It's called comedy. It may be vulgar and unsophisticated, but that's what makes most people laugh. If you're not one of them, too bad. Studios aren't about to start making movies targeted at 1% of the population.
There's not all that much difference. When you were in school, there were geeks doing things just like this, just like now, there are people constantly partying. The difference is now there is slashdot to bring all the geeky shit out into the open for us to laugh at.
They've known about water ice on mars for a while, at the poles. But what this article is about it large amounts of subterrainian ice in areas farther from the poles.
The reader for a smartcard might be cheaper, but my guess is that the cards themselves cost more than simle magnetic cards. And in the long run, that's where the cost will really be.
1) How will you automate separating the tracks? If you are recording from spdif it's all going to be one long mp3. I'm sure you could write a filter to do silence detection, but that doesn't work even close to 100%, many song have pauses in them.
2) You won't be able to automate the naming of files and id3 tags. You'll have to name every track manually.
Also, I don't know if it can be used to date things as far back as 6000 years, but coral grows at a fairly steady rate and can be used to date underwater objects.
Also, I don't know if you're using it but you didn't mention it so I will. You need to use a null modem cable, not a straight serial cable, to connect to the serial console.
one of the advantages to using a laser is that it won't blast the target into 1000 pieces, i'll just fry the electronics. You blow up a satellite in orbit and the debris will still be orbiting, slowly spreading out like a giant shotgun blast.
Reminds me of a theory that says once we get enough satellites in orbit, one or two of them exloding would be all that's needed to start a chain reaction where debris hits satellites, causing more debris, hitting more satellites, etc. The end result is enough junk in orbit that we can't launch anyhting into orbit without it being pummeled. Don't think we're quite near that many satellites yet though (i hope).
The idea is to detonate it well before it comes down, hopefully far enough away that shrapnel doesn't land on you. And even if it exploded relativly close to impact, shrapnel has much less penetrating power than an intact shell. I know I'd rather be in a tank hit by shrapnel than one hit by an armor piercing shell.
The problem is, powerful lasers have until recently been VERY big beasts, and aiming at something the size and speed of a missle is an incredibly difficult problem. The US has developed a flying version of this technology that can shoot down an ICMB from hundreds of miles away. The laser take up most of the space inside a gutted 747. Unfortunatly the US is violating treaties in developing it, so who knows if they will ever be put into action.
This patent is not just about recording video onto hard disks. Most of the claims are dependent on a clause that says "a processor selecting future shows from a channel guide database for recording based on said user specified criteria, wherein the selection of shows is based on one of either pattern matching or fuzzy logic analysis of the user specified criteria and the channel guide database, and wherein the processor further selects for removal a previously recorded show having a lower priority than the selected future shows if insufficient capacity exists for recording the future shows;" This allows you the box to learn that you like SciFi and automatically record all the SciFi shows.
Tivo does EXACTLY what you've described, and yes it can all be done in software. All of these patents are just about processing television listings in certain ways. The problem is that they aren't patents on methods. They are patents on the ability of the device (not the method it uses) to figure out what you like to watch.
Akamai, among probably lots of others, uses md5 checksums as one of the methods to detect updated pages. I don't know when they started and when the patent was applied for, but it's a possible example of prior art that came right to mind when I heard of the patent.
It hilarious how many time you say sdsl then you point me to a page discribing nothing but ADSL offerings. Maybe you're the one how doesn't even know what he has at home. SDSL has a max speed of 2.3 Mbps. The enhanced package from pacbel is ADSL. I really hope that static ip address comment you made doesn't mean you think that the s in sdsl means it has a static ip. Actually I do hope so, I could use another good laugh.
That's amazing, last I heard sdsl didn't go much higher than 2M. And it also didn't support voice over the same line. Now if you're talking about ADSL, that's a different story. It can definitly get 6M down (but much slower up), and supports voice on the same line. It's also strange that they would install a line for your sdsl and connect it to a phone circuit for no reason.
but excuse my rambling, you obviously know alot more about it than me
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It's called comedy. It may be vulgar and unsophisticated, but that's what makes most people laugh. If you're not one of them, too bad. Studios aren't about to start making movies targeted at 1% of the population.
The spam possibilities for this are frightening.
There's not all that much difference. When you were in school, there were geeks doing things just like this, just like now, there are people constantly partying. The difference is now there is slashdot to bring all the geeky shit out into the open for us to laugh at.
