They keep mentioning it in the article and I must admit I have no idea what that is. My best guess would be it's some crazy abbreviation for installation.
...which usually includes docs, i18n, etc. as well as maintainers...
Where was the idea to xbox-linux born? To run unsiged code on the Xbox, wouldn't it be enough to write a boot loader, make someone with the SDK sign it and spread it on the internet? Is your project illegal? Doesn't forbid the DMCA all this?
Hmm...can't seem to get mine to fly. Guess I got the Episode I model and not the Episode II model. Darn.
(Actually...whenever someone advertises a robot as "fully operational" or "fully functional" I can't help but think of Data from Star Trek saying "Yes, I am fully functional." You have to remember the context to get that...)
It was a genetic algorithm that tried different combinations and evaluated each of them to see how much of an oscillation each combination produced.
The radio receiver combination simply gave a bigger oscillation than the other combinations, so it was selected as the best circuit.
The only way it is surprising is because there was an extra input that they had not considered...but now that the input is known it is quite simple to explain the output. No astounding AI here.
Anyone who pays attention to this stuff has to know by now that ICANN is seriously flawed. What's it going to take for a large number of people (or just a few very recognizable and important ones) to ditch them and go with something like OpenNIC?
We really don't need ICANN. Get rid of it, please.
"I saw it fall from above roof height," Siobhan told BBC News Online.
And it hit her foot. Man, I see an unidentified object coming at me from above roof height and I'm getting out of the way. I'll figure out what it is later.
Since 939 of the 1000 random people we surveyed did not know what a terabit was, we will be using the measure of mp3s per square inch when we release our newest hard drive. If AMD can make their own metric, then by God we can to.
(Weeks later a class action lawsuit is filed against Maxtor, Toshiba, et al for continuing to label their new products with the confusing terms Gigabyte and Terabyte, which no normal person really understands anyway.)
Yeah, you can do this. It takes dimethylchloride, IIRC. I did this as a project once.
It took some digging, but you can get the official amount of caffeine for the major brands and then compare it to what you can extract. Most were pretty close. I think the average amount was something like 55mg per can.
As an aside, it takes only something like 5 grams of caffeine to kill a person. But if you work that out to cans of pop you'd have to drink more fluid than your body can handle at one time. And another interesting thing is the caffeine (believe it or not) begins to be absorbed in your mouth and not your stomach.
Well of all drinks I've tried, Vanilla Coke is the only regular one that gives me problems. That I find strange.
I say regular one because I seem to get a similar reaction to any diet beverage, so I'm apparently allergic to aspertame (spelling?)...you know, artificial sweetener. Luckily I also hate the taste of diet beverages so avoiding them isn't an issue.
I'll second the vanilla coke = upset stomach that was mentioned in the article. Anyone have a clue why that happens? I'm certainly not allergic to vanilla or coke separately.
I don't think their decreased sales are a result of file-sharing, but they don't believe that at this point. So what have they done? First move was to attack the company, Napster. Futile. Other companies popped up. Eventually Napster lost and mostly everything went Gnutella-like so there was no company to sue. Now they want to attack the network and individual users. I believe that will fail because ISPs won't want the RIAA poking around on their network.
Some
are already taking precautions.
A faint hint at their next move might be
this, which would be to change their distribution media. That will certainly fail to the classic "if I can hear it I can copy it."
So what's next? Will they finally understand their business model needs changed? I don't know what other option is left for them. Once that ends up as the only choice, they'll either fade into oblivion or do it. I don't think we need to wait much longer because they're really flailing about trying lots of things at once right now and nothing is working.
When it does happen, I predict it's gonna hit hard and fast. They'll try a radically new model and some artists will use the transition time to jump ship and sell their own music directly. It really wouldn't surprise me if the RIAA forked and became multiple entities, each competing with the other using a slightly different business model. Some of you are thinking "yeah, sure, like that'll happen." All the signs are there though. They act like they're in control but they know they're not. Just wait.
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They keep mentioning it in the article and I must admit I have no idea what that is. My best guess would be it's some crazy abbreviation for installation.
...which usually includes docs, i18n, etc. as well as maintainers...
Okay crucify me...I didn't know they were Germans. I would have cut them more slack and not posted that had I known.
Check this out.
Some choice quotes:
Where was the idea to xbox-linux born?
To run unsiged code on the Xbox, wouldn't it be enough to write a boot loader, make someone with the SDK sign it and spread it on the internet?
Is your project illegal? Doesn't forbid the DMCA all this?
That first robot is pretty ugly, but the one in the second picture looks great to me.
Here is a working link to the story. And a working BBC link.
Hmm...can't seem to get mine to fly. Guess I got the Episode I model and not the Episode II model. Darn.
