Also, by spreading smaller radars around, you observe stuff closer to the ground. This is typically missed by bigger radars such as NEXRAD, since the beams overshoot low-level features as you go further out in range.
True, but only if you want to do target detection. If you want to make quantitative estimates about your target, you need to "dwell" longer, which pushes scan speeds up. Echoes from weather are generally weak, and weather radars need to estimate their properties. The slower you scan, the longer you dwell, and therefore, the estimates have lower variance. The trick is to get low variance as well as scan quickly.
Surely you mean phased array radar, not synthetic aperture. The idea behind phased arrays is to improve overall volume scan times by allocating the limited energy budget of the radar as appropriate. Conventional radars, by design, will radiate an equal amount of energy over the entire scanned volume (over time). Phased arrays, given their ability to instantly (electronically) position the radar beam to any point in the sky, can allocate more energy to those areas that contain "interesting" targets (such as thunderstorms).
The DCAS part of CASA attempts to do this using multiple radars instead. So instead of each radar doing complete volume scans, a centralized system figures out where the "interesting" regions are, and directs the radars to scan only those sectors. The eventual plan is to use phased arrays at each radar node for even higher update rates.
If raytracing is most efficient at low resolutions, I'd expect it to take off well in the game console market faster than it would on the PC market, where people seem obsessed with running games at ridiculously high resolutions.
The name "awesome bar" and the description of what it did had me worried. Originally it looked like a feature for a feature's sake, with a stupid name to boot. What if they named it Planet Express bar?
Whatever it's called, I don't see it as a big improvement either (at least not in the FF3 that's included in Fedora 9), maybe it'll grow on me in a while. Larry seems kinda nice though:) The searchable download list, along with being able to open the parent webpage is quite handy. I wish that the downloads would "age off" like the Browser history, because users would otherwise end up clearing the download history manually all the time. Speaking of Fedora 9, the FF dictionary is replaced by a system-wide one, which is also shared with Thunderbird, OOo, etc. Would be a step beyond 1893, methinks.
Folks, especially you statisticians out there, what's wrong with these pictures? Also, searching for one of the candidates doesn't necessarily mean they're more popular, at least not necessarily in a good way. I'd imagine if the interwebs were nearly as popular in 89-93, Dan Quayle would have been the most popular VP ever.
At 120db signal-to-noise ratio, to hear the difference you need hi-fi components starting from $600, loudspeakers starting at $400 for piece and cables for $300.
That or a $100 pair of Shure earphones. I could tell the difference between onboard audio from a Chaintech motherboard (whose buzzing frequency changed with CPU load, and loud clicks with any hard disk activity) and a SB Live 5.1 (pulled out of an old box). The Live is quiet, even with the volume turned up all the way.
In other words, only trees grown for paper have a positive impact on the environment. Trees that would have grown in rainforests that were cut down for plantations don't biodegrade or generate oxygen. Maybe they were ents instead?
RTOS tasks are typically things we used to do in solid state with simple feedback logic, but the RTOS allows it to be done in software at a lower cost, plus allowing easy updates or adjustments without a complete redesign. Sounds like something I'd rather do with programmable logic instead.
My sole high school computer prank involved writing a TSR that would fade the VGA color table registers in and out at regular intervals. This scared the shit out of the poor saps who were trying to get their BASIC assignments completed.
They supposedly have, I remember reading about Lenovo's Linux support in 2006. I've waited for a long time for them to ship laptops with Linux pre-loaded, but so far they haven't. Apparently, it only works if you are an OEM.
True. What puzzles me is that there are so many other SBCs out there with similar power consumption, but much more capable CPUs that aren't x86. Given they already took the plunge to put Linux on the thing, they could've gone further and used an ARM-based board instead.
During a grand-mal seizure, the muscle spasms are probably what release the most amount of heat. If the dog's head felt any warmer, it was probably due to the increased blood flow to the head.
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Also, by spreading smaller radars around, you observe stuff closer to the ground. This is typically missed by bigger radars such as NEXRAD, since the beams overshoot low-level features as you go further out in range.
True, but only if you want to do target detection. If you want to make quantitative estimates about your target, you need to "dwell" longer, which pushes scan speeds up. Echoes from weather are generally weak, and weather radars need to estimate their properties. The slower you scan, the longer you dwell, and therefore, the estimates have lower variance. The trick is to get low variance as well as scan quickly.
Surely you mean phased array radar, not synthetic aperture. The idea behind phased arrays is to improve overall volume scan times by allocating the limited energy budget of the radar as appropriate. Conventional radars, by design, will radiate an equal amount of energy over the entire scanned volume (over time). Phased arrays, given their ability to instantly (electronically) position the radar beam to any point in the sky, can allocate more energy to those areas that contain "interesting" targets (such as thunderstorms).
The DCAS part of CASA attempts to do this using multiple radars instead. So instead of each radar doing complete volume scans, a centralized system figures out where the "interesting" regions are, and directs the radars to scan only those sectors. The eventual plan is to use phased arrays at each radar node for even higher update rates.
If raytracing is most efficient at low resolutions, I'd expect it to take off well in the game console market faster than it would on the PC market, where people seem obsessed with running games at ridiculously high resolutions.
Whatever it's called, I don't see it as a big improvement either (at least not in the FF3 that's included in Fedora 9), maybe it'll grow on me in a while. Larry seems kinda nice though
And I can guess who the pilot would be too... giggity giggity... alright!
Surely you mean ACTIVE~1?
Except that the few places on Google Earth that you can see high levels of detail are through aerial photography, not satellite.
At 120db signal-to-noise ratio, to hear the difference you need hi-fi components starting from $600, loudspeakers starting at $400 for piece and cables for $300.
That or a $100 pair of Shure earphones. I could tell the difference between onboard audio from a Chaintech motherboard (whose buzzing frequency changed with CPU load, and loud clicks with any hard disk activity) and a SB Live 5.1 (pulled out of an old box). The Live is quiet, even with the volume turned up all the way.In other words, only trees grown for paper have a positive impact on the environment. Trees that would have grown in rainforests that were cut down for plantations don't biodegrade or generate oxygen. Maybe they were ents instead?
My RADIOACTIVITY, let me show you it.
Either that, or it's a hip-hop guinea pig. On crack.
My sole high school computer prank involved writing a TSR that would fade the VGA color table registers in and out at regular intervals. This scared the shit out of the poor saps who were trying to get their BASIC assignments completed.
Kif, we have a conundrum! Search them for paper! And... bring me a rock!
They supposedly have, I remember reading about Lenovo's Linux support in 2006. I've waited for a long time for them to ship laptops with Linux pre-loaded, but so far they haven't. Apparently, it only works if you are an OEM.
That may be why Lenovo/IBM charge so much more for their laptops than other vendors who do include such icons on their default install.
Or you can just say the right incantation and make the village Unplotable
Oh sure, "keep it simple" from the same place that gave us emacs...
True. What puzzles me is that there are so many other SBCs out there with similar power consumption, but much more capable CPUs that aren't x86. Given they already took the plunge to put Linux on the thing, they could've gone further and used an ARM-based board instead.
Example: http://www.embeddedarm.com/epc/ts7800-spec-h.htm
Yes, I know it doesn't have onboard video or 2x Ethernet, but that 500 MHz ARM CPU would perform a lot better than a Geode.
Here goes my karma, but...
spinning cubes, anyone?
During a grand-mal seizure, the muscle spasms are probably what release the most amount of heat. If the dog's head felt any warmer, it was probably due to the increased blood flow to the head.
I'm a student in the US, and I'm from India. Yes, I do pay taxes on my stipend.