What AC says, most of the world owns their phones and uses prepaid... and also is not addicted to cars, so hauling a laptop around doesn't work so great. Assuming there's even dependable electricity and those free WiFi networks around.
The real underlying issue - too many people anxious of anything with the possibility to undermine their ancient answer to the question "who is in charge of the Earth, who is really in charge of our lives?" (notice how it impacts also/especially the issue you cite)
Similar issue with evolution "debate"; and why there is a very strong overlap between the two groups and their "x based initiatives" (yes, that is a generalization - and for good reason, they are what propels social movements, outliers are irrelevant)
Well the thing with radio transmitters is how they aren't limited to "your own property"... (similar with stores, where other people come; even more with cars; and... houses, at least in semi-dense neighborhood)
At least some move away is finally visible, even via few large sites. Which... appears to help some oldish browsers, if they aimed for standards / etc.
(I keep an old dual P2 around, with Opera 9.27 (a good "classic" release) - and it tends to work better with newly overhauled sites; it's very near 8.0 release, so that's 2005 time frame (and of course assuming something can work without js, considering browser from pre-speedup era and slow CPUs); I imagine especially old Konqueror releases might be similar)
Inexpensive, mass produced, tiny IC engines were available for many years back then, for model usage (check out, say, cox tee dee 010). Such project could certainly afford much more expensive machining... (or maybe not even IC; maybe small & light (not like IC don't have fabulous energy density) CO2 engine sufficient for dozen s of quiet operation)
And generally, such psych-ops were targeted more typically at US population (NVM that Soviet Union was most likely better informed than the US population at any point in time; how would such posturing even work with a secret project?). Themes of Red Scare and McCarthyism; fiction of bomber gap, missile gap and mine shaft gap. Old policies of "Hyping Terror For Fun, Profit - And Power" (pay close attention to the names in this one...) - good old demonization of "foes"; inventing and exaggerating menace, enemies; terrorizing people with hyped up or invented threats. Lack of evidence or capability (or even theoretical possibility) meaning they are good at hiding something (or too many scientists are secret commies). Because it is so cold outside
Repeat ad nauseam with South America (Operation Condor), Cuba, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Irag, Iran, N. Korea... China, Venezuela, Brazil, India. Empires need to feed, to sustain themselves (or at least military-industrial complex, looking for things to do after WW2); "preemption" is crucial for safety...
(not like Soviet Union was immune to that, of course... shining examples of propaganda also there (though those didn't lead so far / even also with infighting camps - such methods weren't needed to stay on top; some advantages of central planning / economy & not bothering yourself with elections... relative immunity to such hysterias; Soviets were, in the end, often very pragmatist))
I took it as "also" - because stereo isn't required / wouldn't help much in determining if somebody is sitting at the desk (by itself it doesn't distinguish from a nice comfy chair...); it would have to go through constant face and body detection anyway, which work in "2D". Still probably resulting in enough "false"(*) negatives to annoy people...
(*)not really false, it's just that we tend to move around the desk much more than we realize (even Kinect-like sensor would have trouble)
Ultimately, technical band-aids to security can only do so much...
If it turns out not to be a fad - stereoscopic(*) images of your face would be easy enough to come by in such case... and they could be also quite easily used to fool stereoscopic webcam.
(*not "3D"; but it would be similar with more "real" 3D - if, say, Kinect-like controllers would become popular -...plenty opportunities to get a hold of your "mold")
It can probably be made that way faster and cheaper than the stick. At least Atlas V main engine is already sort of man-rated (derived from Energia, Zenit (which was meant to launch Zarya "Super Soyuz"), used in future Rus manned launcher) and the estimated costs of whole operation weren't too high IIRC. HLV version (because single-core non-solid most likely wouldn't be enough) doesn't even use solid rocket motors.
In contrast, the only way for Ares I to pass man-rating standards was to relax the standards.
Science of the "pretty pictures" kind has different benefits / lots of entities are contributing. Tech benefits aren't freely shared... (BTW, it would be good if the US wasn't the biggest debtor to the UN, trying to force the latter into compliance like that... while already dominating the frequency of veto power usage)
Delta IV, Falcon 9 or Atlas V aren't going anywhere... and are perfectly capable of launching deep space probes (the Atlas launches them almost as a rule, IIRC... hm, though it does use Russian main engine, as does Taurus II (with Ukrainian-designed first stage, IIRC))
Anyway, JWST was meant to be launched by Ariane 5 from the beginning (or close to it).
