The waypoints are given to each of the teams something like 3 hours before the beginning of the race. My school's team then takes the CD and puts it into the onboard computer system which then does everything. Certain other teams have (in the past:) simply used the time to specify an exact course themselves, resulting in little useful technology for the military like you said. Our vehicle staying within 20 cm of the computed path, mostly due to the actuators because the vehicle was built by us as opposed to bought from a company that makes remote control drones for the military. While this would undoubtedly have been easier the point of the class is for the students to learn, not to put all the effort we can into winning the DGC.
-Random Caltech Student (and the other team I mentioned not so positively is CMU, but feel free to correct me on anything).
Don't worry. They won't be needing all of your limited personal space for long until planes start really having power outlets everywhere since the battery will die by the time the plane gets off the runway. That is of course assuming that Dell bothers to put a battery in it; they might just think batteries hopeless and totally abandon them since this thing would eat through them like crazy. I'd almost rather carry a UPS, Mac mini, and 20" LCD around with me as I'd probably get about the same battery life.
If you used a giant rail gun or gauss cannon (hey, it can double as an ICBM launcher so that NASA won't need to pay for it) before the rockets fired you could probably save some cash in the long run. And as long as you fired it slowly at first you could withstand the forces. Not to mention, you could use it to almost completely launch satellites into orbit but just giving them a heat shield and a couple of rockets to move into position.
So the Supreme Court could hear the case if a State challenges it? Yeah, they could hear it but the first thing they would need to decide would be if they State had a right to challenge it. The state would need to demonstate harm or that it was entitled to represent the injured parties (and keep in mind that no one else being able to challenge it isn't a good enough reason). In addition you could probably sue the Secretary of Homeland Security (as a public Minister) and THAT is more likely to happen.
In a different vein, if there are no courts to appeal from (inferior courts), would the Supreme Court have original Jurisdiction? You would think so because that would make sense, but that list there is seen to be complete with respect to original Jurisdiction so nothing can be added to it.
And this gem: "No court shall have jurisdiction to hear any cause or claim arising from any action undertaken, or any decision made, by the Secretary of Homeland Security, or order compensatory, declaratory, injunctive, equitable, or any other relief for damage alleged to arise from any such action or decision."
Have you even read the Constitution? I am so angry right now, I can't begin to explain why the above passage is un-Constitutional, a horrible infringement on the liberties of individuals and states' rights, and a mind-numbingly dumb thing to have put your seal of approval on.
According to Article III:"The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." So if Congress doesn't want to let the inferior courts hear these cases then it doesn't have to. "In all cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all other cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction...with such Execeptions, and under such Regulation as the Congress shall make." So if Congress doesn't want the Supreme Court to hear these cases then they can't either because the only constitutional jurisdiction to explictly mentioned. Yes it sucks, but Congress can prevent the Courts from challenging the Executive. The idea was that two branches could "check" on the third, or as the case may be two branches can prevent the third from checking them. Heck, there have even been times (1803-1804) when Congress didn't let the Supreme Court even sit because they didn't want Marbury v. Madison (1803) heard. I agree that it is a flagrant violation of rights, but sadly it is not unconstitutional.
IANAL but I know a couple of things about Constitutional Law.
Two words: Bork nomination. This was by far the worst. And in case you don't know, it wasn't the Republicans. Though, I have to say that Frist is sure asking for a filibuster from the Democrats on whomever Bush appoints, and if Bush's puppeteers are smart the first person he appoints will be someone to draw the fire/filibuster and then they can get someone (maybe less Right-wing) through.
31 square millimeters is between 5 and 6 mm on a side, or about half a centimeter (a quarter of an inch) on a side though to be more exact it's 0.31 cm^2 (go figure). Personally, I prefer to think of it as being 344 picoseconds^2 after setting c=1 and measuring distances in seconds.
this link to tiger direct is solely a result of tiger direct's lawsuit against apple computers and has nothing to do with any product with the name tiger. therefore any trademark confusion as a result of this link could have been prevented by tiger direct not filing suit and as such apple is not to blame.
