It sounds like the computer responsible for sending data about the water level in one of the cooling tanks had to be rebooted. When the safety systems noticed the lost connection, they assumed a problem with a critical part of the reactor and preformed a controlled shutdown. This is really exactly what should have happened.
Perhaps in the future the safetys could be designed to accept a 5 min. operator initiated override on systems that don't require immediate feedback on failure. Maybe they do already and someone forgot to set it.
I seem to remember a story about this a while ago. I had an idea to fix it that I will repeat here.
Punching a different size hole in the bill according to it's denomination. The larger the hole, the smaller the bill, so you couldn't 'upgrade' them with scissors. Or elliptical holes parallel/perpendicular/diagonal to the length of the bill. The main advantage I see is that there would not need to be much expansive change to the existing printing setup.
The only problems I see is that it may negatively affect their wear resistance and people could make the wrong size hole in existing currency. Although, that would probably not be a serious problem as it would only work on the limited number of blind people.
Except that they can search the code coming from *.washington.edu for other domains and add them to the list of pages to not mess with.
Plus, it is very unlikely that they would insert an add into a page that doesn't have one because that could be easily noticed. Although they might try that Intellitxt shit. What would be much more likely is swapping the image from a third party ad server. That would be very difficult for the webmaster or end user to detect because the ads are constantly rotated anyways. The ISP's boxes would even grab the ad image so as not to tip off the provider.
This actually might open up the ISP to a click-fraud complaint by an ad provider.
The Democrats barely have the majority so they do have some advantages, but they don't have anywhere near enough votes to override a veto, especially with the executive saying they're in league with Al Qaeda if they don't bend over and drop their pants fast enough. Everyone seems to think the 2006 midterms put the Democrats in control, but it was actually extremely advantageous to the Republicans because people think the Dems are in charge and haven't stopped Bush because apparently he was right all along and through their inaction, he now claims bipartisan support.
The Wii has a camera in the remote and it tracks to IR LEDs set on the top of the TV. My understanding is that the image -> position processing is done in the remote it's self and it reports that back to the console. Even if you could grab the raw video signal you would be looking at the TV.
The advantage of pointing the camera at you is that you wouldn't need to hold anything, it could just recognize your hands.
Of course I can't imagine what this guy was thinking. There is just no way that this wouldn't be abused 1984 style. The only way that this would be acceptable is to put the camera in a separate 3rd party device that would process the images and extract the gesture commands like channel up or down and them output standard IR signals aimed at the cable box like those IR repeaters for using your remote from another room. Bonus, we wouldn't have to rely on Comcast to implement it.
I think the only thing we really need to do to improve the arms is creating more inputs. You could have the equivalent of a switch(that senses muscle signals) placed on different parts of the body that would be connected directly to the different motors. You wouldn't need any fancy computer to read brain signals to determine that the user wants pick up a glass and calculate the necessary movements to do this. I think of this like the controls on heavy machinery. The levers directly control the cylinders, and even though they may have little relationship to the actual direction of movement of the end effector, people can operate them effectively. I know this was my experience after a couple of hours using a mini excavator (which is super fun BTW). You don't even think about it anymore. It feels like the machine is part of your body and it just does what you want it to.
I'm thinking of something like a series of pads on the leg muscles like the ones they use now on the shoulder that can tell basic gross signals like raising and lowering the shoulder to open or close the claw. One for each motor. They would normally be off, but turned on when the use wanted to move his arm. The only draw back I see with this is that marathon runners trying to drink during the race could have unpredictable results.
Thank you! I came in here to post the exact same think. I am so fucking sick of i[word] product names. iPod was irritating but ok, iPhone was really pushing it, anything else is way over the line.
At that time, slavery was legal, and slaves were property, not people....
I think the point is that just because slavery was legal and a common practice doesn't make it any less morally reprehensible. But I agree that it doesn't automatically negate Jefferson's contributions to this country.
But the real problem is that you won't know it's happening. The ISP could redirect your browser's request to *.adsence.com to an internal server that would grab the real ad, replace it with something similar and serve it to you instead of the one coming from Google. The only way you would know is if Google was serving ads over SSL, and maybe not even then if the weasel the customer into installing the software that came with the modem. This would allow them to install the ISP's cert in you browser so they could proxy SSL sessions.
Arg,/. dropped the degrees sign for m 45 and 90. My point was that the guy was driving the tank almost parallel to the barrier when he tried to cross it. The tank would have easily made it over if he had approached the barrier at 90 degrees.
You are correct, but it seems that the majority of the media needs to be violently beaten over the head with the obvious because they are consistently ignoring it to the detriment of us all.
It costs the same for both, it's just that the cable company is willing to subsidize the instillation to lock you into a long term contract.
The actual cost is highly dependent on how many walls/floors you need to get the wire through. It's really not that hard if you are handy with con tools. I have done a lot of rewiring of my house, both phone and cable.
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If only there was a way we could get more of them.
So they just patented the concept of a manager. I really hope Microsoft enforces this one.
Invisible +1 Funny for you sir!
It sounds like the computer responsible for sending data about the water level in one of the cooling tanks had to be rebooted. When the safety systems noticed the lost connection, they assumed a problem with a critical part of the reactor and preformed a controlled shutdown. This is really exactly what should have happened.