Yes, their meaning was the point (I wouldn't mention them from memory otherwise; and actually pretty close to my also Slavic first language; not really the most common word for fireworks, it's probably not about them;p ) / they are somewhat stupid... (maybe Soyuz, with its modularity, makes some sense)
Though comparing such costs directly has limits (even if most likely not in this case...) - newcomers benefit from past NASA spending, research, existing talent, facilities, infrastructure, etc.
The Ariane center stage will have to be radically altered - right now it is build for bearing the load of boosters on its sides. Now it will be pushed up?
...this one doesn't necessarily seem too hard - say, mostly via two structural supports mimicking the way boosters transfer their load (probably not the most mass-efficient structure, but not requiring too many changes).
And... yeah, that's pretty much it as far as finding some positives goes.
Anonymous isn't much organised in the first place (plus...;) ). Plus - a face would be probably found by others anyway, if some focused "band of troublemakers" won't provide one.
A "Face" will be there regardless, will be found by others if that's necessary. Hey, in fact, be happy how Assange provides such convenient "anti-US vendetta" one... (which does put the focus on him in one more possible perspective...)
Did you miss also the topic of TFA or of grandparent post to which I replied? They seem to be kinda about Apple; GP slightly one-sided (vs. "Exactly the point..."). Well, I guess some lapses of functional literacy might help such perception of bias.
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What AC says, most of the world owns their phones and uses prepaid... and also is not addicted to cars, so hauling a laptop around doesn't work so great. Assuming there's even dependable electricity and those free WiFi networks around.
Web2.0-marketing is about deception.
That almost sounds like it were something new / limited to "Web2.0-marketing"...
The real underlying issue - too many people anxious of anything with the possibility to undermine their ancient answer to the question "who is in charge of the Earth, who is really in charge of our lives?" (notice how it impacts also/especially the issue you cite)
Similar issue with evolution "debate"; and why there is a very strong overlap between the two groups and their "x based initiatives" (yes, that is a generalization - and for good reason, they are what propels social movements, outliers are irrelevant)
Well the thing with radio transmitters is how they aren't limited to "your own property"... (similar with stores, where other people come; even more with cars; and... houses, at least in semi-dense neighborhood)
At least some move away is finally visible, even via few large sites. Which... appears to help some oldish browsers, if they aimed for standards / etc.
(I keep an old dual P2 around, with Opera 9.27 (a good "classic" release) - and it tends to work better with newly overhauled sites; it's very near 8.0 release, so that's 2005 time frame (and of course assuming something can work without js, considering browser from pre-speedup era and slow CPUs); I imagine especially old Konqueror releases might be similar)
Inexpensive, mass produced, tiny IC engines were available for many years back then, for model usage (check out, say, cox tee dee 010). Such project could certainly afford much more expensive machining... (or maybe not even IC; maybe small & light (not like IC don't have fabulous energy density) CO2 engine sufficient for dozen s of quiet operation)
... China, Venezuela, Brazil, India. Empires need to feed, to sustain themselves (or at least military-industrial complex, looking for things to do after WW2); "preemption" is crucial for safety...
And generally, such psych-ops were targeted more typically at US population (NVM that Soviet Union was most likely better informed than the US population at any point in time; how would such posturing even work with a secret project?). Themes of Red Scare and McCarthyism; fiction of bomber gap, missile gap and mine shaft gap. Old policies of "Hyping Terror For Fun, Profit - And Power" (pay close attention to the names in this one...) - good old demonization of "foes"; inventing and exaggerating menace, enemies; terrorizing people with hyped up or invented threats. Lack of evidence or capability (or even theoretical possibility) meaning they are good at hiding something (or too many scientists are secret commies). Because it is so cold outside
Repeat ad nauseam with South America (Operation Condor), Cuba, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Irag, Iran, N. Korea
(not like Soviet Union was immune to that, of course... shining examples of propaganda also there (though those didn't lead so far / even also with infighting camps - such methods weren't needed to stay on top; some advantages of central planning / economy & not bothering yourself with elections... relative immunity to such hysterias; Soviets were, in the end, often very pragmatist))
I took it as "also" - because stereo isn't required / wouldn't help much in determining if somebody is sitting at the desk (by itself it doesn't distinguish from a nice comfy chair...); it would have to go through constant face and body detection anyway, which work in "2D". Still probably resulting in enough "false"(*) negatives to annoy people...
