And what if someone decided to operate a station on an adjacent frequency channel, with 10 megawatts of power? Or even half a channel over? (Rules? What rules? We just want a little variance in the rules!) Then suddenly people trying to receive your station get interference because the channel separation rules weren't designed for that kind of power on adjacent channels? The problem isn't "badly designed GPS devices", it's that this is a band which was allocated specifically for the purpose of satellite communication, which is by its very nature rather low-powered to begin with.
I'm almost surprised it took this long, except I'm sure there has been some ohbummer-related political interference going on behind the scenes. And it's probably still going on even now.
I remember their horrible store layout with a diamond-shaped center section in the middle blocking the view of half the store from the entrance. It felt like I was doing a dungeon crawl just to get to the back where they had their CDs, videos, and video games. They were opening new stores with a proper big-box layout a few years before they crashed, but at the end there were still stores with that original layout.
I also was at a big Fry's Electronics... they had some stuff, but it's not like you could just pick up some random resistor or even set of resistors.
Then you didn't look around enough. They should have a full aisle full of component parts on hang cards. (The hang card probably doubles the cost of the cheaper parts, but makes it possible to display them sanely.) Also, as of a few months ago, Fry's now has Arduino and Propeller stuff next to the dusty old Basic Stamp stuff.
And don't underestimate Wal-Mart. They're already killing off weaker grocery chains. (But you're still not going to see Arduino or a 5-pack of resistors on Wal-Mart shelves.)
I once had to get a "camcorder" A/V cable (1/8" 4-pin plug) on a Sunday in San Antonio (Fry's is 100 miles away, Altex is closed), and while it wasn't the first place I went, I ended up paying $35 for one at a mall Radio Shack. Sometimes just having the right part at the right time is worth a few bucks.
The reason I had to get it was that my mom got a new TV. It had plenty of HDMI ports, and one component (to which I hooked up the DVD player), but the Wii doesn't do digital out, and the only other analog video input was a 1/8" plug.
I was at the Austin one a week or two ago. The retail internal HD shelf was pretty bare, but they did have a few different kinds available. I didn't even look at the panel where they put the OEM drive prices. Good thing I got me a 2TB before the floods.
When I return defective stuff to Fry's, I make sure they RTV it. Also, I think there's a "three strikes rule" on re-stickering. I must have returned a stickered item once because I didn't want it and they RTVed it even though it was still okay.
In any case, I'm sure it depends on the employee if you don't go out of the way to encourage them to RTV a broken item. I'm sure a place like Fry's doesn't do much to keep motivated employees around or pay them enough to care. (though they're still probably a fraction better than the average big box place)
Indeed. Pancreatic cancer is some nasty shit. By the time you can feel pain from pancreatic cancer, it's already too late. As in you have only a few months to live at that point. In 2010, we lost Satoshi Kon to it. Steve's cancer was (as I understand it) caught much earlier than normal, but he wasted that extra time on a stupid "natural" "cure".
And that demonstrates my point exactly. Only the rare few electronics gearheads who will buy into a hackerspace like that would even want to try to assmble this as a kit, after fully understanding what it takes. (I mean, BGA is bad enough, but stacking a BGA chip on top of another chip?) This is the equivalent of buying into a gearhead garage where they have stuff like cranes to lift an engine out of a car... only with a little less force involved.
Not to mention that to do SMT properly with a reflow oven, you still need a solder paste mask. And solder paste, kept in a fridge between uses. Even SparkFun wasn't trying to get around that.
Ron Paul is a Libertarian. He just happens to run under the "R" flag because they're less unlike Libertarians than the "D"s, and the two-party system is pretty entrenched, especially in the presidental race with its goofy Electoral College runoff thing (which actually might have made sense in the 18th century before high speed communication and transportation).
Sorry, I don't get it. Ever heard of the Apple II? That was one of the things that inspired that big blue titan to crap out a lame 8088 box, without realizing that they were giving Microsoft a slingshot orbital boost in the process.
Except that Apple didn't use BSD's kernel, just the userspace stuff. So most of what goes on in OS X after the boot process has finished isn't BSD. And Apple used it because NeXT used it before them. At the time of NeXT, BSD as a whole was a lot more mature than GNU stuff. (But note that the default shell on OS X is bash, and GCC was the compiler until LLVM offered features that made it more useful.)
More accurate would be to say that without NeXT, Apple would not have made out of the 9.x era. (I like to say that NeXT bought Apple for negative 400 million dollars.)
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GPS is used to keep time in everything from ATMs to our power grid to consumer "atomic" clocks.
WTF? WWV
And why the hell would ATMs need a radio signal to keep time?
I am so facepalmed from that completely wrong statement that I'm going to need surgery to remove my hand from my face.
This doesn't involve any band previously used by television.
Troll harder.
And what if someone decided to operate a station on an adjacent frequency channel, with 10 megawatts of power? Or even half a channel over? (Rules? What rules? We just want a little variance in the rules!) Then suddenly people trying to receive your station get interference because the channel separation rules weren't designed for that kind of power on adjacent channels? The problem isn't "badly designed GPS devices", it's that this is a band which was allocated specifically for the purpose of satellite communication, which is by its very nature rather low-powered to begin with.
