Search them with the data from the Earth Observing Satellites, different crops will show up as different colors in the IR specturm based on the photosynthesis rates which affect the amoutn of C02 the plant gives off, I also suspect there are other ways like sunlight reflection perhaps. I know it can be done for estimating other crops, the US did it during the Cold War to know what the Russian harvests were going to be that year. Downlink the data, use signal processing software to sift the data to find "hits" then you can pull up the image of the area with a "hit". If you find something that looks different in the middle of a hemp patch you can get the GPS co-ordinates and send a person out. In other words the technology does exist to do this.
And he conveniently forgets that the President alone cannot set the actions into Motion. The US House and Senate have to go along, and if they are "traditional" then no way his ideas fly. Plus there are the Agencies that would be affected as well. Massive beauracracy to overcome as well among the Federal Employees. For a Libertarian to be elected it would have to be a time of massive change (I think he says that) similar to that in the early days of the Republic.
The source code is already copyrighted (and some is patented) so watermarking does not do a lot of good to prevent theft of the MS IP. And of course China will ignore the copyright/patents anyway.
With good source code deconstruction/profiling tools you can find that watermark code. It's also VERY bad programming practice(what else would we expect from MS) to rely on side effec, hidden calls and obtuse un-needed code (more bloatware anyone?)to perform logic. Plus maintenance would be a nightmare. Why ever watermark code, when you could use a digital key signature or MD5 hash checksumming to validate the originality?
However it is hidden, I'm betting it can be found and removed/circumvented quickly. There are a lot of very sharp people out there who would love to get this code, not to mention those very sharp people who wear black hats and would love to engineer some virii/worms.
I wonder if the watermark is or will be used by some feature of the OS that checks it and if it is not there the executable from that source is aborted? Kind of a DRM process, which we all know MS embraces.
Ever heard of Tamoxifen for treatment of breast cancer? That drug was isolated from the Pacific Yew tree. Drug companies have a HUGE interest in "natural" drugs, but that does not mean they will find the cure for all diseases. It takes years to isolate and test the chemicals then more years to figure out how to make the drugs they did find in the tests. Then they have to scale the process to make tons of the drugs. Even with "fast-tracking", Parallel computing, folding algrithms,etc. you can expect 5-7 yrs from R&D to drugs you can buy.
I saw something somewhere that the "team" he has put together uses media agencies to put together ads (which costs money). If he is on both sides of the issue he needs two ads and that costs twice. Plus there is a "placement fee" the media agency gets from the networks for placing the ads, those guys are cleaning up whether he wins or not. Or in typical Slashdot-ese:
1)Find Candidate with lots of money who can't make up his mind on issues
2) Sell him ads on both sides of every issue
3)Profit!!
"Consider that conventional solar cells are among the most toxic devices now made and you've got a new way to avoid dumping horrible chemicals into the environment"
You never heard of chemical recyling? Most plants recyle the chemicals, which saves costs, and when they can't be recycled there are lots of regulations for discharge. No one (not in the USA) just dumps stuff.
Now, on the other hand, if you were complaining how toxic some of the fungicides and pesticides are you might have a point, and the rules on these are much much less stict as they are "agricultural" use chemicals. In fact, you could use some Ag chemicals as WMD if you desired, they are downright nasty..
I know someone who has done some VC work with Cisco and Cisco actually FUNDs quite a few of these small companies as VCs (no, I don't know which ones..thats a secret). When the technology is mature, Cisco then buys them out via an option in the VC funding contract. If it doesn't pan out, Cisco hasn't lost nearly as much as if they had done the R&D internally. If it does work they can incorporate the technolgy into many different products very quickly.
Pretty smart strategy.
Some models of HP equipment are just Cisco gear with some different looks. I know the SAN swithes are. Maybe that's why you got good support! I seem to hear more support issues with HP/Compaq than anyone else. Personally I've never had a problem with HP other than they (like Cisco) charge you for the name more than the features.
