The devastation in New Orleans and Gulfport, MS would have been an ideal testing location for these devices. And it could have been very helpful at the same time. If they didn't do well, you can just say they were "experimental". If they worked out, then you got your testing done for next to nothing. Either way it was a win for the CIA's tech firm and the population in the affected areas.
I guess FEMA never thought about asking the CIA for help, they didn't ask anyone else either it seems!
GG-post stated "NG" aka Natural Gas. Natural Gas is METHANE not Propane. Propane is stored as a liquid as are Butane and Ethane in various forms (using the iso form). In fact depending on where you get it LPG may be a mix of several gases not just Propane but Propane will be the dominant gas always in LPG.
Most PRIVATE property has mineral rights that can "run with the land" or be held seperately by anyone who had owned the property in the past. If you look at the deed to my property in Texas, I do NOT have mineral rights, they belong to the original land owner of 100 yrs ago and thier hiers and in some cases creditors. Public property mineral rights are held by the Government, but not always the US Government. In Texas, a lot of the land is owned by and for the School systems.
It sorta does. When it comes to the "treatment plant" they have to remove impurities such as Hydrogen Sulfide, then they break it down into Methane, Ethane, Propane and Butane which are combined in the wellhead stream. Ethane, Propane and Butane are often used to become plastics feedstock and the Methane is sold after the smell is added back.
"Moving NG through pipes is hard, so the best way is to liquify it and move it then in chilled pipes and on tankers."
Not true at all. NG is transported across the USA all the time in high pressure pipelines as a GAS. Transporting it in bulk from say Qatar would require a tanker. Chilled pipes aren't an option. My propane tank that sits 50 yards from my house doesn't even use chilled pipes.
Proven reserves does not count a lot of areas where drilling is not allowed but we know there is gas, such as the Artic. There are other sources of gas as well, bio, waste, etc. that can if prices rise to a very high level become profitable.
Yes, but don't foget the Russians want MORE MONEY for the Progress flights. If they don't get it they won't fly them. Then we got a problem as they control the ISS, and can blackmail NASA if they desire.
As I recall the Zveda doesn't have enough fuel for that much of an adjustment. They haven't used the Zveda in quite sometime. But yes, it's an option if there are no other better ways. At least it could buy some time.
The first burn will be performed at 5:09pm for 705 seconds, the second at 6:33pm for 700 sec, both with 2.94 m/s delta-V each. Main purpose of the reboost is to set up proper orbit phasing for Progress 20 launch. [The burns will be performed by eight DPO-BT thrusters of Progress 19, from the #1 manifold and will be controlled in attitude by Service Module MNFD thrusters from both manifolds. The 19P burns are steered by the SM motion control & navigation system (SUDN) via the US-21 matching unit (installed in 19P on 9/13). The propulsion systems were tested successfully on 9/15.]
They got 170 seconds out of 1405 seconds or about 12% of a burn. MOSCOW, October 19 (Itar-Tass) --A cargo ship docked at the International Space Station (ISS) fired its engine Wednesday to raise the space research platform into a higher orbit but in about three minutes the engine failed and the operation was canceled.
The correction was to boost the space station more than 10 kilometers further from Earth into an orbit that was to reach 356.8 kilometers on the average.
Normally, ISS goes down by 100-150 meters daily. That's about 3-5KM a month.
Also, there are no Shuttles ready that could boost the orbit either, so the Russians are the ONLY method right now. I'm not sure how fast the Russians can send up another Progess if the one currently docked can't get the job done. This IS a serious risk to the station and crew, but it's not panic time.
Really? The HUGE amount of Sun servers I've seen in Corp. Data Centers don't count? If the DoD props up anyone it is Silicon Graphics. Talk about proprietary everything.
