Heh, I guess they are popular for growing. I've been wondering how well they would do for residential lighting, though; I bet it wouldn't hurt to have extra light, especially those of us who get SAD:)
In those cases, use sodium or metal halide lamps, both of which are even more efficient than fluorescent.
I was going to write a snarky comment agreeing with the ban provided that it applies to Hollywood studio lighting, but I bet those guys don't use incadescent lights in high output applications.
If I don't want to build it, why should I even get it in the first place?
That's an interesting question, that I believe will come up more and more in the future as the amount of hardware and drivers increases. For now, I think the main reason for the current model is that it makes things simple for the kernel developers, with a minimal impact on the users-- a few extra megabytes of source code. (Users here being the people who compile their own kernels.)
I personally like this distribution model because it is very enriching. I can't count the number of times I went browsing kernel source looking for code examples or designs, and found something interesting in some obscure driver I would never actively go get otherwise. This is very similar to how many Linux distros come with an enormous mountain of applications that cover most things one would ever want to do with a computer, and it gives me warm fuzzies.
It is a very different experience from how commercial OS works. Using any new Windows installation for me always came with an uncomfortable nagging fear of the "feature wall;" there was inevitably something interesting I would want to do with the system that doesn't come with the OS, and costs money. Want to actually modify this Word document? Buy Office. Want to *gasp* compile your own programs? $$$ Visual Basic, Studio, etc. Want to edit photos? Buy photoshop. Oh, you wanted to make drop shadows? You'll also need this random Plugin that costs extra. It always felt like a fundraising dinner or movie theater with their expensive popcorn. I still have bad memories of college where we always fought for a seat at the non-lame Sun workstation that came with cc.
Most apps won't benefit; after all, most apps barely use any CPU at all.
Things like audio/photo processing could benefit a lot, though. I imagine all you would need is a worker-thread design pattern, and let the OS do the rest.
In addition, maybe there should be stiff penalties for filing patents in bad faith, that is, filing a patent with knowledge of prior art, hoping that the PTO doesn't catch it. It seems that many patents nowadays could fall under this category. The test for "knowledge of prior art" could be broadened to include obvious prior art.
Some technologies like Bluetooth do auto-adjust tx power. However, WLAN 1) doesn't have power adaptation in the standard, 2) most hardware out there doesn't have adjustable power, 3) for most of the hardware which does, drivers don't do adaptation. I would guess the reason for this is that power adaptation in practice doesn't work all that well. The key issue, especially indoors, is that received RF signal varies in weird ways due to all the reflections and bouncing off of objects and walls. (Like the other guy said, an airplane is even worse, since it is basically a metal tube). Even if the AP antennas were engineered to be directional to cover just the row, the client antennas would probably be omnis and shine the power all over the airplane. And to top this all off there is the fact that interfering with a WLAN transmission requires even less power than for successful reception; therefore, even if the guy in the front row can't see any packets from the last row, the RF power from the last row could be corrupting communications in the front row's cell.
Now that I think about it, making this work would be a fun PhD project:)
It's actually even worse, the non-overlapping channels are only non-overlapping by definition. In practice, all radios leak power into adjacent channels. The outcome is that it's hard to predict how something like this will work; have to try it and see. I wish they'd make public some of their experiences...
I haven't been in the academia for a couple of decades yet, but in my experience: - peer reviewed papers are typically far better than nonreviewed (both production and content) - among the peer reviewed papers there is again a tiering of quality; some conferences/journals have higher standards.
That said, there still happen cases where bad/incosequential papers get accepted, and good ones rejected, but I found that this kind of thing can automatically correct itself through the citation process; nobody will cite the bad papers, and sometimes people will start citing the good ones even if they are not published in a peer-reviewed forum, but still available on the author's web page, or as a technical report at some university.
Bacteria can grow far faster than a reasonable usage lifetime of the sponge. Don't confuse the wearing and dirtying of the sponge with germ growth. In my experience the best ways to keep sponges bug-free are 1) to get rid of the bugs that are there, and 2) prevent the bugs from replicating in the first place. The 1st can be done using bleach and soap, the 2nd by making sure the sponge never has residual bug-food on it (such as leftovers or sugar) and by wringing the sponge dry after use (since bugs don't grow so well without water).
How right you are. Heroes V is nice, but it is so slow that playing it is an exercise in frustration. I'm again back to Heroes III with the awesome WOG patch basically because 1) the graphics are incredibly well done: vivid, clear, stylish, and 2) the gameplay is lightning fast! I can't believe how important the second point is, but once I came back to it it was like jumping out of a pool of molasses or having a heavy, stupefying alcohol fog lift off my brain.
That and the hot-seat multi-player model is a lot of fun; I wish there were more RP games that allow it.
you can nearly cook yourself as you swim closer to the power plant.
I went there too, that was quite an experience. And the food was excellent-- I recommend the meat stew, it tastes almost like venison, but not quite...
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If we don't stand up for our lights, now, there will be no light to stand up for them later.
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There, I fixed your sig
Heh, I guess they are popular for growing. I've been wondering how well they would do for residential lighting, though; I bet it wouldn't hurt to have extra light, especially those of us who get SAD :)
In those cases, use sodium or metal halide lamps, both of which are even more efficient than fluorescent.
I was going to write a snarky comment agreeing with the ban provided that it applies to Hollywood studio lighting, but I bet those guys don't use incadescent lights in high output applications.
If I don't want to build it, why should I even get it in the first place?
