Perhaps you should go back to the grandparent and the parent, and read Watts' own words. He states that he has no problem with the trial, judge, defense, prosecutor, jury or even the guards conduct in court. It's the law itself in this case, which says that if you don't immediately comply with a command you are guilty of assaulting a police officer. That's what he's been convicted of, and although not happy he claims he will abide by the court's decision.
It might be interesting to grab the transcript. Watts claims that the jury asked if non-compliance was sufficient to convict. That sounds to me like they weren't entirely happy about having to find him guilty, but followed the law as written. Non-compliance in this case is asking "what's the problem?", instead of immediately lying down after being hit in the face. I understand that there is video evidence of this, but until the FOIA request from the media is resubmitted and the footage obtained, that'll be something only those directly involved can comment on.
There was a bit further down that said conversion to electricity was 90-100% of absorption. That means a worst case efficiency of 77% of incident sunlight, which is still a staggering improvement over standard cells.
I for one welcome our new silicon-wire overlords.
Nope. That's *in-school*, keeping an eye on what the kids are doing. Other than not being quite so obvious, it's no different to the class teacher observing (and probably about as obvious to the kids who aren't paying attention).
There's a freakin' world of difference between a classroom environment and webcam monitoring in a student's bedroom, or off the school premises entirely. I have no problem with my mail being monitored by my employer, or them auditing the use of their equipment on their network. As soon as it's in private premises the right to monitor the computer is gone - that's the price *they* pay for my using it on my time. The grey area is in stuff that's on the PC when it comes back on to their network - logs, pictures, etc. There's a chance that's where the photo in question came from, but my gut feel is that's not the story here.
Yes, I know you've had a zillion "Set up a user with log access". I also saw the comment where you're currently locked out, so I support the suggestion that you tell your host to FOAD.
But if you're in a situation like this there's nothing stopping you renaming the root account and creating a new "root" with a UID other than 0 and giving that *some* rights. You can even say with a straight face that they've got the "root" password. I tend not to bother on my home boxes (as often as not OS X these days anyway), but when I was adminning Windows I'd tend to rename the guest account to administrator and have another name for the real admin account. Similar tricks have been done on Linux boxes.
What you need is a couple of old PCs and a compatible tape drive. My previous job involved backup administration, and we just kept a few old boxes to use as our testbeds. About once a month we'd refresh the DC backup, so that we could test patches and changes. We'd use the same test environment for that kind of recovery operation. The only real cost was a single unit tape drive and a backup software license, both easily accounted for as required for disaster recovery to be tested.
As suggested earlier in this discussion: because it's not the physical possession that's in question, but the creator credit. Cap'n Tossbag has claimed credit for this song that certainly appears to have been written by someone else - and Slashdot has never had an issue lampooning Al Gore for "creating the internet".
It's like this: I can download Metallica songs to Lars' displeasure, but I can't go releasing them under my name. That's the general gist of/.'s attitude to copyright.
The fact is that if you resist the police, you deserve whatever comes to you, becuase the police in the US are easy to get along with.
"Hold up, you must be a white man," you say. That's true, but it's all about respect. If you treat the police with respect, they will treat you with respect, and we have a system where conflicts - even with the police - can be solved peacefully if you can keep your emotions in check.
Bullshit. I've met cops in the US and Australia (where I live) who were basically jerks. The majority of those I've had interactions with are great people, doing a shit job I wouldn't wish on anyone, but there are arseholes as well.
If you were minding your own business and a few cops made a beeline for you and strated asking for ID although everyone else was being ignored, would you feel hassled? If you asked why you were targeted and were told to shut up, would you be annoyed? If you were asked to leave, would you get vocal? What if it was a regular event?
It's the job of a law enforcement officer to be as polite and restrained as possible while getting their job done. They don't threaten force if it's not required, they don't go for a taser when there are other options, and they deinfitely don't repeatedly shock someone for exhibiting behaviour that's reasonably typical of being shocked.
Dynamic disks, shadow copy, etc. are all Veritas (now Symantec) products that MS licensed. Presumably MS are pushing something along these lines that'll interfere with Symantec's storage management market, so Symantec are getting nervous.
TFA is light on details as to exactly what bits are violating an agreement, but given this stuff has been around since Windows 2000 it's fairly safe to say it's reasonably well embedded into the OS - lots of stuff depends on those hooks now.
Since when did it become a noun? It's the adjective in the phrase "Cease and desist letter".
Pedantry aside, it's quite clear what it means, and given how often the phrase "sent a cease and desist letter" is used these days, a quick and concise form is useful.
Maybe it explains a lot about the dupes on/. when the editors can't even remember *the* geek movie well enough to know what colour a TIE fighter is.
And now we'll have a big flame war about whether Star Wars really is *the* geek movie, or possibly whether I should have _underlined_ the title, or used italics for emphasis. Or possibly even exactly what shade of grey a TIE fighter is.
And let's not forget US/Correct^WBritish tiffs about colour and grey.
What were we discussing again? Hey, check out this keyboard: it's all black with no key markings!
