Anyone know if the services of this DART spacecraft can only be used once, or can it travel the LEO repairing all MUBLCOM's it comes in contact with?
I'm going to guess no. In all likelyhood, it only has enough fuel to reach one satellite and would not be able to drastically change it's orbit like it would have to in order to reach another satellite. Plus, it wouldn't have enough spare parts for another satellite. I suppose however, if the need to repair two similar satellites at about the same time arose, the lessons learned from this mission might be applicable to designing a single launch mission to both satellites. Cost would probably be the deciding factor.
I understand that we're actually talking about MSblast here, not Blaster or Nachi, but was the circulation really that low? I daresay that Blaster itself infected nearly 1/4 of student's PC's on our college campus alone. We never actually took data on it, but once it got on the network, the whole thing was down in a couple of hours.
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I've read both your posts, and that's probably the best response I've heard to slash-hole.
Yes the space shuttle has to be decomissioned, but for the near future, it's the only way we've got to finish the space station. If we abandon that, then we won't have come close to getting our money's worth out of it. Unfortunately, that project has fallen terribly far behind schedule and over budget, and is becoming a pork barrel of its own.
Last time I bought a car, it came with a stereo already in it, yet, this wasn't an antitrust or monopoly concern. All of the other car manufacturers also had the opportunity to include some form of music player in their cars, and in fact, most or all of them did so. I recognize that the media player is a great selling point for Windows, and it's hard for the smaller companies and to grab a piece of the market share, but that's the way it works. Kia and Hyundai didn't get into the US car market by forcing Ford and Chevy to sell cars without radios. They did it by targeting a slightly different market group and by underselling the larger competition.
The bottom line is, that in spite of my distaste for Microsoft, I don't see how bundling Windows Media Player with Windows fits into the category of antitrust. If they were after Microsoft for all those nifty contracts they've got with computer manufacturer's to ship computers with Windows pre-installed, I'd understand that. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some shady dealing in getting those contracts, and you can definitely argue that they harm other OS's distributions. I think the EU is addressing their concerns about Microsoft in the wrong way.
In addition to millionthmonkey's reply, I want to add that they're expecting a very deep hole covering a large area (potential up to 150 feet deep). There simply has been no low gravity, remote deep drilling techniques or devices developed. This will hopefully give the scientists a look at any strata that may exist within the comet, as deep as whatever is blown out. Also, the size of the crater should allow help them figure out how well bound together comets are and they will see particles blown out from a large area of the comet's surface, not just the diameter of a drill.
A lander mission has it's own advantages, which is why some scientists want to land on a comet, as well. There's definitely an advantage in getting a lens or a sprectrograph right up against the item of interest and looking at the microscopic instead of macroscopic picture. It's also much more expensive and probably cuts down the number of reasonable targets, since you've got to match orbits with the comet.
The asteroid landing mission another poster mentioned was easier because asteroids generally have less eccentric orbits, which means their velocity in the inner solar system will be closer to that of earth. The landing was actually a bonus feature the science team decided to try after the primary mission of orbiting, photographing and mapping the asteroid was completed, just because they thought it might work. Thanks to the low gravity, the crash/landing actually did work. Theoretically, the probe is still in good condition on the surface and can continue to return images and data, although I don't think there will be another time when it simultaneously faces the earth (for radio contact) and the sun (for power) for several years.
Right...I'm sure no woman will ever forgive him for burning the Tetris disk. That one act alone is what made him perpetually single. Pale skin, glasses, trenchcoat, 20 sided die (I'm just speculating here, he is from Seattle, after all) has nothing to do with it.
VoIP is going to take over eventually. These attempts at preventing it will only slow it down a little bit. In the face of progress, businesses have to figure out when to begin adopting the new standards or they don't stand a chance.
Slashdot wasn't wrong, just a lot more excitable than AOL expected. The terms of service do say basically what most of the people here interpreted them as saying (I read some passages 5-6 times just to be sure). AOL did not say the excited customers read it wrong, but rather that they shouldn't be concerned because AOL claims not to have any motive to log your conversations. I agree. The TOS looks pretty darn clear. "You waive any rights to privacy." Not even any conditionals there.
C'mon, people. AOL has better things to do than monitor people talking to their internet girlfriends.
