Ikonos orbits at an altitude of 675 kilometers. The altitude required for a geostationary orbit is approximately 36,000 kilometers.
Is that for a stationary object? What about flying the satellite at the speed of the earth's rotation? Please explain this to me like I'm 4. I'm starting to get a headache from not seeing why this won't work.
So all we need to do is fly it higher and match the rotation speed of the earth, thereby making the earth seem to be still from the satellite's perspective.
If Bill G. (or anyone with sufficient funds) wanted to, he could watch anyone, anytime for as long as he wanted just by buying aritime on a service like this. That could be a powerful tool. Maybe too powerful. There is no more such thing as privacy, kids.
No - every (non-gay) guy wants Britney Spears. But having something in common with your girl, especially when it is something that consumes *so* much time, is a Good Thing.
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I think producing geeks is impossible (and many would say it should be discouraged), someone either gains a fascination with computers or they dont, all I think can be done is to give kids the opportunity to learn if they want to.
I hope that we can draw a general consensus in this forum that being technically-minded is a Good ThingTM. Therefore the question should be whether we think producing geeks of any gender is appropriate, or desireable and I scream from the rooftops *YES*. (The neighbors hate when I do that:) I think Skud's perspective on raising children is very intelligent and will help prepare our young for the technologically demanding future we inevitably face.
It is only correct to challenge children and we are responsible for providing the resources upon which they draw to grow. Or as Skud says, "Teach them to RTFM, and provide them with a good reference library."
What a great read; a few lines really caught (and held) my attention:
Opening up our definition of hackerdom to include such traditionally female concepts as user interface and psychology, written and verbal communications, group interactions (both electronic and face to face), et cetera, may be a valid alternative to requiring women to fit the existing hacker mold.
This is *so* true. What do many "wizard" hackers sacrifice to gain that arcane ability? Socialization. Linux advocacy requires positive social interaction with the public.
I don't think of myself as having particularly delicate sensibilities, nor do I shrink from heated discussions when they're necessary, but for me, arguments about the deep technical language of the Perl interpreter have no value to me. This is quite likely true of many other female Perl programmers, and yet another indication that women are more interested in applying technologies to real life situations than to obsessing about the implementation details of those technologies.
I definitely agree. Female perspective may help steer and focus the more obsessive male's efforts to make a product which will be functional *and* useful.
To the men in Open Source, I say: take a look at your work, at your projects. Are your projects well managed and well documented in appropriate formats? Have you given attention to the user interface? Does your software have the polish that's needed to gain acceptance outside the hacker community? Are your users being looked after and feeling as if they're a necessary and appreciated part of the Open Source development process?
If the access Ford provides goes through their proxy, the employees should be leery of being monitored. Ford could easily track urls their employees visit and compile a list of "undesireables" by whatever criteria fits Ford's definition of undesireable, assuming they have one.
If I were a Ford employee, I would not use the company-provided access for any private matters; especially email, unless encrypted.
Yeah, I thought the part about us one day not being able to open our car hoods was going too far, but it is fighting fire with fire. The BS methods the plaintiffs have used in court (filing at the last minute with no time for the defense to prepare, etc.) are unfortunately all too effective.
I was particularly pleased to hear Linus' keynote blasting the movie companies. It would be nice if more mainstream media would show how the MPAA is bullying the defendants.
2600 has posted and excellent flyer that really spells out the issue for people who don't already know. Let's circulate this as much as possible and try to get the MPAA to see that the movie-going public doesn't appreciate their strong-arm tactics.
I believe that *should* be the basis of the defense. The ruling states:
In October 1999, an individual or group, believed to be in Europe, managed to "hack'' CSS2 and began offering, via the Internet, a software utility called DeCSS that enables users to break the CSS copy protection system and hence to make and distribute digital copies of DVD movies.
Unfortunately, the slant they are putting on this is all wrong. I don't think we can expect a judge to reverse any decision he has already made, so the merits will have to be argued in court.:(
Hmm. Conspiracy-minded much? I agree with the principle of watching out for Big Bro, but I can't quite get nervous about the scenario you fortell. Even with the increasingly awesome number crunching capabilities we have today, you are talking about one *hell* of a lot of data when you say every digital signature in existence. I doubt that anyone but the most significant of people will attract the attention and merit the resources necessary for such a feat.
