I like the idea of putting emulators on it. Maybe a GBA emulator.
My son has a GBA SP and my hands are too big to use it. Besides, with a full laptop that opens like an SP, I can say I have one of the BIG TOYS. All I need to do now is expand my shirt pocket about 9 inches.
Not only will the battery operated toys make noise and blink FOREVER, but entire meals can be prepackaged by the morning crew to self cook by lunchtime.
I earned one after selling enough greeting cards from the "Olympic Sales Company". I couldn't wait to fire the thing off and snap pictures of the neighborhood.
Being nine years old at the time, I lacked the wisdom to double check the glue job on the engine mount rings. I realized I didn't glue it securely enough when the rocket launched. The engine mount shot up inside the rocket tube, burned it in half, melted the plastic fins. and then popped the chute/nosecone to take a picture of the clear blue sky.
Then again, it was the same launchpad that took my 6.5 foot tall Mean Machine on it's maiden flight to great heights, into a wind gust, and then got carried away into the nearby forest, never to be found again.
The article author mentions the camera used the goofy smartmedia format. There's nothing goofy about it at all. Just try fitting more than one CF or SD card into a single media case. I was able to fit three smartmedia cards into a single smartmedia case. It's just like having "pocket pack flash strips"
Now, the xD and memory stick cards are goofy. Why did they even bother (outside of the money issue). We didn't need the xD size when we already had SD/MMC.
Which part of the FCC rules specifically allow this? Not the one that allows for the placement of satellite TV dishes (47 C.F.R. Section 1.4000) for fixed wireless signals. The FCC Fact Sheet specifically states in one paragraph:
"Fixed wireless signals" are any commercial non-broadcast communications signals transmitted via wireless technology to and/or from a fixed customer location. Examples include wireless signals used to provide telephone service or high-speed Internet access to a fixed location. This definition does not include, among other things, AM/FM radio, amateur ("HAM") radio, Citizens Band ("CB") radio, and Digital Audio Radio Services ("DARS") signals.
Yes, I can put up a 2M whip in an exclusive use area (a back porch exclusively for my own use). But I couldn't get away with much for the >= 20M band.
No offense, but duh. If you thought it was anything more, you were being quite naive.
Here's a naive statement, but it's true. Has it gotten so bad that politics will never be a "gentlemen's game" anymore? Backstabbing, mudslinging. The candidates should be thanking the people who are registered to vote for being registered BEFORE thanking them for considering them as a candidate. It first takes registered voters to make the process work. But through all the hype and "register to vote" ads, the candidates and campaign workers fail to recognize the core component of the democratic system, the Voters. Without us, there's no them.
However, did these people actually prevent you from registering or withdraw their assistance after you mentioned you were independent?
Once I had the paperwork, I could register. But for some reason, I wasn't able to get anybody's attention to get questions answered.
I had posted this in a previous story. This newer story seems to be more "on topic". This expresses the sad state of democracy these days.
--- Since I recently moved, I tried re-registering to vote in the new district. My wife (hardcore Republican) said not to bother because I usually side on the independent and I would be "wasting my vote". Funny thing, when I pass by the political party tents at the local Fair, they all ask if I'm registered to vote. I say, "No". I let them speak their piece about registering to vote, and I'm usually ready to fill out the paperwork they provide as a convienience. When I mention the fact that people tell me I'd be wasting my vote because I side with Independents, they get all quiet and move on to the next person. I guess their mottos are, "Please support Democracy and register to vote (as long as you vote for us)"
Every time that happens, I see why I side with the independents.
And God/Religion started as archaic man's attempt to explain the magic of nature and science.
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don't register to vote or you'll get jury duty
Since I recently moved, I tried re-registering to vote in the new district. My wife (hardcore Republican) said not to bother because I usually side on the independent and I would be "wasting my vote". Funny thing, when I pass by the political party tents at the local Fair, they all ask if I'm registered to vote. I say, "No". I let them speak their piece about registering to vote, and I'm usually ready to fill out the paperwork they provide as a convienience. When I mention the fact that people tell me I'd be wasting my vote because I side with Independents, they get all quiet and move on to the next person. I guess their mottos are, "Please support Democracy and register to vote (as long as you vote for us)"
Every time that happens, I see why I side with the independents.
