The trivial solution would be a cavity filled with water same shape and size as the submarine, at the same position as the submarine.
Why is this marked interesting? Clearly it's funny, since the above suggestion is to have the so-called submarine actually just be a pocket of water. i.e. no submarine.
You could also fill the sub with water, though the crew might not like that...
And people say patent awards aren't out of sync with reality?
Are you aware of how much genius it takes to come up with the idea of first parsing the XML file into an internal in-memory format, editing that, then flattening that back to an XML file? Nobody would have done anything different than re-parsing and modifying the XML every time a minor change was made in the editor, if it weren't for this insightful patent.
Even more interestingly is that inter-church issues are not taken to court, in fact, to take an internal quarrel to court is grounds from a church ban. They have their own "ethics committees" that see such cases, but they generally follow their own laws and not those of the locale they're in.
That's standard practice these days; most contracts consumers make with companies include a clause that prevents them from taking legal matters to court, instead forcing use of an arbitrator.
My stepson currently has a PowerMac 5400 in his room, with a video in card. That came out in 1996, so it's about 13 years old. Until recently, he'd use it for watching VHS movies & playing his XBox.
Ha! I am typing this right now on my PowerMac 8500, also manufactured in 1996. I use mine to surf the web and write portable, open-source C and C++ libraries, and still run Mac OS classic on it. The Apple Extended Keyboard II is sort of like the IBM model M; real switches for every key, nice audible feedback.
Try PSK31 (31.25 bps binary phase shift keying mode used for ham radio) with a couple of sound cards. It'll work over open air with a speaker and microphone.
Lossless data over a speaker? I think I hear someone at the RIAA calling the lawyers right about now...
Yeah, I hear letting out the secrets behind the RDF can result in some serious consequences, like being forced to buy Dell for the rest of your life. Your leak is appreciated!
I do recall a paper suggesting that the experiment itself will interfere with itself back through time and prevent the machine from ever powering up. I can't find the paper on Google though, I really need to read it it'll help me figure out why the time machine I'm building doesn't work.
You didn't want me to tell you this, but you found it, built the machine, and caused a disaster, then went back and made it so you wouldn't find the paper.
Redmond based company Microvision is in the last stages of developing and releasing a portable, laser-based projector, code-named 'Show WV.' The projector has a resolution of 848 by 400 pixels (WVGA)
Unfortunately, it drops to 1/4 the resolution and makes the brightness increase and decrease constantly when trying to display any copyrighted material.
Why can't the point of closed-source be to put food on the table? If all software is free, what are software developers going to do for a living? Buy an air nailer and become a roofer?
What about the extra costs that users encounter due to using said closed-source software? They have to work extra to pay these. So it partly comes down to having one group of people dig holes, and another fill them in.
Interesting thing is I later made the plastic parts for the e machine auditing. (2 plastic parts, 2 resistors, 2 connector pins and wires). Later ran into the molder who makes the training case for their dvds and printed materials. Once the box was filled with $20 worth of materials, the loser had to pay near $2000 for it as I recall (It has been 5 years or so).
I didn't realize the MAFIAA was charging so much for DVD movies these days!
You may suffer from not being able to concentrate on things, but that doesn't mean "there's something genetically wrong with you that needs drugs" is the cause and solution. There may even be a genetic component that makes you more susceptible to this problem, but it still doesn't mean it's a defect or disorder. Other valid areas to look for causes is the way people communicate and what styles are catered to/not catered to. Left-handed people provide a good study of a difference that has been treated as a defect.
In the first demonstration of the idea, they used the infofuses to transmit the message "look mom no electricity".
Said message could be sent with a single flash, if that's the only message they might send. The question is how many other possible messages they could have sent. For example, if they sent this as 7-bit ASCII, it'd be more impressive, though some kind of Huffman encoding would be most appropriate.
What "guard rails" do you suggest for the internet? I mean specifically, what do you have in mind?
He probably means we should make the Internet into a VRML 3D superhighway where you drive along in 3D, and then add some virtual guardrails. He's simply saying that it's too hard to choose where to go, since you can just drive any direction and end up somewhere. At least I think; the man didn't make much sense actually.
