SK: "So, suppose you're half a mile south of the North Pole, and you walk north for a mile, where are you?"
Dad: "You're still half a mile South of the North pole, but on the other side."
It is located the same place your fist goes when you open it.
Also know as the land of missing socks and the microsoft testing grounds
This controversy has been seen earlier on SlashDot in this story on the Blue Skies of Mars.
The questions are, of course,
if there is a tinted color light source, what would the color target display on a normal color target? What would it show via the camera with the tinted light source
The sun is the same light source on mars as it is on earth, therefore it should be easy enough to take a solar spectrum and see what the degree of tinting is.
With an atmosphere at 1% or less of the earth, the spectrum could nearly be the same spectrum as in a vacuum
if the spectrums are essentially similar, then the color targets should be the same, say as on earth or in vacuum, given a clear day without dust and clouds, etc.
Of course,there is also the matter of the end result of different photo filters getting mis interpreted. However, JPL has published some pictures with red skies, and some with blue skies, as this item from the tin foil hat crowd. This has contributed to the controversy.
In evaluating the overall temperature cooling and performance of this chassis, we found the TNN 500A able to run at optimum cool temperatures when placed in roomy quarters with adequate ventilation, which provided for effective heat dissipation capability. In other words, we do not recommend placing the Zalman TNN 500A under a desk, or in the farthest corner of a desk butted up against the side of a desk or a wall. A better solution would be to place this unit in the middle of a desk, on top of a desk, or next to a desk in such a way that there is adequate airflow around both of the side panels, allowing for maximum heat dissipation.
We did encounter a problem with a temperature increase inside the chassis when the TNN 500A was placed too close to a floor heating vent in our test scenario. Placing it too close to the heating duct caused the internal temperature to rise (for obvious reasons), and this skewed the effectiveness of the side panel heat dissipation capabilities.
Still, during our testing we did not encounter any crashes or sub-par results in use.
This might be an issue in some college dorm setups...
I sort of meant this tongue in cheek. Of course, it would be absurd to patent the Scientific method. On the other hand, we have seen other similar absurd patents, so why not this one? I can't wait for the idiots to put it through. You know some lawyer would chomp at the bit to do this. Imagine all of the money he could make suing for infringement.
You realise that this means they could patent the scientific process, when it is carried out by a machine.
And then it is just a short step using this to stop scientific research unless they get a cut, because it would be unauthorized use of their patented processes and methods. Even if implemented in a biological system like a brain
The first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland, Professor Thomas Parnell, began an experiment in 1927 to illustrate that everyday materials can exhibit quite surprising properties. The experiment demonstrates the fluidity and high viscosity of pitch, a derivative of tar once used for waterproofing boats. At room temperature pitch feels solid - even brittle - and can easily be shattered with a blow from a hammer. It's quite amazing then, to see that pitch at room temperature is actually fluid!
In 1927 Professor Parnell heated a sample of pitch and poured it into glass funnel with a sealed stem. Three years were allowed for the pitch to settle, and in 1930 the sealed stem was cut. From that date on the pitch has slowly dripped out of the funnel - so slowly that now, 72 years later [1998], the eighth drop is only just about to fall.
are often very hard to find for most laptop models - never mind the parts, unless you work in a shop. And many shops just ship the stuff out to a factory service center, anyhow....
if there is a tinted color light source, what would the color target display on a normal color target? What would it show via the camera with the tinted light source
The sun is the same light source on mars as it is on earth, therefore it should be easy enough to take a solar spectrum and see what the degree of tinting is.
With an atmosphere at 1% or less of the earth, the spectrum could nearly be the same spectrum as in a vacuum
if the spectrums are essentially similar, then the color targets should be the same, say as on earth or in vacuum, given a clear day without dust and clouds, etc.
I thinkl this would be a perfect time for many companies to reply, saying that they have removed all SCO software from their sites, and have converted everything to Linux.
That should give the SCO lawyers a Nervous Tic (tm)
as seen at http://www.damowmow.com/playground/book.txt
II. MOZILLA
- http://web.archive.org/web/19981206020253/http://w ww.gate.net/~shipbrk/graphics/mozilla.jpg
CAPUT III
And the beast shall be made *legion*. Its numbers shall be increased
a *thousand thousand* fold. The din of a million keyboards like unto
a great *storm* shall cover the earth, and the followers of Mammon
shall *tremble*.
- from The Book of Mozilla, 3:31 (Red Letter Edition)
background: maroon; color: white; about:mozilla version: n6.x
CAPUT VII
And so at last the beast *fell* and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all
was not lost, for from the ash rose a *great bird*. The bird gazed
down upon the unbelievers and cast *fire* and *thunder* upon them.
