Further, I would wager that the troops were moving about more in North Africa since there isn't much there worth defending from an Axis or Allies viewpoint. In Iraqistan we are fighting against the population and for the population at the same time (like the Viet Kong). This requires permanent presence as opposed to obliterate and move tactics.
Also, while temperatures both reach similarly very hot, Kabul Afghanistan is at about 6000' elevation, which exposes it to more solar radiation and provides less airflow to cool everything.
What everyone seems to miss, is that there are more requirements to the military being there than sitting in an efficient house. They need to be mobile, they need to be survivable, and they need to be able to do all their OTHER jobs as well. Tents have one wall because they have to be set up and down easy, and have to take up minimal storage space when waiting for the next force deployment (all of which also have costs). That's why the military doesn't drive troops around in a Prius--they don't take IED or RPG blasts well. The HMMWV proved that.
You can only make something more efficient for a specific job to a certain point before its other requirements have to sacrifice. For instance, if you invest in solar-everything now, what happens to those systems when they are deployed in a future defense scenario near the Northwest Passage?
Make the browser an application that runs via Citrix / X11 server from another machine. Wipe said machine routinely. Use for all employees.
If they genuinely need to download files from the web to their local machine, this still gives some space for scanning / auditing what gets moved from the browser machine to the local machine.
The speed of these devices on SATA3 (500 MB/sec) is almost that of PC133 DRAM (570MB/sec). While you could make that argument for a modern system, anything spec'd to run on a P3/1st gen Athlon "should" be able to use the HD as raw memory with similar performance to those machines.
It's supposed to be hollow in the regard you presented. He is a representative of his district. If he thinks he constituents have an issue then he needs to address it, regardless of how baseless it is. His job is to represent. Period
Thus, I think the problem you have is actually with the people. If there is a problem with the people's lack of intelligence, you have to give them the ability to increase their intellect. The problem is that "increased awareness" is not increased intellect, and tends to take the form of brainwashing rather than allowing for an overall improvement in cognitive thinking.
Comcast, (along with other final mile ISP's) typically limit upload bandwidth. These artificial caps are just that.. artificial. By corollary, Comcast is deliberately setting themselves up to receive paychecks by limiting the reciprocation on their pipe by it's customers. If you must limit yourself for financial reasons over what bandwidth you could utilize I understand, however for the sake of peering that amount should still be symmetric.
If asymetric pipes are allowed to continue, then as long as it is monetarily beneficial to maintain a high receive to send ratio, that ratio should grow until it becomes unrealistic to maintain useful bandwidth. The download portion then becomes a marketing gimmick only as the limit will be the TCP ACK packets being sent back to the publishing application.
I think you missed a point. It's not that you have to master other communications, it's that everyone else you're trying to stay in touch with _also_ has to master these connection methods. The communication is just an interface.
The panels were on display at Modern Day Marine. Basically two standard cell panel integrated into a box that is "Marine resistant". Up to eight plug into a HD box housing the charge controller.
The problem is that personnel need electricity for their gizmos. HMMWV's have 200A 24V alternators from the factory now (which are so big the original 6.5L alternator mounting holes need extensions). If you don't have a vehicle handy, charging items becomes more interesting since you already have 80+ lbs of gear on your back [adding extra / bigger batteries usually exceeds single person weight limits]. Solar is especially nice because you don't have to ship fuel and generator parts around--a base actually becomes more self sufficient. Simply using a green alternative for dino JP-8/5 doesn't do this.
Another solution solution being heavily looked at with larger vehicles is diesel-electric propulsion, coupled with a renewable carbon sourced fuel (WVO conversion, algae, Fischer Tropsch, etc.). The hybrid drive provides electrical generation without needing a dedicated generator (stationary use) or an oversize alternator (mobile use).
The reason we don't have a lot of production is no one has put together a system dedicated to making antimatter. The last major hurdle was slowing down the antiprotons from a particle accelerator so they can be captured, and that was on/. a week or two ago, IIRC. All major accelerators are designed for new and varying particle studies. I would expect a purpose built device for making a specific type of particle would improve generation several times to several orders of magnitude.
