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Cassini probe's death dive to send data at just 27 kilobits per second

Wednesday 13th September 2017 10:39 GMT Steve Netting

Re: "Space is nasty and sending data across 83 light-minutes of it isn't easy"

The data rate is dependent on bandwidth and Cassini TX power (so SNR at Earth) both of which are ultimately ruled by power budget. I would expect telemetry data rates to be consistent throughout the mission. https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/DPSummary/Descanso3--Cassini2.pdf suggests a mere 10W to cover 900 million miles. Current technology would offer little improvement in power efficiency or data rates.

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Tumbleweed-plagued Google+ is minus Bejeweled and Wooga

Friday 15th June 2012 16:48 GMT Steve Netting

G+

G+ is very busy from where I'm sitting. However I can practically guarantee none of the techy/photographer types I follow waste their time on these games. G+ is not Facebook.

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Apple introduces 'next generation' MacBook Pro with retina display

Tuesday 12th June 2012 11:01 GMT Steve Netting

Finally - an upgrade path!

Finally I have an upgrade path from my old Dell D820 15" 1920x1200 (WUXGA) 16:10 display.

It seems all laptop manufacturers have recently switched to the cheaper mass-produced 16:9 TV 'HD' panels. For any developers, artists and musicians this loss of vertical resolution is a huge loss. Those saying ">1080 is pointless" have clearly been won over by the 'HD' marketing droids.

I've held off up(down?)grading for this very reason but my 2Ghz Core Duo is struggling under load. Dual booting this macbook pro for desktop apps (Linux) and Cubase (OSX) seems like the perfect solution.

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