Back in my college days we had to submit a compilation job on the mainframe, and then wait around for a couple hours for someone to put the printout containing the results (or more likely a crash dump) into the appropriate mail box slot. Then you had to wait your turn to submit a revised copy. (No, this wasn't that long ago -- 89, 90, something like that -- but the community college I went to still taught their Cobol & assembly classes on an older mainframe -- 3270 terminals though, no punch cards).
But in the case of Android, remember that all the components are still separate -- you have the Dalvik VM, the Linux kernel, and libraries as probably the large components. So you can still debug any particular program module independently.
What's wrong with using Syslinux for boot? It's not just for live CDs anymore (they've had ext2/3 support for a while now). It has the simplicity of Lilo, with the addition of being file system aware (unlike Lilo). In fact, any time I've failed to get Grub to re-install, I cheated and switched over to Syslinux.
From the Illinois Tollway site: The Tollway recommends that these transponders be replaced for two important reasons:
The older transponder model is no longer being manufactured and, therefore, is no longer certified by the manufacturer.
Our testing has shown that the older transponder model does not perform as well as the new transponders on the new open road tolling system.
The first point means that if the tollway were to update the receiver equipment on the roads, they are not guaranteed to work with the old transponders. And I can vouch for the second point personally -- many problems with the first generation of transponders.
The other main problem with the first gen transponders, is that the battery looks like a regular AA battery, but it is actually a 3.6 volt Lithium battery. Users were replacing them with a regular AA, and therefore getting the under voltage condition.
The problem with going faster is that you would then overshoot Mars. The way you go to another planet (efficiently) is through a transfer orbit. Basically, Mars is in it's position because it is going faster than Earth (but it takes longer to go around the Sun since it is further out). To go from Earth to Mars, you accelerate to the same velocity as Mars, giving you a sort of spiral orbit until you reach the same orbit as the target planet. And if you time it right, your orbit and the target planet's orbit will intersect. Therefore you don't need to expend a lot of fuel to slow down once you get there, as it would be like coasting to a stop. Now if you try to go faster, you will overshoot the target planet's orbit, or you will need to carry enough fuel for a braking maneuver (or use atmospheric breaking for example).
That's because everything else was already sold in half / whole gallon prior to the time metrification was attempted in the 70's/80's. But Soda was sold in bottles and cans. So when the larger jugs of soda came about during the middle of metrification, the softdrink bottlers figured they might as well start out their new product size in liters instead of having to convert later on (which would involve re-tooling the bottling plants). Hence we have 2-liter (and in some cases 1-liter) soda.
Another advantage is for ratios. You set it once, and you can read any number of ratios off it at a glance. A good example is computing exchange rates when traveling -- this is where having a slide rule dial on a watch comes in handy. You set it for that particular country, then you just glance at it whenever you want to find out how much something costs.
I love my log-log-duplex-decitrig. Picked up a 4081-3 at a flea market for 2 bucks last summer (nearly mint condition). Also got a K-E model 4092-3 for a dollar, which dates back to around 1938 or so.
I really wish that someone would still make high quality slide rules, even if for the education market. Yes they are old fashioned, dated, etc., but learning math without the aid of the modern calculators gives you more of a feel for what is going on. Of course the drawback is that it would take longer to get through a typical math curriculum that way. But maybe for just for one semester of algebra...
Except that the two carriers use two different bands for 3g data and T-Mobile customers could already roam on AT&Ts network, but at edge only speeds.
Actually, you can only roam when you are in an area without native coverage. So if T-mobile serves your area (but with spotty coverage), and an AT&T tower gives you a better signal, you can't roam to the AT&T tower.
"Winsock" was Microsoft's specification for a Windows TCP/IP stack. Unfortunately, they didn't ship a dialup TCP/IP with Windows 3.1 (Windows for Workgroups included a Winsock, however that was for Ethernet only). So "Trumpet", a specific implementation of Winsock was written to fill in the gap, and provide a Winsock stack to Windows 3.1 / dialup users.
If you don't find that you are getting a good deal with insurance, then why buy it? Except in cases where you are required to (minimal car insurance, or full coverage if you have a loan). For example, I never buy extended warranties on electronics (I consider that a form of insurance), because in my experience it would cost more than it pays back in the long run. Another example, if you are a teenager driving a $8000 car, it doesn't make sense to pay $4000 a year for comprehensive collision insurance.
The way to patch this law is: 1) Apply a tax to everyone to cover the cost of public insurance. 2) Give a tax credit to those who have a qualifying private health plan.
Net effect is the same, yet it avoids the constitutional issues (just increase the current FICA tax).
It seems like it is more annoying for those who touch type faster. I can see it being useful if you are a slow typist, but for me I turned off. The most annoying "feature" is it will do the search on the first predicted result that is on the dropdown list. So you type in the first couple words, and the search results are based on the next one or two words that they think you were going to type, which is nothing like what you were looking for.
