and this is why some (defunct imo) AV products have flagged executable packers for as long as i can remember. I have used a modified (header only) version of UPX for some products over the years, and time and time again, some AV will flag it as some generic virus. The reason I used it was to make it a little harder for script kiddies to clone the product, as just changing the UPX header would be enough to disable the generic unpacker scripts. It's gotten even worse in recent years, where a simple (un-obfuscated!) C#.net assembly that simply imports ReadProcessMemory from kernel32 gets flagged as a virus by the same "AV" products. I'm sick of AV products ignorantly flagging shit as malicious, resulting a a lot of extra support, while security-ignorant government mandated (very-well-obfuscated) backdoo... er i mean "bugs" are rampant.
Interesting fact is that Nintendo themselves downloaded ROM images from the internet for use in their Virtual Console.
An example for this is a Super Mario Bros ROM for the NES. Where the image used on the console was stored in a format that was first implemented by the developer of the iNES emulator (Marat Fayzullin) and later adopted by other emulator authors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
that the longest surviving soviet probe transmitted for only 65 minutes. I feel that you're over-romanticizing landing on Venus a bit here, also lets not forget about the atmospheric pressure (93 bar) and temperature (462 C; 863 F), at the surface, not the easiest conditions to operate machinery in for longer periods of time.
(src: http://astro.if.ufrgs.br/solar...)
ESA's Venus Express did some good science as recently as 2015.
And you didn't mention the weird retrograde rotation of Venus (together with Uranus, the only ones in our solar system), which is one of its most interesting features in my personal opinion..
There seems to be no requirement to open the console, or even solder, and the picture shows what seems to be a board with an FTDI chip, and 2 wires going to the console. Is it just a UART, and are they getting into the bootloader that way ? If this is all it takes, then I imagine piracy to be rampant soon. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DV...
Dave Jones' (EEVblog) analysis : https://www.youtube.com/watch?... (bonus points if you read the subject in his voice, let's hear your favorite dave quotes/one liners)
ok, so i can imagine something like McDonalds automating the food "preparation", since it's basically already "pick up item A, drop on location B, wait for xx time, then drop on location C" type of work, but I don't see machines making my steak-frites in the way a proper chef would prepare them any time soon, or any other proper meal.
I know, it's piracy right ? Not the fact that nowadays they make a long-play film out of a "story" that wouldn't even be considered as a side-plot for a Star Trek episode a few decade ago. Where actors are cast based on looks only, talent is irrelevant. When movie studios are basically banks, going for proven ROI's only, taking zero risk, killing and burying all remaining talent. Where now almost everything is a reboot or spinoff of a brand name made a few decades ago and marketed and hyped to death. Adding ZERO value, often simply demeaning to the original. And even when they try real hard, everything is pushed and shoved and even in their best efforts the end result simply lacks finesse. Where the whole SciFi genre is now reduced to Xmen bullshit and yet even more action packed garbage with simply no plot, no insights, nothing, just terrible cgi action scenes, and cheesy dialog. Where everything is tailored to one age category and the common denominator where all of the audience is considered to be brain dead morons and potheads.
Allow me to further elaborate as to WHY i found this algorithm so interesting, because it's so ridiculously simple. It considers a pixel is skin if 50 R - G 250, where R and G are the red and green channels from a 8-bit RGB pixel representation. Sure it's not meant for the prime-time, it's just a very interesting curiosity, and easy to perform in parallel.
I came across an extremely simple skin detection algorithm some time ago and made a GLSL implementation. Check here for a demo and explanation (click about). http://labs.thygate.com/amazin...
It is actually quite robust if the lighting conditions of the scene don't change too much.
will it have a constant production of 2.35MW ? or will it produce 2.35MWh a day ? Huge difference.
"The company is estimating the plant to be able to produce 2.35 MW of electricity and 1.2 tons of hydrogen each day."
I would expect a unit in Wh in this sentence, a unit of energy, not a unit of power.
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and this is why some (defunct imo) AV products have flagged executable packers for as long as i can remember. I have used a modified (header only) version of UPX for some products over the years, and time and time again, some AV will flag it as some generic virus. The reason I used it was to make it a little harder for script kiddies to clone the product, as just changing the UPX header would be enough to disable the generic unpacker scripts. It's gotten even worse in recent years, where a simple (un-obfuscated!) C# .net assembly that simply imports ReadProcessMemory from kernel32 gets flagged as a virus by the same "AV" products. I'm sick of AV products ignorantly flagging shit as malicious, resulting a a lot of extra support, while security-ignorant government mandated (very-well-obfuscated) backdoo... er i mean "bugs" are rampant.
why we need a kernel driver for a gaming device ? surely there is some userland service or something that can talk usb hid ?
is this the asteroid that looks like the vampire space ship in life force ?
