The earth's tilt and the solar ecliptic plane don't have anything to do with our ability to view pulsars in/near the galactic plane. What would affect it is the solar system's distance from the galactic plane, and by galactic standards, that's pretty small.
What is relevant is the axis of rotation of the pulsar, the angular height of it's beam, it's distance from us, and it's distance from the galactic plane (and any intervening matter than might obscure it). Again, what's probable is that most of the ones we see have an axis of rotation approximately perpendicular to the galactic plane, such that their beam is "approximately in the galactic plane", giving visibility to that pulsar from most stars near the galactic plane. The larger the angular height of the beam, and the more distant the pulsar, the farther outside a perfect "perpendicular line of sight" the pulsar will be visible.
Most pulsars are within a couple kpc of the galactic equator, "close enough" be astronomical measurements. The angular displacement from a distant source that is still small enough to be geometrically "near the equator"
Possibly, but it's unlikely that the match would be so poor, even with a broken nose. A less than 50% match is a big mismatch. And that still doesn't address all the other flaws in Zimmerman's story, including that he followed Trayvon despite being told not to do so (clearly he wasn't "standing his ground" as allowed in the Florida statute), and he got out of his car, while armed, to initiate a confrontation with Trayvon. None of which supports a "self-defense" claim.
Half rate has existed since GSM started, that doesn't mean it's used. Neither half-rate, nor full-rate are commonly used because they are inferior quality. In fact. 12.2 EFR was introduced in 1997 which basically replaced both half and full-rate by offering much better quality at a moderate bit rate, and most UMTS phones AMR-narrowband, a variable rate codec with high quality (comparable to or better than EFR). Had you bothered to check the link I gave, I wouldn't need to explain it here.
Exactly. Zimmerman followed Trayvon despite being told not to, got out of his car, armed with a gun and started a confrontation, then shot Trayvon, that's not self-defense, and it's not covered under Florida's "Stand your ground" statute as far as I can tell. It needs to be put before a jury to determine if he's guilty, so he definitely needs to be arrested and charged and let the legal system work it out.
Your logic is flawed. The Milky Way doesn't follow lie along the equator because the earth is tilted on it's axis.
The fact that we can see other pulsars (many of them) from within the Milky Way means that those pulsars are either rotating on an axis nearly perpendicular to the galactic plane (aka galactic equator), or they're tilted relative to to the galactic plane and we happen to be nearly perpendicular to their axis of rotation. Since we know that not all stars rotate in the galactic plane (e.g. the solar systems ecliptic plane is inclined about 60 degrees from the galactic plane, and we have now observed enough other planetary systems to know that isn't uncommon), then it's likely that some of the pulsars we can see are spinning approximately in the galactic plane, and that some are not. But given there are many more random orientations that are not on an axis perpendicular to the galactic plane, it's probable that most of the ones we can observe from earth are nearly perpendicular to the galactic plane, and will thus be visible throughout most of the galaxy. As we travel around the galaxy within the vicinity of the galactic plane, the pulsars we can see from any given point will be those that spin on an axis nearly perpendicular to the galactic plane, plus some smaller number at other orientations that happen to have an axis of rotation approximately perpendicular to a line between that point and the pulsar.
Voice analysis is a well established and studied technique. Unless you're particularly practiced and adept at disguising your voice, there are certain characteristics introduced by the physics of your vocal cords, throat, mouth, and nasal passages that are pretty consistent and identifiable, even with most people doing "impersonations" that sound like some other person. So, yes, it's reasonable to rule out that it was Zimmerman, in fact, it's more reliable at excluding people than at matching them. As Mr Owen points out, this recording has low background noise levels, and it's got a notable amount of Zimmerman's speech recorded in addition to the screams for help, so there is no issue introduced by aging, colds, etc. It's a nearly ideal case for matching.
Cell phone audio is generally higher than 8kbps, even on GSM where 12k-13kbps is typical. CDMA (including 3G networks) is as high or higher. That's plenty for very reliable voiceprint analysis. And in this case, they have all the samples of Zimmerman talking before the screaming encoded using the same method, making the comparison even easier.