I second this. Only problem is you'll have to find used ones on Ebay which may vary in quality and functionality, and you are unlikely to find 30 of them of the same type. One possible solution is to get the ones sold by ThinkGeek. However word has it that their build quality doesn't match what the traditional ones were, so they are novelty only. Second option is to make your own rules by printing out the scale patterns and using laminated cardboard sheets (or cutting the slats and making a tongue & groove on a table saw / router). The biggest difficulty is making the cursor.
There are also places that have "new in box" rules for sale (ones that have sat in warehouses for years), but I'm not sure if they would have enough quantity of any particular model for use in an educational setting.
I've got a good way to deal with many root kits. What is the one thing that a root kit does well? When you read an infected file, it will give you the "clean" file's contents (by intercepting the OS read system call). So the way to deal with them is simple: You're enemies strength is its weakness.
While the OS is running (with root kit), make a copy of all OS files (c:\WINDOWS, system32, drivers,...). The root kit will make sure you have clean versions, since that is what it wants you to see. Afterwards, boot off a live Linux CD, then cmp the OS windows directory with the copy you made. Any executable file that is different is likely to be a hiding place for the virus.
Now it is possible for the root kit to still write out infected files when you make copies of them, but this process has worked on the last several infections I've had to clean up. Follow up with a regular virus scan afterwards to catch any registry shenanigans and you should be golden.
The solution for mutli-tasking & FPGAs is to have multiple FPGA sub-units available, and limit access to them to device drivers running in kernel space. Need a new FPGA program? Load a driver for it -- if no more FPGA units are available, the driver doesn't load.
Try looking at the main Slashdot page in 800x600 or 800x480 resolution (typical high-end mobile device res). Without ads, it is acceptable, but with ads on you get a very narrow column of text.
So your saying it would actually make sense for the FSF or similar organization to join them. After all, they are just as interested in protecting their intellectual property rights (GPL enforcement comes to mind).
The simple solution is to set you Sectors per Track to 32. This would make sure that everything is properly aligned (except the first partition, usually/boot, which is mis-aligned by one cylinder).
Sure. You can download a 720p video, and play it on the device. You don't have to pre-convert it to 800x480 (or 400x240, like I have to for my n810). That's all that spec means, is the source video can be 720p.
They have no evidence that you clicked on it though. Just because the software is installed means only that "someone" clicked the agreement. Or maybe not -- all software has bugs in it, maybe the installer didn't show an agreement (due to a faulty video card driver, for instance).
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Back in my college days we had to submit a compilation job on the mainframe, and then wait around for a couple hours for someone to put the printout containing the results (or more likely a crash dump) into the appropriate mail box slot. Then you had to wait your turn to submit a revised copy. (No, this wasn't that long ago -- 89, 90, something like that -- but the community college I went to still taught their Cobol & assembly classes on an older mainframe -- 3270 terminals though, no punch cards).
But in the case of Android, remember that all the components are still separate -- you have the Dalvik VM, the Linux kernel, and libraries as probably the large components. So you can still debug any particular program module independently.
What's wrong with using Syslinux for boot? It's not just for live CDs anymore (they've had ext2/3 support for a while now). It has the simplicity of Lilo, with the addition of being file system aware (unlike Lilo).
In fact, any time I've failed to get Grub to re-install, I cheated and switched over to Syslinux.
From the Illinois Tollway site:
The Tollway recommends that these transponders be replaced for two important reasons:
The older transponder model is no longer being manufactured and, therefore, is no longer certified by the manufacturer.
Our testing has shown that the older transponder model does not perform as well as the new transponders on the new open road tolling system.
The first point means that if the tollway were to update the receiver equipment on the roads, they are not guaranteed to work with the old transponders. And I can vouch for the second point personally -- many problems with the first generation of transponders.
The other main problem with the first gen transponders, is that the battery looks like a regular AA battery, but it is actually a 3.6 volt Lithium battery. Users were replacing them with a regular AA, and therefore getting the under voltage condition.
The problem with going faster is that you would then overshoot Mars. The way you go to another planet (efficiently) is through a transfer orbit. Basically, Mars is in it's position because it is going faster than Earth (but it takes longer to go around the Sun since it is further out). To go from Earth to Mars, you accelerate to the same velocity as Mars, giving you a sort of spiral orbit until you reach the same orbit as the target planet. And if you time it right, your orbit and the target planet's orbit will intersect. Therefore you don't need to expend a lot of fuel to slow down once you get there, as it would be like coasting to a stop. Now if you try to go faster, you will overshoot the target planet's orbit, or you will need to carry enough fuel for a braking maneuver (or use atmospheric breaking for example).
That's because everything else was already sold in half / whole gallon prior to the time metrification was attempted in the 70's/80's. But Soda was sold in bottles and cans. So when the larger jugs of soda came about during the middle of metrification, the softdrink bottlers figured they might as well start out their new product size in liters instead of having to convert later on (which would involve re-tooling the bottling plants). Hence we have 2-liter (and in some cases 1-liter) soda.
Another advantage is for ratios. You set it once, and you can read any number of ratios off it at a glance. A good example is computing exchange rates when traveling -- this is where having a slide rule dial on a watch comes in handy. You set it for that particular country, then you just glance at it whenever you want to find out how much something costs.