How remarkably insightful. That means they don't actually need the stupid "We own your ass" clause in the ToS, and they can take it out now that they've realized there their customers don't want it.
Theomurpse's answer was a bit misleading. GAIM has the ability to log your conversations and save them locally. Only you or the person you're talking to records it. According to my understanding of GAIM, however, it is still run through AOL's servers. This includes sending and receiving messages, not just finding your buddies. That means AOL still has the power to record anything they like.
If you are going to use the AOL protocol, I highly recommend GAIM over the AOL client. It has better features and no annoying adds. It is also multiprotocol. If you have friends who use MSN or Yahoo, you can chat with them on only one client with one login. It also supports jabber, which is a p2p IM protocol, meaning the conversations are directly between you and your buddy, no intermedate servers. Yes there is encryption available.
You couldn't have tried very hard. It's the first thing in the video.
Oops...thanks for pointing that out. It's been a while since I actually watch the movie clip, and I've got a bunch of clips. Some of them have sites listed that no longer exist.
This is not a revolutionary new idea. It's been discussed for several years because of this problem. Also, please note from the article this is not a replacement for you cable modem or DSL (or verizon fiber). It's a replacement for your wireless router or cables draped down the stairwells inside your house.
The NFL was playing around with something similar 2-3 years ago. They would take a freeze frame of a great catch or similar play from a couple different angles, then use the frames to construct a rough 3-D model of the instant. John Madden had some fun showing the replays. They would start from one camera angle, then "fly" around to the other camera angle, moving quickly enough that the roughness of the model wasn't really apparent. It was kind of cool and I'm sure they must have spent some dough developing it, so I'm a little surprised they don't seem to use it at all anymore. Of course, I don't watch much football, so maybe I just miss seeing the effect.
They don't discuss it in the article, but it you look at the sample model, there are "shadows" that the camera can't see that appear as black regions. You're right. It would be totally bogus to claim they could read a fingerprint on a doorknob or something like that. It might be helpful, however, for an investigator to be able to load a model of the crime scene on his computer and walk around with his mouse to visualize what might have gone down. Guaranteed this shows up in a future CSI scene regardless.
The main thing I can think of is to make sure credit goes to the original author of the original site. Coral links can come later. Another reason may be I suppose Coral set their service up is so people can access information when a site is down, not on a regular basis. Real links come first, then coral as the slashdot effect kicks in. Besides, what nerd doesn't glory in the knowledge that they turned a delicate piece of electronics into a slag heap bearing more resemblance to Chernobyl than to a PC?
It doesn't seem like a good thing to count on. In Spirit's case, it was over 400 days into the mission before it got this boost. They've been dealing with decreased energy availability for months. Plus, they estimated the odds were about equally as likely that some other critical part of the rover would fail before the solar panels became obscured. They will, however, probably reconsider their estimates for how long a solar powered rover can operate. The Sojourner lasted about 90 days, so they figured with the increased panel area, they could probably double that.
The next rover mission (Mars Surface Laboratory) will probably be nuclear powered so they can guarantee energy degradation won't be a problem unless it survives for quite a few years. This would also mean they aren't limited to locations near the equator, so if NASA decides there's something interesting near the poles, they can go there. Since the landing method will be different, the rover will be able to land in an area about 1/5 the size of the current rovers. This should give the mission planners a lot more options than they had with the twin Spirit and Opportunity, which landed on a big empty plain and on the floor of a giant, ancient crater respectively.
I don't know how much credence the idea has right now, but the original guess I heard from JPL was it was water vapor was causing the dust to clump as it condensed, froze and expanded, then melted and evaporated or else sublimated. Of course, they took pictures of the solar panels on Opportunity and didn't see any clumps, so if they existed, the clumped dust must have been more susceptible to being blown off in a gentle breeze. They have, however, taken several pictures of frost on the rovers.
I'm glad to see spyware assassin gone, but the extortionware I see most on computers I work on is ad destroyer. Let's hope the FTC b!tch slaps them next.
Which are all legitimate reasons why AOL can legally do this, but does not change the fact that AOL has given themselves more power than is decent for them to take. They've made it very easy for them to do something unethical (steal conversations passed in good faith by users unaware of the changes) without having to worry about it being illegal.
