This is ingenious, so long as it truly IS low/no latency.
When I set up a stage show now, I usually run 24 returns and 6 sends from the board. Industrially, that's a small snake, but it still weighs a ton. Imagine being able to run the whole thing on a single Cat5 ? _AND_ when my guys plug in their gear, there's no guessing which return they're in -- "Brent's Guitar" will henceforth always be in channel 8 or whatever.
Too bad I won't be able to afford this until the 3 next best things come out.
The RJ45/Cat5 that connects your floorboard to your POD is just that. Straight-up, Cat5. The only thing that has in common with ethernet is the medium happens to be the same. It's not the same thing.
That's like pretending that the coax connected to my television is sending packets as 10Base2 Ethernet. It's just the same medium.
On that note, those Line6 products are amazing. I never have stage-wash issues anymore.... well, amost never. If only we could get a POD for the drummer. (-:
Apple's license agreement, which you accepted upon purchasing a copy of the Software, specifically prohibits you from copying, decompiling, reverse engineering, disassembling, modifying or creating derivative works of the Software.
*headscratch*
Semantics aside (who's to say that by not installing something, you're "reverse engineering"?), since when do you agree to software EULA at purchase time?
I haven't installed OSX10.1, but any other EULA I agree to presents itself before I open the CD enveloppe, or when I run the installer.
Does Apple really make you agree to the EULA at PURCHASE TIME?
My provider (hurray for monopolies!) gives me 5GB downstream and 1GB upstream per month for the flat rate.
Any traffic exceeding those limitations is billed.
AT 7 CENTS PER MEGABYTE!
Yes, I did type that correctly.
$71.68 per GB.
I'm glad they didn't even bother trying to charge me during Sircam/CodeRed. My traffic light (incoming) was going crazy, and I wasn't about to pay them for traffic I didn't ask for.
On that note, if I get pingflooded some night, without noticing -- say I get 100kB/sec for 3 hours; and it's over my limit, that costs me ~$100.
is Fido.
They're GSM.
I used a service called Iguagna SMS to change my Fido, GSM logo.
I don't know about TDMA; good luck with that.
Others have wondered why anyone would want to change their operator logo; for me, it made a huge difference when I did. I never have to fumble through the 4 phones that look exactly the same when my friends and I would all put our phones in the same place, anymore.
That said, Fido's getting too expensive, and they charge a per-minute fee for WAP. bah. I think I'm going to switch to Telus.
I seriously doubt they're using this scanning station to do scans at less than their screen resoltion (1600x1200x72dpi is NOTHING in the print world) -- this seems like a high-end system, so this won't really work.
Anyone who knows much about HTTP will realize that the only way a server can know what kind of client is accessing it is by the "User-Agent" header.
I know much about HTTP and you're right.. on the surface.
It's possible to whip up come client-side scripting that does things like check the DOM, or script types, etc, etc, that then forwards your browser to a different page based on those settings.
Yes, the User-Agent header is the only browser identifier SENT to the server, but it's possible to determine browser type without that header. Same way Netcraft can detect OS based on properties of the TCP/IP stack, or how you COULD hack the Apache source to pretend to be IIS, but id someone REALLY wanted to determine server-type, they could, without trusting the identifier.
if a company dominates the browser market, it's only a matter of time before they attempt to use their installed client base (browsers) as leverage to control the server market.
That said, the site renders perfectly in NS6.1.. better than IE, even -- the font isn't TINY.
I always hated things like memorizing which options are on which menus, and what obscure letter combination makes the command-line version do what obscure task.
Those things are all available via reference. Reference books/tools(like `man`) are good things. Actually LEARNING how something works is always better than simply MEMORIZING how to do something specific.
f'rinstance, it's simple to tell someone that you need to chmod 755 a CGI script to get it to work right, but the real value is in learning what those three numbers actually mean, why 7s and 5s and how to apply the concept of permissions to things other than CGI.
I know I didn't really answer your question.. just expressing a beef I have about (pseudo-)education.
Neither am I, but you're correct. If light is escaping, Total Internal Reflection is not occuring, and the fibre wouldn't work (reliably)..
Well, except that no light conductor is 100% pure conductor, so SOME of the light would refract from the impurities, and possibly escape, but in fibre, this would hardly be visible.. I think. And that's only if the fibre had no light insulator applied to the outside (unlikely). (-:
A simpler method may be simply to install nose radar in *all* sizable airplanes, and automatically engage the autopilot when flying within 1000m of an object (building, mountain, etc.) to avoid it.
It's not so much that they're asking for help... more like "If you're going to spraypaint stuff, at least come to us, and we'll put you to work on a mural or something."
The write-up made it sound like Uncle Sam was putting together a crack commando unit of hackers.
I guess you could ask them to lay it out on the surface and buy a really big telescope
Is that even possible? I read somewhere that Hubble can't even see footprints on the moon.. Prolly wrong. If someone could link me in the right direction, it'd be appreciated.
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This is ingenious, so long as it truly IS low/no latency.
When I set up a stage show now, I usually run 24 returns and 6 sends from the board. Industrially, that's a small snake, but it still weighs a ton. Imagine being able to run the whole thing on a single Cat5 ? _AND_ when my guys plug in their gear, there's no guessing which return they're in -- "Brent's Guitar" will henceforth always be in channel 8 or whatever.
Too bad I won't be able to afford this until the 3 next best things come out.
The RJ45/Cat5 that connects your floorboard to your POD is just that. Straight-up, Cat5. The only thing that has in common with ethernet is the medium happens to be the same. It's not the same thing.