As of this point, it stops being science and starts being engineering. Technology maturity, usability designs, and finally production and storage considerations.
I've always thought motorcycles are a great way to discourage drunk driving. If someone is too drunk to balance themselves on the motorcycle, they can't get going. If it tips on their leg and pins them down, they have no choice but to wait until sober. If someone does get going drunk, they pose much more of a danger to themselves than (many, but not all) others. Your Darwin Award will be in the shape of a telephone pole...
BGAN would probably work on a sailing vessel 8 kts). It works on riveriene craft we have used. The asker unfortunately did not provide details on the displacement and dimensions of the boat used, nor the environment in which it would be used (intercostal? Open ocean? Time of year? Tropical or artic? How much actual connected time is needed to telecommute? Insert other requirement related questions here...)
Needless to say, any boat / ship that is rocking enough will have difficulty maintaining a signal without an antenna tracker.
-The notes don't print automatically, and anyone wanting to just read the slides probably won't notice the notes
-The slides / notes and the report sections may not break down in the same manner, and printing the notes basically becomes printing the report. If this is necessary, wouldn't it be easier to just read the actual report in the first place?
-Printing the notes doesn't capture any of the discussion that occurs during a presentation. That information is inherently lost on whoever is not in attendance. Even with minuets, there is always lost data by not attending.
In all of these scenario's, I do not believe it is appropriate to bundle the presenter with the burden of extra effort for those who could not exert the effort to be there. If those who are not there are the most important, then the presentation should not be held.
That doesn't work when you have a corporate policy of "I'll print the slides and read them later". This is especially bad when the highest levels that need the information presented are the ones not in attendance. If you just list a bunch of figures, they won't understand and your point / request / argument will get tossed out. Thus, the audience for a presentation has changed to those who aren't even there...
This is where the problem lies. A presentation is meant to be a presentation, not a Picture Book With Big Words. Anyone who uses the slides as a reduced-format report is the cause of the current issues (and subsequent lack or presenting skills in the workforce).
I'll guarantee you that doesn't work. I've seen kids take swings at police officers for making them look less cool in front of their friends (this was in a rural area with no gangs). After the whole "turn your back and walk away" speech we were given in 6th grade, we had about 5 guys that waited outside class for people to walk away so they could hit them in the back of the head.
If you want gang related examples, ask a Marine at the DC Barracks what the initiation is. It usually involves firearms and whoever is on guard duty at the gate...
The _only_ way to get these kids to realize they need to change their act is to make them realize they are going to have to submit, and the situation is completely out of their control. This is why you have mega-overreactions like suicide and Columbine--those kids (felt) they had not other choice to their existence.
As an adult, I would argue tossing a kid off the bus is better than taking a 5% chance the bullied will become a statistic on the death of themselves or others.
I have always though it would be nice to give a consumer computer with about 4 analog I/O and 10 digital I/O ports for general use. DAQ is a fundamental part of having a computer interact with the outside world and great for kids introduction to automation. It also has the ability to "become" any port you need it to be as long as the frequency of the controller is greater than 2x the bus speed of the port and someone is willing to write the appropriate pin management to make the I/O pins behave like the port in question (serial, usb, ethernet, etc.) both on the line and to the OS.
Probably a naive question, but--If we have so much hardware support for decoding, then why are Linux / BSD playback such a problem? Wouldn't you then be passing the stream to hardware for decoding, thereby avoiding needing a license to process the stream? I figure you would only need the license to decode in software (since then you are actually writing the codecs yourself)...
If the third party elements were removed, many would be willing to fight to injury / death for their cause. Many of the people in these high profile negotiating jobs get there via cut throat, amoral deals and endless hours of work. Then, the job requires treating everyone and everything by numbers, because that's how the outcome needs to work in the end. IMHO the only reason you don't see actual physical interactions over negotiations is that anything short of a conclusive victory won't make the other person (who can be equally stubborn / amoral) back down. Further, even if you win in such a manor, you are not likely to have the support of third parties.
