The Windows OS without additional programs doesn't have much utility.
And yet "The Windows OS" mainly consists of userspace programs written by microsoft for windows, even in that low-utility state. Likewise, the BSDs mainly consist of BSD userspace, written by the respective BSD developers for their favourite flavor of BSD. Likewise, Linux mainly consists of -- oh, wait.
You don't see him insisting that any one who has any GPL software installed on a Windows machine call it GNU/Windows, because they'd laugh at him. Same applies to linux and the *BSDs.
That's one of the dumbest things I've ever had the mispleasure to read. Congratulations.
The much lower orbits are a good point, I hadn't thought of that.
That makes the 25-50ms figure a good deal less implausible -- but I'll believe it when I see it. There's all sorts of other potential delays - and also greater distances to span compared with surface cables.
This will alleviate the challenges such as digging trenches, laying down fiber and dealing with property rights issues
...and replace those challenges^Westablished practices with much more interesting challenges, like, wireless mesh networks, unreachable satellites, space debris, etc.
The margin seems to serve the purpose of holding the utterly important widget that tells you your name, user id and karma. I find that highly useful because I ocasionally forget my name, I would have *no idea* where to look up my userid if I ever needed it, and my karma? It's changing so quickly between "Excellent" and "Excellent" that I'm having a hard time keeping track of it.
THANK YOU,/., for the new, user experience improving, margin.
If I might add, a narrower comment section feels more app-grade. Thanks for that, too.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have an app to app. With a margin.
3. it's not "the weight of the car", and there's no problem with the transmission being subject to a little strain, because it's designed to withstand hundreds of times that, as i've already said in the comment you're replying to
4. is about automatic transmission
Next time, try replying with something that actually pertains to the matter being discussed. Until then, practice your reading comprehension.
gearbox take the strain of holding your car in place is one of the stupidest things you can do
Talk about stupid. Guess what, the gearbox is designed to withstand that strain with ease. Why is that? Because it's a completely negligible fraction of the strain it has to withstand under normal operating conditions. What you're worried about is not a problem at all.
Protip: Stop using the partking brake entirely. At least unless you're parking on a significant slope. First gear is more than enough to keep the car in place, and there's the extra advantage of not risking the braking pads freezing stuck to the discs. In 10 years of driving ~200,000 km, I've touched the parking brake maybe 10 times.
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So what do all the SMPSs clocked barely above 20kHz that surround you feel like?
You can't hear below 20Hz, but you can feel it.
True.
The same applies over 20KHz.
Wrong.
Yeah, but only once. Unlike in Windows, the settings don't tend to magically flip themselves back with "updates"
The Windows OS without additional programs doesn't have much utility.
And yet "The Windows OS" mainly consists of userspace programs written by microsoft for windows, even in that low-utility state.
Likewise, the BSDs mainly consist of BSD userspace, written by the respective BSD developers for their favourite flavor of BSD.
Likewise, Linux mainly consists of -- oh, wait.
I can't believe you need this spelled out.
strncpy is not supposed to be a "safe" variant of strcpy.
strncpy is NOT a safe version of strcpy.
Yawn. Practice your reading comprehension.
No, because Windows already is a complete operating system. Yes, this might be hard to grasp without basic computer literacy.
You don't see him insisting that any one who has any GPL software installed on a Windows machine call it GNU/Windows, because they'd laugh at him. Same applies to linux and the *BSDs.
That's one of the dumbest things I've ever had the mispleasure to read. Congratulations.
strncpy is just broken. Period.
Sorry, but you're full of shit.
It should complain if there is no null termination in the first string.
And how, pray tell, do you imagine it to be able to do that?
Very much like strncpy not adding a null if it is N long.
You don't understand what strncpy is meant for, but I suppose it's par for the course. Hint: strncpy is not supposed to be a "safe" variant of strcpy.
Lots of C grade rubbish that we still live with.
Yeah. And those programmers...they're even worse.
Gewesen da, getan das. Scheiße war Bargeld.
In a satellite mesh network, every ground station is an uplink.
The much lower orbits are a good point, I hadn't thought of that.
That makes the 25-50ms figure a good deal less implausible -- but I'll believe it when I see it. There's all sorts of other potential delays - and also greater distances to span compared with surface cables.
I don't think 25-50 ms rtt is bad either.
But I don't think it will actually be 25-50 ms rtt.
That said, where does the 25-50ms range come from?
This will alleviate the challenges such as digging trenches, laying down fiber and dealing with property rights issues
...and replace those challenges^Westablished practices with much more interesting challenges, like, wireless mesh networks, unreachable satellites, space debris, etc.
And a lot of latency.
Maybe because you'd kind of need a live brain for that?
The margin seems to serve the purpose of holding the utterly important widget that tells you your name, user id and karma.
I find that highly useful because I ocasionally forget my name, I would have *no idea* where to look up my userid if I ever needed it, and my karma? It's changing so quickly between "Excellent" and "Excellent" that I'm having a hard time keeping track of it.
THANK YOU, /., for the new, user experience improving, margin.
If I might add, a narrower comment section feels more app-grade. Thanks for that, too.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have an app to app. With a margin.
True -- but I like my tires so I'm doing that only on snowy roads (at low speeds of course).
Please read the entire discussion before adding your noise, this was specifically about stick shifting.
That said, I live in Germany where cars equipped with manual transmission account for about 80% ot total car sales so your reply, while theoretically valid, is practically irrelevant.
1. is about automatic transmission
2. is about automatic transmission
3. it's not "the weight of the car", and there's no problem with the transmission being subject to a little strain, because it's designed to withstand hundreds of times that, as i've already said in the comment you're replying to
4. is about automatic transmission
Next time, try replying with something that actually pertains to the matter being discussed. Until then, practice your reading comprehension.
gearbox take the strain of holding your car in place is one of the stupidest things you can do
Talk about stupid. Guess what, the gearbox is designed to withstand that strain with ease. Why is that? Because it's a completely negligible fraction of the strain it has to withstand under normal operating conditions.
What you're worried about is not a problem at all.
Stick shift people. They use their parking/turning/emergency brakes. The mechanism does need occasional attention.
Stick shifter here, have never used the parking brake (except when parking on a massive slope).
Protip: Stop using the partking brake entirely. At least unless you're parking on a significant slope. First gear is more than enough to keep the car in place, and there's the extra advantage of not risking the braking pads freezing stuck to the discs.
In 10 years of driving ~200,000 km, I've touched the parking brake maybe 10 times.
Try harder.
came here to say this.
I didn't RTFA, but TFS sure sounds as if the aircraft is transmitting its position to satellites instead of to ground receivers.
I.e. it's something that can be turned off.
"Tracking" my ass.