I totally agree with you. Unfortunately, a video game that the parents let their kid play is something tenable to the lawyers, while claiming the kid is squirrely nets the victims nothing.
Umm... Hybrid-electric cars still run on gas. They just use less of it because instead of braking by friction, which turns motion into heat, the engine has a souped-up alternator that is switched in when braking to turn the motion into electricity. Then, when accelerating or going under a certain speed, the power can be fed back into the alternator (now acting as a motor) and used instead of the gas.
In theory, you could plug your hybrid car in at night to top off the power reserve, but like you mention that's just pulling energy from a different source. I seem to recall a really old article that came out when the Honda Insight was released showing how someone built a wind turbine that would top up the car at night.
Whichever way, you are also correct that this is just another random way to tax drivers in a state fanatically bent on lowering emissions. It makes me start to think that property taxes are the right way to go here, by taxing people for having desireable locations to drive to.
Err... No. While the fuel has a shelf-life (as dictated by its natural decay) the majority of the energy is released in such a plant by accelerating the decay through controlled chain reactions. The moderator in a reactor is there to slow the chain reaction that causes the energy to be released by dividing up the material.
In short, more material is spent as the demand in power goes up.
However, RTGs, which generate heat from the natural decay of a small mass of radioactive material, are unmoderated and produce power regardless of whether or not it's used. Sattelites use these for heat and sometimes power, and up until about ten years ago, some pacemakers did as well.
Shuttle missions ain't cheap. A deorbiting burn is essentially free. The difference is that the latter gives you charred remains at the bottom of the ocean. IMHO, save the money to launch its replacement. The US gummint has spread itself too thin financially already.
Hmm... ARM9 doesn't imply MMU (ARM9E). And ARM7 based parts can have one (ARM720T). ARM7 is usually cheaper to implement as a core in a larger custom chip as it's more flexible about process requirements (from 0.35um on down) and takes up less area. However, it's not designed to clock quite as fast, and doesn't natively talk to one of ARM's nice high speed SOC buses.
Yes. What makes most modern supercomputers based around a pile of off-the-shelf processors so super is the CPU interconnect system (and the I/O system, but that's another story).
Inevitably, a new HHGTTG video game of sorts will coincide with the release of the movie. Maybe these sunglasses will automatically darken via bluetooth when you die in the game, eliminating the need to "put on your peril sensitive sunglasses now".
Actually I agree with you up to the point that there are legal uses for guns, no matter how some might disagree. I'm not into hunting, but I've shot at targets before and had fun doing it. Despite how you feel about either activity, they are legal. Likewise, a bow and arrow can kill, which is something that was required in my high school P.E. class (thus indirectly sanctioned by the state (which happens to be Texas, for what it's worth)). Arrows have no practical purpose other than killing, and it is as illegal to threaten others with one in public as it is a gun or kitchen knife.
When it comes down to it, most governments have a double-standard over what should be considered legal for the public to own and use that may be harmful. Violence and destruction are not in themselves illegal yet, or else football and monster truck shows would be banned.
In the case of laser pointers, the consumer is warned about the dangers on the product (do not stare into beam for class I & II, worse for III and IV) and using them in a weapon-like function, whether intentional or just irresponsibly, is still putting the safety of others into jeopardy.
Laser pointers are not explicitly illegal in the USA. The FDA says it's illegal to sell equipment that emits laser radiation and hasn't had a power classification filed. Laser pointers usually come with the FDA warning sticker stating the maximum emitted power. Even CD players, which do not in normal circumstances emit beams from the case, have such a rating.
However, many states have made it illegal to point lasers at oncoming traffic, citing that it distracts drivers and becomes a safety hazard. For the same exact reason, having misaligned headlights is also illegal.
A laser used properly is just like any other potentially hazardous machine. Chainsaws have been used to commit some nasty acts, but nobody would even consider the possibility of banning or tightly regulating them just because they've got a sinister use. [insert gun control rant here]
Ah bleed-through. It's to my generation what the pops in vinyl were to my parents. That and the Dolby test tones. And that special noise when the head crosses from leader tape to mag tape. And the SQUEEEEEEK-clunk of the auto-stop. And q-tips and alcohol cleaning sessions. And trying to find the best deals on XLII tape. And untangling a tape jam. And taking apart a cassette to splice out a crumpled segment.
Oh, you kids today, with your CD authoring programs, and laser cleaning discs. In my day, if your mix album went over time, it would just stop. And you'd have to take the tape out and turn it over and hit play again. And it would be a song you didn't want to hear, but you'd tough it out cos it was easier than trying to fast forward. But we liked it!
