If China starts mining asteroids, they'd better make sure their space marines are ready to handle the stress. If classic gaming's taught us anything, it's that the space marines are going to go crazy when they meet up with those demons on Phobos and Deimos.
Furthermore, there might be cases where it doesn't matter if the program works. So the program crashes or has logical errors. Does that make you 'guilty' of having hidden data in your file?
It'll be a strange day in legal history when the _user_ gets arrested/blamed/indicted because his computer crashes.
The funny thing is that just yesterday I was going over this very idea with an EE that designs switching power supplies for a living.
I've been looking to power my laptop in the car (or on a plane), and my laptop charger is rated at 20V output@2A. So the basic trick is to boost the ~12V output up to 20V.
Here's the advice I was given to build my own (slightly modified) based on my output needs.
The key is to find a National Semiconductor LM2587T-ADJ. The "T"
signifies through hole as opposed to "S" in surface mount. [...] The LM2588T-ADJ, which is a 7-pin device, would be OK too (has extra features we would not need). The total package could
fit on a 3"x3" board space with heat sinks. You could go to National's website and check out this device. If you sign up for their "Webench" simulation tool, you can see your circuit on line. If you do, enter 11Vmin and 16Vmax as input voltage. The thermo simulation tool indicated that there could be hot spots on the IC as
high as 100 degC at max load -- heat sink [required] for sure. You can probably come up with everything else.
"You can probably come up with everything else" means that the parts are available, not necessarily that the rest of the circuit is obvious. Naturally, you will need to put some capacitor(s) across the input to protect the circuit, and whatever other circuit features you think are necessary.
If you're talking about the human engineering aspect of this discussion only, then I have no disagreement with you.
However, FTP is just as technically feasible over SSL, since SSL works at a lower level on the network stack than FTP.
Furthermore, there are good FTP clients that have SSL support. For example, CuteFTP supports FTP over SSL (and has a very user-friendly interface, for the clueless end user).
There are a good number of servers supporting FTP over SSL. ServU and Sambar are some of the windows servers. Just do a google see what else there is.
I'm in a similar situation; I want to connect a Windows 2000 machine to a Windows XP laptop. However, the reason that I want to use firewire is because I'm a cheap bastard. Also note that in MY laptop, I have not been blessed with Gigabit ethernet.
I'm not so concerned about the speed (10/100 would be fine); I just want connectivity. If I go the firewire route, then all I need to buy is a $10 1394 cable, right?
My question is, does Windows 2000 (or Linux, for that matter) support 1394 networking? I haven't seen any definitive answers regarding which OS's support this other than Windows XP, and [sometimes] WinME.
If eBay were to actually implement filtering, how would they stop you from calling someone from using leet speak to call someone a $C@M 4rt1st? Or a c0n man? Or in true eBay style, "A F R A U D !!! !!!!!!!!111111" Certainly not an easy task.
But like the man said, This d00d really needs to get a life.
I sure wouldn't. I'd put my money on hiring some goons to find and rubber-hose the XBox guys who know where to find the key. $100k would be enough for that, right?
Moreover, to project a stereoscopic image, the observer looks at the masking object more transparent.
While the grammar is somewhat ambiguous, I believe that what they're saying is that they attempt to project a stereoscopic image of the background onto the observer's eyes. However, it brings up the possibility of using a two-camera analysis of the scene to figure out where the silver coat is.
Your precision is noted, but I think that if Adobe truly believed that his software was being used for illicit purposes, it would have indicated this to Reuters.
I also think that there are enough clever people out there who can bypass the ebook in their own ways (with methods far better than mega-screenshots)
Also of note is this issue of Adobe looking through 100,000 e-books and whether or not this is legal. The Blackmask post reads, "among the 100,000 or so pirated etexts floating about."
This means that they probably only examined some of them, but that the Blackmask author believes that there are 100,000 pirated etexts.
Why hasn't the US government taken up some of the challenge? Surely they have the ability to set up infrastructure in a decentralized manner?
When replying to this post, keep in mind that I am not addressing this issue from a free speech/privacy of individuals point of view. This is simply a question about why the government isn't interested in taking up this challenge.
It's probably very easy to count all the ballots; all you have to do is stack up a couple thousand ballots and shine a light through hole next to "Saddam." If it goes through, that's a few thousand votes for Saddam right there...
This technology is applicable to things as power hungry as cell phones or laptops. This power source is has good longevity, but not power density.
The quantity of energy you'd get would be less than the energy of a decaying isotope, which is not very much. Even with advances in technology, this can't be very much.
Furthermore, even if sufficient densities were achieved by mass producing cells, I'd keep an atomic MEMS laptop away from my lap unless I felt like nuking my nuts off.
I strongly doubt that you would be able to (safely) generate enough energy from the radioactive decay of any isotope to power anything larger than a pocket calculator. Sure, nuclear waste gives off a significant deal of heat as it decays, but then you're talking about nuclear waste.
It's hard to find good Latin teachers these days. I had an excellent teacher my first year; he taught at a college level for a long time, and he was quite ancient, so he retired after one year. The next two teachers who came later weren't any good, the last one being this Sicilian dude with a serious attitude problem.
Latin taught me how to deal with inanity, how to teach myself, and how one goes about trying to get teachers fired. (which by the way is damn near impossible for anything short of child abuse)
This guy was straight from Sicily, and he was all full of himself about how the Italian school system was so much tougher, and that we were so stupid for being bad at Latin. He wouldn't accept the fact that it might have something to do with his English abilities, bad teaching, and fascist teaching style.
