"The Pentagon's interest in such an effort stems from the need to acquire energy on the battlefield.."
Sure, "energy" on the battlefield, 5-10MW could be fairly useful on a battlefield. Consider most 'useful' things deliver energy in the kilojoule ranges, including rifles... cars... tanks...
The Honeywell LV100-5 turbine engine delivers 1500 hp (1119 kW), and that's used to propel a 61.4 Ton M1 Abrams tank at 67.72 km/h! (Wikipedia of course)
So 'missing' with this power sat is like having 5-10 M1A2 Abrams driven into you at full speed. Nifty.
I'm not sure if anyone on the discussion noticed, but this suit is for Peter's rights to the profits to only the first movie in the trilogy, LOTR:The Fellowship of the Rings.
Newline has refused Wingnut films to audit the profits from the two subsequent films despite that they are contractually obligated to do so.
In New Zealand it is being reported that the studios have pulled out because Jackson and Walsh were refusing to reduce their share of the profit, which is also why LoTR and King Kong changed studios early in production.
Since you only control the DHCP server, and can't pull plugs or cut cables...
1. Identify the offending MAC address. 2. Reassign that MAC address to a IP address on separate subnet that can only access a web page on a crappy little 486 with OpenBSD with instuructions on installing the hot-fixes and AV software on the CD that you'll leave in their mailbox in the morning, maybe tomorrow, maybe next Thursday. 3. Publish the names of the residents who's computer is stopping everyone else from getting email, pr0n, WoW, evercrack, whatever. 4. Lock your room, put the stereo on real loud (use headphones if you must), and finish your assignments (or level up your Taurean Shaman). 4. Drop off the CDs at your convienience.
Alternativly, drink heavily before, during, and after any virus related service issues. Oh, and don't wear pants.
Well, after skimming the comments there are some common assumptions made by/. posters.
Firstly, most are assuming 'fittest' means fit like 'six-pack abs like on infomercials' or 'smart like Einstein'. 'Fittest' in evolution is prettly literal, that which fits its niche best, hence can compete with less effort. Just think how bad some fit brawny dumb guy would be as an design engineer, or cryptographer. Think how good Einstein was at getting his University Math papers in on time. Niether fitted. Think of how well Rain-Man fitted in a Casino.
Another assumption is that evolution applies only to the meat packet that our consiousness wanders around in, or an even narrower view of just the genetic code describing them. Evolution applies to the memes in our head, the tasks we do, and the massive neural network that is your central nervous system. Dawkins (Blind Watchmaker) and Dennet (Darwins Dangerous Idea) both agree that evolution applies to any natural system as a reductionist process that will eventually optimise the system to its minimal effort/maximium competitiveness.
Man may not be evolving in the flesh, but our minds will always find better, 'fitter' ways to do things. Nor is evolution limited to us, we are also causing the information, techniques and technology that we use to improve. Humankind's judgement is the selection criteria that is molding the information we use, the machines, techniques and algorithms in our technologies, and even the thoughts and memes in our heads.
Personally I am yery disturbed that the US government seems to have the opinion that a cloned person is _not_ a human being who ought to recieve the same human rights as any other person.
It reads like some cheesy preface to some pulp sci-fi novel.
I noticed that some people seem to assume that the gestures in B&W are in the plane of the screen. The manual reads that these gestures are 'drawn on the ground'. I've found that gestures are more successful in the game if they are distorted to account for the slope of the terrain.
Hence, doing a 'perfect' gesture on a tablet or with a mouse won't work too well, it needs to be put into perspective...
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Install megasquirt'n'spark and hack your own car.
http://bgsoflex.com/megasquirt.html
Not open source, but certainly some degree of community development. (Actual OSS for it would rule)
Circumventing security features is only a crime in the Land of the Free...
I will buy and modify the product as I see fit.
"The Pentagon's interest in such an effort stems from the need to acquire energy on the battlefield.."
