Won't catch fire... at normal atmospheric pressure. Cylinder compression can be in excess of 15x 1 atmosphere. The more you compress a fuel, the lower the octane. (octane is just a measure of how quickly a fuel burns, the higher the slower) Like all food, it will burn, and under enough pressure it will combust more rapidly.
That's a really good point. Like electric cars... sure, they may be 100% emissions free, but what about all the coal/oil/uranium that must be consumed to produce that energy. And how much of that energy is lost converting it from
My guess is it doesn't really save anything at all, although I'm sure that the turbines or whatever is used at the power plant is more efficient per BTU at converting heat into motion. I'm also not counting the energy required to extract fossil fuels from the earth and refine them, because that has to be done in our existing model of gasoline/diesel engines. I'm just comparing the extra steps for electric cars.
The only slight advantage I can see in an electric car is that by relocating the source of polution, you can eliminate concentrated sources, like in cities. The real solution will come when an efficient, non impacting form of electrical generation is perfected.
I worked with a guy a while back who had a diesel VW Rabbit that he ran that car off of some type of corn oil. He had a friend that, whatever he did, had an abundance of this oil as a by-product of his process. According to him, it ran just as good as with diesel, although yes, it did smell like McDonalds fries.
According to the article, it was a finger print of a scribe who held the tablet while it was still wet. Still, a remarkable accomplishment. But not a fingerprint as we know them today, as an oil residue or a stain. This was an actual 3D impression made in the clay.
And what happens when that DVD breaks, gets scratched, etc.? Do you have to shell out... again just to have the media that you were only licencing before?
Now THAT would be nice.. at CD/DVD replacement program for a dollar or so a disk. Yes, I suppose I could use CD-R's, but then I would have to burn them ahead of time... too late if the CD gets damaged. Not worth the effort and aggrivation. And forget the price on DVD-R's. Just mail in the damaged CD/DVD as proof, and they replace it. Anybody know if any of the labels have a deal like this already?
I've got a pretty
bland format that assumes that the people are using some issue tracking software and I'm looking for others
(i.e. developers) who use something like this to share ideas with."
Sorry, but you must now cease and decist. DoubleClick already holds the patents for both bland formats and tracking software.
A simple Google search yeiled some pretty good results, perhaps some/. readers have used some of that software. It seems like there is an abundance of it out there. What kind of QA do you do exactly, and what kind of software is it? Perhaps there is a package specificly aimed at one area, such as game design or office software.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
...but many slashdot morons seem to be anti-union.
It isn't that unions are a bad thing, just that unions are not good in a creative environment like computers. It is highly likely that in a company with, say, 50 coders, that a few will be more than a cut above the rest, most will be average and a few will be below average. Not by experience, but by talent, effort, and creative gifts. Why should these 1337 workers make the same as the guy who, for whatever reason, is not as talented but has been there the same amount of time. This is a trade with employees in demand, and talented employees demand top dollar, and rightfully so.
Honestly, unions can become very invasive. In a creative field like computers, you should earn what you're worth. Unions are better left to fields in the labor trades, where workers can easily be replaced, and working conditions can be truely harsh. (and I don't mean flourescent lights!!!) This is where it becomes worthwhile to turn over control to a more powerfull organization such as a union.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Perhaps you should check out the new technology from Apple. The iPole and it's "companion" product, iHole, should be sure to "satisfy" the needs of computer user.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
I understand where you are coming from, and yes, to be a dick I suppose he/she could send you a shit load of stuff. I had thought of that earlier but I think the biggest problem is with merchandise they cannot reclaim. It would be far less worth someones time to break a federal law just to pull a prank (for most people anyway). Besides, if you just refuse shippment, most companies won't (can't?) charge you, it gets refunded when the package returns to the warehouse, including shipping.
And no, email isn't secure, but when you think about how most people get CC#'s, they usualy don't have access to personal email accounts. So how would they know what address to enter when it asks for one? And to take that even further, perhaps require a PIN number to be entered in the reply mail somewhere. The more the criminal needs to know, the harder it will be for them to succede. And the bigger trail they will leave too.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
One time use Email address, for signing up for things like The New York Times, shareware downloads, free pr0n, Slashdot troll accounts, etc.
