I've got a current project of trying to do some data analysis on RFID data dumps.
I've made some progress, but have been getting stuck on trying to pull out the timestamp. 'Obvious' things, like days of the year, epoch stamps etc don't seem to appear.
From research, there should be a defined start date / time, and an ending date / time - and the gap should be no more than 84 hours.
The dump I have is from around Sept 2012. If anyone feels like helping out or can see something obvious...
[NB: the 07 AA is understood, the 21 02 08 I am unsure about, and the rest with it the obvious data repetition / incrementation, i can't help but feel the timestamp is staring at me!]
Hey there. You're wrong (but this is not a bad thing - you're about to learn something cool!) - 3D printing extends to metals (powders that are laser fused) - from alumide to titanium - or combinding 3D printing in wax with the Lost Wax molding techniques, brass, bronze, gold and silver.
There is at least one 3D printing company that I know of that offers 'printing' in brass, bronze and titanium.
They're using a very old and well known technique, the lost wax - but the wax is printed with the 3D printer, and then the metal poured into the mold.
This is not only an amazing evolution on an existing technology, but because the final products aren't built up layer by layer, they're structually equivalent to anything coming out of a foundry.
The ability to print custom tools, gears and moving parts in titanium is incredible.
My company makes figurines and toys (primarily) for gaming companies.
With the advent of 3D printing, we can get the 3D resources from the client, print out the model in 3D within a day, with accurate dimensions, colours and precision, make changes, before we send it off to our factories to produce the molds for production.
Previously, each mold would cost around $5k to make, with each change costing hundreds of dollars - significant changes resulting in another $5k to restart the mold.
Cost savings aside, we also save about 6 months development time. The clients love it, because they can see a physical version of their model / figurine instantly; we love it because we can work easily with the client to make changes, and the factories love it because they have a final product and order without months of delays.
You're using the 3G version - this is different from the Kindle Non Touch version. The 3G version has different build quality and backing...incidentally, I guess we've had different luck - I'm not exaggerating any of my claims in regards to my kindle.
Honestly, you must not travel much, or not very light, or - you've never tried travelling with an e-reader.
Books take up huge amounts of space, space that most travellers have optimised with tiny tents, compact stoves and minimized clothing.
They're heavy, they're akward, and when you're finished with them, you're stuck with them.
The kindle (and its ilk) - are tiny, non-flashy looking, slip into any pocket, have months of battery life, can be pulled out at a moment's notice, and can even act as a web surfing / email checking device when you need.
I travel extensively, and the kindle is a must-have device.
Background The shell is metal (titanium? aluminium?) - and can withstand serious knocks. The device itself is very slim, so easier to slide into the back of backpacks, pockets, etc. The e-ink display seems to take substantial abuse before it cracks - and if it does crack,amazon replaces the device for free.
Jusitifications You're asking for something rugged - most people don't abuse their devices. I've just got back from a 12,400KM trip on motocycle from France to Kazakhstan - my kindle was in the top of the tank case for the entire trip. It endured being dropped on concrete multiple times ( the shell has chunks missing, but the device marches on ) - and also a small accident when I put the bike down - the tank case ripped off, flew through the air, had a solid impact - and the Kindle marches on. There's a tiny black dot (e-ink equivalent of 'dead pixels', I guess) - where there was significant pressure, but works perfectly.
You can telnet / SSH to the device without modification, you can replace the screensavers, you can download / pirate books if it's your fancy. It's a pretty damned amazing device, especially for the price of $99.
Not so much in regards to the fact that the iranian government is fucked up, but completely in regards to male-female interactions, and the iranian people in general.
Zynga's business plan is a perfectly understandable one.
1. They see a product that works - they know there is a market for this product, with an approximate size of N.
2. They make a copy of the game, knowing that they'll capture 1/Nth of the market.
You can't say Zynga has no model or plan. Their power comes from crunching numbers, and monitizing the crap out of their products. If their competition is not doing that - it's certainly not the fault of Zynga. The long and the short of it is - companies are in business to make money. Zynga doesn't pretend to make games for fun, it's to make cash - and it obviously works.
