Yeah, I did that in MATLAB a long time ago for a CS machine problem on a much less powerful computer... only mine was much cooler because it was an 8 sided wheel shaped thing with masses at the corners and one in the middle all connected by springs so that when it bounced, it gyrated like jello until finally coming to rest due to the spring friction. It was fun to change the gravity and friction values, especially showing off to everyone else that couldn't get theirs to work:P
NASA is part of the civilian government, they work for us, so anything it develops directly is owned by the people. NASA doesn't make money from them like you think but we all benefit from them.
"As a result of the failure of three previous launches, the rocket carried a non-functional boilerplate spacecraft. [4] The boilerplate spacecraft is a 165-kilogram (363-pound) payload mass simulator, known as Ratsat,[1] which remained bolted to the second stage of the carrier rocket after reaching low Earth orbit.[5] It has a hexagonal prism shape, 1.5 m (5 ft) long.[6] SpaceX co-founder Elon Musk estimates that Ratsat will remain in orbit for between five and ten years before burning up in the atmosphere." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_1_Flight_4
I don't know where you got your numbers so I might be going out on a limb here but I'm guessing NASA could launch a Falcon 1 comparable rocket into low earth orbit for a comparable amount to what SpaceX does. They don't have much of a reason too though and they are certainly not doing the same thing that private companies are doing. If they can use private companies to lower their launch costs without having serious disadvantages, I'm sure they will.
I'll bite.. so how do you know what order the wear levelling has put everything in?...other than comparing every "sector" to every other one by hand to see if the data is contiguous.
One way you could know is if you knew the sequence of writes that was used over the whole life of the device but good luck with that.
So we should change the definition because that one is stupid. In my opinion, the name of the career is astronaut and even ones that don't get into space should be called that. There can be another name for people that go X miles high... or there doesn't have to be a name at all. They are just the people that have been X miles high, or "in space".
I know why. Just before a civilization gets up to the interstellar travel technological ability, POWIE! They get hit by a giant asteroid lobbed from those insect like aliens. There can be only one.
That doesn't sound like a paradox to me (unless you're 'sure' there are others in our galaxy). I guess we have this galaxy and someone else can have the others.
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Yeah, I did that in MATLAB a long time ago for a CS machine problem on a much less powerful computer... only mine was much cooler because it was an 8 sided wheel shaped thing with masses at the corners and one in the middle all connected by springs so that when it bounced, it gyrated like jello until finally coming to rest due to the spring friction. It was fun to change the gravity and friction values, especially showing off to everyone else that couldn't get theirs to work :P
Yeah no kidding, I would pick the Joe Blows! It would probably be safer if you elected judges too.
They constantly do that. I used to like them but anymore they just put out stuff as fast as they can and it's no wonder it isn't useful.
In Soviet Alaska too!
Yeahhh that's the ticke... crap, wait.. who eats who?
dongle is the funniest word
Nice shooting star!
NASA is part of the civilian government, they work for us, so anything it develops directly is owned by the people. NASA doesn't make money from them like you think but we all benefit from them.
Seriously??
There are an assload of reasons, the strongest of which would be survival of humanity.
"As a result of the failure of three previous launches, the rocket carried a non-functional boilerplate spacecraft. [4] The boilerplate spacecraft is a 165-kilogram (363-pound) payload mass simulator, known as Ratsat,[1] which remained bolted to the second stage of the carrier rocket after reaching low Earth orbit.[5] It has a hexagonal prism shape, 1.5 m (5 ft) long.[6] SpaceX co-founder Elon Musk estimates that Ratsat will remain in orbit for between five and ten years before burning up in the atmosphere."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_1_Flight_4
I don't know where you got your numbers so I might be going out on a limb here but I'm guessing NASA could launch a Falcon 1 comparable rocket into low earth orbit for a comparable amount to what SpaceX does. They don't have much of a reason too though and they are certainly not doing the same thing that private companies are doing. If they can use private companies to lower their launch costs without having serious disadvantages, I'm sure they will.
I just have to say this is a stupid slashdot story. Why is this on here? Figure it out dumbass.
Interesting. So it's in the regular flash storage and not in a separate special place?
I'll bite.. so how do you know what order the wear levelling has put everything in? ...other than comparing every "sector" to every other one by hand to see if the data is contiguous.
One way you could know is if you knew the sequence of writes that was used over the whole life of the device but good luck with that.
Agreed, Seasonic is good stuff, very efficient, very quiet, very solid.
So we should change the definition because that one is stupid. In my opinion, the name of the career is astronaut and even ones that don't get into space should be called that. There can be another name for people that go X miles high... or there doesn't have to be a name at all. They are just the people that have been X miles high, or "in space".
I know why. Just before a civilization gets up to the interstellar travel technological ability, POWIE! They get hit by a giant asteroid lobbed from those insect like aliens. There can be only one.
Tell that to the Borg.
Or they couldn't hear us through all the noise of the other jillion civilizations that their equipment is advanced enough to hear.
However, it would be a little easier to know if it was a fluke chance or a more common thing if we found other life, right? Good reason to look.
Ooh, I hope they left a stargate... oh wait.
Yeah, they really sprung up when that hypserspace bypass went through.
I don't think you count every Starbucks in a square mile of Manhattan as a civilization.
That doesn't sound like a paradox to me (unless you're 'sure' there are others in our galaxy). I guess we have this galaxy and someone else can have the others.