For the beast had been *reborn* with its strength *renewed*, and the
followers of *Mammon* cowered in horror.
- from The Book of Mozilla, 7:15
background: maroon; color: white; about:mozilla version: m1.5
An enormous sigh of relief resounds throughout all of Mozillaland.
Sounds of rejoicing are heard from all corners of the Earth. "They
have conquered the beast!" the voices cry.
And the dimensions remain constant 'till the end of days.
- from The Book Of Mozilla, 7:24
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20847
CAPUT XII
And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling *cloud* of
*vengeance.* The house of the unbelievers shall be *razed* and they
shall be *scorched* to the earth. Their tags shall *blink* until the
end of *days.*
- from The Book of Mozilla, 12:10
background: #800000; color: #FFFFFF; about:mozilla version: n3.x, n4.x
CAPUT XXVII
14 And the Lizard spake, saying, Windows shall I support, and
Macintosh, and the divers flavours of Unix; yea, even unto the
latest effluvium from the Gates of Hell shall I spread my seed:
this it pleaseth me to do.
15 But OS/2 shall I ignore, for in sooth nobody useth it.
16 Then was the land filled with the sound of much wailing and
gnashing of teeth, for millions of people used OS/2 and knew that
it was good. Yet the Lizard did harden his heart against them, and
said, Nay, there is no demand for it.
17 And the Blue One did create an Explorer of the Web, yet updated it
slowly, and documented it poorly, and it was filled with a plague
of locusts.
18 And those that followed the Lizard became enamoured of Frames, and
wrote pages which could not be read by the Lizard's brethren, for
the lemmings were lazy, saying only: Verily, thy browser doth
suck. Thou may'st obtain the Lizard's hence.
19 Then it came to pass that the Blue One made a pact with the
Lizard, that the Lizard should work its artifice for the sake of
the Ancient Sorcerer. And a reference to the Lizard's wares was
placed atop the Sorcerer's desk, that he might obtain it whenever
he desired.
20 But the number of the work the Lizard gave unto the Sorcerer was
Two, and the Greek sigil Beta was affixed to the number, yet all
the rest of the Lizard's minions were given the number Three.
21 And lo, the Lizard's work was itself filled with locusts, and
verily did it consume the Sorcerer's disk space whenever it was
used, and it did mightily crash his system full oft.
22 And the Lizard named several of the locusts, and regarding one the
Lizard said, The tag worketh not. Whereupon the users
hearing this were sore amazed, and said they one unto another,
Verily, that is no bug, but a feature to be highly praised while
it lasteth.
- from The Book of Mozilla, 27:14 - 22 (King Kong Authorised Version)
http://web.archive.org/web/19981206020253/http://w ww.gate.net/~shipbrk/mozilla.html
so that the chip had to be thrown in a running box and flashed.
but in the future, with a DRM system, the chip might be married to the motherboard anyhow, and you would wind up having to toss the motherboard anyhow.
Seriously, the more complex you make the code in the bios, the more chance for security flaws built into the hardware itself.
Imagine the horror of having to patch a system by swapping out chips. I think I recall some old time viruses that basically screwed up the bios royally, and which were not easily cleanable, to one degree or another.
Remember, this design is supposed to be a feature, not a flaw.
Because then Microsoft could not get it's Digital Rights management technology implemented into the hardware, and thereby lock out Open Source systems to one degree or another.
There's been lots of worry about this sort of thing, given MS busines practices in the past.
Freedom is a hard concept for some folks to deal with
I hope that this turns into a financial disaster for them.
Seriously, the easier way for us to do this would be to put in RFID chips in markers in the roadway which the cars would read to automatically enforce speed limits, red lights, stop signs, etc. Then we could save money by cutting back on all of those traffic cops, because it would be impossible for people to get traffic tickets on those roads.
Of course, a similar technology could be developed for direct implantation into humans, but that is many years away.
SA: Are there any ways to erase memories by stimulating the brain?
JM: The dominant evidence that goes back over 50 years is that one can block or certainly reduce memories formed within the past several hours by treating human or animal subjects with electro-convulsive shock. But it's nonselective; whatever happened in that past several hours will be gone. And that's rather gross stimulation applied to the skull. What Larry Squire at UC San Diego has shown is that if human subjects are repeatedly given electro-convulsive shocks (several times a week for several weeks), they will have impaired global memory that goes back many months, but that memory will gradually recover. He did this in the late 1980s.
Notice how these types keep saying that this stuff is good for you....
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here come the Martian Script kiddies
Dad: "You're still half a mile South of the North pole, but on the other side."
