Thanks for posting this. I don't where this silly "fear of falling satalites" came from. The DoD loves Iridium and $72 million is cheap for what they are buying.
The alternative would be for DoD to launch its own system at a cost of billions and billions.
One problem with UAVs is that they may be illegal under international law because they may be considered "cruise missiles". Deployment of cruise missiles is controlled by several international agreements.
By putting a human in the loop proponents argue that they are not cruise missiles under international law.
Outside of the largest cities there are few cybercafes in the U.S., but every little place has a Kinko's copy center. Most are open 24 hours a day, and most have internet connected PC's and Mac's that you can rent. I forget the exact fee, but it's not very much. They will usually have scanners and color printers as well.
I've ordered equipment for my home security system from both Supercircuits and Ramsey. They are both wonderful companies that are a pleasure to deal with. Supercircuits located near my home in Austin, yet I'd heard nothing about a raid in the local media.
I think I'm going join the NRA, even though I don't own a gun. It just seems like the federal goverment wants our lives to be totaly transparent to them, and they want to deny to us any tool that might enhance our personal security and privacy.
This is really scary, thanks to/. for running this story.
The only thing more tragic than technology is the lack of technology.
After your trip to Orlando you ought to vist at least two other places, a second world country like Korea, where they have technolgy, but not as much of it as Orlando, and your favorite country in Central or 1Northern Africa where they have little.
Technology is a huge force for good in the world, and all you have to do to see that is go somewhere where they don't have it. At least read "Holidays in Hell" by your colleuge P.J. O'Rouak.
"One of America's most enduring and self-deluded myths about itself is that it's a free, thus morally superior country. It's not, as last weeks' feature on Princeton Bioethicist Peter Singer made clear."
While Jon makes some good points, he makes the common mistake of bluring the line between censorship and public funding. It is NOT censorship to not fund a silly art exhibit with my tax money. It would be censorship if the government sent out a tank to run over the silly art, as they do in China.
I don't know if Jon has every lived in another country, but I've lived in a bunch of them, and I promise you that people in the United States have far more freedom than most other countries, including most of Western Europe, let alone the actual dictatorships that abound on our planet.
One of America's most enduring and self-deluded myths is that we are the equvilant of a dictorship, when we are in reality the most free country in the world for almost every human activity.
I've worked in Austin in 3 startups in the last 6 years. I can confirm wihat spencerogden is saying.
The University of Texas C.S. is excellent, and concentrates on core concepts rather than vocational skills.
There are so many startups here that are desperate for good programmers that a good C.S. student will have no trouble balancing the solid theory taught at U.T. with practicle experience gained in industry as an intern or coop.
The only danager is that the startups will try and get a kid to drop out and go full time before he graduates.
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Thanks for posting this. I don't where this silly "fear of falling satalites" came from. The DoD loves Iridium and $72 million is cheap for what they are buying. The alternative would be for DoD to launch its own system at a cost of billions and billions.
By putting a human in the loop proponents argue that they are not cruise missiles under international law.
I have a Java applet that models the electoral college at http://www.jump.net/~jnhtx/ec/ec.html.
The NSA also has museum that contains several Enigmas, but I'm not sure if they have a four wheel model.
There is a four wheel naval enigma included in the U-505 exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology.
Outside of the largest cities there are few cybercafes in the U.S., but every little place has a Kinko's copy center. Most are open 24 hours a day, and most have internet connected PC's and Mac's that you can rent. I forget the exact fee, but it's not very much. They will usually have scanners and color printers as well.
Clearly their thinking is that everyone will buy the tape, and then a year or two latter they can sell the movie again on DVD.
The only way to influence Lucasfilm is for DVD owners to NOT buy the VHS tape.
I think I'm going join the NRA, even though I don't own a gun. It just seems like the federal goverment wants our lives to be totaly transparent to them, and they want to deny to us any tool that might enhance our personal security and privacy.
This is really scary, thanks to /. for running this story.
The only thing more tragic than technology is the lack of technology.
After your trip to Orlando you ought to vist at least two other places, a second world country like Korea, where they have technolgy, but not as much of it as Orlando, and your favorite country in Central or 1Northern Africa where they have little.
Technology is a huge force for good in the world, and all you have to do to see that is go somewhere where they don't have it. At least read "Holidays in Hell" by your colleuge P.J. O'Rouak.
While Jon makes some good points, he makes the common mistake of bluring the line between censorship and public funding. It is NOT censorship to not fund a silly art exhibit with my tax money. It would be censorship if the government sent out a tank to run over the silly art, as they do in China.
I don't know if Jon has every lived in another country, but I've lived in a bunch of them, and I promise you that people in the United States have far more freedom than most other countries, including most of Western Europe, let alone the actual dictatorships that abound on our planet.
One of America's most enduring and self-deluded myths is that we are the equvilant of a dictorship, when we are in reality the most free country in the world for almost every human activity.
I've worked in Austin in 3 startups in the last 6 years. I can confirm wihat spencerogden is saying.
The University of Texas C.S. is excellent, and concentrates on core concepts rather than vocational skills.
There are so many startups here that are desperate for good programmers that a good C.S. student will have no trouble balancing the solid theory taught at U.T. with practicle experience gained in industry as an intern or coop.
The only danager is that the startups will try and get a kid to drop out and go full time before he graduates.
I am using Cheapbytes Mandrake 6.0 and have preordered the Mandrake 6.1 power pak from Linuxmall.
Any idea when Mandrake will ship the shrinkwrapped boxes??