Development cycles in Aviation are very long. Technology used is generally very old but well proven. Both recorders are probably jam packed with data with no room to spare and no free space to double up. The newer systems being designed will transmit the data which would now be recorded so it won't have to be scraped off the bottom of the Atlantic.
How has it been nearly 20 years and yet nothing has touched this machine with regards to form-factor, keyboard quality, OS responsiveness and sophistication of PIM applications?
All in all, its not clear to me that there is any reason for on-screen keyboards on the desktop
Sure. Gnome and others such as Enlightenment are trying to prepare themselves for running on touch screen devices. Whether the hardware manufacturers will ever allow this is another question.
Fire a stream of bullets. Each projectile has a laser diode in the rear end which is tracked by the guidance system on the gun. As the gun collects information on crosswinds, etc, it adjusts the trajectory of subsequent projectiles. Its just like firing tracers but more automated and on a smaller scale.
I can think of at least 3 reasons why this is a dumb idea, without even the slightest effort.
Something tells me the recoil from the first bullet would throw all the others way, way off. I don't think very high precision and firing bullets in rapid enough succession for that to work is possible.
Presumably recoil is important because the impulse back from the projectile does not pass through the centre of mass of the gun and the centre of pressure of the gun mount.
Fire a stream of bullets. Each projectile has a laser diode in the rear end which is tracked by the guidance system on the gun. As the gun collects information on crosswinds, etc, it adjusts the trajectory of subsequent projectiles. Its just like firing tracers but more automated and on a smaller scale.
Most people buy a phone because they need one so they start with that idea, go to a phone shop and select a product based on various attributes important to them. Examples would be price, appearance, performance, functions. Tablet buyers at the moment start with the idea that they want an iPad so they go out and buy one. They don't decide to buy a tablet because they don't actually need one.
Its obvious they did no testing under realistic conditions.
And how do you test under realistic conditions when those realistic conditions are an enormous, ~10 datacenter system that serves a good percentage of the internet?
I work on air traffic control systems. In our environment the whole system, including the bit between the keyboard and the seat, is intensively exercised in realistic conditions. Simulation modes are built in. Its expensive but thats the way to deploy a complex system which works reliably.
Not sure if this is relevant but I once worked on a recording device for FA/18s. The module which stores the data plugs into a slot in the aircraft or an external reader. It is approximately 80*80*30mm and grooved so it can only slide into its slot one way. On the 30*80mm side which sits flush with the surface of the reader there is a hinged lever and a locking catch. To insert the cartridge you push it say 60mm into the slot, then engage the lever with a bar on the reader surface and use leverage to push it the rest of the way. On the opposite side of the cartridge from the lever there is a 25 pin D plug which mates with a socket on the reader (or aircraft). The recording mechanism is hidden though at the time I did this work it must have been streaming tape like a TK50.
I could imagine a cartridge like this popping out of the box which writes the data to it on impact. The cartridge is extremely robust and will be probably sitting on the bottom around there somewhere. Of course the system on the airbus could be totally different from the one I saw.
It took something pretty catastrophic to bring it down and cause data lass
Catastrophic would be an earthquake, tsunami and meltdown, in that order. From my reading of the situation amazon stuffed up their own replication mechanism and it recursively replicated the system to fill up the available hardware. Thats just bad design. Its obvious they did no testing under realistic conditions.
1) "Holographic" does not mean what you think it means.
My reading of that post is that the track made through the depth of the film should tell you something about the distance to the object being photographed and the optics being used. Makes sense to me. Film is never 2D
It would be like driving a flat water fishing boat across the Atlantic ocean. The shuttles are highly specialised vehicles designed for low earth orbit, and nothing else. Apollo on the other hand...
I was lucky to find a copy of Carl Sagan's book Murmurs of Earth in my local library years ago. It is a fantastic read and I would recommend it to anybody.
I'm trying to figure something out. Is you sig there because you are pointing out how Carlin doesn't understand maths, or because YOU don't understand Maths and think he's correct?
Actually I think Carlin is pretty right there. An IQ of 100 is pretty stupid and thats the average.
Well not in Malaysia thats for sure. The population is locked down tight with ID cards. This is a pretty obvious ploy to encourage people to only use email accounts which are tied to their IC number.
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But its intact. You don't want to get four intact bolts and one wrecked recorder.
Development cycles in Aviation are very long. Technology used is generally very old but well proven. Both recorders are probably jam packed with data with no room to spare and no free space to double up. The newer systems being designed will transmit the data which would now be recorded so it won't have to be scraped off the bottom of the Atlantic.
But there might be a circle in there.
...My Psion Series 3a...
How has it been nearly 20 years and yet nothing has touched this machine with regards to form-factor, keyboard quality, OS responsiveness and sophistication of PIM applications?
