MITRE is a not-for-profit organization. Yes, their sole income is based on government funding so indirectly (using that term as broadly and blindly as possibly)they shouldn't have entered. But since MITRE isn't allowed to use more than 10% of their income for research, most of which hardly qualified for this DARPA project, I call sour grapes. I have a sibling that works for MITRE, and almost the entire project was volunteer work. I didn't see any sponsorship logos on the Mitre Meteor.
MITRE is "NOT" a quasi-governmental agency, spin it as you like. Are you trying to justify being eliminated? Not-for-profit=if they make a profit, they have to build a new parking lot instead of giving their employees a raise. I suggest you do a little research before you make blind declarations. As for the universities funding, I'm not familiar with that.
Like in the article, where does the government require you to show ID? Just because the airline wants to see ID doesn't mean the Govt. requires them to ask. The article points out a misinformed employee more than it does a law.
Paranoia is no reason to go off and insult someone. According to your logic, you must not own a house(or a mortgage), a bank account, a credit card, a vehicle, a cell phone (or landline for that matter). Forget about those highschool transcripts cause they'll track you that way too, along with those damned college bills and records. Oh yeah, taxes! damn, they're tracking you through your taxes. If you took two seconds to re-read your post, everything you stated requires you to accept the conditions of the agreement.
-Your personal information in a database, see above unless you've managed to have all that erased.
-Traveling via public transportation requires you to acknowledge to requests of the provider. Your paying someone to provide you a service under their conditions.
-You only get tracked via the info. you voluntarily give. And yes, that shiny new cell phone does give you an itemized statement.
-the last bit has me thinking you broke the law and got and now you are pissed about it.
How this ever got modded as insightful is beyond me. Possibly after watching the Matrix, but then again, who knows.
* Bring a photo I.D. when you fly, and have your airline ticket issued using your name as it appears on that I.D. Many airlines are requesting such identification at check-in in order to reduce the re- selling of discount tickets. (Airlines don't permit tickets to be sold or given to other persons.) On international flights, make sure your name is the same on your ticket and your passport. If your name has recently changed and the name on your ticket and your I.D. are different, bring docu- mentation of the change (e.g., a marriage certificate or court order).
I can understand some of the gripes that people have stated here, but most are just rediculous. Boarding an airline is a service provided to you by a company. There is no inherent "right" to be able to fly. You are allowed to board as long as you provide what the airline requests, whether it be an ID or an inflatable banana.
Not to mention the huge chunk of lead you would have to have around that thing so you could actually handle and transport it. Then again, the properties Plutonium-240 (reactor grade Plutonium) would most likely destroy itself before a significant nuclear detonation could occur. i.e. the bomb destroys itself before it goes off.
When you boil liquids, they change phases. Steam is the gaseous phase of water. Other liquids can be heated to a point in which they evaporate into a gaseous phase, but they are not called steam. However, if you do manage to find a solar powered system that is capable of boiling a liquid other than water and generating steam (pure H20), it would be interesting to hear about.
1) It Weighs More - and that weight has a huge impact because rolling mass is much more difficult to move
The materials they used are proof-of-concept, rather than advanced. With the tweel design, automotive engineers will be liberated from the traditional axle-into-hub design, and the tweel can mount directly on the axle, eliminating the heavy metallic wheel.
Yes, you may be able to get rid of the axle/hub design of the wheel, but this design effectively moves the hub inside the tire which is a bad thing. The closer the rotating mass of the hub is to the centerline of the axle, the easier it is to control with suspension components. This also increases brake wear dramatically.
2) More Friction - Again, a drop in efficency due to difficult in rolling the wheel
Materials. I'm impressed that they got to within 5% at the first go-around!
It would be interesting to see how they are measuring the increased friction. Is it friction in the driveline components due to increased wheel weight or due to the flexibility of the tire. My guess is the former hasn't been measured but the latter is (somewhat) easily remedied using a different compound.
3) More Expensive - No longer a need for "expensive" tire pressure monitoring systems (which probably aren't all that expensive, although they are sometimes troublesome) and you don't have to replace your tires as often, but if the tweels cost 3x as much, there is no saving here
Scale of manufacturing will solve that.
Just like scale of manufacturing makes prescription drugs cheaper. If they can sell it, they'll charge out the wazoo to fund their next R&D project. I'm not a firm believer in scale of manufacturing. Then again, it is a function of modern industry.
4) Noise - No one likes loud tires
Again, materials. Recall that traditional tires have thousands upon thousands upon thousands of man-years of development!
