I drive my rear wheel drive in the snow all the time. It also happens to be one of the best handling cars I've ever driven in snow (Not counting 4 wheel drive trucks and the like...) Ofcourse, it's also a 1973 VW Thing, and the engine is in the back....
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Type Cast? And its "Duchovny".
He actually plays remarkably different roles in his movies for examole:
Kalifornia
Playing God
Return To Me
Evolution - ok, so he was an FBI agent, that doesnt mean with one other "FBI" role he was type cast. This was dramatically different, since it was a COMEDY and obviously he was chosen to make fun of his serious FBI role on X-files
You've obviously never seen a tricked out 1967 Volkswagen Beetle with nitrous beat a new Corvette in a quarter mile, it's quite impressive. Go to a bug-out witness first hand:)
(note: I do drive a 1974 VW Thing. 54 HorsePower. No performance here:) )
As a technician (about 6 years now while attending school) at a automotive service station (read that general purpose garage) i've seen the "hackability" of a car not really increase or decrease, but definately change.
As you pointed out, changing hardware parts of the car used to be the way to modifiy performance.
Now, there are all kinds of cool hacks you can achieve throgh software. EPROM's are avalible for most cars which use these which can dramatically change performance. As well many cars (foriegn mostly) have the ability to do neat things like..buy and extra module that lets you plug your laptop into the cars main computer. You can then (in real time) change fuel rates, etc. Its neat to drive down the highway,click a graph on your laptop and change performance:)
Also things you never thought would be computer controlled on a car, are now.
When the new bugs came out several customers felt that the radio had too much bass (old people mostly;) ) The radio had no extrernal button to change the bass however.
When a scanner was plugged into the cars data port however, the technician could change sound levels for the radio, through the ECM. Neat-o!
Combine that with the fact that the scanner we use, a Genisys, runs on a real tyime linux system (made by lynx). So I'm using a mini-linux computer to adjust a car stereo's bass level! neat!:)
The hackability of cars hasn't gone away, it is going more electrical, meaning if you don't have a nifty scanner (3000-6000$ base price) you can't see alot of the neat options:(
However moden cars all adopt to a standard for their dataports etc, so one tool fits all! (the standard is OBD-II is you wanna look at the interface)
I put only one thing on my List this year:
A Heckler & Koch USP 40 caliber.
Any other geeks out there getting guns for christmas?
(I went and filled out the federal paper work to get my gun, just waiting for it to come back)
Wow, that had me laughing hysterically.
People may be confused by the "sucks" at the end of a domain, because ONE band (primus) owns PrimusSucks? That's just silly! The whole process of Domain name settlements have always been a joke, been this is a new low.
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True, But previous to this Game consoles (and many times games) came out first overseas, in the country where the owners were. Finally an American company is in the mix, and I get the console first:) And maybe some good games that will then never be released anywhere else.
The message by Christoph Pfisterer when he resigned is something that I think anyone working on a project feels. Even for you slashdotters who don't always read the articles, read the email. Damn users who think they own you.
I wish him luck in his future dealings:)
Yup...13
The Locations are:
Moffer Field CA
Woodside CA
Marina Del Rey CA (2)
Herdon VA (3)
College Park MD
Vienna VA
Aberdeen MD
London
Stockholm
Keio
Naaah, actually I was referring to the discordian LAW OF FIVES. 2+3=5 , However, POEE also recognizes the Holy 23, which is believed by the Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria. Believe me, it's all in the Principia Discordia.
For awhile I was working as an automotive service technician. The coolest toy we had was the OTC Genisys. It's a handheld OBD-II scanner. Basically it plugs into a diagnostic connecter on your car, from which it gets all the information from your car's computer. It was a really sweet machine, running linux. It was much bigger than a handheld...I usually held it with 2 hands. It did have a nice screen. Also it had a lot of unused ports...like..pcmcia,thernet,infrared,etc.
Here's a webpage:
http://www.genisysotc.com/
Not really a lot of information on that page, but it does have a picture to show ya how cool it looks.
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No. Do not give reverse engineering a bad name. Stealing something is not reverse engineering it.
He didn't have malicious intent? You didn't read the article did you? Just admit it!
Clearly his intent was to.. steal software and sell it as his own...Look at :
"Subsequent investigation revealed that WEST had downloaded the computer files, was in the process of rewriting the files, and intended to market the revised software program." -(From the linked article)
That isn't malicious?