I've never made unauthorized copies of any video material, and I also don't buy DVDs. Why would I want to own something that at best I would watch once more in my life? Even if I were given DVDs, the space alone would make them not worth keeping. Music is the only thing I listen to tens of times, and there are plenty of DJs who share their work without charge.
Yet another boat or business sunk by Microsoft. When will they... wait, what, this sinking isn't caused by Microsoft? But it's posted to Slashdot, so there's gotta be a connection!
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The LCD panel on the front of the case probably has more processing power in its internal controller than the rest of this project, heh.
We'll know when they finally work by the absence of Slashdot stories on them (except for the delayed dupes).
You could also fill the sub with water, though the crew might not like that...
Are you saying that AOL coaster CDs couldn't have useful things put on top of them?
Are you aware of how much genius it takes to come up with the idea of first parsing the XML file into an internal in-memory format, editing that, then flattening that back to an XML file? Nobody would have done anything different than re-parsing and modifying the XML every time a minor change was made in the editor, if it weren't for this insightful patent.
That's standard practice these days; most contracts consumers make with companies include a clause that prevents them from taking legal matters to court, instead forcing use of an arbitrator.
Bing! from the company that brought squirting to the masses.
Ha! I am typing this right now on my PowerMac 8500, also manufactured in 1996. I use mine to surf the web and write portable, open-source C and C++ libraries, and still run Mac OS classic on it. The Apple Extended Keyboard II is sort of like the IBM model M; real switches for every key, nice audible feedback.
Is that the knockoff version of the Commodore Amiga 500?
Lossless data over a speaker? I think I hear someone at the RIAA calling the lawyers right about now...
Yeah, I hear letting out the secrets behind the RDF can result in some serious consequences, like being forced to buy Dell for the rest of your life. Your leak is appreciated!
They're trying to improve their profit, not their search engine. More users = more eyeballs = more advertising income.
You didn't want me to tell you this, but you found it, built the machine, and caused a disaster, then went back and made it so you wouldn't find the paper.
Unfortunately, it drops to 1/4 the resolution and makes the brightness increase and decrease constantly when trying to display any copyrighted material.
Is that a widescreen laser projector in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
What about the extra costs that users encounter due to using said closed-source software? They have to work extra to pay these. So it partly comes down to having one group of people dig holes, and another fill them in.
No, just the fact that a message is hidden in some content. As long as you can't determine that, even knowing the method, then it works.
Maybe that's the date they will all fail simultaneously? But this time, it'll be in high-definition!
I didn't realize the MAFIAA was charging so much for DVD movies these days!
You may suffer from not being able to concentrate on things, but that doesn't mean "there's something genetically wrong with you that needs drugs" is the cause and solution. There may even be a genetic component that makes you more susceptible to this problem, but it still doesn't mean it's a defect or disorder. Other valid areas to look for causes is the way people communicate and what styles are catered to/not catered to. Left-handed people provide a good study of a difference that has been treated as a defect.
Said message could be sent with a single flash, if that's the only message they might send. The question is how many other possible messages they could have sent. For example, if they sent this as 7-bit ASCII, it'd be more impressive, though some kind of Huffman encoding would be most appropriate.
He probably means we should make the Internet into a VRML 3D superhighway where you drive along in 3D, and then add some virtual guardrails. He's simply saying that it's too hard to choose where to go, since you can just drive any direction and end up somewhere. At least I think; the man didn't make much sense actually.
I've never made unauthorized copies of any video material, and I also don't buy DVDs. Why would I want to own something that at best I would watch once more in my life? Even if I were given DVDs, the space alone would make them not worth keeping. Music is the only thing I listen to tens of times, and there are plenty of DJs who share their work without charge.
Yet another boat or business sunk by Microsoft. When will they... wait, what, this sinking isn't caused by Microsoft? But it's posted to Slashdot, so there's gotta be a connection!
Hey, it's worked so far for the authors of the Bible!