As a satellite network controller, I disagree with your post:
1) They didn't HACK anything. The obtained ephemeris data from some online website, and pointed an antenna at the satellite.
2) Satellites have predicted channel allocations. There's a huge database containing the predicted signal levels, filtering, datarates and modulation techniques. If an unauthorized access occurs, the satellite network controllers see it instantly.
3) The only thing a satellite controller can do to negate an unauthorized user is reallocate the beamweights of the footprint to exclude the transmission area. Sure, this may work in Sri Lanka (where I've worked, by the by), but if someone in the US wanted to do the same thing, do you really think Intelsat would create 0dB directive gain in Virginia? I don't think so.
Read up on satellite operations. It'll amaze you how little control controllers actually have.
A few months back the "Newseum" held a seminar on the relevance of blogging, and how it affected professional journalism. One guy stood up and berated Wikipedia for a half hour, stating he saw no value in any media that could so easily be altered by the average user.
Bloggers have to keep in mind that professional journalism is a multi-billion dollar industry, with owners and investors willing to defend the status quo with the same aggression as big oil attacks global warming.
Just ask yourself: why would an organization like the Newseum even exist? To influence public perception of the media in general, and defend traditional journalism from threats such as the Internet.
I guess, once again, you just have to follow the money...
Seems to me the problem comes down to the fact that there's no real way for the industry to differentiate between a short-form game like Tetris and a long-form game like Half Life 2.
At the Academy Awards, you don't see a cartoon going up against a documentary or a full-length motion picture (typically, of course). Why even bother stating that a system is underpowered?
This guy complaining about the lack of processing power in the Wii is like someone complaining that an apple isn't an orange. It never was supposed to be.
If I remember correctly, Nielsen was fighting tooth-and-nail to avoid gathering metrics directly from users digitally.
The reason for this was that once corporations found out that a large portion of modern television viewers did not watch commercials (Tivo, DVR, etc.), they'd realize the money they'd spent on ads was wasted.
I can't blame them. Wonder how skewed the stats really are?
I run the risk of getting people worked up, but college doesn't always mean you're going to fast-track into the tech industry. I went to college for 3 years, then decided to join the Army. During my time in, I got to become a satellite network controller. Ever since, I've had what I consider the "holy trinity" of tech traits: a security clearance, a military background, and the Montgomery GI Bill.
Now, I can go to school as much as I like on the government dime, and I have a segment of jobs available to me that the average Joe can't even apply to. Best of all, if I go up against a guy with a PhD in computer science, and yet he isn't cleared, I get the job every single time. The government isn't going to waste a year and $75k trying to get some guy cleared, while he wastes away on overhead.
Look into the Army or Air Force. The Army is the only branch where you can truly choose your job, and you'll make a little money, see the world, and play with big toys.
Similar with big oil, if we develop into a society where we only provide higher services (quote: "inventors, scientists, researchers, engineers, programmers, designers, artists"), we're going to become dependent on countries that are willing to provide these capabilities. Wait until India pulls the carpet out from under our feet in another 20 years.
A high school education is a perfectly acceptable education level. Personally, I respect people with a high shool education level that end up working hard, manual labor jobs for 30 years than anybody that would post something so elitist.
Each game counts as a game to each team. Each team plays 162 games in baseball, even if there are two teams per contest. You can only observe the opportunities to perform a triple play from the standpoint that you are playing defense half the time.
You guys have confused your logic. Each game a team had the opportunity to defend for 27 outs. The other team has the exact same opportunity, except when the home team is winning after the top of the 9th inning is completed.
Maybe this doesn't stand up the same with NBA or NHL teams due to variable lengths of possession, but it does in MLB.
30 teams x 162 *OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM A TRIPLE PLAY* (+/- 3 outs) = 4860 OPPORTUNITIES (2 in a season, or 1 every 2430).
Suck on it.
Not to get anal, but a triple play is MUCH more rare than either a triple-double or a hat trick.
