The use of Linux and commercial grade gear for the space program is really quite cool stuff. It makes me think that a really cool contest for NASA would be to have grad students desgn and build a rover/probe and the winner (once vetted by NASA) is actually launched into space. It is probably cost prohibitive but it would be very cool if it happened. It may be a way to break NASA groupthink, and re0invigorate designs with some fresh minds. Not that I'm critisizing NASAs robotics programs, the Mars rovers are a smashing success.
I am no lover of DRM or the DMCA but your arguement is a little weak. To say that this hack does the same thing as the 'Save As' function may be technically true but there is a little matter of intent to consider. A person who is involved in a horrible accident that causes a death of another is treated differently under the law because of intent. This purpose of the hack is to take away copy protection whereas the purpose of 'Save As' is to make a record of your work. They may do the cause the same process on a harddrive but they are hardly the same thing.
This may be a little off topic, but it strikes me that our eyes have a finite number of rods and cones to sample the incoming light. As such, they are a natural world digital system, albeit very high fidelity.
I found the make-up sinister, his was a frightening image beyond what we had seen in Star Wars before, where bad guys usually wear full faceplate helmets. I also found his focus and unflinching manner to be frightening. His resolve and his determination were like the Terminator, but he was this way, not because he was a machine, but because he was fuelled by torturing hatred and tortured discipline. The actor they found to do the stunts and fencing was very gifted. He maintained an emotionless visage for almost the entire battle except a few close ups where he showed grim malice. Finally, I refused to watch the trailer/previews/spoilers before I saw the film, so when he extended the second blade of his lightsabre, my jaw dropped.
I thought Qui-Gonn was an interesting charcter. Darth Maul was very good. The light sabre fight was really well done. The starfighter and capital ship battles were astounding. This is all good sci-fi stuff.
The movie had its faults. The little boy was awful, the introduction of midi-chlorians was a mistake, and of course, Jar Jar was a disaster.
But for me, Ep 1 did not have the scope that the others had. It was too localised, and perhaps in that respect it was aptly named.
I find it interesting that Lucas, when he made Star Wars, was fearful of falling into the influence or patterns of the big studios. The success of the movie(s) allowed him to become the very thing he fought against. It is not unlike the story of Anakin/Vader. In the end the character is redeemed when he remembers his roots and sees what his son represents. Lucas does not seem to have the same 'good in him'.
Enough already George. Stop re-editting the damn movies. Stop releasing them in various forms and edits. Stop being the thing you once hated. Come back to the light side.
It seems to me that the 'fishing' metaphor is no longer apt in this case. Cracking web servers and installing key logger trojans is plain old balck hat hacking.
There would be a disadvantage to PC OEMs. Should a European actually want Vista (God knows why, though) he could buy one as an American export. Thus isadvantaging European companies
Overall though, I think you are right. There is hardly going to be a tangible disadvantage by the vast majority of companies. Most probably still use Windows 2000 and Office 2000. The upgrades from MS are never 'must-have's.
Paris has a Da Vinci Code Segway tour. It sounded like a great idea but it was absurdly expensive, so I never did it. Hardly a redesigned city, but pretty cool idea nonetheless.
I think you hit the nail on the head. The antennas for UWB are very hard to get right. Initially, designers were focused return loss but have recently discovered that the gain is as important. The s11 is just not sufficient to characterise UWB antennas. The reason is that the antennas have different gains along the operation band of the antenna. This is effectively inserting a transfer function to the channel. The s21 curves and time-domain analysis are now being more carefully considered. This has a bandwidth of ~500 MHz and is strictly a UWB device, but given some time to sort out the antennas I think we will see devices with nanosecond pulses and/or ~4 GHz bandwidths. Truly amazing data throughput potential. Think Blu-Ray player to HDTV wirelessly.
This is a pretty gool product, although I would contend it is not really using UWB technology. The linked page indicates that the channel used is "4.224 to 4.752 GHz". While this is in the UWB band, it is not really all that wide. The UWB runs from 3.1 - 10.6 GHZ, and provides for truly ultra wideband applications. This product may have a wider-than-usual band but I wouldn't say UWB products have arrived with the introduction of this item.
I always find it odd that people think our DNA would be the most complex. It's really a rather stunning conceit. Single cell organisms have had millions of years to eveolve too, why shouldn't their DNA be as rich?
I have serious doubts that the iPhone will ever come to be. Apple is focusing on media as its second core competency. The move to Intel chips and the looming possibilities opened up by virtualization will keep Apple moving in interesting and exciting directions for the next couple of years.
Combining and iPod, Newton and cell phone is an interesting idea, but we have seen that there is some consumer resistance to combining gadgets. Unless Apple can really come up with a new and exciting way to 'do' the cell phone, I don't expect Jobs will entertain the notion.
I know that there have been patents for mobile devices filed by Apple, but I expect many of those are part of their Mutually Assured Destruction stockpile of patents.
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The use of Linux and commercial grade gear for the space program is really quite cool stuff. It makes me think that a really cool contest for NASA would be to have grad students desgn and build a rover/probe and the winner (once vetted by NASA) is actually launched into space. It is probably cost prohibitive but it would be very cool if it happened. It may be a way to break NASA groupthink, and re0invigorate designs with some fresh minds. Not that I'm critisizing NASAs robotics programs, the Mars rovers are a smashing success.
Screw the judge. I want to hear what Ted 'Tubes' Stevens has to say.
