So send a Global Hawk with a nuclear payload. 30 hour loiter, and you can bring it home if you decide against it. Manned military aircraft are a dying breed. That may sound uneducated, but after seeing a UAV perform on-air refueling from a KC-130 flawlessly, I can't help but think that most of the work is going to be done from the ground now. Meatbags require too much tail whereas UAVs have more tooth for the $$$.
War has changed quite a bit from the times we've need B-52s. You won't see carpet bombing ever again. You'll see either precision strikes or use of nuclear weapons. Why drag hundreds of thousands of pounds of ordinance to a drop zone when your ICBM can deliver 10x more power from thousands of miles away?
Exactly. If your town can't live without ticket revenue, it's time to dissolve it's charter and let the land become unincorporated (and patrolled by the county sheriff).
I know of a security firm with a gov contract using cameras covering an entire international airport in the US, with software being used to evaluate potential "risks" in realtime. It's not perfect, but based on research showing how quickly the human brain loses it's attentiveness staring at security cameras, my money is on the algorithm.
True. Very similar to the Palm Pre trying to emulate the iPod's USB manufacturer code to allow syncing with iTunes. Breaking spec = bad news with standards body who frowns on your shenanigans.
You haven't told us how someone with so inadequate and illogical a mind can sucessfully fly a high performance aircraft.
Almost anybody can fly a plane. Most instructors solo you for your private at what, 12-14 hours of flight time? So, yes, you can be illogical and fairly inept/unintelligent and still be able to apply/reduce power and point the aircraft in the right direction.
The military is exactly like corporate america, just with a bigger budget and your boss can command you to do something that'll kill you and you can't say no.
1) Get investors 2) Buy the land in the US with REMs below 3) Start mining
Depending on who you know, step 2.5 should be asking the US gov for tariffs on rare earth metals coming from China, to help prop up the price in the US (otherwise, China will manipulate the export price to make it economically infeasible to mine in the US, and then raise prices once mining has stopped).
As with most web services, you'd only unshorten the URL if you wanted to. You wouldn't *have* to use it.
When I said you'd kill any reason for the redirect to be there, I meant you'd kill their analytics, not that no value would be provided (easier URL, etc).
Create a web service where you can provide a shortened URL and it will respond back with the full URL. Make sure this web service caches the redirect for at least 24 hours. You instantly kill any reason for the redirect to be there (their counts will no longer be accurate).
If someone wants to use this sort of service, I'd be happy to throw it together and provide it for free.
If you've just severed the head of your enemy and placed it on a pike in the field, how many folks do you think will step up to take his place? This is what we call "Setting an example".
The US gov isn't just a major customer. They are *the largest customer*. You get that status when you get your own Iridium downlink station. =) At the prices they pay for service, it might just make sense for them to buy out Iridium.
I fit in to the first category. If I'm flying my GA aircraft somewhere without cell service, the Iridium phone and my prepaid card are coming with. If something critical or life threatening is happening, I care not about the minutes cost. I would love if my Nexus One had an Iridium chipset on board (would've paid for it as well).
It really makes me wonder how they come up with these prices.
Some prices are derived based on market and financial models. Others (and I've seen this first hand) is someone in a meeting throwing a number on a whiteboard and someone else saying "That works, we'll try it at that price".
Frankly sir, I'm not trying to disguise anything. I've simply followed the letter of the law in all the jurisdictions I operate in. Of course, it wouldn't protect me if I went all Wikileaks and countries started doing underhanded things to go after me, but you have to balance risk and reward.
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So send a Global Hawk with a nuclear payload. 30 hour loiter, and you can bring it home if you decide against it. Manned military aircraft are a dying breed. That may sound uneducated, but after seeing a UAV perform on-air refueling from a KC-130 flawlessly, I can't help but think that most of the work is going to be done from the ground now. Meatbags require too much tail whereas UAVs have more tooth for the $$$.
Just imagine how many of those you could turn out a day if you automated the entire facility.
