1. In the UK NOTAMs ( Notice to airmen) are issued on a regular basis for GPS jamming trials. They take place over several weeks, and are, I believe, carried out by the army. I am not sure if their intention is to remove the possibility of soldiers on exercise using GPS rather than other means to navigate, or for some other reason.
I fly gliders and have a GPS unit on board which is used as a navigation aid. I also carry a chart (as required by air law) which serves as primary aid for navigation.
2. I would be pretty confident that all airliners currently in service have GPS capability
3. Radar is useful for seeing where everyone else is, GPS is for finding yourself. While transmitting location/vector information from an airbourne GPS to a ground station would enable collision avoidance, this feature is currently available through transponders. These are a requirement for any aircraft wanting to transit class A airspace.
Lets see - Nuclear Power - no CO2. I understand that for each tonne of nuclear fuel, 100000 tonnes of rock have to be dug up and refined. That requires some big oil powered machines, and significant amounts of energy. To feed a reactor, you need 100 tonnes of refined fuel. I am not a physicist, and don't know the balance of energy required to mine 10000000 tonnes of rock compared with the energy released from 100 tonnes of refined fuel, but it doesn't look to environmentally friendly to me!
Anyone here know the figures?
If I understand the activity carried out correctly, he is working to grasp where to work on the site to improve its impact and delivery. Deciding to prioritise one aspect over another based on hunch would be difficult, but by carrying out some trials the data collected can support the decision.
I'm no Microsoft fan, but that doesn't mean everything that comes out of Redmond needs te be wrong:-).
The claim to be able to withstand blast furnace temperatures may be over stated. The process of producing iron from a blast furnace generates temperatures in the range of 900C to 1300 C, well in excess of those in which this chip is claimed to survive. See wikipedia for more information.
I have an HP printer (Color Laserjet 2550L), and I have to say it will be my last printer from HP regardless of what they do in the future. I cannot install the driver software on my wife's computer because the installation routine cannot actually find the printer over the network. On my computer (under linux) it works perfectly, until that is you reach the arbitrary count imposed on the consumables (in this case the fuser cartridge). Then it refuses to print anything, including the information page showing how much life is left in the various components (I can't interrogate it through the software, because I couldn't install it!!!). Of course, this happens on a Sunday afternoon, and none of the local suppliers have a spare cartridge. When the current set of cartridges run out, the printer is going in the bin - the cost of replacing the cartridges will more or less cover the cost of a new printer. Any recommendations anyone?
I fly gliders and have a data logger connected to a Garmin 12XL GPS to record track, speed and height. This allows me to fly cross country and use the trace from the logger to confirm that I have achieved the flight I declared before setting off. An additional component used by many pilots is an iPaq or equivalent loaded with airspace files and waypoints. This guides them around the planned course, and also gives optimum speed to fly information - useful while gliding to get the best performance out of the glider under varying conditions. It also warns of impending aprspace infringement.
I would think ipod could be used instead of an iPAQ, but it would require some work to be able to access the different parts of the program through the buttons. If you want to see the type of application for iPAQs, have a look at xcsoar - http://www.xcsoar.sourceforge.net/ for an open source example.
Having reviewed the remail page, I would like to try out the client for real. Any available source?
I agree with other comments about Lotus Notes. Unfortunately I have to grudgingly agree that even Outlook is better:-(
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1. In the UK NOTAMs ( Notice to airmen) are issued on a regular basis for GPS jamming trials. They take place over several weeks, and are, I believe, carried out by the army. I am not sure if their intention is to remove the possibility of soldiers on exercise using GPS rather than other means to navigate, or for some other reason.
I fly gliders and have a GPS unit on board which is used as a navigation aid. I also carry a chart (as required by air law) which serves as primary aid for navigation.
2. I would be pretty confident that all airliners currently in service have GPS capability
3. Radar is useful for seeing where everyone else is, GPS is for finding yourself. While transmitting location/vector information from an airbourne GPS to a ground station would enable collision avoidance, this feature is currently available through transponders. These are a requirement for any aircraft wanting to transit class A airspace.
I loaded the QuakeLive plugin on Linux under firefox. Works great - no issues with latency or display fps. Very playable, IMHO.
(And, yes, the UK does have the first offense, but they still felt the need to create a special law for mobile phone usage.)
...and people still ignore it!
Lets see - Nuclear Power - no CO2. I understand that for each tonne of nuclear fuel, 100000 tonnes of rock have to be dug up and refined. That requires some big oil powered machines, and significant amounts of energy. To feed a reactor, you need 100 tonnes of refined fuel. I am not a physicist, and don't know the balance of energy required to mine 10000000 tonnes of rock compared with the energy released from 100 tonnes of refined fuel, but it doesn't look to environmentally friendly to me! Anyone here know the figures?
If I understand the activity carried out correctly, he is working to grasp where to work on the site to improve its impact and delivery. Deciding to prioritise one aspect over another based on hunch would be difficult, but by carrying out some trials the data collected can support the decision. I'm no Microsoft fan, but that doesn't mean everything that comes out of Redmond needs te be wrong :-).
The claim to be able to withstand blast furnace temperatures may be over stated. The process of producing iron from a blast furnace generates temperatures in the range of 900C to 1300 C, well in excess of those in which this chip is claimed to survive. See wikipedia for more information.
Many thanks - I'll check it out at the appropriate time!
I have an HP printer (Color Laserjet 2550L), and I have to say it will be my last printer from HP regardless of what they do in the future. I cannot install the driver software on my wife's computer because the installation routine cannot actually find the printer over the network. On my computer (under linux) it works perfectly, until that is you reach the arbitrary count imposed on the consumables (in this case the fuser cartridge). Then it refuses to print anything, including the information page showing how much life is left in the various components (I can't interrogate it through the software, because I couldn't install it!!!). Of course, this happens on a Sunday afternoon, and none of the local suppliers have a spare cartridge. When the current set of cartridges run out, the printer is going in the bin - the cost of replacing the cartridges will more or less cover the cost of a new printer. Any recommendations anyone?
I fly gliders and have a data logger connected to a Garmin 12XL GPS to record track, speed and height. This allows me to fly cross country and use the trace from the logger to confirm that I have achieved the flight I declared before setting off. An additional component used by many pilots is an iPaq or equivalent loaded with airspace files and waypoints. This guides them around the planned course, and also gives optimum speed to fly information - useful while gliding to get the best performance out of the glider under varying conditions. It also warns of impending aprspace infringement. I would think ipod could be used instead of an iPAQ, but it would require some work to be able to access the different parts of the program through the buttons. If you want to see the type of application for iPAQs, have a look at xcsoar - http://www.xcsoar.sourceforge.net/ for an open source example.
was right, but the risk was too big. So I passed the job onto a friend of mine. Why pass something so risky onto a friend?
Having reviewed the remail page, I would like to try out the client for real. Any available source? I agree with other comments about Lotus Notes. Unfortunately I have to grudgingly agree that even Outlook is better :-(