Unfortunately, they have millions and millions of man years of physics against them. Having ribs inside the tires increases the road forces transmitted through the tire to the axle. Air is an excellent, and cheap, insulator of sound, heat, and pressure. When a pneumatic tire hits a pothole, the force is transferred through the sidewalls and tread of the tire. Also, flexing of the sidewall allows some degree of predictability as to when the wheel is going to lose traction, a comfort zone so to speak. Then again, I'm an advocate for safer drivers ahead of safer cars so I'm pretty biased
The problem isn't with the interstates, it's with the drivers. I-35 isn't the only interstate with congestion problems. I-5 & I-95 are perfect examples. The concept of an interstate running through or around major cities(via beltways) has come and gone. Unfortunately, the only solution to date is to make them wider. It's the bigger pipe mentality, not enough fits through so just build a bigger one. It solves the problem temporarily, but 10-15 yrs down the road we'll encounter the same problem.
The mentality of "my time is more important than yours'" has caused an increasing number of accidents on our interstates which in turn leads to backups. A North American Autobahn system would be better in my opinion and treat it the same way. A high cost license that offers the benefits of more competent and attentive drivers.
Better drivers fix traffic problems faster than safer vehicles and wider highways. Yes, the left lane is the passing lane. Make in car Navigation systems only operate while the vehicle is in park, as well as cell phones.
As dumb as it sounds, it doesn't look like he violated the CAN-SPAM act.
(a) IN GENERAL- Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly--
`(1) accesses a protected computer without authorization, and intentionally initiates the transmission of multiple commercial electronic mail messages from or through such computer,
`(2) uses a protected computer to relay or retransmit multiple commercial electronic mail messages, with the intent to deceive or mislead recipients, or any Internet access service, as to the origin of such messages,
`(3) materially falsifies header information in multiple commercial electronic mail messages and intentionally initiates the transmission of such messages,
`(4) registers, using information that materially falsifies the identity of the actual registrant, for five or more electronic mail accounts or online user accounts or two or more domain names, and intentionally initiates the transmission of multiple commercial electronic mail messages from any combination of such accounts or domain names, or
`(5) falsely represents oneself to be the registrant or the legitimate successor in interest to the registrant of 5 or more Internet Protocol addresses, and intentionally initiates the transmission of multiple commercial electronic mail messages from such addresses,
or conspires to do so, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
I believe he broke the law, just not "law" so I would have to agree with the judge on that one. From the way I understand it, that was what the judge was trying to say.
What is the current rate for headphone rental on airlines? Last time I flew it was $5 US (Unless you're sneaky and use your own with an adapter).
I can forsee Boeing coming up with some crazy adapter that you can plug into the armrest and charge you $10, $15, $20 for it. At least we'll eventually be able to thank Radio Shack for selling the same adapter for $2 under a different name.
You don't honestly think that they are going to retrofit their entire fleet and not charging anything for the convenience do you?
Since the article doesn't say, are we to assume that this includes DVD sales, rentals, and box office income? I think Hollywood makes more than that but then again I could be wrong. Of course, declared income and actual income are two entirely different things.
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We make it unprofitable for the those that distribute spam. Now most of you are probably thinking that I'm talking about the spammers, but this is a problem that existed long before the internet.
Look at the Postal Service. How many unwanted items, advertisements, credit card offers, coupons, etc... get delivered that are immediately thrown in the trash? And if you write return to sender on the next Capitol One credit card offer, or on the next AOL CD you receive, the USPS knows to just throw it in the trash instead of returning it. Why?, because they have already made a profit.
Look at your telephone service. How many people actually have to screen their calls with answering machines and caller-id to avoid those annoying interruptions and solicitations during dinner or at odd hours? Why is block caller-id even available if it wasn't profitable.
Now look at SPAM. Once again, we all know about the annoyances of this junk.
Asking the government to enforce any kind of policy to prevent it is rediculous. First of all, Spam through the postal mail is probably what is keeping residential postal rates so cheap. Now herein lies the rub. If it can be done legally through the govt. postal service, all other avenues are fair game. And so the legal finger pointing begins, if he can do it, so can I.
When the govt. has it's own hands in the same honeypot that telemarketers, spammers, and bulk-mailers do, it's a no win situation.
Until that changes, avoiding spam without having to download some anti-spam tool, or anti-pop-up browser, or placing a no soliciting sign on your front door, it won't stop. Call me cynical, or even a conspiracy theorist, but public nuisances normally follow trends. One of the true pleasures of living in a capalist society.
