It's actually for Atlas-Centaur. And the Atlas II rockets have almost flown out. LockMart will be flying the Atlas III and Atlas V in the future, built around a Russian designed engine.
Weather has nothing to do with determining a launch window. It does make them wait and occasionally scrub a launch (wait till another day) Due to airspace issues, launches rarely reserve a launch window more than 4 hours long (I've never seen one). Since this is a geo launch, the orbit designed to get there with a minimum fuel use and time constraints. Given that, the launch window, in this case is only 3 hours long. I am watching it on local TV right now.
Having gone through security on an air force base, I do know they check, for the most part, expecially after 9/11. I grabbed my ID out my wallet just before the gate and flashed it and the guard told me something along the lines of "Yeah, so?" and promptly got a quizzical look from me. I looked at the badge and realized it was my driver's license and then pulled out my military ID.
Having said that, the AIr Force has teams whose job is to infiltrate bases and test the defenses. They use no military equipment to do so, only commercially available items. Unfortunately they are often quite successful. Social engineering is a big part of what they do. Being military members they know what to expect and how to use that to their advantage.
Usually it involves knowing when to intimidate (act important or dangerous) and when to seem in need of aid (act unimportant or not dangerous). Other choices are possible, but those two are the big ones. In other choices/environments, it could require bribery skills, a well-worn social engineering technique.
Well since a library is where you keep books (or lies, because if it doesn't agree with a Texan's view of the world, it is a lie) maybe Texans call an art gallery an artibrary.
No, idiot, he only saw it, he did not produce it. Please read the comment before before inserting your foot into your mouth, or since this is the computer, typing with one hand. You'll still stick your foot in your mouth, but you might be better informed.
By your logic, a person who saw a murder is guilty of murder. You wouldn't accuse such a person with murder, so it is silly to be accusing the innocent bystanders (annoying pop-ups or the browser hijacking) of possessing child porn.
You are absolutely correct about the effects of a large false positive rate. However, remember that the false negative rate is not necessarily the same as the false positive rate. In fact, such a system as you described could be 100% accurate in recognizing all 20 terrorists. Now you would have identified 160 terrorists, but only 20 are actually terrorists. And Ashcroft would keep all 160 in jail indefinitely. As you stated, with a nonzero false negative rate you may have terrorists escape detection.
Offtopic, this effect also concerns some innoculations (not all). The vaccine may prevent the disease in 99% of those who would have gotten the disease. However, it may cause the disease in 0.001 percent of those who take the vaccine, who would not have gotten the disease otherwise. In a population of 100 million, with an infection rate of 0.1%, 100,000 would normally get sick and only 1000 will after the vaccine. Of the 99.9 million who not have gotten sick, 999 will get sick because of taking the vaccine. So, while the vaccine saves 99000, half of those that get the disease would get it due to the vaccine. And this is with a vaccine that would be consider 99.999% safe.
Now if instead of a vaccine, it is a terrorist detector, given to everyone. Even with a very accurate detector, detection with have to be treated very carefully.
And the power switch occurs, Dad asking the kids "Are we there yet?" and "Son, how much farther is it?"
Of course, the early adopters are probably going to be recent college grads, folks still into gaming and new into money...Assuming they get hired, of course.
We'd need the gov't grant. Those version 2.0s are expensive, especially if you need to debug them. And beyond the expense, they require much of your time to keep running properly. And unlike the common trend, I do not like to outsource that requirement.
Have you been reading posts? Most posters can't spell correctly. I doubt many of them have completed elementary education. Fuck is probably the only word they can spell correctly.
Another book that is in a similar vein is "The Planiverse" by A. K. Dewdney, 1984. Though this book claims that Abbott's book came out in 1884 (Either artificially creating 100 years difference or taking advantage of it)
Exactly, we need to decimalize the time system. 10 seconds in a minute, 100 minutes in an hour and 10 hours in a day. 10 days in a week, 10 weeks in a month and 10 months in a year. For those who insist on keeping some of the archaic methods, change the length of a second so that the length of a day remains the same. Choose sidereal or solar. As far as the old year, it was based on orbital period, and really, what does that have to do with time keeping? Especially a civilization with space capability. Ditch it. For those who truly need dates based on the position around the sun, do the calculations and add the appropriate number of days, rather than changing the calendar to fit the orbit. As far as the zero, set it to a known event, perhaps the Y2.037K event.