If, as the nay-sayers say, all Zynga games were terrible, and poor copies of other titles - then they wouldn't be making money or headlines.
I don't care either way, but you have to acknowledge reality.
You've never used an iPod right? iPods were/are well designed, look good, have great interfaces, etc - but getting music onto them is horrendous.
You can't just copy music on / off. You can't click and drag playlists across. You can't copy your music off (easily). iPods are many things, including "victim of bad software"
Your hunch is correct, and it's not the first time that Channel 7 have done this sort of this. 4-5 years ago for the launch of one of their shows, they had stills of cityscapes. Curiously, it was a familiar set of stills - they'd gone to google images, and pulled down the top 10 photos.
Noone had been contacted to ask for permission. There was a complaint procedure that went like this:
Ch7: The images appearing in the transmission come from our media library. Right Holder: No, they're mine. Ch7: No, they really came from our media library. Do not make allegations that you're not prepared to defend in court. Right Holder: Here's 'your' image, with mine overlayed. Here's the other 10, and here's the matching google search. Ch7: We have been told by our lawyers not to respond to your communications. Any pursuit of this matter will see it terminate in court.
Essentially, it's a media corp. They don't care, and they'll do whatever they can for stories.
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[NB: the 07 AA is understood, the 21 02 08 I am unsure about, and the rest with it the obvious data repetition / incrementation, i can't help but feel the timestamp is staring at me!]
How about the virginian government then?
http://www.virginia.gov/vdacs_ar/cgi-bin/Vdacs_search.cgi?link_select=facility&form=fac_select&access=0&fac_num=157&year=2011
http://i.materialise.com/
Hey there.
You're wrong (but this is not a bad thing - you're about to learn something cool!) - 3D printing extends to metals (powders that are laser fused) - from alumide to titanium - or combinding 3D printing in wax with the Lost Wax molding techniques, brass, bronze, gold and silver.
Check it out! http://i.materialise.com/materials
http://i.materialise.com/
Same poster, second point.
There is at least one 3D printing company that I know of that offers 'printing' in brass, bronze and titanium.
They're using a very old and well known technique, the lost wax - but the wax is printed with the 3D printer, and then the metal poured into the mold.
This is not only an amazing evolution on an existing technology, but because the final products aren't built up layer by layer, they're structually equivalent to anything coming out of a foundry.
The ability to print custom tools, gears and moving parts in titanium is incredible.
My company makes figurines and toys (primarily) for gaming companies.
With the advent of 3D printing, we can get the 3D resources from the client, print out the model in 3D within a day, with accurate dimensions, colours and precision, make changes, before we send it off to our factories to produce the molds for production.
Previously, each mold would cost around $5k to make, with each change costing hundreds of dollars - significant changes resulting in another $5k to restart the mold.
Cost savings aside, we also save about 6 months development time. The clients love it, because they can see a physical version of their model / figurine instantly; we love it because we can work easily with the client to make changes, and the factories love it because they have a final product and order without months of delays.
It might not help you, but it sure helps us.
It's a trademark, not a patent.
they're actually ukranian women.
I found and use http://hidemyass.com/vpn/ (no affiliation) - on a yearly plan it's 6.50 per month.
Multiple locations, openssh
You're using the 3G version - this is different from the Kindle Non Touch version. The 3G version has different build quality and backing. ..incidentally, I guess we've had different luck - I'm not exaggerating any of my claims in regards to my kindle.
Honestly, you must not travel much, or not very light, or - you've never tried travelling with an e-reader.
Books take up huge amounts of space, space that most travellers have optimised with tiny tents, compact stoves and minimized clothing.
They're heavy, they're akward, and when you're finished with them, you're stuck with them.
The kindle (and its ilk) - are tiny, non-flashy looking, slip into any pocket, have months of battery life, can be pulled out at a moment's notice, and can even act as a web surfing / email checking device when you need.
I travel extensively, and the kindle is a must-have device.
The Kindle Non-Touch could be your device.
Background
The shell is metal (titanium? aluminium?) - and can withstand serious knocks.