Within the solar system, visibility to a known set of pulsars shouldn't be an issue, but as you venture outside the solar system, which pulsars are visible may begin to change as pulsars don't emit in all directions. In practice, most pulsars in a given galaxy probably rotate/emit more or less in the galactic plane, so, even within a galaxy, it's probably a good reference. But that's definitely a risky method if you start moving out of the galactic plane.
Yes, but there are so many holes in his story that it's beyond belief. There is no question of who shot Trayvon, Zimmerman has admitted that. He's claiming self-defense, and his story doesn't hold up to any scrutiny. He should be (should have already been) arrested and charged, and let the legal system handle it, not the media and public outcry. If they don't have enough evidence, then the grand jury can refuse to indict. If they do, then he goes to trial or makes a plea.
I've stayed in one place for long enough, 15 years in the first house I bought. WH needed replacing because it wasn't working, but it didn't leak. Most of my WH have been electric, perhaps they're less prone to leakage than gas units?
It's still a warrantless search and and invasion of privacy. The person making the allegation should have provided evidence (e.g. a printout of the alleged photo and/or comments). Had the person making the complaint provided evidence, there would be no need to request access to her FB account, or if there was a question about the validity of the evidence presented, it would have been sufficient to obtain a warrant to have FB confirm/deny the existence of the picture and/or comments. Lacking that, it's a fishing expedition based on an unsubstantiated allegation, and almost certainly a wrongful dismissal.
Even Judges can't according to recent rulings. However, they can issue a warrant requiring FB to turn over the items in question.
But more to the point, the person making the complaint/allegation should have provided a printout of the picture in question. Without that, there isn't even reasonable suspicion, just an unsubstantiated allegation.
Setting up a dummy account is a violation of FB terms of service, as is giving someone else your password. Neither is acceptable. The company can have the password to my company owned/sanctioned accounts when necessary, but they will never have the password to my personal accounts, and they have no right to even ask for them.
I've never had a tank style leak. Not once in my 40+ years of life, owning multiple homes, and living in a total of about 20 different places. And none of them have stopped heating properly at less than 10 years of age.
You're correct. I designed and taught a computer networking curriculum. The classes were 2 hrs per day, 4 days a week, for 4 weeks. There were 3 courses, so a total of 12 weeks @ 8hrs per week. That was just computer networking, and I wasn't training them to be CNE/MCSEs, just level 2 tech support for some networked printer/fax/scanner/copier multifunction devices. I did cover specifics of Windows (95 and NT4 at the time) and Mac OS, as well as some specifics of Windows NT Server and NetWare 3.x/4.x Now, the three courses were on "Using a network", "Administering a network", and "Troubleshooting a network", so most people would only need the first 4 week (@ 8hrs/wk) course, but that's still 32 hours of training just on networking.
Ever heard of camera phones or smart phones? Most people have one, many of those charge them in their bedroom at night. They have wireless connections to a network, mostly don't use open source software, etc. About the only difference is that the camera is not likely to be facing the bed, but the microphone will still work just fine.
Now, poke a few holes in your foil hat, I think your scalp is starving for oxygen and sunlight.
GSM and SIM cards are over 20 years old, most patents on existing SIM cards should be expired. There may some improvement patents that still apply to SIM cards, but it should be almost royalty free by now anyway.
Apple and their manufacturing partner did slightly more than trim the SIM with a razor blade, that also shaved 15% off it's thickness. Granted, that doesn't sound like much, but apparently it is considered a notable achievement.
Grammar lesson. I said Mac and Windows machines (plural) and Linux machine (singular). No self respecting "sad fat linux creep" would admit to having only one Linux machine, nor to having multiple Mac and/or Windows machines.
All of my machines "lack" Flash, except the one built into Chrome. That includes my Mac and Windows machines, also, not just my Linux machine. Of course, I don't consider that to be a problem, it's deliberate.
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The earth's tilt and the solar ecliptic plane don't have anything to do with our ability to view pulsars in/near the galactic plane. What would affect it is the solar system's distance from the galactic plane, and by galactic standards, that's pretty small.