Don't forget that codes were used back in Caesar's day (Caesar codes) I bet that even in caveman days, some caveman was doing get rich quick schemes with "Get women easier. Use brand new guaranteed, OG's Clubs. Knock them out and take them back to your cave. And if her man gets upset, OG's Clubs work just as well on men. Only one saber-toothed tiger pelt."
Yes, I remember using that feature, which I verified for myself is now gone. I do recall that the site had very good aerial photos of military bases.I wonder if that, or aerial photos of other sites that invited potential lawsuits (whether or not deserved) caused them to pull the service.
I have even searched my county's court site to find out if court cases had been resolved. Sadly, the individual in question, charged with vehicular homicide, was still free almost 2 years later, and been charged with several more traffic violations, mostly speeding and driving without a license.
Another of the most common uses for the databases is to judge how much to sell your home. Or likewise, to see if the seller is trying to rob you blind. And in the Manatee county case, the sale price, and even how much was paid in taxes and doc stamps is also included.
You are absolutely correct...for the first few seasons. The voice actors pay reflected this for those first seasons. In fact their pay stayed substandard for years longer than it deserved. Finally they forced FOX to pay them more reasonably. FOX had considered replacements that last time as well, and were ready to go to them until a settlement was signed. So if the actors stay firm, expect FOX to hire new actors and the Simpsons to be in their last season. If FOX does pay up, still expect it to be the last season, perhaps even a shortened season.
Like other folks have stated, FOX is the one making out like a bandit more so than the actors. Early on, the Simpsons voice talent could have been replaced easily. Now even if the replacement sounds the same, it's bad publicity in a beloved series that's towards the end of its lifetime. Sure FOX may save money, but it would also reduce its value quite a bit. And it could also reduce its syndication value. FOX is better off negotiating with the actors.
I worked a couple months at a direct mailer for slave wages (minimum wage) while waiting for a real job to start. Complete mindless boredom, so all I could do was let my mind wander (or fire rubber bands into the machines and jam them, never your own machine of course.) Bad thing, the machines were cutting all the pages to fit into the envelopes, so you were reaching close to spinning blades and covered with paper dust at the end of the day. That's been my worst job.
The vector does come into play, because if you are travelling at twice the escape velocity, but directly at the center of the planet, you're not escaping anything. But beyond that, escape velocity is that needed for a parabolic trajectory, which, like you stated, is dependent solely on the KE. As long as the orbit will not intersect the planet, escape is possible. Also, since the parabolic is the minimum for escape, if kinetic energy dissipates (friction) before escape, then it won't escape. ALl this assumes the two-body problem and ignores any other bodies.
China takes the long view that one day they will be the one doing all the bitchslapping. There's little doubt that if they were the dominant superpower that all countries would have to bow to their will or receive the bitchslap. It's that attitude that allows a country to move to the top of the food chain. In the US it was the attitude of working your poor and their children till they dropped. Then once they were near the top they could change their attitudes and enjoy being powerful. Now we're in the glow of being at the top, and that usually signals the downfall. And when a common phrase is "such and such is a sure sign of the coming apocalypse" and you can name a whole lot of signs, then watch out.
You make a point about Rumsfeld, but my counter-point is look at how many people voted for Clinton the SECOND time. No one who votes Democratic or Republican should take offense at this action when they do it every election. If you voted third party then you do have the right to get upset, especially since your vote amounts to nothing in our f&%*ed up system.
And to go to the extreme, shouldn't purveyors in Nazi memorabilia then be allowed to sell the stuff to people in France and Germany (good luck delivering however) For that matter, shouldn't ordering illegal drugs via the internet in the US also be fair trade? You may have to take delivery in another country and use them there as well, but wouldn't the WTO rule that way if they were consistent?
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It's actually for Atlas-Centaur. And the Atlas II rockets have almost flown out. LockMart will be flying the Atlas III and Atlas V in the future, built around a Russian designed engine.
