Artificial blood pumped through with silent hydrostatic pumps.
(With credit given to Seymour Cray for the idea of using blood as a coolant.)
Who wouldn't want a sweet looking system from "Vampire Computing"?
Just a few ideas I'm kicking around... gotta find a job now that I'm graduating with my BS CS degree. Maybe I shouldn't attempt 'artistic' computer design...
Between Real cleaning up their program and M$ putting out opensource, Im going to stock up on blankets- hell should be freezing over shortly.
It feels like that has already started down here in South Carolina. We had freezing temperatures last night.. BRRRRR! (Which is very, very unusual for this time of year)
I haven't watched much TV at all ever since Survivor came out. That same year, the TV in my dorm broke and I haven't bothered to replace it. Four years later, I don't really miss it.
I picked up on radio listening instead. It gives me my fix of mass media without the annoying visual distractions.
(Now I have watched TV when I go home to visit. It's almost a shock how stupid the programming has become since I quit watching it.)
so you are saying people should be restricted from using a technology (broadband internet) just because it conflicts with someone's hobby?
This technology does not have to use the same frequencies as Ham radio. It is simply doing so out of arrogance on the part of the corporations involved.
The frequencies chosen will also mean that throughput and capacity of these lines will be much lower than true "broadband" services.
Monsanto has always been a big corporate sponsor of NPR. There are plenty of other corporations that benefitted from the DMCA as well as other wonderful things.
NPR is the best source of corporatocracy-friendly liberalism anywhere.
Allowing individuals to operate low power stations could to a lot to end the radio suckage that is ClearChannel and NPR et al.
But what is the point in investing $1000s and making the time and effort to get licensed for something that only works during disasters because some corporations want to make it useless the rest of the time?
We might as well just have spurious signals all over the spectrum and do away with the FCC entirely. With the fine job of regulation they did in this case, it wouldn't be much worse.
I'm not even a Ham.. but I want to be able to listen to AM radio and shortwave without interference from what is in essence intentionally dirty power lines.
Some of us listen to HF with Shortwave radios like the Grundig YB 400. The way I understand it, all of shortwave is going to be useless in North America with BPL as well. Argh!
I'm going to be very angry if BPL kills HF and SW here, because I'll have a $150 doorstop. Those with multi-$1000 ham sets are going to be even madder than I will. The FCC has totally lost it!
And to think that BPL isn't even going to be a very high speed service either.
I better end this before I say something to get modded as flamebait.
I am no HAM, but I own a Grundig YB 400 and use it to listen to world radio broadcasts as well as ham nets and hf aero from time to time. I worry that this radio will be made worthless by BPL and that I won't have anything worth listening to on the radio anymore.
I can only imagine the rage that those who have invested $1000+ into a Ham rig are feeling.
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I used to trust BBC for their objectivity in news reporting. I even kept listening when they stopped shortwave broadcasts to North America. I even kept listening after the Hutton decision placed the blame on BBC for the David Kelly incident.
But now, it is obvious that the BBC is not objective at all. They're just as corrupt as the domestic US news services. I'm not going to waste my time trying to hear the BBC on shortwave anymore.
Dean also wants TCPA. He's just another Fritz Hollings.
The Democrats are just as hostile toward digital freedom and privacy as the Republicans. If you don't want to elect a tyrant, better vote for either a third party or an independent.
Short Sell. Selling Short. Basically borrowing stock and selling it, and agreeing to buy it back later at a (hopefully) lower price to return to the lender.
Doubtful. We are beginning to know SCO well enough to anticipate some of their moves... as insane as they may be. (But this predicting ability comes at the risk of becoming as insane as they are)
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Artificial blood pumped through with silent hydrostatic pumps.
(With credit given to Seymour Cray for the idea of using blood as a coolant.)
Who wouldn't want a sweet looking system from "Vampire Computing"?
Just a few ideas I'm kicking around... gotta find a job now that I'm graduating with my BS CS degree. Maybe I shouldn't attempt 'artistic' computer design...
Go ahead and die already, Apple!!!!
What's the matter, trying to be the next Microsoft or SCO?
Just go on into that good night and get the hell out of my life!!!!
(Mac zealots may mod me down for this, but deep down they feel the exact same way)
I have the mod points, but I can't use them since I already posted. Not that it matters. I have Karma To Burn.® ;)
Moderators just don't seem to get it.
Wow, you're a celebrity now. Congratulations. Also on your server getting slashdotted to pieces.
buford_tannen, aka mad_hatter
Now, maybe, we're going to see REAL peer to peer.
That's something I'd LOVE to see. Saving radiocommunications 30 MHz and kicking the RIAA/MPAA/etc in the nuts at the same time.
Yes, let's. BPL was a bad idea and no one wants to admit it, so let's make sure the market kills it before it can kill shortwave.
Pure air transmission is better than dealing with a bunch of middleman equipment and retransmission anyway. (Not to mention the "last mile" stuff).