DOes ANYONE here ever do ANY f*cking research. Must be the decline of the educational system or something...Here is part of the Snopes.com article..
See http://www.snopes.com/autos/hazards/gasvapor.asp
As for incidents elsewhere in the world, after several reports in the United States where mobile phones were blamed for fires at gas stations, both the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) and the American Petroleum Institute issued statements denying the risk. The CTIA said, "There is no evidence whatsoever that a wireless phone has ever caused ignition or explosion at a station anywhere in the world. Wireless phones don't cause gas stations to blow up. Warnings being posted in petrol stations simply perpetuate the myth." The American Petroleum Institute said, "We can find no evidence of someone using a cellphone causing any kind of accident, no matter how small, at a gas station anywhere in the world."
Cell calls use frequencies that are above the range Aircraft instruments use. Your scenario means more EM leakage as the power goes up when hunting for a signal.
Geezz..I aint going to type in a 5 page article..gotta be some RF engineers out there somewhere who can talk to the specific frequencies and what happens. Maybe the dude who wrote the article is on here..
Yes, adding shielding to the aircraft could be done,the article says that..but you have to add weight to the plane..I'm not an expert on EMI (Electromagnetic Inteference) so I don't know if you need lead or tin foil to shield with. EMR affecting kids..don't know..maybe..if ya beleive the stories about the people living under the high-voltage lines...
If you are low enough you can..I've done it...about 10K feet on decent my phone will have a signal (if I left it on by accident). Scared me to death one time when it beeped at me (msg waiting) before we landed..I thought the flight attendant was going to get on my case..
Nope, it's an Urban Legend..Cells can't ignite the fumes..MythBusters also did a segement on this where they debunked it very well. If ya check out snopes.com I think you'll see if debunked there too.
I like my cell, but there are times I wish I could chunk it..A great thing and a PITA both at the same time..
Wrong!!! There is an article in this Month's issue of Smithsonian Air and Space magazine that has hard data from NASA tests that proves cell phones are a hazard. Cell phones are just not shielded well use,a plane has about 10 systems that rely on external signals, and some cells emit signals (not the call signals but "leakage") in that range. I couldn't find a web link to that article, go check it out on the newstand. I too used to think it was no big deal but airplane electronics are setup to deal with outside sources of interference not inside. Also there is some thought that at 35K feet you can hit dozens of towers with a call making the call management software do back flips:) bringing down the network for everyone..(I have no idea if this is true..just heard it).Anyhow I dont think just adding "picocells" is going to correct the problem of poorly designed cell phones that give off EMR they are not supposed to!
This EMC config supports a lot of Linux boxes. It does include 24x7 on-site support. Are you talking FAST ATA with a GB Fibre interface channels at 5K..no way you price is right..if you are talking $5000 pounds thats about 15K US..
The systems are mirrored. So two chassis..but the qoute was to add to existing chasises. So you take the amount of storage and x2 it since it is mirrored (or half it if you just split the amount across both)
The SAN has a NASHead and Clariion software but that was sunk cost..not add ons.
All I know is either things are cheaper over there or you are off by a decimal point. We talked to NetApps to (NAS) and they were somewhat cheaper but not 5X cheaper.
If you can buy tapes at that price..you need to buy are resell..I can't buy at that price..
BTW, the company I am talking about is Cisco. And they have over 300 EMC SAN/NAS in the company worldwide.
I also worked at IBM at have priced SHARCs..they are even MORE expensive..
So, send me those qoutes I'll forward them to the Storage Group and see if we can save some money. I'm not sold on EMC if we got other options but convincing others may be tough.
Hmm..well Hardware still consists of the same things it always has, Logic, ALU, Memory, Cache, etc. It just works faster. Things like how to understand accuracy & precision from the number representation in the Hardware haven't changed.
