I hate when this happens - I post and then think of a rebuttal to myself. It probably pulses x-rays... it's not continuous. Idea won't work, therefore ignore previous post.
Why hasn't/. implemented a delete post option yet?!?
There should be a fuse from the electrical leads to the x-ray emitter that will burn out when radiation approaches DO NOT EXCEED levels. Next to the fuse should be a label in multiple languages stating: "If this fuse burns out, radiation levels exceeding maximum thresholds. Do not replace, call manufacturer."
This way - if someone keeps burning out fuses, and keeps replacing them anyway, they're responsible for overdoses of radiation. I don't understand why this is still controllable by software. Therac-25 should've been beaten into enough brains by now. Then again - I'm not a designer of this equipment, so maybe they have some good reason for this.... *shrug*
How does solving a captcha help the database? That doesn't make ANY sense at all - a captcha needs to be solved before hand to make sure that the user authenticates the correct word. You don't just type into the captcha input box any random word, and it lets you through!
Heh I can just see these spamming guys trying to modify an OCR system for captcha breaking, and suddenly realizing they can just input any word.
Yeah I should probably get my amateur license. I'm sure the guy down the street with the fairly large antenna mast, and 12 foot wide yagi isn't all too appreciative of my microwave oven experiments. Especially now that I'm about to start without the eccosorb pads.
"For example, an FM radio station which advertises that it has 100,000 watts of power actually has 100,000 watts ERP, and probably not an actual 100,000-watt transmitter. The TPO of such a station typically may be 10,000 to 20,000 watts, with a gain factor of 5 to 10 (5Ã-- to 10Ã--). In most antenna designs, gain is realized primarily by concentrating power toward the horizon and suppressing it at upward and downward angles. The distribution of power versus elevation angle is known as the vertical pattern. When an antenna is also directional horizontally, gain and ERP will vary with azimuth. The maximum ERP is usually quoted."
Trying to reduce the solar irradiance hitting the planet just seems like a bad idea: you're basically effecting photosynthesis - the process by which CO2 can be reduced naturally.
Geo-engineer other things - like CO2 sequestration - but don't fuck with Sun.
I'd like to see the numbers for GTA4... Rockstar had a huge development and support team. I don't see how they even have to market that besides sending early copies to a bunch of video game reviewers. Obviously there's more to it than just that - but getting distribution contracts does not cost more than developing a whole game.
But 3x more on marketing than development. If I was a share holder I would be pissed off.
According to Wikipedia:
Revenue $4.2 billion USD (2009) Net income -$1.08 billion USD (2009)
What the fuck!? They had a BILLION dollar loss? I guess the article explains this completely.
But i4i is a real company, who wrote specialized add-ons to Word, and they patented some method of XML Authoring. I don't see how this is patent trolling. Patent trolling consists of getting something patented, not doing anything at all with said patent, waiting for a major corporation to infringe, and then sue. Microsoft was well aware of i4i and blatantly infringed on the patent. i4i didn't wait some unreasonable amount of time before taking Microsoft to court on this subject.
I imagine it has more to do about protecting attendees from having unwanted photos posted all over the Internet.
But whatever, I'm not psychic, and don't know any Burners involved behind organizing the event, but this is just a guess.
I'm sure they don't need increased advertising of their event, everyone knows what they're about and word of mouth is doing just fine.
I personally wouldn't care if there's a photo of me smoking a joint at an event like Burning Man, but I imagine for some other people this could be a disaster. Plus there's always the exploitive assholes that come to events like this just to take pictures of naked people and post them on their blog.
I haven't been to BM, but I've been to a number of smaller events like it. I can understand their concern. I'm sure the BM organizers aren't going to usurp your rights in most cases. They probably just want the ability to avert incriminating photos if possible.
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heh sure. that's a lot of microwave power.
"Death by Microwaves" huh?
whatchu talkin' about GargamelSpaceman?
I hate when this happens - I post and then think of a rebuttal to myself. It probably pulses x-rays ... it's not continuous. Idea won't work, therefore ignore previous post.
Why hasn't /. implemented a delete post option yet?!?
There should be a fuse from the electrical leads to the x-ray emitter that will burn out when radiation approaches DO NOT EXCEED levels. Next to the fuse should be a label in multiple languages stating: "If this fuse burns out, radiation levels exceeding maximum thresholds. Do not replace, call manufacturer."