It would be easier to use it with a removable 802.11 BNC antenna connector . That's basically how cable TV got started, and it would probably handle the ohmage differences better.
The people from Car & Driver are not mechanics, and probably are not familiar with many economy vehicles. It's like asking Jeremy Clarkson to evaluate the safety of a Honda Fit.
The average car consumer in the US gets automatic transmission and a 4-6 cylinder engine (this is why US rental cars all have auto trannys--so you don't "learn" on their manual). Car and Driver tend to evaluate cars with 6-16 cylinders and a manual transmission. When neutral come from pushing in a clutch, I wouldn't see why anyone should shut off the engine either...but that doesn't cover most of the cars people on the road actually drive in the US.
Toyota is, at this point, completely untrustworthy since it is their beliefs that caused this mess.
While that would work in practice, the doubling (actually a little over for the diff) of your processing per document may not be acceptable for places receiving large numbers of documents. It should also be noted that the fax header and/or footer will always be right-side up regardless of the actual page orientation.
I'm sure there's another way around, but gocr on the top or bottom section wouldn't provide enough data to "overrule" the header / footer, and doing the whole document would be pretty wasteful of computing time...
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The average combat load in WWII was about 45lbs.
http://www.google.com/search?q=combat+load+WWII
The average modern combat load now is close to 80 lbs
http://www.military.com/forums/0,15240,106567,00.html
Further, I would wager that the troops were moving about more in North Africa since there isn't much there worth defending from an Axis or Allies viewpoint. In Iraqistan we are fighting against the population and for the population at the same time (like the Viet Kong). This requires permanent presence as opposed to obliterate and move tactics.
Also, while temperatures both reach similarly very hot, Kabul Afghanistan is at about 6000' elevation, which exposes it to more solar radiation and provides less airflow to cool everything.
The Marines have been investing hugely in solar.
What everyone seems to miss, is that there are more requirements to the military being there than sitting in an efficient house. They need to be mobile, they need to be survivable, and they need to be able to do all their OTHER jobs as well. Tents have one wall because they have to be set up and down easy, and have to take up minimal storage space when waiting for the next force deployment (all of which also have costs). That's why the military doesn't drive troops around in a Prius--they don't take IED or RPG blasts well. The HMMWV proved that.
You can only make something more efficient for a specific job to a certain point before its other requirements have to sacrifice. For instance, if you invest in solar-everything now, what happens to those systems when they are deployed in a future defense scenario near the Northwest Passage?
Why not? To quote one decorated commander:
"We won by sending wave after wave of men at the killbots until they reached their pre-programmed kill limit and shut down!"
Make the browser an application that runs via Citrix / X11 server from another machine. Wipe said machine routinely. Use for all employees.
If they genuinely need to download files from the web to their local machine, this still gives some space for scanning / auditing what gets moved from the browser machine to the local machine.
The speed of these devices on SATA3 (500 MB/sec) is almost that of PC133 DRAM (570MB/sec). While you could make that argument for a modern system, anything spec'd to run on a P3/1st gen Athlon "should" be able to use the HD as raw memory with similar performance to those machines.
It's supposed to be hollow in the regard you presented. He is a representative of his district. If he thinks he constituents have an issue then he needs to address it, regardless of how baseless it is. His job is to represent. Period
Thus, I think the problem you have is actually with the people. If there is a problem with the people's lack of intelligence, you have to give them the ability to increase their intellect. The problem is that "increased awareness" is not increased intellect, and tends to take the form of brainwashing rather than allowing for an overall improvement in cognitive thinking.
Comcast, (along with other final mile ISP's) typically limit upload bandwidth. These artificial caps are just that.. artificial. By corollary, Comcast is deliberately setting themselves up to receive paychecks by limiting the reciprocation on their pipe by it's customers. If you must limit yourself for financial reasons over what bandwidth you could utilize I understand, however for the sake of peering that amount should still be symmetric.
