How do you figure? Even if cellphone data rates were zero, handheld is always going to be gimmicky. It has it's use, sure, but it won't be replacing PCs any time soon.
Yeah, I suppose it might be a bit of a stretch. But things have changed quite a bit from IE5/6's total domination to how things are now, and not supporting... say youtube, would knock IE down another peg.
Atmel STK500 link ($80 at digikey) A handful of AVRs.. a bunch of small cheap ones (atmega48p, attiny45), a few of more expensive ones with a lot of pins (atmega16/164).
AVR-GCC (in repos for most debian based stuff, i'm sure you can get it for all the *nixen though) WIN-AVR is the windows port link
all GPL.. groovy.
Under windows, STK500 will program with the free "AVR studio" from atmel, under linux I find avrdude to be the best.
Guess this is all moot though, cause the OP wants to do RF stuff, not microcontrollers.:-)
There's a fundamental difference between filling municipality coffers, and making profits for an independent corporation with no responsibility to taxpayers, IMO.
Not every one. But I don't pull into the intersection until I know I can make my turn. Gridlock sucks, and I refuse to contribute to it.
There are plenty of intersections here, where if you don't enter on green and peel out on yellow/red, you'll be waiting hours. I'd say that would be contributing to gridlock.
You could have a photo-diode gate the stopwatch, and stick the whole thing right by the yellow light. human error removed, total cost still almost zero, accuracy plenty good since we're talking seconds...
Something from the 70's - 80's. shouldn't be more than a couple bucks a piece at garage sales. Old enough to be discrete components, as opposed to a radio-on-chip sort of deal. Get an ARRL handbook from the 70's. Get a soldering iron.
I've been to some places in Europe where the green light is a set of numbers, so you know exactly how much time you have. Here, with the blinking "don't walk sign", it's too bloody ambiguous, especially in winter when yellows should be 10 seconds... I really wish we had the countdown system, and it's not like it would cost a fortune to implement.
As it is now, I just detour the lights. I'd rather waste fuel than give that crooked system one red cent.
In my city, the company that set up the lights gets 50%, and the municipality gets the other 50%. Sounds like something that is systemically flawed to me. Law enforcement shouldn't be a for-profit thing. They're installed on a few intersections that are always backed up due to design flaw - there really should be overpasses installed at these locations, not cameras. When people have to wait 5 cycles to make it through the intersection, there's a reason that they're blowing yellow/red lights, and it's that something is dreadfully wrong with the whole setup.
I want a wiki that contains a coredump of all human knowledge, notable or not. I'd get stuck in even worse wikiloops.
You know about some obscure film that was a knockoff of batman produced by 2 Chileans and a Russian in Azerbaijan in 1974? BRING IT ON. I want to know the life story of the three producer/director/actors as well. What the name of their third cat was. What brand of cigarettes they smoked. Everything is notable.
I'm not sure if you're serious or joking. (I'm thinking the latter).
I thought my folks were fascist for complaining about me drinking and smoking. Thank god they weren't net admins.
You do realize that if you're too hard-ass on your kids, they (about half of them IME), will go absolutely bat-shit berserk when they do get a bit of freedom. I guess you'll be a young grandparent.
I've gotten several old T series Thinkpads (T23, T40, etc) for peanuts, and none of them have broke down yet. They seem pretty robust. Of course, you'll probably need new batteries, but that's a given.
They aren't exactly stylish, but I'm a utilitarian sort anyways. They use them in space FFS.
Home Theater PC. Always thought it was a stupid name myself. Mostly because "home theater" is an oxymoron in general. TVputer is what I usually call mine.
Shitty API still falls under incompetence, does it not?
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You can find some nice 600mhz ARM + 128MB of RAM all-in-one boards that come with an SDK and all of the source plus many example apps for 30 dollars (FOB Shenzhen, China). There are even full embedded systems (with very similar specs) complete with case, power supply, remote, wifi card, etc. Ready to plug and get hacking for under 60 dollars (Again, price is FOB Shenzhen). Lots of fun at a great price. You can find retailers for all of this devices in most places around the world.
Hi, can you post some links to someone who retails these devices? sounds interesting.
The older iphones and ipod touches don't get multitasking likely because they only have 128 MB of RAM.
