Current vehicles like cars and motorcycles can be stopped safely if you run out of power/propulsion, but something like this has to have safeguards which keeps that from happening.
One would think so, but more cars are being replaced with drive-by-wire functionality.
I autocross and I do the tech inspections before the races. New cars, especially BMWs are electronically controlled throttles, there is no mechanical linkage to the throttle body (if it has a TB, but that's another story).
So what happens when the pedal sensor fails and the ECU thinks the driver has his foot to the floor?
This is just as dangerous as the throttle return spring breaking in an older car, but at least I can check the spring by hand on older cars.
Some cars are even using steer-by-wire now, no mechanical linkage. I'd hate to see what happens when one of those fails.
Oh man... I was looking a bit further, and the 8th most common query from Canada is fish oil. I don't understand, I'm Canadian, and I don't even know what fish oil is.
I'll never use emusic's service. I signed up for their trial offer, and I gave them my email address with -emusic added to it. Now I get about 3 spams a week send to that address.
Even if it wasn't their fault, they have never responded to my emails informing them of the spam, and by ignoring it, they lost me as a potential customer.
Re:A touch niche to break into...
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And why? Because it's Open Source? That is no reason to throw previously invested money out the window.
Actually, that is not true. Previously invested money should have no bearing on decision making.
If you take any economics courses, that is usually something that is covered early on. People have this instinct to worry about money that has been spent already, but logically it is wrong to do so.
You need to do the math to see if the future value of using an alternate solution is greater than the current one.
I signed up for the trial version to look at the titles they had. I gave them my email address with -emusic appended to my username, I customize my name for any website I give my email address to.
A few weeks later, I'm getting spam to that address. G1rls L0ve h0rse c0ck. Great. I send a complaint to their postmater, no response.
Rep. Barnhart says, "I am a long-time lurker on Slashdot, so I have been aware of the [open source] issue for some time. I've been convinced for a long time that Windows is a difficult program -- wasteful and expensive." And, he adds, "The little experience I've had with open source has been very positive."
I saw a presentation by Intel last year in which it pointed out that modern CPU's emit more heat per area than molten lava, and they expect that within a few years they will emit more heat per area than the sun.
Not quite true. I saw the same graph, and it was an extrapolation of current trends.
Obviously we aren't going to emit more heat/area than a nuclear reaction, something is going to have to change in the design of Intel CPUs.
I think my parents still have mine in their basement. Ahh, those were the days, programming in basic and praying that the tape (a regular audio tape) recorded your information properly. I even had the speech synthesizer, and there was a mountain climber game that used it a lot, Alpine was the name I think, that was fun.
You can get emulators here (there is even a Linux version):
http://www.ricks-graphics.co.uk/area99/links.htm
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Windows still doesn't have support for multiple desktops
Wrong. It does have support for this built in, Microsoft just doesn't provide any programs that manage them.
Third party tools can do this very easily since the calls are built into the OS.
This doesn't have TV out, which would be nice for making a PVR box. Are there any USB TV in/out adapters (supported in Linux, natch) that could be used with this thing?
partially because GM can't seem to keep similar parts on more than 1 car in each lineup (sorry, my own rant there....)
Are you serious? GM is notorious for using parts across many products. The small block chevy has been used from 55 up to today (yes there have been slight changes). Injectors are the same for pretty much every port fuel injected application, throttle bodies, transmissions, rear ends etc. My 82-92 Firebird uses the same rear shocks as a 59-63 Vette as an example.
You just need to know where to look. www.diy-efi.org is a good place to start.
Slashdot Mirror
I've already forgotten your post and am know wondering why I'm posting.
:-p
Looks like you've forgotten how to spell too.
Don't worry, I took a wine making course one time and forgot how to drive.
And the Canadians... :P
I like how instant messaging is disabled for every type of desktop... why bother including it on the graph then?
Does anyone know if they are available in Canada? Specifically Vancouver, but on-line from back east would be fine too.
Current vehicles like cars and motorcycles can be stopped safely if you run out of power/propulsion, but something like this has to have safeguards which keeps that from happening.
One would think so, but more cars are being replaced with drive-by-wire functionality.
