Manned spaceflight has already been done 30+ years ago. The technology is there to do it. What China and India are doing is simply re-inventing the wheel.
Ok its good for a country to have their own facilities from which they can launch satellites etc, but shouldn't we have a broader planet-wide space program ? Countries around the world should be collaborating in order to achieve the next big thing. Not just go at it by themselves in order to boost national pride.
Actually, I was referring to countries like Chili (Aillende) and Nicaragua (Tito). But if you start counting the number of countries in which the US has meddled in and failed miserably (Afghanistan - pre Taliban, Iraq, Somalia...) it start drawing a much darker picture.
The problem is that the electoral base of the Republicans (which is apparently, and unfortunately the majority of american voters) does not care what goes on outside their country. As long as the president can control gaz prices at reasonable levels, keep the interest rates low so they can continue their buying frenzy, and make them FEEL like they're safe, they're content with that. So sadly enough, for the majority of americans, there was NO reason not to vote for Bush.
Americans have always been more interested with what goes on inside their country then out. And it looks like the majority of them cannot understand that their current foreign policy will only fuel hate towards America, and can only hinder their precious "war on terror" in the long run.
For a country that is so proud of being so religious, whatever happened "Do upon others what you would like done to you" (??? sorry can't remember the real quote) ? You bomb people left and right, overthrow democratic governments throughout the world in favor of dictatorships in your own interest... and then your surprised that people in the world hate Americans that much ??
For once i think bin Laden had it right when he said that America's future was not in the hands of Kerry or Bush, but in their own hands.
Wake up and face what's really happening around us. The world is not a pretty place. Compassion, education, cheap medecines free of any patents/restrictions would go a lot further than sanctions, bombings and Departments of Homeland Security.
And speaking of that, am I the only one that seemed to think that Osama bin Laden
Sure its another tool, but a pretty useless one if you ask me.
Parents should take enough care of their kids to know wich computer games they play. Let the 12 year old kid buy a copy of Leisure Suit Larry or Manhunt if he wants. Whether or not he'll be able to play it in my house is a different matter entirely.
Eugh... you americans and your "Founding Fathers". Why keep going back to things that were decided hundreds of years ago. What.. you think that the founding fathers were god like creatures and wrote the Truth (note the capital T) in your constitution ??
Live with the times and learn to reform your political and social systems.
Here in Canada the counting is does by volunteers of each party. Get 2 republicans, 2 democrats supporters and another one for the other candidates, and count / recount until everybody reaches a concensus within +- a certain percentage.
It really isn't rocket science.
Getting volunteers is even better too, because you get the population actively involved in the voting process. Plus if they're actually taking time off their schedule to do that, you know they're dedicated to whichever party they're supporting and won't take their jobs lightly.
I think all the built-in safety mechanisms (limit speed of vehicle, prevent tailgaiting, automatic avoidance of pedestrian/objects) can and will only go so far. Not because of technological limitations, but
#1 - people enjoy driving and i believe people won't buy those kinds of vehicles if they dont' get the same kick out of driving them
#2 - with more and more safety features being built into cards, car insurance will become less and less necessary. It is therefore in the interest of insurance companies for people to keep making accidents.
What about blackjack though ?
I heard somewhere that by counting cards, you could get your odds up to as much as 52% (obviously this number is gonna depends on how many deck of cards the casino uses, and how many they actually use up before reshuffling).
The casino here uses 7 decks of cards, and reshuffles after 4. So its pretty much impossible (i.e very very hard) for someone to start counting cards. But what about these online casinos ?? What stops you from running some program where you continuously enter which cards have been dealt and have it tell you whether to hit or stand ??
I guess the online casinos could have algorithm which would detect this kind of "playing behaviour" from the user and kick out that person from every playing at their casinos... But there has to be something else, this just sounds too easy:)
"What I don't understand is that if the university is providing WiFi, why are people setting up their own access points?"
If you are not satisfied with the rules and regulations concerning access to the University's network (i.e file sharing, etc) and you decide to get a private high-speed cable|dsl line. Then you get a wireless router to prevent you from having to wire your entire apartment for you and your roomates.
This might happen often in dorms, but University often have on campus apartments, where you are responsible for getting cable, etc.
Always one step ahead of me eh ? You do raise a good point. Companies/Organizations always do tend to use "which may change at any time" clause.
At least I don't have to worry about this in Canada. You can't even kick out your tenants here for not paying their rent. Let alone for using prohibited routers:)
I've actually had 2 coffees, which might explained why i'm all pumped up against this....
I guess you're right. But only if it was EXPLICITELY written in their lease agreement, that the use of 802.11b routers was prohibited, at the time they signed the contract. And somehow i doubt the University administration thought that far ahead.