War has changed quite a bit from the times we've need B-52s. You won't see carpet bombing ever again. You'll see either precision strikes or use of nuclear weapons. Why drag hundreds of thousands of pounds of ordinance to a drop zone when your ICBM can deliver 10x more power from thousands of miles away?
Much better than men, easily can get into canopies. Can come home to recharge before going out for more hunting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvRTALJp8DM
Aggressive Maneuvers for Autonomous Quadrotor Flight, University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab
Tasker. I have over 100 apps on my Nexus One, all free except Tasker. Cheaper than Locale, and so much more functional.
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
Exactly. If your town can't live without ticket revenue, it's time to dissolve it's charter and let the land become unincorporated (and patrolled by the county sheriff).
I know of a security firm with a gov contract using cameras covering an entire international airport in the US, with software being used to evaluate potential "risks" in realtime. It's not perfect, but based on research showing how quickly the human brain loses it's attentiveness staring at security cameras, my money is on the algorithm.
I think any system that doesn't rely on two-factor authentication (and on biometrics alone) is apt to fail.
*MORBO VOICE* That is not how centralized authentication works! *MORBO*
Are you familiar with how Kerberos works? Similar principal, but instead of a password your iris is substituted as your password/passphrase.
True. Very similar to the Palm Pre trying to emulate the iPod's USB manufacturer code to allow syncing with iTunes. Breaking spec = bad news with standards body who frowns on your shenanigans.
You haven't told us how someone with so inadequate and illogical a mind can sucessfully fly a high performance aircraft.
Almost anybody can fly a plane. Most instructors solo you for your private at what, 12-14 hours of flight time? So, yes, you can be illogical and fairly inept/unintelligent and still be able to apply/reduce power and point the aircraft in the right direction.
This is why I prefer UAVs. All capability, no ego.
The military is exactly like corporate america, just with a bigger budget and your boss can command you to do something that'll kill you and you can't say no.
Business majors look for profits. Engineers look for solutions.
1) Get investors
2) Buy the land in the US with REMs below
3) Start mining
Depending on who you know, step 2.5 should be asking the US gov for tariffs on rare earth metals coming from China, to help prop up the price in the US (otherwise, China will manipulate the export price to make it economically infeasible to mine in the US, and then raise prices once mining has stopped).
As with most web services, you'd only unshorten the URL if you wanted to. You wouldn't *have* to use it.
When I said you'd kill any reason for the redirect to be there, I meant you'd kill their analytics, not that no value would be provided (easier URL, etc).
Oh thank god. I already have too much to do.
Any ideas on how to convince people to stop?
Create a web service where you can provide a shortened URL and it will respond back with the full URL. Make sure this web service caches the redirect for at least 24 hours. You instantly kill any reason for the redirect to be there (their counts will no longer be accurate).
If someone wants to use this sort of service, I'd be happy to throw it together and provide it for free.
Will it be long before Hiro and Ando show up?
If you've just severed the head of your enemy and placed it on a pike in the field, how many folks do you think will step up to take his place? This is what we call "Setting an example".
The US gov isn't just a major customer. They are *the largest customer*. You get that status when you get your own Iridium downlink station. =) At the prices they pay for service, it might just make sense for them to buy out Iridium.
I fit in to the first category. If I'm flying my GA aircraft somewhere without cell service, the Iridium phone and my prepaid card are coming with. If something critical or life threatening is happening, I care not about the minutes cost. I would love if my Nexus One had an Iridium chipset on board (would've paid for it as well).
It really makes me wonder how they come up with these prices.
Some prices are derived based on market and financial models. Others (and I've seen this first hand) is someone in a meeting throwing a number on a whiteboard and someone else saying "That works, we'll try it at that price".
Because it was super-easy to bolt on to the status channel and it can be sold at a high margin? My god! I've invented business!
Frankly sir, I'm not trying to disguise anything. I've simply followed the letter of the law in all the jurisdictions I operate in. Of course, it wouldn't protect me if I went all Wikileaks and countries started doing underhanded things to go after me, but you have to balance risk and reward.