I think that's a bit of a stretch. For example, the older Nokia tablets (770, n800) had 64 and 128MB of RAM, respectively, and they had full blown multitasking. Not to mention slower processor than the iPhone. (770 and N800 had a 250 and 400MHz ARM, respectively).
Besides, you can run a full blown OS like win2k alright with 128MB of RAM. Not speedy, but, it ran alright for the time.
Some of the big health problem isotopes released had short half-lives, so staying there a year now is probably not much more of a dose than staying only a few days right after the incident, too.
RBMK is safe now, with a few modifications they added. There are still ~10 RBMK running inside Russia, and I don't think they have plans to shut them down early. (I think they'll gradually be taken off line between now and 2030, depending condition and how old).
From what I remember: Added more control rods, faster application, removed graphite tips. Added more base neutron absorber (not sure how to call it, like control rod that is always in), so that reactor is unable to run at low power level (where it was unstable). To compensate for the above it needs to run more enriched uranium though, I think ~2.5%. I suppose this makes it less cost effective than old, but safety is worthwhile exchange...
I think most new reactors will be VVER type (PWR, with containment, safe, and exported to many places). There is also new MKER under development, it's the same theory as RBMK, with hotswap fuel rods and such, and will be used to replace old RBMK. - I think it is to be full containment, though.
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kind of pointless though, because there are still printers and pencils, and human memory if that fails.
How do you figure? Even if cellphone data rates were zero, handheld is always going to be gimmicky. It has it's use, sure, but it won't be replacing PCs any time soon.
Yeah, I suppose it might be a bit of a stretch. But things have changed quite a bit from IE5/6's total domination to how things are now, and not supporting... say youtube, would knock IE down another peg.
If IE doesn't support it, that might just be the nail in the coffin. So I'm sure MS would follow suit.
MOAR FREE! :-)
Forgot to mention:
here's the site for the avr-libc (erm.. as stdlib is to gcc, this is to avr-gcc).
link
Bunch of examples about how to use the library for ADC, UART, STDIO, SPI, I2C, standard LCD displays, etc.
AVRfreaks is a great resource too, forums, plenty of projects posted, AVR chip comparison area, etc.
I'd skip the gimmicky arduino stuff, and get:
Atmel STK500 link ($80 at digikey)
A handful of AVRs.. a bunch of small cheap ones (atmega48p, attiny45), a few of more expensive ones with a lot of pins (atmega16/164).
AVR-GCC (in repos for most debian based stuff, i'm sure you can get it for all the *nixen though)
WIN-AVR is the windows port link
all GPL.. groovy.
Under windows, STK500 will program with the free "AVR studio" from atmel,
under linux I find avrdude to be the best.
Guess this is all moot though, cause the OP wants to do RF stuff, not microcontrollers. :-)
There's a fundamental difference between filling municipality coffers, and making profits for an independent corporation with no responsibility to taxpayers, IMO.
America thrives on using the legal system for illegitimate purposes. Makes me rather nauseous, really.
Not every one. But I don't pull into the intersection until I know I can make my turn. Gridlock sucks, and I refuse to contribute to it.
There are plenty of intersections here, where if you don't enter on green and peel out on yellow/red, you'll be waiting hours. I'd say that would be contributing to gridlock.
You could have a photo-diode gate the stopwatch, and stick the whole thing right by the yellow light. human error removed, total cost still almost zero, accuracy plenty good since we're talking seconds...
Something from the 70's - 80's. shouldn't be more than a couple bucks a piece at garage sales. Old enough to be discrete components, as opposed to a radio-on-chip sort of deal. Get an ARRL handbook from the 70's. Get a soldering iron.
If you still can't get your head around something, try asking for help at dutchforce electronics forums
You have to stick to it, and sooner or later it all makes sense. :-)
If you have a local amateur radio club, they might be helpful. (they might just be a bunch of grumpy old men too, it depends on the chapter...)
I've been to some places in Europe where the green light is a set of numbers, so you know exactly how much time you have. Here, with the blinking "don't walk sign", it's too bloody ambiguous, especially in winter when yellows should be 10 seconds... I really wish we had the countdown system, and it's not like it would cost a fortune to implement.
