So really, you're hearing 1 person (or 1 small group of peoples) interpretation of data put to unintelligible garble.
However, if the radio waves were transmitted by something intelligent (ie., a troop of howler monkeys battling underwater) then there could be some pattern or message discernable by hearing the sound equivalent. For example, if the radio waves were AM modulated to carry something like morse code then you could hear the code if the correct conversion was done audibly.
NASA might do this type of conversion for any signal as a simple means of checking for a patterns in the radio signals. Then perhaps someone at NASA someday realized that there was a musical quality to their converted signals and thought, "this is better than zamphire music near crashing waves", and then decided to market it.
I have a solar powered watch made by Citizen. They call it the "Eco-Drive". The watch is stylish enough that the solar cell lies beneath the face of the watch. I had an automatic watch too.
"In a way, [Fandom.com] is starting to remind me of the Borg," says Tim Hansen, who runs the independent "Star Trek" Web site Section31.com. "They won't be happy until they have everything under their control."
Actually, given the following other comments in the article...
From then on, Fandom.com made it its mission to incorporate small fan sites and unite them under the fairly homogeneous Fandom.com umbrella. , and
Fan sites run under the Fandom.com banner do tend to be more resilient , and
According to Wood, Fandom.com doesn't just offer legal protection, it's also the fan equivalent of the big leagues. "Imagine, you're just a guy who runs a small X-Files site and suddenly this company wants you to run it for them, they're offering you a deal. Refusing it would be comparative to an aspiring actor refusing their first real break." Hmmm, protection and refusing it would be bad...
Claiming a trademark on a descriptive term like "fandom"
From the article...
Though the dictionary definition of "fandom" dates the word back to 1903, it first gained prominence in the 1930s, when readers who had letters published in sci-fi and fantasy magazines began writing to each other.
Main Entry: fandom
Pronunciation: 'fan-d&m
Function: noun
Date: 1903
: all the fans (as of a sport)
However, both www.fandom.com and www.fandom.tv are competing in the same industry (sic) then perhaps fandom.com can claim that fandom.tv is not fair use.
From what I understand his viewpoint he doesn't say that software programmers are doing a bad job but rather the entire software industry's model is currently inefficient. I think that he longs for days when we will be able to use eclectic object oriented languages and visual programming to magically piece together programs using advanced building blocks. In the land of make believe (i.e. Star Trek) programs are put together simply by moving building (or function blocks) around. No messing with actual code (or so it seems).
Problem is current level of hardware also limits this level of complexity too. In order to make software efficient some software must be written in assembly. An example of this is the Linux kernel. Another example is MFC. A Win32 program is far more efficient and elegant but harder to write for newbies.
Make him perform some community service for 7 years like having him be the focal point to send "drop me from my list" emails for everyone. Have him be the one that tracks other spammers and makes them remove people from their list. This way I don't have to cut and paste the "reply to be removed from the list" email address (which I don't think they do even though they have to by law) into another email. Just forward all spam to him and he will deal with it!
That's almost so small that by the time the electric field of the clock pulse ripples across the chip the next one's already started elsewhere
Yup, and plain circuit theory starts to breakdown and one needs Maxwell's Eqs. As the dimensions of the circuit approach 1/4 wavelengths of the signals then the traces act like antenaes and radiate energy out.
I think IBM or somebody has started doing segments of chips in synchronous sections,
Is this called Quite Island? Cornell Univ.'s Electronic Packaging Dept. has done some research in this area with IBM and others.
you've got to wonder if those satellites are ever coming down
Perhaps Slashdot should have used something other than the money icon. Maybe a lucky charm or the Energizer Bunny (with all due trademark symbols, or course).
Pulled the tower out of the styro-foam, and heard "clunk". Sounded like an ISA card was loose
Speaking of "clunk"...
Bought a few system from TC Computers in 1997:
Machine #1: CPU (P2-266) loose in case, tethered only by CPU Fan cable.
Machine #2: Received a modem instead of a sound card (no onboard sound even).
{The Real Kicker: } Machine #3: Case/Power Supply full of dust. Dust caked on fan blades. Obviously used.
Yeah, all problems were corrected but 0/3 fully functioning systems upon arrival is pretty bad. Also, while I undertand mistakes, selling me something in new condition that is obviously used is a sure way of making me shop somewhere else.
Haven't had to use Italy's health care system. It is a socailist system however so it should be low cost and universal coverage. My comments about cramped rooms was an observation I made when I went to see a cousin who had just had a baby. Boy that hospital was noisy. Halls were cramped full of people. This was for a major hospital in a ciy of 100,000 people. There are probably better hospitals out there but I would guess that what I saw was the average.