It doesn't matter much when comparing apples and oranges if one of them happens to be spoiled. Rotten is rotten.
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I understand that we're actually talking about MSblast here, not Blaster or Nachi, but was the circulation really that low? I daresay that Blaster itself infected nearly 1/4 of student's PC's on our college campus alone. We never actually took data on it, but once it got on the network, the whole thing was down in a couple of hours.
I've read both your posts, and that's probably the best response I've heard to slash-hole.
Yes the space shuttle has to be decomissioned, but for the near future, it's the only way we've got to finish the space station. If we abandon that, then we won't have come close to getting our money's worth out of it. Unfortunately, that project has fallen terribly far behind schedule and over budget, and is becoming a pork barrel of its own.
Well, it's still on pace to beat Duke Nukem Forever. But hey! Now at least the astronauts can play Half Life 2 on their laptops when they get bored.
Last time I bought a car, it came with a stereo already in it, yet, this wasn't an antitrust or monopoly concern. All of the other car manufacturers also had the opportunity to include some form of music player in their cars, and in fact, most or all of them did so. I recognize that the media player is a great selling point for Windows, and it's hard for the smaller companies and to grab a piece of the market share, but that's the way it works. Kia and Hyundai didn't get into the US car market by forcing Ford and Chevy to sell cars without radios. They did it by targeting a slightly different market group and by underselling the larger competition.
The bottom line is, that in spite of my distaste for Microsoft, I don't see how bundling Windows Media Player with Windows fits into the category of antitrust. If they were after Microsoft for all those nifty contracts they've got with computer manufacturer's to ship computers with Windows pre-installed, I'd understand that. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some shady dealing in getting those contracts, and you can definitely argue that they harm other OS's distributions. I think the EU is addressing their concerns about Microsoft in the wrong way.
In addition to millionthmonkey's reply, I want to add that they're expecting a very deep hole covering a large area (potential up to 150 feet deep). There simply has been no low gravity, remote deep drilling techniques or devices developed. This will hopefully give the scientists a look at any strata that may exist within the comet, as deep as whatever is blown out. Also, the size of the crater should allow help them figure out how well bound together comets are and they will see particles blown out from a large area of the comet's surface, not just the diameter of a drill.
A lander mission has it's own advantages, which is why some scientists want to land on a comet, as well. There's definitely an advantage in getting a lens or a sprectrograph right up against the item of interest and looking at the microscopic instead of macroscopic picture. It's also much more expensive and probably cuts down the number of reasonable targets, since you've got to match orbits with the comet.
The asteroid landing mission another poster mentioned was easier because asteroids generally have less eccentric orbits, which means their velocity in the inner solar system will be closer to that of earth. The landing was actually a bonus feature the science team decided to try after the primary mission of orbiting, photographing and mapping the asteroid was completed, just because they thought it might work. Thanks to the low gravity, the crash/landing actually did work. Theoretically, the probe is still in good condition on the surface and can continue to return images and data, although I don't think there will be another time when it simultaneously faces the earth (for radio contact) and the sun (for power) for several years.
Right...I'm sure no woman will ever forgive him for burning the Tetris disk. That one act alone is what made him perpetually single. Pale skin, glasses, trenchcoat, 20 sided die (I'm just speculating here, he is from Seattle, after all) has nothing to do with it.
One of my favorite stories about a mathematician. Thanks for posting that.
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VoIP is going to take over eventually. These attempts at preventing it will only slow it down a little bit. In the face of progress, businesses have to figure out when to begin adopting the new standards or they don't stand a chance.
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Slashdot wasn't wrong, just a lot more excitable than AOL expected. The terms of service do say basically what most of the people here interpreted them as saying (I read some passages 5-6 times just to be sure). AOL did not say the excited customers read it wrong, but rather that they shouldn't be concerned because AOL claims not to have any motive to log your conversations. I agree. The TOS looks pretty darn clear. "You waive any rights to privacy." Not even any conditionals there.
Theomurpse's answer was a bit misleading. GAIM has the ability to log your conversations and save them locally. Only you or the person you're talking to records it. According to my understanding of GAIM, however, it is still run through AOL's servers. This includes sending and receiving messages, not just finding your buddies. That means AOL still has the power to record anything they like.
