The capacitors do not elliminate ripple, but they assist a little. They may take the voltage fluxuation of 12 to 0 volts (60 times a second), and reduce the flux to 12-6v perhaps (still at 60 x per second), but only a battery will produce a pure 12VDC path with no wave characteristics.
LED's are diodes. That means that the voltage drop across them is fixed. If you have enough capacitance to keep the minimum voltage above that voltage (usually about 2V for red LEDs, 3.5 for blue with green in between) then the LED will remain on. An LED that is getting brighter and dimmer at 60 (or 120)Hz is going to be a lot less noticable than an LED that is switching off and on.
FWIW, Spam Assassin seems to have been less effective for the last month or so. Redirecting mails with a score of 5 to the Trash used to catch most spam, but lately it is all coming through with a score of 2 or 3 (as does the occassional genuine mail).
Does no one else remember Pearl Harbor? Or is it just short attention spans? Yeah, that was a long time ago, but I don't recally France ever actually attacking the US at all.
They did carry out terror attacks in New Zealand, who are a close allie of the US... no wait a minute, they won't let the US bring nuclear weapons into the country, islamo-commie bastards!
You'd think that Slashdot readers would read the source before installing something claiming to be a security fix from a previously unknown outfit:
// Terms of Agreement:
// // By using this source code, you agree to the // following terms: // // 1) You may use the source code, resource // files for educational purposes only. // 2) You MAY NOT redistribute this source code // without written permission. Failure to do // so is a violation of copyright laws. // 3) The author of this code may have retained // certain "additional copyright rights". // If so, this is indicated in the author's // description. //
Yet another example of someone paying lip service to "open source". Do you trust them with the information they are collecting on who is gullible enough to click on links to scams by other parties? Who is to say they aren't running their own scams and allowing them through exploit.cgi while blocking the competition?
First of all "Ringu", the Japanese version, doesn't have the double meaning that "The Ring" has. In "The Ring" , the 'ring' is both the the telephone ring and also the halo of light that the girl saw as the lid was covered over the well. This is not the case in "Ringu".
Why not? Both the telephone and halo are present in the Japanese version IIRC, and the significance of the halo is emphasised in the name of the 3rd film - Ring 0.
Personally I felt that the American version was dumbed down and made into a more conventional teen horror film. It is still something new compared with Friday the 13th 17 (aka Scream 4), but not as different as the Japanese original.
Thank you for the link. My previous efforts to find information had only come up with the fact that the press were outspoken opponents of Allende's policies right until the end, and he never silenced them, though it turns out it was not through lack of trying (confining himself to legal means it appears). But for those who are using this to defend US support for the Pinochet regime, following the link on the site you quote shows what a farcical position that is:
The balance of power shifted following the events of September 11, 1973. General Augusto Pinochet assumed control of the government through a bloody coup that effectively silenced all media outlets, many of the Marxist media outlets for good (Buckman, 1996). Many journalists and newspaper editors were jailed or killed (Brett, 1998).
He chose to exercise no sway over the media, or the military. This, and the US interference in the economy, was what proved his downfall.
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So they used the WWII/Cold War-relic positions on the security council to block the attack.
No, they didn't. The attack was never put to a vote, because the US/UK knew that even without a French or Russian veto (and both countries had indicated that they might refrain from vetoing) they would lose the vote. If you want examples of using Cold War-relic positions to block resolutions, look at the US's record of veto, and think about what conflicts have been going on for ovre 50 years without UN intervention.
I read on one of the news sites that he will be tried in Iraq, by Iraqi's, which would be best IMO.
Not for the current administration. While his guilt is certain, if he is given anything less then a showtrial in which he is gagged and without a real lawyer he could have a field day embarrassing the US, and in particular reaganite members of the current Bush administration.
Sounds like the perfect reason to have him tried by an Iraqi court. A bit like keeping "illegal combatants" in Cuba, or extraditing Canadian citizens to Syria, at a safe distance from those annoying Western concepts of a fair trial and humane treatment.
Allende never turned himself into a left-wing Socialist dictatorship. He was a left-wing Socialist from the start, and was democratically elected twice, the second time with increased majority, which is more than I could say for some countries' presidents.
Back to the topic. I'm a bit disappointed that the tunnel is going to be trains only. I was actually hoping for something that allows cars and trucks to travel through. I guess the ferry businesses lobbied against it to avoid certain bankruptcy.
There are major ventilation problems to overcome before road tunnels of great length become reality, especially underwater where drilling ventilation shafts is not an option. It may be more practical when all of us are driving electric cars, but while we're driving around in greenhouse gas manufacturing machines long tunnels are not smart.