Actually other than the ice at the poles, I'm pretty sure this is the first "proof" of subterrainian ice elsewhere.
They've known about water ice on mars for a while, at the poles. But what this article is about it large amounts of subterrainian ice in areas farther from the poles.
Well then I guess I guessed wrong!
Unless a moron wrote their terms of service, then yes, you probably have violated it.
The reader for a smartcard might be cheaper, but my guess is that the cards themselves cost more than simle magnetic cards. And in the long run, that's where the cost will really be.
You don't want to eat 50 grand, 100 Grand is much better.
1) How will you automate separating the tracks? If you are recording from spdif it's all going to be one long mp3. I'm sure you could write a filter to do silence detection, but that doesn't work even close to 100%, many song have pauses in them.
2) You won't be able to automate the naming of files and id3 tags. You'll have to name every track manually.
Also, I don't know if it can be used to date things as far back as 6000 years, but coral grows at a fairly steady rate and can be used to date underwater objects.
Also, I don't know if you're using it but you didn't mention it so I will. You need to use a null modem cable, not a straight serial cable, to connect to the serial console.
from the article: "We don't expect any major hurdles."
I'll believe it when I can buy it.
one of the advantages to using a laser is that it won't blast the target into 1000 pieces, i'll just fry the electronics. You blow up a satellite in orbit and the debris will still be orbiting, slowly spreading out like a giant shotgun blast.
Reminds me of a theory that says once we get enough satellites in orbit, one or two of them exloding would be all that's needed to start a chain reaction where debris hits satellites, causing more debris, hitting more satellites, etc. The end result is enough junk in orbit that we can't launch anyhting into orbit without it being pummeled. Don't think we're quite near that many satellites yet though (i hope).
The idea is to detonate it well before it comes down, hopefully far enough away that shrapnel doesn't land on you. And even if it exploded relativly close to impact, shrapnel has much less penetrating power than an intact shell. I know I'd rather be in a tank hit by shrapnel than one hit by an armor piercing shell.
The problem is, powerful lasers have until recently been VERY big beasts, and aiming at something the size and speed of a missle is an incredibly difficult problem. The US has developed a flying version of this technology that can shoot down an ICMB from hundreds of miles away. The laser take up most of the space inside a gutted 747. Unfortunatly the US is violating treaties in developing it, so who knows if they will ever be put into action.
If so, then 50 million is way to low.
This patent is not just about recording video onto hard disks. Most of the claims are dependent on a clause that says "a processor selecting future shows from a channel guide database for recording based on said user specified criteria, wherein the selection of shows is based on one of either pattern matching or fuzzy logic analysis of the user specified criteria and the channel guide database, and wherein the processor further selects for removal a previously recorded show having a lower priority than the selected future shows if insufficient capacity exists for recording the future shows;" This allows you the box to learn that you like SciFi and automatically record all the SciFi shows.
Tivo does EXACTLY what you've described, and yes it can all be done in software. All of these patents are just about processing television listings in certain ways. The problem is that they aren't patents on methods. They are patents on the ability of the device (not the method it uses) to figure out what you like to watch.
Akamai, among probably lots of others, uses md5 checksums as one of the methods to detect updated pages. I don't know when they started and when the patent was applied for, but it's a possible example of prior art that came right to mind when I heard of the patent.
When exactly was this removed? I find it hard to believe since I'm running 2.4.0-test10 on my machine with 4 ide channels onboard (abit kt7-raid).
wow I think you need some therapy dude.
It hilarious how many time you say sdsl then you point me to a page discribing nothing but ADSL offerings. Maybe you're the one how doesn't even know what he has at home. SDSL has a max speed of 2.3 Mbps. The enhanced package from pacbel is ADSL. I really hope that static ip address comment you made doesn't mean you think that the s in sdsl means it has a static ip. Actually I do hope so, I could use another good laugh.
you're welcome.
That's amazing, last I heard sdsl didn't go much higher than 2M. And it also didn't support voice over the same line. Now if you're talking about ADSL, that's a different story. It can definitly get 6M down (but much slower up), and supports voice on the same line. It's also strange that they would install a line for your sdsl and connect it to a phone circuit for no reason.
but excuse my rambling, you obviously know alot more about it than me
There have been removeable drive bays like this for years, sans mp3 player. If you want something for large file transfers, they are only like $20.
That's not true, sdsl requires a dedicated line.