Sure, "energy" on the battlefield, 5-10MW could be fairly useful on a battlefield. Consider most 'useful' things deliver energy in the kilojoule ranges, including rifles... cars... tanks...
The Honeywell LV100-5 turbine engine delivers 1500 hp (1119 kW), and that's used to propel a 61.4 Ton M1 Abrams tank at 67.72 km/h! (Wikipedia of course)
So 'missing' with this power sat is like having 5-10 M1A2 Abrams driven into you at full speed. Nifty.
I'm not sure if anyone on the discussion noticed, but this suit is for Peter's rights to the profits to only the first movie in the trilogy, LOTR:The Fellowship of the Rings.
Newline has refused Wingnut films to audit the profits from the two subsequent films despite that they are contractually obligated to do so.
In New Zealand it is being reported that the studios have pulled out because Jackson and Walsh were refusing to reduce their share of the profit, which is also why LoTR and King Kong changed studios early in production.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3834956a10,00
The Inquirer might
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25687
Ah, this would never have happend if the Government still owned our power and phone. :P
...and will be the McGuffin in next weeks episode of CSI.
Since you only control the DHCP server, and can't pull plugs or cut cables...
1. Identify the offending MAC address.
2. Reassign that MAC address to a IP address on separate subnet that can only access a web page on a crappy little 486 with OpenBSD with instuructions on installing the hot-fixes and AV software on the CD that you'll leave in their mailbox in the morning, maybe tomorrow, maybe next Thursday.
3. Publish the names of the residents who's computer is stopping everyone else from getting email, pr0n, WoW, evercrack, whatever.
4. Lock your room, put the stereo on real loud (use headphones if you must), and finish your assignments (or level up your Taurean Shaman).
4. Drop off the CDs at your convienience.
Alternativly, drink heavily before, during, and after any virus related service issues. Oh, and don't wear pants.
Still waiting for the Diablo 2 1.10 patch.
Alas I was hoping they would be on to it with the release of WCIII, but no, now they get distracted with some other project.
More Rune Items!
Well, after skimming the comments there are some common assumptions made by /. posters.
Firstly, most are assuming 'fittest' means fit like 'six-pack abs like on infomercials' or 'smart like Einstein'. 'Fittest' in evolution is prettly literal, that which fits its niche best, hence can compete with less effort. Just think how bad some fit brawny dumb guy would be as an design engineer, or cryptographer. Think how good Einstein was at getting his University Math papers in on time. Niether fitted. Think of how well Rain-Man fitted in a Casino.
Another assumption is that evolution applies only to the meat packet that our consiousness wanders around in, or an even narrower view of just the genetic code describing them. Evolution applies to the memes in our head, the tasks we do, and the massive neural network that is your central nervous system. Dawkins (Blind Watchmaker) and Dennet (Darwins Dangerous Idea) both agree that evolution applies to any natural system as a reductionist process that will eventually optimise the system to its minimal effort/maximium competitiveness.
Man may not be evolving in the flesh, but our minds will always find better, 'fitter' ways to do things. Nor is evolution limited to us, we are also causing the information, techniques and technology that we use to improve. Humankind's judgement is the selection criteria that is molding the information we use, the machines, techniques and algorithms in our technologies, and even the thoughts and memes in our heads.
Mmmm, concrete, would be the best 'filler'.
Standard cheap stock-car trick in these parts. Fill all vehicle cavities with concrete. Leave space for moving parts and driver. Need big engine.
I'm not an American, we don't do class action suits here. We have real consumer protection laws
It reads like some cheesy preface to some pulp sci-fi novel.
I noticed that some people seem to assume that the gestures in B&W are in the plane of the screen. The manual reads that these gestures are 'drawn on the ground'. I've found that gestures are more successful in the game if they are distorted to account for the slope of the terrain. Hence, doing a 'perfect' gesture on a tablet or with a mouse won't work too well, it needs to be put into perspective...