I thought the same thing when I saw the first post, then came a second one (this one). Now it is getting out of hand. I'm preparing comments already for all of his other papers on his webpage, because they will obviously make it to slashdot within the next couple of days.
I think he is refering to systems such as S&P, CPIOS, and even Peoplesoft type programs. And if you don't have any of these things, consider yourself lucky.
People have been talking for years how Kinetix does that very thing with 3DSMax.
College student pirates 3DStudio Max. College student ACTUALLY learns how to use it. College student LIKES it and gets good at it. College student graduates and goes to work somewhere, he eventually demands to work with 3DStudio Max because that is what he is most familiar with.
I'm not sure about the validity of the logic behind that, but who knows. The rips of 3DSMax have always been particularly early and clean rips, so it might be true. I certainly never would have used a $2000+ software package in college if not for piracy.
Even without SA, DGPS is much more accurate than simple CA tracking. L1/L2 Carrier phase tracking does work REALLY well, but still does not compare in quality to DGPS corrections that I mentioned in my post. L1/L2 carrier phase corrections work wonderfully for RTK units and surveying in a point, but when mobile, it looses it's advantages over DGPS.
And as some have mentioned, DGPS capable does not mean it uses DGPS for positioning, like the article suggested. It does mean that you can input DGPS corrections via separate units.
Oh, and WAAS will not guarantee anything more accurate than 3 meters.
http://www.garmin.com/aboutGPS/waas.html
This fails to mention NavCom's and OmniStar's decimeter accuracy, but who's counting right?
DGPS stands for Differential GPS and comes in a variety of flavors, all of which use corrections from some trusted source to eliminate the inherit errors in GPS (such as ionospheric errors).
I checked the site to actually confirm that it has DGPS, but I couldn't find any evidence. Most commercial DGPS services cost in the thousands of dollars a year (OmniSTAR, StarFire) and would be totally overkill for a simple handheld PDA intended for recreational activities.
Granted, this unit might support WAAS, but that wouldn't qualify this as a DGPS unit.
If #1 on that above list of 7 college rules is important to you... stay in the dorms the first year. There are way too many girls and guys living in a closed-in area to not have a decent chance of getting some action. Trust me, I just got out of college 2 years ago... the dorm year was the best year!
I do agree with the note-taking job though. At my former school, you could get credit for the class, and get paid to take notes. It was a good deal and it forced you to take good notes!
I had a sword... not a dull good looking one, but a sharp-ass ugly one. I never said a word about it, but it was visible and everyone took note. If you aren't willing to spend the money, all you really need is a sheath and a handle glued together.
Not that my school was hardcore or anything, it was a very peaceful one. But I had my fantasies of "needing it for safety".
I see posts like this often, and I notice at my work that we have TONS of job openings, even software engineers. I work at Northrop Grumman, and yes we are a defense contractor. None of the jobs here can EVER be offshored, and although they might not pay start-up type salaries, you have great job security and benefits. If you think you can handle a secret clearance, check it out at northropgrumman.com . I work in San Diego, and we are always looking for great Software Engineers. If you don't want to participate in making weapons, than choose a program that makes UAV's that aren't weaponized. Good luck with finding a good paying job! I feel for you.
"People are essentially misled into giving personal info and, since Somerville is using Odeon's marks, how could they think otherwise?"
How do you figure they were misled? Did you even read the emails? As Somerville noted in his email, the information that people submitted to his website was simply passed directly to Odeon's website. So if submitters thought their data was going to Odeon's site, they were correct. I don't see how they were misled.
So I should spend MORE money on something that should have worked in the first place, no thanks. You might be fine with spending money on things you don't need, but I am not. Also, my point wasn't to argue that many crashes are due to hardware, it was discuss that with Linux, one has the ability to fix their OWN problems if they are so inclined.
I usually wouldn't reply this late in the thread, here goes:
My Windows XP box crashes everyday.. literally. My "win"modem for some reason doesn't seem to work well on "win"dows (which I find amusing). I've looked into it extensively and there has a been a bug submitted to the knowlege base for 3 years now regarding this issue. I think it was an issue on win2k as well. No I don't get the BSOD (does that even exist anymore) but the damn thing freezes 1 in 3 attempts.
The funnies thing is that I dual boot with linux and that "win"modem works perfectly. In fact, when I wasn't having to do any video editing in windows last year, I had an uptime of 215 days in linux.
I conceed that some people have more stable installs with windows than linux, as long as you conceed that at least if those people WANT to take the time to fix their linux box, they could, while people like me couldn't fix my windows problem even if I infinite knowledge.
"On how many thousands of computers would I have to save $100 per license to pay for a small team of programmers with secret or better security clearances for three years?"
I know this wasn't your main point, but are you implying that having a security clearance will somehow cost you more, or be hard to find? I, among every programmer I work with have a Top Secret clearance, and I almost guarantee you we don't get paid more than the average programmer. Unfortunately!
"In January 2000, then-Secretary of the Navy Richard J. Danzig -- now chairman of the board at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a Washington, D.C., think tank -- announced the Navy would commit to IPS/electric drive and associated technologies for the next generation of surface warfare vessels."
"Do it again! This is a company that looks the world's roughest,
toughest anti-trust regulators in the eye and laughs. Compared to
anti-trust people, copyright lawmakers are pantywaists. You can
take them with your arm behind your back."
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Fuck yeah mutha fucka... watch those cool animations fucking fly... wooohoooo
Works for me. Scare them away. Maybe I'll be able to afford a home soon!
Cool, my high school librarian was a really hot, younger chick with the best legs eva!
I can't wait to see Russ!!!
Excellent use of the word 'Bitch' here. Completely unexpected, but very appropriate. Thank you, that put a smile on my face.
