Containers can be made to withstand the force of such as Challenger type explosion. Once the waste reaches orbit, it would burn up if it ever re-entered (assuming we didn't put it up to massive chunks). But it does take LOTS of energy to lift the waste and explosion proof containers. Also, if we ever needed it back we couldn't get it (why would we though?)
GWB does email as did Clinton. (I think he found Monica on one of them adult chat sites). But Reagan wouldn't (it was new back then anyway), he wrote all his personal correspondance out longhand.
It depends on the mail architecture and the server size. It wouldn't be unusual for a large company to get that many a second during the working hours, just not all to the same person. But not 24 x 7 x 365. I'll bet they got some filters that kill 99% of those mails and I also suspect he has a super-secret email addy for REAL email. I wonder how many Gig's his email folder is! Exchange used to have a limit on Inbox size but you could get around that by creating personal folders. I think that limit is now 4GB for a folder size.
I'd dig the hole, buy the mini-van and pay the neighborhood kids $100 each to ride in it! That way I get broadband AND the peace and quiet to enjoy it!
Insightful? You gotta be kidding?
When you are on PUBLIC property, such as a school you right to privacy (which is actually never stated explictly in the US Constitution) is very limited. That horse has been beat to death by the courts.
Yes, having concealing containers is a concern. There has to be some suspicion the container has something illegal inside. That's the normal way it is handled in fact, you are just being alarmist.
At many schools students already pass thru metal detectors to prevent guns and knives from entering school. Or is it OK to bring those into school since other wise is violating your rights?
See thru clothing for skrool kids? Sure you aren't a pedophile? Remember, the FBI reads/.!!!!!;)
They didn't say they were targeting FATAL diseases. But those would be a good start;)
Public and non-profit are organizations like the American Cancer Society and others who DO sponsor research by drug companies. Universities are likely users too and often the research is paid for by industry but the "organization" is non-profit. There really isn't a good way to police the system since it's 10 Million computers something could sneak in. As long as they keep out the obvious research that is FOR-PROFIT I like the idea.
I suppose JoeUser gets to decide which project his/her PC cycles go to? If you want to run AIDS research instead of SuperString Physics do you get to chose?
Well, some dummy some where is going to open up thier network and get hammered by hackers. Does this require you to be on broadband so your results can be sent quickly to other parts of the calculaton that may need them?
One problem I have with this (capitalist pig that I am) is why should I GIVE my CPU cycles to solve problems that DRUG companies will MAKE Boatloads of money with? Say in the future I got a disease which has a cure developed by my participation in the project with my spare cycles. Will *I* get any consideration for a discount? Will I get ANY profit for my time & resources. NO. Am I going to do it then. NO.
SETI I will (and have) done. Thats not something anyone is making bucks from. That's pure scientific research / problem solving.
Yes, a robot roach would remind me of the "Constructors" from the SG1 episodes. Nasty little things looked liked roaches and reproduced themselves quickly and could copy other beings. Some things are better off NOT invented.
50ish Kg of fuel to go to the MOON isn't efficient? Beats the crap out of chemical engines. If you read my post I said it would take A LOT of fuel, I too was too lazy to calculate it. Another post said a few solar masses of fuel would be needed to get close to C. The whole problem is really how to get that huge mass accelerating even the tiniest amount with a engine with such low thrust. But if you can get it moving and keep it moving then the mass gets smaller and smaller, eventually you have a very light craft going very fast but it would take centuries to get to there due to the time required to get up to speed.
SG is copying Dr Who now with the dog. K9 was the good Doctors dog when he was played by Tom Baker (ya know the guy with the fuzzy hair and long scarf).
4) a type of suspended animation ( such as a year long coma, I don't think "freezing" will ever work) with shielding only around the small area for the crew.You could use LH and LO and combine them in a fuel cell for electricity and water. That way the shielding is fuel. But you have to have enough left to come back too. Suspended animation would require tremendous advances in medical science, but maybe in 50 yrs it might work. Combine that with #3 and you just might have the solution.