(*)not really false, it's just that we tend to move around the desk much more than we realize (even Kinect-like sensor would have trouble)
Ultimately, technical band-aids to security can only do so much...
If it turns out not to be a fad - stereoscopic(*) images of your face would be easy enough to come by in such case... and they could be also quite easily used to fool stereoscopic webcam.
...plenty opportunities to get a hold of your "mold")
(*not "3D"; but it would be similar with more "real" 3D - if, say, Kinect-like controllers would become popular -
Being crazy with hygiene isn't the same as "working hard to reduce infection rates", apparently.
Though there's a tad of a difference between "catchy" name of a project meant to... catch pork, and longstanding national motto - don't you think?
It can probably be made that way faster and cheaper than the stick. At least Atlas V main engine is already sort of man-rated (derived from Energia, Zenit (which was meant to launch Zarya "Super Soyuz"), used in future Rus manned launcher) and the estimated costs of whole operation weren't too high IIRC. HLV version (because single-core non-solid most likely wouldn't be enough) doesn't even use solid rocket motors.
In contrast, the only way for Ares I to pass man-rating standards was to relax the standards.
Speaking of Spectrum (or rather its clones...) & emulation though, it's really worth checking out what the Russian demoscene was doing with it.
Have you learned your lesson yet? ;p
Science of the "pretty pictures" kind has different benefits / lots of entities are contributing. Tech benefits aren't freely shared... (BTW, it would be good if the US wasn't the biggest debtor to the UN, trying to force the latter into compliance like that... while already dominating the frequency of veto power usage)
Delta IV, Falcon 9 or Atlas V aren't going anywhere... and are perfectly capable of launching deep space probes (the Atlas launches them almost as a rule, IIRC... hm, though it does use Russian main engine, as does Taurus II (with Ukrainian-designed first stage, IIRC))
Anyway, JWST was meant to be launched by Ariane 5 from the beginning (or close to it).
Yes, their meaning was the point (I wouldn't mention them from memory otherwise; and actually pretty close to my also Slavic first language; not really the most common word for fireworks, it's probably not about them ;p ) / they are somewhat stupid... (maybe Soyuz, with its modularity, makes some sense)
Though comparing such costs directly has limits (even if most likely not in this case...) - newcomers benefit from past NASA spending, research, existing talent, facilities, infrastructure, etc.
I take it you've never had a cat...
Atlas platform (Remember the Gemini Program)
(and Energia & Zenit & Angara & Rus... considering current Atlas main engine; anyway, Gemini was on the shoulders of Titans - Atlas was with Mercury)
The Ariane center stage will have to be radically altered - right now it is build for bearing the load of boosters on its sides. Now it will be pushed up?
...this one doesn't necessarily seem too hard - say, mostly via two structural supports mimicking the way boosters transfer their load (probably not the most mass-efficient structure, but not requiring too many changes).
And... yeah, that's pretty much it as far as finding some positives goes.
Just look at their picture. They want to use a modified first stage of Ariane 5 (not Ariane V)as their second stage.
The sudden but inevitable click of death was settling any differences before not too long, anyway ;p
Anonymous isn't much organised in the first place (plus... ;) ). Plus - a face would be probably found by others anyway, if some focused "band of troublemakers" won't provide one.
A "Face" will be there regardless, will be found by others if that's necessary. Hey, in fact, be happy how Assange provides such convenient "anti-US vendetta" one... (which does put the focus on him in one more possible perspective...)
Did you miss also the topic of TFA or of grandparent post to which I replied? They seem to be kinda about Apple; GP slightly one-sided (vs. "Exactly the point..."). Well, I guess some lapses of functional literacy might help such perception of bias.