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by asynchronous13 15y ago
Ronald Reagan was supposed to give a state of the union address a couple days after the launch. He wanted to use the success of the space program as part of that speech. While there was no direct order, it's clear that NASA management felt
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by asynchronous13 15y ago
Sorry, but this analysis does not seem useful. In the subset of apps that 1) are tracked by crittercism, and 2) crashed, here is some data. Great. I'm more interested in the number of apps that did not crash - but those have already been
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by asynchronous13 15y ago
For the first case: use 'J', join-lines command. It deletes the newline at the end of the line your cursor is on.
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by asynchronous13 15y ago
I just did a search for $string and it returned 1000 available domain names that were all $something+$string or $string+$something. However, ($string).com was not returned as an option even though it is available!
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by asynchronous13 15y ago
Regarding the challenge to find an action in Windows that can be done with the mouse but not with the keyboard: Ever since XP was released it's bothered me that there was no keyboard shortcut for "New Folder". I solved that using AutoHotKey
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by asynchronous13 15y ago
"Of course that wouldn't help with autonomous drones, but those are still a ways off." I can assure you that those are not a long way off. Fully autonomous drones can be deployed today by anyone with a few hundred dollars and a little elect
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by asynchronous13 15y ago
There is a major assumption throughout this thread -- that trees maximize solar energy capture. In fact, the exact opposite is true. Many features of trees (and plants in general) reduce the efficiency of solar conversion. This is useful fo
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by asynchronous13 15y ago
While I agree that this could be effective if enough donors go along with it, the system already has a built in method to get rid of the ineffective politicians: voting. I don't see any point in voting for the same people while cutting out
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by asynchronous13 15y ago
I have to agree that the article is very biased. The judge also says that if he interprets "radio communication" to include all technologies that transmit over radio waves, then it contradicts existing 9th circuit precedent that classifies
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by asynchronous13 15y ago
> Didn't they just map SSIDs to locations for their geo database? No, that's the problem. It was discovered that Google recorded a large amount of data beyond just SSIDs.
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by asynchronous13 15y ago
"Add in the population of the surrounding suburbs and the number jumps from half a million of over 6 million. If all of us lived in the city, not only would it be even more overcrowded, but it would collapse." Not at all! If everyone in met
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by asynchronous13 15y ago
I'm a very data driven person. Here's an experiment I did that ended up changing some of my driving habits. The important data to me is my total driving time from A to B. So, I measured my total driving time to and from work. I also noted t
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by asynchronous13 15y ago
=== please explain what is your point? === Quoth the article: "In fact, since most images and sounds on Web pages are compressed already, the modem's attempts to compress the data a second time is futile, and just adds more latency without
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
There's already touch screens out there with tactile feedback. They don't physically alter shape, but they vibrate at specific frequencies to mimic the feel of button presses. Seems like tactile feedback would be very useful for driving app
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
the reason it didn't catch on is because it was terrible to work with. it did not synchronize consistently. it would detect that changes had been made in multiple locations, then just keep extra copies -- leaving the user wondering why the
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
I certainly agree that lack of regulation has helped in the growth of the web and internet. However, I would argue that open standards were even more critical. Email, DNS, TCP/IP, HTML -- Having a common base on which to build new technolog
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
The data from Radiohead's experiment is pretty interesting. There is one thing that they did poorly though. Consider the person who downloads the album for $0.00 because they want to hear the music before deciding how much they are willing
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
<em>A success by what metric?</em> how about global market share? 2008: 52.4% of smartphones (RIM 17%, Apple 10%) [1] 2009: 47.2% of smartphones (RIM 21%, Apple 15%) [1] Android came in at 0.5% and 5% for those two years. Ga
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
The most egregious of Microsoft's trademarks is "windows". At one point, Microsoft sued Lindows for trademark infringement. During the trial, it became apparent that Microsoft might not just lose the case, but might end up having their "win
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
The rules you suggested are already in place in AC 91-57. the operating site should be away from populated areas, must contact the airport if within 3 miles of an airport (effectively, don't fly near the airport), and stay under 400ft.
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
Is there any content available? Why would I want to request an invite? What does eeweb offer that is not offered by a site such as Physics Forums? These are genuine questions. Before I request an invitation to something, I would like to kno
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
As others noted, this is largely a CYA clause. I suspect the real reason is because UAVs are a legal grey area as far as the FAA regulations are concerned. It is generally accepted that regulations for R/C aircraft also apply to UAVs. The t
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
You are correct that these issues need to be addressed, the FAA already has a system in place to prevent aerial collisions of commercial and private planes. I'm sure the existing regulations can be modified to be more suitable for uavs and
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
With the current technologies, a simple rock is sufficient to bring down most of the small uavs. Heck, even a stray leaf will take out some of them. Clearly strike-drones would be cool technology, but there are so many cheaper ways to bring
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
My startup makes small (2.5lbs) electric helicopter uavs. At 50ft you can't hear them any more. If you are inside your car, I could position the heli within 5-10ft of you before you might even notice.
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by asynchronous13 16y ago
"The greatest myth that exists about meetings is that they are inherently bad." -- Patrick Lencioni in "Death by Meeting" The real problem is not meetings themselves, but that most meetings are run ineffectively. Contrary to what one might