I noticed the same thing.....until I read the article. The solar filter explains the stupid white dots and the (1 foreground exposure) explains the cloud and stone building thingy.
Yes, we need more scripting languages. Yes, we need to reinvent wheels whenever possible. It's amazing how clear this is to some people and how incomprehensible it is to others. Portability and establishing standards are among the most practical goals to have, but you still need people plugging away in R&D-type activities to birth new ideas and techniques. If you're on a budget and a schedule, sure, grab the best thing available and go with it. But, if you can glimpse a better way to do something, give that a try too.
Wow! Turns out I have a neighbor who has an 8" telescope. He set it up the other night in a nearby park and let passersby take a look at Saturn and Jupiter. With this size scope you can see the gaps in between Saturn's rings and multiple bands on Jupiter. No matter how many Hubble pictures you look at, it's still a great experience to see these things with you own eyes. There's currently a guy on eBay selling 284 6" scopes. Maybe one of them has my name on it...
RMS has a quote on the Dec 2002 page that says "What I can say is that Microsoft has enough cash on hand to pay 5,000 programmers to write free software for about a century. There is clearly no need for the proprietary software model".
I'm stuck in an infinite loop trying to parse this statement, could somebody help me.
I work in chemical plant and refinery automation, and guess what? We like to keep a few people around even in the most automated of facilities. Why? Because every now and then something comes up that the program can't handle, or some device sending data to the computer is inconsistent or at fault. Running smoothly 99.99% of the time just isn't good enough. As long as significant risks and liability are involved, you will see humans running the show, even if those humans are watching the computers do most of the work.
Can't you imagine the horrors that await you if RealNetworks gets placed on cell phones? Unless the phone comes with a Registry Editor, you couldn't pay me to use it.
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I just have to nit-pick. I've seen Mercury during the middle of the day on at least three occasions. Of course, having the Moon blot out the Sun helped somewhat.
What joke, that machine actually existed, although it never flew. The book says USSR (in Cyrillic), but I did goof by not doing a reality check on the date.
An American inventor named Gustave Whitehead allegedly flew in Aug 1901. Here's a site that explains more of his story. BTW, my ex-girlfriend's parents own the land where the Wright Brothers had their shop (now a hotel), so I'm practically an expert on the matter.
There are exceptions of course. A soccer mom driving in the mountains at night in the rain while feeding french fries to their kid in the back seat while talking on the cell phone probably counts too. Yes, that is a true story. I was scared sh1tless while it was happening, so I definitely have the fear gene.
Oh, I get it. That means $995, doesn't it? Maybe I'm behind the times, but I glazed over the "USD 995" part of the article as if it had no meaning other than maybe a part number or something. I'm not trying to flame here, but I would have saved several minutes of my life if the article had said $995 or US $995 or $995 (US). Instead, I sat there going "This is cool, but I wonder what it costs."
One way to select vacation destinations is to become an eclipse chaser. I've seen three total solar eclipses so far. Over the last several years, there have been eclipses over the Taj Mahal, the Galapagos, Hawaii, Africa, Australia, and Madagascar, for instance. The coolest one I saw was in the middle of a rainforest in Guatemala surrounded by scared sh1tless birds, monkeys, and Mayans. I hear one's going to be over Scotland next year (I think). Sounds good to me.
Given its past location, velocity, and heading, we could get a rough idea of what its orbit is like. Then, someday, when the second Dark Age ends and Science is rediscovered, we can launch an array of SQUID (superconducting quantum interference devices) sensors to find it.
I imagine that the tape recorder method uses less power than a hard drive. Also, you don't want to have things spinning up and winding down thousands of RPMs while you're in space, since the angular momentum has to be conserved somewhere. I'm no expert on the matter, but these are my thoughts.
Its amazing how many people replied without RTFA and immediately started blabbering...
It's even more amazing how many times people feel compelled to point this out. Geez, can we get a few REDUNDANT moderations for these people instead of Insightful?!? Sorry for picking on your post, but it was at least the 20th one dedicated to RTFA.
Not a big problem. The SOHO satellite is at the Earth-Sun L1 location and it only needs to make course adjustments about once a month.
CYCLOGIRO - The helicopter of the future
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The currently designed helicopter will not be the flying car of the future. As master Yoda would say "No, there is another". Meet the cyclogiro, our Navy's latest secret weapon, and one of Russia's finest inventions.;) They operate on the concept of cycloidal propulsion (see Google), which is mechanically complicated but more efficient and quiter than conventional designs.
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I noticed the same thing.....until I read the article.
The solar filter explains the stupid white dots and the (1 foreground exposure) explains the cloud and stone building thingy.