What about their right to regulate your right to own a 2.4GHz cordless phone, or a microwave for that matter ?
Look I know in general landlords have the right to set certain clause in their contracts. I.e the owner can have pets yes/no, But in the same way that they can't insert a clause saying that certain minorities can live in their building, i'm sure a clause regulating how you use the 2.4GHz would prove to be invalid in court.
"They do own the infrastructure you are trying to access" ???
No - when I was living on campus I had my own private high-speed connection. At the time I did not have WIFI, but if I did have it, I dont' see why I would've had to stop using mine so that the University's would work better.
How is this different than any business asking their neighbour to shut off their access point, because it interferes with theirs ? The signal WILL propagate from one property to the other, and cause interference there as well.
2.4GHz is unlicensed. You have to live with whatever interference is on that spectrum, no matter how/where its generated. Hell if students decided to create a gian microwave oven, which would completely saturate the 2.4 spectrum they should have the right too.
This article is exactly what's wrong with today's media. Instead of simply telling the facts as they are, the reporters try to make themselves a little more interesting than the competition and embed their own opinion in the story.
So its only natural for 90% of the potss on this page to be blasting Roxio for this very "stupid" move (after all why WOULD you sell your profitable division to focus on the one that's losing money ?!! That just doesn't make sense !).
On top of this, this reporter isn't even backing up his claims. Since when has online digital music service been a "money-losing" business ? I bet you the guys at Apple wouldn't agree with this...
Bottom line is I'm sure the people at Roxio have a valid reason for doing what they did. And without looking in detail at the company's financial records and their history (a succesfull business model in the past doesn't mean it will stay that way) we should just refrain from commenting on Roxio's decision and stay clear of these articles that try to pass themselves as news.
A few KB of ROM ?
Common we're not in the 80/90s anymore...
Some guy on this page talked about overdesigning. But there is such a thing as "under-designing". A small micro, 32 MB of flash and RTAI Linux will run you for only a couple of dollars and make your life A LOT easier...
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Slightly different wouldn't you say ?
Manned spaceflight has already been done 30+ years ago. The technology is there to do it. What China and India are doing is simply re-inventing the wheel.
Ok its good for a country to have their own facilities from which they can launch satellites etc, but shouldn't we have a broader planet-wide space program ? Countries around the world should be collaborating in order to achieve the next big thing. Not just go at it by themselves in order to boost national pride.
My 2 cents.
Actually, I was referring to countries like Chili (Aillende) and Nicaragua (Tito).
But if you start counting the number of countries in which the US has meddled in and failed miserably (Afghanistan - pre Taliban, Iraq, Somalia...) it start drawing a much darker picture.
The problem is that the electoral base of the Republicans (which is apparently, and unfortunately the majority of american voters) does not care what goes on outside their country. As long as the president can control gaz prices at reasonable levels, keep the interest rates low so they can continue their buying frenzy, and make them FEEL like they're safe, they're content with that. So sadly enough, for the majority of americans, there was NO reason not to vote for Bush.
Americans have always been more interested with what goes on inside their country then out. And it looks like the majority of them cannot understand that their current foreign policy will only fuel hate towards America, and can only hinder their precious "war on terror" in the long run.
For a country that is so proud of being so religious, whatever happened "Do upon others what you would like done to you" (??? sorry can't remember the real quote) ? You bomb people left and right, overthrow democratic governments throughout the world in favor of dictatorships in your own interest... and then your surprised that people in the world hate Americans that much ??
For once i think bin Laden had it right when he said that America's future was not in the hands of Kerry or Bush, but in their own hands.
Wake up and face what's really happening around us. The world is not a pretty place. Compassion, education, cheap medecines free of any patents/restrictions would go a lot further than sanctions, bombings and Departments of Homeland Security. And speaking of that, am I the only one that seemed to think that Osama bin Laden
Sure its another tool, but a pretty useless one if you ask me.
Parents should take enough care of their kids to know wich computer games they play. Let the 12 year old kid buy a copy of Leisure Suit Larry or Manhunt if he wants. Whether or not he'll be able to play it in my house is a different matter entirely.
Whatever happened to letting the parents decide how to raise their kids ??
Eugh... you americans and your "Founding Fathers". Why keep going back to things that were decided hundreds of years ago. What.. you think that the founding fathers were god like creatures and wrote the Truth (note the capital T) in your constitution ?? Live with the times and learn to reform your political and social systems.
Why even hire people ??
Here in Canada the counting is does by volunteers of each party. Get 2 republicans, 2 democrats supporters and another one for the other candidates, and count / recount until everybody reaches a concensus within +- a certain percentage.
