The idea is that you send light against an opaque medium, the photons getting blocked or scattered is a statistical process. Some of them, simply as a matter of probability, "sneak through" in a straight line.
To get around the low probability, you use a strong light source, modulate it (if you modulate the light, you can pick it out with a tuning circuit, so that you can screen out background light), and then average over a long period of time.
Eventually, you get enough ballistic photons through that you can map out an image.
I appreciate your thinking, but it is short sighted. If he starts to use a foot-mouse exclusively , he will begin to develop problems in his foot and leg muscles. The root cause here is his computing habits which have caused damage in the first place.
First off, get and install workrave. It's a GPL program that works on MS windows and Linux. It will time and prompt for micro- and macro- breaks, which are key to recovering from RSI, and preventing RSI from developing/degrading. Micro- and macro-breaks are important for everyone.
Second, always use an external pointing device. It could be a mouse, trackball, or wacom tablet. When you work, set them up on the desk at the proper height so your forearms are flat and level to the floor, and supported by and armrest.
Disclaimer: I am not a trained ergonomist. I am sharing with you the general advice that professional ergonomists have given me, and that has helped me significantly.
Microsoft is a monopoly. Nothing wrong with monopolies, per se, but they have to play by different rules.
MS is providing software and services under the stipulation that the client cannot use their chief competitor. That sounds like it it directly opposed to the Sherman Antitrust act.
The code base for the viewer is GPL, but they have certain terms you must meet before the viewer can connect to the servers. Would MS change those terms to lock out Linux (or MacIntosh)?
And getting a takedown notice (or multiple takedown notices) has NO indication of guilt. There are plenty of cases where MAFIIA robots have sent automated takedown notices without anyone actually taking the time to find out that they didn't own the material in question.
DirectX is NOT only about graphics. It's too bad that Linux/XOrg tends to be barely about graphics and almost nothing about the rest.
And I'm speaking as someone that uses Linux 100% of the time.
Bullshit. You say you use Linux 100% of the time but somehow you know nothing about OpenAL or SDL (both of which are cross platform, widely in use, and address all of your bitching points)?
THEY would call themselves "anti-piracy" but they actually lobby for legislation that gives them control over content beyond what copyright law allows, in order to reap greater profits. They also try to lock down and control content delivery mechanisms and channels in order to maintain a monopoly.
You are not supposed to be throwing them into landfills. The labels on the back of the packaging say that. Its easy to recycle them. When I buy new CFLs from Lowes, I bring the old ones in and drop them off at the front desk. End of story.
In 3 to 5 years when all the CFLs start dying, there will be a huge furor over the mercury they contain leeching into landfills.
There used to be a site, i think it was called phishfigthers, which would do just this. It was just some guys who got pissed off at scammers and set it up: they didn't charge anything. You could go to the site, submit the faked url, and their scripts would test it, and see if it took fake logins/credit cards/social security numbers/etc (fake sites back then typically would just take any crap you typed in, if it fit the regexp, and assumed you typed it in right). If so, they would flood it for a while. They shut down years ago though: they couldn't afford to keep it open.
Is there a way someone could flood these websites with fake credit card numbers that when the scammers try to buy something with it, they get rickrolled? Like Mr. Douchebag scammer takes his girlfriend out for a nice steak dinner using a credit card he, er, downloaded or something from us, and then he goes to pay for it and the waiter swipes the card, and then the fancy music playing in the background screeches to a stop, and "Never gonna give you up" starts playing, and everyone laughs at him, and his girlfriend leaves with another dude...
I'm not the most technically gifted person on slashdot, if someone else knows how to make this happen...
They work, don't they? Yeah more bells and whistles might be nice, but as Scotty said "the more you overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."
Do you not understand branch prediction and out-of-order execution and how it limits performance? Why do you think it can be done better in hardware than compiler space? Do you think that AMD cpus or other Intel CPUs don't "perform magic and violate causality by looking at what the processor would be actually asked to do in the future?"
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The idea is that you send light against an opaque medium, the photons getting blocked or scattered is a statistical process. Some of them, simply as a matter of probability, "sneak through" in a straight line.
To get around the low probability, you use a strong light source, modulate it (if you modulate the light, you can pick it out with a tuning circuit, so that you can screen out background light), and then average over a long period of time.
