According to what I can make out from Genepax's site, the design appears to be a conventional fuel-cell device with an added facility for separating hydrogen from water. Their animations and diagrams show the water separation, which appears to use a power source outside the system - probably some sort of rechargeable battery. The "perpetual energy" stuff appears to be some marketing hype. What it really boils down to is a fuel-cell vehicle with the convenience of making its own hydrogen from water.
Even so, the design is still embarrassingly foolish. It would be far simpler and efficient to use the electrical power source to drive the vehicle directly instead of pushing the energy around to include a fuel cell.
I got the code, went to the site, tried entering it. I am nearly 30 and after entering my date of birth, I was greeted with a message:
Sorry, you are too young to participate in the Buffalo KFC® Snacker special offer. Although there are many other areas on this website for you to explore, eligible entries must be 18 years or older to participate in this particular giveaway.
So it appears to be broken... at least for users of Firefox. Or maybe you have to be OVER 30 to play?
Windows Server may have outdone Linux simply because of branding. I was told not to use Linux at my workplace by my boss and outside consultants. The database system that our ERP system runs out of is a Unix application, which we have running on Windows. It would run much better/faster in its native POSIX glory on Linux. I would prefer Linux for stability, and voiced my opinions at the meetings when we were setting this stuff up. I was told both by my boss and by the hired consultants that running on Linux would not work because a) they would need people with a background in Linux if I were to, uh, be disposed of and b) because the ERP vendor would not support such a configuration (I assume because they don't do Linux either).
For Linux to gain market share in the business arena, it needs to be accepted as a serious OS both by management and by consultants. Linux has a history of perceived low user-friendliness when compared to Windows, and I think that this has more to do with it than anything else.
Oh - and we do have a Linux server at the office. Management just doesn't know about it. We ended up running all of our print jobs through a Linux server with CUPS because the spooler under Server 2003 dies when it gets several hundred print jobs at once.:P I've never had to reboot the Linux box since I set it up. No one knows it's there because it just works!
The original actually slew himself by falling upon Hector's sword. It is unclear whether the sword pierced his nipple (doubtful), but it definitely wasn't a death by spear.
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They're auto-filtered search terms. It's not working with the moderate safe-search yet, so those terms seem to be just plain turned off.
Also, anything that doesn't have statistics doesn't show any.
Has anyone bothered to go to USPTO and read the actual text of the patent? I laughed so hard, I nearly dropped my laptop!
The patent (particularly the last part, where the meat of it is) is constructed to cover pretty much any electronic representation of three dimensional geometry... basic geometric equations included!
Much of this stuff was most definitely in existence before 1988. I know without a doubt that the math was. Representing and manipulating it electronically is an obvious evolution (and I would have to say it was being done in the research community before this patent was filed).
Just a sampling (sounds like it came out of a graphics textbook):
The routine ViewingTransform calculates the viewing-transform homogeneous matrix from the following input:
(1) view-reference-point (VRP): A point in the 3D XYZ modelling space specifying the origin of the left-handed UVW viewing space.
(2) view-plane-normal (VPN): A nonzero vector from the view-reference-point (in XYZ space) specifying the direction of the w axis of the UVW coordinate system.
(3) view-up (VUP): A nonzero vector from the view-reference-point (in XYZ space) which is not collinear with view-plane-normal. The projection of view-up on the UV-plane (i.e. the w=0 plane defines the direction of the v axis.
(4) UV-window: The lower-left and upper-right corners of a rectangular region parallel to the u and v axes and lying in the UV-plane. Neither the width nor the height of the UV-window can be zero.
(5) EyePosition: (Also called the Center-of-Projection) A vector specified in the UVW coordinate system, which gives the position of the "viewing eye" with respect to the center of the UV window. In persective projection, the image is projected onto the UV plane along rays that converge at the EyePosition. In parallel projection, the image is projected onto the UV plane along rays that are parallel to the line from the EyePosition to the center of the UV-window.
(6) ProjectionType:
1. if the viewing-transform homogeneous matrix is to be calculated for a parallel projection.
2. if the viewing-transform homogeneous matrix is to be calculated for a perspective projection. (The formulas for the viewing-transform matrix for these two cases is given in Foley and Van Dam.)
(7) screen-viewport: The lower-left and upper-right corners of a horizontally-aligned rectangular region of the screen of the terminal. That portion of the projected image contained in the UV-window is scaled and positioned so that it fully occupies the screen-viewport. Neither the width nor the height of the screen-viewport may be zero.
(8) front-distance: Any image whose perpendicular distance to the UV-pane is less than front-distance will not be displayed.
(9) back-distance: Any image whose perpendicular distance to the UV-pane is greater than back-distance will not be displayed.
The last input value is NOT used to calculate the viewing-transform matrix:
(10) view-motion-radius: The radius of a sphere, the surface of which defines a convenient 2D coordinate system so that the observer can locally pan about the center of the sphere with two thumbwheels. The center of the sphere is called the View-Motion-Center (VMC).
