> The Right Way to figure this out is to look up
> figures for *peak* power consumption for the
> CPUs [etc]...
What you should really do if you want to be thorough is to add up the total worst case current that each component draws from each rail (+/-5v, +/-12v) and make sure that the PSU can adequately cope with all these demands. The max current on each rail should be in the PSU specs.
However, 300W *should* be enough as long as you're not running a space heater from the PSU too (*cough* Pentium *cough*)
I read this one in PAPERBACK over 2 YEARS ago, IIRC. It's certainly been sitting on my bookshelf gathering dust for some time, anyhow.
Good book though. You might like to try some of his other novels too. "Inversions" is good, and
there are a few others whose titles elude me right now.
Quite. And claiming "music recognition technology"? Does that mean if I play it some music, it will recognise it by cross-reference with this wonderful database and come up with the artist, title, etc? Just how tuneful does my whistled rendition of "Like A Virgin" have to be before it works?[*]
No - all it does is look up the CD ident. Nothing magic. Patented? Ptooey!
* -- If someone could come up with real music-recognition software, that'd be worth a patent.
The way it works in England is that the judge decides who pays the costs, and (AFAIK) how much. It seems to work - at least, there doesn't seem to be quite as much litigation.
>Doing 5km a day walking on a treadmill can work wonders.
... but can be pretty boring (unless you can rig up your kit so you can work at the same time. Why not try going out for your 5km?
Another tip: use the stairs, not the lift.
I have to say I don't think my diet has changed much since I was in my 20s (I'm 42 now - yeah, I know...). But then I never was much into pizza and cola. I don't drink so much beer though.
There's an advert on German TV (I think for IBM) that has some guy sitting on a bench among a flock of pigeons, obviously looking at stock prices and jumping up and down yelling "Kauf! Kauf!" and "Verkauf! Verkauf!" and disturbing the pigeons.
The funny thing is, to an ear trained in English, it sounds more like "Fuck Off!"
Hmm, interesting new interface paradigm - instead of the desktop, we have... the pencil. You can scrawl on any convenient surface, and the results are automatically recorded. Plus, the "sharpening" action in a special "sharpener" actually recharges the batteries. Environmentally friendly, too.;-)
1. An example of fair use requiring full unfettered access: Suppose you own a set of DVDs, and the means to play them at home. Now also suppose you own a laptop computer with a reasonably large hard disk, but without a DVD drive. Now, you're going away for a few days, and you want to take a movie with you. You could decrypt the movie and put it onto the laptop's hard disk. I think that would be fair use.
2. Something that no-one has ever mentioned. If a mere decryption device is a "means of circumvention", and is therefore illegal, surely that makes every single DVD player out there illegal, because every one contains a decryption device. So why aren't the DVD player manufacturers being sued? Answer: because they've paid their protection money to the DVDCCA. That sounds like a protection racket to me. Isn't that illegal under US law?
3. Source code can never be described as a "circumvention device", because it cannot be used to circumvent anything. Ask the plaintiffs to demonstrate exactly how they propose that the DeCSS source code (or more exactly css_auth) is used to "circumvent" their so-called "effective technological measure". Yes, they can bring their best hackers along. Assuming they succeed, point out that they have just built their own circumvention device from some basic raw materials. Now explain why this is similar to (say) manufaturing illegal drugs out of raw materials - but that doesn't make it illegal to sell the raw materials.
4. (Whimsical observations dept.) There should be laws against laws whose titles are incorrect. The DMCA was passed in 1998, wasn't it? Exactly which millenium does it refer to? The 1xxx one? - in which case the law no longer applies. Or the 2xxx one? - these so-called offences were committed before law became applicable. There should also be a law against wilful misuse of the English language in statutes. I'm referring specifically to the use of the word "effective" in the DMCA to describe just about any half baked attempt.
By M$ standards that's a step backwards (outovation?). It's a text-mode display. Apple's Lisa had a cute little bomb on the display when it (rather too frequently) crashed. There was even a button you could click (with any of the one mouse button) to reset the system, which usually caused the screen to smear, like you'd wiped a fresh injet printout with a damp cloth and smudged the ink. After that, you had to pull the plug, because the "intelligent" power switch relied on the software.
Considering most people who run Windows run as root by default (9x, ME) or by choice (Administrator-equiv user on NT or 2k), it's not hard to conceive of them running as root on a workstation-based linux machine.
Many people routinely run NT as admin simply because of the pain involved in closing everything, logging out then logging back in as admin,to do a simple admin task (and then the reverse to get back to normal user). Another example of how NT is broken by design.
I'm not condoning the alleged 63 kBugs, but if you think that cars are defect-free you must be on another planet. Stability problems on Mercedes A-class and Audi TT, Ford's famous variable-Venturi carburettor problem, VW's TDi problems, problems with brakes in the wet on Audi and VW - to name but a few that come to mind, and that's just Europe. Not to mention problems with individual cars like doors that don't close quite as nicely as they should and a whole host of other little "niggles" that you go straight back to the dealer with.
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> The Right Way to figure this out is to look up
> figures for *peak* power consumption for the
> CPUs [etc]...
What you should really do if you want to be thorough is to add up the total worst case current that each component draws from each rail (+/-5v, +/-12v) and make sure that the PSU can adequately cope with all these demands. The max current on each rail should be in the PSU specs.
However, 300W *should* be enough as long as you're not running a space heater from the PSU too (*cough* Pentium *cough*)
I read this one in PAPERBACK over 2 YEARS ago, IIRC. It's certainly been sitting on my bookshelf gathering dust for some time, anyhow.
