...and outlaw the production or import (or possession!) of any and that doesn't respect the restrictions implied in this recording...
This is not feasible. These devices are so wide-spread already, that pretty much everyone has several of these, in one form or another. Unless you went to everyone's home, and destroyed them all, then passing the law is futile.
But, just to play devil's advocate... I am currently working on a vehicle project which uses several ADCs to monitor various voltage levels. These devices can be bought for pennies each, and can also be used to sample an audio signal. If your prediciton comes true, these devices would now be illegal, and their replacements would be 1000x more complicated (since they now have to have logic to detect the watermark). So now, instead of buying a 5 cent chip to monitor my voltage levels, I have to buy something significantly more expensive and more complicated, for no good reason.
This is true, but the original comment was talking about low power devices, which wouldn't be pulling that kind of current anyway. But you are right with higher currents. Higher voltages result in lower losses for the same power consumption.
Oh, and by the way, that 1 ohm estimate for a length of wire would require a copper line of about 500':). (which I guess isn't unreasonable in a large house, or a commercial building)
You seem to be misunderstanding Ohm's law. The reason you can use 12 gauge wire at 120v is because the current required to deliver the same power is smaller than at 12v (since power = current x voltage). It's the current that will fry your wires, not the voltage. So, running low power devices off of the 12v bus (like the original comment suggested) shouldn't be a problem.
Not exactly. Transformers only work with AC power, so to do 12vdc->5vdc, you would have to do 12vdc->12vac->5vac->5vdc, rather than 120vac->5vac->5vdc. Running DC power to be transformed is a bad idea (which is one of the reasons our mains power runs AC).
Sorry if it seemed like I was trying to chew you out:). It's just that Hungry Jacks is also a former sponsor of my solar car team. The owner of the franchise is a graduate of my school, so he helped us out quite a bit in the past. I was just trying to clear up the misinformation (and include a shameless plug while I'm at it:)
Something to keep in mind, is that x86 != PC. That is, just because it runs on an x86 chip, does not mean it will run on any run-of-the-mill PC. The most likely strategy, if Apple does indeed decide to switch chips, is that they will produce their own x86 processor based boxes. These would NOT be PC compatible, but would rather be Apple computers that just happen to use an x86 chip.
Of course then the only problem is backwards compatibility, unless the x86 has a large enough margin over the PPC that it can be effectively emulated (like what Apple did when they switched from 680x0 to PPC).
This is a real story happened between the customer of General Motors and its customer-care executive..
This complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors: This is the second time I Have written to you, and I don't blame you for not answering me, because I sounded crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of ice cream for dessert after dinner each night. But the kind of ice cream varies so, every night, after we've eaten, the whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. It's also a fact that I recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then my trips to the store have created a problem. You see, every time I buy a vanilla ice cream, when I start back from the store my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts just fine. I want you to know I'm serious about this question, no matter how silly it sounds: "What is there about a Pontiac that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to start whenever I get any other kind?"
The Pontiac President was understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent an engineer to check it out anyway. The latter was surprised to be greeted by a successful, obviously well educated man in a fine neighborhood. He had arranged to meet the man just after dinner time, so the two hopped into the car and drove to the ice cream store. It was vanilla ice cream that night and, sure enough, after they came back to the car, it wouldn't start. The engineer returned for three more nights. The first night, they got chocolate. The car started. The second night, he got strawberry. The car started. The third night he ordered vanilla. The car failed to start. Now the engineer, being a logical man, refused to believe that this man's car was allergic to vanilla ice cream. He arranged, therefore, to continue his visits for as long as it took to solve the problem. And toward this end he began to take notes: he jotted down all sorts of data: time of day, type of gas uses, time to drive back and forth etc. In a short time, he had a clue: the man took less time to buy vanilla than any other flavor. Why? The answer was in the layout of the store. Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the front of the store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept in the back of the store at a different counter where it took considerably longer to check out the flavor.
Now, the question for the engineer was why the car wouldn't start when it took less time. Once time became problem - not the vanilla ice cream, the engineer quickly came up with the answer: "Vapor lock". It was happening every night; but the extra time taken to get the other flavors allowed the engine to cool down sufficiently to start. When the man got vanilla, the engine was still too hot for the vapor lock to dissipate.
Remember: Even crazy looking problems are sometimes real and all problems seem to be simple only when we find the solution with a cool thinking. Don't just say its "IMPOSSIBLE" without putting a sincere effort... Observe the word "IMPOSSIBLE" carefully... You can see "I'M POSSIBLE"... What really matters is your attitude and your perception.
Does that mean if I get shot by one bullet I wont get hurt?
