why not launch a single camera with more capabilities?Because you would have to keep slightly changing the angle of a single camera between every picture to get stereo pictures. Using two cameras allows you to keep the angle fixed and just use a time offset t generate stereo images. And the $4000 for an additional CCD and lens pales in comparison to the $100 million to get a satellite up there in the first place.
The reason we started our program was to maintain parity with the former Soviet Union. Likewise, the reason India is doing this is to maintain technological parity with China, as well as scare the hell out of Pakistan. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I guess the USA owes India a "Thanks for the compliment!"
He followed Jimmy Carter. A man whose intelligence, sincerity and battles for human rights, were overshadowed during his presidency by American feelings of "malaise" A man who apparently had no idea that politics is based on compromise and quid-pro-quo, and therefore was completely ineffective in getting anything accomplished due to his strict adherence to principle. Sad but true, apparently integrity is a serious disadvantage to being an effective president... just look at how much Bush has accomplished!
The most anticipated--if least glamorous--advancements will include a means to generate power for long-duration stays in space and a diagnostic safety system to troubleshoot problems. Wow, that's way to complicated... could you please explain that in layman's terms?
"Sorry about your penis... nice graphics card, though!" It's people who want to be able to brag that "My graphics card has more memory than your whole PC!" at their next LAN party, and whose Moms are paying for everything anyway...
In my country (Quebec) we have this problem Yeah, you do... and I think the problem is that you keep insisting Quebec is a separate country, and not a part of Canada!
Funny, I just can't think of any apps that I need to run that require 64,000 nodes... not even sure what I'd do with 96, although it sure would make compiling faster.
With names like ntpd, how would one know? Well, offhand, I'd say that ntpd was the Network Time Protocol Daemon, and you probably don't need it. You know, the service names aren't really all that cryptic! httpd is the HTTP server, dhcpd is the DHCP server, nfsd is the NFS server, snmpd is the SNMP server... the only confusing thing is that Samba requires both smbd and nmbd.
So it's ok for anybody that wants to to violate the GPL? Laws are laws... they cut both ways. It is only when they don't apply equally to everyone that I get upset.
Sorry, but if the manufacturer installs a "collision avoidance system" in a car, then the manufacturer, not the driver, becomes resonsible for any accidents. For an automobile manufacture to sell this system, they would just be begging for lawsuits.
Do you get extra points for turning in your parents?
Scouting should be training young minds to do the honorable thing. Unauthorized copying is not honorable, no matter how much we despise the corporations holding the copyright. A more sensible approach would be to organize a boycott of abusive corporations... I wonder if they can get a merit badge for that?
most "hackers" would consider a "crash-proof car" a challenge, and come up with ingenious new ways of wrecking the car!
Also, this concept is absolutely unsellable because if anyone does manage to crash, they would then have grounds for a lawsuit against the manufacturer for fradulent advertising.
... and when you complain to the service department that the wheels fell off as you were going down a hill, they will tell you to put the wheels back on, push it back to the top of the hill, and see if it happens again...
From what I've seen of John Gilmore, I'd have to assume that the sixties counterculture more affected Sun Microsystems computers, and this then tricled down to PCs. Certainly a lot of computer innovation came out of Berkely, which was indisputably a hotbed of the counterculture.
The point was, there isn't some magical birthday at which people suddenly become responsible. It's a continuum, and some people mature a lot faster than others. There are lots of people older than 18 that are incapable informed consent too -- does that make it ok to take advantage of them, just because they have had that magical birthday? Doesn't it seem a little arbitrary to you that having sex with someone a day before their 18th birthday makes you a sex offender, but doing it a day after is perfectly ok?
Sure, I'm all in favor of killing criminals that cannot be rehabilitated, but only if there is 0% chance of making a mistake. This would pretty much mean the death sentence would only be given to people that admitted their crimes, which is sort of a harsh way to reward people for being honest, don't you think?
Why don't we just get over this delusion that jail time is about rehabilitation or punishment, and just admit that we put people in jail because they can't hurt any innocent civilians while they are in jail?