I haven't worked in Italy but have visited many times.
Pros:
Food
Fashion
Attractions
People (if you don't know them they can be rude though)
Cons:
Government
Economy
Health Care (I have seen 6 people per room compared to 2 in US)
Back in the early Pentium days I helped my brother pick up a computer. Seemed like all their stores were 6 months behind the times, including ones in Rome.
If you aren't a citizen then you may not be eligiable for governmen jobs. Check on it. Also, there doesn't seem to be that great of a job market. A full time grocery cashier is considered a permanent (and good) job.
Finally, when I said government is a "con" above it's because it is SO inefficient. Trying to get a government document out of them is like trying to find new secrets in a game - you poke all over the place until you stumble across the right person to help you. Banks over there are another adventure. Often you wait in line for an hour just to do a simple transaction with a person who is smoking in your face and has no customer service skills whatsoever - no joke, seen it first hand.
As others have mentioned - probably best is to find an American company that has an outfit in one of the 2 countries you mention. However, if you maintain residency in the US and travel back and forth you WILL have to pay taxes in the US for the earnings you make overseas.
Final note... When you get quoted a salary for a job in Italy that price is after taxes. My relatives are impressed with my US salary until I tell them that income tazes are removed.
You didn't give much information so here's my 2 cents worth...
To digitize the signal you are using you can use several means. Probably a cheap and versatile means is to use Adam Data Aquisition Modules (a facsimile is available from www.computerboards.com. They are small and run off of 24 VDC. They can do analog/digital I/O, counting, temerature measurement, etc. They use a RS485 (2 or 4 wire) serial link which could be converted to wireless (using ???). Then simply feed the data into a PC serial port (may need a RS232 to RS485 converter).
There are also standalone data aquisition modules that can do the above too. Then you can periodically hook up a laptop to it and download the data.
That's about all I can offer based on the little infromation you provided and the 2 cents I had to work with:)
I worked at Cornell recently. First, engineer Dr. Ober is a professor at Cornell. He is a polymer guru and well known in his field.
He and his students have done a lot of research in the area of reworkable thermosets. Perhaps another (and better) use for this "glue" is the ability to separate defective components once they have been secured to a PCB.
Well, he did play the "World". Anyone that wanted to play against him could vote for a move then the majority vote became the official move. So, if one was to say that relative to him most of the world are monkeys in chess then he already has played (almost) infinite monekys.
BTW, the way the world tournament was setup most people believed that Kasparov was playing against an "average" player, not a superior collective whole.
Just as a reminder, Verizon registered 700+ domain names based on the Verizon name variant. Emanuel Goldstein then registered verizonreallysucks.com. Looks like he will be losing this on too!?!
Similarly, they sell a video transmitter that broadcasts to channels 2-5 (I think) so one could broadcast there Divx;)'s to other rooms of a house. I believe the unit costs around $150. Sorry, don't have my cuecat (blah!) to check the price out (it's been dismantled).:)
There are bandwidth management tools out there that can prevent the hogging of bandwidth. I don't know one off the top of my head. However, I have heard of schools using it to better control massive student use of Napster.
Is the race for the best time or is it a head-to-head race? Can't tell since the web site isn't responding.
If the later, I wouldn't want to be the human racer. The current state of autonomous computer controlled driving is pretty lousy. One miscalculation could result in an accident. Also, human drivers are a little more cautious with risky moves since the consequences could mean death or injury. Will this computer controlled driver be cautious about the human life of the other driver when considering grazing the other car in passing?
I like old Commodore 64 games. I wasted hours on them. I still wip the commie out and play them - emulation doesn't cut it for me.
However, I like the immersion factor of some of the newer games. My favorite: Counter-strike mod for Half Life. Gameplay is simple and easy to learn. However, I still waste hours playing online with this game. It is the most realistic FPS game, IMO. I have never had an "older" game shock me as much as some guy sneaking up to me an catching me off guard in this game.
Slashdot Mirror
So really, you're hearing 1 person (or 1 small group of peoples) interpretation of data put to unintelligible garble.
However, if the radio waves were transmitted by something intelligent (ie., a troop of howler monkeys battling underwater) then there could be some pattern or message discernable by hearing the sound equivalent. For example, if the radio waves were AM modulated to carry something like morse code then you could hear the code if the correct conversion was done audibly.
NASA might do this type of conversion for any signal as a simple means of checking for a patterns in the radio signals. Then perhaps someone at NASA someday realized that there was a musical quality to their converted signals and thought, "this is better than zamphire music near crashing waves", and then decided to market it.