I guess all the Jungle Safari Cruise operators have a second job as stand-up comedians.
Our operator told us, "In case of the boat capsizing, please hold on to the green seat cushions as they are the only ones that float." The boat only had red and blue cushions.
OK. I've generally kept quiet with my questions on FPS in games. If I can enjoy a fast action movie running at about 30FPS on a TV, why do we need to see 100FPS+ on a computer monitor for fast action games?
If the computer is able to maintain a consistent 30-60 FPS, why's that so bad? Humans generally aren't able to react and respond in 1/30 of a second actions to compensate for any 'hidden' actions that occur between frames. Or maybe someone wouldn't mind giving me an LCD computer monitor, just to see for myself.
They're doing extensive research to determine how complicated they can make the manufactuing process look like. This way, they can charge the absolute maximum without anybody realizing they're being pumped out at a unit cost lower than a sweatshop t-shirt.
It's proposed that OLED displays would eventually be bendable. Therefore, make a facemask of the material and they can display a picture of what they USED to look like while trying to perform bedtime activities.
For those with nothing better to do on their computers, there ought to be a SPAMback(tm) 101 course given at local community colleges. the course will instruct people on how to identify web forms embedded in a message and/or via a link in the message. The latter requires knowing how to use a safe browser to get the raw HTML code.
Then, everybody composes GET requests on the Address line of their browser substituting false info for the form fields and sending it to the spammed service's web page. Let them weed through the garbage responses.
Eventually, I plan to write an automated script to fill in junk values from a random word list. I'll let my computer send a new one out every 5 minutes or so. If we get a lot of people running the same script from all over, the spammers might just get frustrated enough.
Does such a script or application exist that does that? Maybe those "Learn Computer Programming" classes can program one as a lesson in Internet application programming.
Since the Slashdot effect is so powerful, why doesn't Slashdot offer a section for posting full copies of spam mail, with headers.
The true source IP can be extracted and listed as a special bulletin complete with a link to said IP address. When all the slashdot readers try to connect to the trojaned server, it clogs up the pipeline for the ISP and MAYBE they will get a clue that something is wrong. Meanwhile, that's one less system spewing out mail for a while.
Or better yet, subtitute the IP address in a banner ad or graphic. That way, the calls to the trojaned servers are automatic.
That phrase was probably meant as a funny comment. Even if it wasn't, the honest and nice thing to do would be to take time out and let the person know. Unfortunately, since the "Good Samaritan" idea is now all but completely ignored. you'd get caught in the middle after the person panics and calls authorities. If you can't explain to them the issue from a security point of view, you might get blamed for putting the stuff up yourself for whatever illegal purposes the authority's minds can conjure up (blackmail, etc.)
Maybe a long but well documented letter (almost a lesson in internet security with real life examples) to the person would serve best if you are still willing to be the good samaritan.
Slashdot Mirror
"I love the smell of carbon monoxide in the morning"
Obligatory quote from Porklips Now
I like the idea of putting emulators on it. Maybe a GBA emulator.
My son has a GBA SP and my hands are too big to use it. Besides, with a full laptop that opens like an SP, I can say I have one of the BIG TOYS. All I need to do now is expand my shirt pocket about 9 inches.
Not only will the battery operated toys make noise and blink FOREVER, but entire meals can be prepackaged by the morning crew to self cook by lunchtime.
Astrocam 110!!!
I earned one after selling enough greeting cards from the "Olympic Sales Company". I couldn't wait to fire the thing off and snap pictures of the neighborhood.
Being nine years old at the time, I lacked the wisdom to double check the glue job on the engine mount rings. I realized I didn't glue it securely enough when the rocket launched. The engine mount shot up inside the rocket tube, burned it in half, melted the plastic fins. and then popped the chute/nosecone to take a picture of the clear blue sky.
