I foresee the DoD changing its tune after Microsoft drops a few million dollars in the right direction
Except a few million is peanuts to the DoD. Their budget for 2006 was well over $400 Billion. I think they're going to make whatever decision will benefit them most, regardless of the cost.
The reality is that there is a large class of people that will simply not read any form of documentation. Rather, they prefer something with an ISBN number.
So a large class of people prefer to read, what, barcodes??
No one talks about the pictures the Hubble just took...
That's why I have this on my personalized Google. Granted they're not all Hubble images, but there's certainly a significant number of photos for your perusal.
but if you have to move 50,000 tons of banannas a hundred miles from port to a distribution center five hundred miles away, you're better off with semi-trailer (maybe 80mph?).
I hope you have about 500 semi trucks handy. Or several freight trains.
A digital SRL doesn't have to have a mirror between the lens and the sensor.
If an electronic viewfinder is used instead of an optical one the sensor
is in play all the time.
It just so happens that the human brain is still the most powerful computer that can be easily mass produced. Now if we could just get rid of that 'ethics' thingy...
While the patent holder probably won't bother hunting you down, you'd best keep an eye open for the subpoena of microsoft's product registration database...
And that, my friends, is exactly why I never register my software. I see no reason to tell anyone who makes software where I live, what I do, or how much money I make.
The ancient Greeks calculated Pi within 10%. They had quite a bit of experience with geometry. As a matter of opinion, I think we know about as much about cosmology as they knew about geometry. If Einstein was off in his constant in the infancy of cosmology, that's a damn good start.
We as women have been taught all our lives that this: |---------| is 7 inches
On my White Male 34" monitor, it is 7 inches. Thanks to my lower visual acuity, my fonts are as big as I can make it. So it starts small but gets much larger.
..it's interesting to speculate on whether or not the nomenclature will eventually be shifted to more accurately reflect the current level of technological development (the 'order of the silver booster', or some such).
I must be old. I remember the time where calculators were used to do calculations and even plotting a nice graphic of a function.
I must be ancient. I remember a time when calculators were used to do calculations and graphs were done point-by-point on graph paper. It's much harder to fudge a calculator graph.
Of course, I had a calculator that was so old that it had red LEDs for the display. Occasionally I had to smack it against the table to make the display work properly. My friends called it "Slappy". Who needs violent games when you have a calculator like that?
I am, of course, assuming that they would use 802.11.
How would they get around the problem of interference?
In short, they wouldn't.
If they used the 802.11b/g band, and through some miracle they were able to blanket the US with their signals, my cordless phone, bluetooth adapter, and wireless Xbox controller would pretty much all stop working. I get enough trouble as it is putting my router on top of my other 2.4 GHz equipment.
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I think step 2 involves Plan B.
A corporation is a person, in the eyes of the law. That's part of the problem.
Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Söze.
You must be new here.
Please replace every instance of "Wicked" with "Hella" to improve readability.
Thank you for your cooperation.
So a large class of people prefer to read, what, barcodes??
That's why I have this on my personalized Google. Granted they're not all Hubble images, but there's certainly a significant number of photos for your perusal.
I hope you have about 500 semi trucks handy. Or several freight trains.
Here, now it's a cupholder too.
(Explanation here).
Then, by definition, it is not a Single Lens Reflex camera anymore.
Now if we could find a way to put the magic smoke *back inside* electronic components, then we'd have a useful invention...
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of OMG!!! Ponies!!!
It just so happens that the human brain is still the most powerful computer that can be easily mass produced. Now if we could just get rid of that 'ethics' thingy...
And that, my friends, is exactly why I never register my software. I see no reason to tell anyone who makes software where I live, what I do, or how much money I make.
The ancient Greeks calculated Pi within 10%. They had quite a bit of experience with geometry. As a matter of opinion, I think we know about as much about cosmology as they knew about geometry. If Einstein was off in his constant in the infancy of cosmology, that's a damn good start.
Of course, that's only my opinion.
We as women have been taught all our lives that this: |---------| is 7 inches
On my White Male 34" monitor, it is 7 inches. Thanks to my lower visual acuity, my fonts are as big as I can make it. So it starts small but gets much larger.
I thought it was making big rocks into little rocks, little rocks into pebbles, and pebbles into sand.
Why would they make flour in prison? Then again, maybe I missed a metaphor.
..it's interesting to speculate on whether or not the nomenclature will eventually be shifted to more accurately reflect the current level of technological development (the 'order of the silver booster', or some such).
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I think a booster rocket pin would be a little too phallic, much like the Submarine Deterrent Patrol pin is. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/SSBN-Det
I must be old. I remember the time where calculators were used to do calculations and even plotting a nice graphic of a function.
I must be ancient. I remember a time when calculators were used to do calculations and graphs were done point-by-point on graph paper. It's much harder to fudge a calculator graph.
Of course, I had a calculator that was so old that it had red LEDs for the display. Occasionally I had to smack it against the table to make the display work properly. My friends called it "Slappy". Who needs violent games when you have a calculator like that?
He's gone mad with power!
I am, of course, assuming that they would use 802.11.
How would they get around the problem of interference?
In short, they wouldn't.
If they used the 802.11b/g band, and through some miracle they were able to blanket the US with their signals, my cordless phone, bluetooth adapter, and wireless Xbox controller would pretty much all stop working. I get enough trouble as it is putting my router on top of my other 2.4 GHz equipment.