Well, my point is that it's possible for cars now. Cars have different acceleration needs than a diesel locomotive, y'know?
There were a lot of posts in the main thread about the batteries not being ready yet, so therefore these engines aren't really all that useful. But they are.
That's my thinking exactly. Imagine a Prius that didn't have to use two different means to supply torque. I'm betting the efficiency would be comparatively through the roof.
And if we went that route, we would already have plants in place building high efficiency electric motors by the time fuel-cell technology catches up. The major bugs would already be worked out of the motor design after a few iterations, and the supply would be there. Just add batteries.
Put a gas engine on board and hook it to a generator. Output the generator to the electric motor. For 400% more torque, why not? It'd still have a target audience.
Me, I'm worried about different things. That's a lotta current in square waves being fed into coils. Mucho RF interference. Better bring your MP3 player because your radio isn't going to work very well.
If the **AA happens to be B, then they still know what A asked for and that C is delivering it to them. Both A and C are screwed.
What they need is to add a random number of hops.
A asks for a file, and a random number of hops (say...0, 1, or 2). Let's say we get 1.
A asks for a file and D has it. We have +1 extra hops. So D sends the file to C who sends it to B who delivers it to A.
All B knows is that A is asking for the file and C is providing it. What B does not know is if A is the original person asking for the file, or a hop node servicing a request, like B and C are. A now has a "proof of doubt". As does C for similar reasons - C is a hop node and doesn't have the file. B has no way to know.
And yes, I know this would be slow as hell. But it would be pretty darn anonymous. That's the price you pay.
The reason why is because Braga is a creative consultant on the movie, and the villain is another time distortion. The movie numbers being out of sequence is a result of temporal distortion.;^)
I've noticed that software you wouldn't expect sometimes installs a device driver component. I can understand this as a component of an antivirus or host based firewall, but it seems to be an oddly common design pattern on Windows, which clearly poses substantial risk.
So why is this a bigger risk for Windows? After all, what is a software driver to windows? Essentially another DLL that starts at boot, right? Well...plenty of apps install those.
My point is, why does having it be a driver make it more sinister? The system has scads of ways to autostart a DLL with full privileges.
...having that many of your bills served by a single provider makes for a single point of failure, and that's not good. If the company falls on hard times, then all of your utilities they handle will get hiked.
A good example is Time Warner. They're serving cable and cablemodems to my area, and soon to add phone. And every few months, they jack their prices up a few bucks. Without fail. And that's why I won't fall for their "$39 a month (or whatever the price is) to call anyone unlimited!" deal. Based on past performance, I know it's bogus.
Remember that competition usually works to keep prices down.
The university presses depend on books sales and other licensing agreements for most of their revenue, making copyright protections essential to their survival.
I don't think anyone who has been through college is going to feel bad for these guys.
This is the same industry that comes out with a new edition of a book every single year so that your resell value is zero. And if you look, editions 5 and 6 only differ by having different problems in them - the text is virtually unchanged. They just keep pumping out editions every year to make a revenue stream. It's blatant, and for some reason nobody cares.
And it's also a virtual monopoly - these big-book companies are no better behaved than any other monopoly you can name. A good example is the big name bookstore on my campus that fought a legal battle to keep the required book list secret, so that mom and pop bookstores wouldn't know what books to buy, making their competition effectively zero.
They eventually lost, but the fact is they tried. I feel no remorse for any hard times these jerks may be feeling. Here's hoping PDF replaces them all someday.
Hey MS! How about coming up with an original idea for once?
There must be some sort of surgery or brainwashing you have to undergo to work at MS that keeps you from being ashamed about copying other people's work.
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Because metals have a high thermal conductivity. A metal walled grow room would put off an even bigger IR signature.
You might have a very very thin XP that'll run on a Pentium II, but who cares? As soon as you load Office on it, the only thing it'll do quickly is take a nosedive.