No, positive cash flow, debt reduction and PROFITS, as well as MANAGED growth mean a company is back on track to investors. You can have great growth and lousy financials, or vice versa so one area alone does not mean a company is "back". There are several different theories and models to determine based on the financials what the "target" stock price should be fora firm with given performance in a specific market. A "good stock price" is a result of the investors willing to buy/sell at higher prices due to thier models (or gut feeling) telling them the data indicates the price will increase due to the firm making (more) profits, the market growing, or the firm capturing more market share. Ideally, all of these occur at once and the stock "breaks-out" and the price goes up rapidly.
UltraSPARC processors are due for an upgrade in early 2006. It's called and UltraSPARC IV+ and should be performance competitive with the Opterons. The problem is if folks already have a lot of SPARC based software X86 architectures are not a real option for them as the software is not portable. Some vendors of SPARC solutions may prefer to NOT support the X86 for various reasons. Sun will still have a market.
The Sun Opterons will run Linux, thats not proprietary. The hardwre implementations of such multi-processor are proprietary unless they are use PCI-X as the backplane to interconnect the processors, memory and peripherals.
I know some was cashed out, But I think there is still some out there. It gets very complicated trying to follow SCO's crazy "plan", the IBM lawyers are certainly kept busy. We can check at Groklaw, someone (Pamela) will know if it was all cashed in.
"No matter how insane the SCO management is, lawyers aren't going to take on a case they're not going to get paid for."
WRONG..it's called a Contingency case, they win they get paid, they lose they get nothing. This approach is very common in personal injury lawsuits.
The SCO case is a hybrid of this where Boise-Schiller took company stock as part of the fee, they win and the price goes up and they clean up, they lose SCO goes under they get only the cash part of the compensation.
Anyone getting involved that deeply with SCO must have a screw loose, SCO is just crazy enough to sue mySQL in hopes of keeping themselves alive a bit longer even after they lose to IBM (and appeal of course).
You just reinforced my argument that it is ACTIONs not market share that pointed to the MS Monoploy. You attempts to characterize MS as anything but a monoploy are laughable.
I'm not interested in responding to MS fanboy arguments. I didn't just get started in this business, I was doing software BEFORE there was a Microsoft.
No, I don't. Part of the Registry "concept" way back in Windoze 3.1 was to setup a place to locate control parameters about the OS and installed hardware, software, what DLL's it uses, how to uninstall, how to work with other apps, etc. The fact that the Registry does not contain "rights" information now does not mean it wouldn't in the future. In fact that's the logical place to put it! HKEY_USERS and HKEY_CURRENT_USERS would be where the "rights" for programs are established if the current structure was kept.
The courts CAN agree on what a Monopoly is, there is a legal definition of such. It's just the courts can't always agree IF the firm in question meets the letter of the law. Monopolies are more about actions not market share, although they are inter-related. When you control the market to an extent the barriers to entry are so high no one else can enter thats pretty much a monopoly. There are other products that compete strongly with iTunes to download music so it's not a monopoly, and since Apple has only about 6% market share of the desktop they can't be a monopoly. Since OSX is basically BSD Unix the info to develop a competitor to iTunes is readily available. The same could not be said of Windows at that point in time when Real filed suit.
I know FF has had some problems, but they were 1)Minor compared to those of IE 2)were fixed VERY quickly, not months later and 3) were publically disclosed to everyone, FF even displayed info that told you "critical updates" were needed, I haven't seen that in IE!
"Microsoft should create a mode of operation in Windows that will disallow all programs and libraries except for the ones indicated in some list."
Are you SURE you want that, what you described is DRM taken to the extreme. The Windows Registry was the first attempt to do what you said but it is vulnerable. So, who decides what programs go onto the list as "legal", Microsoft? I don't think so! The user? If it is the user then you got the same issues you have now! So, what is the solution??
When the default browser (IE) is NOT a trusted app then you know you got problems. In fact I wouldn't consider the OS itself a trusted app. So just booting up Windows makes your machine insecure.
Sure it CAN be controlled but have you EVER seen a Government agency control it's own spending in an efficient manner? Of course everyone would want "better" health care in some area, Congress would not want to look bad so they would fund it and off we go into the wild blue-racray. Medicard/Medicaid are bad enough. I'm pretty sure we can't afford it even if it was workable.