It didn't have an app store.
All in all, its not clear to me that there is any reason for on-screen keyboards on the desktop
Sure. Gnome and others such as Enlightenment are trying to prepare themselves for running on touch screen devices. Whether the hardware manufacturers will ever allow this is another question.
Fire a stream of bullets. Each projectile has a laser diode in the rear end which is tracked by the guidance system on the gun. As the gun collects information on crosswinds, etc, it adjusts the trajectory of subsequent projectiles. Its just like firing tracers but more automated and on a smaller scale.
I can think of at least 3 reasons why this is a dumb idea, without even the slightest effort.
What are they?
Fire a stream of bullets.
Something tells me the recoil from the first bullet would throw all the others way, way off. I don't think very high precision and firing bullets in rapid enough succession for that to work is possible.
Presumably recoil is important because the impulse back from the projectile does not pass through the centre of mass of the gun and the centre of pressure of the gun mount.
Fire a stream of bullets. Each projectile has a laser diode in the rear end which is tracked by the guidance system on the gun. As the gun collects information on crosswinds, etc, it adjusts the trajectory of subsequent projectiles. Its just like firing tracers but more automated and on a smaller scale.
I wonder how long it will be until small bullets could be made to be guided by laser.
Deep Sea Pressure and Sea Water/Fluids Immersion 20,000 feet, 30 days
Still. They could be lucky. Its not too hard to build a storage device to survive longer times and higher pressure.
No I think its more of a fad.
Most people buy a phone because they need one so they start with that idea, go to a phone shop and select a product based on various attributes important to them. Examples would be price, appearance, performance, functions. Tablet buyers at the moment start with the idea that they want an iPad so they go out and buy one. They don't decide to buy a tablet because they don't actually need one.
Its obvious they did no testing under realistic conditions.
And how do you test under realistic conditions when those realistic conditions are an enormous, ~10 datacenter system that serves a good percentage of the internet?
I work on air traffic control systems. In our environment the whole system, including the bit between the keyboard and the seat, is intensively exercised in realistic conditions. Simulation modes are built in. Its expensive but thats the way to deploy a complex system which works reliably.
Not sure if this is relevant but I once worked on a recording device for FA/18s. The module which stores the data plugs into a slot in the aircraft or an external reader. It is approximately 80*80*30mm and grooved so it can only slide into its slot one way. On the 30*80mm side which sits flush with the surface of the reader there is a hinged lever and a locking catch. To insert the cartridge you push it say 60mm into the slot, then engage the lever with a bar on the reader surface and use leverage to push it the rest of the way. On the opposite side of the cartridge from the lever there is a 25 pin D plug which mates with a socket on the reader (or aircraft). The recording mechanism is hidden though at the time I did this work it must have been streaming tape like a TK50.
I could imagine a cartridge like this popping out of the box which writes the data to it on impact. The cartridge is extremely robust and will be probably sitting on the bottom around there somewhere. Of course the system on the airbus could be totally different from the one I saw.
It took something pretty catastrophic to bring it down and cause data lass
Catastrophic would be an earthquake, tsunami and meltdown, in that order. From my reading of the situation amazon stuffed up their own replication mechanism and it recursively replicated the system to fill up the available hardware. Thats just bad design. Its obvious they did no testing under realistic conditions.
So don't browse at -1.
Our sun isn't going to go supernova. It will just turn into a red giant.
1) "Holographic" does not mean what you think it means.
My reading of that post is that the track made through the depth of the film should tell you something about the distance to the object being photographed and the optics being used. Makes sense to me. Film is never 2D
I wonder - 4 billion years later when (if?) our sun explodes, will it be far away enough to escape being destroyed? .
Sure. Its far enough away now.
It would be like driving a flat water fishing boat across the Atlantic ocean. The shuttles are highly specialised vehicles designed for low earth orbit, and nothing else. Apollo on the other hand...
I was lucky to find a copy of Carl Sagan's book Murmurs of Earth in my local library years ago. It is a fantastic read and I would recommend it to anybody.
I'm trying to figure something out. Is you sig there because you are pointing out how Carlin doesn't understand maths, or because YOU don't understand Maths and think he's correct?
Actually I think Carlin is pretty right there. An IQ of 100 is pretty stupid and thats the average.
Someone needs to wash your mouth out with soap. Watch how you talk to your elders.
Careful there he has a lower UID than you...
Actually, I've always wanted to take one of the older typewriters (pre-plastic) and make a replica of the computers from the movie Brazil.
Its definitely been done and probably many times
Well not in Malaysia thats for sure. The population is locked down tight with ID cards. This is a pretty obvious ploy to encourage people to only use email accounts which are tied to their IC number.