Some friends and I have a hobby: we look at the security of buildings. a couple of specifics: 1-hinges on the INSIDE 2-windows need to be barred, or otherwise made difficult to acess. 3-LIGHT the exterior well. 4-consider a security system, and make sure the service is reliable, test it monthly, or someone will for you 5- go ahead and walk on your roof, the vents make for some nice access points. just consider those, and you will be fine. (our hobby is just a hobby-no more)
I have a Laptop with a 12 volt power converter. I used this so I could drive around with friends and finger 802.11 networks around DC. Now, I got this converter from the manufactur. you shouldn't have a problem doing that for laptops. for PCs, you might need to swap out the power supply for a 12 volt one. Look around marine hardware suppliers for that, and get a soldering Iron.
The biggest problem will be with monitors. plasma and flat screen monitors are easy. just get a power converter that converts 12v to 9v or whatever the displays use. CRTs need the 120 volts, because they have that huge electro-magnet tucked in there. so, if you can afford it, use flat screens
fast-twitch strength muscles take far less time to develop then slow-twitch ones. training for endurance takes a lot longer then strength training. So, how long until atheletes weight-train, then convert their muscle fibre and run marithons?
my grandfather, a well-known math textbook author counted cards. He tried it quite a bit as an experiment, and used some stuff in his books. Shame he never told me wether he won anything
In my old scanner... The 'bulb' was flourescent. Why not a flourescent bulb of some sort. RealGoods, and some of the efficent energy companies sell extremely powerfull flourescent bulbs, and they stay fairly cool. I am not sure if they are powerfull enough, but its worth a try.
no, the skin of the Hindenburg was not explosive; it wasn't contained in a pressure vessal, like rocket fuel is (shoots out a small nozzle). Iron Oxide (III) and aluminum powder burns extremely hot, It is known commonly as thermite. The ratio is approx 1 part aluminum to 2.5 parts Iron Oxide in its third valence state. Thermite is either lit by raising the temperature of the mix to several thousand degrees, or by using a magnesium fuse. Chlorine and water can be used to, but with difficulty.
At any rate, this airship uses Helium, not Hydrogen. Helium is of course a noble gas, and thus non-reactive. Its outer layer of e- is filled.
This is a blimp, not a baloon. A blimp has engines, either turboprops or jet turbines, I am not sure about this, but at any rate, just point them up, as they are also used to control pitch, and you stay down.
The USCG has 2 icebreakers, one around each pole. Where are those? or is homeland security more important then tourists?
Also, why the HELL are there researchers there now?? Antarctic 'winter' is starting. 40 below in the day, wind, hail, it gets nasty. Tourists can only go from September to March. Anyone doing research should already be at a base, with food and supplies.
Several people have mentioned accountability. It creats more problems then it solves. 2 scenarios:
A) Johnny (a minor) and his parents sign an user agreement saying he will do what he is supposed to, etc, etc. He accesses his favorite BSDM site from the library. His parents sue the library. Case is voided, bc Johnny, ergo his parents, violated the library's EULA.
B) Johnny walks in and uses the Wayback machine to get past the firewall that was set up. Johnny's parents sure bc Johnny used the library to 'harm himself' the library then has to pay Johnnies parents, etc.
Accountability is not the answer. PERCIEVED accountability is. Don't monitor anyone, but if they are found to be doing something innapropriate for their age, or illegal, then they lose their right to use the network. Defining innapropriate is a chore, but we gotta love that phrase: "contemporary community standards"
You need to finance this stuff. Fiber optic cable in conduit form is not the same stuff above the cieling in your office. and a town of 70 people? Is there demand for high speed internet? also the nearby 'pipe' you could tap into, are you allowed to?
If you want to do this, it will take a LOT of effort. But, if there is demand, then you should have no problem running fibre to a termination box at each person's house. Finanaces: you pay? who retains the rights for the fibre, and the equipment at the end? Do you want to become an ISP?
these cheap cameras are basically camera obscuras. no lenses, just a small enough hole to define the image. It works, but I remember seeing these somewhere before, and not just in Cryptonomicon
I agree. But, I don't want them watching my fat ass while I am with my girlfriend. Thats legal, but not neccisairly something i want recorded. Also, what about 3rd party access? What if the government starts sharing info with advertisers?
hmmmm, we know constants for the flow of water and carbon chains (petrol). The problem with 'goops' is that they contain solid particles, and their particles are different sizes. THis size difference is what makes 'goops' unpredictable. Now with constant sized objects, eg wheat, you can predict flow. The standard grain elivator pipe was just the size so that a certain amount of grains could form a 'bridge' like thing and clog the pipe. they found out that this was constant. So, they then did two things. They enlarged the pipes and put compressed air vents to blow the wheat through.