No wonder overhead is low, they never fix anything. What happens when the X-ray machine goes out and the money isn't in the budget to fix it? It don't get fixed until the new budget year. Private contractors would do the same, "if UncleSam isn't paying for it we ain't spending the money" is very common. That thought process would need to stop.
You ideas all make sense but I'm pretty sure the Government managers wouldn't be able to effectively apply them for a number of reasons. Civil Servants don't work extended hours without special pay, they don't do overtime. Private contractors don't do it either unless something is in it for them. I know I work for one! It's not impossible but it's a major uphill battle as well as being a step onto the slippery slope toward socialism!
We don't want Govt Health care, but not for the reasons you state. It would be VERY expensive, the quality would suck (lowest cost providers), you could forget about Research into new drugs, and doctors wouldn't have anything but the most basic of office hours, the paperwork would be a nightmare, and so on. By the way we DO have healthcare for all, it's called MediCare and you get it provided if you are indigent. Also hospitals that get ANY Government dollars or public funds have to take in and treat anyone even if they can't pay.
Yea, for the CEO:) It's great for me as a stockholder. If something stinks, he was aware of it as not everyone can be unethical or corrupt at the same time [SCO is an exception I suppose]. With an open-email policy and the fact he publically states that he personally reads his email then he can't plead he was ignorant and his reports were corrupt w/o his knowledge.
I'm much like you are, however IMNSHO "... end up at the executive level..." is not likely to happen to either of us. I've spent 22+ yrs in Software/Systems and also have an MBA from a top school, but I've been told I need to be less assertive about right/wrong to make it further up the food chain. Those who rise to the top are the ones who will 1)suck up in the most politically correct way or 2) have horrible ethics but always seem to win the business (means justify the ends) or 3) Will use/abuse anyone to get ahead. Most CEO's I have met are NOT outstanding people, but there are a few who are such as the CEO of Interstate Batteries.
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The devastation in New Orleans and Gulfport, MS would have been an ideal testing location for these devices. And it could have been very helpful at the same time. If they didn't do well, you can just say they were "experimental". If they worked out, then you got your testing done for next to nothing. Either way it was a win for the CIA's tech firm and the population in the affected areas.
I guess FEMA never thought about asking the CIA for help, they didn't ask anyone else either it seems!
GG-post stated "NG" aka Natural Gas. Natural Gas is METHANE not Propane. Propane is stored as a liquid as are Butane and Ethane in various forms (using the iso form). In fact depending on where you get it LPG may be a mix of several gases not just Propane but Propane will be the dominant gas always in LPG.
Most PRIVATE property has mineral rights that can "run with the land" or be held seperately by anyone who had owned the property in the past. If you look at the deed to my property in Texas, I do NOT have mineral rights, they belong to the original land owner of 100 yrs ago and thier hiers and in some cases creditors. Public property mineral rights are held by the Government, but not always the US Government. In Texas, a lot of the land is owned by and for the School systems.
It sorta does. When it comes to the "treatment plant" they have to remove impurities such as Hydrogen Sulfide, then they break it down into Methane, Ethane, Propane and Butane which are combined in the wellhead stream. Ethane, Propane and Butane are often used to become plastics feedstock and the Methane is sold after the smell is added back.
"Moving NG through pipes is hard, so the best way is to liquify it and move it then in chilled pipes and on tankers."
Not true at all. NG is transported across the USA all the time in high pressure pipelines as a GAS. Transporting it in bulk from say Qatar would require a tanker. Chilled pipes aren't an option. My propane tank that sits 50 yards from my house doesn't even use chilled pipes.
Proven reserves does not count a lot of areas where drilling is not allowed but we know there is gas, such as the Artic. There are other sources of gas as well, bio, waste, etc. that can if prices rise to a very high level become profitable.
Yes, but don't foget the Russians want MORE MONEY for the Progress flights. If they don't get it they won't fly them. Then we got a problem as they control the ISS, and can blackmail NASA if they desire.