Good book though. You might like to try some of his other novels too. "Inversions" is good, and
there are a few others whose titles elude me right now.
Quite. And claiming "music recognition technology"? Does that mean if I play it some music, it will recognise it by cross-reference with this wonderful database and come up with the artist, title, etc? Just how tuneful does my whistled rendition of "Like A Virgin" have to be before it works?[*]
No - all it does is look up the CD ident. Nothing magic. Patented? Ptooey!
* -- If someone could come up with real music-recognition software, that'd be worth a patent.
> funny when a 'virus' provides immunity at the same time.
That's how many vaccines work. Inject a "tame" (dead, weakened) virus to stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies against the real virus.
Of course, catching the "real" virus can also give immunity, but that assumes you survive the experience.
The way it works in England is that the judge decides who pays the costs, and (AFAIK) how much. It seems to work - at least, there doesn't seem to be quite as much litigation.
If the sheets of paper in question are the small green ones, I'd say it's just about exactly 7.3 million.
> LooX
Just what we need for surfin' in the john.
>Doing 5km a day walking on a treadmill can work wonders.
... but can be pretty boring (unless you can rig up your kit so you can work at the same time. Why not try going out for your 5km?
Another tip: use the stairs, not the lift.
I have to say I don't think my diet has changed much since I was in my 20s (I'm 42 now - yeah, I know...). But then I never was much into pizza and cola. I don't drink so much beer though.
There's an advert on German TV (I think for IBM) that has some guy sitting on a bench among a flock of pigeons, obviously looking at stock prices and jumping up and down yelling "Kauf! Kauf!" and "Verkauf! Verkauf!" and disturbing the pigeons.
The funny thing is, to an ear trained in English, it sounds more like "Fuck Off!"
> Just don't try to sharpen it.
... the pencil. You can scrawl on any convenient surface, and the results are automatically recorded. Plus, the "sharpening" action in a special "sharpener" actually recharges the batteries. Environmentally friendly, too. ;-)
Hmm, interesting new interface paradigm - instead of the desktop, we have
Why do you need a display if you have a direct neural interface?
> Are we talking fish or birds here?
Nope. Sacred cows. They come home to roost with a vengeance. (Paraphrased from "The Complete Plain Words" by Ernest Gowers, IIRC)
1. An example of fair use requiring full unfettered access: Suppose you own a set of DVDs, and the means to play them at home. Now also suppose you own a laptop computer with a reasonably large hard disk, but without a DVD drive. Now, you're going away for a few days, and you want to take a movie with you. You could decrypt the movie and put it onto the laptop's hard disk. I think that would be fair use.
;-)
2. Something that no-one has ever mentioned. If a mere decryption device is a "means of circumvention", and is therefore illegal, surely that makes every single DVD player out there illegal, because every one contains a decryption device. So why aren't the DVD player manufacturers being sued? Answer: because they've paid their protection money to the DVDCCA. That sounds like a protection racket to me. Isn't that illegal under US law?
3. Source code can never be described as a "circumvention device", because it cannot be used to circumvent anything. Ask the plaintiffs to demonstrate exactly how they propose that the DeCSS source code (or more exactly css_auth) is used to "circumvent" their so-called "effective technological measure". Yes, they can bring their best hackers along. Assuming they succeed, point out that they have just built their own circumvention device from some basic raw materials. Now explain why this is similar to (say) manufaturing illegal drugs out of raw materials - but that doesn't make it illegal to sell the raw materials.
4. (Whimsical observations dept.) There should be laws against laws whose titles are incorrect. The DMCA was passed in 1998, wasn't it? Exactly which millenium does it refer to? The 1xxx one? - in which case the law no longer applies. Or the 2xxx one? - these so-called offences were committed before law became applicable. There should also be a law against wilful misuse of the English language in statutes. I'm referring specifically to the use of the word "effective" in the DMCA to describe just about any half baked attempt.
Just my 2 bits. OK, they're both 0
Yep. Like the other guy said: maybe the irrational desire to use a cellphone is an early symptom of brain cancer.
... for the 3-finger salute
... the batteries will stay up longer than Windows.
It's easy to write bad code in any language.
By M$ standards that's a step backwards (outovation?). It's a text-mode display. Apple's Lisa had a cute little bomb on the display when it (rather too frequently) crashed. There was even a button you could click (with any of the one mouse button) to reset the system, which usually caused the screen to smear, like you'd wiped a fresh injet printout with a damp cloth and smudged the ink. After that, you had to pull the plug, because the "intelligent" power switch relied on the software.
I don't know what kind of crack the poster was smoking. My ROYGBIV monitor shows 7 colours without problems. Has trouble with octarine though.
Many people routinely run NT as admin simply because of the pain involved in closing everything, logging out then logging back in as admin,to do a simple admin task (and then the reverse to get back to normal user). Another example of how NT is broken by design.
hehe. that sounds painful ;-)
So should the computer be called "Deep Thought" or "The Earth"?
BTW: nice nickname, fish ;-)
I'm not condoning the alleged 63 kBugs, but if you think that cars are defect-free you must be on another planet. Stability problems on Mercedes A-class and Audi TT, Ford's famous variable-Venturi carburettor problem, VW's TDi problems, problems with brakes in the wet on Audi and VW - to name but a few that come to mind, and that's just Europe. Not to mention problems with individual cars like doors that don't close quite as nicely as they should and a whole host of other little "niggles" that you go straight back to the dealer with.
MURKY navigation software? Written by MURKYsoft? Ohnoohnoohnoohno...
;-)
Although it could explain why they have to reboot it to take into account the new configuration.
And we're all reprieved from goat.secsh ;-)