If you want to work in Aerospace, have you considered applying to the Air Force Academy? It doesn't meet your radius obviously, but going to a school based on location might be a mistake in general. I don't know your situation, but you asked here so you are going to get all sorts of answers.
Yes will you have to put in some time to the Air Force when you get out, but if you have an aero degree and some time in the air force, you are almost guaranteed a job when you get out. This idea is obviously a long shot as the Academy is probably harder by the numbers to get into than MIT, but it might be the best decision outside of Caltech.
Tattoos aren't in and of themselves lame. People get all sort of lame tattoos, however. There's an awful lot of really beautiful stuff out there too.
It's going to be an ugly green smear you will regrat (sic).
You're largely thinking of low-quality ones done in pen ink by some guy in a back room. Those tend to be real crap jobs that over time look like shit.
Modern tattoos done by a qualified artist are an entirely different animal in terms of how they look, and how they hold up over time.
And, really, if the sum total you have to add is "tattoos are lame", why are you even bothering to comment? You obviously have nothing better to contribute to the topic.
Wow, finally someone with sense. I got a full sleeve last year, and I'm still the same nerdy software engineer I always was, making good money at my same job. The only difference now is I get a ton of people coming up to me starting conversations about my tattoo when before I was treated like any other software engineer who got ignored. Everyone at my work is cool with it, and I never wear long sleeve shirts. Would you really want to work at a place that cared about what you looked like anyway??
You don't know anyone who has ever worked for Apple do you? There is a reason their salaries don't compare to other companies in the area, people just WANT to work for them. It is like game companies, they can do whatever the hell they want and they'll still have more resumes they know what to do with.
Also a customer and agree that the Deposit@Home program they have is amazingly useful. I hate getting checks from people, but it is nice being able to deposit them from my desk in one minute.
Also agree that they are probably the least evil company in the banking world. I use them for nearly all of my services (banking/loans/insurance) and they always have the best rates and the best support.
I thought the same thing... why is one implying the other? What the hell is the "[...]" that makes the two connect. Maybe Jon Spaihts loves writing about humans?
I bought a dog today [...] North Korea test launched a missle!
First thing I thought about when I saw this article was the CODC "The Cow"! I can remember staying up late reading the hundreds of text files they had on their site. Everything from phone phreaking, to atm hacking, to religion slamming, to top ten lists of humor. I think it is about time to go spend some time reading those texts again.
I've been following C++0x for a long time now, and have been looking forward to it, but now I'm not so sure I'll ever use it. I was looking forward to Concepts more than anything and with that gone, it seems like a extremely minor upgrade. Also, even when the spec does come out, how many years before we can trust that most compilers can use it effectively... two, three? Then after we've been using it for a while, how long before books come out that tell us that we've been using it all wrong and we have to start over (ie: the Exceptional " " and Effective " " books from Sutter and Meyers)?
Okay, so I can use C++0x well in 10 years, okay I'll probably be so burned out by then I'll be a manager, or I will have convinced someone to let us use D for embedded work and something managed for everything else.
Erlang is growing, albeit it is still a small community, but we are growing! Check out github.com for a ton of erlang projects going on. There are some really stellar ones that are making news like Powerset or Nitrogen. Just reading the developer blogs, you get the impression that most developers coming from languages like C++ and Java are almost shocked how easy it is to write scalable and reliable software in Erlang.
I've since picked up erlang and am trying to convince my boss to let me put some erlang apps in our product. For the time being, it is open source erlang projects for me.
Are these things just remotely controlled or fully autonomous? I'm not sure which sounds worse safety wise but the idea of any fully autonomous system 'with weapons' strikes me as a bad move, not in any sort of T2 way, just that things will go wrong sometimes, no system is 100% perfect. (calm down Mac fans;-) )
The Reapers are remote controlled. The Global Hawk, which was mentioned on/. yesterday is fully autonomous, but carries no weapons.
Fully autonomous attack drones have been considered, but from what I recall when looking at the DARPA requests and planning was that there will not be an autonomous attack aircraft that can actually fire a missle or drop a bomb without a person there to push the button. They might find the target and get themselves into position, but the plane can't actually decide on its own to fire the weapon.
Well this sure puts an end to General Atomics's claim that one Global Hawk costs over $100m.
They didn't buy new ones. They bought the old test ones not used for production.
Plus they didn't have to buy all the sensors. You can really save money when you don't need to buy a SAR (just like holding off on that NAV unit for your Escalade).