That would be why the Japanese have some of the worlds longest tunnels and bridges already, then. And San Francisco has a couple of the longer bridges in US. They all have deathwishes.
She said he filed a flight plan just before he left but kept his South Pole flight plan a secret
Those defending this guy should keep in mind that if he'd tried that stunt over continental USA, he would have been shot down by the nearest airforce base as a potential terrorist.
I don't think several nights full board at McMurdo sound comes cheap and I hope they're charging him (or the Australian Government, seeing as they seem so keen to support him) for that and the flight home as well as shipping his plane out.
Outlook has threading, though it does tend to group by Subject rather than the References header, which is annoying for subjects like "Hello" or "(no subject)". IBM are wrong that this is a new and innovative feature, Gnus has had it since it was rewritten to handle email in about 1992.
The number of English speakers, quite frankly, is actually miniscule relatively speaking
Which is why I added "middle and upper class" in there. It is a given that Microsoft isn't going to be interested in the other 90% of India's population for whom the cost of a Windows license would be more than a month's salary. But I think there is still a market there, particularly in the education sector as India rapidly becomes more wealthy overall, and as you say, most of those who do speak fluent English would rather use their own language than English for everyday communication.
For example, is there a Bengali version of Windows.
No. As the article stated, this is the first complete localization of a desktop OS to any Indian language. There has not been a lot of pressure on software companies to localize their software for the Indian market, because the common language of communication for middle and upper class Indians across the subcontinent is English. This is fine for business and education users, but for home use of computers to take off in India, they need to be able to write letters to Grandma who only speaks the local languages. This could potentially be a big win for Linux, as the home market which is not yet big enough for Microsoft to bother with could influence choices for business systems in the future.
Its his account. I'm not American either, but in Europe, companies aren't just allowed, they are obliged to give you all information they hold about you, which in the case of an account which only you are legitimately allowed to log into should include the last phone number you dialed in from.
OK, the Fortune 1000 is not an official stock exchange index, so those companies might just be on there, certainly if CDW has made it to Nasdaq-100 it probably is. But the list doesn't appear to be publically available, so we don't really know.
The "top 1,000" list is based on the Fortune 1,000.
No, it's not. Look at the examples they gave of "Top 1000" sites that switched to IIS in the last month: CDW (CDWC, Nasdaq-100), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM, not part of any index), Warnaco (WRNC, not part of any index)
Although domain names are internationaliSed, only good old fashioned AMERICAN letters are accepted on Slashdot.
[watch for the "-1 UnAmerican" mods to prove my point]
Most embedded environments have software and/or hardware emulators
Emulators are expensive, and the embedded market (in general, maybe not ATMs) is very price conscious. With the rapidly changing hardware these days, you don't want to be buying a new emulator every few months to keep up. The company I worked for stopped using emulators when the 386EX came out, and moved toward PC based initial development, and on hardware debugging towards the end of the development cycle.
Tooting is a suburb of London, and any resident of London should recognize it. Recently a lot of telephone directory services have moved their centres to India and other cheap countries, and lack of local geographical knowledge is proving to be a big problem.
So why does anyone need anything like a striped down consumer OS, no matter if it is Windows Embedded or some embedded Linux for that?
Because it is a lot easier to develop the software if it can be debugged on the developer's PC. Most embedded OS's have been based on POSIX or stripped down Win32 APIs for years now (QNX and Paradigm being two examples I've personally used over 5 years ago).
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LED's are diodes. That means that the voltage drop across them is fixed. If you have enough capacitance to keep the minimum voltage above that voltage (usually about 2V for red LEDs, 3.5 for blue with green in between) then the LED will remain on. An LED that is getting brighter and dimmer at 60 (or 120)Hz is going to be a lot less noticable than an LED that is switching off and on.
FWIW, Spam Assassin seems to have been less effective for the last month or so. Redirecting mails with a score of 5 to the Trash used to catch most spam, but lately it is all coming through with a score of 2 or 3 (as does the occassional genuine mail).
They did carry out terror attacks in New Zealand, who are a close allie of the US... no wait a minute, they won't let the US bring nuclear weapons into the country, islamo-commie bastards!
The trouble is, that american is Bush.
Last I checked, Japan was surrounded by ocean.
Why not? Both the telephone and halo are present in the Japanese version IIRC, and the significance of the halo is emphasised in the name of the 3rd film - Ring 0.