Assuming enough fuel to provide constant acceleration by the time this thing hit the edge of the Solar System it would be hitting a fraction (5-6%) of c. Of course hitting a tiny spec of space dust at that speed would destroy the craft so there are practical limits to how fast something should go. I doubt that even with massive fuel you would never get more than 10-15% of c, since increasing the velocity takes more and more fuel since e=mc2. It's not a practical means of propulsion unless you got LOTS of time to get there. But it does get good gas mileage;)
The solution is simple, just encryt the whole CD of random noise with something simple/free (Like PGP Disk) that requires the input of a pass phrase to access the CD. Then chose a 6 to 8 word pass phrase using random 8 to 10 letter words from a dictionary or use a phrase ONLY you would know. So, if the CD is stolen the data is unusable. You can buy off the shelf products (like PointSec) that will do this to your entire hard drive as well if you want to keep the data online.
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The 128bit encryption is strong, but Diffe-Hellman is subject to a "man in the middle" attack whereby you can spoof the key of one side to the other and then capture the encyrption key. Authentication of sender/recipient to each other has to occur via something like a digital signature before the keys are sent to prevent this sort of attack. Is that what you meant via "handshaking"?
Hmmm..20 cents extra on a average $20 prescription? That's what 5% of 5% or.025 percent extra. You would think that's not enough to notice. But when places like Wal-Mart of CVS will just bump your costs a dollar per prescription [even though RFID is only on the big bottles not your bottle] to pay for it then it's BILLIONS in extra costs to the consumer. And you can bet all that money is not flowing to the RFID tag manufacturers. It's a nice easy profit for the drug stores, as they save money on inventory control in the long run but pass the costs of implementing the systems on to the consumer.
Exactly, it has to be an "inside job" where everyone in the receipt, inventory and dispensing is helping with the fraud. I'm unsure how RFID is going to prevent that? I assume the RFID tags are blank and are progranmmed when the container is filled? Or wil the drugs be sent pre-packed in standard doses with RFID tags already made? Then the pharmacist just hands them over and takes the money.
Lock-Mart already licenses the RD-180 engines from Energomesh (a RUSSIAN company). I think they will be used on the heavy lift Delta that is to fly soon.
Wow, it took us 35 yrs to get back to 1/4 the throw of the 1960's Saturn V and I'm supposed to be impressed? We could still build S-V's NASA has the prints and specs but they would be very expensive.
The top speed of the SR-71 (YF-12 was the NASA version) was and is still classified. They AVERAGED over Mach 3 and that includes takeoff and landing times. Mach 3 was probably cruise with bursts to higher depending mostly on fuel and skin temps. I don't think it was much higher than 4 even in bursts due to aero heating. The Mach 9 number I've seen thrown about is probably way too high of a top speed. But seeing how the REAL number is classified I suspect none of the record setting runs were full out otherwise someone could extract the speed from time and distance. They flew just fast enough.
And they will KEEP referring to it for another generation. There is a 30 yrs life extension project in the works for the B-52 to upgrade, rewing, etc and keep 'em flying. The USAF keeps finding new uses for the things. There is still nothing like them to carry iron bombs.
When hundreds of 500 lbs bombs starting falling from the sky and you can't hear the plane (and might can only barely see it) it makes a BIG impact. The Iraqis in the first Gulf War surrendered in droves after one of those missions. Hmm..come to think of it Fallujah would be a nice target..sure would spare some lives of the soldiers..who cares if we blow up a mosque or two.
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Thats rue but is that what MS is using internally? The numbers are 33TB vs 2GB in Outlook XP. I bet it takes forever to search after a few GB.
Containers can be made to withstand the force of such as Challenger type explosion. Once the waste reaches orbit, it would burn up if it ever re-entered (assuming we didn't put it up to massive chunks). But it does take LOTS of energy to lift the waste and explosion proof containers. Also, if we ever needed it back we couldn't get it (why would we though?)