Signing up for free email accounts every time you need something is annoyng at best. Mabey it could be valid for 24 hours or something. It may even cut down on spam, if the spambots knew that #1 the email would never get read and #2 there is a 90% chance that an email would get returned undeliverable. *grin*
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Now, not only do they have to keep track of millions of
cards and billions of dollars spent through them, but they also have to ensure that the right cards are being used by the
right retailers. Yes it's convienent, but how much is it going to cost?
Or how much will they save? Credit fraud costs CC co's millions (billions?) yearly, well worth the price of some servers.
This also doesn't exactly solve the problem... if I have a one-retailer use card set up for Amazon.com, someone can
still steal that and buy stuff in my name from Amazon...
I suppose they could, unless you set up your Amazon account to only allow shipping to your address. And to take that one step further to change your address you would have to log in, have them send you a mail to an address they have on file, and reply to it. Then the thief would not only need your CC# but your email password as well.
I suppose we could go back and forth with this all day; for every action there is an opposite reaction. Criminals will always try to stay one step ahead.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
In the news today, a local overclocker and avid QuakeIII player died in an accident when his AMD Megatron 100,000,000 GHz suddenly overheated and self destructed.
Fellow gamer, who goes by the name "1337", was in a game at the time that the accident occured. "The last thing I remember he was up about 15,000 frags, and boasting about how he was getting 2,000,000 FPS on his machine." 1337 said. "Then suddenly he disappeared. Served him right, he had an unfair advantage."
Experts who have been investigating the accident have managed to peice together a probable chain of events. "From what we can figure, a pump failed in the cooling tower that he had in the back yard, and caused the chip to overheat" claims Cho Man Foo, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of the many expert quantum phyiscs experts called in to reconstruct the chain of events. "He may have survived the incident," states Mr. Foo, "except when the chip detonated, it started a chain reaction that caused the magnetic shiels around his Segate black hole quantum hard drive to collapse, imediatly consuming everything within 500 feet."
In related events, LAN party co-ordinators have been advised to postpone all further gatherings untill a meathod of confirming that no overclocked machines be used in game meetings. AMD and motherboard maker ASUS will be taking steps to insure that further incidents will not happen. In the next version of their products, the clock multipliers will be locked at the factory, hopefully preventing further injuries from their products. Also, tobacco giant Phillip Morris is suing AMD, claiming that the chips cause danger to their large customer base, and they could potentially loose a large number of customers if there was to be a major accident.
I have read a lot about the famous MIT hacks; the fake cop car and the propeller beanie on the great dome, the balloons in the football field, the list goes on. It will be a shame to see this monument to harmless, creative, and truely hilarious hacking close it's doors. These hacks have become a part of MIT culture, I hope not being able to get your hack into the hall of fame so to speak won't be a deterent to future hacks.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Does this mean I have to stop saying "Someone set us up the bomb" and "You have no chance to survive make your time" when I'm on the phone with my friends from now on?
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Because a computational process is used, and requires an alghorithm to do autonoumsly, yes, this is encryption. Even though it may be simply interpreted by reading the name manually, this requires writing code to decrypt this on the computer level. And as soon as code is written do undo intentional scrambeling, it is considered "decryption". Since the point is here to use a computer to do this without any human intervention, this is proteceted under the DMCA.
This has got to be some of the funniest sh*t I have heard in a while here on/. I love irony.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
How is that "splitting hairs"? Number one, if the student had a legitimate excuse to be off of school property during school hours, and was not involved with a scholastic activity, by all means, he has the right to yell what he wants. (well, within the legal limits of public obcenity, a totally seperate thing alltoghether) Outside of school, the school administration have absolutely no legal responsability for students. If a student gets hit by a car on the way to, during, or coming from school, it is the schools responsability. If he goes home, eats dinner, and goes out at 7:00 p.m. and gets hit by said car, can I sue the school for negligance? No, absolutely not. So how come the school can take legal action against a student for something done outside school hours/property when, by their own admission, have no legal responsability for the student or his/her actions?
He published it in a format that was available to students on school property. I see no functional difference
between this and a paper pamphlet. Please enlightment me.
The difference is a website is in public domain. A pamphlet is not. Yes, a student could have accessed it from the computer lab I suppose. They could also access it from home, as could you or I. By that reasoning, can I sue every website that has obcenity/pornography/violence/racisism for publishing material that could potentially slip by filtering software and be viewed by some student in a school lab? If so, I'd better have kids now so I can cash in. The only issue here was the principals pride.