That's like pretending that the coax connected to my television is sending packets as 10Base2 Ethernet. It's just the same medium.
On that note, those Line6 products are amazing. I never have stage-wash issues anymore.... well, amost never. If only we could get a POD for the drummer. (-:
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Semantics aside (who's to say that by not installing something, you're "reverse engineering"?), since when do you agree to software EULA at purchase time?
I haven't installed OSX10.1, but any other EULA I agree to presents itself before I open the CD enveloppe, or when I run the installer.
Does Apple really make you agree to the EULA at PURCHASE TIME?
Not only that..
if you have a good write-up, and not just "hey, look at this article about Disney and 802.11", it's more likely to get posted.
S
I don't have a phone line, so no DSL. (-:
I live by myself, so I just use my cell as my permanent phone.
I am in Montreal, though;
Thanks.
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$5/GB would be a sweet deal.
My provider (hurray for monopolies!) gives me 5GB downstream and 1GB upstream per month for the flat rate.
Any traffic exceeding those limitations is billed.
AT 7 CENTS PER MEGABYTE!
Yes, I did type that correctly.
$71.68 per GB.
I'm glad they didn't even bother trying to charge me during Sircam/CodeRed. My traffic light (incoming) was going crazy, and I wasn't about to pay them for traffic I didn't ask for.
On that note, if I get pingflooded some night, without noticing -- say I get 100kB/sec for 3 hours; and it's over my limit, that costs me ~$100.
is Fido.
They're GSM.
I used a service called Iguagna SMS to change my Fido, GSM logo.
I don't know about TDMA; good luck with that.
Others have wondered why anyone would want to change their operator logo; for me, it made a huge difference when I did. I never have to fumble through the 4 phones that look exactly the same when my friends and I would all put our phones in the same place, anymore.
That said, Fido's getting too expensive, and they charge a per-minute fee for WAP. bah. I think I'm going to switch to Telus.
My title cannot legally be "engineer".
I'm a developer.
I don't have the ring. (-:
I sure hope they're being careful.
I seriously doubt they're using this scanning station to do scans at less than their screen resoltion (1600x1200x72dpi is NOTHING in the print world) -- this seems like a high-end system, so this won't really work.
This is not meant as a troll, but:
I've been able to ICQ to/from my GSM handset (as SMS) for ~1 year now.
More info here.
Apparently, one of our local CDMA carriers (Tellus) is offering AIM on their phones, as well..
I've always found it a bit "funny" that you have to pay an extra fee to make sure they don't break the items you're shipping.
If you're not at liberty to discuss said threats, cough twice.
(-:
Anyone who knows much about HTTP will realize that the only way a server can know what kind of client is accessing it is by the "User-Agent" header.
I know much about HTTP and you're right.. on the surface.
It's possible to whip up come client-side scripting that does things like check the DOM, or script types, etc, etc, that then forwards your browser to a different page based on those settings.
Yes, the User-Agent header is the only browser identifier SENT to the server, but it's possible to determine browser type without that header. Same way Netcraft can detect OS based on properties of the TCP/IP stack, or how you COULD hack the Apache source to pretend to be IIS, but id someone REALLY wanted to determine server-type, they could, without trusting the identifier.
if a company dominates the browser market, it's only a matter of time before they attempt to use their installed client base (browsers) as leverage to control the server market.
That said, the site renders perfectly in NS6.1.. better than IE, even -- the font isn't TINY.
write.only.memory
is the proper way to search for "write only memory" on google.
I always hated things like memorizing which options are on which menus, and what obscure letter combination makes the command-line version do what obscure task.
Those things are all available via reference. Reference books/tools(like `man`) are good things. Actually LEARNING how something works is always better than simply MEMORIZING how to do something specific.
f'rinstance, it's simple to tell someone that you need to chmod 755 a CGI script to get it to work right, but the real value is in learning what those three numbers actually mean, why 7s and 5s and how to apply the concept of permissions to things other than CGI.
I know I didn't really answer your question.. just expressing a beef I have about (pseudo-)education.
Neither am I, but you're correct. If light is escaping, Total Internal Reflection is not occuring, and the fibre wouldn't work (reliably)..
Well, except that no light conductor is 100% pure conductor, so SOME of the light would refract from the impurities, and possibly escape, but in fibre, this would hardly be visible.. I think. And that's only if the fibre had no light insulator applied to the outside (unlikely). (-:
I've actually heard (IRL) Taco speak of his CD collection (GeekPride, Boston, April 1, 2000).
Mentioned ripping it, and having actual stacks of CDs laying around the office/complex.
I suspect he does actually have 6500 tracks.. that's only around 500 CDs. <shrug>
Yeah, they're located here in Montreal.
The firm I currently work for did design and branding for them back when they were a startup.
I think you just invented Telephone Tablature.
Nice work.
A simpler method may be simply to install nose radar in *all* sizable airplanes, and automatically engage the autopilot when flying within 1000m of an object (building, mountain, etc.) to avoid it.
How would a plane equipped suchly ever land?
This: http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/cs102u.htm
It's a K[v]M, but it'll work with printers.
It's not so much that they're asking for help... more like "If you're going to spraypaint stuff, at least come to us, and we'll put you to work on a mural or something."
The write-up made it sound like Uncle Sam was putting together a crack commando unit of hackers.
I guess you could ask them to lay it out on the surface and buy a really big telescope
Is that even possible? I read somewhere that Hubble can't even see footprints on the moon.. Prolly wrong. If someone could link me in the right direction, it'd be appreciated.