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In your reasoning...someone from the ground will be able to control ANY and EVERY plane. Does that sound like a good idea? Think about it...They wouldn't even need suicidal people, they would just take control of 20 planes in the sky and crash them by remote control!
Well...That would be standard procedure...kinda. Do you really think the president writes his own speeches? Do you think he memorizes them? No, Someone types them, he may read them once before hand, then he reads them off of a teleprompter typically. Due to the short time they had to make this speech, it is quite possible someone had to just read it to him. No big deal here.
"The example in the article about putting an air bladder underneath your equipment so the vibrations don't disturb it sounds to me like so much hooey. As long as your CD transport isn't shaking so much that it's getting a lot of errors, what difference can it make? The improvements that the owner claimed are probably placebo effect. "
You consider your self an audio snob?
You must not know what it is to be a true audio snob with the comments you made...
First of all cds? What the hell...Most audio snobs are still listening to vinyl. Secondly, whos 00 guage wire is running into 12 gauge wire in the wall? Any true audio snob has power regenerator to keep the power smooth to those large gauge wires.
If you don't think speaker cables make a difference then you simply cant be an audio snob, it think its illegal. Cables certianly make a large difference! Maybe not for a under 1000$ system, but anything putting out lots of smooth watts will certainly be influenced by the type, size, and length of the cables.
Do not refer to yourself as an audio snob anymore...You aren't one yet:)
-tm
I think a key point here is he was 13. It's an age where you just aren't a fully reasonable adult. I'm probably going to get flamed for that, but it's true. Getting busted for something where you are threatened with jail, ecspecially when you have a bright future ahead of you, is probably pretty crippling. I'm not saying he shouldn't have been punished. Children need to learn the boundaries and what happens when you cross them.
It's sad that someone with as much talent as he seemed to have threw his life away.
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I drive my rear wheel drive in the snow all the time. It also happens to be one of the best handling cars I've ever driven in snow (Not counting 4 wheel drive trucks and the like...) Ofcourse, it's also a 1973 VW Thing, and the engine is in the back....
computer science major eh?
Type Cast? And its "Duchovny".
He actually plays remarkably different roles in his movies for examole:
Kalifornia
Playing God
Return To Me
Evolution - ok, so he was an FBI agent, that doesnt mean with one other "FBI" role he was type cast. This was dramatically different, since it was a COMEDY and obviously he was chosen to make fun of his serious FBI role on X-files
Zoolander
Actually, Adobe is VERY well known for optimizing their products for Macs first:) (well, Photoshop anyway , I have no idea about other adobe products)
You've obviously never seen a tricked out 1967 Volkswagen Beetle with nitrous beat a new Corvette in a quarter mile, it's quite impressive. Go to a bug-out witness first hand:)
(note: I do drive a 1974 VW Thing. 54 HorsePower. No performance here:) )
As a technician (about 6 years now while attending school) at a automotive service station (read that general purpose garage) i've seen the "hackability" of a car not really increase or decrease, but definately change.
As you pointed out, changing hardware parts of the car used to be the way to modifiy performance.
Now, there are all kinds of cool hacks you can achieve throgh software. EPROM's are avalible for most cars which use these which can dramatically change performance. As well many cars (foriegn mostly) have the ability to do neat things like..buy and extra module that lets you plug your laptop into the cars main computer. You can then (in real time) change fuel rates, etc. Its neat to drive down the highway,click a graph on your laptop and change performance:)
Also things you never thought would be computer controlled on a car, are now.
When the new bugs came out several customers felt that the radio had too much bass (old people mostly;) ) The radio had no extrernal button to change the bass however.
When a scanner was plugged into the cars data port however, the technician could change sound levels for the radio, through the ECM. Neat-o!
Combine that with the fact that the scanner we use, a Genisys, runs on a real tyime linux system (made by lynx). So I'm using a mini-linux computer to adjust a car stereo's bass level! neat!:)
The hackability of cars hasn't gone away, it is going more electrical, meaning if you don't have a nifty scanner (3000-6000$ base price) you can't see alot of the neat options:(
However moden cars all adopt to a standard for their dataports etc, so one tool fits all! (the standard is OBD-II is you wanna look at the interface)
I put only one thing on my List this year:
A Heckler & Koch USP 40 caliber.