(Actually...whenever someone advertises a robot as "fully operational" or "fully functional" I can't help but think of Data from Star Trek saying "Yes, I am fully functional." You have to remember the context to get that...)
Whoever buys this should get one and ride around with it. That would be awesome.
People don't have to remember anything...
That's what Google is for.
It was a genetic algorithm that tried different combinations and evaluated each of them to see how much of an oscillation each combination produced.
The radio receiver combination simply gave a bigger oscillation than the other combinations, so it was selected as the best circuit.
The only way it is surprising is because there was an extra input that they had not considered...but now that the input is known it is quite simple to explain the output. No astounding AI here.
I thought that was a joke as the site should be www.riaa.com....but they both have the same thing. Incredible.
Anyone who pays attention to this stuff has to know by now that ICANN is seriously flawed. What's it going to take for a large number of people (or just a few very recognizable and important ones) to ditch them and go with something like OpenNIC?
We really don't need ICANN. Get rid of it, please.
Link from my rejected story. Grr.
"I saw it fall from above roof height," Siobhan told BBC News Online.
And it hit her foot. Man, I see an unidentified object coming at me from above roof height and I'm getting out of the way. I'll figure out what it is later.
But then I guess no one would write about that...
Pretend this is from Seagate:
Since 939 of the 1000 random people we surveyed did not know what a terabit was, we will be using the measure of mp3s per square inch when we release our newest hard drive. If AMD can make their own metric, then by God we can to.
(Weeks later a class action lawsuit is filed against Maxtor, Toshiba, et al for continuing to label their new products with the confusing terms Gigabyte and Terabyte, which no normal person really understands anyway.)
They also saw 'aftershocks' that can be mathematically described in a similar manner to the seismic ones more familiar to many Californians."
Or, more simply described as Slashbacks.
Yeah, you can do this. It takes dimethylchloride, IIRC. I did this as a project once.
It took some digging, but you can get the official amount of caffeine for the major brands and then compare it to what you can extract. Most were pretty close. I think the average amount was something like 55mg per can.
As an aside, it takes only something like 5 grams of caffeine to kill a person. But if you work that out to cans of pop you'd have to drink more fluid than your body can handle at one time. And another interesting thing is the caffeine (believe it or not) begins to be absorbed in your mouth and not your stomach.
Well of all drinks I've tried, Vanilla Coke is the only regular one that gives me problems. That I find strange.
I say regular one because I seem to get a similar reaction to any diet beverage, so I'm apparently allergic to aspertame (spelling?)...you know, artificial sweetener. Luckily I also hate the taste of diet beverages so avoiding them isn't an issue.
I'll second the vanilla coke = upset stomach that was mentioned in the article. Anyone have a clue why that happens? I'm certainly not allergic to vanilla or coke separately.
Michael apparently had some success with this http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/2 4/1921239&mode=thread&tid=134
Um...you mean RMS. You linked to a Slashdot article about RMS suggesting KDE and Gnome collaborate.
Anyone else see this in the middle of page 3?
Censored!
I don't think their decreased sales are a result of file-sharing, but they don't believe that at this point. So what have they done? First move was to attack the company, Napster. Futile. Other companies popped up. Eventually Napster lost and mostly everything went Gnutella-like so there was no company to sue. Now they want to attack the network and individual users. I believe that will fail because ISPs won't want the RIAA poking around on their network. Some are already taking precautions.
A faint hint at their next move might be this, which would be to change their distribution media. That will certainly fail to the classic "if I can hear it I can copy it."
So what's next? Will they finally understand their business model needs changed? I don't know what other option is left for them. Once that ends up as the only choice, they'll either fade into oblivion or do it. I don't think we need to wait much longer because they're really flailing about trying lots of things at once right now and nothing is working.
When it does happen, I predict it's gonna hit hard and fast. They'll try a radically new model and some artists will use the transition time to jump ship and sell their own music directly. It really wouldn't surprise me if the RIAA forked and became multiple entities, each competing with the other using a slightly different business model. Some of you are thinking "yeah, sure, like that'll happen." All the signs are there though. They act like they're in control but they know they're not. Just wait.
Geesh guys...get a better filter on slashdot. Hope the mods can keep up.
Title: CD Copy Stopper
Okay...
Later: You can copy the CD
Sounds effective. Then: without the card the software won't run.
Hmm...okay. So we've copied it to another CD. There isn't a card anymore. Why's the card needed?
Earlier: A "smart card" embedded in the CD unlocks the disc's encrypted content.
Oh. So we rip an ISO off the CD, crack the encryption to form an unencrypted ISO, and burn it back to another CD.
Gee, like that's not gonna happen.
Guy: Please marry me...this ring was my grandmother.
Girl: Don't you mean it belonged to your grandmother?
Guy: No. It really was my grandmother.
Now wouldn't that be incredibly weird?