As it is now, I just detour the lights. I'd rather waste fuel than give that crooked system one red cent.
In my city, the company that set up the lights gets 50%, and the municipality gets the other 50%. Sounds like something that is systemically flawed to me. Law enforcement shouldn't be a for-profit thing. They're installed on a few intersections that are always backed up due to design flaw - there really should be overpasses installed at these locations, not cameras. When people have to wait 5 cycles to make it through the intersection, there's a reason that they're blowing yellow/red lights, and it's that something is dreadfully wrong with the whole setup.
I want a wiki that contains a coredump of all human knowledge, notable or not. I'd get stuck in even worse wikiloops.
You know about some obscure film that was a knockoff of batman produced by 2 Chileans and a Russian in Azerbaijan in 1974?
BRING IT ON. I want to know the life story of the three producer/director/actors as well. What the name of their third cat was. What brand of cigarettes they smoked. Everything is notable.
I'm not sure if you're serious or joking. (I'm thinking the latter).
I thought my folks were fascist for complaining about me drinking and smoking. Thank god they weren't net admins.
You do realize that if you're too hard-ass on your kids, they (about half of them IME), will go absolutely bat-shit berserk when they do get a bit of freedom. I guess you'll be a young grandparent.
I've gotten several old T series Thinkpads (T23, T40, etc) for peanuts, and none of them have broke down yet. They seem pretty robust. Of course, you'll probably need new batteries, but that's a given.
They aren't exactly stylish, but I'm a utilitarian sort anyways. They use them in space FFS.
There's some rebels that run de facto autonomous parts in the dirt-poor south province of Chiapas.
On a sign entering their territory:
"You are in Zapatista rebel territory. Here the people command and the government obeys."
Always liked the sound of that. Suppose you might want to read about the EZLN a bit.
Home Theater PC. Always thought it was a stupid name myself. Mostly because "home theater" is an oxymoron in general. TVputer is what I usually call mine.
My tabulating machine doesn't have any fans. The relays and card punch solenoids make an awful racket though.
Shitty API still falls under incompetence, does it not?
You can find some nice 600mhz ARM + 128MB of RAM all-in-one boards that come with an SDK and all of the source plus many example apps for 30 dollars (FOB Shenzhen, China). There are even full embedded systems (with very similar specs) complete with case, power supply, remote, wifi card, etc. Ready to plug and get hacking for under 60 dollars (Again, price is FOB Shenzhen). Lots of fun at a great price. You can find retailers for all of this devices in most places around the world.
Hi, can you post some links to someone who retails these devices? sounds interesting.
The older iphones and ipod touches don't get multitasking likely because they only have 128 MB of RAM.
I think that's a bit of a stretch. For example, the older Nokia tablets (770, n800) had 64 and 128MB of RAM, respectively, and they had full blown multitasking. Not to mention slower processor than the iPhone. (770 and N800 had a 250 and 400MHz ARM, respectively).
Besides, you can run a full blown OS like win2k alright with 128MB of RAM. Not speedy, but, it ran alright for the time.
Of course I'd just end up duct-taping a GSM dongle/phone to a wifi router, but...
The fact remains, they charge too much for data in north america, i can't justify paying for service for it, but the hardware isn't a problem.
I swore to never get an iPhone, but now that it supports ads... sign me up!
This is what I've been waiting for. Apple is a true innovator.
Some of the big health problem isotopes released had short half-lives, so staying there a year now is probably not much more of a dose than staying only a few days right after the incident, too.
RBMK is safe now, with a few modifications they added. There are still ~10 RBMK running inside Russia, and I don't think they have plans to shut them down early. (I think they'll gradually be taken off line between now and 2030, depending condition and how old).
From what I remember:
Added more control rods, faster application, removed graphite tips.
Added more base neutron absorber (not sure how to call it, like control rod that is always in), so that reactor is unable to run at low power level (where it was unstable).
To compensate for the above it needs to run more enriched uranium though, I think ~2.5%. I suppose this makes it less cost effective than old, but safety is worthwhile exchange...
I think most new reactors will be VVER type (PWR, with containment, safe, and exported to many places). There is also new MKER under development, it's the same theory as RBMK, with hotswap fuel rods and such, and will be used to replace old RBMK. - I think it is to be full containment, though.