You know, "released" when applied to software commonly means software which is considered (rightly or wrongly) to be 'production' material.
This however is apparently an 'alpha' which is commonly an early development version, not fit for general consumption and the type of thing you might get from CVS or a daily tarball.
Some developers use the term 'alpha release' as they assume others will know it's just a packaged up development snapshot, then some muppet takes it and runs to press with it.
However, it does not allow for commercial exploitation of his work so we enter a grey-area. Is the use of his work to prosecute a lawsuit for monetary damages a commercial exploitation of his work?
Whenever I see this sort of thing (both this story and the Belgian rape-investigation one) I can't help thinking that, by their lights, they should also be investigating tens of thousands of Counterstrike players for 'Virtual Homicide'.
The dangers of linking to someone taking a mental dump in their blog.
The author in question cites an ethereal 'anti-copyright crowd' and proposes that this 'crowd' are those who would license their software under the GNU/GPL.
I don't think I really need to point out that the reality is very different.
There is rumour of (I haven't tested) a kernel port of Clinux for the Playstation 1 MIPS-NOMMU but it's hardly a distribution.
Seeing as the PS1 only has limited memory card storage and would require a bespoke serial NIC for use as a webserver, I'd reserve judgement on the ACs claim unless further information is given.
As an Apple 'outsider' I'm not certain why this is news.
Is it because these issues/vulnerabilities have been outstanding for a long time? Or perhaps Apple does not patch things often?
It's an honest question, my Ubuntu systems at home have frequent patches rolled out and the staff at work are always talking about another update on their Windows desktops.
All the Fabias have plenty of head/leg room (in the front at least).
The vRS however has the looks and performance. It's still a turbodiesel but can keep up with an Elise 111R from 20-40mph and outrun a BMW 330i from 50-70mph. It also gets the nice sports trimmings, 6 speed gearbox etc.
The vRS still returns 50mpg. There is a definite trend in the EU to build flagship models around turbodiesel engines now. For example SEAT offers their flagship Leon CUPRA with a turbodiesel option and VW have long offered their Golf (US 'Rabbit'?) GTi as a turbodiesel.
Steyr Automotive are also building super-smooth 200bhp+ turbodiesel engines for BMW that still return good economies.
You have to poke around a bit as AFAIK, the European rules mean that they only give the 'combined cycle' in mass literature.
The Skoda Fabia 1.4tdi, for instance, has a quoted 61.4mpg figure for the combined cycle but if you dig through Skoda's literature, they claim 70mpg in the 'cruise' and a quick google around owners forums turns up some drivers seeing close to 80mpg in the cruise.
...gathered by a NASA pilot who flew a U2 low over the area where Gray was thought to have disappeared.
I'd have thought a U2 would be more useful at high altitude taking super high resolution shots of wide areas than at low level where something like a private turboprop and an 'average' DSLR would be just as useful.
The trouble is; she is "Britney Spears" beautiful rather than "Natalie Portman" beautiful....so you have to ask yourself, do I need baldilocks or do I need hot grits?
As pointed out in TFA, the pool plumbing is connected at the skimmer level which only has the potential to drain the first 8 inches of pool water before the pick-up surfaces. Still, it would be more than a small damp patch if it leaked in the house.
I completely agree that running pool water through water blocks to cool computers is a Daft Idea(tm). A heat-exchanger linked in somewhere near the pool or one actually in the pool would be a better idea, preferrably with some ethylene glycol mixed in on the water-blocks side to avoid potential frozen and cracked pipes in the winters of colder climates.
The spy satellites would be able to spot area power stations at higher than normal loads. If it had an on-site power source it would need either an exhaust or heat-exchangers or both depending on whether fossil or nuclear power were employed. Even exposed power transmission cables show up on IR sensitive cameras when there is increased loading.
Last but not least, a ground observer in the general area could probably detect this thing in operation with a pocket compass.;)
I can't see this ever having the relevance any greater than LC-39 at KSC as a military target as the launch takes (FTA) 'several hours' and creates substantial heat.