It looks interesting. How about a FREE link to the article. I have no desire to sign up for the magazine and/or join Sigma Xi.
GWB does email as did Clinton. (I think he found Monica on one of them adult chat sites). But Reagan wouldn't (it was new back then anyway), he wrote all his personal correspondance out longhand.
Is that you Emerill?? Playing on this www thingie again? ;)
It depends on the mail architecture and the server size. It wouldn't be unusual for a large company to get that many a second during the working hours, just not all to the same person. But not 24 x 7 x 365. I'll bet they got some filters that kill 99% of those mails and I also suspect he has a super-secret email addy for REAL email. I wonder how many Gig's his email folder is! Exchange used to have a limit on Inbox size but you could get around that by creating personal folders. I think that limit is now 4GB for a folder size.
I'd dig the hole, buy the mini-van and pay the neighborhood kids $100 each to ride in it! That way I get broadband AND the peace and quiet to enjoy it!
Insightful? You gotta be kidding? When you are on PUBLIC property, such as a school you right to privacy (which is actually never stated explictly in the US Constitution) is very limited. That horse has been beat to death by the courts. Yes, having concealing containers is a concern. There has to be some suspicion the container has something illegal inside. That's the normal way it is handled in fact, you are just being alarmist. At many schools students already pass thru metal detectors to prevent guns and knives from entering school. Or is it OK to bring those into school since other wise is violating your rights? See thru clothing for skrool kids? Sure you aren't a pedophile? Remember, the FBI reads /.!!!!! ;)
They didn't say they were targeting FATAL diseases. But those would be a good start ;)
Public and non-profit are organizations like the American Cancer Society and others who DO sponsor research by drug companies. Universities are likely users too and often the research is paid for by industry but the "organization" is non-profit. There really isn't a good way to police the system since it's 10 Million computers something could sneak in. As long as they keep out the obvious research that is FOR-PROFIT I like the idea.
I suppose JoeUser gets to decide which project his/her PC cycles go to? If you want to run AIDS research instead of SuperString Physics do you get to chose?
There wouldn't be a Hari Seldon running this project would there? ;)
Well, some dummy some where is going to open up thier network and get hammered by hackers. Does this require you to be on broadband so your results can be sent quickly to other parts of the calculaton that may need them? One problem I have with this (capitalist pig that I am) is why should I GIVE my CPU cycles to solve problems that DRUG companies will MAKE Boatloads of money with? Say in the future I got a disease which has a cure developed by my participation in the project with my spare cycles. Will *I* get any consideration for a discount? Will I get ANY profit for my time & resources. NO. Am I going to do it then. NO. SETI I will (and have) done. Thats not something anyone is making bucks from. That's pure scientific research / problem solving.
Yes, a robot roach would remind me of the "Constructors" from the SG1 episodes. Nasty little things looked liked roaches and reproduced themselves quickly and could copy other beings. Some things are better off NOT invented.
50ish Kg of fuel to go to the MOON isn't efficient? Beats the crap out of chemical engines. If you read my post I said it would take A LOT of fuel, I too was too lazy to calculate it. Another post said a few solar masses of fuel would be needed to get close to C. The whole problem is really how to get that huge mass accelerating even the tiniest amount with a engine with such low thrust. But if you can get it moving and keep it moving then the mass gets smaller and smaller, eventually you have a very light craft going very fast but it would take centuries to get to there due to the time required to get up to speed.
SG is copying Dr Who now with the dog. K9 was the good Doctors dog when he was played by Tom Baker (ya know the guy with the fuzzy hair and long scarf).
You DO remember Dr Who don't you?
