We need yet another incompatible re-implementation of a major subsystem to fragment and distract the user base because were such masochists and need 7+ different package managing systems, 10+ desktop window managers, 4 different audio stacks some piled onto the other, 2 different replacements for Xorg, and etc. Someone tries to fix that problem, but were too successful, so now we gotta have two different implementations of it because some competing corporation wants some street cred. But hey, at least we only have one dominate SSH server because borrowed that from OpenBSD and writing another SSH server is too boring for Mark Shuttleworth.
And people wonder why companies don't release software for Linux.
That scarcity was for commercial production. Most people borrowed a friend's LP and copied it on their stereo's cassette deck. Or they sat there all night listening to the radio and pressed play and record on their tape recorder when their song came on, hoping the DJ wouldn't talk over it.
I was thinking an electrical fire in the avionics bay at first; a power surge or cross-circuit that knocked out the communications but didn't trigger the O2 systems. It accounts for the sudden turn (diverting to the nearest airport), but it doesn't explain the apparent circumnavigation of Indonesia.
If the pilot soft-landed the plane, then what did he do next? Obviously it wasn't deploying the emergency rafts, because there was no signal from the emergency beacons on the life rafts.
Comparing a $10 USB stick with an SSD is like comparing turtles to cheetahs. Those USB sticks might write at 2-5 megs/sec. Maybe. 1/100 the speed of a good SSD. It's not a cromulent comparison.
That may well be, but have you ever looked at a turtle's drag coefficient?
Granted. However, the problem with public cars is, that because of the societal dictate of a 9-5 workday, everybody needs the car at the same time. Further, because of the layout of the typical city (businesses in the core, residences on the outskirts) the cars would be spending half of their travel time empty. In the morning, they would go to the outskirts, pick up people, and drop them off downtown. Then they would drive empty back out to the outskirts to pick up the next batch of travellers. The reverse would happen during the evening. If we had more homogeneous city layouts, mixing residential and business, commutes would be shorter and public cars more effective. Why, for example, do we not have combined office/residential buildings? It would sure cut a lot of commuting if all a person needed to do to get to work was to take the elevator.
What people want is affordable, on-demand, point to point, weather-resistant transportation for themselves and their cargo. Until the transporter gets invented, the automobile is the closest thing we have.
What would happen if the Russians just decided to keep the International Space Station going unilaterally? Is there anything critical to the operation of the ISS that only the US can provide?
Or is the ISS getting so old - seals are starting to leak, parts are getting brittle with age and the harsh environment of space - that it's safer to ditch it than to continue to use it?
All in all, it seems like quite a waste to splash a hundred and fifty billion dollar microgravity research station, especially when they're planning on adding new modules to it next year, and in 2017.
It's not a matter of adding an RTG. It is a matter of *substituting* a pile of solar panels with an RTG. Solar panels aren't exactly massless. So the tradeoff is mass per watt, not simply mass.
When it comes to RTGs vs solar, the basic rule of thumb I've read is that solar is good sunward of the asteroid belt, and RTG is better outward of the belt.
Is your car driven by someone with CPR training?
Is your car driven by someone who has passed a criminal background check?
Is your car required to have snow tires? ...
Then explain why every apartment complex will refuse cash and tell you to go get a money order to pay your rent?
There are security issues with handling, storing and transporting tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cash that the apartment complex would rather not deal with.
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For the confused: A milk float is a small flatbed vehicle for delivering milk, and not an alternative name for a milkshake.
We need yet another incompatible re-implementation of a major subsystem to fragment and distract the user base because were such masochists and need 7+ different package managing systems, 10+ desktop window managers, 4 different audio stacks some piled onto the other, 2 different replacements for Xorg, and etc. Someone tries to fix that problem, but were too successful, so now we gotta have two different implementations of it because some competing corporation wants some street cred. But hey, at least we only have one dominate SSH server because borrowed that from OpenBSD and writing another SSH server is too boring for Mark Shuttleworth.
And people wonder why companies don't release software for Linux.
Why is there an open box and a CD for the subject icon? Why not a 5 1/4" floppy?
