This is how Kelly Johnson, designer of the SR-71, U-2, F-104, F-80, P-38, etc, worked.
1. Require that the specs be written in stone - "mission creep" was absolutely not allowed.
2. Build a small team of very bright, motivated and dedicated people then give them the responsibility andthe authority to get the assigned tasks done.
3. Eliminate physical, bureaucratic and cultural barriers between the engineers, draftsmen and fabricators.
4. Stand between your team and everyone else.
As an example, Lockheed and Kelly Johnson got the specs from the Army (at the time) to design and build America's second jet fighter. 143 days later the P-80 had its first test flight. During the original construction, one the fabricators noticed that the inlet was going to be to weak. He went over to the engineer and they mocked up a new inlet design with cardboard. The engineer told the fabricator, "bring the mock back once you build it, I need to make drawings of it."
And yes, Kelly was just as willing to can your butt if you didn't get the job done.
I don't think that the problem is with software patents per se, I think the problem is the (mis-) allowed use of overly broad language and how those patents are enforced. Say I build a mouse trap - it utilizes a spring-loaded bail to dispatch the offending rodent when it hits the trigger. It works great, so I patent it. You come along and see my patented mouse trap and think "Hey, I can do that one better" (you know, build a better mousetrap...) So you proceed to build a mouse trap that uses a weight system instead of the spring system to do the dirty work and finally you patent it. In the "mechanical" (traditional) way of looking at patents, every thing's on the up and up. You and I have built and patented mouse traps that efficiently dispatch the offending rodents. The market place will decide who really has the better idea and profits will be made. But, the way it looks (to me) like software patents are applied, is that the result or outcome is what is patented, not the mechanism (i.e. code/methods) by which the result is obtained. In this case, when you build your mouse trap, I sue because I patented a device to "trap and/or kill mice and other vermin", thus since your trap is designed to accomplishes the same outcome, regardless of how that outcome is derived, you are violating my patent and I am entitled to relief.
As an historical footnote, The Wright Brothers used the same broad language and the same arguments the IP trolls are using today to defend their patents on a means of roll-control for airplanes. The continuous and contentious litigation is thought to have contributed to Wilbur Wight's untimely death at age 45.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many areas had no infrastructure left, period. No power, no water, no telephone and no cell phone coverage, either. For many people and places, Ham Radio was the only reliable link to the outside. Cell services and all of those really expensive 700 MHz and 800 MHz trunking systems that our taxpayer dollars are buying aren't worth a toot when half of the towers are out of commission.
And as for ham radio operators being out of the technological loop (i.e. internet), check these out:
TFA is little more that an ARC press release. Read this http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6938364.stm to get a different perspective. J&J made an agreement with the ARC back in the 1880's for exclusive use of the red cross symbol for marketing. Now, J&J contends that the ARC is licensing the red cross symbol in violation of the agreement. Considering the ARC's recent history (not checking donated blood before selling it, mis-management of 9-11 funds and lack of accountability of millions of FEMA $$ after Katrina) I wonder why J&J has kept its association.
Several years, Forbes Magazine decided to take the "carrot" (as opposed to the "stick") approach . They either set-up in-house gyms with on-staff trainers or subsidized employee health club memberships, they established a medical savings account (MSA) in the name of each employee ($5,000 I believe) and they set up catastrophic and maternity insurance policies. For regular medical needs, check-up, physicals, colds, etc, the employee paid the bills themselves from their MSA. Major injuries, illnesses and the like were paid for by the insurance coverage. At the end of the year, each employee got a check the balance of MSA, as a reward for being healthy. Socialized Medicine proponents said that the employees would forgo going to the doctor just to get a bigger "MSA bonus" at the end of the year and that their health would suffer. Forbes reported that their employees were healthier, absenteeism was down, productivity was up and insurance costs were reduced significantly. Congress then stepped in and "reformed" (took over) MSA's so that any unsued balance went to the FedGov at the end of the year and not to the MSA holder.
The noted cultural change that occurred was in many ways also ushered in by the Protestant Reformation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation). The values of hard work, saving and nonviolence were and are characteristic of Protestant movement. That the industrial revolution took-off in Britain can be attributed to Henry VIII's break the Roman church and the establishment of pro-Protestant policies.
Another point - and this goes to the government question as well, document file formats, ODF, OOXML, ect., are for document creation, exchange and collaboration, NOT archiving. When a document is archived, it needs to be converted to an archive document that cannot (as) readily be modified, say PDF. My government office is moving (slowly) towards electronic document management to replace our paper files. All documents stored in the system will be PDF's for 3 reasons: 1. PDF's meet all the legal requirements for electronic documents, 2. Adobe is/has released PDF to be an open standard and 3. I'm the person who gets to make that decision.