What is relevant is the axis of rotation of the pulsar, the angular height of it's beam, it's distance from us, and it's distance from the galactic plane (and any intervening matter than might obscure it). Again, what's probable is that most of the ones we see have an axis of rotation approximately perpendicular to the galactic plane, such that their beam is "approximately in the galactic plane", giving visibility to that pulsar from most stars near the galactic plane. The larger the angular height of the beam, and the more distant the pulsar, the farther outside a perfect "perpendicular line of sight" the pulsar will be visible.
Most pulsars are within a couple kpc of the galactic equator, "close enough" be astronomical measurements. The angular displacement from a distant source that is still small enough to be geometrically "near the equator"
Possibly, but it's unlikely that the match would be so poor, even with a broken nose. A less than 50% match is a big mismatch. And that still doesn't address all the other flaws in Zimmerman's story, including that he followed Trayvon despite being told not to do so (clearly he wasn't "standing his ground" as allowed in the Florida statute), and he got out of his car, while armed, to initiate a confrontation with Trayvon. None of which supports a "self-defense" claim.
Half rate has existed since GSM started, that doesn't mean it's used. Neither half-rate, nor full-rate are commonly used because they are inferior quality. In fact. 12.2 EFR was introduced in 1997 which basically replaced both half and full-rate by offering much better quality at a moderate bit rate, and most UMTS phones AMR-narrowband, a variable rate codec with high quality (comparable to or better than EFR). Had you bothered to check the link I gave, I wouldn't need to explain it here.
Exactly. Zimmerman followed Trayvon despite being told not to, got out of his car, armed with a gun and started a confrontation, then shot Trayvon, that's not self-defense, and it's not covered under Florida's "Stand your ground" statute as far as I can tell. It needs to be put before a jury to determine if he's guilty, so he definitely needs to be arrested and charged and let the legal system work it out.
Read my response to another commenter.
Your logic is flawed. The Milky Way doesn't follow lie along the equator because the earth is tilted on it's axis.
The fact that we can see other pulsars (many of them) from within the Milky Way means that those pulsars are either rotating on an axis nearly perpendicular to the galactic plane (aka galactic equator), or they're tilted relative to to the galactic plane and we happen to be nearly perpendicular to their axis of rotation. Since we know that not all stars rotate in the galactic plane (e.g. the solar systems ecliptic plane is inclined about 60 degrees from the galactic plane, and we have now observed enough other planetary systems to know that isn't uncommon), then it's likely that some of the pulsars we can see are spinning approximately in the galactic plane, and that some are not. But given there are many more random orientations that are not on an axis perpendicular to the galactic plane, it's probable that most of the ones we can observe from earth are nearly perpendicular to the galactic plane, and will thus be visible throughout most of the galaxy. As we travel around the galaxy within the vicinity of the galactic plane, the pulsars we can see from any given point will be those that spin on an axis nearly perpendicular to the galactic plane, plus some smaller number at other orientations that happen to have an axis of rotation approximately perpendicular to a line between that point and the pulsar.
Voice analysis is a well established and studied technique. Unless you're particularly practiced and adept at disguising your voice, there are certain characteristics introduced by the physics of your vocal cords, throat, mouth, and nasal passages that are pretty consistent and identifiable, even with most people doing "impersonations" that sound like some other person. So, yes, it's reasonable to rule out that it was Zimmerman, in fact, it's more reliable at excluding people than at matching them. As Mr Owen points out, this recording has low background noise levels, and it's got a notable amount of Zimmerman's speech recorded in addition to the screams for help, so there is no issue introduced by aging, colds, etc. It's a nearly ideal case for matching.
Cell phone audio is generally higher than 8kbps, even on GSM where 12k-13kbps is typical. CDMA (including 3G networks) is as high or higher. That's plenty for very reliable voiceprint analysis. And in this case, they have all the samples of Zimmerman talking before the screaming encoded using the same method, making the comparison even easier.