By the time you've got your 'weapon' off the ground, the enemy (presumably a nuclear equipped nation) has already spied you running the thing up via IR spy satellites or even ground observers. The enemy can then send a conventional ICBM or even FOBS over before the launcher sends it's payload.
Surely a system like this can't rival the target relevance of ICBM launch facilities and supercarriers etc?
TFA doesn't say whether the one that caught fire in the hand luggage was after landing or not but the rest seem to be post-flight.
Now, when you're on a commercial flight cruising along at 33,000ft, you may only be pressurised to 9,000ft and this, of course, includes your hand luggage.
Is it possible that the depressurisation to 9,000ft alt and the repressurisation on landing resultant expansion and compression cycle of the lithium batteries and causing them to somehow fail?
Whenever the Astronauts are on EVA, they keep themselves tethered to either the station, the shuttle or a hardpoint on a robotic arm.
The 'SAFER' backpack in question is strictly for emergency use should the worst happen and an astronaut go adrift. SAFER is normally only employed when there is no vehicle readily available to effect a rescue (ie the Shuttle is docked so it cannot persue a drifting astronaut in a hurry).
The item they are referring to is the SAFER (Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue) backpack.
SAFER is not an integral part of the EMU, rather it is a derivative of the MMU which is exclusively for emergency (loss of tether) use.
SAFER can provide an adrift astronaut with about 10m/s Delta-V ie: If you're travelling away from the station at less than 10m/s you have a chance of getting back (although the closer you are to 10m/s the longer it takes to get back)
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You know, "released" when applied to software commonly means software which is considered (rightly or wrongly) to be 'production' material.
This however is apparently an 'alpha' which is commonly an early development version, not fit for general consumption and the type of thing you might get from CVS or a daily tarball.
Some developers use the term 'alpha release' as they assume others will know it's just a packaged up development snapshot, then some muppet takes it and runs to press with it.
Mr Radu-Cristian Fotescu appears to have licensed his work under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license which would allow the radio station to copy his work.
However, it does not allow for commercial exploitation of his work so we enter a grey-area. Is the use of his work to prosecute a lawsuit for monetary damages a commercial exploitation of his work?
...Draconian Content Exclusion.
(Let us not beat about the bush here)
Whenever I see this sort of thing (both this story and the Belgian rape-investigation one) I can't help thinking that, by their lights, they should also be investigating tens of thousands of Counterstrike players for 'Virtual Homicide'.
I just had this awful premonition of a new model of Terminator...
...It can't be bargained with, can't be reasoned with, and it absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until you are dead...
"Meesa be back!"
The dangers of linking to someone taking a mental dump in their blog.
The author in question cites an ethereal 'anti-copyright crowd' and proposes that this 'crowd' are those who would license their software under the GNU/GPL.
I don't think I really need to point out that the reality is very different.
I'd recommend asking the same question to the folks over at OpenJay.org as they catalog and discuss all such software.
There is rumour of (I haven't tested) a kernel port of Clinux for the Playstation 1 MIPS-NOMMU but it's hardly a distribution.
Seeing as the PS1 only has limited memory card storage and would require a bespoke serial NIC for use as a webserver, I'd reserve judgement on the ACs claim unless further information is given.
As an Apple 'outsider' I'm not certain why this is news.
Is it because these issues/vulnerabilities have been outstanding for a long time? Or perhaps Apple does not patch things often?
It's an honest question, my Ubuntu systems at home have frequent patches rolled out and the staff at work are always talking about another update on their Windows desktops.
Isn't Apple the same?
You might prefer the Fabia vRS
All the Fabias have plenty of head/leg room (in the front at least).
The vRS however has the looks and performance. It's still a turbodiesel but can keep up with an Elise 111R from 20-40mph and outrun a BMW 330i from 50-70mph. It also gets the nice sports trimmings, 6 speed gearbox etc.