Eventually, you get enough ballistic photons through that you can map out an image.
I don't expect this will help either, but it will help the UK citizens think those cameras are there to help keep them safe from criminals.
I appreciate your thinking, but it is short sighted. If he starts to use a foot-mouse exclusively , he will begin to develop problems in his foot and leg muscles. The root cause here is his computing habits which have caused damage in the first place.
First off, get and install workrave. It's a GPL program that works on MS windows and Linux. It will time and prompt for micro- and macro- breaks, which are key to recovering from RSI, and preventing RSI from developing/degrading. Micro- and macro-breaks are important for everyone.
Second, always use an external pointing device. It could be a mouse, trackball, or wacom tablet. When you work, set them up on the desk at the proper height so your forearms are flat and level to the floor, and supported by and armrest.
Disclaimer: I am not a trained ergonomist. I am sharing with you the general advice that professional ergonomists have given me, and that has helped me significantly.
Microsoft is a monopoly. Nothing wrong with monopolies, per se, but they have to play by different rules.
MS is providing software and services under the stipulation that the client cannot use their chief competitor. That sounds like it it directly opposed to the Sherman Antitrust act.
The code base for the viewer is GPL, but they have certain terms you must meet before the viewer can connect to the servers. Would MS change those terms to lock out Linux (or MacIntosh)?
It's logical. In 2d it sucked to the second power. Now it will suck to the third.
People should drop this company, ASAP.
Bullshit. You say you use Linux 100% of the time but somehow you know nothing about OpenAL or SDL (both of which are cross platform, widely in use, and address all of your bitching points)?
You obviously don't need them. All you have to do it say "it's illegal."
The instant feature was annoying and useless.
I wouldn't call the MPAA "Anti-Piracy."
THEY would call themselves "anti-piracy" but they actually lobby for legislation that gives them control over content beyond what copyright law allows, in order to reap greater profits. They also try to lock down and control content delivery mechanisms and channels in order to maintain a monopoly.
Not really an "anti-piracy" group.
"Core 2" chips were out years ago.
In 3 to 5 years when all the CFLs start dying, there will be a huge furor over the mercury they contain leeching into landfills.
And yes, this will extend to FOSS as well... licensing through copyright is still licensing....
Well it will extend to FOSS, but the new distinction is meaningless in that case.
In 20 years, what guarantee that all these libraries will still be able to access their E-books?
Not to mention all the @#$% that Sony has pulled over the last ten years. I will not trust that company again.
There used to be a site, i think it was called phishfigthers, which would do just this. It was just some guys who got pissed off at scammers and set it up: they didn't charge anything. You could go to the site, submit the faked url, and their scripts would test it, and see if it took fake logins/credit cards/social security numbers/etc (fake sites back then typically would just take any crap you typed in, if it fit the regexp, and assumed you typed it in right). If so, they would flood it for a while. They shut down years ago though: they couldn't afford to keep it open.
Is there a way someone could flood these websites with fake credit card numbers that when the scammers try to buy something with it, they get rickrolled? Like Mr. Douchebag scammer takes his girlfriend out for a nice steak dinner using a credit card he, er, downloaded or something from us, and then he goes to pay for it and the waiter swipes the card, and then the fancy music playing in the background screeches to a stop, and "Never gonna give you up" starts playing, and everyone laughs at him, and his girlfriend leaves with another dude...
I'm not the most technically gifted person on slashdot, if someone else knows how to make this happen...
Is that an English or Metric fuckton?
Did Microsoft Hire Consumer Watchdog to Attack Google?
That is a year old story. According to it, "consumer watchdog" is a hired gun.
Well I didn't see the movie. I didn't download it. I was considering renting it. Now i think i won't because they are douchebags.
The only downside for pure citrus orange oil is that your laptop may smell like oranges for days.
That's a downside?
They work, don't they? Yeah more bells and whistles might be nice, but as Scotty said "the more you overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."
Quote from Carl, Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Why would anyone want to cut a laser?
Do you not understand branch prediction and out-of-order execution and how it limits performance? Why do you think it can be done better in hardware than compiler space? Do you think that AMD cpus or other Intel CPUs don't "perform magic and violate causality by looking at what the processor would be actually asked to do in the future?"