I am getting mental stack overflows just trying to parse that.
Computer science is based on the idea of machines that can simulate themselves, and actual computers end up working like that pretty frequently.
Halo1 claims that the JikesRVM runs inside itself. Sure I know that GCC compiles itself but this is like saying the JVM can run without a physical machine below it.
JikesRVM has a small "bootstrap" VM that is used to get the main VM going, but after startup everything is run in the main VM (including the main VM itself).
I am getting mental stack overflows just trying to parse that.
The closest Australia has to a Space Agency is the Australian Space Research Institute. It falls into the category of a serious amateur effort, staffed by volunteers and funded by donations. Underfunded Australian research programs tend to hit above their weight with innovative solutions, simply because they don't have the money to pay for a more conventional solution.
We should chuck them some money for some SpaceX launches.
hmmm, I am surprised they dont have a space agency yet, which means they pay and depend on other countries for launching sats.
Yes, like 99% of the countries in the world.
OTOH The implications are too many, like they cannot secret sats like the rest of the world.
No, actually very few countries have secret satellites (I assume, anyway).
Our defence strategy is to hang on the coat tails of the USA. When the US president says something insightful (or just anything) our prime minister says something like way to go, GB and thus our international relations are forged.
The reality is that most countries can get by perfectly well without their own number plate resolving real time spy satellites and forward defence policies.
I would love to see a debate on the actual need for a space program. It might put the whole idea on a better footing.
In fact, when I first read about it I was rather surprised that the ISS wasn't recycling urine already.
Same here.
Isn't it pretty much the safest source of drinking water? You only need something that can handle things that are already in the bodies of the astronauts. We can safely assume none of them have any nasty viruses in them, and I'm pretty sure we don't have bacteria in our own urine, so you're down to getting the sodium and urea out of it I guess.
This has been debated here in Australia in places where water is very scarce. One issue is with hormones and drugs which get into the urine and can find their way back into the food supply via a recycling system.
Outside inputs to the food chain are heavily regulated on the ISS so I assume this aspect is taken care of.
And in any event Joe asked a reasonable question and got a reasonable answer. More people learned about Obamas tax and he probably got more votes as a result.
As for the case, I think this crap happens more often than you would like to think--the rich get richer, the poor get poorer. The fact that this occurred in June of '04 and he's being charged for it now implies that either it takes that long to build up evidence for a case or you don't hear about this until someone slips up.
As a hobbiest stock trader, I can tell you with confidence that inside trading happens a hell of a lot.
The company I work for encourages me to buy its shares. If that is not insider trading I don't know what is.
These are precisely the sort of computers that hikers look for.
Ummm, maybe. It depends on what you mean. I ride a bicycle to work. I could never take a full sized laptop on the bike but I sometimes take the eee. I wouldn't want to take it all the time though.
If I am camping in my van I would definitely take the eee, but if I am out in the bush walking for days on end I wouldn't take it because it still has too much weight to justify carrying.
What about an autogyro?
Relatively few moving parts, has good STOL capabilities and easily compacted if the blades can be folded.
Built properly it might be worth while but if you do that you may as well build a helicopter. The advantage of the autogyro is that you can build half a helicopter on the cheap and live with the risk of it falling apart in mid air.
The downside is that it's LOUD as heck, since it uses the fan for propulsion while on the ground.
From the times article:
âoeThe fan's static when you're driving around,â says Cardozo. âoeThe engineering challenge was getting a really reliable system that will switch power between wheels or fan.â
I hate to ask, but is it doing any useful science anymore?
Even if it is still doing the same science year after year it can deliver information on longer term changes in the environment on Mars. A five year perspective is much more than 20 times more valuable than a three month perspective.
I wish the guys who engineered the rovers would engineer cars.
They did that once. And yes, the results were pretty amazing. Of course the car industry is as much about building vehicles for transportation as the porn industry is about promoting reproduction.
I'm just wondering - what is gonna happen next summer? is there a chance that some stuff still works, after the CO2 ice thaws in the "spring"?
or would the damage from the freezing be irriversible? what conditions are we talking about midwinter - about a meter of CO2 ice? what damage would that do?
Probably more like a metre of CO2 snow. I give Phoenix a 10% chance of waking up in 18 months time.
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Well you only live once you know.
Stephen Baxters novel Titan was basically an essay putting forward your POV.
As a counter point, most of us endanger ourselves every day. Life in space has not turned out to be enormously hazardous. Returning to Earth is.
I would take the risk.
Having been here since 1965 I now want to go back.
And it's about time. Now we just need to get some "volunteers" to get on a spaceship...
Me first!
Computer science is based on the idea of machines that can simulate themselves, and actual computers end up working like that pretty frequently.
Halo1 claims that the JikesRVM runs inside itself. Sure I know that GCC compiles itself but this is like saying the JVM can run without a physical machine below it.