This way - if someone keeps burning out fuses, and keeps replacing them anyway, they're responsible for overdoses of radiation. I don't understand why this is still controllable by software. Therac-25 should've been beaten into enough brains by now. Then again - I'm not a designer of this equipment, so maybe they have some good reason for this .... *shrug*
Edward A. Murphy Jr - smartest man who ever lived.
As much as I hate his fucking law, it always becomes obviously true, time and time again.
Well he said "optical isolator" which is a totally different device.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_isolator
I take it you were using fiber optic cables into the Faraday Cage, so that you weren't adding electrical noise inside?
Otherwise it sounds like you're trying to put a device for protecting optical transmitting equipment from return losses on an ethernet cable.
heh I'm certainly Stoked that this will give us all faster internet.
Stole the words out of my mouth man.
I'm sure you would hear some wealthy people tell you that it mostly is their money...
How does solving a captcha help the database? That doesn't make ANY sense at all - a captcha needs to be solved before hand to make sure that the user authenticates the correct word. You don't just type into the captcha input box any random word, and it lets you through!
Heh I can just see these spamming guys trying to modify an OCR system for captcha breaking, and suddenly realizing they can just input any word.
Yeah I should probably get my amateur license. I'm sure the guy down the street with the fairly large antenna mast, and 12 foot wide yagi isn't all too appreciative of my microwave oven experiments. Especially now that I'm about to start without the eccosorb pads.
Gain doesn't necessarily mean power.
From wikipedia:
"For example, an FM radio station which advertises that it has 100,000 watts of power actually has 100,000 watts ERP, and probably not an actual 100,000-watt transmitter. The TPO of such a station typically may be 10,000 to 20,000 watts, with a gain factor of 5 to 10 (5Ã-- to 10Ã--). In most antenna designs, gain is realized primarily by concentrating power toward the horizon and suppressing it at upward and downward angles. The distribution of power versus elevation angle is known as the vertical pattern. When an antenna is also directional horizontally, gain and ERP will vary with azimuth. The maximum ERP is usually quoted."
I take it all those values are ERP values and not the actual radiated values?
Pussy eating aliens - who would've thought!?
Heh guess I'll have a tough time selling them on the idea of Satellite based Solar Power?
Who will babysit the babysitters....?
Patents like this won't stand up when tested in court however.
I think the patent system just rubber stamps lots of them, and lets the courts decide on things later.
Trying to reduce the solar irradiance hitting the planet just seems like a bad idea: you're basically effecting photosynthesis - the process by which CO2 can be reduced naturally.
Geo-engineer other things - like CO2 sequestration - but don't fuck with Sun.
Battlefield 2 when combined with all the mods, has plenty of replay value.
I'd like to see the numbers for GTA4 ... Rockstar had a huge development and support team. I don't see how they even have to market that besides sending early copies to a bunch of video game reviewers. Obviously there's more to it than just that - but getting distribution contracts does not cost more than developing a whole game.
But 3x more on marketing than development. If I was a share holder I would be pissed off.
According to Wikipedia:
Revenue $4.2 billion USD (2009)
Net income -$1.08 billion USD (2009)
What the fuck!? They had a BILLION dollar loss? I guess the article explains this completely.
*face palms*
But i4i is a real company, who wrote specialized add-ons to Word, and they patented some method of XML Authoring. I don't see how this is patent trolling. Patent trolling consists of getting something patented, not doing anything at all with said patent, waiting for a major corporation to infringe, and then sue. Microsoft was well aware of i4i and blatantly infringed on the patent. i4i didn't wait some unreasonable amount of time before taking Microsoft to court on this subject.
Is it on par with what Woodstock 99 was? Cause that was a crazy commercialized corporate mess. Maybe more like Lollapolooza?
I imagine it has more to do about protecting attendees from having unwanted photos posted all over the Internet.
But whatever, I'm not psychic, and don't know any Burners involved behind organizing the event, but this is just a guess.
I'm sure they don't need increased advertising of their event, everyone knows what they're about and word of mouth is doing just fine.
I personally wouldn't care if there's a photo of me smoking a joint at an event like Burning Man, but I imagine for some other people this could be a disaster. Plus there's always the exploitive assholes that come to events like this just to take pictures of naked people and post them on their blog.
I haven't been to BM, but I've been to a number of smaller events like it. I can understand their concern. I'm sure the BM organizers aren't going to usurp your rights in most cases. They probably just want the ability to avert incriminating photos if possible.
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