The device itself is very slim, so easier to slide into the back of backpacks, pockets, etc.
The e-ink display seems to take substantial abuse before it cracks - and if it does crack,amazon replaces the device for free.
Jusitifications
You're asking for something rugged - most people don't abuse their devices.
I've just got back from a 12,400KM trip on motocycle from France to Kazakhstan - my kindle was in the top of the tank case for the entire trip.
It endured being dropped on concrete multiple times ( the shell has chunks missing, but the device marches on ) - and also a small accident when I put the bike down - the tank case ripped off, flew through the air, had a solid impact - and the Kindle marches on. There's a tiny black dot (e-ink equivalent of 'dead pixels', I guess) - where there was significant pressure, but works perfectly.
You can telnet / SSH to the device without modification, you can replace the screensavers, you can download / pirate books if it's your fancy.
It's a pretty damned amazing device, especially for the price of $99.
If it's the same implementation as Turkey's (now defuct) ban YouTube, it was done on a DNS level.
Simply changing your DNS servers to anything else (Google / OpenDNS, etc) - not only do you bypass the block, but you also have reliable DNS.
Yeah, you're an idiot.
Not so much in regards to the fact that the iranian government is fucked up, but completely in regards to male-female interactions, and the iranian people in general.
And yes, I've actually been there.
..or, HDMI-In... Problem solved.
Rounding works both ways, you know.
Zynga's business plan is a perfectly understandable one.
1. They see a product that works - they know there is a market for this product, with an approximate size of N.
2. They make a copy of the game, knowing that they'll capture 1/Nth of the market.
You can't say Zynga has no model or plan. Their power comes from crunching numbers, and monitizing the crap out of their products. If their competition is not doing that - it's certainly not the fault of Zynga. The long and the short of it is - companies are in business to make money. Zynga doesn't pretend to make games for fun, it's to make cash - and it obviously works.
If, as the nay-sayers say, all Zynga games were terrible, and poor copies of other titles - then they wouldn't be making money or headlines.
I don't care either way, but you have to acknowledge reality.
You've never used an iPod right?
iPods were/are well designed, look good, have great interfaces, etc - but getting music onto them is horrendous.
You can't just copy music on / off. You can't click and drag playlists across. You can't copy your music off (easily). iPods are many things, including "victim of bad software"
Yeah, and you'd miss out on a stunning country and amazing people.
Actually - stay at home. The less jaded people fucking it up for other people, the better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_radio
Hardly:
http://www.ninjito.com/2009-10-07-NYC
"Lax Security" is pretty much everywhere.
USA: Genuine NASA motor:
http://www.ninjito.com/images/2007-01-25/qx-door-3.jpg
Russia, particle colliders:
http://www.ninjito.com/2008-08-24/qx-collider-1.jpg
France, air tunnels
http://www.ninjito.com/_2010-05-07/qx-xx-4.jpg
USA, a certain famous bridge in NYC
http://www.ninjito.com/images/2009-10-07-NYC/qx-b-1.jpg
The only reason this never comes to public attention is because generally, the people that do it don't want public attention.
Your hunch is correct, and it's not the first time that Channel 7 have done this sort of this.
4-5 years ago for the launch of one of their shows, they had stills of cityscapes. Curiously, it was a familiar set of stills - they'd gone to google images, and pulled down the top 10 photos.
Noone had been contacted to ask for permission. There was a complaint procedure that went like this:
Ch7: The images appearing in the transmission come from our media library.
Right Holder: No, they're mine.
Ch7: No, they really came from our media library. Do not make allegations that you're not prepared to defend in court.
Right Holder: Here's 'your' image, with mine overlayed. Here's the other 10, and here's the matching google search.
Ch7: We have been told by our lawyers not to respond to your communications. Any pursuit of this matter will see it terminate in court.
Essentially, it's a media corp. They don't care, and they'll do whatever they can for stories.
Actually, the vast majority of users do want a walled system.
The jailbreakers and guys who want to SSH into their phone aren't the majority.
Don't take my word for it. Look at the share price of Apple, or, the pre-order stats of the 4S - it should be fairly self-explanatory.