I seem to remember reading somewhere that Earth's relationship with Jupiter isn't always so amicable. Granted without it there probably wouldn't be life on Earth, but, if I recall correctly, objects that Jupiter doesn't swallowed up completely stood a reasonable chance of being deflected in the direction of the inner planets. Something of a devil in disguise!
I can only imagine it's referring to throughput, rather than storage, i.e. the data comes in, gets analysed and is then discarded. Even so, that would require units of time in there, like yottabytes per second or something. I don't know... any excuse to talk in terms of yottas and sound impressive I suppose.
It's interesting that the so called "cookie law" makes no reference to cookies at all in its original directive. Regulation 6 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive talks about using "an electronic communications network to store information, or to gain access to information stored". Ok, so that sounds a lot like cookies, but it would also cover, say, storing snippets of information through plug-ins like Silverlight or Flash.
It then goes on to list the exceptions, which again sound like descriptions of cookies used to store contents of baskets or remembering logins, but worded in a way as to avoid any specific technology.
In 2011 it was amended, mostly to clarify things so that people would have to opt-in to tracking rather than opt-out, but still the word "cookie" isn't used.
Think lower level, like the software that decodes an analogue data stream from the antenna or a photo sensor, or software that takes in an audio signal and converts it to ones and zeroes that represent the incoming sound, or the software that regulates battery charging current, or the software that takes capacitive signals from the screen and converts it to x-y touch coordinates, etc...
My HPI E-Firestorm Brushless truck has no PC or Software and it is Remote Controlled...
If your truck is using the flux motive speed controller then it undoubtedly does have software in it. Granted, it probably runs on a PIC and there'll only be a couple of hundred lines there in order to generate a PWM signal for the motor, but it's there! Manufacturers of electric cars actually do the same thing in principle, but on a larger scale.
That might be true for an engine, but definitely not for electrics. The classic example of things going wrong (I've cited this before) is where the operation of the inverter generating the AC for the motor is corrupted, through a stray pointer or whatever, causing it to lock at DC. That would effectively lock the motor, and you'd screech to a stop as quickly as you would if you had just stamped on the brake pedal with full force. Only there would be no warning, and your brake lights wouldn't come on either.
Umm, how is this any different from linux which exist in so many important things?....
The big difference here is that if something were to go wrong with your desktop / smartphone / tablet then people tend not to be seriously injured as a result. All it would take is for a stray pointer to screw with some RAM used to calculate PWM or inverter output frequencies and you've got real potential to lock the drive wheels in an instant. Anyone who has put DC current through an AC motor will know how much braking torque it can develop. And that's not the kind of thing you want to happen, without warning, when tanking down the highway on your bike at 70mph.
And if things do go wrong? Well, I suppose being able to lay blame on a particular company or organisation would be scant consolation for someone who has lost the use of their lower body.
My thoughts entirely - apart from the emulator I can't see what else makes it an Amiga. Coincidentally I've just been getting back into Amiga stuff through WinUAE, with artificial floppy drive noises turned on for added nostalgia. If only I could remember how to swing Workbench...
What is to say the automated threat detection is working with the same image data that is presented to the operator? Perhaps it works with some raw data before the image is generated.
Say each pixel is labelled as representing either a non-metal object, a metal object, or background. The last two are both rendered on screen as black, which is a bit silly, but the automated detection could be working with the raw enumerated values. Ok, I'm sure the full system is a lot more complicated, but it does cast doubt over statements suggesting threats would be invisible to the automated detection.
Wouldn't Kinect make this much easier implement and wireless?
I wouldn't have though so. The mbed has direct access to the sensors picking up the kind of information it's interested in, tilt angle, strength of pull, and the like. I could imagine there being a fairly fine degree of control over the thing. Kinect is great for full body movements, but might struggle to pick up the finer points of a slingshot aim.
This happens already, although it's more to do with regulating rush hour traffic than saving energy. So called part-time traffic lights are common at roundabouts where they can help traffic flow at peak times, but at night it's easier just to switch off and let the traffic regulate itself.
In this scenario the Windows guy doesn't have much of an argument. Neither product should be relying on the success of the other in order to generate sales - both products should be able to stand on their own two feet. If the Windows guy can't justify his product without Office, then there is something wrong with Windows. If I were Balmer, the chair would be aimed squarely at the Windows Exec's jaw.
At first I had thought they had done this to prevent any further deaths from overexcitable patrons, but they've gone and left the 3D version wide open - risky!
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I seem to remember reading somewhere that Earth's relationship with Jupiter isn't always so amicable. Granted without it there probably wouldn't be life on Earth, but, if I recall correctly, objects that Jupiter doesn't swallowed up completely stood a reasonable chance of being deflected in the direction of the inner planets. Something of a devil in disguise!
I can only imagine it's referring to throughput, rather than storage, i.e. the data comes in, gets analysed and is then discarded. Even so, that would require units of time in there, like yottabytes per second or something. I don't know... any excuse to talk in terms of yottas and sound impressive I suppose.