802.11b/g uses 2.4GHz radio waves. That's the same frequency range as microwave ovens. Microwave ovens work because the microwaves are absorbed by the bonds in the water molecules of food (which is why dry food does not cook in microwave ovens).
So yes, human tissue that contains water can absorb WiFi radiation. That is a fact
Yes, and my 1500W microwave oven is lined with reflective material to concentrate the energy within it and my 100mW WiFi AP has an omnidirectional antenna to disperse the energy as far and wide as possible.
If you are afraid of "potiential" WiFi radiation risks, I would strongly suggest you never expose yourself to the massive ball of roiling radiation we call THE SUN.
The power companies told the legislature that they were getting screwed because they had to buy the power from home generators at retail (the same rate(s) they charged the homeowners) and sell the excess at wholesale rates. They got the legislature and PUC to change the rate structure to allow them to charge home generators commercial (time-of-use) rates, which is good for the power companies because most home generators do not generate enough to cover their needs at peak times (especially during the summer cooling season). Of course, since people are not (quite?) as stupid as some make them out to be, the law of unintended consequences kicks in. Homeowners do the math and do not install solar systems and the power companies lose out on all that peak time generating capacity those systems would have freed up, and all the lovely money they could have charged for it. Oh, the joys of artificial economics.
Now, if any of the 3 or 4 "new solar technologies" that promise more conversion efficiency and/or radically lower production and deployment costs (and seen on this board) come to fruition, we will see "solar roofs" all over the place, without the need for artificial incentives.
Make it about the same size as a steno pad (roughly 6" x 9" x about 3/4" thick), add bluetooth, a "webtop" app and a memory card slot and price it at $250 USD or less and I'll buy two!
How no one seems to remember that the previous administration fired all 93 U.S. Attorneys shortly after coming into office. Of course there was no congressional or MSM uproar at the time.
Nor how when the previous administration was required to turn over e-mails to an investigation, the e-mail servers "crashed" destroying the data contained on them.
Nor the fact that the previous administration sicced the Justice Department and FBI on the White House Travel Office staff, people who like the U. S. Attorneys, serve at the pleasure of the President and can be terminated at any time, without disclosed cause or reason. (BTW, the federal jury in the case exonerated the accused former head of the travel office. (No other staffers were prosecuted.))
It looks A LOT like the Avrocarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrocar_(aircraft) from the 1950's. It was supposed to have spectacular performance. Didn't happen. You can do a whole lot of things with models that you just can't duplicate on the full-sized article. I do wish him luck, though.
You should not be taxed for "transactions" that occur within the confines of a virtural environment. That is, if I rack up millions of Lindens in "Second Life" (or piles of goodies in WoW), those "assets" would not be taxable.
If, on the other hand, I sold or traded or sold those virtural assets for tangaible (real world) goods or cash, that transaction or gain could be taxable, depending on your particular tax laws.
1. The radar balloons don't weathervane at the end of a single 10KM (6 Mile) tether, either. These things would require a 10KM radius hemisphere from the ground up of no-go zone.
2. While he might know cryptography, TFA tends to indicate that he doesn't know dookie about gyroplanes, helicopters and the differences between them.
1. The last article I read about someone getting a refund for OME Windows, it took him 3 months to get back $99 USD.
2. Try to return software once you broken the seal on the container that holds you new copy of any software. The store will point to their policy of "Exchanges Only" for all opened software. Sorry sucker!
And just what do you own when you by software, audio CD's or DVD anyway? According to the license agreements - 5 worth the plastic (if you're lucky).
Oh, did I mention... SUCKER! (yeah, that'd be us!)
I agree, to a point (see my thread below). I'd be willing to wager that most corporate CIO's and Accounting directors know more about their company's business that most of the of the head-table honchos. They know what is and is not working in the company and what is working and, more importantly, what is not working on the revenue side. They live and work in the "real world" not in the board-room fantasy land where everything is "goodness and sunshine."
But then, IT and accounting are just "support functions", "whadda they know?"
IT is considered a "support function", making it difficult from people from that department to break into the top offices.
It's why you only see fighter pilots at the top of the Air Force and past carrier skippers at the top of the Navy, etc. You could be a great transport pilot, sub driver or the logistics guy that ran the Berlin Airlift, but you'll never make it to the top.
Why? I guess you could call it "Institutional Bias".
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A non-proprietary method: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabatier_reaction
Better than that: http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/246/ The optical fibers block most of the IR.
This is how Kelly Johnson, designer of the SR-71, U-2, F-104, F-80, P-38, etc, worked.
