I'm working on an open source hardware project (robotics dev board) right now, and the conclusion I've come to sadly means I'm not technically eligible to use the OSHW logo on my design. CC licenses are great for OSHW, but what the consortium doesn't like is that I'm defending myself by using a -NC clause. It lets me share the hardware schematics, driver code, etc. openly, but I'm protected from someone with more cash on hand cloning my design at larger volume for profit.
You should probably start looking into making your games with less terrible technology. Go ahead and keep making games by all means, just, not with the godawful abomination that is Flash.
Agreed, retrofitting is less than practical in this case. However, this should have been happening with new designs at least since cell phones have been prevalent.
This raises a very serious question: Why are airplane electronics not designed for noise immunity? It seems like such an obvious solution, like adding security doors to the cockpit after 9/11.
Wikipedia lists 14 free/OSS schematic capture programs. Almost universally, they are good in some aspects and fall short in others. For example: "Good graphics but lousy component library interface, but the library support will have to wait 'cause there's a ton of things we need which are more important". (Makes it 'kind of hard to use.)
And what makes this immune from the problems you described? Convince me this is not just pulling the rope in a 15th direction.
This doesn't have to be a serious design tool. The real benefit is going to be to the DIY and hobby community, because tools like this are going to reduce the amount of shitty hand-drawn schematics uploaded to web forums, typically done in Paint or scrawled on notebook paper and then imaged with a cell phone. I've been looking for a quick way to bang out a schematic for a while now.
Where are you seeing this? In my experience, most hobbyists just use the free version of Eagle.
I got a robocall from Comcast a few months back advising me of an infected machine connected to my network. Sure enough, my parents' computer had a bunch of trojans on it that would probably have stuck around for a couple more weeks had they not called me.
You've linked the same google search in 3 replies. One of the results leads to "vactruth.com". Care to link to an actual study instead of flailing wildly?
Starting with something far beyond even your own maximum target is a good way to get almost everything you were really aiming for out of someone who is naive and aims for a compromise solution.
If you know it, you see it at works in politics pretty much all the time. In fact, I see it over here (Germany) so often that I'm beginning to wonder if they teach anything else in whatever newly elected representatives are getting in training.
I prefer to call it the "I WANT A PONY!" technique.
That kind of ruins the point of having an autonomous car, doesn't it, if you have to constantly be paying attention to everything?
To a degree yes, but that's where the technology and law is right now. All of the public road testing that Google does with their cars is done with a professional driver at the wheel with a spotless driving record. Their job is to take control in an emergency to keep the road tests safe for the unwitting passerby who generally think it's just a Street View car with all of those cameras mounted on it. Will that eventually be unnecessary? Hopefully, but until the technology matures and laws are written to address autonomous cars, it's the only reasonable course of action.
That being said, I mainly wanted to dispel all of these crazy ideas about GPS-hacking highwaymen and police needing a remote control to pull you over because most of the discussion has been ignoring the presence of fully functional gas/brake pedals and a steering wheel.
Oops, forgot to mention: this also places liability squarely in the hands of the operator of the vehicle. As the operator of an autonomous vehicle, you still have to pay enough attention to react in the event of a malfunction. Malfunction due to improper maintenance is on the owner/operator as well.
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I'm working on an open source hardware project (robotics dev board) right now, and the conclusion I've come to sadly means I'm not technically eligible to use the OSHW logo on my design. CC licenses are great for OSHW, but what the consortium doesn't like is that I'm defending myself by using a -NC clause. It lets me share the hardware schematics, driver code, etc. openly, but I'm protected from someone with more cash on hand cloning my design at larger volume for profit.
You should probably start looking into making your games with less terrible technology. Go ahead and keep making games by all means, just, not with the godawful abomination that is Flash.
Sounds like Gnome 3 has finally found its target userbase.
Normal webcams have an LED or something similar that turns on when the camera is active. This does not.
OK, obvious exception for slashdot posters. =P
Seems to me like they have that pretty under control on their own.
Mod parent up. I used to get by running the New Hardware wizard and pulling the INF off the CD, but if that doesn't work anymore...
Now make that sales pitch to your (grand)parents. Suddenly, the problem is clear.
Agreed, retrofitting is less than practical in this case. However, this should have been happening with new designs at least since cell phones have been prevalent.
This raises a very serious question: Why are airplane electronics not designed for noise immunity? It seems like such an obvious solution, like adding security doors to the cockpit after 9/11.
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/en/committees/video?event=20120301-0900-COMMITTEE-JURI&category=COMMITTEE&format=wmv Only managed to get it to play in IE.
The wonders of virtualization...
Wikipedia lists 14 free/OSS schematic capture programs. Almost universally, they are good in some aspects and fall short in others. For example: "Good graphics but lousy component library interface, but the library support will have to wait 'cause there's a ton of things we need which are more important". (Makes it 'kind of hard to use.)
And what makes this immune from the problems you described? Convince me this is not just pulling the rope in a 15th direction.
This doesn't have to be a serious design tool. The real benefit is going to be to the DIY and hobby community, because tools like this are going to reduce the amount of shitty hand-drawn schematics uploaded to web forums, typically done in Paint or scrawled on notebook paper and then imaged with a cell phone. I've been looking for a quick way to bang out a schematic for a while now.
Where are you seeing this? In my experience, most hobbyists just use the free version of Eagle.
War... war never changes.
I got a robocall from Comcast a few months back advising me of an infected machine connected to my network. Sure enough, my parents' computer had a bunch of trojans on it that would probably have stuck around for a couple more weeks had they not called me.
Try writing an objective, informative summary next time. If you want to make nose jokes, make them in the comments.
Still gotta tell him about how much you're pooping.
Oops, make that FIVE replies.
You've linked the same google search in 3 replies. One of the results leads to "vactruth.com". Care to link to an actual study instead of flailing wildly?
12345 are actually Arabic numerals...
Have you tried rebooting?
Starting with something far beyond even your own maximum target is a good way to get almost everything you were really aiming for out of someone who is naive and aims for a compromise solution.
It even has a name, it's called the "door in the face" technique.
If you know it, you see it at works in politics pretty much all the time. In fact, I see it over here (Germany) so often that I'm beginning to wonder if they teach anything else in whatever newly elected representatives are getting in training.
I prefer to call it the "I WANT A PONY!" technique.
That kind of ruins the point of having an autonomous car, doesn't it, if you have to constantly be paying attention to everything?
To a degree yes, but that's where the technology and law is right now. All of the public road testing that Google does with their cars is done with a professional driver at the wheel with a spotless driving record. Their job is to take control in an emergency to keep the road tests safe for the unwitting passerby who generally think it's just a Street View car with all of those cameras mounted on it. Will that eventually be unnecessary? Hopefully, but until the technology matures and laws are written to address autonomous cars, it's the only reasonable course of action.
That being said, I mainly wanted to dispel all of these crazy ideas about GPS-hacking highwaymen and police needing a remote control to pull you over because most of the discussion has been ignoring the presence of fully functional gas/brake pedals and a steering wheel.
Oops, forgot to mention: this also places liability squarely in the hands of the operator of the vehicle. As the operator of an autonomous vehicle, you still have to pay enough attention to react in the event of a malfunction. Malfunction due to improper maintenance is on the owner/operator as well.