If you were Bruce Campbell, would you knowingly star in a movie that was destined to be crap? Would you then star in a role originally written for The Rock? See some of the other posts here for more anecdotal evidence to support this outcome.
that the RFID could be included in the prosthesis. The first and second casts are made at relatively low temperatures. But the following step in making a porcelain bridge or crown (obviously these couldn't be embedded into metal and still work) involves a baking process for hardening the ceramic after grinding and for fixing the enamel layer. This is done at up to 1000 degrees C (again, depending on the materials), a temperature far above what most semiconductors can survive, even when inactive.
Sadly, this is the first/. article that I can comment on using my experience designing porcelain furnaces.
RTFA. Duh. This machine was designed with the intent of being used in economically disadvantaged areas. Cheap and rugged are what this machine is targeting.
What is a 'balanced architecture'? Is that like Fair And Balanced(tm)? Is it part of a balanced breakfast? Please don't perpetuate the Apple-nut stereotype by making up terminology to justify your expensive habit.
This is what you're looking for. It gives you the option to either sync with your home PC via 802.11b at regular intervals or to copy files via USB to the drive caddy. It's Linux based, though you need a Windows app to enable the wireless sync. It's also not particularly cheap. Still, this sounds like what you're looking for.
Why would 32 bits necessarily be better? I cut my embedded teeth on 68HC11 (still 16 bit) and then moved on to 8-bit micros (PIC then AVR). I still prefer the cheap and simple to develop for 8 bit parts when possible, as most of my applications don't need much horsepower or memory. 32 bits is only really helpful if you must use a real OS for communications purposes (tcp/ip, device interfaces, etc), large data sets (because you often get complex storage features), or multitasking.
In embedded systems, your micro is just a means to an end, not the end itself. If an 8 bit micro can do the job for less money, why weigh down your design resources on a more complex part, even if it's all integrated on one chip?
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Yes. At least GCC targets most 32-bit micros and some smaller ones like HC11/12 and AVR. Except for the Cypress M8 and Cygnal micros, I've been able to find free compiler and downloader tools (plus plans for homebrew interfaces) for just about every micro I've been interested in over the last ten years. AVR and PIC micros are starting to include UART bootloader support, and many 32-bit parts support generic JTAG for downloading and debug, if not by a serial port download process.
Wha? Since when did 8 bit micros have to be made in large dies? I'm sure that many of the 8-bit parts made now are in.35-.18u processes, as that's what is common in many fabs. Especially since many micros are starting to offer larger and larger RAM and ROM capacities at lower prices, it only makes sense to shrink the process. Besides, the larger the die area of a part, the higher the probability of cosmic ray events intersecting the die. So technically larger parts make for better targets!
I suggest we all hide random, public domain crap files in hidden or obfuscated links on all of our web pages. That way we can get back at the ??AA and ESA for spoofing files on P2P networks.
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In short, a CPU is 100% inefficient as it doesn't do any work in the kinetic sense. There's no useful radiation coming out of it, nor does it physically cause anything to move. There is no output from the CPU besides heat (excluding the I/O currents, as those are usually considered at equilibrium when talking about power dissipation). By the same token, a clock is 100% inefficient because mechanical (and nowadays electrical) resistances result in a small amount of heat, yet there is no other kinetic output.
Another Austinite here... That shit is funny no matter what it's named. How about "Extreme B Movie Funtime Surprise"? Obviously the only damaging similarity here that Best Brains can claim on is in the name.
What's next, Woody Allen suing them for hosting Foleyvision?
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If you were Bruce Campbell, would you knowingly star in a movie that was destined to be crap? Would you then star in a role originally written for The Rock? See some of the other posts here for more anecdotal evidence to support this outcome.
that the RFID could be included in the prosthesis. The first and second casts are made at relatively low temperatures. But the following step in making a porcelain bridge or crown (obviously these couldn't be embedded into metal and still work) involves a baking process for hardening the ceramic after grinding and for fixing the enamel layer. This is done at up to 1000 degrees C (again, depending on the materials), a temperature far above what most semiconductors can survive, even when inactive.