Well put. As of yet I haven't heard anyone bring up the problem of generational loss. Given an ideally mastered analog source and a corresponding digital master at a common sample size and rate (and clean sample clocks at mastering and at final playback):
-A copy of the analog master will always be inferior to the master, while a copy of the digital master will (unless otherwise intended) be an exact copy. This is because there is ample chance for noise and distortion, both electronic and mechanical, to creep in in any analog playback and analog recording device. No amplifier is perfect, no tape transport is vibrationless, and no head/needle can read or write the source with absolute accuracy.
-While both media can degrade (CD-Rs are postulated to have far worse life than magtape in good storage), a digital master can always be supplanted with a copy of itself, while the original analog master will always be the best quality recording in an analog copy scheme.
-If a new generation of copies are made from the current generation before the media degrades, even under best real-world circumstances, then at some point in time the best available copy will sound unacceptable to the listener. Digital copies do not have this limitation.
Enough ranting. Analog vs. digital fights always make my blood boil.
Hear hear. Forget that most soundcards use cheapo oscillators. Forget even that the front end on most soundcards are crap. I wouldn't trust anything that sits inside the case of the RF bomb most people call a computer to produce anything of real quality.
Actually, Darl McBride is failing as a leader because litigation alone doesn't make for a good long term strategy. Even if you have some defensible (defendable?!) IP (which SCO doesn't), you should have some sort of plan for creating more. Unless, of course, you're a shill in a pump-and-dump scheme.
Unfortunately, just about every complex embedded device has had little or no thought put into useability. That difference has let simpler but better thought out products to dominate in their areas. Compare: TiVo vs. cable company DVR, Treo vs. other smartphones, etc.
While the iRiver may actually have more features than the iPod, and probably is technically superior, the iPod is easier to use for the neophyte who's sold only on the concept of toting their entire music collection around.
Of course, marketing does help. iRiver doesn't really do enough of that in the US. I was in love with my iRiver MP3-CD player until it had an intimate encounter with a sidewalk. It did what I wanted it to: navigation of tracks was straightforward, it didn't require any special concessions to be made when burning a CD, and it sounded good. But if I hadn't been scouring review sites when I was looking to purchase one, I would have never found it.
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I totally agree with you. Unfortunately, a video game that the parents let their kid play is something tenable to the lawyers, while claiming the kid is squirrely nets the victims nothing.
That's nano-ass to you, bub.
Umm... Hybrid-electric cars still run on gas. They just use less of it because instead of braking by friction, which turns motion into heat, the engine has a souped-up alternator that is switched in when braking to turn the motion into electricity. Then, when accelerating or going under a certain speed, the power can be fed back into the alternator (now acting as a motor) and used instead of the gas.
In theory, you could plug your hybrid car in at night to top off the power reserve, but like you mention that's just pulling energy from a different source. I seem to recall a really old article that came out when the Honda Insight was released showing how someone built a wind turbine that would top up the car at night.
Whichever way, you are also correct that this is just another random way to tax drivers in a state fanatically bent on lowering emissions. It makes me start to think that property taxes are the right way to go here, by taxing people for having desireable locations to drive to.
This will certainly make it easier to find the zombies.
1) Put RFID chips in body parts
2) Wait for zombies to eat them
3) ???
4) Profit!
Err... No. While the fuel has a shelf-life (as dictated by its natural decay) the majority of the energy is released in such a plant by accelerating the decay through controlled chain reactions. The moderator in a reactor is there to slow the chain reaction that causes the energy to be released by dividing up the material.
In short, more material is spent as the demand in power goes up.
However, RTGs, which generate heat from the natural decay of a small mass of radioactive material, are unmoderated and produce power regardless of whether or not it's used. Sattelites use these for heat and sometimes power, and up until about ten years ago, some pacemakers did as well.
Shuttle missions ain't cheap. A deorbiting burn is essentially free. The difference is that the latter gives you charred remains at the bottom of the ocean. IMHO, save the money to launch its replacement. The US gummint has spread itself too thin financially already.
Everything Old Is New Again. Next thing you know, Sun will try pushing thin clients as the next big thing. Again.
Hmm... ARM9 doesn't imply MMU (ARM9E). And ARM7 based parts can have one (ARM720T). ARM7 is usually cheaper to implement as a core in a larger custom chip as it's more flexible about process requirements (from 0.35um on down) and takes up less area. However, it's not designed to clock quite as fast, and doesn't natively talk to one of ARM's nice high speed SOC buses.
Yes. What makes most modern supercomputers based around a pile of off-the-shelf processors so super is the CPU interconnect system (and the I/O system, but that's another story).
Skin mags with real 4-color glossy skin?
Imagine a VAXCluster of... oh wait.
In Soviet Russia, it will be called the Cosmonet.
Redundant but true. Berman has been squicking Gene Roddenberry's corpse for the last ten years.
Inevitably, a new HHGTTG video game of sorts will coincide with the release of the movie. Maybe these sunglasses will automatically darken via bluetooth when you die in the game, eliminating the need to "put on your peril sensitive sunglasses now".