1. Require that the specs be written in stone - "mission creep" was absolutely not allowed.
2. Build a small team of very bright, motivated and dedicated people then give them the responsibility andthe authority to get the assigned tasks done.
3. Eliminate physical, bureaucratic and cultural barriers between the engineers, draftsmen and fabricators.
4. Stand between your team and everyone else.
As an example, Lockheed and Kelly Johnson got the specs from the Army (at the time) to design and build America's second jet fighter. 143 days later the P-80 had its first test flight. During the original construction, one the fabricators noticed that the inlet was going to be to weak. He went over to the engineer and they mocked up a new inlet design with cardboard. The engineer told the fabricator, "bring the mock back once you build it, I need to make drawings of it."
And yes, Kelly was just as willing to can your butt if you didn't get the job done.
I don't think that the problem is with software patents per se, I think the problem is the (mis-) allowed use of overly broad language and how those patents are enforced. Say I build a mouse trap - it utilizes a spring-loaded bail to dispatch the offending rodent when it hits the trigger. It works great, so I patent it. You come along and see my patented mouse trap and think "Hey, I can do that one better" (you know, build a better mousetrap...) So you proceed to build a mouse trap that uses a weight system instead of the spring system to do the dirty work and finally you patent it. In the "mechanical" (traditional) way of looking at patents, every thing's on the up and up. You and I have built and patented mouse traps that efficiently dispatch the offending rodents. The market place will decide who really has the better idea and profits will be made. But, the way it looks (to me) like software patents are applied, is that the result or outcome is what is patented, not the mechanism (i.e. code/methods) by which the result is obtained. In this case, when you build your mouse trap, I sue because I patented a device to "trap and/or kill mice and other vermin", thus since your trap is designed to accomplishes the same outcome, regardless of how that outcome is derived, you are violating my patent and I am entitled to relief.
As an historical footnote, The Wright Brothers used the same broad language and the same arguments the IP trolls are using today to defend their patents on a means of roll-control for airplanes. The continuous and contentious litigation is thought to have contributed to Wilbur Wight's untimely death at age 45.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many areas had no infrastructure left, period. No power, no water, no telephone and no cell phone coverage, either. For many people and places, Ham Radio was the only reliable link to the outside. Cell services and all of those really expensive 700 MHz and 800 MHz trunking systems that our taxpayer dollars are buying aren't worth a toot when half of the towers are out of commission.
And as for ham radio operators being out of the technological loop (i.e. internet), check these out:
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"One useless man is called a disgrace, two are called a law firm and three or more become a congress!"
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John Adams from the musical "1776"
These guys (http://www.crayonville.com//) built their "Corporate Headquarters" in Second Life.
TFA is little more that an ARC press release. Read this http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6938364.stm to get a different perspective. J&J made an agreement with the ARC back in the 1880's for exclusive use of the red cross symbol for marketing. Now, J&J contends that the ARC is licensing the red cross symbol in violation of the agreement. Considering the ARC's recent history (not checking donated blood before selling it, mis-management of 9-11 funds and lack of accountability of millions of FEMA $$ after Katrina) I wonder why J&J has kept its association.
Several years, Forbes Magazine decided to take the "carrot" (as opposed to the "stick") approach . They either set-up in-house gyms with on-staff trainers or subsidized employee health club memberships, they established a medical savings account (MSA) in the name of each employee ($5,000 I believe) and they set up catastrophic and maternity insurance policies. For regular medical needs, check-up, physicals, colds, etc, the employee paid the bills themselves from their MSA. Major injuries, illnesses and the like were paid for by the insurance coverage. At the end of the year, each employee got a check the balance of MSA, as a reward for being healthy. Socialized Medicine proponents said that the employees would forgo going to the doctor just to get a bigger "MSA bonus" at the end of the year and that their health would suffer. Forbes reported that their employees were healthier, absenteeism was down, productivity was up and insurance costs were reduced significantly. Congress then stepped in and "reformed" (took over) MSA's so that any unsued balance went to the FedGov at the end of the year and not to the MSA holder.
The noted cultural change that occurred was in many ways also ushered in by the Protestant Reformation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation). The values of hard work, saving and nonviolence were and are characteristic of Protestant movement. That the industrial revolution took-off in Britain can be attributed to Henry VIII's break the Roman church and the establishment of pro-Protestant policies.
Another point - and this goes to the government question as well, document file formats, ODF, OOXML, ect., are for document creation, exchange and collaboration, NOT archiving. When a document is archived, it needs to be converted to an archive document that cannot (as) readily be modified, say PDF. My government office is moving (slowly) towards electronic document management to replace our paper files. All documents stored in the system will be PDF's for 3 reasons: 1. PDF's meet all the legal requirements for electronic documents, 2. Adobe is/has released PDF to be an open standard and 3. I'm the person who gets to make that decision.