Interesting fact is that Nintendo themselves downloaded ROM images from the internet for use in their Virtual Console. An example for this is a Super Mario Bros ROM for the NES. Where the image used on the console was stored in a format that was first implemented by the developer of the iNES emulator (Marat Fayzullin) and later adopted by other emulator authors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
.. adversarial networks, work together ..
what ?
for the youngsters, https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
wouldn't be too hard to detect affected browsers and deny the test .. or disable it with some clever js or images or whatnot.
that the longest surviving soviet probe transmitted for only 65 minutes. I feel that you're over-romanticizing landing on Venus a bit here, also lets not forget about the atmospheric pressure (93 bar) and temperature (462 C; 863 F), at the surface, not the easiest conditions to operate machinery in for longer periods of time. (src: http://astro.if.ufrgs.br/solar...) ESA's Venus Express did some good science as recently as 2015. And you didn't mention the weird retrograde rotation of Venus (together with Uranus, the only ones in our solar system), which is one of its most interesting features in my personal opinion..
Daisy, daisy.
There seems to be no requirement to open the console, or even solder, and the picture shows what seems to be a board with an FTDI chip, and 2 wires going to the console. Is it just a UART, and are they getting into the bootloader that way ? If this is all it takes, then I imagine piracy to be rampant soon. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DV...
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Sodium Heat Pipes (First-ever use of a heat pipe to extract thermal power from a fission reactor)
Lithium Hydride/Tungsten Shielding (lightweight space-grade, neutron-shielding material for mobile nuclear reactors)
Stirling Power Conversion System (First-ever use of a Stirling convertor to produce electric power with a fission heat source)
Beryllium Oxide Neutron Reflector
A compact, low cost, fission reactor for exploration and science, scalable from 1 kW to 10 kW electric
Novel integration of available U-235 fuel form, passive sodium heat pipes, and flight-ready Stirling convertors
Would provide about 10x more power than the Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
some perspective :
Power systems used on previous robotic missions (e.g. Spirit/Opportunity, Phoenix, Curiosity) do not provide sufficient power: all less than 200 W
source (with pictures!) : https://www.nasa.gov/sites/def...
Dave Jones' (EEVblog) analysis : https://www.youtube.com/watch?... (bonus points if you read the subject in his voice, let's hear your favorite dave quotes/one liners)
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ok, so i can imagine something like McDonalds automating the food "preparation", since it's basically already "pick up item A, drop on location B, wait for xx time, then drop on location C" type of work, but I don't see machines making my steak-frites in the way a proper chef would prepare them any time soon, or any other proper meal.
I know, it's piracy right ? Not the fact that nowadays they make a long-play film out of a "story" that wouldn't even be considered as a side-plot for a Star Trek episode a few decade ago. Where actors are cast based on looks only, talent is irrelevant. When movie studios are basically banks, going for proven ROI's only, taking zero risk, killing and burying all remaining talent. Where now almost everything is a reboot or spinoff of a brand name made a few decades ago and marketed and hyped to death. Adding ZERO value, often simply demeaning to the original. And even when they try real hard, everything is pushed and shoved and even in their best efforts the end result simply lacks finesse. Where the whole SciFi genre is now reduced to Xmen bullshit and yet even more action packed garbage with simply no plot, no insights, nothing, just terrible cgi action scenes, and cheesy dialog. Where everything is tailored to one age category and the common denominator where all of the audience is considered to be brain dead morons and potheads.
darn html got filtered of < symbols.
Allow me to further elaborate as to WHY i found this algorithm so interesting, because it's so ridiculously simple. It considers a pixel is skin if 50 R - G 250, where R and G are the red and green channels from a 8-bit RGB pixel representation. Sure it's not meant for the prime-time, it's just a very interesting curiosity, and easy to perform in parallel.
which was all explained in the about text if you had cared to read it.
I came across an extremely simple skin detection algorithm some time ago and made a GLSL implementation. Check here for a demo and explanation (click about). http://labs.thygate.com/amazin... It is actually quite robust if the lighting conditions of the scene don't change too much.
MITM SSL attacks to steal your exchange creds ?
no mention in the article of what the decompiler actually decompiles to ..
or, in more readable scientific number, about 6GWh, which is not that much really, for a entire year for a worldwide service.
will it have a constant production of 2.35MW ? or will it produce 2.35MWh a day ? Huge difference. "The company is estimating the plant to be able to produce 2.35 MW of electricity and 1.2 tons of hydrogen each day." I would expect a unit in Wh in this sentence, a unit of energy, not a unit of power.