At a post, the Army paints whatever ain't dirt.
In combat conditions, the Army tries to make everything look like dirt. The army you are looking for is not here. Move along...
First requisition one pint of nanotech paint, splash it on your ream of paper.. then you can program it to display your requisition without needing a printer.
Unless they work up a nanopaint formula that's meant to be applied to rocks in the company area, soldiers will have plenty of painting to do for the forseeable future.
"SPLASHHey, Barney! Look, I'm in forest camo! CLICK Look, I'm in desert camo!"
Often I find that I don't know what web site I am viewing, because many Flash sites use all my CPU and I can't get past, nor stop, the Intro. So I do a quick search for their competitors and go to their web site.
This problem began only a few months ago. Anyone know if it's because a recent version of Flash is not friendly to slow CPUs, or is it just that some artists aren't testing their pretty creations on a system which is slower than their graphics workstation?
Halon works while there is oxygen in the room. That's the point of using Halon, because it is not deadly. It sometimes raises the heart rate a little. But it made leaving a mainframe room much safer.
It got set off once in my mainframe room - the cold expanding gas filled the room with fog, and bits of ceiling tile drifted down (a half-dozen tiles were damaged by the four ceiling dispersion nozzles -- one vanished). The operator who bumped the fire handle with the tape cabinet door had a raised heart rate, due to the explosives which released the gas from the tanks.
Halon works by interfering with the chemistry of the fire. The flames just die, even though oxygen is there. Look it up. Is the Molotov cocktail video online?
I think you're confusing Halon with a carbon dioxide or nitrogen flooding system. That replaces all the air with gas which has no oxygen.
"In a related story, the Washington Post servers were hit by a huge number of requests for a specific page today. Obviously a DDOS attack from computers around the world."
Sending mail to an IP address will reach that IP address if your mail sending program recognizes IP addresses.
The recipient mail server might not be able to deliver the mail, however.
That server might be configured to only accept mail to its domain names, and not recognize that number as itself.
That server might be serving multiple domains, and it won't be able to deliver unless the user names are shared among them.
Ask Slashdot: My bunker had a nuclear weapon which disassembled itself as designed. Should I repair the bunker the way it was? Or should I remodel to make use of the larger space which is now available? Is water cooling better than air chillers? What bunker mods are your favorites?
Besides that, you would have to be a little slow of mind to be inside a fallout shelter WITH a nuclear weapon
They'll have to pry my nuclear weapon out of my cold dead fingers. A man has a right to protect himself. Would you want to participate in a nuclear war without a nuclear weapon? Bringing a knife to a nuclear war ain't smart.
Work on making real volcanoes. If you succeed you may be able to market your device at VillainSupply.
They're not presently hiring, but you could send your rap sheet to the parent company in case they have need of an interned scientist soon. Make sure to mention any nefarious devices, unholy hobbies, or superpowers.
You just list everything that you own on eBay and send it out. When you're at your new apartment you go back on eBay and have the same things delivered. eBay has categories for everything, so all your stuff will be nicely organized.
You're proposing that he obscure what is in each box.
We all know that security through obscurity does not work.
He should wrap everything in clear plastic, with attached lists of items and components which are not visible. This will also make photographing everything easier, in case you have to make an insurance claim.
But notice the identification requirements on user terminals require privacy protection by ensuring use by authorized people. So everyone will have to identify themselves and they'll get logged out if they are idle too long.
When you're configuring those things, be prepared for the next steps such as tying encryption keys to individuals.
"I doubt you could be HIPAA compliant if you spell it HIP + Automobile Association of America."
I've fallen down and I can't get a tow truck!
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A tool to do it automagically...do you know how distances on a road are measured "by hand"? No, to measure about 500 feet don't use a tape measure. The tool is a wheel on a stick -- if the wheel has a circumference of one foot, a counter of wheel rotations measures feet.
A wheel which reports distance to a laptop can measure distance along a line. Two wheels can measure movement in any direction. I've just described a mouse or trackball interface, so I'm sure you realize you can use that mechanism. You can have a laptop on a stand with casters, and an optical mouse pointed at the floor or at a ball which is rolling on the floor. Isn't this all obvious?
If you happen to have a robot then it can use a similar method or it can do dead reckoning based on its own wheel/track movement.
Yes, signal strength can be spoofed *downward*,
but for commercial cards, it can't be spoofed
*upward*, significantly, without the spoof being
clearly detectible.
Directional antenna. Stronger signal strength at access point which antenna is aimed at, much weaker at all other access points. Makes origin seem to be close to access point aimed at, despite actual location (when origin determined by signal strength). Detectable by noting that signal at further access points is much weaker than it should be (contour maps of omni antenna strengths won't match).
Are you aware one car company just announced that one model of their cars will try to predict a crash? If it detects a crash is likely it will actively protect the occupants: adjust seats, tighten belts... although they haven't mentioned doing the fully active protection: driving around a problem.
