OK, So, is there a time limit then that exists that you have stand there and hold your finger against the sensor? The average internal body temperature is ~98.5, but that doesn't mean your external temperature would be the same or be a constant all the time and between different people. I'm not so sure that would work.
"I don't know...the tether breaking sounds pretty unlikely; has it ever happened before? I mean, rock climbers don't carry jetpacks either....
Yes, but the idea behind NASA is having backups for backups. Most times the astronauts rely on having those backups should something happen. I'm so sure it's a good feeling to tell an astronaut, "well, it's pretty unlikely". NO.. You back that system up and say system 1 is pretty unlikely that it might break, but if it does, here is system 2 to back it up.
Of course rock climbers don't carry jetpakcs. #1, they probably can't afford it and #2, there's no practical use for a rock climber to have it.
FWIW, I thought it was kind of interesting that these spcesuits are not able to carry jetpacks, like the US ones, should the tether break. Pretty risky if you know you don't have a back up if it breaks. Although it's even more risky not having air.
While it is on the ASP.NET platform, why is it running 5.0... Why not 6.0? Why not Apache?:)
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I'm not so sure I can agree with that. How do you know that there aren't many companies that could handle it? Unfortunately, in this case, we don't because it was simply handed to them. However, what's done is done. What I think should happen now is start to bring in firms that actually want to compete for business over there. Let them compete to put their workers and equipment over there to help them rebuild.
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I know that "corporation" is a pseudonym for evil here on/., but just who the hell do you suggest should be doing the work in Iraq instead?
Well definetly corporations should have a chance to help rebuilt Iraq, however, there should be more competition for it rather than a company being handed a "no-bid" contract. If the military did this instead of corportations, there really would be no spark to help the economy out.
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I'm not really sure on features, but it's a step forward in security so long as the people setting it up can do it right. And since the country is being rebuilt, they are doing it right and not using pirated software. They also don't have to pay for Microsoft licenses.
If you hate it then don't come... Why is it so hard for people to understand that? Instead you come here, refresh the page 1000 times just to get your comment at or near the top. You are probably reading this site more than people who actually like this site... How twisted is that?
Can't you already do this? There are many websites out there devoted to telephony through the web. They also don't charge any long distance. There really isn;t any big change from that to where we are today. Sure, it may not look like a phone, but a microphone and a pair of speakers is all we have right now. I'm sure someone already has or will develop what looks like a phone that can connect righ tto your USB to have conversations over the web. This is already here!
They weren't his ideas! He is going off already produced technology and saying "that sounds good, I think that will happen!" What kind of visionary is that?
Sheesh, what makes him such an expert on predicting the future of the Internet? Further, i'm not so sure I would call anything of what he
said a prediction.
Prediction 1: He wants web addresses to replace phone numbers.
"It is quite possible that phone numbers will have disappeared and people will just use menus off their phone. I don't think
there is particular value in having them."
Isn't this pretty much already happening now? With the advent of cell phones and even home phones that allow phone book storage, this
already happens. There are people that don't even remember their HOME phone number because they always pull it from the menu on their
cell phone, or use voice-activated dialing.
"Searching and finding people are certainly the two areas that still need to develop further, according to Dr Mockapetris,
and replacing numbers with web addresses will help that, he says"
I'm not so sure I follow. Google has become so successful because of their search technology. With billions of webpages and websites, and
probably even more billions of phone numbers, how is that going to help? It's still tough to find web addresses with easy to remember names
these days. Atleast with Google it makes it much easier.
Prediction 2: Access for all, Security
"Although advanced countries are at the point where most people have net access in one form or another, much still needs
to be done so that every man, woman and child on the planet has it all of the time, he says. Permanent net connection through broadband
has meant the physical infrastructure is almost there, taking us a step towards the Iron Age. "
Wasn't this already introduced a couple years ago? Since the advent of broadband, it has been the goal of changinging everything over to
that and giving access to all. However, I think it's something that is going to happen a lot sooner than we think, thanks in part to wi-fi.