I'm in the same boat, but as a software engineer. I'm actually volunteering a couple of places by just giving them free tech support and writing scripts here and there. It is really fulfilling and makes my day to day job not so bad. One place I volunteer is a recording studio which is super cool and allows me to really geek out on music while its being recorded live. In the case of the studio, I got in by just writing an email saying I'd be willing to work in exchange of hanging out there every once in a while when a band was recording an album.
A lot of people confuse this, you hit the nail on the head. You don't have to be squeaky clean to get a clearance, you just have to be honest. I personally got my secret in a matter of weeks, but a buddy of mine who put in at the same time took a couple of months. The difference was that he had some drug use in his past. He still got a clearance, but he just got looked over a bit more than I. Again though, don't EVER lie on the questionnaire, that's a surefire way to get in tremendous trouble later on.
How is this guy saying these things and not already on his way to prison? I have a TS clearance and agreed to not disclose anything I know or worked on while in a TS position. If this guys statements are even mildly true, he should be on his way to prison for breaking his end of the deal. Whether you think it is right or not, he signed on to a job that had requirements, and he broke those requirements by talking about it.
If you RTFA, you'd see that they broke it down very nicely. The fact that these bulbs can last up to 10 years, saves WAY more energy and materials than the regular bulbs they replace. They even go into how many less Walmart trucks will be needed to haul lightbulbs around. Really, sometimes the articles do give important information!
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I completely agree. The gameplay was just so crisp. I felt that Quake 2 was the same way. Everything went downhill in Q 3 though. Quake 2 is still one of the fastest fps shooters around as far as multiplayer is concerned. If you can hang in a rail arena server in Q2, you can play anywhere.
I didn't RTFA, but I just wanted to respond to your comments concerning materials, etc.
You are correct, they don't use Tin to make aircraft, so in that regard you are correct, it would be possible for someone to jam components onboard this aircraft. In reality though, most electronic onboard aircraft (at least Military and large commercial) are contained within faraday cages and no RF/EM energy leaks in or out of the system. There is extensive testing regarding EM interference before ANY aircraft takes to the air. The only thing terrorist would get with a $100 jammer would be a HARM missle up his ass.;)
This obviously sounds like a aircraft in early stage development so it might not have the same safeguards.
I was thinking the same thing. It might be a huge seller, just so people can have it on their shelves or take screenshots to put along side all of their jokes. I know I'll take a screenshot and make it my avatar on other forums!
It was never meant to be cheaper, just safer. The Air Force would rather loose a ton of $5mil unmanned aircraft than a single $20mil fighter with a pilot inside. Plus all that support infrastructure is not just for ONE aircraft. The base station et. al. is a one to many type setup.
"Unfortunately, the engineers designing these things aren't pilots or air traffic controllers and have no idea how our airspace works. (They work fine in Iraq, but that's a war zone with no civilian aviation.) Apparently engineers do know how to weasel our tax dollars to fund their overpriced remote control toys."
So what you are saying is that you think engineers at defence contractors design these vehicles all on their own? So much so, that they don't get *any* input from the US Air Force or FAA? You sir, are a fool. If you do think they get input from the Air Force, do you then think that the Air Force doesn't care about airspace?? I'm wondering how posts like this get modded insightful, really. Have you even read about the Global Hawk or Predator? I'm not going to transcribe their fact sheet here, considering you'll probably not even read it anyway, you'll just not educate yourself and keep posting FUD. Just so you know, the FAA doesn't bend their rules for defence contractors, these UAV's have to abide by every rule a passenger plane does.
If AI was smart enough to fly an airplane, why aren't they flying airliners?
Great logic there, you are like a slashdot troll extraordinaire! Your answer: because the public doesn't even trust computers to handle their banking let alone fly a plane. Trust me, you might have a pilot up there, but many of those planes can handle fine all on their own if the pilot was being lazy. The Global Hawk, when it was still in it's infancy, flew from the U.S. to Australia all on it's own (ok well, not completely true, I think a route had to be picked) setting tons of records for UAV's. Concerning see-and-avoid: what does a human do that's so unique that a UAV can't do?
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If you want to work in Aerospace, have you considered applying to the Air Force Academy? It doesn't meet your radius obviously, but going to a school based on location might be a mistake in general. I don't know your situation, but you asked here so you are going to get all sorts of answers.