As I recall the Zveda doesn't have enough fuel for that much of an adjustment. They haven't used the Zveda in quite sometime. But yes, it's an option if there are no other better ways. At least it could buy some time.
The first burn will be performed at 5:09pm for 705 seconds, the second at 6:33pm for 700 sec, both with 2.94 m/s delta-V each. Main purpose of the reboost is to set up proper orbit phasing for Progress 20 launch. [The burns will be performed by eight DPO-BT thrusters of Progress 19, from the #1 manifold and will be controlled in attitude by Service Module MNFD thrusters from both manifolds. The 19P burns are steered by the SM motion control & navigation system (SUDN) via the US-21 matching unit (installed in 19P on 9/13). The propulsion systems were tested successfully on 9/15.]
They got 170 seconds out of 1405 seconds or about 12% of a burn. MOSCOW, October 19 (Itar-Tass) --A cargo ship docked at the International Space Station (ISS) fired its engine Wednesday to raise the space research platform into a higher orbit but in about three minutes the engine failed and the operation was canceled.
The correction was to boost the space station more than 10 kilometers further from Earth into an orbit that was to reach 356.8 kilometers on the average.
Normally, ISS goes down by 100-150 meters daily. That's about 3-5KM a month.
Also, there are no Shuttles ready that could boost the orbit either, so the Russians are the ONLY method right now. I'm not sure how fast the Russians can send up another Progess if the one currently docked can't get the job done. This IS a serious risk to the station and crew, but it's not panic time.
Really? The HUGE amount of Sun servers I've seen in Corp. Data Centers don't count? If the DoD props up anyone it is Silicon Graphics. Talk about proprietary everything.
No, positive cash flow, debt reduction and PROFITS, as well as MANAGED growth mean a company is back on track to investors. You can have great growth and lousy financials, or vice versa so one area alone does not mean a company is "back". There are several different theories and models to determine based on the financials what the "target" stock price should be fora firm with given performance in a specific market. A "good stock price" is a result of the investors willing to buy/sell at higher prices due to thier models (or gut feeling) telling them the data indicates the price will increase due to the firm making (more) profits, the market growing, or the firm capturing more market share. Ideally, all of these occur at once and the stock "breaks-out" and the price goes up rapidly.
UltraSPARC processors are due for an upgrade in early 2006. It's called and UltraSPARC IV+ and should be performance competitive with the Opterons. The problem is if folks already have a lot of SPARC based software X86 architectures are not a real option for them as the software is not portable. Some vendors of SPARC solutions may prefer to NOT support the X86 for various reasons. Sun will still have a market.
The Sun Opterons will run Linux, thats not proprietary. The hardwre implementations of such multi-processor are proprietary unless they are use PCI-X as the backplane to interconnect the processors, memory and peripherals.
I know some was cashed out, But I think there is still some out there. It gets very complicated trying to follow SCO's crazy "plan", the IBM lawyers are certainly kept busy. We can check at Groklaw, someone (Pamela) will know if it was all cashed in.
"No matter how insane the SCO management is, lawyers aren't going to take on a case they're not going to get paid for."
WRONG..it's called a Contingency case, they win they get paid, they lose they get nothing. This approach is very common in personal injury lawsuits.
The SCO case is a hybrid of this where Boise-Schiller took company stock as part of the fee, they win and the price goes up and they clean up, they lose SCO goes under they get only the cash part of the compensation.
Anyone getting involved that deeply with SCO must have a screw loose, SCO is just crazy enough to sue mySQL in hopes of keeping themselves alive a bit longer even after they lose to IBM (and appeal of course).
You just reinforced my argument that it is ACTIONs not market share that pointed to the MS Monoploy. You attempts to characterize MS as anything but a monoploy are laughable.
I'm not interested in responding to MS fanboy arguments. I didn't just get started in this business, I was doing software BEFORE there was a Microsoft.
