To legally copy a typeface in the USA, you have to print a sample and digitize it yourself. You can't just copy the postscript or truetype font files. Those files do have copyright protection. The name of the typeface is probably trademarked, so you have to choose a new name for your copy of the typeface.
Every time I've been asked to do something like that, I say "No problem, just write an official memo with your request and I'll get right on it.". For some reason, this makes them go away.
Whatever happened to the idea of a search warrant? The Postal Service isn't allowed to open my mail and check it for illegal or subversive material without a warrant. An ISP has no business scanning my email or web requests for questionable material.
I'd like to know how you are going to replicate the sound of really high-end speakers, like electrostatic panels, with a few cheap speakers and a modified amplifier.
My experience is that high-quality amplifiers all sound the same, speaker wire is grossly over-hyped, and that the speakers and room have more influence on the sound than anything else.
20 Mbps for 120 minutes would be about 18 GB. If they can keep increasing the density of flash at the current rate, a 16 GB flash card may not be far off.
The last time I visited the local big box store, I saw an increasing number of relatively inexpensive SD (standard definition) CRT television sets with built-in ATSC tuners. This is a result of the FCC mandate to require new TV sets to support ATSC. Many of us cheap bastards are going to skip over the pricey flat-panel HD sets and buy a cheap SD CRT set. I'm holding off on HD until the prices get a lot cheaper and HD source material becomes more common.
There's a difference between trespassing on someone's land and breaking in to a house or apartment. If I hear someone breaking in to my residence, I'm going to get my shotgun. Look up the "Castle Doctrine".
Why not? I've read through enough reports in NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System database to convince me that the problem is real, although uncommon and hard to reproduce.
As an example: In one well known red brick UK university you have to have a public IP address and you are not allowed to put kit behind a NAT even if that kit OS something esoteric and obsolete like the Silicon Graphics or AS1 that drives Bruker NMRs. As a result you have the choice to leave it unconnected which is a major annoyance as it is designed for network connectivity or to leave it at the mercy of the elements.
Setup a firewall, which is the proper way of doing it in the first place. The security benefits of NAT are incidental, not intentional. NAT also makes it difficult for network administrators to diagnose and isolate network problems.
Many dispatch systems are designed in such a way that they can only be accessed through calling 911, there is no non-emergency number. This varies by locality. In some cities, 311 is used for non-emergency calls.
Caller-ID uses Bell 202 modem protocol, which is a simple 1200 bps FSK scheme. You could decode that in software or use a simple FSK demod circuit. It's 1200 Hz for Mark and 2200 Hz for Space.
The cumulative dose to the patient is a real concern. I've had a doctor decide not to order x-rays because he thought I had already had too many x-rays taken by previous doctors.
Even if it was desirable, it's very difficult to jam cell phones without jamming other devices, like pagers and public safety radio systems, to name just a few.
How about charging the manufacturer a per-unit tax equal to the market value, say 25 cents per kilowatt-hour, of the electricity used in standby mode over the unit's design life, say five years. That would be about $22 for using 2 W. That would be a hell of a motivation to use best practices.
It's still wasteful, and I can't see any excuse for a device to use 2 W in standby mode. This isn't the vacuum tube era, where it took real power to keep the filaments hot. A CMOS microcontroller can handle power control and switch I/O on a negligible amount of power.
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To legally copy a typeface in the USA, you have to print a sample and digitize it yourself. You can't just copy the postscript or truetype font files. Those files do have copyright protection. The name of the typeface is probably trademarked, so you have to choose a new name for your copy of the typeface.
Every time I've been asked to do something like that, I say "No problem, just write an official memo with your request and I'll get right on it.". For some reason, this makes them go away.
Whatever happened to the idea of a search warrant? The Postal Service isn't allowed to open my mail and check it for illegal or subversive material without a warrant. An ISP has no business scanning my email or web requests for questionable material.
My experience is that high-quality amplifiers all sound the same, speaker wire is grossly over-hyped, and that the speakers and room have more influence on the sound than anything else.
You have a bright future at Best Buy.
20 Mbps for 120 minutes would be about 18 GB. If they can keep increasing the density of flash at the current rate, a 16 GB flash card may not be far off.
I've heard cinematographers complain that it doesn't look like film. That's right, 24 fps is a feature.
The last time I visited the local big box store, I saw an increasing number of relatively inexpensive SD (standard definition) CRT television sets with built-in ATSC tuners. This is a result of the FCC mandate to require new TV sets to support ATSC. Many of us cheap bastards are going to skip over the pricey flat-panel HD sets and buy a cheap SD CRT set. I'm holding off on HD until the prices get a lot cheaper and HD source material becomes more common.
There's a difference between trespassing on someone's land and breaking in to a house or apartment. If I hear someone breaking in to my residence, I'm going to get my shotgun. Look up the "Castle Doctrine".
They don't hang up on you, they just "accidentally" push the wrong button or transfer you to the twilight zone.
Why not? I've read through enough reports in NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System database to convince me that the problem is real, although uncommon and hard to reproduce.
It was the cow magnets that did them in.
Stay away from telephones, plumbing and electrical wiring. Many people have been electrocuted while talking on the telephone.
Setup a firewall, which is the proper way of doing it in the first place. The security benefits of NAT are incidental, not intentional. NAT also makes it difficult for network administrators to diagnose and isolate network problems.
Many dispatch systems are designed in such a way that they can only be accessed through calling 911, there is no non-emergency number. This varies by locality. In some cities, 311 is used for non-emergency calls.
How much energy do you expend in kilocalories per mile? Your body is just an engine that runs on a different type of fuel.
You don't even need the electron. You can have EM waves without electrons.
I've used some nice spectrum analyzers at work, but they are way out of my price range. Cheap and microwave are two words rarely seen together.
Caller-ID uses Bell 202 modem protocol, which is a simple 1200 bps FSK scheme. You could decode that in software or use a simple FSK demod circuit. It's 1200 Hz for Mark and 2200 Hz for Space.
The cumulative dose to the patient is a real concern. I've had a doctor decide not to order x-rays because he thought I had already had too many x-rays taken by previous doctors.
That "industry analyst" should tell his wife that "she is leaving thousands of dollars on the table" by not becoming a part-time prostitute.
Even if it was desirable, it's very difficult to jam cell phones without jamming other devices, like pagers and public safety radio systems, to name just a few.
How about charging the manufacturer a per-unit tax equal to the market value, say 25 cents per kilowatt-hour, of the electricity used in standby mode over the unit's design life, say five years. That would be about $22 for using 2 W. That would be a hell of a motivation to use best practices.
It's still wasteful, and I can't see any excuse for a device to use 2 W in standby mode. This isn't the vacuum tube era, where it took real power to keep the filaments hot. A CMOS microcontroller can handle power control and switch I/O on a negligible amount of power.
Try living in a country that's under daily attack from terrorists.