I wish this were true. Many years ago, I was fascinated by lasers; unfortunately, infrared isn't too visible. Several years later, I now have dark stuff floating around in my eyes. For a person 33 years of age, I would not recommend looking at concentrated sources of energy, no matter how small.
It may be a milliwatt, but its still heat: focused smaller than the head of a pin. It may burn. Damage in the eyes shows up many years later.
Concrete is interesting; its supposed to insulate, but for some reason it breathes cold air. The house I just bought was built during the Cold War and has an interesting room in the basement: the walls and ceiling are thick concrete. The temperature stays rather cool with all the electronic equipment running and I had to put in a quartz heater just to stay comfortable.
Seems like information is used as the tool these days to get something done. The toys these days may often be games; however, they do suggest the operator to complete the reality. Its no longer physical means to accomplish something, but thoughts or suggestions.
Take our government for instance. When they want something done, they rarely use force anymore, but use legal means and the written word to invoke change. This causes other people to act and follow their vision.
Manufacturing makes big use of the Z80 processor in PLC's. In the several years I was the senior electronic technician at a wire making plant, I have never seen a Z80 make a mistake. If industrial cable sells for $80 a foot at 30 feet per minute, a Z80 really shows its value.
A $1 Z80 processor is priceless. Their sucessors may have more fancy bells and whistles, but the Z80 may live forever. The Z80 may never die. And I hope not. It was the first processor I learned assembly and the most fun to work with.
I do miss the excitement my more adventurous friends have with their computers. Hopefully, one of these days, viruses will be supported. Unfortunately, I have to do without. Imagine watching the html logs with all those juicy.EXE entries and not getting a full taste of the action in spreading ILOVEYOU to those around the world. It will be a while before open source becomes the innovation leader in desktop technologies.
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That's an accurate description of what should be an intelligent person pursuing a skill, but is severely judgement impaired.
Reminds me of perfectly grown adults many years ago before the internet who found the CB radio as a hobby. Multi-kilowatt linear amplifiers and outrageous antennas on cars and shack houses were their hallmark. They conducted themselves to be the menace of the society. That was their life goal. To challenge the system. Outlaw freedom fighters of communication. They wanted anarchy on the airwaves.
Most intelligent electronic hackers simply got an FCC license and enjoyed the finer aspects of the airwaves. The comparison was like heaven and hell. 733t hackers simply seem to have a little growing up to do and then they will see the light.
I would if I could. Officers watch for violations. Cameras just make it easier.
Why is automated aids to survalence so evil? Well, on the road home from work last night, there were two police cars parked in the mall parking lot facing an intersection. This is good, having the potential for traffic laws to be enforced. Unfortunately, as I was attempting to leave the gas station at the intersection, I would find my left turn arrow never turned green. It was a staring contest between me and the officer across the street. I had the chance (oh, boy!) to ask the officer where I could complain about this broken light. He stated he would be report it, but it would be a few days before it may be fixed.
What disturbed me about this light is that just last week I was pulled over for running a "red" light. A camera may have see it was still yellow, but with technology, the operator may adjust the view to favorable conditions for an arrest.
I left the officer, but he remained parked, watching the intersection. It reminds me how cats love watching little animals thinking they may have the sense of freedom. Automated cameras. Fear them.
Oh, there are a few ways to increase the output of your monitor by many watts too. These require the case to be taken off and willingness to turn your screwdriver on parts connected to the B+ chassis (about 2000 volts.) Uplugging the computer during this process is optional. Voiding your monitor's warranty and making it a potential fire hazard is your destiny with this procedure.
Brightness is one good way. Want to vaporize some phosphor off the screen? Well, look at that funny transformer with the thick red wire going to the picture tube's top. No, don't put your fingers under that red cap as you'll discharge 30,000 volts. The capacitance stores enough current that it may jump start your heart into transporter mode to a higher (or lower) place in the heavens. Anyways, look back on the transformer where one or two or more small screwdriver adjustments are provided. One should be the focusing voltage for the electron voltage. All this adjustment will do is make your picture tube require prescription glasses when things get fuzzy. The other adjustment dangerously raises the drive voltages of your homebrew particle accelerator into x-ray producing levels. Enjoy.
The other tasty method to injure personal health is to max out horizontal drive voltage. Your adjustment of choice is on the main circuit board that is a minefield of tempting adjustments. The one I am talking about is an adjustable inductor, when tinkered with will lose the monitor's calibration for the horizontal picture width. Its the one adjustable inductor that stands taller than the rest and its frequency is so high, its design require the turns of wire to be a bundle of stranded wire. Yes, remove the powdered ferrite slug out of this coil. Current will now saturate the picture tube's yoke coils. Electronic devices and radios around the house will now bow to your monitor's new elite status.
There you go. Not only have you voided your monitor's warranty, you have just demonstrated why picture tubes are evil particle accelerators. They should be banned.
Old? It doesn't matter that every precollege teen has tinkered with transparency windowing systems; I'm sure someone has been issued a patent for it and is about to IPO. Someone wants to own this now. Expect lawyers to follow.