What the hell is a Mw/hr?! Power plant output is given in MW if you want to be useful. If you're trying to give us energy use units of energy (like MWh or J or hell even eV). I get about 2000 MW power output from the Hoover Dam, or on the order of 20,000,000 computers using 100W off the power grid (about 30 watts for the CPU with some negligible amount for RAM, and assuming a 33% efficiency for the power supply).
On a more serious note, there are these things called females. Whereas we males normally use urinals instead of toilets for liquid-only excretion, the majority of females tend to use toilets instead for liquid-only excrement for some bizzare reason and therefore low-flush toilets probably save water when females (or gender-confused males) piss into them even if they need to be flushed multiple when someone doesn't have enough fiber in their diet.
You obviously aren't an "illumiphile." To an "illumiphile" the ideal is natural light. You know, the stuff we get from our Sun's blackbody radiation. While incadensent lights are close because they also use blackbody radiation (unlike LEDs and flourescent lights), they aren't perfect so real "illumiphiles" like windows. That's not to say that I wouldn't use LEDs, I'd probably use some LED, some flourescent, some halogen, and so on in addition to incandescent and good, old-fashioned windows since a good mix of light sources is what makes the light look more natural at night.
*you* can't say anything because you're on the inside but that you think its useful for us to know that some other guy found it so much faster it's crazy. I mean, the simple fact that you feel like telling us this, means that this speed increase is probably true.
In fact, this would be a good cover story for telling us all how much faster it is without obviously violating your NDA.
we "downsized" our President's office which we thought was a more productive way of complaining about budget cuts and tuition increases than making it disappear entirely. While I cannot find the pictures at the moment, we basically turned his office into a shack and gave him an upside-down trash can as a chair and so on. And yes, we haven't transformed a building into a cathedral, but can you imagine getting that much stuff across country? Be realistic please.
I'd just like to mention that in the late 1980's Caltech's Interhouse Party was named one of the best parties in Los Angeles (that was by Playboy) two years in a row, and then the administration shut it down because someone got stabbed. But we aren't all horribly nerdy you know.
That's funny, when I went there for Campus Preview Weekend only three years ago it rained the first day (and I mean it poured). Another night it snowed. And it was windy and cloudy most of the time when it wasnt precipitating. I don't know what else to say, so I'll just let the facts speak for themselves.
It's like opening the freezer door to cool off Hell's kitchen. If there is no dispute over Fair Use Rights then there is no reason for the Court to specifically decide anything and the movie/music studios won't end up as bad as if the Court felt that it should clarify Fair Use Rights.
They pass whatever laws they want for one of two reasons: either the law affects interstate commerce (pollution, segregation, production, etc.) or they simply require a state to pass a law they want but cannot pass themselves by enacting a requirement for funding (national speed limit for example). Until Lopez v. United States in 1995 the Court allowed just about anything under the commerce clause but eventually ruled that the connection between the law and interstate commerce needs to be a bit more direct than that between interstate commerce and banning handguns in school. Keep in mind that the Supreme Court does limit things when it feels like it.
For the first sentence, he's saying that the politicians reward those who vote for them. And for the fairness part of the second sentence he forgot his tag.
Much of the dialogue (or monologue) that goes on on the internet is small talk or otherwise unimportant, like/.. To avoid deciphering everyone's acronyms and other parts of M3554G43 etc., I decide to read only what the sender feels is important enough to make readily understandable. If they are speaking in netspeak, then it probably isn't vital to my continued existence as a person or to society as a whole and I can live without it.
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The waypoints are given to each of the teams something like 3 hours before the beginning of the race. My school's team then takes the CD and puts it into the onboard computer system which then does everything. Certain other teams have (in the past :) simply used the time to specify an exact course themselves, resulting in little useful technology for the military like you said. Our vehicle staying within 20 cm of the computed path, mostly due to the actuators because the vehicle was built by us as opposed to bought from a company that makes remote control drones for the military. While this would undoubtedly have been easier the point of the class is for the students to learn, not to put all the effort we can into winning the DGC.