Then again, it was the same launchpad that took my 6.5 foot tall Mean Machine on it's maiden flight to great heights, into a wind gust, and then got carried away into the nearby forest, never to be found again.
The article author mentions the camera used the goofy smartmedia format. There's nothing goofy about it at all. Just try fitting more than one CF or SD card into a single media case. I was able to fit three smartmedia cards into a single smartmedia case. It's just like having "pocket pack flash strips"
Now, the xD and memory stick cards are goofy. Why did they even bother (outside of the money issue). We didn't need the xD size when we already had SD/MMC.
and amateur radio equipment as necessary.
Which part of the FCC rules specifically allow this? Not the one that allows for the placement of satellite TV dishes (47 C.F.R. Section 1.4000) for fixed wireless signals. The FCC Fact Sheet specifically states in one paragraph:
"Fixed wireless signals" are any commercial non-broadcast communications signals transmitted via wireless technology to and/or from a fixed customer location. Examples include wireless signals used to provide telephone service or high-speed Internet access to a fixed location. This definition does not include, among other things, AM/FM radio, amateur ("HAM") radio, Citizens Band ("CB") radio, and Digital Audio Radio Services ("DARS") signals.
Yes, I can put up a 2M whip in an exclusive use area (a back porch exclusively for my own use). But I couldn't get away with much for the >= 20M band.
Spam Boys, Spam Boys,
What you gonna do?
What you gonna do,
when we ping for you?
No offense, but duh. If you thought it was anything more, you were being quite naive.
Here's a naive statement, but it's true. Has it gotten so bad that politics will never be a "gentlemen's game" anymore? Backstabbing, mudslinging. The candidates should be thanking the people who are registered to vote for being registered BEFORE thanking them for considering them as a candidate. It first takes registered voters to make the process work. But through all the hype and "register to vote" ads, the candidates and campaign workers fail to recognize the core component of the democratic system, the Voters. Without us, there's no them.
However, did these people actually prevent you from registering or withdraw their assistance after you mentioned you were independent?
Once I had the paperwork, I could register. But for some reason, I wasn't able to get anybody's attention to get questions answered.
I had posted this in a previous story. This newer story seems to be more "on topic". This expresses the sad state of democracy these days.
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Since I recently moved, I tried re-registering to vote in the new district. My wife (hardcore Republican) said not to bother because I usually side on the independent and I would be "wasting my vote". Funny thing, when I pass by the political party tents at the local Fair, they all ask if I'm registered to vote. I say, "No". I let them speak their piece about registering to vote, and I'm usually ready to fill out the paperwork they provide as a convienience. When I mention the fact that people tell me I'd be wasting my vote because I side with Independents, they get all quiet and move on to the next person. I guess their mottos are, "Please support Democracy and register to vote (as long as you vote for us)"
Every time that happens, I see why I side with the independents.
And God/Religion started as archaic man's attempt to explain the magic of nature and science.
don't register to vote or you'll get jury duty
Since I recently moved, I tried re-registering to vote in the new district. My wife (hardcore Republican) said not to bother because I usually side on the independent and I would be "wasting my vote". Funny thing, when I pass by the political party tents at the local Fair, they all ask if I'm registered to vote. I say, "No". I let them speak their piece about registering to vote, and I'm usually ready to fill out the paperwork they provide as a convienience. When I mention the fact that people tell me I'd be wasting my vote because I side with Independents, they get all quiet and move on to the next person. I guess their mottos are, "Please support Democracy and register to vote (as long as you vote for us)"
Every time that happens, I see why I side with the independents.
I guess all the Jungle Safari Cruise operators have a second job as stand-up comedians.
Our operator told us, "In case of the boat capsizing, please hold on to the green seat cushions as they are the only ones that float." The boat only had red and blue cushions.
OK. I've generally kept quiet with my questions on FPS in games. If I can enjoy a fast action movie running at about 30FPS on a TV, why do we need to see 100FPS+ on a computer monitor for fast action games?