It's bloooog! Bloooog!
It's big, it's heavy, it's wood
It's bloooog! Bloooog!
It's better than bad, it's good
Slashdot: New $ for Roland. Stuff that was on Gizmodo six hours ago.
Actually I agree with you up to the point that there are legal uses for guns, no matter how some might disagree. I'm not into hunting, but I've shot at targets before and had fun doing it. Despite how you feel about either activity, they are legal. Likewise, a bow and arrow can kill, which is something that was required in my high school P.E. class (thus indirectly sanctioned by the state (which happens to be Texas, for what it's worth)). Arrows have no practical purpose other than killing, and it is as illegal to threaten others with one in public as it is a gun or kitchen knife.
When it comes down to it, most governments have a double-standard over what should be considered legal for the public to own and use that may be harmful. Violence and destruction are not in themselves illegal yet, or else football and monster truck shows would be banned.
In the case of laser pointers, the consumer is warned about the dangers on the product (do not stare into beam for class I & II, worse for III and IV) and using them in a weapon-like function, whether intentional or just irresponsibly, is still putting the safety of others into jeopardy.
Laser pointers are not explicitly illegal in the USA. The FDA says it's illegal to sell equipment that emits laser radiation and hasn't had a power classification filed. Laser pointers usually come with the FDA warning sticker stating the maximum emitted power. Even CD players, which do not in normal circumstances emit beams from the case, have such a rating.
However, many states have made it illegal to point lasers at oncoming traffic, citing that it distracts drivers and becomes a safety hazard. For the same exact reason, having misaligned headlights is also illegal.
A laser used properly is just like any other potentially hazardous machine. Chainsaws have been used to commit some nasty acts, but nobody would even consider the possibility of banning or tightly regulating them just because they've got a sinister use. [insert gun control rant here]
Stinkiest of all fruits.
Ah bleed-through. It's to my generation what the pops in vinyl were to my parents. That and the Dolby test tones. And that special noise when the head crosses from leader tape to mag tape. And the SQUEEEEEEK-clunk of the auto-stop. And q-tips and alcohol cleaning sessions. And trying to find the best deals on XLII tape. And untangling a tape jam. And taking apart a cassette to splice out a crumpled segment.
Oh, you kids today, with your CD authoring programs, and laser cleaning discs. In my day, if your mix album went over time, it would just stop. And you'd have to take the tape out and turn it over and hit play again. And it would be a song you didn't want to hear, but you'd tough it out cos it was easier than trying to fast forward. But we liked it!
Well put. As of yet I haven't heard anyone bring up the problem of generational loss. Given an ideally mastered analog source and a corresponding digital master at a common sample size and rate (and clean sample clocks at mastering and at final playback):
-A copy of the analog master will always be inferior to the master, while a copy of the digital master will (unless otherwise intended) be an exact copy. This is because there is ample chance for noise and distortion, both electronic and mechanical, to creep in in any analog playback and analog recording device. No amplifier is perfect, no tape transport is vibrationless, and no head/needle can read or write the source with absolute accuracy.
-While both media can degrade (CD-Rs are postulated to have far worse life than magtape in good storage), a digital master can always be supplanted with a copy of itself, while the original analog master will always be the best quality recording in an analog copy scheme.
-If a new generation of copies are made from the current generation before the media degrades, even under best real-world circumstances, then at some point in time the best available copy will sound unacceptable to the listener. Digital copies do not have this limitation.
Enough ranting. Analog vs. digital fights always make my blood boil.
Hear hear. Forget that most soundcards use cheapo oscillators. Forget even that the front end on most soundcards are crap. I wouldn't trust anything that sits inside the case of the RF bomb most people call a computer to produce anything of real quality.
Actually, Darl McBride is failing as a leader because litigation alone doesn't make for a good long term strategy. Even if you have some defensible (defendable?!) IP (which SCO doesn't), you should have some sort of plan for creating more. Unless, of course, you're a shill in a pump-and-dump scheme.
Uh... Dolby Labs will gladly sell you a license to use their decoder for AAC.
Unfortunately, just about every complex embedded device has had little or no thought put into useability. That difference has let simpler but better thought out products to dominate in their areas. Compare: TiVo vs. cable company DVR, Treo vs. other smartphones, etc.
While the iRiver may actually have more features than the iPod, and probably is technically superior, the iPod is easier to use for the neophyte who's sold only on the concept of toting their entire music collection around.
Of course, marketing does help. iRiver doesn't really do enough of that in the US. I was in love with my iRiver MP3-CD player until it had an intimate encounter with a sidewalk. It did what I wanted it to: navigation of tracks was straightforward, it didn't require any special concessions to be made when burning a CD, and it sounded good. But if I hadn't been scouring review sites when I was looking to purchase one, I would have never found it.