-Random Caltech Student (and the other team I mentioned not so positively is CMU, but feel free to correct me on anything).
Don't worry. They won't be needing all of your limited personal space for long until planes start really having power outlets everywhere since the battery will die by the time the plane gets off the runway. That is of course assuming that Dell bothers to put a battery in it; they might just think batteries hopeless and totally abandon them since this thing would eat through them like crazy. I'd almost rather carry a UPS, Mac mini, and 20" LCD around with me as I'd probably get about the same battery life.
If you used a giant rail gun or gauss cannon (hey, it can double as an ICBM launcher so that NASA won't need to pay for it) before the rockets fired you could probably save some cash in the long run. And as long as you fired it slowly at first you could withstand the forces. Not to mention, you could use it to almost completely launch satellites into orbit but just giving them a heat shield and a couple of rockets to move into position.
So the Supreme Court could hear the case if a State challenges it?
Yeah, they could hear it but the first thing they would need to decide would be if they State had a right to challenge it. The state would need to demonstate harm or that it was entitled to represent the injured parties (and keep in mind that no one else being able to challenge it isn't a good enough reason). In addition you could probably sue the Secretary of Homeland Security (as a public Minister) and THAT is more likely to happen.
In a different vein, if there are no courts to appeal from (inferior courts), would the Supreme Court have original Jurisdiction?
You would think so because that would make sense, but that list there is seen to be complete with respect to original Jurisdiction so nothing can be added to it.
And this gem: "No court shall have jurisdiction to hear any cause or claim arising from any action undertaken, or any decision made, by the Secretary of Homeland Security, or order compensatory, declaratory, injunctive, equitable, or any other relief for damage alleged to arise from any such action or decision."
Have you even read the Constitution? I am so angry right now, I can't begin to explain why the above passage is un-Constitutional, a horrible infringement on the liberties of individuals and states' rights, and a mind-numbingly dumb thing to have put your seal of approval on.
According to Article III:"The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." So if Congress doesn't want to let the inferior courts hear these cases then it doesn't have to. "In all cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all other cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction...with such Execeptions, and under such Regulation as the Congress shall make." So if Congress doesn't want the Supreme Court to hear these cases then they can't either because the only constitutional jurisdiction to explictly mentioned. Yes it sucks, but Congress can prevent the Courts from challenging the Executive. The idea was that two branches could "check" on the third, or as the case may be two branches can prevent the third from checking them. Heck, there have even been times (1803-1804) when Congress didn't let the Supreme Court even sit because they didn't want Marbury v. Madison (1803) heard. I agree that it is a flagrant violation of rights, but sadly it is not unconstitutional.
IANAL but I know a couple of things about Constitutional Law.
Two words: Bork nomination. This was by far the worst. And in case you don't know, it wasn't the Republicans. Though, I have to say that Frist is sure asking for a filibuster from the Democrats on whomever Bush appoints, and if Bush's puppeteers are smart the first person he appoints will be someone to draw the fire/filibuster and then they can get someone (maybe less Right-wing) through.
31 square millimeters is between 5 and 6 mm on a side, or about half a centimeter (a quarter of an inch) on a side though to be more exact it's 0.31 cm^2 (go figure). Personally, I prefer to think of it as being 344 picoseconds^2 after setting c=1 and measuring distances in seconds.
this link to tiger direct is solely a result of tiger direct's lawsuit against apple computers and has nothing to do with any product with the name tiger. therefore any trademark confusion as a result of this link could have been prevented by tiger direct not filing suit and as such apple is not to blame.
What the hell is a Mw/hr?! Power plant output is given in MW if you want to be useful. If you're trying to give us energy use units of energy (like MWh or J or hell even eV). I get about 2000 MW power output from the Hoover Dam, or on the order of 20,000,000 computers using 100W off the power grid (about 30 watts for the CPU with some negligible amount for RAM, and assuming a 33% efficiency for the power supply).
