I'd wager a bet that this LED is actually software controlled, and turned on by the camera's device driver.
I'd wager, from a hardware perspective, it would be easier just to put an LED and resistor across the power lines of the webcam rather than hook it to some I/O pin and document it for the software guys for them to implement and test. Cheaper and easier. But I haven't cracked open my macbook to check so who knows.
how would I know Pepsi isn't just keeping the money I give them to get some stranger a free soda?
[you] did you get that free soda i sent you?
[friend] no?? you sent me a soda?
[you] yeah I sent one to you via the pepsi machine
[friend] I didn't get anything.
[you] odd.
After this situation occurs enough times, I imagine people will figure out that it doesn't really give their friends a soda and they'll stop using it. So there's some financial incentive for pepsi to actually deliver the drink correctly.
RedHat introduces: The Tea-Party Compiler for Ceylon! It never compiles successfully, it will only complain that you have too much code and suggests you cut some functions out, even if they work.
I imagine with his rather large fanbase, there would be plenty of people who would voluntarily submit their kids' artwork (whether or not you find the idea 'quality parenting'). Hell, maybe even their own from their childhood. (BTW does maddox actually have kids?)
A cool feature of the xterm is it puts Ctrl, Tab, Esc, PgUp, and PgDn on-screen to work with the physical keyboard
Even better is that this onscreen keys bar is customizable so you can add additional useful keys. For instance, I put the | and / characters on there as they are frequently used and kind of a pain to type normally.
would you freak out if you found out it involved a machine eating your brain neuron by neuron and shitting out a fresh cells with identical properties?
I hope the doctor can ease my awakening into the future by saying that with more eloquence than "machines are eating your brain and shitting in your skull!"
appalled that their lovers could think of nothing more romantic than roses from the supermarket and dinner at Outback Steakhouse?" write Chris Matyszczyk
Im more appalled at my attempts to pronounce that last name
We have the latter part down to a science but the former still needs quite a bit of work... "gat-dang liburuls... bible-thumpin' conservitards... derrf"
I think any 'roof' we could put out in space to stop any decent size asteroid would have the same effective result as Wil E Coyote holding that tiny umbrella above his head and pitifully waving goodbye before getting smashed by an anvil.
Parenting is the single hardest thing you will ever do in your life, and it's impossible to do it without making some bad decisions along the way, simply because there's often no way to know at the time what the right decision is.
Dont worry. The Slashdot Parenting Brigade will be quick to jump in to condemn any parenting decision they find to be incorrect and to demand for the parent to be put away and stripped of their children. Because Slashdotters know best... well except for the actual parent of the kid.
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You sure about that?
I'd wager a bet that this LED is actually software controlled, and turned on by the camera's device driver.
I'd wager, from a hardware perspective, it would be easier just to put an LED and resistor across the power lines of the webcam rather than hook it to some I/O pin and document it for the software guys for them to implement and test. Cheaper and easier. But I haven't cracked open my macbook to check so who knows.
(for the record i am also a webcam taper)
Ah, I see what you mean now. Maybe I should start paying attention. Maybe I should even RTFA sometimes.
how would I know Pepsi isn't just keeping the money I give them to get some stranger a free soda?
[you] did you get that free soda i sent you?
[friend] no?? you sent me a soda?
[you] yeah I sent one to you via the pepsi machine
[friend] I didn't get anything.
[you] odd.
After this situation occurs enough times, I imagine people will figure out that it doesn't really give their friends a soda and they'll stop using it. So there's some financial incentive for pepsi to actually deliver the drink correctly.
So I guess Redhat is going to be popular with some folks in the right-wing of US political spectrum?
RedHat introduces: The Tea-Party Compiler for Ceylon! It never compiles successfully, it will only complain that you have too much code and suggests you cut some functions out, even if they work.
I have a similar problem, whenver I'm talking to someone I want to hack them to bits with a pickaxe and collect their bloody body parts.
yes I've gotten minecraft recently, how could you tell?
I imagine with his rather large fanbase, there would be plenty of people who would voluntarily submit their kids' artwork (whether or not you find the idea 'quality parenting'). Hell, maybe even their own from their childhood. (BTW does maddox actually have kids?)
he didn't get his bonus last year because of the Kin debacle
A CEO performed badly and *didn't* get a bonus? What kinda crazy topsy-turvy world do we live in now?
Putting up with relentless tedium IS difficult.
If I can read all comments in an Iphone vs Android slashdot story, PhD tedium will be cake!
it'll be over a ton and get 40 mpg
Still better than most of the hunks of shit on the roads here in America...
As far as distracted driving goes, I never pay attention to the road anyways, often zoning out for half an hour at a time. It's fine.
I tend to do most of my slashdot postings from my smartphone on the road and I have never wrec
[Developers at project planning meeting] So what should we include on our n900 product?
(im aware of fMMS, but I think that MMS should have been included)
A cool feature of the xterm is it puts Ctrl, Tab, Esc, PgUp, and PgDn on-screen to work with the physical keyboard
Even better is that this onscreen keys bar is customizable so you can add additional useful keys. For instance, I put the | and / characters on there as they are frequently used and kind of a pain to type normally.
I imagine at least someone looks outside if they hear a car stop. A quiet car = no one looks. Which gives the entry team a few extra valuable moments.
Unless the emitted redshift from the speaker was twice that of the blueshift of the car going toward the stationary person, possibly?
(replace redshift and blueshift with the audio equivalent, I can't be too bothered to look it up)
would you freak out if you found out it involved a machine eating your brain neuron by neuron and shitting out a fresh cells with identical properties?
I hope the doctor can ease my awakening into the future by saying that with more eloquence than "machines are eating your brain and shitting in your skull!"
but if you label hot brown liquid "coffee" and make the room smell like coffee, people will generally think it is coffee?
Works in our office. They also have carpet cleaner powder in canisters and label it 'creamer'. Only the best for our employees!
appalled that their lovers could think of nothing more romantic than roses from the supermarket and dinner at Outback Steakhouse?" write Chris Matyszczyk
Im more appalled at my attempts to pronounce that last name
I follow this method in a slightly different way. I keep my life uncomplicated by having very little motivation or energy to start anything :(
(this is kind of a shitty method, i wouldn't recommend it)
In his defense, the chic-fil-as I've been to serve their drinks (cold and hot) in Styrofoam.
by Jargon Scott (258797)
I am interested in purchasing some legless dogs from you
Be angry at yourself and your fellow citizens
We have the latter part down to a science but the former still needs quite a bit of work... "gat-dang liburuls... bible-thumpin' conservitards... derrf"
(yes, married with kid --- geeks can get lucky)
Wha? that sounds like the antithesis of 'lucky'
;) ]
[im joking of course, to each his own
I think any 'roof' we could put out in space to stop any decent size asteroid would have the same effective result as Wil E Coyote holding that tiny umbrella above his head and pitifully waving goodbye before getting smashed by an anvil.
Parenting is the single hardest thing you will ever do in your life, and it's impossible to do it without making some bad decisions along the way, simply because there's often no way to know at the time what the right decision is.
Dont worry. The Slashdot Parenting Brigade will be quick to jump in to condemn any parenting decision they find to be incorrect and to demand for the parent to be put away and stripped of their children. Because Slashdotters know best... well except for the actual parent of the kid.
"Do not aim remaining baby at corner of table"