Lessons learned? Knowing your subject is one thing. Being able to teach it is another. A good teacher needs one skill just as much as the other.
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If China starts mining asteroids, they'd better make sure their space marines are ready to handle the stress. If classic gaming's taught us anything, it's that the space marines are going to go crazy when they meet up with those demons on Phobos and Deimos.
But does this proof have a fatal flaw? Well, maybe.
Furthermore, there might be cases where it doesn't matter if the program works. So the program crashes or has logical errors. Does that make you 'guilty' of having hidden data in your file?
It'll be a strange day in legal history when the _user_ gets arrested/blamed/indicted because his computer crashes.
I've been looking to power my laptop in the car (or on a plane), and my laptop charger is rated at 20V output@2A. So the basic trick is to boost the ~12V output up to 20V.
Here's the advice I was given to build my own (slightly modified) based on my output needs.
"You can probably come up with everything else" means that the parts are available, not necessarily that the rest of the circuit is obvious. Naturally, you will need to put some capacitor(s) across the input to protect the circuit, and whatever other circuit features you think are necessary.sorry for repetition, apparently missed the last comment.
If you're talking about the human engineering aspect of this discussion only, then I have no disagreement with you. However, FTP is just as technically feasible over SSL, since SSL works at a lower level on the network stack than FTP.
Furthermore, there are good FTP clients that have SSL support. For example, CuteFTP supports FTP over SSL (and has a very user-friendly interface, for the clueless end user).
There are a good number of servers supporting FTP over SSL. ServU and Sambar are some of the windows servers. Just do a google see what else there is.
Yeah, I thought the same thing when I saw that. Of course his name is Wiggum, not Wiggins.
I'm in a similar situation; I want to connect a Windows 2000 machine to a Windows XP laptop. However, the reason that I want to use firewire is because I'm a cheap bastard. Also note that in MY laptop, I have not been blessed with Gigabit ethernet.
I'm not so concerned about the speed (10/100 would be fine); I just want connectivity. If I go the firewire route, then all I need to buy is a $10 1394 cable, right?
My question is, does Windows 2000 (or Linux, for that matter) support 1394 networking? I haven't seen any definitive answers regarding which OS's support this other than Windows XP, and [sometimes] WinME.
If eBay were to actually implement filtering, how would they stop you from calling someone from using leet speak to call someone a $C@M 4rt1st? Or a c0n man? Or in true eBay style, "A F R A U D !!! !!!!!!!!111111" Certainly not an easy task.
But like the man said, This d00d really needs to get a life.
I sure wouldn't. I'd put my money on hiring some goons to find and rubber-hose the XBox guys who know where to find the key. $100k would be enough for that, right?
Moreover, to project a stereoscopic image, the observer looks at the masking object more transparent.
While the grammar is somewhat ambiguous, I believe that what they're saying is that they attempt to project a stereoscopic image of the background onto the observer's eyes. However, it brings up the possibility of using a two-camera analysis of the scene to figure out where the silver coat is.
Also of note is this issue of Adobe looking through 100,000 e-books and whether or not this is legal. The Blackmask post reads, "among the 100,000 or so pirated etexts floating about."
This means that they probably only examined some of them, but that the Blackmask author believes that there are 100,000 pirated etexts.
I use my magnum to scratch my Magnum.
By the way, if you're reading all text, you'll want to use PNG for maximum image quality at an affordable size.
On the other hand, spamming him by USPS is a good thing, because it keeps postage down by making business for our friends the mailmen.
Why hasn't the US government taken up some of the challenge? Surely they have the ability to set up infrastructure in a decentralized manner?
When replying to this post, keep in mind that I am not addressing this issue from a free speech/privacy of individuals point of view. This is simply a question about why the government isn't interested in taking up this challenge.
Just for the record, Lik Sang isn't doing the suing, it's doing the defending.
Dammit, there's no screeching tire sounds in World's Scariest Police Chases, ever! Stop watching fox on sunday night.
Except that I'm sure that a Smart Display won't mind if you have a small stylus.
I think it's a US government attempt to DoS Iraq with a nice slashdotting. I guess Saddam's infrastructure stands up to the test.
It's probably very easy to count all the ballots; all you have to do is stack up a couple thousand ballots and shine a light through hole next to "Saddam." If it goes through, that's a few thousand votes for Saddam right there...
The quantity of energy you'd get would be less than the energy of a decaying isotope, which is not very much. Even with advances in technology, this can't be very much. Furthermore, even if sufficient densities were achieved by mass producing cells, I'd keep an atomic MEMS laptop away from my lap unless I felt like nuking my nuts off.
I strongly doubt that you would be able to (safely) generate enough energy from the radioactive decay of any isotope to power anything larger than a pocket calculator. Sure, nuclear waste gives off a significant deal of heat as it decays, but then you're talking about nuclear waste.
It's hard to find good Latin teachers these days. I had an excellent teacher my first year; he taught at a college level for a long time, and he was quite ancient, so he retired after one year. The next two teachers who came later weren't any good, the last one being this Sicilian dude with a serious attitude problem.
Latin taught me how to deal with inanity, how to teach myself, and how one goes about trying to get teachers fired. (which by the way is damn near impossible for anything short of child abuse)
This guy was straight from Sicily, and he was all full of himself about how the Italian school system was so much tougher, and that we were so stupid for being bad at Latin. He wouldn't accept the fact that it might have something to do with his English abilities, bad teaching, and fascist teaching style.
Lessons learned? Knowing your subject is one thing. Being able to teach it is another. A good teacher needs one skill just as much as the other.