I recommend more fiber in your diet.
On a more serious note, there are these things called females. Whereas we males normally use urinals instead of toilets for liquid-only excretion, the majority of females tend to use toilets instead for liquid-only excrement for some bizzare reason and therefore low-flush toilets probably save water when females (or gender-confused males) piss into them even if they need to be flushed multiple when someone doesn't have enough fiber in their diet.
may as well start now:
tiger computers
tiger computer
tiger
tiger store
tiger software
tiger support
tiger feature
tiger features
tigerdirect
note that this post (and any damage don't to tiger direct's google ranking) is a result of the lawsuit.
that's why apple's website says TIGER?!
So yes, my bad for not reading the thing and letting it sink in before replying. Still doesn't mean he should go around writing like that....
Give him a break, he's only 13.
You obviously aren't an "illumiphile." To an "illumiphile" the ideal is natural light. You know, the stuff we get from our Sun's blackbody radiation. While incadensent lights are close because they also use blackbody radiation (unlike LEDs and flourescent lights), they aren't perfect so real "illumiphiles" like windows. That's not to say that I wouldn't use LEDs, I'd probably use some LED, some flourescent, some halogen, and so on in addition to incandescent and good, old-fashioned windows since a good mix of light sources is what makes the light look more natural at night.
*you* can't say anything because you're on the inside but that you think its useful for us to know that some other guy found it so much faster it's crazy. I mean, the simple fact that you feel like telling us this, means that this speed increase is probably true.
In fact, this would be a good cover story for telling us all how much faster it is without obviously violating your NDA.
::sigh:: I need to analyze people on /. less.
we "downsized" our President's office which we thought was a more productive way of complaining about budget cuts and tuition increases than making it disappear entirely. While I cannot find the pictures at the moment, we basically turned his office into a shack and gave him an upside-down trash can as a chair and so on. And yes, we haven't transformed a building into a cathedral, but can you imagine getting that much stuff across country? Be realistic please.
I'd just like to mention that in the late 1980's Caltech's Interhouse Party was named one of the best parties in Los Angeles (that was by Playboy) two years in a row, and then the administration shut it down because someone got stabbed. But we aren't all horribly nerdy you know.
That's funny, when I went there for Campus Preview Weekend only three years ago it rained the first day (and I mean it poured). Another night it snowed. And it was windy and cloudy most of the time when it wasnt precipitating. I don't know what else to say, so I'll just let the facts speak for themselves.
It was DoS attacked it before it was /.ed.
If it was insecure why didn't MIT just deface it and then brag about it by changing the score and leaving a noten like the rules say to do?
It's like opening the freezer door to cool off Hell's kitchen. If there is no dispute over Fair Use Rights then there is no reason for the Court to specifically decide anything and the movie/music studios won't end up as bad as if the Court felt that it should clarify Fair Use Rights.
They pass whatever laws they want for one of two reasons: either the law affects interstate commerce (pollution, segregation, production, etc.) or they simply require a state to pass a law they want but cannot pass themselves by enacting a requirement for funding (national speed limit for example). Until Lopez v. United States in 1995 the Court allowed just about anything under the commerce clause but eventually ruled that the connection between the law and interstate commerce needs to be a bit more direct than that between interstate commerce and banning handguns in school. Keep in mind that the Supreme Court does limit things when it feels like it.
it'll get posted again later today, next week, or both
For the first sentence, he's saying that the politicians reward those who vote for them. And for the fairness part of the second sentence he forgot his tag.
Much of the dialogue (or monologue) that goes on on the internet is small talk or otherwise unimportant, like /.. To avoid deciphering everyone's acronyms and other parts of M3554G43 etc., I decide to read only what the sender feels is important enough to make readily understandable. If they are speaking in netspeak, then it probably isn't vital to my continued existence as a person or to society as a whole and I can live without it.
This calls for a Spelling/Grammar Nazi:
It's spelled grammar!! Just like it, err, doesn't sound.