On the brighter side, I think this was a wonderful education for the students there on how effective the Constitution is. It clearly demonstrated that 225 years later, our rights to free speech are still protected, and I hope that all of the history teachers there have a class on how Big Brother got screwed out of $60,000 for trying to abuse their power.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
I don't necissarily agree that it hurts the other students. Financialy, perhaps. But in recent years, schools have become more and more invasive in students private lives. While it is important that some concern be addressed for potentially dangerous behavior, particularly behavior that hurts academic performance, school administration is overstepping their boundries more and more. With limited budgets to work from, and the difficulty schools have in obtaining this money, I hope this case sends a message. A school administrator may think twice now before playing God in students lives. It must be hard for them to explain to the Board of Education why they need an additional $50,000 because they couldn't mind their own business.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Also on C/net, there have been ads for Sun after every video article. Oh well, at least they are after the article, so I can watch it and close Realplayer before the advertisement shows. I guess it's not too bad as long as they don't start to put them before the video, so you have no choice.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
I realize that from this story is not so much about security as it is science, but honestly; unless it's a 80gig 15,000 rpm Ultra160 SCSI HD that's $1200 to replace, if you have anything THAT sensative that you MUST destroy the data, just destroy the drive. If it is that big of a deal what is on the drive, a $140 drive is probably not worth the effort. Better yet, if it's that important, just don't do anything that would piss off a 3 letter agency.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
How long then before Napster becomes the evil empire controlling our music?
You know, that thought occured to me too. If you really read my post, I did mention Napster and Napster-like services. I suppose there will always be some sort of evil empire, but I see a system like this as less of an evil. Especially if there are competing companies. At least, finally, there would be competition to the RIAA companies. As consumers, we do ultimately have control, but with the RIAA giants having as much power as they've had, our only option for a long time is to buy from them or have nothing. Having said that, some of my favorite bands/music are locals. While this system still may not make them millionares, at least they have the chance to be heard, and make some profit as well. I think it works for everyone, the little guy gets a chance, we as consumers save money, and get freedom of choice to what music we want and don't want to purchase on a song by song basis.
Basicly, it means consumers have more control, and that is always better.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Slashdot Mirror
heat-> motion-> electricity-> chemical->electrical-> mechanical
instead of
heat-> motion.
My guess is it doesn't really save anything at all, although I'm sure that the turbines or whatever is used at the power plant is more efficient per BTU at converting heat into motion. I'm also not counting the energy required to extract fossil fuels from the earth and refine them, because that has to be done in our existing model of gasoline/diesel engines. I'm just comparing the extra steps for electric cars.
The only slight advantage I can see in an electric car is that by relocating the source of polution, you can eliminate concentrated sources, like in cities. The real solution will come when an efficient, non impacting form of electrical generation is perfected.
According to the article, it was a finger print of a scribe who held the tablet while it was still wet. Still, a remarkable accomplishment. But not a fingerprint as we know them today, as an oil residue or a stain. This was an actual 3D impression made in the clay.
Now THAT would be nice.. at CD/DVD replacement program for a dollar or so a disk. Yes, I suppose I could use CD-R's, but then I would have to burn them ahead of time... too late if the CD gets damaged. Not worth the effort and aggrivation. And forget the price on DVD-R's. Just mail in the damaged CD/DVD as proof, and they replace it. Anybody know if any of the labels have a deal like this already?
Sorry, but you must now cease and decist. DoubleClick already holds the patents for both bland formats and tracking software.
A simple Google search yeiled some pretty good results, perhaps some /. readers have used some of that software. It seems like there is an abundance of it out there. What kind of QA do you do exactly, and what kind of software is it? Perhaps there is a package specificly aimed at one area, such as game design or office software.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
It isn't that unions are a bad thing, just that unions are not good in a creative environment like computers. It is highly likely that in a company with, say, 50 coders, that a few will be more than a cut above the rest, most will be average and a few will be below average. Not by experience, but by talent, effort, and creative gifts. Why should these 1337 workers make the same as the guy who, for whatever reason, is not as talented but has been there the same amount of time. This is a trade with employees in demand, and talented employees demand top dollar, and rightfully so.
Honestly, unions can become very invasive. In a creative field like computers, you should earn what you're worth. Unions are better left to fields in the labor trades, where workers can easily be replaced, and working conditions can be truely harsh. (and I don't mean flourescent lights!!!) This is where it becomes worthwhile to turn over control to a more powerfull organization such as a union.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
No shit?