Signal Theory..very hairy Math... Mathematical Algorithms have been known for high/low/band/gap and other types of filters for umpteen years. All the theories underpinning the mathematics hasn't changed in some cases 100+ years. I don't recall the basic theories of Calculus, Algebra, Statistics and Linear Algebra changing. I can recall picking up a math book from the 1950's at a book sale and seeing a lot of things I recall from my college math in the 1980s. The language has changed a bit, some terminolgy is different but the equations are the same.
Here is what I know about Forth...it's OLD, it was a custom language developed for use in Astronomy in the 1960's(telescope controls I think). It did become a standard, but it has really fallen out of favor. Based on my experiences I'd say it might have 1-2% of the market. It's a lot like Perl in that is has a funky syntax. It was used in some UNIX boxes as part of the Boot ROM. Perhaps there are some niche areas it is used today (industrial controllers?) but its not common at all.
So Mr Expert...can you tell me which OSes are most commonly used in embedded systems, and the difference between Windows CE and Windows? Can you code the same thing in Ada/Ada95/C/C++ and tell me which one will use less memory and run faster? What is the difference between the Motorola Memory Architecture and Intel? Describe the VWE Systems Architecture? What is FibreChannel? What is BigEndian? What's the Carry Bit? What gets pushed on the stack in a context switch? Why? What's a protected section? Why are they used? What is a NMI? What is rate monotonic tasking? What is priority inversion? What's a semaphore? How many types can you name? What's DOD-STD-2167A? Ever written PL/M? Can you hand optimize compiler generated assembler? Do you have software flying in front line fighter systems? In space? Ever seen a mega-million dollar defense project cancelled based on your word the software was screwed up and wouldnt work? Answer these questions and you'll have my respect, attack my credibility and you are only going to incur my disdain. I'm done with this thread..I got a lot better things to do with my time.
"The Amendments are not misunderstood, the application is a balancing act of competing interests: For example - you have a free speech right to put up campaign signs - i have a free speech right not to have government money used to promote partisan causes. Say you want to put up signs on streets and parks, and civic lawns, I want to take them down. Which of us has the first amendment on our side?"
I disagee, if the amendments were not misunderstood why are there so many court cases relating to their application? If it's all so black and white then there is no issue to litigate!
In the case you present I think the right to expression takes precedent over the right to squelch expression (assuming the expression was by legal means and followed laws, statutes, etc. regarding advertisements..i.e. poltical signs can be no closer than XXX feet from polling places)
Since when did the Gov't coerce you to worship any "GOD" with the threat of violence? That was out of left field. That sounds more like Iran than any place in the USA.
Of course the founding fathers had faults and made mistakes, the knew this which is why they set up the 3 branches of Gov't to keep someone in check in one branch who had a serious "fault" yet was in power. Has that system worked? About 70% of the time. The one bug I have about it is Federal Agency "regulations" have the force of law yet were never debated and vote on by Congress and signed into law by the President.
Congrats on your success! I would say you are the exception rather than the rule. Plus you were given training which many times is not available or not given for "cost" reasons. Former programmers are asked to manage without being given the skills, which leads to problems.
From what I have seen Management probably pays a bit LESS than some Senior Tech Roles like Architect but more than just developers. It all depends on where the company wishes to place the emphasis and spend the money. If you work at a company where all the other managers are "empire building" and there are silos meaning no cross functional teamwork, that truly does suck. But there are other places that do better, I would be looking for another job, no one needs that kind of crap.
Shows how much you know. Forth is NOT used in embedded systems,C/C++, Ada, Assembler, some Java. And I've never worked in Cold Fusion..not everyone has used every tool. Ad hominen attacks are not going to get you any mod points. Crawl back under your rock.
OK, point taken. But don't fall into the trap that'the USA is a Democracy..it's a Republic:)I think folks value the other Amendments too, but Free Speech (and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms) are rights we hold, over time, have come to hold very sacred.
