Most of those Firefox users also have IE on their systems. They merely don't use it frequently. Until non-IE-supporting platforms take up 10% of the market, 10% of the market won't be locked out of an IE-only site.
For tracking the train, you could use interrupted light beams, or you could electrically isolate the track segments and measure current draw on each segment.
I wanted to automate control of model railroad switches from a computer. At the time, it probably would have ended in disaster. However, looking at the problem now, it doesn't seem too complicated:
Track the velocities of the trains.
Track positions of switches
If a train is approaching a switch, make sure the switch is in a position that won't derail it.
If a train has a switch locked (i.e. it's on top of it, or nearly so), stop the train that is approaching but doesn't have a lock. Resume when lock lifted.
Ensure that trains don't rear-end each other.
Use the same locking mechanism for crossings, so trains won't collide.
Add switch behavior hints as needed if a train has a specific destination, as opposed to merely running round and round the track.
You might be able to ID each train by its engine's impedance to current flow on a segment of track, though that might be affected by the load on the electric motor.
Software RAID: Use Linux and plain old SATA/PATA controllers to handle all of your RAID needs....
Con - PATA Only. Must be one drive per channel! NO SLAVES! Apparently data loss can occur on both drives in the chain if one goes bad. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-4.ht ml#ss4.1 Performance is also hurt in a Master/Slave combo.
Um...why PATA only? I've done software raid using loopback devices. I can't see why SATA drives would be any less likely to work.
That brings up an interesting point. Why demand a four-port SATA card, when a pair of two-port cards should work just as well? The PCI bus bandwidth bottleneck doesn't get any tighter whether you run four drives through one slot or one drive each through four slots.
There might even be an advantage, since the drives won't necessarily be on a shared IRQ.
Anything discharging firearms indiscriminately is going to cause a massive conflict.
Think about it. If either side hears gunfire in the DMZ, and either side doesn't realize it's an automated device terminating a deer or bird, you run the risk of drawing both sides quickly into a conventional conflict.
FYI: I just got this 32-DVD edition of English Wikipedia in the mail, postmarked about 20 years from now. (Dunno why they sent me DVDs, though. A Hi-Speed USB mass storage device would have been much more convenient.)
Turns out they're listed as "A bunch of mindless jerks who were first against the wall when the revolution came."
Cheaper by the credit hour. I'm still working on my Associates in Arts...then I'll transfer to a four-year institution. (Preferably MTU, but I'm still working out how I'd pay for certain necessary medications without the parents' health insurance.)
Actually, I live in Ravenna, about 14 miles north of Coopersville. A better question would be, what are you doing up this late?;)
I've never seen a Coke machine give out free product, but I did see a Starbucks coffee machine malfunction in such a way that everything it dispensed was free. Being nearly 8 in the morning, there was a line of students at the machine, looking for a cheap caffeine fix.
It was right across the hall from campus police headquarters, too.
For tips, my family uses Susan B's and Scajawea dollars. Failing that, my mother might significantly over-tip, folding the bill into an origami swan whose wings flap if you pull on the tail. It's interesting to ask the waiter/waitress later if they unfolded it.
Now that the campus vending machines take dollar coins, though, I've stopped carrying them around as often. Since getting product for a single coin doesn't feel as expensive as, say, four coins, I tended to spend a lot more than I should on drinks and snacks.
Of course, now that the campus-ID-and-debit-card is accepted at a lot of the machines, it's become a concious effort not to over-spend again. Especially since I need funds on it to get out of the parking ramp.
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Most of those Firefox users also have IE on their systems. They merely don't use it frequently. Until non-IE-supporting platforms take up 10% of the market, 10% of the market won't be locked out of an IE-only site.
Right...
To connect to VNC session
I'm just suprised nobody else got the joke. :)
Found him for you. Maybe he'll stop resetting all our connections.
(For the clueless, read his sig.)
For tracking the train, you could use interrupted light beams, or you could electrically isolate the track segments and measure current draw on each segment.
Sounds like a job for some filter caps. Did you guys try to clean up the noise?
You might be able to ID each train by its engine's impedance to current flow on a segment of track, though that might be affected by the load on the electric motor.
Software RAID: ...
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Use Linux and plain old SATA/PATA controllers to handle all of your RAID needs.
Con - PATA Only. Must be one drive per channel! NO SLAVES! Apparently data loss can occur on both drives in the chain if one goes bad. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-4.h
Performance is also hurt in a Master/Slave combo.
Um...why PATA only? I've done software raid using loopback devices. I can't see why SATA drives would be any less likely to work.
That brings up an interesting point. Why demand a four-port SATA card, when a pair of two-port cards should work just as well? The PCI bus bandwidth bottleneck doesn't get any tighter whether you run four drives through one slot or one drive each through four slots.
There might even be an advantage, since the drives won't necessarily be on a shared IRQ.
The last hard drive I opened up had steel platters, not glass. Dunno how brittle the steel was, though,
Well, according to Schrödinger, it's {not dead|dying|dead}. (You go ahead and observe it. I don't have karma to burn)
Look at this thread about the doctor in Battlestar Galactica in this article about Battlestar Galacita in HD.
Very subtle joke for the attentive.
Or those of us who read Slashdot too much. (Yet haven't seen Dr. Who or BG.)
Anything discharging firearms indiscriminately is going to cause a massive conflict.
Think about it. If either side hears gunfire in the DMZ, and either side doesn't realize it's an automated device terminating a deer or bird, you run the risk of drawing both sides quickly into a conventional conflict.
(Say it again.)
Nah...Quark said it best.
I'm likely going to be transferring some time next year. Either to MTU, MSU, or GVSU. I'm aiming for MTU.
Along the VNC route...Do a full screen read-only VNC session to a Linux machine running the BSOD screensaver.
Not in my case...I also have to live with 'em.
FYI: I just got this 32-DVD edition of English Wikipedia in the mail, postmarked about 20 years from now. (Dunno why they sent me DVDs, though. A Hi-Speed USB mass storage device would have been much more convenient.)
Turns out they're listed as "A bunch of mindless jerks who were first against the wall when the revolution came."
Wonder what that means...
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The list is an absolute good. The list is life. All around its margins lies the gulf.
I can imagine some poor guy repeating that to himself after being stuck on a slowly sinking boat in the Gulf of Mexico for eight years...
Cheaper by the credit hour. I'm still working on my Associates in Arts...then I'll transfer to a four-year institution. (Preferably MTU, but I'm still working out how I'd pay for certain necessary medications without the parents' health insurance.)
;)
Actually, I live in Ravenna, about 14 miles north of Coopersville. A better question would be, what are you doing up this late?
1943, zinc-plated steel.
I've never seen a Coke machine give out free product, but I did see a Starbucks coffee machine malfunction in such a way that everything it dispensed was free. Being nearly 8 in the morning, there was a line of students at the machine, looking for a cheap caffeine fix.
It was right across the hall from campus police headquarters, too.
For tips, my family uses Susan B's and Scajawea dollars. Failing that, my mother might significantly over-tip, folding the bill into an origami swan whose wings flap if you pull on the tail. It's interesting to ask the waiter/waitress later if they unfolded it.
Now that the campus vending machines take dollar coins, though, I've stopped carrying them around as often. Since getting product for a single coin doesn't feel as expensive as, say, four coins, I tended to spend a lot more than I should on drinks and snacks.
Of course, now that the campus-ID-and-debit-card is accepted at a lot of the machines, it's become a concious effort not to over-spend again. Especially since I need funds on it to get out of the parking ramp.