Considering that the single prior was Salcedo's conviction for computer crime, where he got screwed precisely to "make an example" (he was the first person prosecuted under Michigan's new computer crime law at the time, and the AG was planning to run for governer and needed a tough on crime rep, so Brian got hammered), I can't help but feel like it's the same thing this time.
1) It really isn't a sore spot between them. Motorola bought Metrowerks primarily to have a good software suite to go with their embedded processors, and Metrowerks has done quite well for themselves in the embedded market, especially embedded PPC and for Freescale's DSPs. Even back in 98/99, around the time of the Metrowerks purchase, Motorola was already starting to shift focus to making PPCs for the embedded market. By the time Xcode was released, Metrowerks basically didn't care about the desktop software market.
To my knowledge (and I have a passing acquaintance with all 3 people involved in the case), your feeling would be incorrect, unless you consider a single previous incident by one of them to be "a long history of felonies". They're pretty good guys, honestly. Not always the best at thinking through their actions, but *very* bright with the computers. Unfortunately, the one doesn't always make up for the other.
iTunes, or ephPod, or any of the other programs existing to load the necessary data into the database that makes the interface work well.
I'm willing to trade limits on how I load my music (especially given that there ARE GPLed ways to do it) for my player actually having a usable index of the songs that are on it.
Of course, the original case brought against him was slightly trumped up as well, and was mainly brought as a way to test the State of Michigan's new computer crime statute.
Brian's definitely in the wrong here, and I'm not going to defend him, but you should probably at least know a little bit about the case before you condemn him entirely.
I think he used a heat gun to melt the balls from the opposite side of the board; we were lucky in that it was only a 6 layer and nothing was located directly opposite the BGA (it was, for the record, a MPC561 processor). It was really most impressive, both that he even tried it and that he could hold the package steady enough to line up the balls.
I just like DIP because I can stab my current lab tech with them when he's not in the lab when he's supposed to be (aka when I need him to be there).
Show me how to build an AND or OR gate in CMOS with less than 4 transistors. I will happily show you how to build a 4 transistor NAND gate. (roughly halfway down the page.)
I'd like to note one thing about your statement: NAND is cheaper in terms of transistors than OR or AND in a CMOS process. This is why most CMOS-based chips are NAND-based.
In CMOS technologies, NAND is actually the simplest full-coverage logic gate. 4 transistors. 6 for an AND, or OR gate. NOT is a 2 transistor gate (see CMOS inverter); however, you can't build other gates out of NOT gates.
NAND gates are easier in the most common IC logic processes, which is why most logic processes base off of NAND.
DL, DTL, RTL, are all fun and everything, but pretty useless in the real world, and TTL has mostly been superceded by CMOS. Real circuits are based on NAND gates, or on larger-scale AND-OR-INVERT combination gates.
can function as a multi-purpose portable HD since it doesn't care what else you throw on there
You probably don't realize this, but the iPod does this too.
(I've tried both, and won't be buying a Neuros anytime soon - I don't *need* a built-in transmitter, I just have an external one that stays in my car where it sees use, and the menus on the iPod work perfectly well for me - and anyone else with a fully tagged MP3 collection).
I've seen someone hand-solder a BGA, without using a reflow oven. We still x-rayed it when he was done, to be sure, but he did manage it. I have no idea how. However, he's a professional electronics technician, and has been working with PCBs for about 30 years now.
But for the general case, no, it's not possible. TSSOP is about the limit for by-hand, and they're still a pain in the ass to do. I miss DIP sometimes.
There was no orthographical trend at the time; there was no such thing as 'established spelling' which is necessary for orthography to have any real meaning.
There's an HP scope in my lab at work... we love it. The Agilent 54622D is supposed to be the equivalent, but... I don't know, the one we got just doesn't feel as solid as the HP does. I'm just not a huge fan of the Agilent stuff I've used. I love our HP gear, though. On the other hand - Tektronix is what the other lab I work in buys, and I wish they didn't. Agilent is still better than Tek.
Take a word (for example, the name of your current project at work, etc.). Rearrange the letters into an anagram. Pick a punctuation character. Insert that character every N characters into the anagram. Add a numeric at the end. This scheme will generate a password acceptable to just about every complexity checker, and if you use a memorizable remapping for the anagram (for example, first letter, 3rd letter, 5th letter..., 2nd letter, 4th letter,....) all you have to remember is a word and a punctuation character.
Example:
I am working on project "fortran". I select a skip-letter remap, and get frrnota. I select * as my punctuation, and decide to add it after 3 characters. frr*not*a. My number is 2. frr*not*a2.
I have 5, now. Each time I rotate passwords (once per year, usually), the highest security one moves down a notch, and everything below it gets bumped down by one.
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Yeah, well my phone (Motorola v400) has SSH, so nyah.
You can transfer rings and pictures on the v220 using Motorola's Windows software; I don't think there's anything available for OS X, sadly.
Considering that the single prior was Salcedo's conviction for computer crime, where he got screwed precisely to "make an example" (he was the first person prosecuted under Michigan's new computer crime law at the time, and the AG was planning to run for governer and needed a tough on crime rep, so Brian got hammered), I can't help but feel like it's the same thing this time.
