The concept is plausible. Just not under the conditions that they were supposedly going to operate under. Rather than try to reinvent the wheel, I invite you to read this thorough explanation of why *the iFInd* won't work https://docs.google.com/docume...
You mention plywood on sawhorses.... Last job, my desk WAS a pair of sawhorses and a door. Ok, so it was the IKEA equivalent, but still, I actually really liked it. I have really long legs, and the lack of a back on my desk meant that I could stretch my legs out and be comfortable while I was within comfortable arms reach of my keyboard and mouse.
Polarized glasses? You're a moron. FILTER glasses! The polarized glasses would only work if they could guarantee the pilots would not tilt their heads AND if they could guarantee the polarization of the lasers *AND*--this is the most important bit-- if they could somehow guarantee the orientation of the laser. Back to remedial physics with you!
If you want to protect the pilots, instead give them glasses that filter out INFRARED, Green and Red lasers. And it has to be a relatively sufficient wideband filter because the lasers vary due to MFG tolerances. Infrared also because http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_pointer#Infrared_hazards_of_DPSS_laser_pointers EXCEPT THEY CAN'T! Modern aircraft use LEDs for indicators and the colors would almost certainly be filtered out by the glasses.
The only hope is LCD shutter glasses triggered by a detector of some form.
(You know you've made a bad decision when it results in being sued by the US government! OK, well, *I* would know it--not so sure about the flaming fucktards running Sony right now...)
Nah, they wouldn't know a Bad Idea(TM) If it came up to them, married their only daughter and left a flaming pile of s**t on their desk.
I have no issue with copyrights and I agree that 12 to 24 years is probably a good range. I thought the original poster was attacking resale and my response was geared that way. Artists should get paid for each original copy they sell.
There's the kicker. I fully agree that artists, for whatever definition is popular today, should be compensated for their work, but only on the original copies. You or I could make the next "better mousetrap" and start selling them, but do you expect to get paid multiple times for each mousetrap you make? NO! SO why is it that these "artists" think they can?
So, Why haven't we heard of people with cell phone allergies, or Air traffic control radar allergies? It does operate in the range of interest, and it tends to output massive amounts of energy, so, i see no reason why it would be any different from wifi.
Actually, one could make the argument that all these laws are actually teaching children to be criminals. I don't blame violent video games for making children into criminals - I blame crap like this that desensitizes them to breaking other laws.
Remember a few months ago (maybe even a year?) Sony was trying to say that any copies whatsoever constituted copyright violation, no matter what the reason. I don't remember what the results were, but at that point, I remember thinking "better hung for a sheep than a lamb"
Since when did outlawing anything stop anybody? In my state it is illegal for those under the age of 18 to purchase/use tobacco, or to purchase/use alcohol if under 21. Yet, explain to me how a buddy of mine has been getting cigarettes and booze since he was 12 (without parental permission or approval)? Let's not even talk about the pot. The laws did nothing to stop him from getting that which he wanted. Except for maybe provide a trivial puzzle for him to solve. Ditto for games. All you need to circumvent those systems is a friend that fulfills the age requirements.
as the parent said:
I'm pretty sure The Pirate Bay doesn't check for age. Legally binding age restrictions on games will increase piracy.
On the one hand, they have parties trying to reduce pirating, and on the other, we've got parties creating policies that drive user towards piracy.
My brother just got a game from a friend, and its DRM is hosed. he tryed numerous times to install it, but it won't run. he's now been forced to download a cracked edition, just so he can play it.
long story short: the broken DRM didn't halt piracy, it encouraged it.
unless these are all diskless systems, i would recommend against that. powercycling is the death of HDD's. i have personally powercycled a HDD to death. it wasn't pretty.
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Just implausible *under the conditions stated for the product* (size, materials,available technology)
The concept is plausible. Just not under the conditions that they were supposedly going to operate under.
Rather than try to reinvent the wheel, I invite you to read this thorough explanation of why *the iFInd* won't work
https://docs.google.com/docume...
You mention plywood on sawhorses....
Last job, my desk WAS a pair of sawhorses and a door.