Well, back in the old days, devices with LCD screens sans backlight lasted for years on one battery. With a good processor based on MOS technology clocked at a few magnitudes lower of a frequency, I'd say we could have a laptop that would last for months.
No, its not impossible and in fact, would be very easy. When devices like the cdrom aren't used, they are in the off condition and consume no power due to the electrostatic nature of the MOS transistor.
Engineers of consumer electronics are obsessed by speed these days. Why a person does not have any choice for humble computer designs these days is a mystery. We certainly do have the best technology to make it work beyond our wildest dreams. Its not good design anymore, its marketing obesity.
From what I read, the insurance company paid the guy with a check, but he was arrested for arson after he cashed it.
It would seem insurance companies not only make their business covering risks, but providing a service of advice and checks to make sure what you have is secure. For example, the company I work at has fire insurance. The insurance company works closely with us to make sure we have safe procedures when we need to work with welders, contractors, what happens if we need to service the fire system, etc. They make rules to help us have safer procedures so accidents are much less likely to happen. If we don't follow those rules, they will take steps to terminate our contract. Same with bad drivers. Traffic tickets are their check to make sure drivers are following customary procedures.
I'd imagine with a neutrino detector, an insurance company would consult with the researchers on proper procedures for enforcing safe conditions when working around the system. Insurance can be a win-win situation for both sides. They consult for a more reliable business and when things don't work out, they help get you going again for the next round.
Well, if that happened to be the ONLY reason people used cars...
The actions of a few got me thinking. If Microsoft sold cars, you'd agree to the auto-EULA, which states that you will not use the car parts to make other cars, copy it, use it for illegal purposes, speed, flip people off out the window, toss beer cans out the window on weekends, open the hood, only use MS sanctioned gasoline, or else your right to use the car is invalid and should be returned for a "full refund."
Sometimes I don't know why we support a system to make a few select people filthy rich just because they have the most aggressive business plan.
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I wish this were true. Many years ago, I was fascinated by lasers; unfortunately, infrared isn't too visible. Several years later, I now have dark stuff floating around in my eyes. For a person 33 years of age, I would not recommend looking at concentrated sources of energy, no matter how small.
It may be a milliwatt, but its still heat: focused smaller than the head of a pin. It may burn. Damage in the eyes shows up many years later.
A big indicator of Linux's success is the availability of penguins for Christmastime this year.
Concrete is interesting; its supposed to insulate, but for some reason it breathes cold air. The house I just bought was built during the Cold War and has an interesting room in the basement: the walls and ceiling are thick concrete. The temperature stays rather cool with all the electronic equipment running and I had to put in a quartz heater just to stay comfortable.
Seems like information is used as the tool these days to get something done. The toys these days may often be games; however, they do suggest the operator to complete the reality. Its no longer physical means to accomplish something, but thoughts or suggestions.
Take our government for instance. When they want something done, they rarely use force anymore, but use legal means and the written word to invoke change. This causes other people to act and follow their vision.
From the tone of his voice, I could imagine there were a few people standing behind him and coaching what he was going to say next.
Manufacturing makes big use of the Z80 processor in PLC's. In the several years I was the senior electronic technician at a wire making plant, I have never seen a Z80 make a mistake. If industrial cable sells for $80 a foot at 30 feet per minute, a Z80 really shows its value.
A $1 Z80 processor is priceless. Their sucessors may have more fancy bells and whistles, but the Z80 may live forever. The Z80 may never die. And I hope not. It was the first processor I learned assembly and the most fun to work with.
Don't dare publish any documentation from reverse engineering your car. That too, is now illegal.
Change the gear ratio in your Yugo, go to prison for life.
I do miss the excitement my more adventurous friends have with their computers. Hopefully, one of these days, viruses will be supported. Unfortunately, I have to do without. Imagine watching the html logs with all those juicy .EXE entries and not getting a full taste of the action in spreading ILOVEYOU to those around the world. It will be a while before open source becomes the innovation leader in desktop technologies.
That's an accurate description of what should be an intelligent person pursuing a skill, but is severely judgement impaired.
Reminds me of perfectly grown adults many years ago before the internet who found the CB radio as a hobby. Multi-kilowatt linear amplifiers and outrageous antennas on cars and shack houses were their hallmark. They conducted themselves to be the menace of the society. That was their life goal. To challenge the system. Outlaw freedom fighters of communication. They wanted anarchy on the airwaves.
Most intelligent electronic hackers simply got an FCC license and enjoyed the finer aspects of the airwaves. The comparison was like heaven and hell. 733t hackers simply seem to have a little growing up to do and then they will see the light.
How many kilowatts can we reclaim from this meteor?
Four smaller ones? Imagine reclaiming the heat from a cluster of these...
That's a big statement. Care to give at least one example?
I disagree: .mp3 and .ogg would be memorable for any music fan.
Would you still try to avoid going near them?
I would if I could. Officers watch for violations. Cameras just make it easier.