Too dark to appreciate their technical brilliance, and not quite dark enough to hide the complete lack of plot. That's right, Episode III is DOOM III! You heard it here first!
Riight, nice over exaggeration. All this guy had to do was test the product with a cell phone. Is that so difficult? The product is clearly designed to work with a cell phone - he didn't even make an attempt to test it under it's normal working conditions.
As explained in the article (you did read it, right?), there are serious variations in mobile phone power consumption, even on a phone that's sitting in one spot. They may average out. They may not.
Power consumption into an identical load is a constant. Li-Ion charge and discharge curves are known quantities that Dan explains fairly well. Yes, you'll see variation based on time in "trickle" mode and "rest" time between charges, but that'll be of the order of 1%. This product claims to extend a Li-Ion battery's life by ~40%. His data don't show that.
I'll grant he didn't use the device for it's "intended purpose", but since it's the same technology as the stated purpose and the manufacturer's claims indicate it should work on any Li-Ion battery, don't defend sloppy marketing practices simply because you have a preconceived notion of what the experimenter's beliefs are.
1. Charging/Discharge period between inital tests and activator test were completely random.
With a smart charger that cuts all input once the battery is charged, that should have a negligible effect. Of the order of 1% total difference in run time, if any
2. Only one battery was used.
It's not conclusive evidence, but given the data failed to show any dramatic changes before/after the sticker was applied, I don't blame him for not repeating it with more batteries.
3. The setup was not similar to the conditions under which the activator would be used.
Yes, there were replicable conditions and measuring equipment. Pity that Pons and Fleishman didn't have those either.
4. The battery type was not similar to a cellphone.
Different form, similar internals. Ok, technically it has two cells where most mobiles will only have one. And that'll change the results how?
5. The device handling the charge and discharge of the battery was not a cellphone.
And his reasons for not using a phone were clearly explained. 20c worth of testing equipment is immensely easier to obtain than a dedicated laboratory with a GSM cell costing several hundred thousand dollars at a minimum. Charge/discharge of Li-I is reasonably well understood. The device and battery don't really matter, within reason.
I certainly don't think this product is any good but a more controlled test would have been better.
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Perhaps you should go back to the grandparent and the parent, and read Watts' own words. He states that he has no problem with the trial, judge, defense, prosecutor, jury or even the guards conduct in court. It's the law itself in this case, which says that if you don't immediately comply with a command you are guilty of assaulting a police officer. That's what he's been convicted of, and although not happy he claims he will abide by the court's decision. It might be interesting to grab the transcript. Watts claims that the jury asked if non-compliance was sufficient to convict. That sounds to me like they weren't entirely happy about having to find him guilty, but followed the law as written. Non-compliance in this case is asking "what's the problem?", instead of immediately lying down after being hit in the face. I understand that there is video evidence of this, but until the FOIA request from the media is resubmitted and the footage obtained, that'll be something only those directly involved can comment on.
There was a bit further down that said conversion to electricity was 90-100% of absorption. That means a worst case efficiency of 77% of incident sunlight, which is still a staggering improvement over standard cells. I for one welcome our new silicon-wire overlords.
Nope. That's *in-school*, keeping an eye on what the kids are doing. Other than not being quite so obvious, it's no different to the class teacher observing (and probably about as obvious to the kids who aren't paying attention). There's a freakin' world of difference between a classroom environment and webcam monitoring in a student's bedroom, or off the school premises entirely. I have no problem with my mail being monitored by my employer, or them auditing the use of their equipment on their network. As soon as it's in private premises the right to monitor the computer is gone - that's the price *they* pay for my using it on my time. The grey area is in stuff that's on the PC when it comes back on to their network - logs, pictures, etc. There's a chance that's where the photo in question came from, but my gut feel is that's not the story here.
Slashdot people's cat porn. Now I'm horrified. And depressed.
Yes, I know you've had a zillion "Set up a user with log access". I also saw the comment where you're currently locked out, so I support the suggestion that you tell your host to FOAD. But if you're in a situation like this there's nothing stopping you renaming the root account and creating a new "root" with a UID other than 0 and giving that *some* rights. You can even say with a straight face that they've got the "root" password. I tend not to bother on my home boxes (as often as not OS X these days anyway), but when I was adminning Windows I'd tend to rename the guest account to administrator and have another name for the real admin account. Similar tricks have been done on Linux boxes.
TFA has a Youtube link. A higher resolution Quicktime is here . In Space no one can hear you Troisieme.
Right... just like everyone who enjoys alcohol, gambling, tobacco, etc. also invariably stops being a helpful member of society.
Yep, just like everyone after their respiration rental period is up. Anyone who lives turns into a bloody slacker when they die.
Dear God, I wish this fucking paperclip would go away...
What you need is a couple of old PCs and a compatible tape drive. My previous job involved backup administration, and we just kept a few old boxes to use as our testbeds. About once a month we'd refresh the DC backup, so that we could test patches and changes. We'd use the same test environment for that kind of recovery operation. The only real cost was a single unit tape drive and a backup software license, both easily accounted for as required for disaster recovery to be tested.