No, I don't. Part of the Registry "concept" way back in Windoze 3.1 was to setup a place to locate control parameters about the OS and installed hardware, software, what DLL's it uses, how to uninstall, how to work with other apps, etc. The fact that the Registry does not contain "rights" information now does not mean it wouldn't in the future. In fact that's the logical place to put it! HKEY_USERS and HKEY_CURRENT_USERS would be where the "rights" for programs are established if the current structure was kept.
The courts CAN agree on what a Monopoly is, there is a legal definition of such. It's just the courts can't always agree IF the firm in question meets the letter of the law. Monopolies are more about actions not market share, although they are inter-related. When you control the market to an extent the barriers to entry are so high no one else can enter thats pretty much a monopoly. There are other products that compete strongly with iTunes to download music so it's not a monopoly, and since Apple has only about 6% market share of the desktop they can't be a monopoly. Since OSX is basically BSD Unix the info to develop a competitor to iTunes is readily available. The same could not be said of Windows at that point in time when Real filed suit.
I know FF has had some problems, but they were 1)Minor compared to those of IE 2)were fixed VERY quickly, not months later and 3) were publically disclosed to everyone, FF even displayed info that told you "critical updates" were needed, I haven't seen that in IE!
"Microsoft should create a mode of operation in Windows that will disallow all programs and libraries except for the ones indicated in some list."
Are you SURE you want that, what you described is DRM taken to the extreme. The Windows Registry was the first attempt to do what you said but it is vulnerable. So, who decides what programs go onto the list as "legal", Microsoft? I don't think so! The user? If it is the user then you got the same issues you have now! So, what is the solution??
When the default browser (IE) is NOT a trusted app then you know you got problems. In fact I wouldn't consider the OS itself a trusted app. So just booting up Windows makes your machine insecure.
Sure it CAN be controlled but have you EVER seen a Government agency control it's own spending in an efficient manner? Of course everyone would want "better" health care in some area, Congress would not want to look bad so they would fund it and off we go into the wild blue-racray. Medicard/Medicaid are bad enough. I'm pretty sure we can't afford it even if it was workable.
No wonder overhead is low, they never fix anything. What happens when the X-ray machine goes out and the money isn't in the budget to fix it? It don't get fixed until the new budget year. Private contractors would do the same, "if UncleSam isn't paying for it we ain't spending the money" is very common. That thought process would need to stop.
You ideas all make sense but I'm pretty sure the Government managers wouldn't be able to effectively apply them for a number of reasons. Civil Servants don't work extended hours without special pay, they don't do overtime. Private contractors don't do it either unless something is in it for them. I know I work for one! It's not impossible but it's a major uphill battle as well as being a step onto the slippery slope toward socialism!
We don't want Govt Health care, but not for the reasons you state. It would be VERY expensive, the quality would suck (lowest cost providers), you could forget about Research into new drugs, and doctors wouldn't have anything but the most basic of office hours, the paperwork would be a nightmare, and so on.
By the way we DO have healthcare for all, it's called MediCare and you get it provided if you are indigent. Also hospitals that get ANY Government dollars or public funds have to take in and treat anyone even if they can't pay.
Probably not. Interesting question though. Maybe that should be made into a /. poll? It's a better question than most of the polls ask.
Yea, for the CEO :) It's great for me as a stockholder. If something stinks, he was aware of it as not everyone can be unethical or corrupt at the same time [SCO is an exception I suppose]. With an open-email policy and the fact he publically states that he personally reads his email then he can't plead he was ignorant and his reports were corrupt w/o his knowledge.
I'm much like you are, however IMNSHO "... end up at the executive level..." is not likely to happen to either of us. I've spent 22+ yrs in Software/Systems and also have an MBA from a top school, but I've been told I need to be less assertive about right/wrong to make it further up the food chain. Those who rise to the top are the ones who will 1)suck up in the most politically correct way or 2) have horrible ethics but always seem to win the business (means justify the ends) or 3) Will use/abuse anyone to get ahead. Most CEO's I have met are NOT outstanding people, but there are a few who are such as the CEO of Interstate Batteries.