That's an interesting question, that I believe will come up more and more in the future as the amount of hardware and drivers increases. For now, I think the main reason for the current model is that it makes things simple for the kernel developers, with a minimal impact on the users-- a few extra megabytes of source code. (Users here being the people who compile their own kernels.)
I personally like this distribution model because it is very enriching. I can't count the number of times I went browsing kernel source looking for code examples or designs, and found something interesting in some obscure driver I would never actively go get otherwise. This is very similar to how many Linux distros come with an enormous mountain of applications that cover most things one would ever want to do with a computer, and it gives me warm fuzzies.
It is a very different experience from how commercial OS works. Using any new Windows installation for me always came with an uncomfortable nagging fear of the "feature wall;" there was inevitably something interesting I would want to do with the system that doesn't come with the OS, and costs money. Want to actually modify this Word document? Buy Office. Want to *gasp* compile your own programs? $$$ Visual Basic, Studio, etc. Want to edit photos? Buy photoshop. Oh, you wanted to make drop shadows? You'll also need this random Plugin that costs extra. It always felt like a fundraising dinner or movie theater with their expensive popcorn. I still have bad memories of college where we always fought for a seat at the non-lame Sun workstation that came with cc.
1. Plant a story in Wired about crook going light side, becoming famous
2. Script kiddies apply for FBI jobs en masse
3. Busted!
Most apps won't benefit; after all, most apps barely use any CPU at all.
Things like audio/photo processing could benefit a lot, though. I imagine all you would need is a worker-thread design pattern, and let the OS do the rest.
Don't they have a board? Is it really possible that the board members are just as dumb as the CEO?
In addition, maybe there should be stiff penalties for filing patents in bad faith, that is, filing a patent with knowledge of prior art, hoping that the PTO doesn't catch it. It seems that many patents nowadays could fall under this category. The test for "knowledge of prior art" could be broadened to include obvious prior art.
Bluetooth kind of does that, but not 802.11.
I wish Verizon had worldwide service. For this I go with T-Mobile: $30/month plan and free worldwide phone.
Some technologies like Bluetooth do auto-adjust tx power. However, WLAN 1) doesn't have power adaptation in the standard, 2) most hardware out there doesn't have adjustable power, 3) for most of the hardware which does, drivers don't do adaptation. I would guess the reason for this is that power adaptation in practice doesn't work all that well. The key issue, especially indoors, is that received RF signal varies in weird ways due to all the reflections and bouncing off of objects and walls. (Like the other guy said, an airplane is even worse, since it is basically a metal tube). Even if the AP antennas were engineered to be directional to cover just the row, the client antennas would probably be omnis and shine the power all over the airplane. And to top this all off there is the fact that interfering with a WLAN transmission requires even less power than for successful reception; therefore, even if the guy in the front row can't see any packets from the last row, the RF power from the last row could be corrupting communications in the front row's cell.
:)
Now that I think about it, making this work would be a fun PhD project
Laugh. Its funny.
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It's actually even worse, the non-overlapping channels are only non-overlapping by definition. In practice, all radios leak power into adjacent channels. The outcome is that it's hard to predict how something like this will work; have to try it and see. I wish they'd make public some of their experiences...
Access point in each row, with 8 people per AP doing streaming video? That's nuts! I bet they couldn't make it work and wouldn't admit it.
I haven't been in the academia for a couple of decades yet, but in my experience:
- peer reviewed papers are typically far better than nonreviewed (both production and content)
- among the peer reviewed papers there is again a tiering of quality; some conferences/journals have higher standards.
That said, there still happen cases where bad/incosequential papers get accepted, and good ones rejected, but I found that this kind of thing can automatically correct itself through the citation process; nobody will cite the bad papers, and sometimes people will start citing the good ones even if they are not published in a peer-reviewed forum, but still available on the author's web page, or as a technical report at some university.
Bacteria can grow far faster than a reasonable usage lifetime of the sponge. Don't confuse the wearing and dirtying of the sponge with germ growth. In my experience the best ways to keep sponges bug-free are 1) to get rid of the bugs that are there, and 2) prevent the bugs from replicating in the first place. The 1st can be done using bleach and soap, the 2nd by making sure the sponge never has residual bug-food on it (such as leftovers or sugar) and by wringing the sponge dry after use (since bugs don't grow so well without water).
Why in the world anyone would get 3 PhDs is beyond me...
being chipped!
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How right you are. Heroes V is nice, but it is so slow that playing it is an exercise in frustration. I'm again back to Heroes III with the awesome WOG patch basically because 1) the graphics are incredibly well done: vivid, clear, stylish, and 2) the gameplay is lightning fast! I can't believe how important the second point is, but once I came back to it it was like jumping out of a pool of molasses or having a heavy, stupefying alcohol fog lift off my brain.
That and the hot-seat multi-player model is a lot of fun; I wish there were more RP games that allow it.
The only thing that remained the same was the clickfest.
;)
Since both games have Tristram, it is possible with Diablo and Diablo 2 literally to tread the same ground, albeit virtual.
Just nitpicking
Until this new hardware will let me display fractional polygons I'm sticking to my continuous graphics board.
When on a system with enough RAM I just disable swap.
you can nearly cook yourself as you swim closer to the power plant.
I went there too, that was quite an experience. And the food was excellent-- I recommend the meat stew, it tastes almost like venison, but not quite...
I noticed the number of cam rips started to decrease proportionally to the time to DVD ;)