.com/index.html), when I called to get quotes from everyone, they told me I could get a year of all the Showtime stuff (SHOW, SHOW2, FLIX, Sundance, and TMC) for only $50. I'm still amazed, but disappointed. Got all these channels and there is still nothing on :)
I didn't know I was a fester...or festering, why does Gun Smoke come to mind? :)
Perhaps its time for another look at Debian, or I suppose I could always go back to the Slack.
C-Band is your best bet. Since most program providers offer A La Carte programming (you pick the channels you want) you can avoid the high package costs associated with pizza dishes (check out http://www.bigdish.com for examples). Also, you get wildfeeds and commercial-free programming from the network feeds, yes Dan Rather really does pick his nose during commercial breaks. Take a look at http://www.lyngsat.com/america.shtml to see what transponders are available on the "birds" for N & S America.
:), PBS, CSPAN, CSPAN2, and TVLAND (I'm sure I've forgotten a couple, e.g., MTV has been ITC lately).
Equipment can be a problem. However, if you're a doit-yourself-er (most of us are I think), you can often get a dish for free. Go for a cruise in the country and look for dishes, if they appear to be in a state of dis-repair, most folks will let you haul it away just to get it out of the yard. Check out the TVRO Scroungers Guide at http://www.nmia.com/~roberts/scrounge for ideas and advise on getting everything you need.
The obvious analogy here is the same choice you are faced with when choosing Linux or Microsoft or perhaps building your own PC from scratch or buying a bundled mess. C-Band is to TV what Linux is to computing. You can bolt a pizza dish to the side of a house and have all your programming choices made, or you can decide you want to learn a few things about satellite communications and get your hands dirty digging that hole in the yard.
More than anything though, C-Band gives you some freedom. If you buy DSS or Dish, you'll get roped into a package and you'll end up donating cash to another large communications company. I started out with DSS, but after a year I switched to real satellite TV. DSS's so-called digital picture and sound was complete crockage! They are all trying to cram too many signals on to too little bandwidth resulting in artifacts and generally poor quality signals (I've heard that Dish is better than most though). In addition, small (KU Band) dishes suffer from what is known as "rain fade"...if its raining, you're screwed.
Also note that all the "digital" dishes get their programming from C-Band first. The analog signal is picked on their dish farms, sampled to digital, and uplinked to their proprietary birds.
I have a Uniden SQ560 receiver and an Orbitron 2.5 meter dish with C and KU LNBs and I've never looked back. IMO, pizza dishes just plain suck.
I am currently subscribed to the following at $11.50 per month (try and beat that with a pizza-dish):
CNN, CNN-Fi/Intl, CNN-HLN, CNN-SI, SciFi, Comedy Cent., History, Discovery, Travel, AnPlanet, TLC, USA, TBS, TNT, A&E, Weather Chnl, Showtime, Showtime2, Flix, Sundance, The Movie Channel. All this along with those things that are "in the clear" like ZDTV (not so great), NASA TV (very cool), TNN, FoxNews, SpeedVision, MC, Gene Scott
Sorry 'bout the rant, but DSS really pissed me off, $300+ down the proverbial drain.
C-Band is cheaper than either cable or what are commonly called the "pizza" dishes. I have all the programming I can stand (the usual CNN, TBS, TNT, SciFi, Comedy, etc.) plus Showtime, Sundance, Flix, and The Movie Channel all for $11.50/mo. Of course, C-Band can be more expensive to get into, but if you look around you can usually find some great deals on used equipment.
Yep, Gene Scott is still up there, still making noise. The cigars and hats still make me laugh.
Network feeds are harder to come by, but NBC is almost never scrambled (W1-KU). Fox scrambles during the baseball and football seasons. Depending on the time of day, CBS and ABC are in the clear.
Guess I don't agree. RedHat hired him knowing who he was and where his passions were directed. If they had wanted someone who would bend in the wind, they might not have found someone with his talent. My experience has been that the people with the most talent are typically excessively passionate about their code/projects. 'E' and its users are apparently more important to Raster than his manager's ideas about what might be best for the company. What someone at RedHat failed to realize is that this kind of passion is/was a GoodThing(TM) for RedHat.
On the other hand, some project managers have become managers either because they've lost their passion for the work or never had it in the first place. I've worked for good and bad managers, the bad type is always more concerned with corporate "vision" than the creative talent in his team. Good managers realize that their best coders will always produce something amazing that will benefit the company. Give them everything they need and get out of the way...great things will follow.
Subject says it all...