NOT WORK-SAFE CURRENTLY!!
I thought the same thing when I saw the first post, then came a second one (this one). Now it is getting out of hand. I'm preparing comments already for all of his other papers on his webpage, because they will obviously make it to slashdot within the next couple of days.
I think he is refering to systems such as S&P, CPIOS, and even Peoplesoft type programs. And if you don't have any of these things, consider yourself lucky.
People have been talking for years how Kinetix does that very thing with 3DSMax.
College student pirates 3DStudio Max.
College student ACTUALLY learns how to use it.
College student LIKES it and gets good at it.
College student graduates and goes to work somewhere, he eventually demands to work with 3DStudio Max because that is what he is most familiar with.
I'm not sure about the validity of the logic behind that, but who knows. The rips of 3DSMax have always been particularly early and clean rips, so it might be true. I certainly never would have used a $2000+ software package in college if not for piracy.
Even without SA, DGPS is much more accurate than simple CA tracking. L1/L2 Carrier phase tracking does work REALLY well, but still does not compare in quality to DGPS corrections that I mentioned in my post. L1/L2 carrier phase corrections work wonderfully for RTK units and surveying in a point, but when mobile, it looses it's advantages over DGPS.
And as some have mentioned, DGPS capable does not mean it uses DGPS for positioning, like the article suggested. It does mean that you can input DGPS corrections via separate units.
Oh, and WAAS will not guarantee anything more accurate than 3 meters.
http://www.garmin.com/aboutGPS/waas.html
This fails to mention NavCom's and OmniStar's decimeter accuracy, but who's counting right?
Doubt it.
DGPS != GPS
DGPS stands for Differential GPS and comes in a variety of flavors, all of which use corrections from some trusted source to eliminate the inherit errors in GPS (such as ionospheric errors).
I checked the site to actually confirm that it has DGPS, but I couldn't find any evidence. Most commercial DGPS services cost in the thousands of dollars a year (OmniSTAR, StarFire) and would be totally overkill for a simple handheld PDA intended for recreational activities.
Granted, this unit might support WAAS, but that wouldn't qualify this as a DGPS unit.
Sorry to go off on what was probably just a typo!
All you script kiddies out there who are drooling, be warned that you probably wouldn't have a chance in hell of getting a TS/SCI security clearance.
Move along, certainly nothing to see here. BTW I second the post that the Mod's are gullible today. Of all days that I have no points.
If #1 on that above list of 7 college rules is important to you... stay in the dorms the first year. There are way too many girls and guys living in a closed-in area to not have a decent chance of getting some action. Trust me, I just got out of college 2 years ago... the dorm year was the best year!
I do agree with the note-taking job though. At my former school, you could get credit for the class, and get paid to take notes. It was a good deal and it forced you to take good notes!
I had a sword... not a dull good looking one, but a sharp-ass ugly one. I never said a word about it, but it was visible and everyone took note. If you aren't willing to spend the money, all you really need is a sheath and a handle glued together.
Not that my school was hardcore or anything, it was a very peaceful one. But I had my fantasies of "needing it for safety".
I'm white!
He's still at it. $250 million later.
http://www.moller.com
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I see posts like this often, and I notice at my work that we have TONS of job openings, even software engineers. I work at Northrop Grumman, and yes we are a defense contractor. None of the jobs here can EVER be offshored, and although they might not pay start-up type salaries, you have great job security and benefits. If you think you can handle a secret clearance, check it out at northropgrumman.com . I work in San Diego, and we are always looking for great Software Engineers. If you don't want to participate in making weapons, than choose a program that makes UAV's that aren't weaponized. Good luck with finding a good paying job! I feel for you.
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No, but they deliver internationally. I assume you are asking because the shipping is so expensive though. Sorry.
How do you figure they were misled? Did you even read the emails? As Somerville noted in his email, the information that people submitted to his website was simply passed directly to Odeon's website. So if submitters thought their data was going to Odeon's site, they were correct. I don't see how they were misled.
For those of you who don't know this term, I don't suggest you google it at work. Here is our friendly wikipedia link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukkake
And yes, very funny post.
So I should spend MORE money on something that should have worked in the first place, no thanks. You might be fine with spending money on things you don't need, but I am not. Also, my point wasn't to argue that many crashes are due to hardware, it was discuss that with Linux, one has the ability to fix their OWN problems if they are so inclined.
I usually wouldn't reply this late in the thread, here goes:
My Windows XP box crashes everyday.. literally. My "win"modem for some reason doesn't seem to work well on "win"dows (which I find amusing). I've looked into it extensively and there has a been a bug submitted to the knowlege base for 3 years now regarding this issue. I think it was an issue on win2k as well. No I don't get the BSOD (does that even exist anymore) but the damn thing freezes 1 in 3 attempts.
The funnies thing is that I dual boot with linux and that "win"modem works perfectly. In fact, when I wasn't having to do any video editing in windows last year, I had an uptime of 215 days in linux.
I conceed that some people have more stable installs with windows than linux, as long as you conceed that at least if those people WANT to take the time to fix their linux box, they could, while people like me couldn't fix my windows problem even if I infinite knowledge.
So, I respectfully disagree with your post.
I know this wasn't your main point, but are you implying that having a security clearance will somehow cost you more, or be hard to find? I, among every programmer I work with have a Top Secret clearance, and I almost guarantee you we don't get paid more than the average programmer. Unfortunately!
I always wondered where that guy went!
"Do it again! This is a company that looks the world's roughest, toughest anti-trust regulators in the eye and laughs. Compared to anti-trust people, copyright lawmakers are pantywaists. You can take them with your arm behind your back."
That's what I'm saying... sheesh.
That would be like "fixing" Windows 95 with Windows ME.