Any other geeks out there getting guns for christmas?
(I went and filled out the federal paper work to get my gun, just waiting for it to come back)
Everyone knows Canada is part of the United States.
Wow, that had me laughing hysterically.
People may be confused by the "sucks" at the end of a domain, because ONE band (primus) owns PrimusSucks? That's just silly! The whole process of Domain name settlements have always been a joke, been this is a new low.
True, But previous to this Game consoles (and many times games) came out first overseas, in the country where the owners were. Finally an American company is in the mix, and I get the console first:) And maybe some good games that will then never be released anywhere else.
The message by Christoph Pfisterer when he resigned is something that I think anyone working on a project feels. Even for you slashdotters who don't always read the articles, read the email. Damn users who think they own you.
I wish him luck in his future dealings:)
Yup...13
The Locations are:
Moffer Field CA
Woodside CA
Marina Del Rey CA (2)
Herdon VA (3)
College Park MD
Vienna VA
Aberdeen MD
London
Stockholm
Keio
Hyperlink? That is just taking the easy way out.
Naaah, actually I was referring to the discordian LAW OF FIVES. 2+3=5 , However, POEE also recognizes the Holy 23, which is believed by the Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria. Believe me, it's all in the Principia Discordia.
Real men surf the net using ip addresses. (And NOT in base 10)
Are you worried because he is 23rd on the list...
or because 2+3=5, and that maybe RMS is working with the illuminati?
For awhile I was working as an automotive service technician. The coolest toy we had was the OTC Genisys. It's a handheld OBD-II scanner. Basically it plugs into a diagnostic connecter on your car, from which it gets all the information from your car's computer. It was a really sweet machine, running linux. It was much bigger than a handheld...I usually held it with 2 hands. It did have a nice screen. Also it had a lot of unused ports...like..pcmcia,thernet,infrared,etc.
Here's a webpage:
http://www.genisysotc.com/
Not really a lot of information on that page, but it does have a picture to show ya how cool it looks.
No. Do not give reverse engineering a bad name. Stealing something is not reverse engineering it.
He didn't have malicious intent? You didn't read the article did you? Just admit it!
Clearly his intent was to.. steal software and sell it as his own...Look at :
"Subsequent investigation revealed that WEST had downloaded the computer files, was in the process of rewriting the files, and intended to market the revised software program." -(From the linked article)
That isn't malicious?
In your reasoning...someone from the ground will be able to control ANY and EVERY plane. Does that sound like a good idea? Think about it...They wouldn't even need suicidal people, they would just take control of 20 planes in the sky and crash them by remote control!
Well...That would be standard procedure...kinda. Do you really think the president writes his own speeches? Do you think he memorizes them? No, Someone types them, he may read them once before hand, then he reads them off of a teleprompter typically. Due to the short time they had to make this speech, it is quite possible someone had to just read it to him. No big deal here.
"The example in the article about putting an air bladder underneath your equipment so the vibrations don't disturb it sounds to me like so much hooey. As long as your CD transport isn't shaking so much that it's getting a lot of errors, what difference can it make? The improvements that the owner claimed are probably placebo effect. "
You consider your self an audio snob?
You must not know what it is to be a true audio snob with the comments you made...
First of all cds? What the hell...Most audio snobs are still listening to vinyl. Secondly, whos 00 guage wire is running into 12 gauge wire in the wall? Any true audio snob has power regenerator to keep the power smooth to those large gauge wires.
If you don't think speaker cables make a difference then you simply cant be an audio snob, it think its illegal. Cables certianly make a large difference! Maybe not for a under 1000$ system, but anything putting out lots of smooth watts will certainly be influenced by the type, size, and length of the cables.
Do not refer to yourself as an audio snob anymore...You aren't one yet:)
-tm
The fact that this is not battery powered also kills its portability. Unless you have a really long extension cord that is.
I first read this story in Reader's Digest probably 3-4 years ago, though it could have been more.
I think a key point here is he was 13. It's an age where you just aren't a fully reasonable adult. I'm probably going to get flamed for that, but it's true. Getting busted for something where you are threatened with jail, ecspecially when you have a bright future ahead of you, is probably pretty crippling. I'm not saying he shouldn't have been punished. Children need to learn the boundaries and what happens when you cross them.
It's sad that someone with as much talent as he seemed to have threw his life away.