It is located the same place your fist goes when you open it.
Also know as the land of missing socks and the microsoft testing grounds
For an interesting view on how colors shift when you use filters, see this item on the Color Rendering Process, "Digichromatography"
The questions are, of course,
- if there is a tinted color light source, what would the color target display on a normal color target? What would it show via the camera with the tinted light source
- The sun is the same light source on mars as it is on earth, therefore it should be easy enough to take a solar spectrum and see what the degree of tinting is.
- With an atmosphere at 1% or less of the earth, the spectrum could nearly be the same spectrum as in a vacuum
- if the spectrums are essentially similar, then the color targets should be the same, say as on earth or in vacuum, given a clear day without dust and clouds, etc.
- Of course,there is also the matter of the end result of different photo filters getting mis interpreted. However, JPL has published some pictures with red skies, and some with blue skies, as this item from the tin foil hat crowd. This has contributed to the controversy.
See also this earlier slashdot story on the Mars SundialsSo it looks like this particular annoyance has been around for a while.
Would it be the twin who turns to the dark side to avenge his brother mother or whatever? All kinds of subtlety there ....
And you could also show one who was chosen in the capitol vs the one who is left back on the farm ....
and there is the telepathic nature of twins, etc. .... and the one who is left behind can get jealous, etc.....
but this goes back to the fundamental flaws in the writing now, doesn't it?
In evaluating the overall temperature cooling and performance of this chassis, we found the TNN 500A able to run at optimum cool temperatures when placed in roomy quarters with adequate ventilation, which provided for effective heat dissipation capability. In other words, we do not recommend placing the Zalman TNN 500A under a desk, or in the farthest corner of a desk butted up against the side of a desk or a wall. A better solution would be to place this unit in the middle of a desk, on top of a desk, or next to a desk in such a way that there is adequate airflow around both of the side panels, allowing for maximum heat dissipation.
We did encounter a problem with a temperature increase inside the chassis when the TNN 500A was placed too close to a floor heating vent in our test scenario. Placing it too close to the heating duct caused the internal temperature to rise (for obvious reasons), and this skewed the effectiveness of the side panel heat dissipation capabilities.
Still, during our testing we did not encounter any crashes or sub-par results in use.
This might be an issue in some college dorm setups ...
Imagine becoming the SCO of modern science.
nah ..... could never happen
And then it is just a short step using this to stop scientific research unless they get a cut, because it would be unauthorized use of their patented processes and methods. Even if implemented in a biological system like a brain
The first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland, Professor Thomas Parnell, began an experiment in 1927 to illustrate that everyday materials can exhibit quite surprising properties. The experiment demonstrates the fluidity and high viscosity of pitch, a derivative of tar once used for waterproofing boats. At room temperature pitch feels solid - even brittle - and can easily be shattered with a blow from a hammer. It's quite amazing then, to see that pitch at room temperature is actually fluid!
In 1927 Professor Parnell heated a sample of pitch and poured it into glass funnel with a sealed stem. Three years were allowed for the pitch to settle, and in 1930 the sealed stem was cut. From that date on the pitch has slowly dripped out of the funnel - so slowly that now, 72 years later [1998], the eighth drop is only just about to fall.
are often very hard to find for most laptop models - never mind the parts, unless you work in a shop. And many shops just ship the stuff out to a factory service center, anyhow ....
When it comes to plastic parts, like bezels, I usually resort to delicate use of epoxy and super thin reinforcements.
My experience with plastic repair parts is that they are usually not sold separately, and are hard to find unless you can cannabalize.
In the meantime, I understand MS is trying to get open season declared on Flying Pigs in Redmond
not that the science is any better.
But this depends on if it is infra red and rendering the paint chip in an unexpected manner
But I do think they need a spectrum from Mars to act as a baseline.
The questions are, of course,
- if there is a tinted color light source, what would the color target display on a normal color target? What would it show via the camera with the tinted light source
- The sun is the same light source on mars as it is on earth, therefore it should be easy enough to take a solar spectrum and see what the degree of tinting is.
- With an atmosphere at 1% or less of the earth, the spectrum could nearly be the same spectrum as in a vacuum
- if the spectrums are essentially similar, then the color targets should be the same, say as on earth or in vacuum, given a clear day without dust and clouds, etc.
See also this slashdot story on the Mars SundialsThat should give the SCO lawyers a Nervous Tic (tm)
There is a medium resolution version (1116x328 pixels) viewable here which is not too bad
as seen at http://www.damowmow.com/playground/book.txt
II. MOZILLA
- http://web.archive.org/web/19981206020253/http://w ww.gate.net/~shipbrk/graphics/mozilla.jpg
CAPUT III
And the beast shall be made *legion*. Its numbers shall be increased
a *thousand thousand* fold. The din of a million keyboards like unto
a great *storm* shall cover the earth, and the followers of Mammon
shall *tremble*.