If asymetric pipes are allowed to continue, then as long as it is monetarily beneficial to maintain a high receive to send ratio, that ratio should grow until it becomes unrealistic to maintain useful bandwidth. The download portion then becomes a marketing gimmick only as the limit will be the TCP ACK packets being sent back to the publishing application.
Feel free to correct where/if I am wrong
Complete elimination of risk from any activity is impossible. To live is to assume risk.
"He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiquote:Benjamin_Franklin
I think you missed a point. It's not that you have to master other communications, it's that everyone else you're trying to stay in touch with _also_ has to master these connection methods. The communication is just an interface.
#1 is easy, #2, not so much
The panels were on display at Modern Day Marine. Basically two standard cell panel integrated into a box that is "Marine resistant". Up to eight plug into a HD box housing the charge controller.
The problem is that personnel need electricity for their gizmos. HMMWV's have 200A 24V alternators from the factory now (which are so big the original 6.5L alternator mounting holes need extensions). If you don't have a vehicle handy, charging items becomes more interesting since you already have 80+ lbs of gear on your back [adding extra / bigger batteries usually exceeds single person weight limits]. Solar is especially nice because you don't have to ship fuel and generator parts around--a base actually becomes more self sufficient. Simply using a green alternative for dino JP-8/5 doesn't do this.
Another solution solution being heavily looked at with larger vehicles is diesel-electric propulsion, coupled with a renewable carbon sourced fuel (WVO conversion, algae, Fischer Tropsch, etc.). The hybrid drive provides electrical generation without needing a dedicated generator (stationary use) or an oversize alternator (mobile use).
The reason we don't have a lot of production is no one has put together a system dedicated to making antimatter. The last major hurdle was slowing down the antiprotons from a particle accelerator so they can be captured, and that was on /. a week or two ago, IIRC. All major accelerators are designed for new and varying particle studies. I would expect a purpose built device for making a specific type of particle would improve generation several times to several orders of magnitude.
As of this point, it stops being science and starts being engineering. Technology maturity, usability designs, and finally production and storage considerations.
KE = 1/2 mv^2. That v^2 is going to be more of a factor than m.
At least a cycle has less frontal area (fewer people hit in a crowd) and requires balance to use (something drunk people are not known for).
I've always thought motorcycles are a great way to discourage drunk driving. If someone is too drunk to balance themselves on the motorcycle, they can't get going. If it tips on their leg and pins them down, they have no choice but to wait until sober. If someone does get going drunk, they pose much more of a danger to themselves than (many, but not all) others. Your Darwin Award will be in the shape of a telephone pole...
You provide this example to a website that routinely provides that exact same response to the actions of Micro$haft?
Pot, meet Kettle
BGAN would probably work on a sailing vessel 8 kts). It works on riveriene craft we have used. The asker unfortunately did not provide details on the displacement and dimensions of the boat used, nor the environment in which it would be used (intercostal? Open ocean? Time of year? Tropical or artic? How much actual connected time is needed to telecommute? Insert other requirement related questions here...)
Needless to say, any boat / ship that is rocking enough will have difficulty maintaining a signal without an antenna tracker.
This was asked sooner than 10 years ago, and I'll repeat my answer to that thread.
You want BGAN. It's an INMARSAT service. Designed for marine use, but will not be cheap
http://www.inmarsat.com/Services/Land/BGAN/default.aspx
No, for 3 reasons:
-The notes don't print automatically, and anyone wanting to just read the slides probably won't notice the notes
-The slides / notes and the report sections may not break down in the same manner, and printing the notes basically becomes printing the report. If this is necessary, wouldn't it be easier to just read the actual report in the first place?
-Printing the notes doesn't capture any of the discussion that occurs during a presentation. That information is inherently lost on whoever is not in attendance. Even with minuets, there is always lost data by not attending.