You're right, breaking into a computer system is a non-violent crime. Are you saying that since it only concerns monetary damages it doesn't warrant a jail term? I suppose ENRON execs would certainly share your viewpoint.
Grip on reality?, I imagine your views on the subject would change if your credit card was charged for purchases you never made. It would stand to reason that someone doing this doesn't have the money to back up the offenses he/she has done so there would be no recouping of lost money. Hit him up with community service? Sure, in each community of the owners of those cards, 100 hrs each.
Again you're right, we can't throw everyone who inconveniences us in jail, but we can make sure that those that break the law end up there.
Where do these "you're not an F1 driver so your opinion means nothing" comments come from? I'm not an F1 driver, but it's still the same argument of walking up hill both ways in the snow. Was Sir Jackie Stewart a great driver?, without question. Does that make him worth listening to?, Of course. It doesn't mean he's impervious to farting out the wrong hole once in a while.
So many aspects of F1 have changed since Stewart drove that even he can't accurately compare the two eras. Stewart is probably correct in saying that Schumacher (actually every current driver in F1) makes mistakes, but if the telemetry available today were available when he was driving, it would most likely show that his comment is insignificant. What does he have to compare his mistakes to the current genre of F1 drivers? With all do respect, until there is a ranking for errors in the telemetry data, I'll pass this off as cranky retired champion syndrome.
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MITRE is a not-for-profit organization. Yes, their sole income is based on government funding so indirectly (using that term as broadly and blindly as possibly)they shouldn't have entered. But since MITRE isn't allowed to use more than 10% of their income for research, most of which hardly qualified for this DARPA project, I call sour grapes. I have a sibling that works for MITRE, and almost the entire project was volunteer work. I didn't see any sponsorship logos on the Mitre Meteor. MITRE is "NOT" a quasi-governmental agency, spin it as you like. Are you trying to justify being eliminated? Not-for-profit=if they make a profit, they have to build a new parking lot instead of giving their employees a raise. I suggest you do a little research before you make blind declarations. As for the universities funding, I'm not familiar with that.
You're 100% correct. That's what I get for trying to reply at 4:00am.
Like in the article, where does the government require you to show ID? Just because the airline wants to see ID doesn't mean the Govt. requires them to ask. The article points out a misinformed employee more than it does a law.
-Your personal information in a database, see above unless you've managed to have all that erased.
-Traveling via public transportation requires you to acknowledge to requests of the provider. Your paying someone to provide you a service under their conditions.
-You only get tracked via the info. you voluntarily give. And yes, that shiny new cell phone does give you an itemized statement.
-the last bit has me thinking you broke the law and got and now you are pissed about it.
How this ever got modded as insightful is beyond me. Possibly after watching the Matrix, but then again, who knows.So, what does shit taste like?
Not to mention the huge chunk of lead you would have to have around that thing so you could actually handle and transport it. Then again, the properties Plutonium-240 (reactor grade Plutonium) would most likely destroy itself before a significant nuclear detonation could occur. i.e. the bomb destroys itself before it goes off.
When you boil liquids, they change phases. Steam is the gaseous phase of water. Other liquids can be heated to a point in which they evaporate into a gaseous phase, but they are not called steam. However, if you do manage to find a solar powered system that is capable of boiling a liquid other than water and generating steam (pure H20), it would be interesting to hear about.
From The Princess Bride, you use the word combustion, "I do not think it means what you think it means."
Yes, you may be able to get rid of the axle/hub design of the wheel, but this design effectively moves the hub inside the tire which is a bad thing. The closer the rotating mass of the hub is to the centerline of the axle, the easier it is to control with suspension components. This also increases brake wear dramatically.
It would be interesting to see how they are measuring the increased friction. Is it friction in the driveline components due to increased wheel weight or due to the flexibility of the tire. My guess is the former hasn't been measured but the latter is (somewhat) easily remedied using a different compound.
Just like scale of manufacturing makes prescription drugs cheaper. If they can sell it, they'll charge out the wazoo to fund their next R&D project. I'm not a firm believer in scale of manufacturing. Then again, it is a function of modern industry.