The difference between "experience," which would be the electrochemical reactions of which you spoke, and interpretation of that experience (your personality) may be the difference between just watching the world exist before you and actually participating in it.
Maybe not. Maybe one can so effectively reproduce those electrochemicals artificially that "you" can't tell whether they are real or not.
If that is the case, what does your personality become? Is it ("you") subject to whatever impulse it is fed? Or do you still have the power of choice and the illusion of acting upon than choice? Hmm indeed.
I like the questions, here are some (IMHO) answers:
When does the food you eat cease to be part of the food and become part of "you"
When the elements of food have been assimilated to the bloodstream.
When do "you" become self-aware?
Great question - in my developmental psychology course I believe the answer was the point at which a child appears to recognize itself (usually in a mirror).
What causes it to happen?
Heh heh... self-awareness is the same thing as cognitive existence (e.g. I think therefore I am)
Are you self-aware
Yep
Can you prove it
Umm, only to myself.:)
Would an exact copy of you be self-aware?
Yes, since all the same biochemical components would exist and the electrical charge we call consciousness would be "on."
Here is where I punk out - I won't try to guess about the virtual replication part. Fun stuff
I like to see this kind of thing. In-depth reporting on a variety of NOS's with some decent, fairly even-handed judgments. It is surprising that the end of the article ranks Redhat so low when it scores so high on performance:
We found the latest release of Red Hat's commercial Linux bundle led the list for flexibility because its modular design lets you pare down the operating system to suit the task at hand.
and
Red Hat Linux followed NetWare in file performance overall and even outpaced the leader in file tests where the read/write loads were small.
Still, there seems to be just a tad of W2K butt-kissing in the summary. W2K trails in performance, but is called "a good, general purpose NOS that can deliver enterprise-class services with all the bells and whistles imaginable." I think this is a little overstated when reading it in the context of the rest of the article. W2K does have the best GUI and friendly management tools, but bells and whistles are less important to me as a sysadmin than functionality and performance.
OK - I agree let's not waste too much energy screaming about it, but/. and the rest of the Linux community should continue to publicly decry LinuxOne as being outside the respected community until mainstream media has recognized the fact.
One of the great things about Linux and OS is the community/peer review and scrutiny. We should make it clear that just because LinuxOne wants to do an IPO it does not represent the same quality of products and services available in other corners of the Linux world so that those who seek to damage the growing reputation of Linux don't influence those who don't know any better than to listen.
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Is that for a stationary object? What about flying the satellite at the speed of the earth's rotation? Please explain this to me like I'm 4. I'm starting to get a headache from not seeing why this won't work.
So all we need to do is fly it higher and match the rotation speed of the earth, thereby making the earth seem to be still from the satellite's perspective.
wouldn't the area covered by the satellite (not necessarily Ikonos) depend entirely on its orbit, including the time spent over a given area?
If Bill G. (or anyone with sufficient funds) wanted to, he could watch anyone, anytime for as long as he wanted just by buying aritime on a service like this. That could be a powerful tool. Maybe too powerful. There is no more such thing as privacy, kids.
That is a great idea ;-)
No - every (non-gay) guy wants Britney Spears. But having something in common with your girl, especially when it is something that consumes *so* much time, is a Good Thing.
I hope that we can draw a general consensus in this forum that being technically-minded is a Good ThingTM. Therefore the question should be whether we think producing geeks of any gender is appropriate, or desireable and I scream from the rooftops *YES*. (The neighbors hate when I do that :) I think Skud's perspective on raising children is very intelligent and will help prepare our young for the technologically demanding future we inevitably face.
It is only correct to challenge children and we are responsible for providing the resources upon which they draw to grow. Or as Skud says, "Teach them to RTFM, and provide them with a good reference library."
Opening up our definition of hackerdom to include such traditionally female concepts as user interface and psychology, written and verbal communications, group interactions (both electronic and face to face), et cetera, may be a valid alternative to requiring women to fit the existing hacker mold.
This is *so* true. What do many "wizard" hackers sacrifice to gain that arcane ability? Socialization. Linux advocacy requires positive social interaction with the public.