I love my log-log-duplex-decitrig. Picked up a 4081-3 at a flea market for 2 bucks last summer (nearly mint condition). Also got a K-E model 4092-3 for a dollar, which dates back to around 1938 or so.
I really wish that someone would still make high quality slide rules, even if for the education market. Yes they are old fashioned, dated, etc., but learning math without the aid of the modern calculators gives you more of a feel for what is going on. Of course the drawback is that it would take longer to get through a typical math curriculum that way. But maybe for just for one semester of algebra...
Except that the two carriers use two different bands for 3g data and T-Mobile customers could already roam on AT&Ts network, but at edge only speeds.
Actually, you can only roam when you are in an area without native coverage. So if T-mobile serves your area (but with spotty coverage), and an AT&T tower gives you a better signal, you can't roam to the AT&T tower.
you mean like this one? (this is from Red Dwarf - Back to Earth, their "Picture Zoom" sketch).
"Winsock" was Microsoft's specification for a Windows TCP/IP stack. Unfortunately, they didn't ship a dialup TCP/IP with Windows 3.1 (Windows for Workgroups included a Winsock, however that was for Ethernet only). So "Trumpet", a specific implementation of Winsock was written to fill in the gap, and provide a Winsock stack to Windows 3.1 / dialup users.
If you don't find that you are getting a good deal with insurance, then why buy it? Except in cases where you are required to (minimal car insurance, or full coverage if you have a loan). For example, I never buy extended warranties on electronics (I consider that a form of insurance), because in my experience it would cost more than it pays back in the long run. Another example, if you are a teenager driving a $8000 car, it doesn't make sense to pay $4000 a year for comprehensive collision insurance.
The way to patch this law is:
1) Apply a tax to everyone to cover the cost of public insurance.
2) Give a tax credit to those who have a qualifying private health plan.
Net effect is the same, yet it avoids the constitutional issues (just increase the current FICA tax).
It works fairly good with MythTV, but only for recorded content (it looks for blank frames at 30/60 second intervals).
It seems like it is more annoying for those who touch type faster. I can see it being useful if you are a slow typist, but for me I turned off. The most annoying "feature" is it will do the search on the first predicted result that is on the dropdown list. So you type in the first couple words, and the search results are based on the next one or two words that they think you were going to type, which is nothing like what you were looking for.
I second this. Only problem is you'll have to find used ones on Ebay which may vary in quality and functionality, and you are unlikely to find 30 of them of the same type. One possible solution is to get the ones sold by ThinkGeek. However word has it that their build quality doesn't match what the traditional ones were, so they are novelty only. Second option is to make your own rules by printing out the scale patterns and using laminated cardboard sheets (or cutting the slats and making a tongue & groove on a table saw / router). The biggest difficulty is making the cursor.
There are also places that have "new in box" rules for sale (ones that have sat in warehouses for years), but I'm not sure if they would have enough quantity of any particular model for use in an educational setting.
I've got a good way to deal with many root kits. What is the one thing that a root kit does well? When you read an infected file, it will give you the "clean" file's contents (by intercepting the OS read system call). So the way to deal with them is simple: You're enemies strength is its weakness.
While the OS is running (with root kit), make a copy of all OS files (c:\WINDOWS, system32, drivers, ...). The root kit will make sure you have clean versions, since that is what it wants you to see. Afterwards, boot off a live Linux CD, then cmp the OS windows directory with the copy you made. Any executable file that is different is likely to be a hiding place for the virus.
Now it is possible for the root kit to still write out infected files when you make copies of them, but this process has worked on the last several infections I've had to clean up. Follow up with a regular virus scan afterwards to catch any registry shenanigans and you should be golden.
Better yet -- there is a well defined standards-compliant HTML tag for this. It's called "mailto".
The solution for mutli-tasking & FPGAs is to have multiple FPGA sub-units available, and limit access to them to device drivers running in kernel space. Need a new FPGA program? Load a driver for it -- if no more FPGA units are available, the driver doesn't load.
Try looking at the main Slashdot page in 800x600 or 800x480 resolution (typical high-end mobile device res). Without ads, it is acceptable, but with ads on you get a very narrow column of text.
I've found karlscalculus.org to be a useful site. for my brushing-up needs.
So your saying it would actually make sense for the FSF or similar organization to join them. After all, they are just as interested in protecting their intellectual property rights (GPL enforcement comes to mind).
The simple solution is to set you Sectors per Track to 32. This would make sure that everything is properly aligned (except the first partition, usually /boot, which is mis-aligned by one cylinder).
Sure. You can download a 720p video, and play it on the device. You don't have to pre-convert it to 800x480 (or 400x240, like I have to for my n810). That's all that spec means, is the source video can be 720p.
They have no evidence that you clicked on it though. Just because the software is installed means only that "someone" clicked the agreement. Or maybe not -- all software has bugs in it, maybe the installer didn't show an agreement (due to a faulty video card driver, for instance).
Wasn't Emacs used as an example of a "Cathedral" project in Raymond's paper?