It really isn't rocket science.
Getting volunteers is even better too, because you get the population actively involved in the voting process. Plus if they're actually taking time off their schedule to do that, you know they're dedicated to whichever party they're supporting and won't take their jobs lightly.
I wonder how long it will take for "Get me a free iRiver H330" sigs to appear...
I think all the built-in safety mechanisms (limit speed of vehicle, prevent tailgaiting, automatic avoidance of pedestrian/objects) can and will only go so far. Not because of technological limitations, but
#1 - people enjoy driving and i believe people won't buy those kinds of vehicles if they dont' get the same kick out of driving them #2 - with more and more safety features being built into cards, car insurance will become less and less necessary. It is therefore in the interest of insurance companies for people to keep making accidents.
What about blackjack though ? I heard somewhere that by counting cards, you could get your odds up to as much as 52% (obviously this number is gonna depends on how many deck of cards the casino uses, and how many they actually use up before reshuffling).
:)
The casino here uses 7 decks of cards, and reshuffles after 4. So its pretty much impossible (i.e very very hard) for someone to start counting cards. But what about these online casinos ?? What stops you from running some program where you continuously enter which cards have been dealt and have it tell you whether to hit or stand ??
I guess the online casinos could have algorithm which would detect this kind of "playing behaviour" from the user and kick out that person from every playing at their casinos... But there has to be something else, this just sounds too easy
"What I don't understand is that if the university is providing WiFi, why are people setting up their own access points?" If you are not satisfied with the rules and regulations concerning access to the University's network (i.e file sharing, etc) and you decide to get a private high-speed cable|dsl line. Then you get a wireless router to prevent you from having to wire your entire apartment for you and your roomates. This might happen often in dorms, but University often have on campus apartments, where you are responsible for getting cable, etc.
Always one step ahead of me eh ? You do raise a good point. Companies/Organizations always do tend to use "which may change at any time" clause. At least I don't have to worry about this in Canada. You can't even kick out your tenants here for not paying their rent. Let alone for using prohibited routers :)
I've actually had 2 coffees, which might explained why i'm all pumped up against this.... I guess you're right. But only if it was EXPLICITELY written in their lease agreement, that the use of 802.11b routers was prohibited, at the time they signed the contract. And somehow i doubt the University administration thought that far ahead.
What about their right to regulate your right to own a 2.4GHz cordless phone, or a microwave for that matter ? Look I know in general landlords have the right to set certain clause in their contracts. I.e the owner can have pets yes/no, But in the same way that they can't insert a clause saying that certain minorities can live in their building, i'm sure a clause regulating how you use the 2.4GHz would prove to be invalid in court.
"They do own the infrastructure you are trying to access" ??? No - when I was living on campus I had my own private high-speed connection. At the time I did not have WIFI, but if I did have it, I dont' see why I would've had to stop using mine so that the University's would work better.
How is this different than any business asking their neighbour to shut off their access point, because it interferes with theirs ? The signal WILL propagate from one property to the other, and cause interference there as well. 2.4GHz is unlicensed. You have to live with whatever interference is on that spectrum, no matter how/where its generated. Hell if students decided to create a gian microwave oven, which would completely saturate the 2.4 spectrum they should have the right too.
Just because they own the land doesn't mean they own the airwaves on it.
This article is exactly what's wrong with today's media. Instead of simply telling the facts as they are, the reporters try to make themselves a little more interesting than the competition and embed their own opinion in the story. So its only natural for 90% of the potss on this page to be blasting Roxio for this very "stupid" move (after all why WOULD you sell your profitable division to focus on the one that's losing money ?!! That just doesn't make sense !). On top of this, this reporter isn't even backing up his claims. Since when has online digital music service been a "money-losing" business ? I bet you the guys at Apple wouldn't agree with this... Bottom line is I'm sure the people at Roxio have a valid reason for doing what they did. And without looking in detail at the company's financial records and their history (a succesfull business model in the past doesn't mean it will stay that way) we should just refrain from commenting on Roxio's decision and stay clear of these articles that try to pass themselves as news.
A few KB of ROM ? Common we're not in the 80/90s anymore... Some guy on this page talked about overdesigning. But there is such a thing as "under-designing". A small micro, 32 MB of flash and RTAI Linux will run you for only a couple of dollars and make your life A LOT easier...
cause i'm bored at work ?
That's all i've got.
Is it just me or are the processor names getting lamer and lamer.
What would you call your new processor if you were coming out with your own micro ??
Isn't that what they do in the states ?
"I told you I needed more time to work on it !"