That made me think of this, heh heh!
And even if AnonCoward045's statement is 100% factually true, that is NO DEFENSE under UK law. How fucked up is that?
Yes there is.
It's interesting that the so called "cookie law" makes no reference to cookies at all in its original directive. Regulation 6 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive talks about using "an electronic communications network to store information, or to gain access to information stored". Ok, so that sounds a lot like cookies, but it would also cover, say, storing snippets of information through plug-ins like Silverlight or Flash.
It then goes on to list the exceptions, which again sound like descriptions of cookies used to store contents of baskets or remembering logins, but worded in a way as to avoid any specific technology.
In 2011 it was amended, mostly to clarify things so that people would have to opt-in to tracking rather than opt-out, but still the word "cookie" isn't used.
It isn't raining.
Think lower level, like the software that decodes an analogue data stream from the antenna or a photo sensor, or software that takes in an audio signal and converts it to ones and zeroes that represent the incoming sound, or the software that regulates battery charging current, or the software that takes capacitive signals from the screen and converts it to x-y touch coordinates, etc...
My HPI E-Firestorm Brushless truck has no PC or Software and it is Remote Controlled...
If your truck is using the flux motive speed controller then it undoubtedly does have software in it. Granted, it probably runs on a PIC and there'll only be a couple of hundred lines there in order to generate a PWM signal for the motor, but it's there! Manufacturers of electric cars actually do the same thing in principle, but on a larger scale.
That might be true for an engine, but definitely not for electrics. The classic example of things going wrong (I've cited this before) is where the operation of the inverter generating the AC for the motor is corrupted, through a stray pointer or whatever, causing it to lock at DC. That would effectively lock the motor, and you'd screech to a stop as quickly as you would if you had just stamped on the brake pedal with full force. Only there would be no warning, and your brake lights wouldn't come on either.
Umm, how is this any different from linux which exist in so many important things?....
The big difference here is that if something were to go wrong with your desktop / smartphone / tablet then people tend not to be seriously injured as a result. All it would take is for a stray pointer to screw with some RAM used to calculate PWM or inverter output frequencies and you've got real potential to lock the drive wheels in an instant. Anyone who has put DC current through an AC motor will know how much braking torque it can develop. And that's not the kind of thing you want to happen, without warning, when tanking down the highway on your bike at 70mph.
And if things do go wrong? Well, I suppose being able to lay blame on a particular company or organisation would be scant consolation for someone who has lost the use of their lower body.
It reminds me of using PCTask on the Amiga, watching it draw the windows, pixel by pixel, line by line... zzzzz...
A " girl " is like "your mom", but younger and not genetically related to you.
... unless that girl is your sister. Then you're heading right back into 'creepy' territory.
Especially creepy if somehow your sister isn't genetically related to you.
"I see you", "there you are", and "no hard feelings" in a soft robotic voice.
My thoughts entirely - apart from the emulator I can't see what else makes it an Amiga. Coincidentally I've just been getting back into Amiga stuff through WinUAE, with artificial floppy drive noises turned on for added nostalgia. If only I could remember how to swing Workbench...
Just scanned a £12 note with no problem!
What is to say the automated threat detection is working with the same image data that is presented to the operator? Perhaps it works with some raw data before the image is generated. Say each pixel is labelled as representing either a non-metal object, a metal object, or background. The last two are both rendered on screen as black, which is a bit silly, but the automated detection could be working with the raw enumerated values. Ok, I'm sure the full system is a lot more complicated, but it does cast doubt over statements suggesting threats would be invisible to the automated detection.
Wouldn't Kinect make this much easier implement and wireless?
I wouldn't have though so. The mbed has direct access to the sensors picking up the kind of information it's interested in, tilt angle, strength of pull, and the like. I could imagine there being a fairly fine degree of control over the thing. Kinect is great for full body movements, but might struggle to pick up the finer points of a slingshot aim.
This happens already, although it's more to do with regulating rush hour traffic than saving energy. So called part-time traffic lights are common at roundabouts where they can help traffic flow at peak times, but at night it's easier just to switch off and let the traffic regulate itself.
In this scenario the Windows guy doesn't have much of an argument. Neither product should be relying on the success of the other in order to generate sales - both products should be able to stand on their own two feet. If the Windows guy can't justify his product without Office, then there is something wrong with Windows. If I were Balmer, the chair would be aimed squarely at the Windows Exec's jaw.
Just for information, the kid's bottle should have been allowed through. Most places I've been to appear to allow reasonable amounts of formula to be taken through security. http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/children/formula.shtm
I could find some uses for this list.
At first I had thought they had done this to prevent any further deaths from overexcitable patrons, but they've gone and left the 3D version wide open - risky!
And judging by his feedback it's not the first time this particular phone has been on eBay...
How would they simulate the continuous effect of weightlessness?