The vRS still returns 50mpg. There is a definite trend in the EU to build flagship models around turbodiesel engines now. For example SEAT offers their flagship Leon CUPRA with a turbodiesel option and VW have long offered their Golf (US 'Rabbit'?) GTi as a turbodiesel.
Steyr Automotive are also building super-smooth 200bhp+ turbodiesel engines for BMW that still return good economies.
You have to poke around a bit as AFAIK, the European rules mean that they only give the 'combined cycle' in mass literature.
The Skoda Fabia 1.4tdi, for instance, has a quoted 61.4mpg figure for the combined cycle but if you dig through Skoda's literature, they claim 70mpg in the 'cruise' and a quick google around owners forums turns up some drivers seeing close to 80mpg in the cruise.
I'd have thought a U2 would be more useful at high altitude taking super high resolution shots of wide areas than at low level where something like a private turboprop and an 'average' DSLR would be just as useful.
FTR: My captcha was 'sailed'.
The trouble is; she is "Britney Spears" beautiful rather than "Natalie Portman" beautiful. ...so you have to ask yourself, do I need baldilocks or do I need hot grits?
n00b.
itstooobvious?
As pointed out in TFA, the pool plumbing is connected at the skimmer level which only has the potential to drain the first 8 inches of pool water before the pick-up surfaces. Still, it would be more than a small damp patch if it leaked in the house.
I completely agree that running pool water through water blocks to cool computers is a Daft Idea(tm). A heat-exchanger linked in somewhere near the pool or one actually in the pool would be a better idea, preferrably with some ethylene glycol mixed in on the water-blocks side to avoid potential frozen and cracked pipes in the winters of colder climates.
Step 1: Steal Car
Step 2: Change plates and either clone or transfer original RFID tag
Step 3: There is not Step 3
Step 4: Profit!!!
I wasn't necessarily thinking of the ring itself.
;)
The spy satellites would be able to spot area power stations at higher than normal loads. If it had an on-site power source it would need either an exhaust or heat-exchangers or both depending on whether fossil or nuclear power were employed. Even exposed power transmission cables show up on IR sensitive cameras when there is increased loading.
Last but not least, a ground observer in the general area could probably detect this thing in operation with a pocket compass.
I can't see this ever having the relevance any greater than LC-39 at KSC as a military target as the launch takes (FTA) 'several hours' and creates substantial heat.
By the time you've got your 'weapon' off the ground, the enemy (presumably a nuclear equipped nation) has already spied you running the thing up via IR spy satellites or even ground observers. The enemy can then send a conventional ICBM or even FOBS over before the launcher sends it's payload.
Surely a system like this can't rival the target relevance of ICBM launch facilities and supercarriers etc?
A spanner in the works of your plan...
;-)
GPS tends to be a non-starter in subways or any covered area
Still image from Camera 145. Still image from Camera 147
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TFA doesn't say whether the one that caught fire in the hand luggage was after landing or not but the rest seem to be post-flight.
Now, when you're on a commercial flight cruising along at 33,000ft, you may only be pressurised to 9,000ft and this, of course, includes your hand luggage.
Is it possible that the depressurisation to 9,000ft alt and the repressurisation on landing resultant expansion and compression cycle of the lithium batteries and causing them to somehow fail?
Nice to see you read /. too
/me ducks suborbital chair.
Or rather tethers.
Whenever the Astronauts are on EVA, they keep themselves tethered to either the station, the shuttle or a hardpoint on a robotic arm.
The 'SAFER' backpack in question is strictly for emergency use should the worst happen and an astronaut go adrift. SAFER is normally only employed when there is no vehicle readily available to effect a rescue (ie the Shuttle is docked so it cannot persue a drifting astronaut in a hurry).
The item they are referring to is the SAFER (Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue) backpack.
SAFER is not an integral part of the EMU, rather it is a derivative of the MMU which is exclusively for emergency (loss of tether) use.
SAFER can provide an adrift astronaut with about 10m/s Delta-V ie: If you're travelling away from the station at less than 10m/s you have a chance of getting back (although the closer you are to 10m/s the longer it takes to get back)