Wi-fi is becoming increasingly popular with everyone these days from hotels, cafes, even in parks. Thankfully, he did point out that security
needs to be tightened up before a lot of this goes mainstream.
"Part of the challenge for the net's next 21 years is to make sure people can be certain they are using the net safely. At
the moment, many net users are unable to recognise if the e-mail they have been sent from their "bank" is dodgy or not. "Creating a model
of when things are safe and not, will have to happen in cyberspace."
Correct... This is more than likely going to be the next big explosion on the net (behind searching of course). But I just wish it would
actually happen in the right order. Get the security practices down, then introduce access for all, but make sure they can understand it
first.
"The Secretary of State's Office this week set up a CD-swapping listserve for librarians and administrators, said Karen Goettling, with the state library system."
I've got to hand it to them... As much as we like to rip on public schools and all, atleast they were smart enough to set something like that up. Of course, it still doesn't really solve the headache of having to deal with the myriad of copies of each artist. Not to mention the explicit lyrics CDs the schools received that will have to be transfered out. This also offers a chance for the schools to trade CDs with the libraries and so on... creating a "P2P-like" network among the State. I'm also glad that they decided to include some of the older, classic music in there as well. However, that still doesn't make up for the overabundance of CDs that just scream "I didn't sell, just take me, particulary this statement from the article:
"Part of the settlement the recording industry made with states' attorneys general was that the giveaway CDs couldn't be junk, Larson said. Titles had to be on a Billboard chart for at least 26 weeks and had to peak in the top half of the chart."
Considering they have several Billboard charts this is very subjective. I'm guessing that they sent CDs based upon the Billboard chart subjective to their music genre. Because I know that Wilson Pickett, "In the Midnight Hour", Yanni, "In the Mirror", "Chicken Soup for Little Souls", or Martha Stewart's Halloween sounds haven't made it anywhere close to the Billboards TOP charts. Unless we were looking at a very large Top Billboard chart.
I was actually wondering the same thing. It's used in cattle and mice now. But what is the downside? Wouldn't everyone want to be big and muscular? This kid can already hold 7 lb weights from his arms, something that adults have a hard time doing.
What's the downside to not producing myostatin?
Very funny how this comes out a week to the day (atleast when it was posted) that a judge
tossed out a privacy lawsuit against Northwest when they released their cutomer's personal info.
Well, perhaps it's not funny... But pretty damn scary.
"The position in space of a spacecraft or aircraft. A satellite's attitude can be measured by the angle the satellite makes with the object it is orbiting, usually the Earth. Attitude determines the direction a satellite's instruments face. The attitude of a satellite must be constantly maintained; this is known as attitude control."
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OK, So, is there a time limit then that exists that you have stand there and hold your finger against the sensor? The average internal body temperature is ~98.5, but that doesn't mean your external temperature would be the same or be a constant all the time and between different people. I'm not so sure that would work.
Don't let your fingerprints get copied. Wear gloves ALL the time. Problem solved.
Some HOWTO this was... I have the 2nd step, but I thought this would answer that elusive 3rd step, but it was no help at all.
1. Obtain vague patent
2. Enforce vague patent
3. ???
4. Profit!!!
Yes, but the idea behind NASA is having backups for backups. Most times the astronauts rely on having those backups should something happen. I'm so sure it's a good feeling to tell an astronaut, "well, it's pretty unlikely". NO.. You back that system up and say system 1 is pretty unlikely that it might break, but if it does, here is system 2 to back it up.
Of course rock climbers don't carry jetpakcs. #1, they probably can't afford it and #2, there's no practical use for a rock climber to have it.
FWIW, I thought it was kind of interesting that these spcesuits are not able to carry jetpacks, like the US ones, should the tether break. Pretty risky if you know you don't have a back up if it breaks. Although it's even more risky not having air.
"I swear, I never go to those sites, only the major ones."
That's amazing that simply linking to the article gets you higher moderation rather than a paste of hte link. I guess we really ARE lazy.