Why is automated aids to survalence so evil? Well, on the road home from work last night, there were two police cars parked in the mall parking lot facing an intersection. This is good, having the potential for traffic laws to be enforced. Unfortunately, as I was attempting to leave the gas station at the intersection, I would find my left turn arrow never turned green. It was a staring contest between me and the officer across the street. I had the chance (oh, boy!) to ask the officer where I could complain about this broken light. He stated he would be report it, but it would be a few days before it may be fixed.
What disturbed me about this light is that just last week I was pulled over for running a "red" light. A camera may have see it was still yellow, but with technology, the operator may adjust the view to favorable conditions for an arrest.
I left the officer, but he remained parked, watching the intersection. It reminds me how cats love watching little animals thinking they may have the sense of freedom. Automated cameras. Fear them.
Oh, there are a few ways to increase the output of your monitor by many watts too. These require the case to be taken off and willingness to turn your screwdriver on parts connected to the B+ chassis (about 2000 volts.) Uplugging the computer during this process is optional. Voiding your monitor's warranty and making it a potential fire hazard is your destiny with this procedure.
Brightness is one good way. Want to vaporize some phosphor off the screen? Well, look at that funny transformer with the thick red wire going to the picture tube's top. No, don't put your fingers under that red cap as you'll discharge 30,000 volts. The capacitance stores enough current that it may jump start your heart into transporter mode to a higher (or lower) place in the heavens. Anyways, look back on the transformer where one or two or more small screwdriver adjustments are provided. One should be the focusing voltage for the electron voltage. All this adjustment will do is make your picture tube require prescription glasses when things get fuzzy. The other adjustment dangerously raises the drive voltages of your homebrew particle accelerator into x-ray producing levels. Enjoy.
The other tasty method to injure personal health is to max out horizontal drive voltage. Your adjustment of choice is on the main circuit board that is a minefield of tempting adjustments. The one I am talking about is an adjustable inductor, when tinkered with will lose the monitor's calibration for the horizontal picture width. Its the one adjustable inductor that stands taller than the rest and its frequency is so high, its design require the turns of wire to be a bundle of stranded wire. Yes, remove the powdered ferrite slug out of this coil. Current will now saturate the picture tube's yoke coils. Electronic devices and radios around the house will now bow to your monitor's new elite status.
There you go. Not only have you voided your monitor's warranty, you have just demonstrated why picture tubes are evil particle accelerators. They should be banned.
This was done on IBM's and others at least in the 60's, and possibly the late 50's.
This still won't stop some talented individual who is handy with patent applications from filing today. Be warned...
Old? It doesn't matter that every precollege teen has tinkered with transparency windowing systems; I'm sure someone has been issued a patent for it and is about to IPO. Someone wants to own this now. Expect lawyers to follow.
I wonder what Microsoft has in mind to stop the pirates in married households.
Kill the women and children, taking no prisoners.
Is there such thing as a recursive PATH directive for executables? Like the ls -R or something for searching into subdirectories?
Yep, Microsoft is doing spectacular. Tell that to the shareholders!
Just wait until people learn about frames.
"You mean each one of those 50 frames is a page within a page?"
Yessir, that will be 50 cents please.
Next click!
Sounds like the AOL experience to me. Sounds like 1995 all over again.
Well, back in the old days, devices with LCD screens sans backlight lasted for years on one battery. With a good processor based on MOS technology clocked at a few magnitudes lower of a frequency, I'd say we could have a laptop that would last for months.
No, its not impossible and in fact, would be very easy. When devices like the cdrom aren't used, they are in the off condition and consume no power due to the electrostatic nature of the MOS transistor.
Engineers of consumer electronics are obsessed by speed these days. Why a person does not have any choice for humble computer designs these days is a mystery. We certainly do have the best technology to make it work beyond our wildest dreams. Its not good design anymore, its marketing obesity.
From what I read, the insurance company paid the guy with a check, but he was arrested for arson after he cashed it.
It would seem insurance companies not only make their business covering risks, but providing a service of advice and checks to make sure what you have is secure. For example, the company I work at has fire insurance. The insurance company works closely with us to make sure we have safe procedures when we need to work with welders, contractors, what happens if we need to service the fire system, etc. They make rules to help us have safer procedures so accidents are much less likely to happen. If we don't follow those rules, they will take steps to terminate our contract. Same with bad drivers. Traffic tickets are their check to make sure drivers are following customary procedures.
I'd imagine with a neutrino detector, an insurance company would consult with the researchers on proper procedures for enforcing safe conditions when working around the system. Insurance can be a win-win situation for both sides. They consult for a more reliable business and when things don't work out, they help get you going again for the next round.
I also find it appawling, that the professor hasn't been fire
One word. Tenure.
Well, if that happened to be the ONLY reason people used cars...
The actions of a few got me thinking. If Microsoft sold cars, you'd agree to the auto-EULA, which states that you will not use the car parts to make other cars, copy it, use it for illegal purposes, speed, flip people off out the window, toss beer cans out the window on weekends, open the hood, only use MS sanctioned gasoline, or else your right to use the car is invalid and should be returned for a "full refund."
Sometimes I don't know why we support a system to make a few select people filthy rich just because they have the most aggressive business plan.