Unfortunately, they have millions and millions of man years of physics against them. Having ribs inside the tires increases the road forces transmitted through the tire to the axle. Air is an excellent, and cheap, insulator of sound, heat, and pressure. When a pneumatic tire hits a pothole, the force is transferred through the sidewalls and tread of the tire. Also, flexing of the sidewall allows some degree of predictability as to when the wheel is going to lose traction, a comfort zone so to speak. Then again, I'm an advocate for safer drivers ahead of safer cars so I'm pretty biased
The problem isn't with the interstates, it's with the drivers. I-35 isn't the only interstate with congestion problems. I-5 & I-95 are perfect examples. The concept of an interstate running through or around major cities(via beltways) has come and gone. Unfortunately, the only solution to date is to make them wider. It's the bigger pipe mentality, not enough fits through so just build a bigger one. It solves the problem temporarily, but 10-15 yrs down the road we'll encounter the same problem.
The mentality of "my time is more important than yours'" has caused an increasing number of accidents on our interstates which in turn leads to backups. A North American Autobahn system would be better in my opinion and treat it the same way. A high cost license that offers the benefits of more competent and attentive drivers.
Better drivers fix traffic problems faster than safer vehicles and wider highways. Yes, the left lane is the passing lane. Make in car Navigation systems only operate while the vehicle is in park, as well as cell phones.
As dumb as it sounds, it doesn't look like he violated the CAN-SPAM act.
I believe he broke the law, just not "law" so I would have to agree with the judge on that one. From the way I understand it, that was what the judge was trying to say.
What is the current rate for headphone rental on airlines? Last time I flew it was $5 US (Unless you're sneaky and use your own with an adapter).
I can forsee Boeing coming up with some crazy adapter that you can plug into the armrest and charge you $10, $15, $20 for it. At least we'll eventually be able to thank Radio Shack for selling the same adapter for $2 under a different name.
You don't honestly think that they are going to retrofit their entire fleet and not charging anything for the convenience do you?
Since the article doesn't say, are we to assume that this includes DVD sales, rentals, and box office income? I think Hollywood makes more than that but then again I could be wrong. Of course, declared income and actual income are two entirely different things.
We make it unprofitable for the those that distribute spam. Now most of you are probably thinking that I'm talking about the spammers, but this is a problem that existed long before the internet.
Look at the Postal Service. How many unwanted items, advertisements, credit card offers, coupons, etc... get delivered that are immediately thrown in the trash? And if you write return to sender on the next Capitol One credit card offer, or on the next AOL CD you receive, the USPS knows to just throw it in the trash instead of returning it. Why?, because they have already made a profit.
Look at your telephone service. How many people actually have to screen their calls with answering machines and caller-id to avoid those annoying interruptions and solicitations during dinner or at odd hours? Why is block caller-id even available if it wasn't profitable.
Now look at SPAM. Once again, we all know about the annoyances of this junk.
Asking the government to enforce any kind of policy to prevent it is rediculous. First of all, Spam through the postal mail is probably what is keeping residential postal rates so cheap. Now herein lies the rub. If it can be done legally through the govt. postal service, all other avenues are fair game. And so the legal finger pointing begins, if he can do it, so can I.
When the govt. has it's own hands in the same honeypot that telemarketers, spammers, and bulk-mailers do, it's a no win situation.
Until that changes, avoiding spam without having to download some anti-spam tool, or anti-pop-up browser, or placing a no soliciting sign on your front door, it won't stop. Call me cynical, or even a conspiracy theorist, but public nuisances normally follow trends. One of the true pleasures of living in a capalist society.
You're right, breaking into a computer system is a non-violent crime. Are you saying that since it only concerns monetary damages it doesn't warrant a jail term? I suppose ENRON execs would certainly share your viewpoint. Grip on reality?, I imagine your views on the subject would change if your credit card was charged for purchases you never made. It would stand to reason that someone doing this doesn't have the money to back up the offenses he/she has done so there would be no recouping of lost money. Hit him up with community service? Sure, in each community of the owners of those cards, 100 hrs each. Again you're right, we can't throw everyone who inconveniences us in jail, but we can make sure that those that break the law end up there.
Where do these "you're not an F1 driver so your opinion means nothing" comments come from? I'm not an F1 driver, but it's still the same argument of walking up hill both ways in the snow. Was Sir Jackie Stewart a great driver?, without question. Does that make him worth listening to?, Of course. It doesn't mean he's impervious to farting out the wrong hole once in a while. So many aspects of F1 have changed since Stewart drove that even he can't accurately compare the two eras. Stewart is probably correct in saying that Schumacher (actually every current driver in F1) makes mistakes, but if the telemetry available today were available when he was driving, it would most likely show that his comment is insignificant. What does he have to compare his mistakes to the current genre of F1 drivers? With all do respect, until there is a ranking for errors in the telemetry data, I'll pass this off as cranky retired champion syndrome.