Okay, so what standards have they subverted?
Java and Kerberos come to mind. To both they add proprietary extensions that don't work under the original environment.
I think they may have screwed around with SMB (their own standard) to screw with Samba's compatability.
Others?
I have a solar powered watch made by Citizen. They call it the "Eco-Drive". The watch is stylish enough that the solar cell lies beneath the face of the watch. I had an automatic watch too.
Here is one URL on the solar watch: http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/ecodrive-review.html
"In a way, [Fandom.com] is starting to remind me of the Borg," says Tim Hansen, who runs the independent "Star Trek" Web site Section31.com. "They won't be happy until they have everything under their control."
Actually, given the following other comments in the article...
From then on, Fandom.com made it its mission to incorporate small fan sites and unite them under the fairly homogeneous Fandom.com umbrella. , and
Fan sites run under the Fandom.com banner do tend to be more resilient , and
According to Wood, Fandom.com doesn't just offer legal protection, it's also the fan equivalent of the big leagues. "Imagine, you're just a guy who runs a small X-Files site and suddenly this company wants you to run it for them, they're offering you a deal. Refusing it would be comparative to an aspiring actor refusing their first real break." Hmmm, protection and refusing it would be bad...
It sounds more like "The Family" business model.
Claiming a trademark on a descriptive term like "fandom"
From the article...
Though the dictionary definition of "fandom" dates the word back to 1903, it first gained prominence in the 1930s, when readers who had letters published in sci-fi and fantasy magazines began writing to each other.
Then from Webster's Dictionary ...
Main Entry: fandom
Pronunciation: 'fan-d&m
Function: noun
Date: 1903
: all the fans (as of a sport)
However, both www.fandom.com and www.fandom.tv are competing in the same industry (sic) then perhaps fandom.com can claim that fandom.tv is not fair use.
From what I understand his viewpoint he doesn't say that software programmers are doing a bad job but rather the entire software industry's model is currently inefficient. I think that he longs for days when we will be able to use eclectic object oriented languages and visual programming to magically piece together programs using advanced building blocks. In the land of make believe (i.e. Star Trek) programs are put together simply by moving building (or function blocks) around. No messing with actual code (or so it seems).
Problem is current level of hardware also limits this level of complexity too. In order to make software efficient some software must be written in assembly. An example of this is the Linux kernel. Another example is MFC. A Win32 program is far more efficient and elegant but harder to write for newbies.
Make him perform some community service for 7 years like having him be the focal point to send "drop me from my list" emails for everyone. Have him be the one that tracks other spammers and makes them remove people from their list. This way I don't have to cut and paste the "reply to be removed from the list" email address (which I don't think they do even though they have to by law) into another email. Just forward all spam to him and he will deal with it!
That's almost so small that by the time the electric field of the clock pulse ripples across the chip the next one's already started elsewhere
Yup, and plain circuit theory starts to breakdown and one needs Maxwell's Eqs. As the dimensions of the circuit approach 1/4 wavelengths of the signals then the traces act like antenaes and radiate energy out.
I think IBM or somebody has started doing segments of chips in synchronous sections,
Is this called Quite Island? Cornell Univ.'s Electronic Packaging Dept. has done some research in this area with IBM and others.you've got to wonder if those satellites are ever coming down
Perhaps Slashdot should have used something other than the money icon. Maybe a lucky charm or the Energizer Bunny (with all due trademark symbols, or course).
Pulled the tower out of the styro-foam, and heard "clunk". Sounded like an ISA card was loose
Speaking of "clunk"...
Bought a few system from TC Computers in 1997:
Machine #1: CPU (P2-266) loose in case, tethered only by CPU Fan cable.
Machine #2: Received a modem instead of a sound card (no onboard sound even).
{The Real Kicker: }
Machine #3: Case/Power Supply full of dust. Dust caked on fan blades. Obviously used.
Yeah, all problems were corrected but 0/3 fully functioning systems upon arrival is pretty bad. Also, while I undertand mistakes, selling me something in new condition that is obviously used is a sure way of making me shop somewhere else.
Haven't had to use Italy's health care system. It is a socailist system however so it should be low cost and universal coverage. My comments about cramped rooms was an observation I made when I went to see a cousin who had just had a baby. Boy that hospital was noisy. Halls were cramped full of people. This was for a major hospital in a ciy of 100,000 people. There are probably better hospitals out there but I would guess that what I saw was the average.
I haven't worked in Italy but have visited many times.