Weather has nothing to do with determining a launch window. It does make them wait and occasionally scrub a launch (wait till another day) Due to airspace issues, launches rarely reserve a launch window more than 4 hours long (I've never seen one). Since this is a geo launch, the orbit designed to get there with a minimum fuel use and time constraints. Given that, the launch window, in this case is only 3 hours long. I am watching it on local TV right now.
Having gone through security on an air force base, I do know they check, for the most part, expecially after 9/11. I grabbed my ID out my wallet just before the gate and flashed it and the guard told me something along the lines of "Yeah, so?" and promptly got a quizzical look from me. I looked at the badge and realized it was my driver's license and then pulled out my military ID.
Having said that, the AIr Force has teams whose job is to infiltrate bases and test the defenses. They use no military equipment to do so, only commercially available items. Unfortunately they are often quite successful. Social engineering is a big part of what they do. Being military members they know what to expect and how to use that to their advantage.
Usually it involves knowing when to intimidate (act important or dangerous) and when to seem in need of aid (act unimportant or not dangerous). Other choices are possible, but those two are the big ones. In other choices/environments, it could require bribery skills, a well-worn social engineering technique.
Well since a library is where you keep books (or lies, because if it doesn't agree with a Texan's view of the world, it is a lie) maybe Texans call an art gallery an artibrary.
No, idiot, he only saw it, he did not produce it. Please read the comment before before inserting your foot into your mouth, or since this is the computer, typing with one hand. You'll still stick your foot in your mouth, but you might be better informed.
By your logic, a person who saw a murder is guilty of murder. You wouldn't accuse such a person with murder, so it is silly to be accusing the innocent bystanders (annoying pop-ups or the browser hijacking) of possessing child porn.
You are absolutely correct about the effects of a large false positive rate. However, remember that the false negative rate is not necessarily the same as the false positive rate. In fact, such a system as you described could be 100% accurate in recognizing all 20 terrorists. Now you would have identified 160 terrorists, but only 20 are actually terrorists. And Ashcroft would keep all 160 in jail indefinitely. As you stated, with a nonzero false negative rate you may have terrorists escape detection.
Offtopic, this effect also concerns some innoculations (not all). The vaccine may prevent the disease in 99% of those who would have gotten the disease. However, it may cause the disease in 0.001 percent of those who take the vaccine, who would not have gotten the disease otherwise. In a population of 100 million, with an infection rate of 0.1%, 100,000 would normally get sick and only 1000 will after the vaccine. Of the 99.9 million who not have gotten sick, 999 will get sick because of taking the vaccine. So, while the vaccine saves 99000, half of those that get the disease would get it due to the vaccine. And this is with a vaccine that would be consider 99.999% safe.
Now if instead of a vaccine, it is a terrorist detector, given to everyone. Even with a very accurate detector, detection with have to be treated very carefully.
And the power switch occurs, Dad asking the kids "Are we there yet?" and "Son, how much farther is it?" Of course, the early adopters are probably going to be recent college grads, folks still into gaming and new into money...Assuming they get hired, of course.
Just to nitpick, but he was right and you have it bass ackwards.
Velocity is the integral of acceleration and the derivative of position. Note that all three are vectors.
You talk a good game, but you have forgotten the basics, if you ever learned them.
spring cleaning...once a year, and it gets thrown out, not cleaned
We'd need the gov't grant. Those version 2.0s are expensive, especially if you need to debug them. And beyond the expense, they require much of your time to keep running properly. And unlike the common trend, I do not like to outsource that requirement.
Have you been reading posts? Most posters can't spell correctly. I doubt many of them have completed elementary education. Fuck is probably the only word they can spell correctly.
Another book that is in a similar vein is "The Planiverse" by A. K. Dewdney, 1984. Though this book claims that Abbott's book came out in 1884 (Either artificially creating 100 years difference or taking advantage of it)
Exactly, we need to decimalize the time system. 10 seconds in a minute, 100 minutes in an hour and 10 hours in a day. 10 days in a week, 10 weeks in a month and 10 months in a year. For those who insist on keeping some of the archaic methods, change the length of a second so that the length of a day remains the same. Choose sidereal or solar. As far as the old year, it was based on orbital period, and really, what does that have to do with time keeping? Especially a civilization with space capability. Ditch it. For those who truly need dates based on the position around the sun, do the calculations and add the appropriate number of days, rather than changing the calendar to fit the orbit. As far as the zero, set it to a known event, perhaps the Y2.037K event.
