Law forbids the NSA from monitoring activities of US citizens or US corporations. In other words, this "reported NSA server" of which you speak does not exist.
Not many people have touched on this...but yes, it does seem frightfully insecure doesn't it? HF receivers are much more prominent (and you don't need a license to have one) than technology which would allow one to grab internet packets off a satellite link.
1. As others mentioned, your sample size is 1. So, based on your post, I now think that everyone in Vermont is judgemental.
2. Ham radio is currently a major source of exploration, education, and fun for almost 700,000 people. As someone mentioned earlier, many engineers have begun in amateur radio and many people have learned about and experimented with electronics and technology -- all because of ham radio.
3. Actually our hobby does generate jobs. There are engineers who design our equipment, manufacturers who make it, retailers who distribute it. That goes for antennas, software, computers, QSL card printers, transceivers, microphones, keyers, etc., etc. Hams spend a lot of money on their hobby, so what you say isn't exactly true.
4. Our humanitarian efforts during times of emergency are well documented.
5. Hams use 3 MHz of the bands from 2-30 MHz (and another 4 MHz from 30-80), and these bands are almost invariably busy, propagation permitting.
Conclusion: Why don't YOU get over it and let 700,000 (in the US alone, almost 3 million worldwide) who are LICENSED radio operators have their 2.6 MHz???
Okay, someone tell Donald Rumsfeld how much this will hurt development and engineering at agencies like NSA, and I guarantee you he will pitch a fit. SCO is screwing around with the wrong people now, and this is only adding fuel to the fire.
I really hope they burn in hell now.
--_Calculus Made Easy_ might be a good book for a beginner. Understanding what differentiation and integration are is absolutely crucial (more so than being able to calculate the "derivative of...", imo). The only way to accomplish this understanding is reading through a ton of examples and applications as well as explanations which will offer several points of view (grahical, analytical, geometrical, algebraic, etc.) on how to conceptualize these important concepts. After that, I would get a book explaining how calculus is applied to physics in particular to see some of the mathematical constructs "in action."
--If you're rusty on algeba, brush up on it first, because you really can't do calculus without algebra.
--For physics, I would recommend Feynman's _Six Easy Pieces_. After than, you might try reading some of the Feynman lectures or _Six Not-So-Easy Pieces_...basically anything by Feynman is good.
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Law forbids the NSA from monitoring activities of US citizens or US corporations. In other words, this "reported NSA server" of which you speak does not exist.
Not many people have touched on this...but yes, it does seem frightfully insecure doesn't it? HF receivers are much more prominent (and you don't need a license to have one) than technology which would allow one to grab internet packets off a satellite link.
1. As others mentioned, your sample size is 1. So, based on your post, I now think that everyone in Vermont is judgemental.
2. Ham radio is currently a major source of exploration, education, and fun for almost 700,000 people. As someone mentioned earlier, many engineers have begun in amateur radio and many people have learned about and experimented with electronics and technology -- all because of ham radio.
3. Actually our hobby does generate jobs. There are engineers who design our equipment, manufacturers who make it, retailers who distribute it. That goes for antennas, software, computers, QSL card printers, transceivers, microphones, keyers, etc., etc. Hams spend a lot of money on their hobby, so what you say isn't exactly true.
4. Our humanitarian efforts during times of emergency are well documented.
5. Hams use 3 MHz of the bands from 2-30 MHz (and another 4 MHz from 30-80), and these bands are almost invariably busy, propagation permitting.
Conclusion: Why don't YOU get over it and let 700,000 (in the US alone, almost 3 million worldwide) who are LICENSED radio operators have their 2.6 MHz???
--Dave, W5HVV
Okay, someone tell Donald Rumsfeld how much this will hurt development and engineering at agencies like NSA, and I guarantee you he will pitch a fit. SCO is screwing around with the wrong people now, and this is only adding fuel to the fire. I really hope they burn in hell now.
--_Calculus Made Easy_ might be a good book for a beginner. Understanding what differentiation and integration are is absolutely crucial (more so than being able to calculate the "derivative of ...", imo). The only way to accomplish this understanding is reading through a ton of examples and applications as well as explanations which will offer several points of view (grahical, analytical, geometrical, algebraic, etc.) on how to conceptualize these important concepts. After that, I would get a book explaining how calculus is applied to physics in particular to see some of the mathematical constructs "in action."
--If you're rusty on algeba, brush up on it first, because you really can't do calculus without algebra.
--For physics, I would recommend Feynman's _Six Easy Pieces_. After than, you might try reading some of the Feynman lectures or _Six Not-So-Easy Pieces_...basically anything by Feynman is good.