Yes, we need more scripting languages. Yes, we need to reinvent wheels whenever possible. It's amazing how clear this is to some people and how incomprehensible it is to others. Portability and establishing standards are among the most practical goals to have, but you still need people plugging away in R&D-type activities to birth new ideas and techniques. If you're on a budget and a schedule, sure, grab the best thing available and go with it. But, if you can glimpse a better way to do something, give that a try too.
Wow! Turns out I have a neighbor who has an 8" telescope. He set it up the other night in a nearby park and let passersby take a look at Saturn and Jupiter. With this size scope you can see the gaps in between Saturn's rings and multiple bands on Jupiter. No matter how many Hubble pictures you look at, it's still a great experience to see these things with you own eyes. There's currently a guy on eBay selling 284 6" scopes. Maybe one of them has my name on it...
RMS has a quote on the Dec 2002 page that says "What I can say is that Microsoft has enough cash on hand to pay 5,000 programmers to write free software for about a century. There is clearly no need for the proprietary software model".
I'm stuck in an infinite loop trying to parse this statement, could somebody help me.
Easier than you think, my ass!
I work in chemical plant and refinery automation, and guess what? We like to keep a few people around even in the most automated of facilities. Why? Because every now and then something comes up that the program can't handle, or some device sending data to the computer is inconsistent or at fault. Running smoothly 99.99% of the time just isn't good enough. As long as significant risks and liability are involved, you will see humans running the show, even if those humans are watching the computers do most of the work.
Can't you imagine the horrors that await you if RealNetworks gets placed on cell phones? Unless the phone comes with a Registry Editor, you couldn't pay me to use it.
I just have to nit-pick. I've seen Mercury during the middle of the day on at least three occasions. Of course, having the Moon blot out the Sun helped somewhat.
With a first name like Gustave, I wouldn't doubt it, especially from someone who's home page is .
What joke, that machine actually existed, although it never flew. The book says USSR (in Cyrillic), but I did goof by not doing a reality check on the date.
Behold, the Russian flying machine, circa 1904.
An American inventor named Gustave Whitehead allegedly flew in Aug 1901. Here's a site that explains more of his story. BTW, my ex-girlfriend's parents own the land where the Wright Brothers had their shop (now a hotel), so I'm practically an expert on the matter.
They are called violent criminals.
There are exceptions of course. A soccer mom driving in the mountains at night in the rain while feeding french fries to their kid in the back seat while talking on the cell phone probably counts too. Yes, that is a true story. I was scared sh1tless while it was happening, so I definitely have the fear gene.
Sorry about that, babbage. Didn't mean to steal your thunder! I guess the rumours of your death were greatly exaggerated.
You should sell your database on eBay!
Babbage supposedly did the same thing in case spies got ahold of his work.
Babbage printer
Can't we get those guys who measured the distance from the North Pole to the equator (to define the meter/metre) redo their measurements. ;)
Oh, I get it. That means $995, doesn't it? Maybe I'm behind the times, but I glazed over the "USD 995" part of the article as if it had no meaning other than maybe a part number or something. I'm not trying to flame here, but I would have saved several minutes of my life if the article had said $995 or US $995 or $995 (US). Instead, I sat there going "This is cool, but I wonder what it costs."
One way to select vacation destinations is to become an eclipse chaser. I've seen three total solar eclipses so far. Over the last several years, there have been eclipses over the Taj Mahal, the Galapagos, Hawaii, Africa, Australia, and Madagascar, for instance. The coolest one I saw was in the middle of a rainforest in Guatemala surrounded by scared sh1tless birds, monkeys, and Mayans. I hear one's going to be over Scotland next year (I think). Sounds good to me.
Sorry, those were my genetically modified spiders. No need to be alarmed, it won't happen again.
Given its past location, velocity, and heading, we could get a rough idea of what its orbit is like. Then, someday, when the second Dark Age ends and Science is rediscovered, we can launch an array of SQUID (superconducting quantum interference devices) sensors to find it.
I imagine that the tape recorder method uses less power than a hard drive. Also, you don't want to have things spinning up and winding down thousands of RPMs while you're in space, since the angular momentum has to be conserved somewhere. I'm no expert on the matter, but these are my thoughts.
Its amazing how many people replied without RTFA and immediately started blabbering...
It's even more amazing how many times people feel compelled to point this out. Geez, can we get a few REDUNDANT moderations for these people instead of Insightful?!? Sorry for picking on your post, but it was at least the 20th one dedicated to RTFA.
Not a big problem. The SOHO satellite is at the Earth-Sun L1 location and it only needs to make course adjustments about once a month.
The currently designed helicopter will not be the flying car of the future. As master Yoda would say "No, there is another". Meet the cyclogiro, our Navy's latest secret weapon, and one of Russia's finest inventions. ;) They operate on the concept of cycloidal propulsion (see Google), which is mechanically complicated but more efficient and quiter than conventional designs.
Oh, I was just being silly. The caption under the picture actually says "The moon is ringed", so I thought I'd have a little fun with it.