Nope. As the article mentioned, they are avoiding the effects of bullet penetration. If the energy of the bullet colliding with you was spread out across your whole body, like a fall does, then the two forces are equal. That's all he's saying.
This is so not true. It works in theory, but unless you can de-compile your compiler at the same time, to look for hidden code, then you're just as screwed.
Just take a look at this article for proof. Basically, the trojan doesn't even show up in the source code at all, but it still exists.
Nope. Copying music for "personal use" is specifically allowed. See this link.
Subject to subsection (2), the act of reproducing all or any substantial part of
(a) a musical work embodied in a sound recording,
(b) a performer's performance of a musical work embodied in a sound recording, or
(c) a sound recording in which a musical work, or a performer's performance of a musical work, is embodied
onto an audio recording medium for the private use of the person who makes the copy does not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the musical work, the performer's performance or the sound recording.
Unless I'm misunderstanding? Please correct me if I am.
I was there a few years ago for a CS info session, and I noticed a little bit of what you mentioned here (actually, quite a bit more than "a little bit:).
At my current school, the FYTE network (First Year Teaching Environment) is all NT machines, but we use them for Java development. They all have Emacs installed as the default Java environment.
The upper year network (GAUL = Grad and Undergrad Labs) is all Solaris.
It would be nice if they ran Linux everywhere, but this is better than nothing.:)
That said, Microsoft should be liable if they represent their product as "safe" and it isn't. I believe their representation of XP as the "Most Secure Windows Ever" does open the company to prosecution for misleading advertizing, but who has the resources to prosecute it?
But "Most Secure Windows Ever" doesn't really say much. They could be right, and it could still have tons of security holes in it... just less than before.
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This is not feasible. These devices are so wide-spread already, that pretty much everyone has several of these, in one form or another. Unless you went to everyone's home, and destroyed them all, then passing the law is futile.
But, just to play devil's advocate... I am currently working on a vehicle project which uses several ADCs to monitor various voltage levels. These devices can be bought for pennies each, and can also be used to sample an audio signal. If your prediciton comes true, these devices would now be illegal, and their replacements would be 1000x more complicated (since they now have to have logic to detect the watermark). So now, instead of buying a 5 cent chip to monitor my voltage levels, I have to buy something significantly more expensive and more complicated, for no good reason.
In other words, it's not gonna happen.
This is true, but the original comment was talking about low power devices, which wouldn't be pulling that kind of current anyway. But you are right with higher currents. Higher voltages result in lower losses for the same power consumption.
:). (which I guess isn't unreasonable in a large house, or a commercial building)
Oh, and by the way, that 1 ohm estimate for a length of wire would require a copper line of about 500'
You seem to be misunderstanding Ohm's law. The reason you can use 12 gauge wire at 120v is because the current required to deliver the same power is smaller than at 12v (since power = current x voltage). It's the current that will fry your wires, not the voltage. So, running low power devices off of the 12v bus (like the original comment suggested) shouldn't be a problem.
Not exactly. Transformers only work with AC power, so to do 12vdc->5vdc, you would have to do 12vdc->12vac->5vac->5vdc, rather than 120vac->5vac->5vdc. Running DC power to be transformed is a bad idea (which is one of the reasons our mains power runs AC).
Sorry if it seemed like I was trying to chew you out :). It's just that Hungry Jacks is also a former sponsor of my solar car team. The owner of the franchise is a graduate of my school, so he helped us out quite a bit in the past. I was just trying to clear up the misinformation (and include a shameless plug while I'm at it :)
Hungry Jack's is the Australian franchise of Burger King. It even says so right on their website!
Something to keep in mind, is that x86 != PC. That is, just because it runs on an x86 chip, does not mean it will run on any run-of-the-mill PC. The most likely strategy, if Apple does indeed decide to switch chips, is that they will produce their own x86 processor based boxes. These would NOT be PC compatible, but would rather be Apple computers that just happen to use an x86 chip.
Of course then the only problem is backwards compatibility, unless the x86 has a large enough margin over the PPC that it can be effectively emulated (like what Apple did when they switched from 680x0 to PPC).
I hope they dont ship them like this! (Note the bent pins on the left corner :))
Of course Crusoe by Transmeta is also a VLIW chip, but I guess we can't really call that successful :).
In no particular order:
:D
:).
Nash The Slash - get some of his music linked from nashtheslash.com
Kraftwerk - some good stuff
Komputer - British version of Kraftwerk... similar style
Vangelis - Some GREAT stuff... Chariots of Fire, Direct, Theme from BladeRunner, Theme from 1492 (I think)... highly recommended!
Mike Oldfield - more great stuff... Tubular Bells!!