I don't think of myself as having particularly delicate sensibilities, nor do I shrink from heated discussions when they're necessary, but for me, arguments about the deep technical language of the Perl interpreter have no value to me. This is quite likely true of many other female Perl programmers, and yet another indication that women are more interested in applying technologies to real life situations than to obsessing about the implementation details of those technologies.
I definitely agree. Female perspective may help steer and focus the more obsessive male's efforts to make a product which will be functional *and* useful.
To the men in Open Source, I say: take a look at your work, at your projects. Are your projects well managed and well documented in appropriate formats? Have you given attention to the user interface? Does your software have the polish that's needed to gain acceptance outside the hacker community? Are your users being looked after and feeling as if they're a necessary and appreciated part of the Open Source development process?
Are you project managers listening?
Another step has been made toward assimilating Sector 001 into the collective. Now we just need to perfect those subdermal chips ;)
Don't forget the eyepiece monitor. A virtual 17" screen that looks something like the Borg-Bill icon would be pretty awesome.
If I were a Ford employee, I would not use the company-provided access for any private matters; especially email, unless encrypted.
I was particularly pleased to hear Linus' keynote blasting the movie companies. It would be nice if more mainstream media would show how the MPAA is bullying the defendants.
2600 has posted and excellent flyer that really spells out the issue for people who don't already know. Let's circulate this as much as possible and try to get the MPAA to see that the movie-going public doesn't appreciate their strong-arm tactics.
In October 1999, an individual or group, believed to be in Europe, managed to "hack'' CSS2 and began offering, via the Internet, a software utility called DeCSS that enables users to break the CSS copy protection system and hence to make and distribute digital copies of DVD movies.
Unfortunately, the slant they are putting on this is all wrong. I don't think we can expect a judge to reverse any decision he has already made, so the merits will have to be argued in court. :(
Cool. Please add those laptops to your site when they become available. :)
Hmm. Conspiracy-minded much? I agree with the principle of watching out for Big Bro, but I can't quite get nervous about the scenario you fortell. Even with the increasingly awesome number crunching capabilities we have today, you are talking about one *hell* of a lot of data when you say every digital signature in existence. I doubt that anyone but the most significant of people will attract the attention and merit the resources necessary for such a feat.
*Not* BZ2, but the original Battlezone.
Maybe not. Maybe one can so effectively reproduce those electrochemicals artificially that "you" can't tell whether they are real or not.
If that is the case, what does your personality become? Is it ("you") subject to whatever impulse it is fed? Or do you still have the power of choice and the illusion of acting upon than choice? Hmm indeed.
When does the food you eat cease to be part of the food and become part of "you"
When the elements of food have been assimilated to the bloodstream.
When do "you" become self-aware?
Great question - in my developmental psychology course I believe the answer was the point at which a child appears to recognize itself (usually in a mirror).
What causes it to happen?
Heh heh ... self-awareness is the same thing as cognitive existence (e.g. I think therefore I am)
Are you self-aware
Yep
Can you prove it
Umm, only to myself. :)
Would an exact copy of you be self-aware?
Yes, since all the same biochemical components would exist and the electrical charge we call consciousness would be "on."
Here is where I punk out - I won't try to guess about the virtual replication part. Fun stuff
Yeah, someone who monitors the posting of these messages ought to start a little traceroute and inform the correct authorities.
Be afraid - be very afraid. ;)
Unitek is asking to be mailbombed and DoS'ed?
A big thank you to SGI for their kernel patches.
We found the latest release of Red Hat's commercial Linux bundle led the list for flexibility because its modular design lets you pare down the operating system to suit the task at hand.
and
Red Hat Linux followed NetWare in file performance overall and even outpaced the leader in file tests where the read/write loads were small.
Still, there seems to be just a tad of W2K butt-kissing in the summary. W2K trails in performance, but is called "a good, general purpose NOS that can deliver enterprise-class services with all the bells and whistles imaginable." I think this is a little overstated when reading it in the context of the rest of the article. W2K does have the best GUI and friendly management tools, but bells and whistles are less important to me as a sysadmin than functionality and performance.
One of the great things about Linux and OS is the community/peer review and scrutiny. We should make it clear that just because LinuxOne wants to do an IPO it does not represent the same quality of products and services available in other corners of the Linux world so that those who seek to damage the growing reputation of Linux don't influence those who don't know any better than to listen.