Yes will you have to put in some time to the Air Force when you get out, but if you have an aero degree and some time in the air force, you are almost guaranteed a job when you get out. This idea is obviously a long shot as the Academy is probably harder by the numbers to get into than MIT, but it might be the best decision outside of Caltech.
I have nothing profound to say, but like everyone else... thanks. It was worthy of me logging in again for old time's sake.
Tattoos aren't in and of themselves lame. People get all sort of lame tattoos, however. There's an awful lot of really beautiful stuff out there too.
You're largely thinking of low-quality ones done in pen ink by some guy in a back room. Those tend to be real crap jobs that over time look like shit.
Modern tattoos done by a qualified artist are an entirely different animal in terms of how they look, and how they hold up over time.
And, really, if the sum total you have to add is "tattoos are lame", why are you even bothering to comment? You obviously have nothing better to contribute to the topic.
Wow, finally someone with sense. I got a full sleeve last year, and I'm still the same nerdy software engineer I always was, making good money at my same job. The only difference now is I get a ton of people coming up to me starting conversations about my tattoo when before I was treated like any other software engineer who got ignored. Everyone at my work is cool with it, and I never wear long sleeve shirts. Would you really want to work at a place that cared about what you looked like anyway??
You don't know anyone who has ever worked for Apple do you? There is a reason their salaries don't compare to other companies in the area, people just WANT to work for them. It is like game companies, they can do whatever the hell they want and they'll still have more resumes they know what to do with.
Also a customer and agree that the Deposit@Home program they have is amazingly useful. I hate getting checks from people, but it is nice being able to deposit them from my desk in one minute.
Also agree that they are probably the least evil company in the banking world. I use them for nearly all of my services (banking/loans/insurance) and they always have the best rates and the best support.
I thought the same thing... why is one implying the other? What the hell is the "[...]" that makes the two connect. Maybe Jon Spaihts loves writing about humans?
I bought a dog today [...] North Korea test launched a missle!
First thing I thought about when I saw this article was the CODC "The Cow"! I can remember staying up late reading the hundreds of text files they had on their site. Everything from phone phreaking, to atm hacking, to religion slamming, to top ten lists of humor. I think it is about time to go spend some time reading those texts again.
I've been following C++0x for a long time now, and have been looking forward to it, but now I'm not so sure I'll ever use it. I was looking forward to Concepts more than anything and with that gone, it seems like a extremely minor upgrade. Also, even when the spec does come out, how many years before we can trust that most compilers can use it effectively... two, three? Then after we've been using it for a while, how long before books come out that tell us that we've been using it all wrong and we have to start over (ie: the Exceptional " " and Effective " " books from Sutter and Meyers)?
Okay, so I can use C++0x well in 10 years, okay I'll probably be so burned out by then I'll be a manager, or I will have convinced someone to let us use D for embedded work and something managed for everything else.
Thank you for mentioning erlang!
Erlang is growing, albeit it is still a small community, but we are growing! Check out github.com for a ton of erlang projects going on. There are some really stellar ones that are making news like Powerset or Nitrogen. Just reading the developer blogs, you get the impression that most developers coming from languages like C++ and Java are almost shocked how easy it is to write scalable and reliable software in Erlang.
I've since picked up erlang and am trying to convince my boss to let me put some erlang apps in our product. For the time being, it is open source erlang projects for me.
Are these things just remotely controlled or fully autonomous? I'm not sure which sounds worse safety wise but the idea of any fully autonomous system 'with weapons' strikes me as a bad move, not in any sort of T2 way, just that things will go wrong sometimes, no system is 100% perfect. (calm down Mac fans ;-) )
The Reapers are remote controlled. The Global Hawk, which was mentioned on /. yesterday is fully autonomous, but carries no weapons.
Fully autonomous attack drones have been considered, but from what I recall when looking at the DARPA requests and planning was that there will not be an autonomous attack aircraft that can actually fire a missle or drop a bomb without a person there to push the button. They might find the target and get themselves into position, but the plane can't actually decide on its own to fire the weapon.
Well this sure puts an end to General Atomics's claim that one Global Hawk costs over $100m.
They didn't buy new ones. They bought the old test ones not used for production.
Plus they didn't have to buy all the sensors. You can really save money when you don't need to buy a SAR (just like holding off on that NAV unit for your Escalade).
In some cases it will certainly get rid of "don't ask don't tell".
"Why does Henry's Binoculars keep registering other soldier's asses?"