Don't forget that codes were used back in Caesar's day (Caesar codes) I bet that even in caveman days, some caveman was doing get rich quick schemes with "Get women easier. Use brand new guaranteed, OG's Clubs. Knock them out and take them back to your cave. And if her man gets upset, OG's Clubs work just as well on men. Only one saber-toothed tiger pelt."
Yes, I remember using that feature, which I verified for myself is now gone. I do recall that the site had very good aerial photos of military bases.I wonder if that, or aerial photos of other sites that invited potential lawsuits (whether or not deserved) caused them to pull the service.
Lots of stuff is available thru public web sites, run by city, county, state governments:
List of sites
And most of the sites offer easy searches, example: Manatee County FL Clerk of Courts
I have even searched my county's court site to find out if court cases had been resolved. Sadly, the individual in question, charged with vehicular homicide, was still free almost 2 years later, and been charged with several more traffic violations, mostly speeding and driving without a license.
Another of the most common uses for the databases is to judge how much to sell your home. Or likewise, to see if the seller is trying to rob you blind. And in the Manatee county case, the sale price, and even how much was paid in taxes and doc stamps is also included.
You are absolutely correct...for the first few seasons. The voice actors pay reflected this for those first seasons. In fact their pay stayed substandard for years longer than it deserved. Finally they forced FOX to pay them more reasonably. FOX had considered replacements that last time as well, and were ready to go to them until a settlement was signed. So if the actors stay firm, expect FOX to hire new actors and the Simpsons to be in their last season. If FOX does pay up, still expect it to be the last season, perhaps even a shortened season.
Like other folks have stated, FOX is the one making out like a bandit more so than the actors. Early on, the Simpsons voice talent could have been replaced easily. Now even if the replacement sounds the same, it's bad publicity in a beloved series that's towards the end of its lifetime. Sure FOX may save money, but it would also reduce its value quite a bit. And it could also reduce its syndication value. FOX is better off negotiating with the actors.
I worked a couple months at a direct mailer for slave wages (minimum wage) while waiting for a real job to start. Complete mindless boredom, so all I could do was let my mind wander (or fire rubber bands into the machines and jam them, never your own machine of course.) Bad thing, the machines were cutting all the pages to fit into the envelopes, so you were reaching close to spinning blades and covered with paper dust at the end of the day. That's been my worst job.
Probably because the concentration was well over 1000 in a million.
The vector does come into play, because if you are travelling at twice the escape velocity, but directly at the center of the planet, you're not escaping anything. But beyond that, escape velocity is that needed for a parabolic trajectory, which, like you stated, is dependent solely on the KE. As long as the orbit will not intersect the planet, escape is possible. Also, since the parabolic is the minimum for escape, if kinetic energy dissipates (friction) before escape, then it won't escape. ALl this assumes the two-body problem and ignores any other bodies.
Actually, it's scarier that Russia CAN't maintain its nuclear (or should I say nuculer?) arsenal
China takes the long view that one day they will be the one doing all the bitchslapping. There's little doubt that if they were the dominant superpower that all countries would have to bow to their will or receive the bitchslap. It's that attitude that allows a country to move to the top of the food chain. In the US it was the attitude of working your poor and their children till they dropped. Then once they were near the top they could change their attitudes and enjoy being powerful. Now we're in the glow of being at the top, and that usually signals the downfall. And when a common phrase is "such and such is a sure sign of the coming apocalypse" and you can name a whole lot of signs, then watch out.
You make a point about Rumsfeld, but my counter-point is look at how many people voted for Clinton the SECOND time. No one who votes Democratic or Republican should take offense at this action when they do it every election. If you voted third party then you do have the right to get upset, especially since your vote amounts to nothing in our f&%*ed up system.
And to go to the extreme, shouldn't purveyors in Nazi memorabilia then be allowed to sell the stuff to people in France and Germany (good luck delivering however) For that matter, shouldn't ordering illegal drugs via the internet in the US also be fair trade? You may have to take delivery in another country and use them there as well, but wouldn't the WTO rule that way if they were consistent?