You can't exactly reduce the quality of a digital signal. It either works or it doesn't.
new = old & 0xFF00;
JikesRVM has a small "bootstrap" VM that is used to get the main VM going, but after startup everything is run in the main VM (including the main VM itself).
I am getting mental stack overflows just trying to parse that.
Yeah, or a worse candidate could have been appointed, and we'd have to put up with "Senator Palin's bullshit for years to come
So what? You are going to have to put up with Governor Palins bullshit for years to come anyway.
While we are on the subject why would she want to run anyway. Aren't Governers > Senators?
The closest Australia has to a Space Agency is the Australian Space Research Institute. It falls into the category of a serious amateur effort, staffed by volunteers and funded by donations. Underfunded Australian research programs tend to hit above their weight with innovative solutions, simply because they don't have the money to pay for a more conventional solution.
We should chuck them some money for some SpaceX launches.
hmmm, I am surprised they dont have a space agency yet, which means they pay and depend on other countries for launching sats.
Yes, like 99% of the countries in the world.
OTOH The implications are too many, like they cannot secret sats like the rest of the world.
No, actually very few countries have secret satellites (I assume, anyway).
Our defence strategy is to hang on the coat tails of the USA. When the US president says something insightful (or just anything) our prime minister says something like way to go, GB and thus our international relations are forged.
The reality is that most countries can get by perfectly well without their own number plate resolving real time spy satellites and forward defence policies.
I would love to see a debate on the actual need for a space program. It might put the whole idea on a better footing.
Same here.
Isn't it pretty much the safest source of drinking water? You only need something that can handle things that are already in the bodies of the astronauts. We can safely assume none of them have any nasty viruses in them, and I'm pretty sure we don't have bacteria in our own urine, so you're down to getting the sodium and urea out of it I guess.
This has been debated here in Australia in places where water is very scarce. One issue is with hormones and drugs which get into the urine and can find their way back into the food supply via a recycling system.
Outside inputs to the food chain are heavily regulated on the ISS so I assume this aspect is taken care of.
And in any event Joe asked a reasonable question and got a reasonable answer. More people learned about Obamas tax and he probably got more votes as a result.
I would only buy shares in my employer if I knew they were about to win a big contract, or some other advantage.
As for the case, I think this crap happens more often than you would like to think--the rich get richer, the poor get poorer. The fact that this occurred in June of '04 and he's being charged for it now implies that either it takes that long to build up evidence for a case or you don't hear about this until someone slips up.
As a hobbiest stock trader, I can tell you with confidence that inside trading happens a hell of a lot.
The company I work for encourages me to buy its shares. If that is not insider trading I don't know what is.
Who the fuck elected this crooked fully-employed ex-Stasi to the Bundestag, though?
German people, I assume.
wikipedia.org links to de.wikipedia.org on the front page.
These are precisely the sort of computers that hikers look for.
Ummm, maybe. It depends on what you mean. I ride a bicycle to work. I could never take a full sized laptop on the bike but I sometimes take the eee. I wouldn't want to take it all the time though.
If I am camping in my van I would definitely take the eee, but if I am out in the bush walking for days on end I wouldn't take it because it still has too much weight to justify carrying.
Why would anyone but a bussiness person want a netbook?
I like my eee because:
What about an autogyro? Relatively few moving parts, has good STOL capabilities and easily compacted if the blades can be folded.
Built properly it might be worth while but if you do that you may as well build a helicopter. The advantage of the autogyro is that you can build half a helicopter on the cheap and live with the risk of it falling apart in mid air.
The downside is that it's LOUD as heck, since it uses the fan for propulsion while on the ground.
From the times article:
âoeThe fan's static when you're driving around,â says Cardozo. âoeThe engineering challenge was getting a really reliable system that will switch power between wheels or fan.â
I hate to ask, but is it doing any useful science anymore?
Even if it is still doing the same science year after year it can deliver information on longer term changes in the environment on Mars. A five year perspective is much more than 20 times more valuable than a three month perspective.
that was supposed to be a <3.
Sojourner might still be operating.
I wish the guys who engineered the rovers would engineer cars.
They did that once. And yes, the results were pretty amazing. Of course the car industry is as much about building vehicles for transportation as the porn industry is about promoting reproduction.
I'm just wondering - what is gonna happen next summer? is there a chance that some stuff still works, after the CO2 ice thaws in the "spring"? or would the damage from the freezing be irriversible? what conditions are we talking about midwinter - about a meter of CO2 ice? what damage would that do?
Probably more like a metre of CO2 snow. I give Phoenix a 10% chance of waking up in 18 months time.
I think we should all use siderial time so everybody gets to be in the right time zone once a year.
Close. Australia. The connection between indicators running and driving slowly wasn't obvious to me. Must be a meme specific to your locale.
Here we would say that slow drivers are always wearing hats.