4) a type of suspended animation ( such as a year long coma, I don't think "freezing" will ever work) with shielding only around the small area for the crew.You could use LH and LO and combine them in a fuel cell for electricity and water. That way the shielding is fuel. But you have to have enough left to come back too. Suspended animation would require tremendous advances in medical science, but maybe in 50 yrs it might work. Combine that with #3 and you just might have the solution.
Assuming enough fuel to provide constant acceleration by the time this thing hit the edge of the Solar System it would be hitting a fraction (5-6%) of c. Of course hitting a tiny spec of space dust at that speed would destroy the craft so there are practical limits to how fast something should go. I doubt that even with massive fuel you would never get more than 10-15% of c, since increasing the velocity takes more and more fuel since e=mc2. It's not a practical means of propulsion unless you got LOTS of time to get there. But it does get good gas mileage ;)
The solution is simple, just encryt the whole CD of random noise with something simple/free (Like PGP Disk) that requires the input of a pass phrase to access the CD. Then chose a 6 to 8 word pass phrase using random 8 to 10 letter words from a dictionary or use a phrase ONLY you would know. So, if the CD is stolen the data is unusable. You can buy off the shelf products (like PointSec) that will do this to your entire hard drive as well if you want to keep the data online.
The 128bit encryption is strong, but Diffe-Hellman is subject to a "man in the middle" attack whereby you can spoof the key of one side to the other and then capture the encyrption key. Authentication of sender/recipient to each other has to occur via something like a digital signature before the keys are sent to prevent this sort of attack. Is that what you meant via "handshaking"?
Hmmm..20 cents extra on a average $20 prescription? That's what 5% of 5% or .025 percent extra. You would think that's not enough to notice. But when places like Wal-Mart of CVS will just bump your costs a dollar per prescription [even though RFID is only on the big bottles not your bottle] to pay for it then it's BILLIONS in extra costs to the consumer. And you can bet all that money is not flowing to the RFID tag manufacturers. It's a nice easy profit for the drug stores, as they save money on inventory control in the long run but pass the costs of implementing the systems on to the consumer.
Exactly, it has to be an "inside job" where everyone in the receipt, inventory and dispensing is helping with the fraud. I'm unsure how RFID is going to prevent that? I assume the RFID tags are blank and are progranmmed when the container is filled? Or wil the drugs be sent pre-packed in standard doses with RFID tags already made? Then the pharmacist just hands them over and takes the money.
Lock-Mart already licenses the RD-180 engines from Energomesh (a RUSSIAN company). I think they will be used on the heavy lift Delta that is to fly soon.
Oooh..another Ralphie fan I see!! I always wanted one of them leg lamps ;)
Now on a completely different but related subject, what's everyone's favorite Christmas show/movie?
Rudolph? Raphie? Home Alone?
Wow, it took us 35 yrs to get back to 1/4 the throw of the 1960's Saturn V and I'm supposed to be impressed? We could still build S-V's NASA has the prints and specs but they would be very expensive.
The top speed of the SR-71 (YF-12 was the NASA version) was and is still classified. They AVERAGED over Mach 3 and that includes takeoff and landing times. Mach 3 was probably cruise with bursts to higher depending mostly on fuel and skin temps. I don't think it was much higher than 4 even in bursts due to aero heating. The Mach 9 number I've seen thrown about is probably way too high of a top speed. But seeing how the REAL number is classified I suspect none of the record setting runs were full out otherwise someone could extract the speed from time and distance. They flew just fast enough.
And they will KEEP referring to it for another generation. There is a 30 yrs life extension project in the works for the B-52 to upgrade, rewing, etc and keep 'em flying. The USAF keeps finding new uses for the things. There is still nothing like them to carry iron bombs. When hundreds of 500 lbs bombs starting falling from the sky and you can't hear the plane (and might can only barely see it) it makes a BIG impact. The Iraqis in the first Gulf War surrendered in droves after one of those missions. Hmm..come to think of it Fallujah would be a nice target..sure would spare some lives of the soldiers..who cares if we blow up a mosque or two.