Now thixotropic gels and materials are hard to model, but not impossible. It just takes a long time, due to the range of particle size, and the different bond strengths of the molecules in the gel.
hmmmm, the car metaphor. I liken stock PCs to the Kias and Hyundais out there. I liken macs to the mercedes and ferarris. Why? Because SGI and Sun make 18 wheelers. They can haul a bunch of ferarris for thousands of miles without stopping at the speed of a fast Hyundai.
Makes sense? good. Also, macs Suns and SGI boxes have manual transmissions, PCs have automatic transmissions.
hmmm..........and my mac plus is a tricycle made by a german toy company..........
The AC above has a good point. Beowulf clusters of visual telescopes are becoming a reality, like with radio telescopes. Linking several together gives you a theoretical mirror many hundereds of miles wide.
My uncle likes the cash, but the frestration of having something you made ripped out is hard, and on top of that, to get the skilled laborers to do this sort of work is difficult in his market
My uncle is a contractor, he builds spec and custom houses in Berkeley. I pity him. People are a**holes about their houses. Sometimes they ask for something, and then insist that it be ripped out, just because they saw something in House and Garden.My uncle gets paid for it, but who wants to waste time?
Now, anyone who builds custom needs to remember that there are 3 people important in your project. You: the owner The Builder The architect
Now, if you cannot work together, then it will be a very painfull process. Remember that anything you ask for has to be feasible and buildable. If you develop a good relationship with an experianced architect, and a builder that is used to custom jobs, not just 'tract houses' then you should be fine. Also, remember that you have to live in the house, so make it comfortable, not trendy.
Well, Keck, Hubble and the other large ones are good for some projects, but we just don't have the capacity on those to do the routine observations of stars and phenomina. Also, 'less important' and personal projects have to be persued on smaller telescopes, along with teaching.
Solution: well, of course we could build more scopes, but given the cost of Keck, that is not possible. Other solution: double up on observations. Different recievers can be attached to a telescope. IR, ultra-violet and visible can be observed at the same time. So why not double up one projects that are located in the same space in the sky. Also, with image enhancement, you can look at a wider section of sky and view multiple objects, while using computers to examen your specific project.
Another problem: given the volume of spam sent, there are gonna be GIGS of checksums or algorithms to store in order to block the spam. Ouch, what am I going to do about the old sparC machine with the 500 meg drive that I use as an email server?
Slashdot Mirror
Amen
Some friends and I have a hobby: we look at the security of buildings. a couple of specifics:
1-hinges on the INSIDE
2-windows need to be barred, or otherwise made difficult to acess.
3-LIGHT the exterior well.
4-consider a security system, and make sure the service is reliable, test it monthly, or someone will for you
5- go ahead and walk on your roof, the vents make for some nice access points.
just consider those, and you will be fine.
(our hobby is just a hobby-no more)
I have a Laptop with a 12 volt power converter. I used this so I could drive around with friends and finger 802.11 networks around DC. Now, I got this converter from the manufactur. you shouldn't have a problem doing that for laptops. for PCs, you might need to swap out the power supply for a 12 volt one. Look around marine hardware suppliers for that, and get a soldering Iron.
The biggest problem will be with monitors. plasma and flat screen monitors are easy. just get a power converter that converts 12v to 9v or whatever the displays use. CRTs need the 120 volts, because they have that huge electro-magnet tucked in there. so, if you can afford it, use flat screens
fast-twitch strength muscles take far less time to develop then slow-twitch ones. training for endurance takes a lot longer then strength training. So, how long until atheletes weight-train, then convert their muscle fibre and run marithons?
my grandfather, a well-known math textbook author counted cards. He tried it quite a bit as an experiment, and used some stuff in his books. Shame he never told me wether he won anything
amen
true, what if we were to buy some politicians? only problem I see is that they would all only know FORTRAN or some wierd LISP variant
In my old scanner...
The 'bulb' was flourescent. Why not a flourescent bulb of some sort. RealGoods, and some of the efficent energy companies sell extremely powerfull flourescent bulbs, and they stay fairly cool. I am not sure if they are powerfull enough, but its worth a try.
Someone evidently watched 'October Sky'...
no, the skin of the Hindenburg was not explosive; it wasn't contained in a pressure vessal, like rocket fuel is (shoots out a small nozzle). Iron Oxide (III) and aluminum powder burns extremely hot, It is known commonly as thermite. The ratio is approx 1 part aluminum to 2.5 parts Iron Oxide in its third valence state. Thermite is either lit by raising the temperature of the mix to several thousand degrees, or by using a magnesium fuse. Chlorine and water can be used to, but with difficulty.
At any rate, this airship uses Helium, not Hydrogen. Helium is of course a noble gas, and thus non-reactive. Its outer layer of e- is filled.
This is a blimp, not a baloon. A blimp has engines, either turboprops or jet turbines, I am not sure about this, but at any rate, just point them up, as they are also used to control pitch, and you stay down.
ahhhh, thank you. RTF......Article I guess
The USCG has 2 icebreakers, one around each pole. Where are those? or is homeland security more important then tourists?