I autocross and I do the tech inspections before the races. New cars, especially BMWs are electronically controlled throttles, there is no mechanical linkage to the throttle body (if it has a TB, but that's another story).
So what happens when the pedal sensor fails and the ECU thinks the driver has his foot to the floor?
This is just as dangerous as the throttle return spring breaking in an older car, but at least I can check the spring by hand on older cars.
Some cars are even using steer-by-wire now, no mechanical linkage. I'd hate to see what happens when one of those fails.
Oh man... I was looking a bit further, and the 8th most common query from Canada is fish oil. I don't understand, I'm Canadian, and I don't even know what fish oil is.
'An Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep over Various Surfaces'
Let me guess, these were Scottish researchers, right?
alex@ my domain in the url.
I'll never use emusic's service. I signed up for their trial offer, and I gave them my email address with -emusic added to it. Now I get about 3 spams a week send to that address.
Even if it wasn't their fault, they have never responded to my emails informing them of the spam, and by ignoring it, they lost me as a potential customer.
And why? Because it's Open Source? That is no reason to throw previously invested money out the window.
Actually, that is not true. Previously invested money should have no bearing on decision making.
If you take any economics courses, that is usually something that is covered early on. People have this instinct to worry about money that has been spent already, but logically it is wrong to do so.
You need to do the math to see if the future value of using an alternate solution is greater than the current one.
But I *don't* like Commander Keen!
I refuse to be a customer of EMusic.
I signed up for the trial version to look at the titles they had. I gave them my email address with -emusic appended to my username, I customize my name for any website I give my email address to.
A few weeks later, I'm getting spam to that address. G1rls L0ve h0rse c0ck. Great. I send a complaint to their postmater, no response.
I keep a bunch of different versions of dos/win9x boot disks as images on a CD. That way I can use dd to put them onto floppies.
I don't trust floppies to store data on them for more than 10 minutes.
True, since the fermentation process is what makes the beer safe for human consumption.
It's cheaper than treating water with chlorine I guess.
Rep. Barnhart says, "I am a long-time lurker on Slashdot, so I have been aware of the [open source] issue for some time. I've been convinced for a long time that Windows is a difficult program -- wasteful and expensive." And, he adds, "The little experience I've had with open source has been very positive."
Get back to work!
So you've decided to try to grab some more karma again? :)
Need Another Seven Astronauts. Hehe, flamebait I know.
I saw a presentation by Intel last year in which it pointed out that modern CPU's emit more heat per area than molten lava, and they expect that within a few years they will emit more heat per area than the sun.
Not quite true. I saw the same graph, and it was an extrapolation of current trends.
Obviously we aren't going to emit more heat/area than a nuclear reaction, something is going to have to change in the design of Intel CPUs.
I think my parents still have mine in their basement. Ahh, those were the days, programming in basic and praying that the tape (a regular audio tape) recorded your information properly. I even had the speech synthesizer, and there was a mountain climber game that used it a lot, Alpine was the name I think, that was fun.
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You can get emulators here (there is even a Linux version):
http://www.ricks-graphics.co.uk/area99/links.ht
Windows still doesn't have support for multiple desktops
Wrong. It does have support for this built in, Microsoft just doesn't provide any programs that manage them.
Third party tools can do this very easily since the calls are built into the OS.
In Soviet Russia... just joking.
In Canada, we call it underwater basketweaving.
I get that too, using Gtk-Gnutella.
I just block replies from those hosts.
This doesn't have TV out, which would be nice for making a PVR box. Are there any USB TV in/out adapters (supported in Linux, natch) that could be used with this thing?
From page 42: 'This is a digital analog to a technique...'
I know that this sentence makes sense, but it sounds so funny that it seems wrong.
partially because GM can't seem to keep similar parts on more than 1 car in each lineup (sorry, my own rant there....)
Are you serious? GM is notorious for using parts across many products. The small block chevy has been used from 55 up to today (yes there have been slight changes). Injectors are the same for pretty much every port fuel injected application, throttle bodies, transmissions, rear ends etc. My 82-92 Firebird uses the same rear shocks as a 59-63 Vette as an example.
You just need to know where to look. www.diy-efi.org is a good place to start.