As suggested earlier in this discussion: because it's not the physical possession that's in question, but the creator credit. Cap'n Tossbag has claimed credit for this song that certainly appears to have been written by someone else - and Slashdot has never had an issue lampooning Al Gore for "creating the internet". It's like this: I can download Metallica songs to Lars' displeasure, but I can't go releasing them under my name. That's the general gist of /.'s attitude to copyright.
2.4 inches is hard? Maybe you need to pay attention to your spam.
Fox News?
The fact is that if you resist the police, you deserve whatever comes to you, becuase the police in the US are easy to get along with.
"Hold up, you must be a white man," you say. That's true, but it's all about respect. If you treat the police with respect, they will treat you with respect, and we have a system where conflicts - even with the police - can be solved peacefully if you can keep your emotions in check.
Bullshit. I've met cops in the US and Australia (where I live) who were basically jerks. The majority of those I've had interactions with are great people, doing a shit job I wouldn't wish on anyone, but there are arseholes as well.
If you were minding your own business and a few cops made a beeline for you and strated asking for ID although everyone else was being ignored, would you feel hassled? If you asked why you were targeted and were told to shut up, would you be annoyed? If you were asked to leave, would you get vocal? What if it was a regular event?
It's the job of a law enforcement officer to be as polite and restrained as possible while getting their job done. They don't threaten force if it's not required, they don't go for a taser when there are other options, and they deinfitely don't repeatedly shock someone for exhibiting behaviour that's reasonably typical of being shocked.
When you're from Stardate mumbledyflibbet, Despair's only been around for the blink of an eye.
Did this movie ever get beyond Australia? Same kind of concept, as cinema owner realises the soundtrack to his classic print is stuffed.
Dynamic disks, shadow copy, etc. are all Veritas (now Symantec) products that MS licensed. Presumably MS are pushing something along these lines that'll interfere with Symantec's storage management market, so Symantec are getting nervous.
TFA is light on details as to exactly what bits are violating an agreement, but given this stuff has been around since Windows 2000 it's fairly safe to say it's reasonably well embedded into the OS - lots of stuff depends on those hooks now.
Since when did it become a noun? It's the adjective in the phrase "Cease and desist letter".
Pedantry aside, it's quite clear what it means, and given how often the phrase "sent a cease and desist letter" is used these days, a quick and concise form is useful.
Remember: A baby is for life, not just for Xmas
Alright then. M-M-M-M-ONSTER CRITICAL! oh sugar, the lameness filter doesn't like that.
And now we'll have a big flame war about whether Star Wars really is *the* geek movie, or possibly whether I should have _underlined_ the title, or used italics for emphasis. Or possibly even exactly what shade of grey a TIE fighter is. And let's not forget US/Correct^WBritish tiffs about colour and grey.
What were we discussing again? Hey, check out this keyboard: it's all black with no key markings!
when you take out the head, the zombie is toast
As Peter Jackson (yes, that one) told us back in 1987, "The Hid shot's the only true stopper".
Too dark to appreciate their technical brilliance, and not quite dark enough to hide the complete lack of plot. That's right, Episode III is DOOM III! You heard it here first!
Hang on. You're the Fat Kid aren't you?
As explained in the article (you did read it, right?), there are serious variations in mobile phone power consumption, even on a phone that's sitting in one spot. They may average out. They may not.
Power consumption into an identical load is a constant. Li-Ion charge and discharge curves are known quantities that Dan explains fairly well. Yes, you'll see variation based on time in "trickle" mode and "rest" time between charges, but that'll be of the order of 1%. This product claims to extend a Li-Ion battery's life by ~40%. His data don't show that.
I'll grant he didn't use the device for it's "intended purpose", but since it's the same technology as the stated purpose and the manufacturer's claims indicate it should work on any Li-Ion battery, don't defend sloppy marketing practices simply because you have a preconceived notion of what the experimenter's beliefs are.
With a smart charger that cuts all input once the battery is charged, that should have a negligible effect. Of the order of 1% total difference in run time, if any
2. Only one battery was used.
It's not conclusive evidence, but given the data failed to show any dramatic changes before/after the sticker was applied, I don't blame him for not repeating it with more batteries.
3. The setup was not similar to the conditions under which the activator would be used.
Yes, there were replicable conditions and measuring equipment. Pity that Pons and Fleishman didn't have those either.
4. The battery type was not similar to a cellphone.
Different form, similar internals. Ok, technically it has two cells where most mobiles will only have one. And that'll change the results how?
5. The device handling the charge and discharge of the battery was not a cellphone.
And his reasons for not using a phone were clearly explained. 20c worth of testing equipment is immensely easier to obtain than a dedicated laboratory with a GSM cell costing several hundred thousand dollars at a minimum. Charge/discharge of Li-I is reasonably well understood. The device and battery don't really matter, within reason.
I certainly don't think this product is any good but a more controlled test would have been better.
Possibly, but not worth the extra effort.