Because CDs in boxes are still used for software installation. 5 1/4 floppy software installation died out ages ago.
... Which was, in turn, preceded by IBM's use of the term for the Input/Output Supervisor component of the OS/360 operating system.
That scarcity was for commercial production. Most people borrowed a friend's LP and copied it on their stereo's cassette deck. Or they sat there all night listening to the radio and pressed play and record on their tape recorder when their song came on, hoping the DJ wouldn't talk over it.
It's too bad that breast doesn't mean the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest, or meat from the front part of the body of a bird or an animal, or something. The article doesn't make sense otherwise.
I was thinking an electrical fire in the avionics bay at first; a power surge or cross-circuit that knocked out the communications but didn't trigger the O2 systems. It accounts for the sudden turn (diverting to the nearest airport), but it doesn't explain the apparent circumnavigation of Indonesia.
If the pilot soft-landed the plane, then what did he do next? Obviously it wasn't deploying the emergency rafts, because there was no signal from the emergency beacons on the life rafts.
Comparing a $10 USB stick with an SSD is like comparing turtles to cheetahs. Those USB sticks might write at 2-5 megs/sec. Maybe. 1/100 the speed of a good SSD. It's not a cromulent comparison.
That may well be, but have you ever looked at a turtle's drag coefficient?
Granted. However, the problem with public cars is, that because of the societal dictate of a 9-5 workday, everybody needs the car at the same time. Further, because of the layout of the typical city (businesses in the core, residences on the outskirts) the cars would be spending half of their travel time empty. In the morning, they would go to the outskirts, pick up people, and drop them off downtown. Then they would drive empty back out to the outskirts to pick up the next batch of travellers. The reverse would happen during the evening. If we had more homogeneous city layouts, mixing residential and business, commutes would be shorter and public cars more effective. Why, for example, do we not have combined office/residential buildings? It would sure cut a lot of commuting if all a person needed to do to get to work was to take the elevator.
How about buses, trains, boats, and airplanes?
What part of "affordable, on-demand, point to point, weather-resistant transportation" did you not understand?
What people want is affordable, on-demand, point to point, weather-resistant transportation for themselves and their cargo. Until the transporter gets invented, the automobile is the closest thing we have.
What would happen if the Russians just decided to keep the International Space Station going unilaterally? Is there anything critical to the operation of the ISS that only the US can provide?
Or is the ISS getting so old - seals are starting to leak, parts are getting brittle with age and the harsh environment of space - that it's safer to ditch it than to continue to use it?
All in all, it seems like quite a waste to splash a hundred and fifty billion dollar microgravity research station, especially when they're planning on adding new modules to it next year, and in 2017.
We'll build our own station... with blackjack and hookers!
In fact, forget the station.
It's not a matter of adding an RTG. It is a matter of *substituting* a pile of solar panels with an RTG. Solar panels aren't exactly massless. So the tradeoff is mass per watt, not simply mass.
When it comes to RTGs vs solar, the basic rule of thumb I've read is that solar is good sunward of the asteroid belt, and RTG is better outward of the belt.
NASA is almost out of Plutonium.
... and I'm almost out of ketchup. However neither has any bearing on ESA's Philae mission.
No, what's weird is that you're still using pennies.
Can any of these biomimetic technologies be put to a better use: a low power, sunlight readable, full color display system?
What places in Toronto are these not requirements?
In the UK, national trading standards laws trump point-of-sale contracts in retail transactions.
Laws trump contracts pretty much everywhere and in every circumstance.
Is your car driven by someone with CPR training?
...
Is your car driven by someone who has passed a criminal background check?
Is your car required to have snow tires?
It's about more than mere automobile safety.
Then explain why every apartment complex will refuse cash and tell you to go get a money order to pay your rent?
There are security issues with handling, storing and transporting tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cash that the apartment complex would rather not deal with.
You have a far better chance of winning the top prize in every major state lottery for the next ten years.
Imagine a picture of a robot holding up a motherboard, captioned with the words "Alas, poor Yorick..."
In other words, the error correction process is moved up to layer eight.