So yes, human tissue that contains water can absorb WiFi radiation. That is a fact
Yes, and my 1500W microwave oven is lined with reflective material to concentrate the energy within it and my 100mW WiFi AP has an omnidirectional antenna to disperse the energy as far and wide as possible.
If you are afraid of "potiential" WiFi radiation risks, I would strongly suggest you never expose yourself to the massive ball of roiling radiation we call THE SUN.
Not just NO, but HELL NO!
The power companies told the legislature that they were getting screwed because they had to buy the power from home generators at retail (the same rate(s) they charged the homeowners) and sell the excess at wholesale rates. They got the legislature and PUC to change the rate structure to allow them to charge home generators commercial (time-of-use) rates, which is good for the power companies because most home generators do not generate enough to cover their needs at peak times (especially during the summer cooling season). Of course, since people are not (quite?) as stupid as some make them out to be, the law of unintended consequences kicks in. Homeowners do the math and do not install solar systems and the power companies lose out on all that peak time generating capacity those systems would have freed up, and all the lovely money they could have charged for it. Oh, the joys of artificial economics.
Now, if any of the 3 or 4 "new solar technologies" that promise more conversion efficiency and/or radically lower production and deployment costs (and seen on this board) come to fruition, we will see "solar roofs" all over the place, without the need for artificial incentives.
Make it about the same size as a steno pad (roughly 6" x 9" x about 3/4" thick), add bluetooth, a "webtop" app and a memory card slot and price it at $250 USD or less and I'll buy two!
How no one seems to remember that the previous administration fired all 93 U.S. Attorneys shortly after coming into office. Of course there was no congressional or MSM uproar at the time.
Nor how when the previous administration was required to turn over e-mails to an investigation, the e-mail servers "crashed" destroying the data contained on them.
Nor the fact that the previous administration sicced the Justice Department and FBI on the White House Travel Office staff, people who like the U. S. Attorneys, serve at the pleasure of the President and can be terminated at any time, without disclosed cause or reason. (BTW, the federal jury in the case exonerated the accused former head of the travel office. (No other staffers were prosecuted.))
Pot... Kettle... Black...
It looks A LOT like the Avrocar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrocar_(aircraft) from the 1950's. It was supposed to have spectacular performance. Didn't happen. You can do a whole lot of things with models that you just can't duplicate on the full-sized article. I do wish him luck, though.
You should not be taxed for "transactions" that occur within the confines of a virtural environment. That is, if I rack up millions of Lindens in "Second Life" (or piles of goodies in WoW), those "assets" would not be taxable.
If, on the other hand, I sold or traded or sold those virtural assets for tangaible (real world) goods or cash, that transaction or gain could be taxable, depending on your particular tax laws.
1. The radar balloons don't weathervane at the end of a single 10KM (6 Mile) tether, either. These things would require a 10KM radius hemisphere from the ground up of no-go zone.
2. While he might know cryptography, TFA tends to indicate that he doesn't know dookie about gyroplanes, helicopters and the differences between them.
Outlook: Unlikely.
Embrace.
Extend.
Extinguish.
Yep, I'd say that about says it all.
Balmer and Co. are lining up the daleks up. You need to bail on the agreement and take to the hills, NOW! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!
Mr. Winston Smith, we know who you've been talking too...
1. The last article I read about someone getting a refund for OME Windows, it took him 3 months to get back $99 USD.
2. Try to return software once you broken the seal on the container that holds you new copy of any software. The store will point to their policy of "Exchanges Only" for all opened software. Sorry sucker!
And just what do you own when you by software, audio CD's or DVD anyway? According to the license agreements - 5 worth the plastic (if you're lucky).
Oh, did I mention... SUCKER! (yeah, that'd be us!)
I agree, to a point (see my thread below). I'd be willing to wager that most corporate CIO's and Accounting directors know more about their company's business that most of the of the head-table honchos. They know what is and is not working in the company and what is working and, more importantly, what is not working on the revenue side. They live and work in the "real world" not in the board-room fantasy land where everything is "goodness and sunshine."
But then, IT and accounting are just "support functions", "whadda they know?"
IT is considered a "support function", making it difficult from people from that department to break into the top offices.
It's why you only see fighter pilots at the top of the Air Force and past carrier skippers at the top of the Navy, etc. You could be a great transport pilot, sub driver or the logistics guy that ran the Berlin Airlift, but you'll never make it to the top.
Why? I guess you could call it "Institutional Bias".