Within the solar system, visibility to a known set of pulsars shouldn't be an issue, but as you venture outside the solar system, which pulsars are visible may begin to change as pulsars don't emit in all directions. In practice, most pulsars in a given galaxy probably rotate/emit more or less in the galactic plane, so, even within a galaxy, it's probably a good reference. But that's definitely a risky method if you start moving out of the galactic plane.
Yes, but there are so many holes in his story that it's beyond belief. There is no question of who shot Trayvon, Zimmerman has admitted that. He's claiming self-defense, and his story doesn't hold up to any scrutiny. He should be (should have already been) arrested and charged, and let the legal system handle it, not the media and public outcry. If they don't have enough evidence, then the grand jury can refuse to indict. If they do, then he goes to trial or makes a plea.
FB ToS limits you to one account per person. They generally don't enforce it, but that is what the ToS say.
I've stayed in one place for long enough, 15 years in the first house I bought. WH needed replacing because it wasn't working, but it didn't leak. Most of my WH have been electric, perhaps they're less prone to leakage than gas units?
It's still a warrantless search and and invasion of privacy. The person making the allegation should have provided evidence (e.g. a printout of the alleged photo and/or comments). Had the person making the complaint provided evidence, there would be no need to request access to her FB account, or if there was a question about the validity of the evidence presented, it would have been sufficient to obtain a warrant to have FB confirm/deny the existence of the picture and/or comments. Lacking that, it's a fishing expedition based on an unsubstantiated allegation, and almost certainly a wrongful dismissal.
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Even Judges can't according to recent rulings. However, they can issue a warrant requiring FB to turn over the items in question.
But more to the point, the person making the complaint/allegation should have provided a printout of the picture in question. Without that, there isn't even reasonable suspicion, just an unsubstantiated allegation.
Setting up a dummy account is a violation of FB terms of service, as is giving someone else your password. Neither is acceptable. The company can have the password to my company owned/sanctioned accounts when necessary, but they will never have the password to my personal accounts, and they have no right to even ask for them.
I've never had a tank style leak. Not once in my 40+ years of life, owning multiple homes, and living in a total of about 20 different places. And none of them have stopped heating properly at less than 10 years of age.
So does Roswell, NM
You're correct. I designed and taught a computer networking curriculum. The classes were 2 hrs per day, 4 days a week, for 4 weeks. There were 3 courses, so a total of 12 weeks @ 8hrs per week. That was just computer networking, and I wasn't training them to be CNE/MCSEs, just level 2 tech support for some networked printer/fax/scanner/copier multifunction devices. I did cover specifics of Windows (95 and NT4 at the time) and Mac OS, as well as some specifics of Windows NT Server and NetWare 3.x/4.x Now, the three courses were on "Using a network", "Administering a network", and "Troubleshooting a network", so most people would only need the first 4 week (@ 8hrs/wk) course, but that's still 32 hours of training just on networking.
Well, it's more like "Adobe chokes Flash for Linux". It's not dead yet.
I quote MP and get rated 5 - Insightful? I'm not complaining about being modded up, but I think it's a bit more funny than insightful.
Ever heard of camera phones or smart phones? Most people have one, many of those charge them in their bedroom at night. They have wireless connections to a network, mostly don't use open source software, etc. About the only difference is that the camera is not likely to be facing the bed, but the microphone will still work just fine.
Now, poke a few holes in your foil hat, I think your scalp is starving for oxygen and sunlight.
GSM and SIM cards are over 20 years old, most patents on existing SIM cards should be expired. There may some improvement patents that still apply to SIM cards, but it should be almost royalty free by now anyway.
Apple and their manufacturing partner did slightly more than trim the SIM with a razor blade, that also shaved 15% off it's thickness. Granted, that doesn't sound like much, but apparently it is considered a notable achievement.
Grammar lesson. I said Mac and Windows machines (plural) and Linux machine (singular). No self respecting "sad fat linux creep" would admit to having only one Linux machine, nor to having multiple Mac and/or Windows machines.
Your attempt at trolling is a fail.
All of my machines "lack" Flash, except the one built into Chrome. That includes my Mac and Windows machines, also, not just my Linux machine. Of course, I don't consider that to be a problem, it's deliberate.