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
And no, email isn't secure, but when you think about how most people get CC#'s, they usualy don't have access to personal email accounts. So how would they know what address to enter when it asks for one? And to take that even further, perhaps require a PIN number to be entered in the reply mail somewhere. The more the criminal needs to know, the harder it will be for them to succede. And the bigger trail they will leave too.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Signing up for free email accounts every time you need something is annoyng at best. Mabey it could be valid for 24 hours or something. It may even cut down on spam, if the spambots knew that #1 the email would never get read and #2 there is a 90% chance that an email would get returned undeliverable. *grin*
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Or how much will they save? Credit fraud costs CC co's millions (billions?) yearly, well worth the price of some servers.
This also doesn't exactly solve the problem... if I have a one-retailer use card set up for Amazon.com, someone can still steal that and buy stuff in my name from Amazon...
I suppose they could, unless you set up your Amazon account to only allow shipping to your address. And to take that one step further to change your address you would have to log in, have them send you a mail to an address they have on file, and reply to it. Then the thief would not only need your CC# but your email password as well.
I suppose we could go back and forth with this all day; for every action there is an opposite reaction. Criminals will always try to stay one step ahead.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
In the news today, a local overclocker and avid QuakeIII player died in an accident when his AMD Megatron 100,000,000 GHz suddenly overheated and self destructed.
Fellow gamer, who goes by the name "1337", was in a game at the time that the accident occured. "The last thing I remember he was up about 15,000 frags, and boasting about how he was getting 2,000,000 FPS on his machine." 1337 said. "Then suddenly he disappeared. Served him right, he had an unfair advantage."
Experts who have been investigating the accident have managed to peice together a probable chain of events. "From what we can figure, a pump failed in the cooling tower that he had in the back yard, and caused the chip to overheat" claims Cho Man Foo, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of the many expert quantum phyiscs experts called in to reconstruct the chain of events. "He may have survived the incident," states Mr. Foo, "except when the chip detonated, it started a chain reaction that caused the magnetic shiels around his Segate black hole quantum hard drive to collapse, imediatly consuming everything within 500 feet."
Pictures of the aftermath can be found here.
In related events, LAN party co-ordinators have been advised to postpone all further gatherings untill a meathod of confirming that no overclocked machines be used in game meetings. AMD and motherboard maker ASUS will be taking steps to insure that further incidents will not happen. In the next version of their products, the clock multipliers will be locked at the factory, hopefully preventing further injuries from their products. Also, tobacco giant Phillip Morris is suing AMD, claiming that the chips cause danger to their large customer base, and they could potentially loose a large number of customers if there was to be a major accident.
Related articles:
Overclocker Creats Rift in Space-Time Continuum
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
This has got to be some of the funniest sh*t I have heard in a while here on /. I love irony.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
He published it in a format that was available to students on school property. I see no functional difference between this and a paper pamphlet. Please enlightment me.
The difference is a website is in public domain. A pamphlet is not. Yes, a student could have accessed it from the computer lab I suppose. They could also access it from home, as could you or I. By that reasoning, can I sue every website that has obcenity/pornography/violence/racisism for publishing material that could potentially slip by filtering software and be viewed by some student in a school lab? If so, I'd better have kids now so I can cash in. The only issue here was the principals pride.
On the brighter side, I think this was a wonderful education for the students there on how effective the Constitution is. It clearly demonstrated that 225 years later, our rights to free speech are still protected, and I hope that all of the history teachers there have a class on how Big Brother got screwed out of $60,000 for trying to abuse their power.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Yes. Fortionately, they also have the right to be ignored.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
You know, that thought occured to me too. If you really read my post, I did mention Napster and Napster-like services. I suppose there will always be some sort of evil empire, but I see a system like this as less of an evil. Especially if there are competing companies. At least, finally, there would be competition to the RIAA companies. As consumers, we do ultimately have control, but with the RIAA giants having as much power as they've had, our only option for a long time is to buy from them or have nothing. Having said that, some of my favorite bands/music are locals. While this system still may not make them millionares, at least they have the chance to be heard, and make some profit as well. I think it works for everyone, the little guy gets a chance, we as consumers save money, and get freedom of choice to what music we want and don't want to purchase on a song by song basis.
Basicly, it means consumers have more control, and that is always better.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."