The voice interface might not be that hard due to the limited vocabulary and commands.
The route-finding software requires both a route-finding algorithm and good maps (approximate lines aren't sufficient -- one should know whether there's a freeway exit there or just a dead-end by the freeway). If you've tried online services, you know that problem is nearly solved but can produce slightly odd results.
There are other interface possibilities. Right now I have my future car computer spread across my work table, and if some of my audio tools work you'll see them soon. I'm not planning on voice input right away, just some other audio tools.
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Who needs nanoexplosives when you can simply make a Grey Goo program melt the target?
No, I never used Al Gore. They should have worked on him some more before releasing him.
At a post, the Army paints whatever ain't dirt.
In combat conditions, the Army tries to make everything look like dirt. The army you are looking for is not here. Move along...
First requisition one pint of nanotech paint, splash it on your ream of paper.. then you can program it to display your requisition without needing a printer.
"SPLASHHey, Barney! Look, I'm in forest camo! CLICK Look, I'm in desert camo!"
When you lease a car you won't find any hint of a lease or purchase on the car. You have to look on the contract.
"MSN..eight...my preciousss...new. Gollum switch. My precious MSN eighhhhhhhht...."
This problem began only a few months ago. Anyone know if it's because a recent version of Flash is not friendly to slow CPUs, or is it just that some artists aren't testing their pretty creations on a system which is slower than their graphics workstation?
Halon works while there is oxygen in the room. That's the point of using Halon, because it is not deadly. It sometimes raises the heart rate a little. But it made leaving a mainframe room much safer.
It got set off once in my mainframe room - the cold expanding gas filled the room with fog, and bits of ceiling tile drifted down (a half-dozen tiles were damaged by the four ceiling dispersion nozzles -- one vanished). The operator who bumped the fire handle with the tape cabinet door had a raised heart rate, due to the explosives which released the gas from the tanks.
Halon works by interfering with the chemistry of the fire. The flames just die, even though oxygen is there. Look it up. Is the Molotov cocktail video online?
I think you're confusing Halon with a carbon dioxide or nitrogen flooding system. That replaces all the air with gas which has no oxygen.
Spring, maybe? Or did you leave the window open in your Tardis?
"In a related story, the Washington Post servers were hit by a huge number of requests for a specific page today. Obviously a DDOS attack from computers around the world."
The recipient mail server might not be able to deliver the mail, however.
Ask Slashdot: My bunker had a nuclear weapon which disassembled itself as designed. Should I repair the bunker the way it was? Or should I remodel to make use of the larger space which is now available? Is water cooling better than air chillers? What bunker mods are your favorites?
They'll have to pry my nuclear weapon out of my cold dead fingers. A man has a right to protect himself. Would you want to participate in a nuclear war without a nuclear weapon? Bringing a knife to a nuclear war ain't smart.
Alternatively...
Work on making real volcanoes. If you succeed you may be able to market your device at VillainSupply. They're not presently hiring, but you could send your rap sheet to the parent company in case they have need of an interned scientist soon. Make sure to mention any nefarious devices, unholy hobbies, or superpowers.
You just list everything that you own on eBay and send it out. When you're at your new apartment you go back on eBay and have the same things delivered. eBay has categories for everything, so all your stuff will be nicely organized.
That's optimistic.
Isn't there an Ask Slashdot about GPS tracking?
You're proposing that he obscure what is in each box.
We all know that security through obscurity does not work.
He should wrap everything in clear plastic, with attached lists of items and components which are not visible. This will also make photographing everything easier, in case you have to make an insurance claim.
When you're configuring those things, be prepared for the next steps such as tying encryption keys to individuals.
I've fallen down and I can't get a tow truck!
A wheel which reports distance to a laptop can measure distance along a line. Two wheels can measure movement in any direction. I've just described a mouse or trackball interface, so I'm sure you realize you can use that mechanism. You can have a laptop on a stand with casters, and an optical mouse pointed at the floor or at a ball which is rolling on the floor. Isn't this all obvious?
If you happen to have a robot then it can use a similar method or it can do dead reckoning based on its own wheel/track movement.
Are you aware one car company just announced that one model of their cars will try to predict a crash? If it detects a crash is likely it will actively protect the occupants: adjust seats, tighten belts... although they haven't mentioned doing the fully active protection: driving around a problem.
The route-finding software requires both a route-finding algorithm and good maps (approximate lines aren't sufficient -- one should know whether there's a freeway exit there or just a dead-end by the freeway). If you've tried online services, you know that problem is nearly solved but can produce slightly odd results.
There are other interface possibilities. Right now I have my future car computer spread across my work table, and if some of my audio tools work you'll see them soon. I'm not planning on voice input right away, just some other audio tools.