Cheap cassettes may not be expensive but quarter -inch or larger open reel that you run at 4, 8, or 16 times as fast as a cassette (7.5, 15, or 30 ips)and therefore need 4, 8, or 16 times the physical length for the same amount of recording time, that stuff adds up real quick.
If that tax doesn't exist anymore, what happened to it?
"It is also grounded to reduce the radiated emissions from the computer, but it would serve that purpose even if it wasn't grounded..."
Either that or it would serve as a radiating antenna:(
That really needs to be a strictly academic question, however, as an ungrounded metal case is a safety and fire hazard, quite possibly a violation of local building codes (they like stuff to be U.L. listed and in compliance with the National Electrical Code), and a good excuse for your homeowner's insurance company to not pay off, as well as a violation of Federal Communication Commission regulations.
The preceeding has been a U.S.-centric electrical/electronic opinion. Adjust regulatory body names accordingly for differing geography.
Even if that law ("prohibiting...laws which contradict, restrict, or attempt to invalidate constitutional rights")manages to avoid getting itself declared unconstitutional, the Supreme Court would have to be open for business 24/7/365 to deal with ruling on whether or not those proposed laws would "...contradict, restrict, or attempt to invalidate constitutional rights...". And there would have to be a second Supreme Court to handle all the other cases they wouldn't have time for anymore. I'm sure you'd be glad to volunteer to make the decisions on those proposed laws, but there's probably something in the constitution to prohibit that.:)
Better put some of that money into solar and other alternative energy sources while you're at it. Wireless has to get power from somewhere, too. Right now it's often from underground power lines, which means backhoes.
I've had the same "wee hours of the morning" problem often myself and I wonder if it might not be the name servers instead of Slashdot itself. http://64.28.67.48/ seems to get through a lot sooner than waiting for some machine to search a database to see what number corresponds with Slashdot.org. When Slashdot acts like it's not there in the middle of the night it's usually when I try to load a link with the name in it, not the number.
What I want to know is how he updated it at 12:40 am on the 27th when it's now only 11:20 pm on the 26th EDT. Did they row the server out to the middle of the North Atlantic or has Andover bought him a Gulfstream?
Neither do they let you save yourself the trouble of submitting something already in the queue, which would save them having to wade through all those duplicates. Go figure. Do they get extra ad hits that way?
I think I see where you went wrong. Apparently the key to submitting a Cringely or other worthwhile article is to let it age properly instead of trying to get it in while current.
That's why I'm going to hold off a few weeks on the "How to boobytrap your PC" article at iamnotageek.com or (Mr. Spinrite) Steve Gibson (grc.com) blowing the whistle on RealNetworks, AOL, and some other outfit using their download programs to send private machine-specific information back to their servers. Seems they found another use for the MS GUID.
Basically the record companies are slandering or libeling (IANAL) anyone who buys blank media by calling them criminals. Shouldn't we be able to fight back? Under the doctrine of "innocent until proven guily", shouldn't the burden be on them to prove, without violating any of my constitutionally protected rights, that I'm not using blank tape or whatever to archive my airchecks and commercial production from my radio days but instead that I'm bootlegging whatever that unlistenable stuff they're getting rich from this days is?
Someone gave me an Apple IIe--console, 2 floppy drives, color monitor (temporarily using it as VCR video display)--but no manuals or software, not even OS. Any constructive* suggestions for making use of it?
*Any that involve the words "boat anchor", "landfill", or "stick it..." do not qualify as constructive (or original).
"Where would we be without the MPAA? Gathered in the kitchen listenting to AM radio while grandma knits a new pair of knickers for junior, that's where!"
I recently re-read the excellent "Man of High Fidelity", the biography of Major Edwin Armstrong, the man who invented FM as it is used in broadcasting (it was previously thought only good for narrow bandwidth stuff), and the MPAA wasn't mentioned once (although many other powers that were, such as RCA, in electronics at the time were mentioned in regard to their attempts to stifle innovation and maintain their monopoly positions).
In this particular case, what are the chances that CapsaicinBoy is under 18? Sounds to me as though he's just picked up a 4 year college diploma if his next educational step is grad school. If he had gotten to that point at or below the age at which most graduate high school, I'd think he'd have his pick of scholarships and grants.
Wouldn't the warm air contacting the cooled pc case wall give up any and all moisture content as condensation? Making it rain inside a computer could lead to some interesting unwanted sound effects. Otherwise it's an interesting idea.
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If that tax doesn't exist anymore, what happened to it?