I am a salaried employee - typically work MORE than 40 hours a week and even wear a pager and do server upgrades at night - BUT I don't get overtime. I have a Master's Degree in Computer Science, but my employers have continually shifted my role from developer and security analyst to what basically amounts to technical support - stuff I could have done out of High School.
I make a mere 50K per year for my credentials, and I don't think it's worth the work, stress, and time involved. There is no competition for employers because jobs are so scarce, so they can pretty much get away with paying as little as they can.
If I could do it all over again, I'd pick another field or learn Hindi. The only thing that will save this industry is either unionization or some sort of engineering license to practice software development in the US.
This is definitely spyware (lop.com). But I think there is a more serious issue at hand here. Isn't the spyware maker liable under Federal wiretapping laws? You might want to contact someone at the FCC.
I have ADD, dyslexia and chronic migraines. I have found 5-HTP to be helpfukl with both the ADD and the migraines. I also have a prescription for midrin for the migraines, but I find myself having fewer migraines per month if I take the 5-HTP before bed. I wake up more rested and find that I am better able to concentrate during the day.
Question: Does anyone know of any sort of correlation study between patients with ADD and patients with migraines? Are you more likely to have migraines with ADD or vice-versa?
So, it he's such an ubercoder, doesn't he read Slashdot? If so, why isn't he replying? Oh, I forgot - no time. He's gotta write 1500 lines of code after school today. Give me a break. I know how easy it is to fool a panel of technoidiot science fair judges and teachers. This is a total hoax.
Best compression so far on html is 6:1 - and that's specific to html - and it's proprietary. Use of such a compression algorithm would require the server to use it too. Best compression on images so far is JPEG2000 - and that requires that the images be in that format, or for the server to re-compress them before transmission.
The media player thing is easy. To "incorporate" every media player, one only needs to use the plugins and standard APIs these media players provide and embed them into the app. Providing an animated assistant requires time to actually draw the assistant and animate it on the computer. Even if it's a stick-figure (which I'm guessing is not the case), it would take some time to animate and code so that it works right. Then to actually give it a voice and some text-to-speech, you could just use Microsoft's own text-to-speech libraries.
Writing 1500 lines of code a day is simple, provided that you a) don't have a life b) don't care about the quality of the code c) copy a portion of the code from other sources d) include blank lines or lines with just '{' or '}' e) include lines with comments and documentation (that's about half of 'em) and finally f) use an ide with auto-completion. Even with all this, it still takes a while - I mean, it's gotta compile, right?
After writing 1500 lines of code, you then have to see if it compiles, see that it doesn't crash or break other code you've written. You still have to unit-test it. Note that you also have to factor in at least 6 hours everyday for sleep and another 3 for meals, breaks, and bathroom. That leaves 15 hours for coding. Oh - and he has classes - take another 8 hours minimum. That's seven hours of coding, testing, debugging, compiling.
I just simply use a utility called BootX. It displays a Linux/MacOS Dialog box on boot. Select the OS and wham, you're there. If you want to eliminate MacOS altogether, you can use YA-boot.
The most important thing in any project is you! If you can't think, it's probably because your brain is tired of coding.
I recently completed my senior project for my BS degree. During the whole middle of this project, I was the same way you are. But rather than worry about it, I went out and had some fun, talked to some people about life and generally just got re-energized. Sometimes that is what it takes.
So get out there and make the best of your hiatus! Chances are that everything will fall into place and make sense again once you're done!
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According to what I can make out from Genepax's site, the design appears to be a conventional fuel-cell device with an added facility for separating hydrogen from water. Their animations and diagrams show the water separation, which appears to use a power source outside the system - probably some sort of rechargeable battery. The "perpetual energy" stuff appears to be some marketing hype. What it really boils down to is a fuel-cell vehicle with the convenience of making its own hydrogen from water.
Even so, the design is still embarrassingly foolish. It would be far simpler and efficient to use the electrical power source to drive the vehicle directly instead of pushing the energy around to include a fuel cell.
I wish I could read Japanese.
I got the code, went to the site, tried entering it. I am nearly 30 and after entering my date of birth, I was greeted with a message:
Sorry, you are too young to participate in the Buffalo KFC® Snacker special offer. Although there are many other areas on this website for you to explore, eligible entries must be 18 years or older to participate in this particular giveaway.
So it appears to be broken... at least for users of Firefox. Or maybe you have to be OVER 30 to play?
Perhaps the Google counter-strike is already underway? GoogleNet?
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It sure isn't optical fibre. Google's already buying that.
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Perhaps the counter-strike is underway?
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/17/12
Windows Server may have outdone Linux simply because of branding. I was told not to use Linux at my workplace by my boss and outside consultants. The database system that our ERP system runs out of is a Unix application, which we have running on Windows. It would run much better/faster in its native POSIX glory on Linux. I would prefer Linux for stability, and voiced my opinions at the meetings when we were setting this stuff up. I was told both by my boss and by the hired consultants that running on Linux would not work because a) they would need people with a background in Linux if I were to, uh, be disposed of and b) because the ERP vendor would not support such a configuration (I assume because they don't do Linux either).