I'm almost surprised it took this long, except I'm sure there has been some ohbummer-related political interference going on behind the scenes. And it's probably still going on even now.
Or when you can see Squant without the plug-in.
How will we ever conquer those mindless savages from across the galaxy?
I remember their horrible store layout with a diamond-shaped center section in the middle blocking the view of half the store from the entrance. It felt like I was doing a dungeon crawl just to get to the back where they had their CDs, videos, and video games. They were opening new stores with a proper big-box layout a few years before they crashed, but at the end there were still stores with that original layout.
I pointed out that their new, higher price was about thirty or forty dollars higher than Fry's, just two blocks away,
There was a Fry's two blocks away and you still went to Best Buy? I hope you've learned your lesson.
I also was at a big Fry's Electronics... they had some stuff, but it's not like you could just pick up some random resistor or even set of resistors.
Then you didn't look around enough. They should have a full aisle full of component parts on hang cards. (The hang card probably doubles the cost of the cheaper parts, but makes it possible to display them sanely.) Also, as of a few months ago, Fry's now has Arduino and Propeller stuff next to the dusty old Basic Stamp stuff.
And don't underestimate Wal-Mart. They're already killing off weaker grocery chains. (But you're still not going to see Arduino or a 5-pack of resistors on Wal-Mart shelves.)
I once had to get a "camcorder" A/V cable (1/8" 4-pin plug) on a Sunday in San Antonio (Fry's is 100 miles away, Altex is closed), and while it wasn't the first place I went, I ended up paying $35 for one at a mall Radio Shack. Sometimes just having the right part at the right time is worth a few bucks.
The reason I had to get it was that my mom got a new TV. It had plenty of HDMI ports, and one component (to which I hooked up the DVD player), but the Wii doesn't do digital out, and the only other analog video input was a 1/8" plug.
I was at the Austin one a week or two ago. The retail internal HD shelf was pretty bare, but they did have a few different kinds available. I didn't even look at the panel where they put the OEM drive prices. Good thing I got me a 2TB before the floods.
When I return defective stuff to Fry's, I make sure they RTV it. Also, I think there's a "three strikes rule" on re-stickering. I must have returned a stickered item once because I didn't want it and they RTVed it even though it was still okay.
In any case, I'm sure it depends on the employee if you don't go out of the way to encourage them to RTV a broken item. I'm sure a place like Fry's doesn't do much to keep motivated employees around or pay them enough to care. (though they're still probably a fraction better than the average big box place)
If only we could moderate article headlines and summaries as "-1, Flamebait".
Bashar Assad is a trained ophthalmologist.
So why wasn't his password EFPTOZ?
I thought it was "CPE1704TKS".
...or was it Zero Zero Zero Destruct Zero?
They've just re-invented the Magneto-optical drive!
Indeed. Pancreatic cancer is some nasty shit. By the time you can feel pain from pancreatic cancer, it's already too late. As in you have only a few months to live at that point. In 2010, we lost Satoshi Kon to it. Steve's cancer was (as I understand it) caught much earlier than normal, but he wasted that extra time on a stupid "natural" "cure".
UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED, ESPECIALLY to COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARDS.
And that demonstrates my point exactly. Only the rare few electronics gearheads who will buy into a hackerspace like that would even want to try to assmble this as a kit, after fully understanding what it takes. (I mean, BGA is bad enough, but stacking a BGA chip on top of another chip?) This is the equivalent of buying into a gearhead garage where they have stuff like cranes to lift an engine out of a car... only with a little less force involved.
Not to mention that to do SMT properly with a reflow oven, you still need a solder paste mask. And solder paste, kept in a fridge between uses. Even SparkFun wasn't trying to get around that.
Ron Paul is the only real Republican left.
Ron Paul is a Libertarian. He just happens to run under the "R" flag because they're less unlike Libertarians than the "D"s, and the two-party system is pretty entrenched, especially in the presidental race with its goofy Electoral College runoff thing (which actually might have made sense in the 18th century before high speed communication and transportation).
Isn't LCARS where Microsoft got their Metro design from?
...the Elephants simply starve to death.
I'm particularly fond of this set:
1F648 SEE-NO-EVIL MONKEY
1F649 HEAR-NO-EVIL MONKEY
16F4A SPEAK-NO-EVIL MONKEY
The only thing better would be a smoking monkey character. Because there ain't nothing funnier than a smoking monkey!
Geeks want a computer that doesn't know too much about them.
Everybody else wants a computer that they don't have to know too much about it.
Sorry, I don't get it. Ever heard of the Apple II? That was one of the things that inspired that big blue titan to crap out a lame 8088 box, without realizing that they were giving Microsoft a slingshot orbital boost in the process.
Except that Apple didn't use BSD's kernel, just the userspace stuff. So most of what goes on in OS X after the boot process has finished isn't BSD. And Apple used it because NeXT used it before them. At the time of NeXT, BSD as a whole was a lot more mature than GNU stuff. (But note that the default shell on OS X is bash, and GCC was the compiler until LLVM offered features that made it more useful.)
More accurate would be to say that without NeXT, Apple would not have made out of the 9.x era. (I like to say that NeXT bought Apple for negative 400 million dollars.)