Skaven - from the mod scene... find some of his music on mp3.com or modarchive.com
Purple Motion - same as above... available on modarchive.com
Necros - same as above... modarchive.com
Enya - made some good stuff
Jean Michelle Jarre - some great classics here
Pink Floyd - not exactly electronic, but still great
Tangerine Dream - more great classics
There are more in my collection, but I can't recall them all at the moment. Let me know if you want me to check
Here's one I just received in my email. Enjoy:
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This is a real story happened between the customer of General Motors and its customer-care executive..
This complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors: This is the second time I Have written to you, and I don't blame you for not answering me, because I sounded crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of ice cream for dessert after dinner each night. But the kind of ice cream varies so, every night, after we've eaten, the whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. It's also a fact that I recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then my trips to the store have created a problem. You see, every time I buy a vanilla ice cream, when I start back from the store my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts just fine. I want you to know I'm serious about this question, no matter how silly it sounds: "What is there about a Pontiac that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to start whenever I get any other kind?"
The Pontiac President was understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent an engineer to check it out anyway. The latter was surprised to be greeted by a successful, obviously well educated man in a fine neighborhood. He had arranged to meet the man just after dinner time, so the two hopped into the car and drove to the ice cream store. It was vanilla ice cream that night and, sure enough, after they came back to the car, it wouldn't start. The engineer returned for three more nights. The first night, they got chocolate. The car started. The second night, he got strawberry. The car started. The third night he ordered vanilla. The car failed to start. Now the engineer, being a logical man, refused to believe that this man's car was allergic to vanilla ice cream. He arranged, therefore, to continue his visits for as long as it took to solve the problem. And toward this end he began to take notes: he jotted down all sorts of data: time of day, type of gas uses, time to drive back and forth etc. In a short time, he had a clue: the man took less time to buy vanilla than any other flavor. Why? The answer was in the layout of the store. Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the front of the store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept in the back of the store at a different counter where it took considerably longer to check out the flavor.
Now, the question for the engineer was why the car wouldn't start when it took less time. Once time became problem - not the vanilla ice cream, the engineer quickly came up with the answer: "Vapor lock". It was happening every night; but the extra time taken to get the other flavors allowed the engine to cool down sufficiently to start. When the man got vanilla, the engine was still too hot for the vapor lock to dissipate.
Remember: Even crazy looking problems are sometimes real and all problems seem to be simple only when we find the solution with a cool thinking. Don't just say its "IMPOSSIBLE" without putting a sincere effort... Observe the word "IMPOSSIBLE" carefully... You can see "I'M POSSIBLE"... What really matters is your attitude and your perception.
Nope. As the article mentioned, they are avoiding the effects of bullet penetration. If the energy of the bullet colliding with you was spread out across your whole body, like a fall does, then the two forces are equal. That's all he's saying.
Just take a look at this article for proof. Basically, the trojan doesn't even show up in the source code at all, but it still exists.
Konqueror on KDE does exactly this. Its a really useful feature, and included by default. No custom plugin writing required :).
Check out http://www.x86-64.org/. It's AMD's site dedicated to porting Open Source software to x86-64. This includes the Linux kernel.
Several Universities around here build concrete toboggans. Take a look, it's actually quite intersting.
We who design solar cars beg to differ :).
Although you're right, current generation solar cars can only generate about 1-1.6 kW or so, but even then they can cruise at or above 75 km/h.
Of course, right now it's not very comfortable, only seats one person (usually), and is bloody expensive, but who knows what the future will bring?
Funny?? This was modded as Funny?
It's Sad!! It really really is!! It's sad because this is exactly the direction in which we are heading.
People, please think about this for a moment, and maybe even consider writing your elected representative?
This really needs to be stopped. Do your part now, or we'll all be laughing later.
Unless I'm misunderstanding? Please correct me if I am.
Lemme guess.. Waterloo?
:).
:)
I was there a few years ago for a CS info session, and I noticed a little bit of what you mentioned here (actually, quite a bit more than "a little bit
At my current school, the FYTE network (First Year Teaching Environment) is all NT machines, but we use them for Java development. They all have Emacs installed as the default Java environment.
The upper year network (GAUL = Grad and Undergrad Labs) is all Solaris.
It would be nice if they ran Linux everywhere, but this is better than nothing.
But "Most Secure Windows Ever" doesn't really say much. They could be right, and it could still have tons of security holes in it... just less than before.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - December 11, 2001 - Google Inc., developer of the award-winning...
Wow... they work fast! So fast that they managed to finish it before they started!
Come on. Who here hasn't been threatened with legal action by some moron online?
I've been threatened with legal action by the MPAA for hosting a copy of DeCSS. Does that count?
Terrestrial Intelligence? Well it's obviously not here!