- from The Book of Mozilla, 3:31 (Red Letter Edition)
background: maroon; color: white; about:mozilla version: n6.x
CAPUT VII
And so at last the beast *fell* and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all
was not lost, for from the ash rose a *great bird*. The bird gazed
down upon the unbelievers and cast *fire* and *thunder* upon them.
For the beast had been *reborn* with its strength *renewed*, and the
followers of *Mammon* cowered in horror.
- from The Book of Mozilla, 7:15
background: maroon; color: white; about:mozilla version: m1.5
An enormous sigh of relief resounds throughout all of Mozillaland.
Sounds of rejoicing are heard from all corners of the Earth. "They
have conquered the beast!" the voices cry.
And the dimensions remain constant 'till the end of days.
- from The Book Of Mozilla, 7:24
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20847
CAPUT XII
And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling *cloud* of
*vengeance.* The house of the unbelievers shall be *razed* and they
shall be *scorched* to the earth. Their tags shall *blink* until the
end of *days.*
- from The Book of Mozilla, 12:10
background: #800000; color: #FFFFFF; about:mozilla version: n3.x, n4.x
CAPUT XXVII
14 And the Lizard spake, saying, Windows shall I support, and
Macintosh, and the divers flavours of Unix; yea, even unto the
latest effluvium from the Gates of Hell shall I spread my seed:
this it pleaseth me to do.
15 But OS/2 shall I ignore, for in sooth nobody useth it.
16 Then was the land filled with the sound of much wailing and
gnashing of teeth, for millions of people used OS/2 and knew that
it was good. Yet the Lizard did harden his heart against them, and
said, Nay, there is no demand for it.
17 And the Blue One did create an Explorer of the Web, yet updated it
slowly, and documented it poorly, and it was filled with a plague
of locusts.
18 And those that followed the Lizard became enamoured of Frames, and
wrote pages which could not be read by the Lizard's brethren, for
the lemmings were lazy, saying only: Verily, thy browser doth
suck. Thou may'st obtain the Lizard's hence.
19 Then it came to pass that the Blue One made a pact with the
Lizard, that the Lizard should work its artifice for the sake of
the Ancient Sorcerer. And a reference to the Lizard's wares was
placed atop the Sorcerer's desk, that he might obtain it whenever
he desired.
20 But the number of the work the Lizard gave unto the Sorcerer was
Two, and the Greek sigil Beta was affixed to the number, yet all
the rest of the Lizard's minions were given the number Three.
21 And lo, the Lizard's work was itself filled with locusts, and
verily did it consume the Sorcerer's disk space whenever it was
used, and it did mightily crash his system full oft.
22 And the Lizard named several of the locusts, and regarding one the
Lizard said, The tag worketh not. Whereupon the users
hearing this were sore amazed, and said they one unto another,
Verily, that is no bug, but a feature to be highly praised while
it lasteth.
- from The Book of Mozilla, 27:14 - 22 (King Kong Authorised Version)
http://web.archive.org/web/19981206020253/http://w ww.gate.net/~shipbrk/mozilla.html
but in the future, with a DRM system, the chip might be married to the motherboard anyhow, and you would wind up having to toss the motherboard anyhow.
Oh, and don't forget the posibility of trojans
Imagine the horror of having to patch a system by swapping out chips. I think I recall some old time viruses that basically screwed up the bios royally, and which were not easily cleanable, to one degree or another.
Remember, this design is supposed to be a feature, not a flaw.
There's been lots of worry about this sort of thing, given MS busines practices in the past.
Freedom is a hard concept for some folks to deal with
I hope that this turns into a financial disaster for them.
Of course, a similar technology could be developed for direct implantation into humans, but that is many years away.
I'll defy ECT guidelines, vows top british psychiatrist
thus my generalization
JM: The dominant evidence that goes back over 50 years is that one can block or certainly reduce memories formed within the past several hours by treating human or animal subjects with electro-convulsive shock. But it's nonselective; whatever happened in that past several hours will be gone. And that's rather gross stimulation applied to the skull. What Larry Squire at UC San Diego has shown is that if human subjects are repeatedly given electro-convulsive shocks (several times a week for several weeks), they will have impaired global memory that goes back many months, but that memory will gradually recover. He did this in the late 1980s.
Notice how these types keep saying that this stuff is good for you ....