I haven't seen that one yet. I hate the Hello Moto theme, but at least they're starting to use some badass music for them.
1) It really isn't a sore spot between them. Motorola bought Metrowerks primarily to have a good software suite to go with their embedded processors, and Metrowerks has done quite well for themselves in the embedded market, especially embedded PPC and for Freescale's DSPs. Even back in 98/99, around the time of the Metrowerks purchase, Motorola was already starting to shift focus to making PPCs for the embedded market. By the time Xcode was released, Metrowerks basically didn't care about the desktop software market.
Yes. With the sole exception of the RAZR ad that's sporting a really good Dabrye song, they're pretty uniformly awful.
To my knowledge (and I have a passing acquaintance with all 3 people involved in the case), your feeling would be incorrect, unless you consider a single previous incident by one of them to be "a long history of felonies". They're pretty good guys, honestly. Not always the best at thinking through their actions, but *very* bright with the computers. Unfortunately, the one doesn't always make up for the other.
F'real.
A 36" by 48", on the other hand, is a man's man's print. (AKA architectural E).
iTunes, or ephPod, or any of the other programs existing to load the necessary data into the database that makes the interface work well.
I'm willing to trade limits on how I load my music (especially given that there ARE GPLed ways to do it) for my player actually having a usable index of the songs that are on it.
Of course, the original case brought against him was slightly trumped up as well, and was mainly brought as a way to test the State of Michigan's new computer crime statute.
Brian's definitely in the wrong here, and I'm not going to defend him, but you should probably at least know a little bit about the case before you condemn him entirely.
Hey, that's cheating.
(Smartass.)
Yes, heat gun, very steady hands, and a lot of luck.
Note that I fully admit I can't really solder, which is why I like DIP.
I think he used a heat gun to melt the balls from the opposite side of the board; we were lucky in that it was only a 6 layer and nothing was located directly opposite the BGA (it was, for the record, a MPC561 processor). It was really most impressive, both that he even tried it and that he could hold the package steady enough to line up the balls.
I just like DIP because I can stab my current lab tech with them when he's not in the lab when he's supposed to be (aka when I need him to be there).
Wrong.
Show me how to build an AND or OR gate in CMOS with less than 4 transistors. I will happily show you how to build a 4 transistor NAND gate. (roughly halfway down the page.)
I'd like to note one thing about your statement: NAND is cheaper in terms of transistors than OR or AND in a CMOS process. This is why most CMOS-based chips are NAND-based.
In CMOS technologies, NAND is actually the simplest full-coverage logic gate. 4 transistors. 6 for an AND, or OR gate. NOT is a 2 transistor gate (see CMOS inverter); however, you can't build other gates out of NOT gates.
NAND gates are easier in the most common IC logic processes, which is why most logic processes base off of NAND.
DL, DTL, RTL, are all fun and everything, but pretty useless in the real world, and TTL has mostly been superceded by CMOS. Real circuits are based on NAND gates, or on larger-scale AND-OR-INVERT combination gates.
can function as a multi-purpose portable HD since it doesn't care what else you throw on there
You probably don't realize this, but the iPod does this too.
(I've tried both, and won't be buying a Neuros anytime soon - I don't *need* a built-in transmitter, I just have an external one that stays in my car where it sees use, and the menus on the iPod work perfectly well for me - and anyone else with a fully tagged MP3 collection).
I've seen someone hand-solder a BGA, without using a reflow oven. We still x-rayed it when he was done, to be sure, but he did manage it. I have no idea how. However, he's a professional electronics technician, and has been working with PCBs for about 30 years now.
But for the general case, no, it's not possible. TSSOP is about the limit for by-hand, and they're still a pain in the ass to do. I miss DIP sometimes.
Except there's no americanium element - americium.
There was no orthographical trend at the time; there was no such thing as 'established spelling' which is necessary for orthography to have any real meaning.
There's an HP scope in my lab at work... we love it. The Agilent 54622D is supposed to be the equivalent, but... I don't know, the one we got just doesn't feel as solid as the HP does. I'm just not a huge fan of the Agilent stuff I've used. I love our HP gear, though. On the other hand - Tektronix is what the other lab I work in buys, and I wish they didn't. Agilent is still better than Tek.
No, but I will.
Poor Roger. One of the best, both for Amber and most of the other things he wrote (check out the Zelazny/Phillip Dick collaboration Deus Irae).
Take a word (for example, the name of your current project at work, etc.). Rearrange the letters into an anagram. Pick a punctuation character. Insert that character every N characters into the anagram. Add a numeric at the end. This scheme will generate a password acceptable to just about every complexity checker, and if you use a memorizable remapping for the anagram (for example, first letter, 3rd letter, 5th letter..., 2nd letter, 4th letter, ....) all you have to remember is a word and a punctuation character.
Example:
I am working on project "fortran". I select a skip-letter remap, and get frrnota. I select * as my punctuation, and decide to add it after 3 characters. frr*not*a. My number is 2. frr*not*a2.
Try turning it off and flashing with the phone off, but charging - if I remember properly, this puts it into a USB-receptive mode.
Then again, you might have nuked that too, I don't know.
I have 5, now. Each time I rotate passwords (once per year, usually), the highest security one moves down a notch, and everything below it gets bumped down by one.