I'm in the same boat, but as a software engineer. I'm actually volunteering a couple of places by just giving them free tech support and writing scripts here and there. It is really fulfilling and makes my day to day job not so bad. One place I volunteer is a recording studio which is super cool and allows me to really geek out on music while its being recorded live. In the case of the studio, I got in by just writing an email saying I'd be willing to work in exchange of hanging out there every once in a while when a band was recording an album.
Electricity, Automobiles, and the telephone!
Seriously, didn't we decide that parallel programming was the next big thing when Sutter wrote a big article in Dr. Dobbs a couple of years ago?
Welcome to the party pal, we've been here a while already!
A lot of people confuse this, you hit the nail on the head. You don't have to be squeaky clean to get a clearance, you just have to be honest. I personally got my secret in a matter of weeks, but a buddy of mine who put in at the same time took a couple of months. The difference was that he had some drug use in his past. He still got a clearance, but he just got looked over a bit more than I. Again though, don't EVER lie on the questionnaire, that's a surefire way to get in tremendous trouble later on.
How is this guy saying these things and not already on his way to prison? I have a TS clearance and agreed to not disclose anything I know or worked on while in a TS position. If this guys statements are even mildly true, he should be on his way to prison for breaking his end of the deal. Whether you think it is right or not, he signed on to a job that had requirements, and he broke those requirements by talking about it.
"it's the musical version of cyber sex."
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Exactly why this was posted on
Or you could just download the rip for movie on standard DVD!
But yeah, it would make more sense to download something 5 times the size, then resize it to 1/5th.
I did the same thing, and it worked. It downloaded from a mirror in Japan.
If you RTFA, you'd see that they broke it down very nicely. The fact that these bulbs can last up to 10 years, saves WAY more energy and materials than the regular bulbs they replace. They even go into how many less Walmart trucks will be needed to haul lightbulbs around. Really, sometimes the articles do give important information!
I completely agree. The gameplay was just so crisp. I felt that Quake 2 was the same way. Everything went downhill in Q 3 though. Quake 2 is still one of the fastest fps shooters around as far as multiplayer is concerned. If you can hang in a rail arena server in Q2, you can play anywhere.
I didn't RTFA, but I just wanted to respond to your comments concerning materials, etc.
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You are correct, they don't use Tin to make aircraft, so in that regard you are correct, it would be possible for someone to jam components onboard this aircraft. In reality though, most electronic onboard aircraft (at least Military and large commercial) are contained within faraday cages and no RF/EM energy leaks in or out of the system. There is extensive testing regarding EM interference before ANY aircraft takes to the air. The only thing terrorist would get with a $100 jammer would be a HARM missle up his ass.
This obviously sounds like a aircraft in early stage development so it might not have the same safeguards.
I was thinking the same thing. It might be a huge seller, just so people can have it on their shelves or take screenshots to put along side all of their jokes. I know I'll take a screenshot and make it my avatar on other forums!
It was never meant to be cheaper, just safer. The Air Force would rather loose a ton of $5mil unmanned aircraft than a single $20mil fighter with a pilot inside. Plus all that support infrastructure is not just for ONE aircraft. The base station et. al. is a one to many type setup.
So what you are saying is that you think engineers at defence contractors design these vehicles all on their own? So much so, that they don't get *any* input from the US Air Force or FAA? You sir, are a fool. If you do think they get input from the Air Force, do you then think that the Air Force doesn't care about airspace?? I'm wondering how posts like this get modded insightful, really. Have you even read about the Global Hawk or Predator? I'm not going to transcribe their fact sheet here, considering you'll probably not even read it anyway, you'll just not educate yourself and keep posting FUD. Just so you know, the FAA doesn't bend their rules for defence contractors, these UAV's have to abide by every rule a passenger plane does.
Great logic there, you are like a slashdot troll extraordinaire!
Your answer: because the public doesn't even trust computers to handle their banking let alone fly a plane. Trust me, you might have a pilot up there, but many of those planes can handle fine all on their own if the pilot was being lazy. The Global Hawk, when it was still in it's infancy, flew from the U.S. to Australia all on it's own (ok well, not completely true, I think a route had to be picked) setting tons of records for UAV's. Concerning see-and-avoid: what does a human do that's so unique that a UAV can't do?
Here are some links, not that you will read them:
http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=1
http://www.dsto.defence.gov.au/news/3300/