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Search them with the data from the Earth Observing Satellites, different crops will show up as different colors in the IR specturm based on the photosynthesis rates which affect the amoutn of C02 the plant gives off, I also suspect there are other ways like sunlight reflection perhaps. I know it can be done for estimating other crops, the US did it during the Cold War to know what the Russian harvests were going to be that year. Downlink the data, use signal processing software to sift the data to find "hits" then you can pull up the image of the area with a "hit". If you find something that looks different in the middle of a hemp patch you can get the GPS co-ordinates and send a person out. In other words the technology does exist to do this.
And he conveniently forgets that the President alone cannot set the actions into Motion. The US House and Senate have to go along, and if they are "traditional" then no way his ideas fly. Plus there are the Agencies that would be affected as well. Massive beauracracy to overcome as well among the Federal Employees. For a Libertarian to be elected it would have to be a time of massive change (I think he says that) similar to that in the early days of the Republic.
The source code is already copyrighted (and some is patented) so watermarking does not do a lot of good to prevent theft of the MS IP. And of course China will ignore the copyright/patents anyway. With good source code deconstruction/profiling tools you can find that watermark code. It's also VERY bad programming practice(what else would we expect from MS) to rely on side effec, hidden calls and obtuse un-needed code (more bloatware anyone?)to perform logic. Plus maintenance would be a nightmare. Why ever watermark code, when you could use a digital key signature or MD5 hash checksumming to validate the originality? However it is hidden, I'm betting it can be found and removed/circumvented quickly. There are a lot of very sharp people out there who would love to get this code, not to mention those very sharp people who wear black hats and would love to engineer some virii/worms. I wonder if the watermark is or will be used by some feature of the OS that checks it and if it is not there the executable from that source is aborted? Kind of a DRM process, which we all know MS embraces.
Ever heard of Tamoxifen for treatment of breast cancer? That drug was isolated from the Pacific Yew tree. Drug companies have a HUGE interest in "natural" drugs, but that does not mean they will find the cure for all diseases. It takes years to isolate and test the chemicals then more years to figure out how to make the drugs they did find in the tests. Then they have to scale the process to make tons of the drugs. Even with "fast-tracking", Parallel computing, folding algrithms,etc. you can expect 5-7 yrs from R&D to drugs you can buy.
I saw something somewhere that the "team" he has put together uses media agencies to put together ads (which costs money). If he is on both sides of the issue he needs two ads and that costs twice. Plus there is a "placement fee" the media agency gets from the networks for placing the ads, those guys are cleaning up whether he wins or not. Or in typical Slashdot-ese: 1)Find Candidate with lots of money who can't make up his mind on issues 2) Sell him ads on both sides of every issue 3)Profit!!
Wait till tomorrow and he'll send you one reversing his position from the one he sent you yesterday.
"Consider that conventional solar cells are among the most toxic devices now made and you've got a new way to avoid dumping horrible chemicals into the environment"
You never heard of chemical recyling? Most plants recyle the chemicals, which saves costs, and when they can't be recycled there are lots of regulations for discharge. No one (not in the USA) just dumps stuff.
Now, on the other hand, if you were complaining how toxic some of the fungicides and pesticides are you might have a point, and the rules on these are much much less stict as they are "agricultural" use chemicals. In fact, you could use some Ag chemicals as WMD if you desired, they are downright nasty..
I know someone who has done some VC work with Cisco and Cisco actually FUNDs quite a few of these small companies as VCs (no, I don't know which ones..thats a secret). When the technology is mature, Cisco then buys them out via an option in the VC funding contract. If it doesn't pan out, Cisco hasn't lost nearly as much as if they had done the R&D internally. If it does work they can incorporate the technolgy into many different products very quickly. Pretty smart strategy.
Some models of HP equipment are just Cisco gear with some different looks. I know the SAN swithes are. Maybe that's why you got good support! I seem to hear more support issues with HP/Compaq than anyone else. Personally I've never had a problem with HP other than they (like Cisco) charge you for the name more than the features.