Ok, so it was the IKEA equivalent, but still, I actually really liked it.
I have really long legs, and the lack of a back on my desk meant that I could stretch my legs out and be comfortable while I was within comfortable arms reach of my keyboard and mouse.
Oh look! You've discovered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-division_multiple_access
Remember, the key to a good perpetual motion machine is figuring out where/how to hide the batteries.
Polarized glasses? You're a moron. FILTER glasses!
The polarized glasses would only work if they could guarantee the pilots would not tilt their heads AND if they could guarantee the polarization of the lasers *AND*--this is the most important bit-- if they could somehow guarantee the orientation of the laser.
Back to remedial physics with you!
If you want to protect the pilots, instead give them glasses that filter out INFRARED, Green and Red lasers. And it has to be a relatively sufficient wideband filter because the lasers vary due to MFG tolerances. Infrared also because http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_pointer#Infrared_hazards_of_DPSS_laser_pointers
EXCEPT THEY CAN'T! Modern aircraft use LEDs for indicators and the colors would almost certainly be filtered out by the glasses.
The only hope is LCD shutter glasses triggered by a detector of some form.
The average faraday cage will not work on GSM signals.... As proof, I posted a message to my facebook from within a faraday cage!
(You know you've made a bad decision when it results in being sued by the US government! OK, well, *I* would know it--not so sure about the flaming fucktards running Sony right now...)
Nah, they wouldn't know a Bad Idea(TM) If it came up to them, married their only daughter and left a flaming pile of s**t on their desk.
I have no issue with copyrights and I agree that 12 to 24 years is probably a good range. I thought the original poster was attacking resale and my response was geared that way. Artists should get paid for each original copy they sell.
There's the kicker. I fully agree that artists, for whatever definition is popular today, should be compensated for their work, but only on the original copies. You or I could make the next "better mousetrap" and start selling them, but do you expect to get paid multiple times for each mousetrap you make? NO! SO why is it that these "artists" think they can?
So, Why haven't we heard of people with cell phone allergies, or Air traffic control radar allergies? It does operate in the range of interest, and it tends to output massive amounts of energy, so, i see no reason why it would be any different from wifi.
that's the first thing I wondered too. Someone should tell him he's full of it...
To 28000 images??? even a group of trained monkeys would start revolting.
Actually, one could make the argument that all these laws are actually teaching children to be criminals.
I don't blame violent video games for making children into criminals - I blame crap like this that desensitizes them to breaking other laws.
Remember a few months ago (maybe even a year?) Sony was trying to say that any copies whatsoever constituted copyright violation, no matter what the reason. I don't remember what the results were, but at that point, I remember thinking "better hung for a sheep than a lamb"
I'm pretty sure The Pirate Bay doesn't check for age. Legally binding age restrictions on games will increase piracy.
On the one hand, they have parties trying to reduce pirating, and on the other, we've got parties creating policies that drive user towards piracy.
My brother just got a game from a friend, and its DRM is hosed. he tryed numerous times to install it, but it won't run. he's now been forced to download a cracked edition, just so he can play it. long story short: the broken DRM didn't halt piracy, it encouraged it.
sure, just put it into standby mode.
Someone is pointing the camera.
If someone is not pointing the camera, then someone built the device that points the camera.
You seem to be forgetting that the googmobile is using a 360 degree camera. There is no "pointing" per se.
I will add to that: If you do ask and they still won't tell you, get the hell outta there.
...but you can't hide gigabytes of hard disk space that is mysteriously missing on probes.
I dunno. I had a weird bug that made windows think I had a multi peta-byte HDD. an extention on that, and you should be good to go.
How about favorite anime characters? I have Ichigo and Luffy the other machine that i'm not in charge of don't count though
"muhahaha look at those noobs with 15FPS"
"why, whats your FPS?"
"its over 9000!"
there fixed it for ya.
unless these are all diskless systems, i would recommend against that. powercycling is the death of HDD's. i have personally powercycled a HDD to death. it wasn't pretty.
That's actually the main reason VHS won over Betamax--Sony wouldn't allow pr0n on its media.
Why was this modded redundant? I would think it would have been modded insightful.