If you are going to use the AOL protocol, I highly recommend GAIM over the AOL client. It has better features and no annoying adds. It is also multiprotocol. If you have friends who use MSN or Yahoo, you can chat with them on only one client with one login. It also supports jabber, which is a p2p IM protocol, meaning the conversations are directly between you and your buddy, no intermedate servers. Yes there is encryption available.
You couldn't have tried very hard. It's the first thing in the video.
Oops...thanks for pointing that out. It's been a while since I actually watch the movie clip, and I've got a bunch of clips. Some of them have sites listed that no longer exist.
This is not a revolutionary new idea. It's been discussed for several years because of this problem. Also, please note from the article this is not a replacement for you cable modem or DSL (or verizon fiber). It's a replacement for your wireless router or cables draped down the stairwells inside your house.
The NFL was playing around with something similar 2-3 years ago. They would take a freeze frame of a great catch or similar play from a couple different angles, then use the frames to construct a rough 3-D model of the instant. John Madden had some fun showing the replays. They would start from one camera angle, then "fly" around to the other camera angle, moving quickly enough that the roughness of the model wasn't really apparent. It was kind of cool and I'm sure they must have spent some dough developing it, so I'm a little surprised they don't seem to use it at all anymore. Of course, I don't watch much football, so maybe I just miss seeing the effect.
They don't discuss it in the article, but it you look at the sample model, there are "shadows" that the camera can't see that appear as black regions. You're right. It would be totally bogus to claim they could read a fingerprint on a doorknob or something like that. It might be helpful, however, for an investigator to be able to load a model of the crime scene on his computer and walk around with his mouse to visualize what might have gone down. Guaranteed this shows up in a future CSI scene regardless.
The main thing I can think of is to make sure credit goes to the original author of the original site. Coral links can come later. Another reason may be I suppose Coral set their service up is so people can access information when a site is down, not on a regular basis. Real links come first, then coral as the slashdot effect kicks in. Besides, what nerd doesn't glory in the knowledge that they turned a delicate piece of electronics into a slag heap bearing more resemblance to Chernobyl than to a PC?
Contrary to the talk of the naysayers, real lego movies in stop-motion do exist.
Hopefully I got this set up right. Be gentle on my connection.
Lego Star Wars Trailer
Holy Mary Tyler Moore, Batman! The movie's got Dick van Dyke doing one of the voices. Plus Mark Hamill! Talk about a must see.
It doesn't seem like a good thing to count on. In Spirit's case, it was over 400 days into the mission before it got this boost. They've been dealing with decreased energy availability for months. Plus, they estimated the odds were about equally as likely that some other critical part of the rover would fail before the solar panels became obscured. They will, however, probably reconsider their estimates for how long a solar powered rover can operate. The Sojourner lasted about 90 days, so they figured with the increased panel area, they could probably double that.
The next rover mission (Mars Surface Laboratory) will probably be nuclear powered so they can guarantee energy degradation won't be a problem unless it survives for quite a few years. This would also mean they aren't limited to locations near the equator, so if NASA decides there's something interesting near the poles, they can go there. Since the landing method will be different, the rover will be able to land in an area about 1/5 the size of the current rovers. This should give the mission planners a lot more options than they had with the twin Spirit and Opportunity, which landed on a big empty plain and on the floor of a giant, ancient crater respectively.
I don't know how much credence the idea has right now, but the original guess I heard from JPL was it was water vapor was causing the dust to clump as it condensed, froze and expanded, then melted and evaporated or else sublimated. Of course, they took pictures of the solar panels on Opportunity and didn't see any clumps, so if they existed, the clumped dust must have been more susceptible to being blown off in a gentle breeze. They have, however, taken several pictures of frost on the rovers.
I'm glad to see spyware assassin gone, but the extortionware I see most on computers I work on is ad destroyer. Let's hope the FTC b!tch slaps them next.
Which are all legitimate reasons why AOL can legally do this, but does not change the fact that AOL has given themselves more power than is decent for them to take. They've made it very easy for them to do something unethical (steal conversations passed in good faith by users unaware of the changes) without having to worry about it being illegal.
It doesn't matter much when comparing apples and oranges if one of them happens to be spoiled. Rotten is rotten.