DOes ANYONE here ever do ANY f*cking research. Must be the decline of the educational system or something...Here is part of the Snopes.com article.. See http://www.snopes.com/autos/hazards/gasvapor.asp As for incidents elsewhere in the world, after several reports in the United States where mobile phones were blamed for fires at gas stations, both the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) and the American Petroleum Institute issued statements denying the risk. The CTIA said, "There is no evidence whatsoever that a wireless phone has ever caused ignition or explosion at a station anywhere in the world. Wireless phones don't cause gas stations to blow up. Warnings being posted in petrol stations simply perpetuate the myth." The American Petroleum Institute said, "We can find no evidence of someone using a cellphone causing any kind of accident, no matter how small, at a gas station anywhere in the world."
Cell calls use frequencies that are above the range Aircraft instruments use. Your scenario means more EM leakage as the power goes up when hunting for a signal. Geezz..I aint going to type in a 5 page article..gotta be some RF engineers out there somewhere who can talk to the specific frequencies and what happens. Maybe the dude who wrote the article is on here..
Yes, adding shielding to the aircraft could be done,the article says that..but you have to add weight to the plane..I'm not an expert on EMI (Electromagnetic Inteference) so I don't know if you need lead or tin foil to shield with. EMR affecting kids..don't know..maybe..if ya beleive the stories about the people living under the high-voltage lines...
Not Apple the Mission Impossible guys......This laptop will self destruct in 10 sec....POOF!!
You mean ditzy blondes read /. too?
If you are low enough you can..I've done it...about 10K feet on decent my phone will have a signal (if I left it on by accident). Scared me to death one time when it beeped at me (msg waiting) before we landed..I thought the flight attendant was going to get on my case..
Nope, it's an Urban Legend..Cells can't ignite the fumes..MythBusters also did a segement on this where they debunked it very well. If ya check out snopes.com I think you'll see if debunked there too. I like my cell, but there are times I wish I could chunk it..A great thing and a PITA both at the same time..
Wrong!!! There is an article in this Month's issue of Smithsonian Air and Space magazine that has hard data from NASA tests that proves cell phones are a hazard. Cell phones are just not shielded well use,a plane has about 10 systems that rely on external signals, and some cells emit signals (not the call signals but "leakage") in that range. I couldn't find a web link to that article, go check it out on the newstand. I too used to think it was no big deal but airplane electronics are setup to deal with outside sources of interference not inside. Also there is some thought that at 35K feet you can hit dozens of towers with a call making the call management software do back flips :) bringing down the network for everyone..(I have no idea if this is true..just heard it).Anyhow I dont think just adding "picocells" is going to correct the problem of poorly designed cell phones that give off EMR they are not supposed to!
This EMC config supports a lot of Linux boxes. It does include 24x7 on-site support. Are you talking FAST ATA with a GB Fibre interface channels at 5K..no way you price is right..if you are talking $5000 pounds thats about 15K US.. The systems are mirrored. So two chassis..but the qoute was to add to existing chasises. So you take the amount of storage and x2 it since it is mirrored (or half it if you just split the amount across both) The SAN has a NASHead and Clariion software but that was sunk cost..not add ons. All I know is either things are cheaper over there or you are off by a decimal point. We talked to NetApps to (NAS) and they were somewhat cheaper but not 5X cheaper. If you can buy tapes at that price..you need to buy are resell..I can't buy at that price.. BTW, the company I am talking about is Cisco. And they have over 300 EMC SAN/NAS in the company worldwide. I also worked at IBM at have priced SHARCs..they are even MORE expensive.. So, send me those qoutes I'll forward them to the Storage Group and see if we can save some money. I'm not sold on EMC if we got other options but convincing others may be tough.