MLB: 30 teams x 162 games = 4860 games (possibly 2 triple plays per season or 1 every 2430 games) NBA: 30 teams x 82 games = 2460 games (23 triple-doubles last season or 1 ever 106.95652173913043478260869565217 games) NHL: 30 teams x 82 games = 2460 games (84 hat tricks last season or 1 every 29.285714285714285714285714285714 games)
Slashdot Mirror
As a satellite network controller, I disagree with your post: 1) They didn't HACK anything. The obtained ephemeris data from some online website, and pointed an antenna at the satellite. 2) Satellites have predicted channel allocations. There's a huge database containing the predicted signal levels, filtering, datarates and modulation techniques. If an unauthorized access occurs, the satellite network controllers see it instantly. 3) The only thing a satellite controller can do to negate an unauthorized user is reallocate the beamweights of the footprint to exclude the transmission area. Sure, this may work in Sri Lanka (where I've worked, by the by), but if someone in the US wanted to do the same thing, do you really think Intelsat would create 0dB directive gain in Virginia? I don't think so. Read up on satellite operations. It'll amaze you how little control controllers actually have.
A few months back the "Newseum" held a seminar on the relevance of blogging, and how it affected professional journalism. One guy stood up and berated Wikipedia for a half hour, stating he saw no value in any media that could so easily be altered by the average user.
Bloggers have to keep in mind that professional journalism is a multi-billion dollar industry, with owners and investors willing to defend the status quo with the same aggression as big oil attacks global warming.
Just ask yourself: why would an organization like the Newseum even exist? To influence public perception of the media in general, and defend traditional journalism from threats such as the Internet.
I guess, once again, you just have to follow the money...
At the Academy Awards, you don't see a cartoon going up against a documentary or a full-length motion picture (typically, of course). Why even bother stating that a system is underpowered?
This guy complaining about the lack of processing power in the Wii is like someone complaining that an apple isn't an orange. It never was supposed to be.
If I remember correctly, Nielsen was fighting tooth-and-nail to avoid gathering metrics directly from users digitally. The reason for this was that once corporations found out that a large portion of modern television viewers did not watch commercials (Tivo, DVR, etc.), they'd realize the money they'd spent on ads was wasted. I can't blame them. Wonder how skewed the stats really are?
Dude, you're getting an 3rd degree burn!
I run the risk of getting people worked up, but college doesn't always mean you're going to fast-track into the tech industry. I went to college for 3 years, then decided to join the Army. During my time in, I got to become a satellite network controller. Ever since, I've had what I consider the "holy trinity" of tech traits: a security clearance, a military background, and the Montgomery GI Bill. Now, I can go to school as much as I like on the government dime, and I have a segment of jobs available to me that the average Joe can't even apply to. Best of all, if I go up against a guy with a PhD in computer science, and yet he isn't cleared, I get the job every single time. The government isn't going to waste a year and $75k trying to get some guy cleared, while he wastes away on overhead. Look into the Army or Air Force. The Army is the only branch where you can truly choose your job, and you'll make a little money, see the world, and play with big toys.
Similar with big oil, if we develop into a society where we only provide higher services (quote: "inventors, scientists, researchers, engineers, programmers, designers, artists"), we're going to become dependent on countries that are willing to provide these capabilities. Wait until India pulls the carpet out from under our feet in another 20 years. A high school education is a perfectly acceptable education level. Personally, I respect people with a high shool education level that end up working hard, manual labor jobs for 30 years than anybody that would post something so elitist.
Each game counts as a game to each team. Each team plays 162 games in baseball, even if there are two teams per contest. You can only observe the opportunities to perform a triple play from the standpoint that you are playing defense half the time. You guys have confused your logic. Each game a team had the opportunity to defend for 27 outs. The other team has the exact same opportunity, except when the home team is winning after the top of the 9th inning is completed. Maybe this doesn't stand up the same with NBA or NHL teams due to variable lengths of possession, but it does in MLB. 30 teams x 162 *OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM A TRIPLE PLAY* (+/- 3 outs) = 4860 OPPORTUNITIES (2 in a season, or 1 every 2430). Suck on it.
Yeah, way geeky. Never could understand the disconnect between the average geek and sports statistics.
Not to get anal, but a triple play is MUCH more rare than either a triple-double or a hat trick.
MLB: 30 teams x 162 games = 4860 games (possibly 2 triple plays per season or 1 every 2430 games)
NBA: 30 teams x 82 games = 2460 games (23 triple-doubles last season or 1 ever 106.95652173913043478260869565217 games)
NHL: 30 teams x 82 games = 2460 games (84 hat tricks last season or 1 every 29.285714285714285714285714285714 games)