Personally I felt that the American version was dumbed down and made into a more conventional teen horror film. It is still something new compared with Friday the 13th 17 (aka Scream 4), but not as different as the Japanese original.
The balance of power shifted following the events of September 11, 1973. General Augusto Pinochet assumed control of the government through a bloody coup that effectively silenced all media outlets, many of the Marxist media outlets for good (Buckman, 1996). Many journalists and newspaper editors were jailed or killed (Brett, 1998).
He chose to exercise no sway over the media, or the military. This, and the US interference in the economy, was what proved his downfall.
No, they didn't. The attack was never put to a vote, because the US/UK knew that even without a French or Russian veto (and both countries had indicated that they might refrain from vetoing) they would lose the vote. If you want examples of using Cold War-relic positions to block resolutions, look at the US's record of veto, and think about what conflicts have been going on for ovre 50 years without UN intervention.
Sounds like the perfect reason to have him tried by an Iraqi court. A bit like keeping "illegal combatants" in Cuba, or extraditing Canadian citizens to Syria, at a safe distance from those annoying Western concepts of a fair trial and humane treatment.
Allende never turned himself into a left-wing Socialist dictatorship. He was a left-wing Socialist from the start, and was democratically elected twice, the second time with increased majority, which is more than I could say for some countries' presidents.
There are major ventilation problems to overcome before road tunnels of great length become reality, especially underwater where drilling ventilation shafts is not an option. It may be more practical when all of us are driving electric cars, but while we're driving around in greenhouse gas manufacturing machines long tunnels are not smart.
That would be why the Japanese have some of the worlds longest tunnels and bridges already, then. And San Francisco has a couple of the longer bridges in US. They all have deathwishes.
Those defending this guy should keep in mind that if he'd tried that stunt over continental USA, he would have been shot down by the nearest airforce base as a potential terrorist.
I don't think several nights full board at McMurdo sound comes cheap and I hope they're charging him (or the Australian Government, seeing as they seem so keen to support him) for that and the flight home as well as shipping his plane out.
Outlook has threading, though it does tend to group by Subject rather than the References header, which is annoying for subjects like "Hello" or "(no subject)". IBM are wrong that this is a new and innovative feature, Gnus has had it since it was rewritten to handle email in about 1992.
Which is why I added "middle and upper class" in there. It is a given that Microsoft isn't going to be interested in the other 90% of India's population for whom the cost of a Windows license would be more than a month's salary. But I think there is still a market there, particularly in the education sector as India rapidly becomes more wealthy overall, and as you say, most of those who do speak fluent English would rather use their own language than English for everyday communication.
No. As the article stated, this is the first complete localization of a desktop OS to any Indian language. There has not been a lot of pressure on software companies to localize their software for the Indian market, because the common language of communication for middle and upper class Indians across the subcontinent is English. This is fine for business and education users, but for home use of computers to take off in India, they need to be able to write letters to Grandma who only speaks the local languages. This could potentially be a big win for Linux, as the home market which is not yet big enough for Microsoft to bother with could influence choices for business systems in the future.
Its his account. I'm not American either, but in Europe, companies aren't just allowed, they are obliged to give you all information they hold about you, which in the case of an account which only you are legitimately allowed to log into should include the last phone number you dialed in from.
OK, the Fortune 1000 is not an official stock exchange index, so those companies might just be on there, certainly if CDW has made it to Nasdaq-100 it probably is. But the list doesn't appear to be publically available, so we don't really know.
No, it's not. Look at the examples they gave of "Top 1000" sites that switched to IIS in the last month: CDW (CDWC, Nasdaq-100), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM, not part of any index), Warnaco (WRNC, not part of any index)
Although domain names are internationaliSed, only good old fashioned AMERICAN letters are accepted on Slashdot. [watch for the "-1 UnAmerican" mods to prove my point]
Emulators are expensive, and the embedded market (in general, maybe not ATMs) is very price conscious. With the rapidly changing hardware these days, you don't want to be buying a new emulator every few months to keep up. The company I worked for stopped using emulators when the 386EX came out, and moved toward PC based initial development, and on hardware debugging towards the end of the development cycle.
Tooting is a suburb of London, and any resident of London should recognize it. Recently a lot of telephone directory services have moved their centres to India and other cheap countries, and lack of local geographical knowledge is proving to be a big problem.
Because it is a lot easier to develop the software if it can be debugged on the developer's PC. Most embedded OS's have been based on POSIX or stripped down Win32 APIs for years now (QNX and Paradigm being two examples I've personally used over 5 years ago).