Pros:
Food
Fashion
Attractions
People (if you don't know them they can be rude though)
Cons:
Government
Economy
Health Care (I have seen 6 people per room compared to 2 in US)
Back in the early Pentium days I helped my brother pick up a computer. Seemed like all their stores were 6 months behind the times, including ones in Rome.
If you aren't a citizen then you may not be eligiable for governmen jobs. Check on it. Also, there doesn't seem to be that great of a job market. A full time grocery cashier is considered a permanent (and good) job.
Finally, when I said government is a "con" above it's because it is SO inefficient. Trying to get a government document out of them is like trying to find new secrets in a game - you poke all over the place until you stumble across the right person to help you. Banks over there are another adventure. Often you wait in line for an hour just to do a simple transaction with a person who is smoking in your face and has no customer service skills whatsoever - no joke, seen it first hand.
As others have mentioned - probably best is to find an American company that has an outfit in one of the 2 countries you mention. However, if you maintain residency in the US and travel back and forth you WILL have to pay taxes in the US for the earnings you make overseas.
Final note... When you get quoted a salary for a job in Italy that price is after taxes. My relatives are impressed with my US salary until I tell them that income tazes are removed.
Or maybe using it for target practice - ala Klingons in Star Trek.
You didn't give much information so here's my 2 cents worth...
To digitize the signal you are using you can use several means. Probably a cheap and versatile means is to use Adam Data Aquisition Modules (a facsimile is available from www.computerboards.com. They are small and run off of 24 VDC. They can do analog/digital I/O, counting, temerature measurement, etc. They use a RS485 (2 or 4 wire) serial link which could be converted to wireless (using ???). Then simply feed the data into a PC serial port (may need a RS232 to RS485 converter).
There are also standalone data aquisition modules that can do the above too. Then you can periodically hook up a laptop to it and download the data.
That's about all I can offer based on the little infromation you provided and the 2 cents I had to work with :)
I worked at Cornell recently. First, engineer Dr. Ober is a professor at Cornell. He is a polymer guru and well known in his field.
He and his students have done a lot of research in the area of reworkable thermosets. Perhaps another (and better) use for this "glue" is the ability to separate defective components once they have been secured to a PCB.
How would he fare against infinite monkeys?
Well, he did play the "World". Anyone that wanted to play against him could vote for a move then the majority vote became the official move. So, if one was to say that relative to him most of the world are monkeys in chess then he already has played (almost) infinite monekys.
BTW, the way the world tournament was setup most people believed that Kasparov was playing against an "average" player, not a superior collective whole.
Just as a reminder, Verizon registered 700+ domain names based on the Verizon name variant. Emanuel Goldstein then registered verizonreallysucks.com. Looks like he will be losing this on too!?!
Similarly, they sell a video transmitter that broadcasts to channels 2-5 (I think) so one could broadcast there Divx;)'s to other rooms of a house. I believe the unit costs around $150. Sorry, don't have my cuecat (blah!) to check the price out (it's been dismantled). :)
this guy did it on a computer, so now he can patent it.
Would that mean that anyone (in the US, blah!) trying to decode any "meaning" in the artwork would be violating the DMCA?
There are bandwidth management tools out there that can prevent the hogging of bandwidth. I don't know one off the top of my head. However, I have heard of schools using it to better control massive student use of Napster.
Just a reminder about this 38" flat panel display...
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/02/20/1030249_F. shtml
Not panoramic though, but they combine multiple displays similarly. However, I think that the prototype can only do 800x600 currently.
Every's reflections are indicative of the confusion Mac and Windows specialists must feel as they survey the changing state of the industry.
That's got to be the most PC way of calling someone an idiot that I have ever heard.
Is the race for the best time or is it a head-to-head race? Can't tell since the web site isn't responding.
If the later, I wouldn't want to be the human racer. The current state of autonomous computer controlled driving is pretty lousy. One miscalculation could result in an accident. Also, human drivers are a little more cautious with risky moves since the consequences could mean death or injury. Will this computer controlled driver be cautious about the human life of the other driver when considering grazing the other car in passing?
The thing costs around $2000. A real pure bread dog or cat costs only a few hundred. Can this thing:
For me, the technology is too limited to warrant a $2K price tag.
I like old Commodore 64 games. I wasted hours on them. I still wip the commie out and play them - emulation doesn't cut it for me.
However, I like the immersion factor of some of the newer games. My favorite: Counter-strike mod for Half Life. Gameplay is simple and easy to learn. However, I still waste hours playing online with this game. It is the most realistic FPS game, IMO. I have never had an "older" game shock me as much as some guy sneaking up to me an catching me off guard in this game.