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why not launch a single camera with more capabilities?Because you would have to keep slightly changing the angle of a single camera between every picture to get stereo pictures. Using two cameras allows you to keep the angle fixed and just use a time offset t generate stereo images. And the $4000 for an additional CCD and lens pales in comparison to the $100 million to get a satellite up there in the first place.
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He followed Jimmy Carter. A man whose intelligence, sincerity and battles for human rights, were overshadowed during his presidency by American feelings of "malaise" A man who apparently had no idea that politics is based on compromise and quid-pro-quo, and therefore was completely ineffective in getting anything accomplished due to his strict adherence to principle. Sad but true, apparently integrity is a serious disadvantage to being an effective president... just look at how much Bush has accomplished!
The most anticipated--if least glamorous--advancements will include a means to generate power for long-duration stays in space and a diagnostic safety system to troubleshoot problems.
Wow, that's way to complicated... could you please explain that in layman's terms?
Ever read "Hansel and Gretel"? "Jack and the Beanstalk"? "Harry Potter"?
Heck, I've got HARD DISKS with less than 512 megs!!!
"Sorry about your penis... nice graphics card, though!"
It's people who want to be able to brag that "My graphics card has more memory than your whole PC!" at their next LAN party, and whose Moms are paying for everything anyway...
In my country (Quebec) we have this problem
Yeah, you do... and I think the problem is that you keep insisting Quebec is a separate country, and not a part of Canada!
Funny, I just can't think of any apps that I need to run that require 64,000 nodes... not even sure what I'd do with 96, although it sure would make compiling faster.
So you cann't use it on a plane.
Heck, it probably wouldn't fit on the seat-back "table" anyway...
With names like ntpd, how would one know? Well, offhand, I'd say that ntpd was the Network Time Protocol Daemon, and you probably don't need it. You know, the service names aren't really all that cryptic! httpd is the HTTP server, dhcpd is the DHCP server, nfsd is the NFS server, snmpd is the SNMP server... the only confusing thing is that Samba requires both smbd and nmbd.
Why don't they just call it "Liger" instead? Worked for "Lindows", didn't it?
I know what you mean! Its so hard to get my tongue down there between the keys that I usually wind up just using the touchpad instead!
So it's ok for anybody that wants to to violate the GPL? Laws are laws... they cut both ways. It is only when they don't apply equally to everyone that I get upset.
How is violating the GPL (e.g. as SCO has done) not honorable?
Sorry, but if the manufacturer installs a "collision avoidance system" in a car, then the manufacturer, not the driver, becomes resonsible for any accidents. For an automobile manufacture to sell this system, they would just be begging for lawsuits.
Scouting should be training young minds to do the honorable thing. Unauthorized copying is not honorable, no matter how much we despise the corporations holding the copyright. A more sensible approach would be to organize a boycott of abusive corporations... I wonder if they can get a merit badge for that?
Also, this concept is absolutely unsellable because if anyone does manage to crash, they would then have grounds for a lawsuit against the manufacturer for fradulent advertising.
Firestone is supplying the tires!
... and when you complain to the service department that the wheels fell off as you were going down a hill, they will tell you to put the wheels back on, push it back to the top of the hill, and see if it happens again...
From what I've seen of John Gilmore, I'd have to assume that the sixties counterculture more affected Sun Microsystems computers, and this then tricled down to PCs. Certainly a lot of computer innovation came out of Berkely, which was indisputably a hotbed of the counterculture.
The point was, there isn't some magical birthday at which people suddenly become responsible. It's a continuum, and some people mature a lot faster than others. There are lots of people older than 18 that are incapable informed consent too -- does that make it ok to take advantage of them, just because they have had that magical birthday? Doesn't it seem a little arbitrary to you that having sex with someone a day before their 18th birthday makes you a sex offender, but doing it a day after is perfectly ok?
Sure, I'm all in favor of killing criminals that cannot be rehabilitated, but only if there is 0% chance of making a mistake. This would pretty much mean the death sentence would only be given to people that admitted their crimes, which is sort of a harsh way to reward people for being honest, don't you think?
Why don't we just get over this delusion that jail time is about rehabilitation or punishment, and just admit that we put people in jail because they can't hurt any innocent civilians while they are in jail?