In all of these scenario's, I do not believe it is appropriate to bundle the presenter with the burden of extra effort for those who could not exert the effort to be there. If those who are not there are the most important, then the presentation should not be held.
That doesn't work when you have a corporate policy of "I'll print the slides and read them later". This is especially bad when the highest levels that need the information presented are the ones not in attendance. If you just list a bunch of figures, they won't understand and your point / request / argument will get tossed out. Thus, the audience for a presentation has changed to those who aren't even there...
This is where the problem lies. A presentation is meant to be a presentation, not a Picture Book With Big Words. Anyone who uses the slides as a reduced-format report is the cause of the current issues (and subsequent lack or presenting skills in the workforce).
I'll guarantee you that doesn't work. I've seen kids take swings at police officers for making them look less cool in front of their friends (this was in a rural area with no gangs). After the whole "turn your back and walk away" speech we were given in 6th grade, we had about 5 guys that waited outside class for people to walk away so they could hit them in the back of the head.
If you want gang related examples, ask a Marine at the DC Barracks what the initiation is. It usually involves firearms and whoever is on guard duty at the gate...
The _only_ way to get these kids to realize they need to change their act is to make them realize they are going to have to submit, and the situation is completely out of their control. This is why you have mega-overreactions like suicide and Columbine--those kids (felt) they had not other choice to their existence.
As an adult, I would argue tossing a kid off the bus is better than taking a 5% chance the bullied will become a statistic on the death of themselves or others.
I have always though it would be nice to give a consumer computer with about 4 analog I/O and 10 digital I/O ports for general use. DAQ is a fundamental part of having a computer interact with the outside world and great for kids introduction to automation. It also has the ability to "become" any port you need it to be as long as the frequency of the controller is greater than 2x the bus speed of the port and someone is willing to write the appropriate pin management to make the I/O pins behave like the port in question (serial, usb, ethernet, etc.) both on the line and to the OS.
Probably a naive question, but--If we have so much hardware support for decoding, then why are Linux / BSD playback such a problem? Wouldn't you then be passing the stream to hardware for decoding, thereby avoiding needing a license to process the stream? I figure you would only need the license to decode in software (since then you are actually writing the codecs yourself)...
If the third party elements were removed, many would be willing to fight to injury / death for their cause. Many of the people in these high profile negotiating jobs get there via cut throat, amoral deals and endless hours of work. Then, the job requires treating everyone and everything by numbers, because that's how the outcome needs to work in the end. IMHO the only reason you don't see actual physical interactions over negotiations is that anything short of a conclusive victory won't make the other person (who can be equally stubborn / amoral) back down. Further, even if you win in such a manor, you are not likely to have the support of third parties.
http://www.unsoughtinput.com/index.php/2006/09/07/are-politicians-and-ceos-sociopaths/
(I don't count a blog itself as a good reference, but the links contained within are better material)
It would be easier to use it with a removable 802.11 BNC antenna connector . That's basically how cable TV got started, and it would probably handle the ohmage differences better.
The people from Car & Driver are not mechanics, and probably are not familiar with many economy vehicles. It's like asking Jeremy Clarkson to evaluate the safety of a Honda Fit.
The average car consumer in the US gets automatic transmission and a 4-6 cylinder engine (this is why US rental cars all have auto trannys--so you don't "learn" on their manual). Car and Driver tend to evaluate cars with 6-16 cylinders and a manual transmission. When neutral come from pushing in a clutch, I wouldn't see why anyone should shut off the engine either...but that doesn't cover most of the cars people on the road actually drive in the US.
Toyota is, at this point, completely untrustworthy since it is their beliefs that caused this mess.
With respect, I believe my points still stand.
While that would work in practice, the doubling (actually a little over for the diff) of your processing per document may not be acceptable for places receiving large numbers of documents. It should also be noted that the fax header and/or footer will always be right-side up regardless of the actual page orientation.
I'm sure there's another way around, but gocr on the top or bottom section wouldn't provide enough data to "overrule" the header / footer, and doing the whole document would be pretty wasteful of computing time...