I am no lover of DRM or the DMCA but your arguement is a little weak. To say that this hack does the same thing as the 'Save As' function may be technically true but there is a little matter of intent to consider. A person who is involved in a horrible accident that causes a death of another is treated differently under the law because of intent. This purpose of the hack is to take away copy protection whereas the purpose of 'Save As' is to make a record of your work. They may do the cause the same process on a harddrive but they are hardly the same thing.
our analog eyes
This may be a little off topic, but it strikes me that our eyes have a finite number of rods and cones to sample the incoming light. As such, they are a natural world digital system, albeit very high fidelity.
"Very good" based on what grounds?"
I found the make-up sinister, his was a frightening image beyond what we had seen in Star Wars before, where bad guys usually wear full faceplate helmets. I also found his focus and unflinching manner to be frightening. His resolve and his determination were like the Terminator, but he was this way, not because he was a machine, but because he was fuelled by torturing hatred and tortured discipline. The actor they found to do the stunts and fencing was very gifted. He maintained an emotionless visage for almost the entire battle except a few close ups where he showed grim malice. Finally, I refused to watch the trailer/previews/spoilers before I saw the film, so when he extended the second blade of his lightsabre, my jaw dropped.
I thought Qui-Gonn was an interesting charcter. Darth Maul was very good. The light sabre fight was really well done. The starfighter and capital ship battles were astounding. This is all good sci-fi stuff.
The movie had its faults. The little boy was awful, the introduction of midi-chlorians was a mistake, and of course, Jar Jar was a disaster.
But for me, Ep 1 did not have the scope that the others had. It was too localised, and perhaps in that respect it was aptly named.
Agreed. It was a good sci-fi movie, but a lousy Star Wars movie.
Agreed. Enough is enough.
I find it interesting that Lucas, when he made Star Wars, was fearful of falling into the influence or patterns of the big studios. The success of the movie(s) allowed him to become the very thing he fought against. It is not unlike the story of Anakin/Vader. In the end the character is redeemed when he remembers his roots and sees what his son represents. Lucas does not seem to have the same 'good in him'.
Enough already George. Stop re-editting the damn movies. Stop releasing them in various forms and edits. Stop being the thing you once hated. Come back to the light side.
What's next?
Apple is in your wallet
It seems to me that the 'fishing' metaphor is no longer apt in this case. Cracking web servers and installing key logger trojans is plain old balck hat hacking.
That's a shame. I watch the whole thing on CBC Newsworld. Odd that foreign countries are more interested in the space programs than America.
You can watch in Quicktime too,
I just watched it launch.
There would be a disadvantage to PC OEMs. Should a European actually want Vista (God knows why, though) he could buy one as an American export. Thus isadvantaging European companies
Overall though, I think you are right. There is hardly going to be a tangible disadvantage by the vast majority of companies. Most probably still use Windows 2000 and Office 2000. The upgrades from MS are never 'must-have's.
Paris has a Da Vinci Code Segway tour. It sounded like a great idea but it was absurdly expensive, so I never did it. Hardly a redesigned city, but pretty cool idea nonetheless.
Meh. Apple previewed Time Machine a month ago. Old news.
I think you hit the nail on the head. The antennas for UWB are very hard to get right. Initially, designers were focused return loss but have recently discovered that the gain is as important. The s11 is just not sufficient to characterise UWB antennas. The reason is that the antennas have different gains along the operation band of the antenna. This is effectively inserting a transfer function to the channel. The s21 curves and time-domain analysis are now being more carefully considered. This has a bandwidth of ~500 MHz and is strictly a UWB device, but given some time to sort out the antennas I think we will see devices with nanosecond pulses and/or ~4 GHz bandwidths. Truly amazing data throughput potential. Think Blu-Ray player to HDTV wirelessly.
This is a pretty gool product, although I would contend it is not really using UWB technology. The linked page indicates that the channel used is "4.224 to 4.752 GHz". While this is in the UWB band, it is not really all that wide. The UWB runs from 3.1 - 10.6 GHZ, and provides for truly ultra wideband applications. This product may have a wider-than-usual band but I wouldn't say UWB products have arrived with the introduction of this item.
I always find it odd that people think our DNA would be the most complex. It's really a rather stunning conceit. Single cell organisms have had millions of years to eveolve too, why shouldn't their DNA be as rich?
Yeah, monopolies are pretty cozy. Those Exxon/BP/Shell/Total guys have not released a new product in 50 years but still haul in record profits.
I have serious doubts that the iPhone will ever come to be. Apple is focusing on media as its second core competency. The move to Intel chips and the looming possibilities opened up by virtualization will keep Apple moving in interesting and exciting directions for the next couple of years.
Combining and iPod, Newton and cell phone is an interesting idea, but we have seen that there is some consumer resistance to combining gadgets. Unless Apple can really come up with a new and exciting way to 'do' the cell phone, I don't expect Jobs will entertain the notion.
I know that there have been patents for mobile devices filed by Apple, but I expect many of those are part of their Mutually Assured Destruction stockpile of patents.
My 2 cents, for what its worth.
I do not share your opinion. That film featured Whoopi Goldberg and as such, was rendered unacceptable in every way.
Besides, this being an odd-numbered Star Trek movie, it has every right to be a steaming heap of Ferengi dung and still keep the movies going strong
Sadly, the last movie (Nemesis) proved that 'rule' to be merely coincidence for 2, 4 and 6. (I don't count 8, beciuase, for my money, it sucked too)
Mac users ARE arrogant
That's only becuase they use better computers.
Heh.