:P I've never had to reboot the Linux box since I set it up. No one knows it's there because it just works!
For Linux to gain market share in the business arena, it needs to be accepted as a serious OS both by management and by consultants. Linux has a history of perceived low user-friendliness when compared to Windows, and I think that this has more to do with it than anything else.
Oh - and we do have a Linux server at the office. Management just doesn't know about it. We ended up running all of our print jobs through a Linux server with CUPS because the spooler under Server 2003 dies when it gets several hundred print jobs at once.
The original actually slew himself by falling upon Hector's sword. It is unclear whether the sword pierced his nipple (doubtful), but it definitely wasn't a death by spear.
They're auto-filtered search terms. It's not working with the moderate safe-search yet, so those terms seem to be just plain turned off.
Also, anything that doesn't have statistics doesn't show any.
The patent (particularly the last part, where the meat of it is) is constructed to cover pretty much any electronic representation of three dimensional geometry... basic geometric equations included!
Much of this stuff was most definitely in existence before 1988. I know without a doubt that the math was. Representing and manipulating it electronically is an obvious evolution (and I would have to say it was being done in the research community before this patent was filed).
Just a sampling (sounds like it came out of a graphics textbook):
I am a salaried employee - typically work MORE than 40 hours a week and even wear a pager and do server upgrades at night - BUT I don't get overtime. I have a Master's Degree in Computer Science, but my employers have continually shifted my role from developer and security analyst to what basically amounts to technical support - stuff I could have done out of High School.
I make a mere 50K per year for my credentials, and I don't think it's worth the work, stress, and time involved. There is no competition for employers because jobs are so scarce, so they can pretty much get away with paying as little as they can.
If I could do it all over again, I'd pick another field or learn Hindi. The only thing that will save this industry is either unionization or some sort of engineering license to practice software development in the US.
This is definitely spyware (lop.com). But I think there is a more serious issue at hand here. Isn't the spyware maker liable under Federal wiretapping laws? You might want to contact someone at the FCC.
I have ADD, dyslexia and chronic migraines. I have found 5-HTP to be helpfukl with both the ADD and the migraines. I also have a prescription for midrin for the migraines, but I find myself having fewer migraines per month if I take the 5-HTP before bed. I wake up more rested and find that I am better able to concentrate during the day.
Question: Does anyone know of any sort of correlation study between patients with ADD and patients with migraines? Are you more likely to have migraines with ADD or vice-versa?
Might have helped if slashdot didn't remove your blink tag from your sig. ;)
So, it he's such an ubercoder, doesn't he read Slashdot? If so, why isn't he replying? Oh, I forgot - no time. He's gotta write 1500 lines of code after school today. Give me a break. I know how easy it is to fool a panel of technoidiot science fair judges and teachers. This is a total hoax.
Best compression so far on html is 6:1 - and that's specific to html - and it's proprietary. Use of such a compression algorithm would require the server to use it too. Best compression on images so far is JPEG2000 - and that requires that the images be in that format, or for the server to re-compress them before transmission.
The media player thing is easy. To "incorporate" every media player, one only needs to use the plugins and standard APIs these media players provide and embed them into the app. Providing an animated assistant requires time to actually draw the assistant and animate it on the computer. Even if it's a stick-figure (which I'm guessing is not the case), it would take some time to animate and code so that it works right. Then to actually give it a voice and some text-to-speech, you could just use Microsoft's own text-to-speech libraries.
Writing 1500 lines of code a day is simple, provided that you a) don't have a life b) don't care about the quality of the code c) copy a portion of the code from other sources d) include blank lines or lines with just '{' or '}' e) include lines with comments and documentation (that's about half of 'em) and finally f) use an ide with auto-completion. Even with all this, it still takes a while - I mean, it's gotta compile, right?
After writing 1500 lines of code, you then have to see if it compiles, see that it doesn't crash or break other code you've written. You still have to unit-test it. Note that you also have to factor in at least 6 hours everyday for sleep and another 3 for meals, breaks, and bathroom. That leaves 15 hours for coding. Oh - and he has classes - take another 8 hours minimum. That's seven hours of coding, testing, debugging, compiling.
Hmmm. Something's still not quite right.
I just simply use a utility called BootX. It displays a Linux/MacOS Dialog box on boot. Select the OS and wham, you're there. If you want to eliminate MacOS altogether, you can use YA-boot.
I'm running OS X DR 4 and so far, I think it rocks! I'm pleased to hear that the beta will be out so soon... DR 4 appears to be beta quality anyway!
The most important thing in any project is you! If you can't think, it's probably because your brain is tired of coding.
I recently completed my senior project for my BS degree. During the whole middle of this project, I was the same way you are. But rather than worry about it, I went out and had some fun, talked to some people about life and generally just got re-energized. Sometimes that is what it takes.
So get out there and make the best of your hiatus! Chances are that everything will fall into place and make sense again once you're done!
CISC is awesome for programmers, but sucks for speed. The reverse is true for RISC. We need something that has the best of both worlds.