Right. I think you get my point, and the reason for this question. By what theory of law is he given subject status, assuming he does not plea into the jurisdiction?
A question for you lawyers out there. If the owner of the Segway claims no privileged status, i.e "pedestrian" or "vehicle" status, and claims to be traveling along the public sidewalks and roads by right rather than by license, can the states arrest/fine/regulate him?
Under the Slashdot system, only the first ten postings are evaluated. The other nine weren't too great, so the one you cite automatically merits a "4", at least for the moment. It is critical of the original, so your example must be classed as either "thoughtful" or "flamebait". Since it does not mention Perl, and since it contains no passages from science fiction literature nor an upcoming Hollywood release, it must obviously be the latter.
Wouldn't it be nice if they put the memory somewhere other than behind the power supply, the configuration jumpers somewhere other than beneath the expansion cards, and the ribbon connectors somewhere other than squeezed-in behind the drives? How about if they used ONE fan instead of several. Ain't I a dreamer?
Well rats! It's over before I even heard about it. How about an advance notice next time? And how about holding it at some decent hour? 6:00 a.m. pst is just a little early for some of us.
Today's giga-plus processors really, really, run hot. They need to be protected from thermal runaway upon startup, with or without heatsink. Are they adequately protected? Apparently not. Is this the fault of the bios, or of the processor? The answer is not clear from the preceeding discussion.
Before we progress much further though, we will need to address more fundamental question: How do we minimize chip-generated heat? Transmeta seems to be a one-word answer, are there any others?
For my purposes, I prefer a more efficient, if slower processor. 100 watts seems a reasonable amount of power to have running in my home continuously--it's the power of a reasonably-bright lightbulb. Anything more and I'm reminded of my extravagance in my monthly electric bill. This also seems to be the point where I start resenting my cooling system noise.
Your homework for tonight, chipsters, is how to squeeze more computing power from less and less electrical power. It's a compulsory question that must be answered, if you want my consumer dollar.
Sorry to shout, but I'll bet everybody reading this has one already!
No kidding! This is the same "revolutionary principle" that your water meter is based on. And it's been working reliably for the last hundred or so years.
As to how well the McMaster Motor works, I'm really dubious; you need some sort of gas generator to begin with, and there are sealing problems, thermal expansion problems, etc.
But, if somebody out there really believes, I'll be glad to take their money and develop this into a viable commercial product, and shower him with mo' money, mo' money, mo' money!
I remember how pissed I would get at people that would write:
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after making a joke. It would take ages to print at 1200bps. This was back in the old days, before we had:-)
The Canon Cat reference reminded me of the Epson Valdocs system. I admit that I don't have any firsthand knowledge of the system, but the magazine reviews of the time all gave it high marks. Its main drawback was being put on a very underpowered machine (Z-80. And don't get me talking about that subject!). I vaguely remember corporate politics being a factor in its downfall. It too was implemented in Forth.
It would be interesting to compare the Cat and Valdocs with the hot systems of today.
Just because you're right, don't expect to get modded up. You're too late, and Squeak is too foreign, good as it is, to deserve a passing mention here.
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Right. I think you get my point, and the reason for this question. By what theory of law is he given subject status, assuming he does not plea into the jurisdiction?
A question for you lawyers out there. If the owner of the Segway claims no privileged status, i.e "pedestrian" or "vehicle" status, and claims to be traveling along the public sidewalks and roads by right rather than by license, can the states arrest/fine/regulate him?
Funny? The above informational posting was rated as funny?
/. rating system really sucks.
I love reading Slashdot, but the
Finally! A use for those AOL CD's. Use them as a test standard.
Even more efficient modulation techniques can be found at this PSK31 site.
Nothing new here! Internationally known researcher Don Ho, of Hawaii has been telling of this effect for decades.
... Or they could just say "Perl" for a slamdunk.
Y'know, I'm getting a little pissed at this Microsoft acting like they have the only disk operating system in existence.
cp/m works great for me, and I see no reason to change. (Seriously!)
You are three-quarters of the way down the page. Not high enough to be really good.
Under the Slashdot system, only the first ten postings are evaluated. The other nine weren't too great, so the one you cite automatically merits a "4", at least for the moment. It is critical of the original, so your example must be classed as either "thoughtful" or "flamebait". Since it does not mention Perl, and since it contains no passages from science fiction literature nor an upcoming Hollywood release, it must obviously be the latter.
Stick around for a while, you'll catch on!
Wouldn't it be nice if they put the memory somewhere other than behind the power supply, the configuration jumpers somewhere other than beneath the expansion cards, and the ribbon connectors somewhere other than squeezed-in behind the drives? How about if they used ONE fan instead of several. Ain't I a dreamer?
Me too.
Well rats! It's over before I even heard about it. How about an advance notice next time? And how about holding it at some decent hour? 6:00 a.m. pst is just a little early for some of us.
Learn about the Leonids, and a lot of other low-frequency happenings at the Long Wave Club of America website: http://www.lwca.org/
Bandwidth. It's "business" when they restrict its features and sell it to you. It's "theft" when you use it for your own purposes.
I guess I'm coming in a little late to be relevant, but ion seems to be frames plus docking menus. Fine, but it's been done before.
Take a look at http://www.squeak.com/ for desktops you will be discovering far into the future.
Today's giga-plus processors really, really, run hot. They need to be protected from thermal runaway upon startup, with or without heatsink. Are they adequately protected? Apparently not. Is this the fault of the bios, or of the processor? The answer is not clear from the preceeding discussion.
Before we progress much further though, we will need to address more fundamental question: How do we minimize chip-generated heat? Transmeta seems to be a one-word answer, are there any others?
For my purposes, I prefer a more efficient, if slower processor. 100 watts seems a reasonable amount of power to have running in my home continuously--it's the power of a reasonably-bright lightbulb. Anything more and I'm reminded of my extravagance in my monthly electric bill. This also seems to be the point where I start resenting my cooling system noise.
Your homework for tonight, chipsters, is how to squeeze more computing power from less and less electrical power. It's a compulsory question that must be answered, if you want my consumer dollar.
Great comment! And compelling proof that Slashdot modding sucks.
Oh yeah. I'm going to hunt down some movie, just so I can get this guy's point. Sure.
Either tell me what the hell you're trying to say, or just flake off.
Sorry to shout, but I'll bet everybody reading this has one already!
No kidding! This is the same "revolutionary principle" that your water meter is based on. And it's been working reliably for the last hundred or so years.
As to how well the McMaster Motor works, I'm really dubious; you need some sort of gas generator to begin with, and there are sealing problems, thermal expansion problems, etc.
But, if somebody out there really believes, I'll be glad to take their money and develop this into a viable commercial product, and shower him with mo' money, mo' money, mo' money!
I remember how pissed I would get at people that would write: :-)
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha
after making a joke. It would take ages to print at 1200bps. This was back in the old days, before we had
Maybe you folks should look into Squeak. It has the benefit of being well developed. Don't know how it would survive the plug test though.
I used Wordstar and Spellstar back then. Worked just fine, didn't have to move from board to mouse and back all the time.
The Canon Cat reference reminded me of the Epson Valdocs system. I admit that I don't have any firsthand knowledge of the system, but the magazine reviews of the time all gave it high marks. Its main drawback was being put on a very underpowered machine (Z-80. And don't get me talking about that subject!). I vaguely remember corporate politics being a factor in its downfall. It too was implemented in Forth.
It would be interesting to compare the Cat and Valdocs with the hot systems of today.
Just because you're right, don't expect to get modded up. You're too late, and Squeak is too foreign, good as it is, to deserve a passing mention here.