Hmm..well Hardware still consists of the same things it always has, Logic, ALU, Memory, Cache, etc. It just works faster. Things like how to understand accuracy & precision from the number representation in the Hardware haven't changed. Signal Theory..very hairy Math... Mathematical Algorithms have been known for high/low/band/gap and other types of filters for umpteen years. All the theories underpinning the mathematics hasn't changed in some cases 100+ years. I don't recall the basic theories of Calculus, Algebra, Statistics and Linear Algebra changing. I can recall picking up a math book from the 1950's at a book sale and seeing a lot of things I recall from my college math in the 1980s. The language has changed a bit, some terminolgy is different but the equations are the same.
Here is what I know about Forth...it's OLD, it was a custom language developed for use in Astronomy in the 1960's(telescope controls I think). It did become a standard, but it has really fallen out of favor. Based on my experiences I'd say it might have 1-2% of the market. It's a lot like Perl in that is has a funky syntax. It was used in some UNIX boxes as part of the Boot ROM. Perhaps there are some niche areas it is used today (industrial controllers?) but its not common at all. So Mr Expert...can you tell me which OSes are most commonly used in embedded systems, and the difference between Windows CE and Windows? Can you code the same thing in Ada/Ada95/C/C++ and tell me which one will use less memory and run faster? What is the difference between the Motorola Memory Architecture and Intel? Describe the VWE Systems Architecture? What is FibreChannel? What is BigEndian? What's the Carry Bit? What gets pushed on the stack in a context switch? Why? What's a protected section? Why are they used? What is a NMI? What is rate monotonic tasking? What is priority inversion? What's a semaphore? How many types can you name? What's DOD-STD-2167A? Ever written PL/M? Can you hand optimize compiler generated assembler? Do you have software flying in front line fighter systems? In space? Ever seen a mega-million dollar defense project cancelled based on your word the software was screwed up and wouldnt work? Answer these questions and you'll have my respect, attack my credibility and you are only going to incur my disdain. I'm done with this thread..I got a lot better things to do with my time.
"The Amendments are not misunderstood, the application is a balancing act of competing interests: For example - you have a free speech right to put up campaign signs - i have a free speech right not to have government money used to promote partisan causes. Say you want to put up signs on streets and parks, and civic lawns, I want to take them down. Which of us has the first amendment on our side?" I disagee, if the amendments were not misunderstood why are there so many court cases relating to their application? If it's all so black and white then there is no issue to litigate! In the case you present I think the right to expression takes precedent over the right to squelch expression (assuming the expression was by legal means and followed laws, statutes, etc. regarding advertisements..i.e. poltical signs can be no closer than XXX feet from polling places) Since when did the Gov't coerce you to worship any "GOD" with the threat of violence? That was out of left field. That sounds more like Iran than any place in the USA. Of course the founding fathers had faults and made mistakes, the knew this which is why they set up the 3 branches of Gov't to keep someone in check in one branch who had a serious "fault" yet was in power. Has that system worked? About 70% of the time. The one bug I have about it is Federal Agency "regulations" have the force of law yet were never debated and vote on by Congress and signed into law by the President.
Congrats on your success! I would say you are the exception rather than the rule. Plus you were given training which many times is not available or not given for "cost" reasons. Former programmers are asked to manage without being given the skills, which leads to problems. From what I have seen Management probably pays a bit LESS than some Senior Tech Roles like Architect but more than just developers. It all depends on where the company wishes to place the emphasis and spend the money. If you work at a company where all the other managers are "empire building" and there are silos meaning no cross functional teamwork, that truly does suck. But there are other places that do better, I would be looking for another job, no one needs that kind of crap.
Shows how much you know. Forth is NOT used in embedded systems,C/C++, Ada, Assembler, some Java. And I've never worked in Cold Fusion..not everyone has used every tool. Ad hominen attacks are not going to get you any mod points. Crawl back under your rock.
Programmers..worried about format not content! :) Or maybe that's UI Designers who Programmers and Managers BOTH hate!
OK, point taken. But don't fall into the trap that'the USA is a Democracy..it's a Republic :)I think folks value the other Amendments too, but Free Speech (and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms) are rights we hold, over time, have come to hold very sacred.