Yeah, but which Python?
While it is on the ASP.NET platform, why is it running 5.0... Why not 6.0? Why not Apache? :)
I'm not so sure I can agree with that. How do you know that there aren't many companies that could handle it? Unfortunately, in this case, we don't because it was simply handed to them. However, what's done is done. What I think should happen now is start to bring in firms that actually want to compete for business over there. Let them compete to put their workers and equipment over there to help them rebuild.
Well definetly corporations should have a chance to help rebuilt Iraq, however, there should be more competition for it rather than a company being handed a "no-bid" contract. If the military did this instead of corportations, there really would be no spark to help the economy out.
I'm not really sure on features, but it's a step forward in security so long as the people setting it up can do it right. And since the country is being rebuilt, they are doing it right and not using pirated software. They also don't have to pay for Microsoft licenses.
If you hate it then don't come... Why is it so hard for people to understand that? Instead you come here, refresh the page 1000 times just to get your comment at or near the top. You are probably reading this site more than people who actually like this site... How twisted is that?
Screw my karma on this one...
Can't you already do this? There are many websites out there devoted to telephony through the web. They also don't charge any long distance. There really isn;t any big change from that to where we are today. Sure, it may not look like a phone, but a microphone and a pair of speakers is all we have right now. I'm sure someone already has or will develop what looks like a phone that can connect righ tto your USB to have conversations over the web. This is already here!
They weren't his ideas! He is going off already produced technology and saying "that sounds good, I think that will happen!" What kind of visionary is that?
Prediction 1: He wants web addresses to replace phone numbers.
Isn't this pretty much already happening now? With the advent of cell phones and even home phones that allow phone book storage, this already happens. There are people that don't even remember their HOME phone number because they always pull it from the menu on their cell phone, or use voice-activated dialing.
I'm not so sure I follow. Google has become so successful because of their search technology. With billions of webpages and websites, and probably even more billions of phone numbers, how is that going to help? It's still tough to find web addresses with easy to remember names these days. Atleast with Google it makes it much easier.
Prediction 2: Access for all, Security
Wasn't this already introduced a couple years ago? Since the advent of broadband, it has been the goal of changinging everything over to that and giving access to all. However, I think it's something that is going to happen a lot sooner than we think, thanks in part to wi-fi. Wi-fi is becoming increasingly popular with everyone these days from hotels, cafes, even in parks. Thankfully, he did point out that security needs to be tightened up before a lot of this goes mainstream.
Correct... This is more than likely going to be the next big explosion on the net (behind searching of course). But I just wish it would actually happen in the right order. Get the security practices down, then introduce access for all, but make sure they can understand it first.
Considering they have several Billboard charts this is very subjective. I'm guessing that they sent CDs based upon the Billboard chart subjective to their music genre. Because I know that Wilson Pickett, "In the Midnight Hour", Yanni, "In the Mirror", "Chicken Soup for Little Souls", or Martha Stewart's Halloween sounds haven't made it anywhere close to the Billboards TOP charts. Unless we were looking at a very large Top Billboard chart.
It's already used for bodybuilders...
I was actually wondering the same thing. It's used in cattle and mice now. But what is the downside? Wouldn't everyone want to be big and muscular? This kid can already hold 7 lb weights from his arms, something that adults have a hard time doing. What's the downside to not producing myostatin?
Well, perhaps it's not funny... But pretty damn scary.
Nah... It couldn't be. The USPTO wouldn't make a mistake like that. I mean they research every patent that they approve.
Not anymore. *Better fish that antenna from Straits of Gibraltar*
For those of us that didn't RTFA, Anyone care to expand upon that? What are those specific skills?
"The position in space of a spacecraft or aircraft. A satellite's attitude can be measured by the angle the satellite makes with the object it is orbiting, usually the Earth. Attitude determines the direction a satellite's instruments face. The attitude of a satellite must be constantly maintained; this is known as attitude control."
You're welcome.
Here is Google's link