Perhaps in the future the safetys could be designed to accept a 5 min. operator initiated override on systems that don't require immediate feedback on failure. Maybe they do already and someone forgot to set it.
I seem to remember a story about this a while ago. I had an idea to fix it that I will repeat here.
Punching a different size hole in the bill according to it's denomination. The larger the hole, the smaller the bill, so you couldn't 'upgrade' them with scissors. Or elliptical holes parallel/perpendicular/diagonal to the length of the bill. The main advantage I see is that there would not need to be much expansive change to the existing printing setup.
The only problems I see is that it may negatively affect their wear resistance and people could make the wrong size hole in existing currency. Although, that would probably not be a serious problem as it would only work on the limited number of blind people.
Except that they can search the code coming from *.washington.edu for other domains and add them to the list of pages to not mess with.
Plus, it is very unlikely that they would insert an add into a page that doesn't have one because that could be easily noticed. Although they might try that Intellitxt shit. What would be much more likely is swapping the image from a third party ad server. That would be very difficult for the webmaster or end user to detect because the ads are constantly rotated anyways. The ISP's boxes would even grab the ad image so as not to tip off the provider.
This actually might open up the ISP to a click-fraud complaint by an ad provider.
But Steve Ballmer made such a wonderfully eloquent speech about them he loves them.
I even found this video of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMU0tzLwhbE
It would probably be cheaper to just use whole drive encryption with TrueCrypt and write off the laptop if it gets stolen.
The Democrats barely have the majority so they do have some advantages, but they don't have anywhere near enough votes to override a veto, especially with the executive saying they're in league with Al Qaeda if they don't bend over and drop their pants fast enough. Everyone seems to think the 2006 midterms put the Democrats in control, but it was actually extremely advantageous to the Republicans because people think the Dems are in charge and haven't stopped Bush because apparently he was right all along and through their inaction, he now claims bipartisan support.
It will blend you!
You're right, that one word does nicely describe you and your post. Thanks for contributing.
The Wii has a camera in the remote and it tracks to IR LEDs set on the top of the TV. My understanding is that the image -> position processing is done in the remote it's self and it reports that back to the console. Even if you could grab the raw video signal you would be looking at the TV.
The advantage of pointing the camera at you is that you wouldn't need to hold anything, it could just recognize your hands.
Of course I can't imagine what this guy was thinking. There is just no way that this wouldn't be abused 1984 style. The only way that this would be acceptable is to put the camera in a separate 3rd party device that would process the images and extract the gesture commands like channel up or down and them output standard IR signals aimed at the cable box like those IR repeaters for using your remote from another room. Bonus, we wouldn't have to rely on Comcast to implement it.
I think the only thing we really need to do to improve the arms is creating more inputs. You could have the equivalent of a switch(that senses muscle signals) placed on different parts of the body that would be connected directly to the different motors. You wouldn't need any fancy computer to read brain signals to determine that the user wants pick up a glass and calculate the necessary movements to do this. I think of this like the controls on heavy machinery. The levers directly control the cylinders, and even though they may have little relationship to the actual direction of movement of the end effector, people can operate them effectively. I know this was my experience after a couple of hours using a mini excavator (which is super fun BTW). You don't even think about it anymore. It feels like the machine is part of your body and it just does what you want it to.
I'm thinking of something like a series of pads on the leg muscles like the ones they use now on the shoulder that can tell basic gross signals like raising and lowering the shoulder to open or close the claw. One for each motor. They would normally be off, but turned on when the use wanted to move his arm. The only draw back I see with this is that marathon runners trying to drink during the race could have unpredictable results.
The buffalo would probably be worth more than the grass they eat, and there would still be a lot of grass left over.
Thank you! I came in here to post the exact same think. I am so fucking sick of i[word] product names. iPod was irritating but ok, iPhone was really pushing it, anything else is way over the line.
Yes, I think we've all seen anime.
I think the point is that just because slavery was legal and a common practice doesn't make it any less morally reprehensible. But I agree that it doesn't automatically negate Jefferson's contributions to this country.
But the real problem is that you won't know it's happening. The ISP could redirect your browser's request to *.adsence.com to an internal server that would grab the real ad, replace it with something similar and serve it to you instead of the one coming from Google. The only way you would know is if Google was serving ads over SSL, and maybe not even then if the weasel the customer into installing the software that came with the modem. This would allow them to install the ISP's cert in you browser so they could proxy SSL sessions.
It's a neat idea, if a bit historically inaccurate, where is the saddle for Jesus?
A soldered battery is COMPLETELY user replaceable. It doesn't take a genius to correctly operate a soldering iron.
Unless the title bar of you browser says Internet Explorer - Provided by Comcast/Charter/AT&T/etc.
Arg, /. dropped the degrees sign for m 45 and 90.
My point was that the guy was driving the tank almost parallel to the barrier when he tried to cross it. The tank would have easily made it over if he had approached the barrier at 90 degrees.
He tried to drive over the barrier at a very shallow angle. It would have been no problem if he came at it from 45 to 90.
You are correct, but it seems that the majority of the media needs to be violently beaten over the head with the obvious because they are consistently ignoring it to the detriment of us all.
It costs the same for both, it's just that the cable company is willing to subsidize the instillation to lock you into a long term contract.
The actual cost is highly dependent on how many walls/floors you need to get the wire through. It's really not that hard if you are handy with con tools. I have done a lot of rewiring of my house, both phone and cable.