Would that be a pre-Colombian state?
Suggest you do like "stereo" manufacturers did in the '60s and '70s, use a regular metal case wrapped in wood veneer.
Either that or it would serve as a radiating antenna :(
That really needs to be a strictly academic question, however, as an ungrounded metal case is a safety and fire hazard, quite possibly a violation of local building codes (they like stuff to be U.L. listed and in compliance with the National Electrical Code), and a good excuse for your homeowner's insurance company to not pay off, as well as a violation of Federal Communication Commission regulations.
The preceeding has been a U.S.-centric electrical/electronic opinion. Adjust regulatory body names accordingly for differing geography.
It must be powerful to time travel like that :-)
Even if that law ("prohibiting...laws which contradict, restrict, or attempt to invalidate constitutional rights")manages to avoid getting itself declared unconstitutional, the Supreme Court would have to be open for business 24/7/365 to deal with ruling on whether or not those proposed laws would "...contradict, restrict, or attempt to invalidate constitutional rights...". :)
And there would have to be a second Supreme Court to handle all the other cases they wouldn't have time for anymore.
I'm sure you'd be glad to volunteer to make the decisions on those proposed laws, but there's probably something in the constitution to prohibit that.
So *that's* what OS stands for. I still prefer to call him Boy George though. Was it Molly Ivans who invented calling one of them "Shrub"?
Better put some of that money into solar and other alternative energy sources while you're at it. Wireless has to get power from somewhere, too. Right now it's often from underground power lines, which means backhoes.
LOL! Congratulations on the perfect reply to a troll. so much better than getting "gruff" with them.
(actually Katz's Hunkapiller article wasn't too bad)
If you developed it, how come someone else has a patent on it?
Not RIAA, think BMI and ASCAP.
I've had the same "wee hours of the morning" problem often myself and I wonder if it might not be the name servers instead of Slashdot itself.
http://64.28.67.48/ seems to get through a lot sooner than waiting for some machine to search a database to see what number corresponds with Slashdot.org. When Slashdot acts like it's not there in the middle of the night it's usually when I try to load a link with the name in it, not the number.
That's what an AC had to say about user #1219. Next he'll probably say Linux was a great OS until that Torvalds guy got involved.
What I want to know is how he updated it at 12:40 am on the 27th when it's now only 11:20 pm on the 26th EDT. Did they row the server out to the middle of the North Atlantic or has Andover bought him a Gulfstream?
Neither do they let you save yourself the trouble of submitting something already in the queue, which would save them having to wade through all those duplicates. Go figure. Do they get extra ad hits that way?
So that's what happened to the "fill in the blank" formerly known as "The artist formerly known as Prince".
Okay sparky, here's something you don't have to do, you don't have to use GPL'ed software. You have the freedom of choice to choose not to use it.
That's why I'm going to hold off a few weeks on the "How to boobytrap your PC" article at iamnotageek.com or (Mr. Spinrite) Steve Gibson (grc.com) blowing the whistle on RealNetworks, AOL, and some other outfit using their download programs to send private machine-specific information back to their servers.
Seems they found another use for the MS GUID.
Basically the record companies are slandering or libeling (IANAL) anyone who buys blank media by calling them criminals. Shouldn't we be able to fight back?
Under the doctrine of "innocent until proven guily", shouldn't the burden be on them to prove, without violating any of my constitutionally protected rights, that I'm not using blank tape or whatever to archive my airchecks and commercial production from my radio days but instead that I'm bootlegging whatever that unlistenable stuff they're getting rich from this days is?
*Any that involve the words "boat anchor", "landfill", or "stick it..." do not qualify as constructive (or original).
I recently re-read the excellent "Man of High Fidelity", the biography of Major Edwin Armstrong, the man who invented FM as it is used in broadcasting (it was previously thought only good for narrow bandwidth stuff), and the MPAA wasn't mentioned once (although many other powers that were, such as RCA, in electronics at the time were mentioned in regard to their attempts to stifle innovation and maintain their monopoly positions).
In this particular case, what are the chances that CapsaicinBoy is under 18? Sounds to me as though he's just picked up a 4 year college diploma if his next educational step is grad school. If he had gotten to that point at or below the age at which most graduate high school, I'd think he'd have his pick of scholarships and grants.
I'm hoping you meant Monday the 24th and that it'll be on C-SPAN.
Wouldn't the warm air contacting the cooled pc case wall give up any and all moisture content as condensation? Making it rain inside a computer could lead to some interesting unwanted sound effects. Otherwise it's an interesting idea.