If the computer is able to maintain a consistent 30-60 FPS, why's that so bad? Humans generally aren't able to react and respond in 1/30 of a second actions to compensate for any 'hidden' actions that occur between frames. Or maybe someone wouldn't mind giving me an LCD computer monitor, just to see for myself.
The Almighty Yen
They're doing extensive research to determine how complicated they can make the manufactuing process look like. This way, they can charge the absolute maximum without anybody realizing they're being pumped out at a unit cost lower than a sweatshop t-shirt.
How does this impact the elderly users
It's proposed that OLED displays would eventually be bendable. Therefore, make a facemask of the material and they can display a picture of what they USED to look like while trying to perform bedtime activities.
Then again, imagine the halloween costumes...
We musn't forget the humming (ringing) plants on Talos IV in the ST:TOS pilot episode
Of course, those plants must have been everywhere because every eerie looking planet had the same sound in the background.
They must have a soothing effect though because they even made Spock smile.
Yes, but now try the same with a mainstream site. The figure is still most likely 90% IE and 10% Mozilla, Firefox, Safari + others
It's also if the "day school" web designers still use IE centric code in their web pages because they're not taught to design them any other way.
Let's have some cheap fun returning the favor.
For those with nothing better to do on their computers, there ought to be a SPAMback(tm) 101 course given at local community colleges. the course will instruct people on how to identify web forms embedded in a message and/or via a link in the message. The latter requires knowing how to use a safe browser to get the raw HTML code.
Then, everybody composes GET requests on the Address line of their browser substituting false info for the form fields and sending it to the spammed service's web page. Let them weed through the garbage responses.
Eventually, I plan to write an automated script to fill in junk values from a random word list. I'll let my computer send a new one out every 5 minutes or so. If we get a lot of people running the same script from all over, the spammers might just get frustrated enough.
Does such a script or application exist that does that? Maybe those "Learn Computer Programming" classes can program one as a lesson in Internet application programming.
allows any software application binary to run on any processor/operating system
My wife said, "Give me a good reason why you need to keep those things! There's not enough room in the closet to put my shoes."
Now I can use this as an excuse to hold on to my Commodore 64 stuff.
does this mean the probes are still sending radio waves/signals, or just irradiating passively?
Yes, it's just a trojaned SPAM probe now...
Sildenafil Citrate from Alpha Centaurii fjfh cupid concorde
You'd hate to be millions of miles out, with the minimum amount of fuel, and suddenly realize you're going in the wrong direction
You've never driven in West Virgina, have you?
Does this mean there could be a alien paparazzi waiting for the "star" of our solar system to come out?
Maybe that explains the mysterious force as the probe tries to move around them.
Since the Slashdot effect is so powerful, why doesn't Slashdot offer a section for posting full copies of spam mail, with headers.
The true source IP can be extracted and listed as a special bulletin complete with a link to said IP address. When all the slashdot readers try to connect to the trojaned server, it clogs up the pipeline for the ISP and MAYBE they will get a clue that something is wrong. Meanwhile, that's one less system spewing out mail for a while.
Or better yet, subtitute the IP address in a banner ad or graphic. That way, the calls to the trojaned servers are automatic.
So, live programming of music...
That must have been what Lewis was doing on that TRS-80 at the end of Revenge of the Nerds, in the talent contest, as he was working the keys so fast.
I'd do it but our phone system is down right now
That phrase was probably meant as a funny comment. Even if it wasn't, the honest and nice thing to do would be to take time out and let the person know. Unfortunately, since the "Good Samaritan" idea is now all but completely ignored. you'd get caught in the middle after the person panics and calls authorities. If you can't explain to them the issue from a security point of view, you might get blamed for putting the stuff up yourself for whatever illegal purposes the authority's minds can conjure up (blackmail, etc.)
Maybe a long but well documented letter (almost a lesson in internet security with real life examples) to the person would serve best if you are still willing to be the good samaritan.