Also, why the HELL are there researchers there now?? Antarctic 'winter' is starting. 40 below in the day, wind, hail, it gets nasty. Tourists can only go from September to March. Anyone doing research should already be at a base, with food and supplies.
Several people have mentioned accountability. It creats more problems then it solves. 2 scenarios:
A) Johnny (a minor) and his parents sign an user agreement saying he will do what he is supposed to, etc, etc. He accesses his favorite BSDM site from the library. His parents sue the library. Case is voided, bc Johnny, ergo his parents, violated the library's EULA.
B) Johnny walks in and uses the Wayback machine to get past the firewall that was set up. Johnny's parents sure bc Johnny used the library to 'harm himself' the library then has to pay Johnnies parents, etc.
Accountability is not the answer. PERCIEVED accountability is. Don't monitor anyone, but if they are found to be doing something innapropriate for their age, or illegal, then they lose their right to use the network. Defining innapropriate is a chore, but we gotta love that phrase: "contemporary community standards"
uhm, Scott Adams, dilbert creator, did a couple I think
This shouldn't be modded down. The question just needs to be asked in a clearer way.
What job opportunities are there at Google, and what opportunities in the industry as a whole?
You need to finance this stuff. Fiber optic cable in conduit form is not the same stuff above the cieling in your office. and a town of 70 people? Is there demand for high speed internet? also the nearby 'pipe' you could tap into, are you allowed to?
If you want to do this, it will take a LOT of effort. But, if there is demand, then you should have no problem running fibre to a termination box at each person's house. Finanaces: you pay? who retains the rights for the fibre, and the equipment at the end? Do you want to become an ISP?
these cheap cameras are basically camera obscuras. no lenses, just a small enough hole to define the image. It works, but I remember seeing these somewhere before, and not just in Cryptonomicon
I agree. But, I don't want them watching my fat ass while I am with my girlfriend. Thats legal, but not neccisairly something i want recorded. Also, what about 3rd party access? What if the government starts sharing info with advertisers?
hmmmm, we know constants for the flow of water and carbon chains (petrol). The problem with 'goops' is that they contain solid particles, and their particles are different sizes. THis size difference is what makes 'goops' unpredictable. Now with constant sized objects, eg wheat, you can predict flow. The standard grain elivator pipe was just the size so that a certain amount of grains could form a 'bridge' like thing and clog the pipe. they found out that this was constant. So, they then did two things. They enlarged the pipes and put compressed air vents to blow the wheat through.
Now thixotropic gels and materials are hard to model, but not impossible. It just takes a long time, due to the range of particle size, and the different bond strengths of the molecules in the gel.
hmmmm, the car metaphor.
I liken stock PCs to the Kias and Hyundais out there. I liken macs to the mercedes and ferarris. Why? Because SGI and Sun make 18 wheelers. They can haul a bunch of ferarris for thousands of miles without stopping at the speed of a fast Hyundai.
Makes sense? good. Also, macs Suns and SGI boxes have manual transmissions, PCs have automatic transmissions.
hmmm..........and my mac plus is a tricycle made by a german toy company..........
The AC above has a good point. Beowulf clusters of visual telescopes are becoming a reality, like with radio telescopes. Linking several together gives you a theoretical mirror many hundereds of miles wide.
My uncle likes the cash, but the frestration of having something you made ripped out is hard, and on top of that, to get the skilled laborers to do this sort of work is difficult in his market
My uncle is a contractor, he builds spec and custom houses in Berkeley. I pity him. People are a**holes about their houses. Sometimes they ask for something, and then insist that it be ripped out, just because they saw something in House and Garden.My uncle gets paid for it, but who wants to waste time?
Now, anyone who builds custom needs to remember that there are 3 people important in your project.
You: the owner
The Builder
The architect
Now, if you cannot work together, then it will be a very painfull process. Remember that anything you ask for has to be feasible and buildable. If you develop a good relationship with an experianced architect, and a builder that is used to custom jobs, not just 'tract houses' then you should be fine. Also, remember that you have to live in the house, so make it comfortable, not trendy.
Well, Keck, Hubble and the other large ones are good for some projects, but we just don't have the capacity on those to do the routine observations of stars and phenomina. Also, 'less important' and personal projects have to be persued on smaller telescopes, along with teaching.
Solution: well, of course we could build more scopes, but given the cost of Keck, that is not possible. Other solution: double up on observations. Different recievers can be attached to a telescope. IR, ultra-violet and visible can be observed at the same time. So why not double up one projects that are located in the same space in the sky. Also, with image enhancement, you can look at a wider section of sky and view multiple objects, while using computers to examen your specific project.
Another problem: given the volume of spam sent, there are gonna be GIGS of checksums or algorithms to store in order to block the spam. Ouch, what am I going to do about the old sparC machine with the 500 meg drive that I use as an email server?