Between Real cleaning up their program and M$ putting out opensource, Im going to stock up on blankets- hell should be freezing over shortly.
It feels like that has already started down here in South Carolina. We had freezing temperatures last night.. BRRRRR! (Which is very, very unusual for this time of year)
Maybe it is hell freezing over. Hell if I know.
I've nearly completely switched from TV as an entertainment mechanism to video games on my PS2 and my PC. And I'm 33.
I've done the same, and I'm 21.
When my TV died in college about 3 years ago, I didn't bother replacing it. Now I just listen to the radio and play games on my PC.
If domestic radio gets boring, I switch to shortwave. I actually invested in a $150 Grundig radio instead of buying another TV.
And I can't say it was a bad choice.
I haven't watched much TV at all ever since Survivor came out. That same year, the TV in my dorm broke and I haven't bothered to replace it. Four years later, I don't really miss it.
I picked up on radio listening instead. It gives me my fix of mass media without the annoying visual distractions.
(Now I have watched TV when I go home to visit. It's almost a shock how stupid the programming has become since I quit watching it.)
Your cell or cordless phone uses much more bandwidth than any of the above frequencies.
You, sir, do rule.
buford_tannen, police scanner and shortwave listener. (and maybe a ham someday).
Ah, someone with a clue.
I just got a humble Grundig YB-400 for christmas to replace my analog Sangean SG-622.
I originally started listening to WBCQ because of "Off The Hook" (2600 Magazine's radio show).
so you are saying people should be restricted from using a technology (broadband internet) just because it conflicts with someone's hobby?
This technology does not have to use the same frequencies as Ham radio. It is simply doing so out of arrogance on the part of the corporations involved.
The frequencies chosen will also mean that throughput and capacity of these lines will be much lower than true "broadband" services.
Monsanto has always been a big corporate sponsor of NPR. There are plenty of other corporations that benefitted from the DMCA as well as other wonderful things.
NPR is the best source of corporatocracy-friendly liberalism anywhere.
Allowing individuals to operate low power stations could to a lot to end the radio suckage that is ClearChannel and NPR et al.
But what is the point in investing $1000s and making the time and effort to get licensed for something that only works during disasters because some corporations want to make it useless the rest of the time?
We might as well just have spurious signals all over the spectrum and do away with the FCC entirely. With the fine job of regulation they did in this case, it wouldn't be much worse.
I'm not even a Ham.. but I want to be able to listen to AM radio and shortwave without interference from what is in essence intentionally dirty power lines.
I'm not a Ham, but I WANT MY SHORTWAVE!
I sometimes listen to Hams on HF with my Grundig YB-400, though.
I wonder if this is going to interfere with MW (AM radio for all of you who don't do SW). It's going to be very nasty if it does.
SHORTWAVE!
I want my BBC, dammit!
Don't forget Shortwave!
Some of us listen to HF with Shortwave radios like the Grundig YB 400. The way I understand it, all of shortwave is going to be useless in North America with BPL as well. Argh!
I'm going to be very angry if BPL kills HF and SW here, because I'll have a $150 doorstop. Those with multi-$1000 ham sets are going to be even madder than I will. The FCC has totally lost it!
And to think that BPL isn't even going to be a very high speed service either.
I better end this before I say something to get modded as flamebait.
I understand your feelings completely.
I am no HAM, but I own a Grundig YB 400 and use it to listen to world radio broadcasts as well as ham nets and hf aero from time to time. I worry that this radio will be made worthless by BPL and that I won't have anything worth listening to on the radio anymore.
I can only imagine the rage that those who have invested $1000+ into a Ham rig are feeling.
This has been posted before. But it's getting more relevant with every SCO story lately:
http://www.ubergeek.tv/fiasco/index.php?size=big
Enjoy!
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I used to trust BBC for their objectivity in news reporting. I even kept listening when they stopped shortwave broadcasts to North America. I even kept listening after the Hutton decision placed the blame on BBC for the David Kelly incident.
But now, it is obvious that the BBC is not objective at all. They're just as corrupt as the domestic US news services. I'm not going to waste my time trying to hear the BBC on shortwave anymore.
My loyalty to open source demands it.
Dean also wants TCPA. He's just another Fritz Hollings.
The Democrats are just as hostile toward digital freedom and privacy as the Republicans. If you don't want to elect a tyrant, better vote for either a third party or an independent.
Short Sell. Selling Short. Basically borrowing stock and selling it, and agreeing to buy it back later at a (hopefully) lower price to return to the lender.
Mozilla really makes browsing without popups and dealing with spam emails a piece of cake.
Anyone who is still using IE deserves what they get!
I am the most zealously zealous zealot.
(or is this perhaps a backup site?)
Doubtful. We are beginning to know SCO well enough to anticipate some of their moves... as insane as they may be. (But this predicting ability comes at the risk of becoming as insane as they are)