Although the Windows OS is a famous place to look for software bloat, it's only half of the problem. With the API being the way that it is, and the application developers for that platform pushing for more and more useless features as a revenue stream...99% of todays apps will still bomb on a thin XP machine.
Company I'm working at right now just gave away a bunch of old Thinkpads. Reason being - it's cheaper to give them away than send the batteries off for a proper recycling.
So I wonder what the cost would be to recycle a spent tritium battery?
...here's an idea that maybe nobody has tried yet.
Ask them.
Rather than do the collective F/OSS thing and lose our minds about a software patent that's in the way...how about asking Borland if we may write something their patent covers?
Has it at least been tried yet?
Yes, software patents are evil. And yes, exception handling has tons of prior art. And still yes, this is freaking obvious. But still. It's only a problem if they complain, and they're less likely to do so if we just simply do the good manners thing and ask first.
Most GPL violations settle out of court because the costs associated with going to court are enormous. Its hard to assess "damages" against a GPL project where the code is given away, copied, shared, downloaded, etc. for free.
I agree with your post (and I'm still not trolling, honest) but I have to point out that you've answered the "what" very completely... but not the "who". If someone is in violation, you've outlined the laws involved and the penalties to face. Only thing missing is someone to bring it to the courts.
As you've said, a lawsuit is an expensive affair. So my question is exactly who is going to put their poker chips on the table and tell the infringer "Hey, stop it or we're going to court." These kinds of projects tend to be a little money-shy. Perhaps a wily infringer might gamble that the project has no money to mount a legal defense of their GPL code.
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...with this pocket calculator stuff.
...British rappers are from da Bonnet?
...at five cents per computer, they do have a lower TCO after all!
Well, my point is that it's possible for cars now. Cars have different acceleration needs than a diesel locomotive, y'know?
There were a lot of posts in the main thread about the batteries not being ready yet, so therefore these engines aren't really all that useful. But they are.
That's my thinking exactly. Imagine a Prius that didn't have to use two different means to supply torque. I'm betting the efficiency would be comparatively through the roof.
And if we went that route, we would already have plants in place building high efficiency electric motors by the time fuel-cell technology catches up. The major bugs would already be worked out of the motor design after a few iterations, and the supply would be there. Just add batteries.
First, an earthquake. Then the sun must be dark as sack cloth and the moon as red as blood...and then Microsoft opens up their file formats.
How fast do you need to go to produce EMPs with this car?
88 miles per hour, Marty!
Put a gas engine on board and hook it to a generator. Output the generator to the electric motor. For 400% more torque, why not? It'd still have a target audience.
Me, I'm worried about different things. That's a lotta current in square waves being fed into coils. Mucho RF interference. Better bring your MP3 player because your radio isn't going to work very well.
If the **AA happens to be B, then they still know what A asked for and that C is delivering it to them. Both A and C are screwed.
What they need is to add a random number of hops.
A asks for a file, and a random number of hops (say...0, 1, or 2). Let's say we get 1.
A asks for a file and D has it. We have +1 extra hops. So D sends the file to C who sends it to B who delivers it to A.
All B knows is that A is asking for the file and C is providing it. What B does not know is if A is the original person asking for the file, or a hop node servicing a request, like B and C are. A now has a "proof of doubt". As does C for similar reasons - C is a hop node and doesn't have the file. B has no way to know.
And yes, I know this would be slow as hell. But it would be pretty darn anonymous. That's the price you pay.
That Microsoft will announce a new revolutionary language translation service sometime in the next two weeks or so?
The reason why is because Braga is a creative consultant on the movie, and the villain is another time distortion. The movie numbers being out of sequence is a result of temporal distortion. ;^)
I've noticed that software you wouldn't expect sometimes installs a device driver component. I can understand this as a component of an antivirus or host based firewall, but it seems to be an oddly common design pattern on Windows, which clearly poses substantial risk.