/. article that I can comment on using my experience designing porcelain furnaces.
Sadly, this is the first
RTFA. Duh. This machine was designed with the intent of being used in economically disadvantaged areas. Cheap and rugged are what this machine is targeting.
Anheuser-Busch has been doing this for years. They say that you don't buy beer, you just rent it...
IMHO, with the exception of Snow Crash, Gibson's work is more bloody. So when there are GIBlets think of GIBson. (twajs)
Oop... I knew something felt off.
Now that we know the changes, can we back this one out?
Frankly, I'm scared poopless that I parsed that title in one shot.
What is a 'balanced architecture'? Is that like Fair And Balanced(tm)? Is it part of a balanced breakfast? Please don't perpetuate the Apple-nut stereotype by making up terminology to justify your expensive habit.
"Please put down your EULA. You have twenty seconds to comply." ...[whiiiirrr]...
[RATTATTATTATTATTAT]
This is what you're looking for. It gives you the option to either sync with your home PC via 802.11b at regular intervals or to copy files via USB to the drive caddy. It's Linux based, though you need a Windows app to enable the wireless sync. It's also not particularly cheap. Still, this sounds like what you're looking for.
Why would 32 bits necessarily be better? I cut my embedded teeth on 68HC11 (still 16 bit) and then moved on to 8-bit micros (PIC then AVR). I still prefer the cheap and simple to develop for 8 bit parts when possible, as most of my applications don't need much horsepower or memory. 32 bits is only really helpful if you must use a real OS for communications purposes (tcp/ip, device interfaces, etc), large data sets (because you often get complex storage features), or multitasking.
In embedded systems, your micro is just a means to an end, not the end itself. If an 8 bit micro can do the job for less money, why weigh down your design resources on a more complex part, even if it's all integrated on one chip?
Yes. At least GCC targets most 32-bit micros and some smaller ones like HC11/12 and AVR. Except for the Cypress M8 and Cygnal micros, I've been able to find free compiler and downloader tools (plus plans for homebrew interfaces) for just about every micro I've been interested in over the last ten years. AVR and PIC micros are starting to include UART bootloader support, and many 32-bit parts support generic JTAG for downloading and debug, if not by a serial port download process.
Wha? Since when did 8 bit micros have to be made in large dies? I'm sure that many of the 8-bit parts made now are in .35-.18u processes, as that's what is common in many fabs. Especially since many micros are starting to offer larger and larger RAM and ROM capacities at lower prices, it only makes sense to shrink the process. Besides, the larger the die area of a part, the higher the probability of cosmic ray events intersecting the die. So technically larger parts make for better targets!
You must have lived a very uneventful life.
In Soviet Russia, sucker purchases you!
Mr. Anonymous Coward... Let me take this opportunity to introduce you to Mr. Inverse-square Law.
...between my ears. Nobody would ever think to look for anything of use there!
this will be able to fit into a glowing ping-pong ball and crammed up your nose.
Probably not, but they're in for a surprise when they try to find 'copies' of The Core.
I suggest we all hide random, public domain crap files in hidden or obfuscated links on all of our web pages. That way we can get back at the ??AA and ESA for spoofing files on P2P networks.
In short, a CPU is 100% inefficient as it doesn't do any work in the kinetic sense. There's no useful radiation coming out of it, nor does it physically cause anything to move. There is no output from the CPU besides heat (excluding the I/O currents, as those are usually considered at equilibrium when talking about power dissipation). By the same token, a clock is 100% inefficient because mechanical (and nowadays electrical) resistances result in a small amount of heat, yet there is no other kinetic output.
Another Austinite here... That shit is funny no matter what it's named. How about "Extreme B Movie Funtime Surprise"? Obviously the only damaging similarity here that Best Brains can claim on is in the name.
What's next, Woody Allen suing them for hosting Foleyvision?
Umm... no. RTFA, the submitter screwed up. A socket is what the chip goes in, and there are four chips in this box.
Odds are, Little Johnny already looked directly into that solar eclipse, so I don't see this as a problem.