So why is this a bigger risk for Windows? After all, what is a software driver to windows? Essentially another DLL that starts at boot, right? Well...plenty of apps install those.
My point is, why does having it be a driver make it more sinister? The system has scads of ways to autostart a DLL with full privileges.
...having that many of your bills served by a single provider makes for a single point of failure, and that's not good. If the company falls on hard times, then all of your utilities they handle will get hiked.
A good example is Time Warner. They're serving cable and cablemodems to my area, and soon to add phone. And every few months, they jack their prices up a few bucks. Without fail. And that's why I won't fall for their "$39 a month (or whatever the price is) to call anyone unlimited!" deal. Based on past performance, I know it's bogus.
Remember that competition usually works to keep prices down.
...and *days* later, I'm still at 2!
Proof positive that it's not what you say, but how you say it. ;^)
...it's a feature!
Ok, obvious I know but somebody had to say it. =)
...and I was just as impressed. Buncha n00bs.
The university presses depend on books sales and other licensing agreements for most of their revenue, making copyright protections essential to their survival.
I don't think anyone who has been through college is going to feel bad for these guys.
This is the same industry that comes out with a new edition of a book every single year so that your resell value is zero. And if you look, editions 5 and 6 only differ by having different problems in them - the text is virtually unchanged. They just keep pumping out editions every year to make a revenue stream. It's blatant, and for some reason nobody cares.
And it's also a virtual monopoly - these big-book companies are no better behaved than any other monopoly you can name. A good example is the big name bookstore on my campus that fought a legal battle to keep the required book list secret, so that mom and pop bookstores wouldn't know what books to buy, making their competition effectively zero.
They eventually lost, but the fact is they tried. I feel no remorse for any hard times these jerks may be feeling. Here's hoping PDF replaces them all someday.
...because then Microsoft would out of habit.
Hey MS! How about coming up with an original idea for once?
There must be some sort of surgery or brainwashing you have to undergo to work at MS that keeps you from being ashamed about copying other people's work.
Because metals have a high thermal conductivity. A metal walled grow room would put off an even bigger IR signature.
If by web portal you mean your first stop on the way to doing something useful, then it already is.
Applications.
You might have a very very thin XP that'll run on a Pentium II, but who cares? As soon as you load Office on it, the only thing it'll do quickly is take a nosedive.
Although the Windows OS is a famous place to look for software bloat, it's only half of the problem. With the API being the way that it is, and the application developers for that platform pushing for more and more useless features as a revenue stream...99% of todays apps will still bomb on a thin XP machine.
Company I'm working at right now just gave away a bunch of old Thinkpads. Reason being - it's cheaper to give them away than send the batteries off for a proper recycling.
So I wonder what the cost would be to recycle a spent tritium battery?
...here's an idea that maybe nobody has tried yet.
Ask them.
Rather than do the collective F/OSS thing and lose our minds about a software patent that's in the way...how about asking Borland if we may write something their patent covers?
Has it at least been tried yet?
Yes, software patents are evil. And yes, exception handling has tons of prior art. And still yes, this is freaking obvious. But still. It's only a problem if they complain, and they're less likely to do so if we just simply do the good manners thing and ask first.
We appreciate it.
Most GPL violations settle out of court because the costs associated with going to court are enormous. Its hard to assess "damages" against a GPL project where the code is given away, copied, shared, downloaded, etc. for free.
I agree with your post (and I'm still not trolling, honest) but I have to point out that you've answered the "what" very completely... but not the "who". If someone is in violation, you've outlined the laws involved and the penalties to face. Only thing missing is someone to bring it to the courts.
As you've said, a lawsuit is an expensive affair. So my question is exactly who is going to put their poker chips on the table and tell the infringer "Hey, stop it or we're going to court." These kinds of projects tend to be a little money-shy. Perhaps a wily infringer might gamble that the project has no money to mount a legal defense of their GPL code.