Drivers *are* an issue. AFAIK, nobody has yet gotten the XO to write to a USB CD or DVD drive. Otherwise, the XO is a good fit (if you have or can get one -- they're no longer for "retail" sale); my XO will be traveling with me later this year, along with a CF reader and a USB HD. I had eight requirements and as of today the XO satisfies nine of them (I had to write code to do one):
1. Browser from which I could access my email account; 2. Word processor capable of basic functions and able to handle Hawaiian characters; 3. E-book reader capability; 4. MP3 player capability; 5. The ability to off-load CF cards from my camera; 6. A planetarium program so I can do casual visual astronomy and fixed-camera astrophotography (had to write this); 7. Battery life sufficient for 6-hour flights with the ability to re-charge in a typical layover and 8. The ability to turn of the WiFi so the thing can be used while flying (which is promised in the next update "real soon now").
Your tag-line is wrong on several levels.
Non-mutilated, non-mutant humans have eight fingers. 11111111b = 255
Using the thumbs as well, 1111111111b = 1023.
On the other hand, having an endemic, standardized OS will ensure hardware uniformity. Look at the "wintel" architecture: how many Intel boxes that CAN'T run Windows are made each year? The Intel box runs Windows because most of them will be running Windows. Likewise, the auto peripheral will be compatible with this OS because that's the OS it's going to find itself connected to.
You're right, of course. Then again a kilogram is a lot of silicon atoms and a meter is a lot of wavelengths of Cs light.
I wonder, though, if I haven't made a circular definition by this proposal. Or made the unit of mass a function of the definition of a second or something. Because the speed of light seems to show up already in both the definition for the unit of length and of time.
Probably the most telling argument against my proposal, though might be the "hard to make one" argument: how will you tell that you've collected enough photons and what instrument do you use to calibrate your balance with? (Converting a measured kg of matter to energy to see how close your scale was seems like a hazzardous procedure!)
So why not invoke relativity and define the kilogram to be the mass-equivalent of the energy contained in umpty-ump photons of some wavelength of light?
#1 Pirate
#2 Not a Pirate
#3 Wishes he was a Pirate because he paid good money to be told he was anyway.
I actually think this is a step in the right direction. It not only eliminates a lot of the complaining about false positives, it also lets Microsoft analyze their WGA strategy in terms of what honest users actually tend to do. My own XP Pro install is about four years old, IIRR, and in that time, I've upgraded the HD a couple of times and changed the graphics card once. If my CPU cooks or I want to switch to a better LAN card, I'd just as soon not have to argue with Microsoft *or* pay another $200+.
4K of static RAM, serial I/O, a KSR 33 and a music synthesizer (one VCO driven by a DAC). Switches and LEDs for a front panel.
Fortunately, after a year of that I came to my senses and built a Heathkit H8.:)
and I'm still employed as a software developer. (No, not COBOL -- I use Visual C++ to develop Windows applications.)
I'm probably just lucky. Or maybe I work cheap.:)
Mahalo for the informed correction to a sensational post. The lava bench forms and collapses pretty regularly, as anybody who follows the Kilauea Eruption Update posts regularly would know.
I've visited HVNP on many occasions, but I'm not crazy enough to go hiking off the marked trail or beyond the barriers. I'm not a geologist, but I know just enough to know how hazzardous such excursions can become -- solidified lava has about the same insulating qualities as styrofoam so what's under the cool and(apparently) solid surface can be hellishly hot. Unfortunately, solidified lava can also sometimes have the same TENSILE STRENGTH as styrofoam!
You *will* need a good mount to keep the instrument steady at high power. On the other hand, except for the smaller planets, you would be better off running the telescope at lower power if you can.
Before you go to the trouble of constructing your own web-cam, though, you might want to research some of the on-line astronomy discussions.
There are many options if you want to throw $$$ at the problem instead of time. Both Meade Instrument Co. and Celestron sell cameras similar to a web cam that have been packaged to replace the eyepiece of a telescope. These are usually packaged with telescope control and planetarium software. The cameras are USB-based, so your best bet is to have a computer on site and a wireless LAN, I guess.
(Meade sells two -- the Lunar/Planetary Imager and the Deep Sky Imager; the LPI is designed for bright objects and the DSI is designed to be more sensitive, though there is a good deal of overlap in capability. The LPI would be better for terrestrial use in the daytime, for sure!)
I've read every word the Master wrote. But they should have left this one "lost". Not a novel; simply a lecture in economic theory. (With footnotes and an appendix!)
But technically, I guess it's the worst book of 1939, so maybe I'm off topic.:)
Still functional and occasionally used to support the development of my (Windows NT-based) emulator for same. See [techno-paleontology] for details, if you care.:)
Z-80 processor, 64K RAM, three 5-1/4" (100 K) floppies, H-19 terminal, other goodies.
Maybe I'm just an old fogey. But WHY?
Yeah, it's "cool". But is wearable tech really NECESSARY? This is the geek version of the sneakers with LEDs in them.
Lindon Johnson "invented" NEW-QUEUE-LAR weapons. And when was the last time any politician pronounced it NEW-KLEE-ARE? (Maybe that's not such a bad thing -- now you can tell the politicans from the physicists... no wait: you always could -- because the politicians made sense.)
Can you say Multics? If not, you are not up on the history of the art. (We used to refer to the Multics System Administrator as the Lord of the Rings.)
I've written stuff for Multics that ran in multiple USER rings -- four and five, at least. I remember few details (after 25 years!) but it seems to me that ring 0 was kernel and ring 1 was drivers. Check out www.multicians.org and alt.os.multics.
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Drivers *are* an issue. AFAIK, nobody has yet gotten the XO to write to a USB CD or DVD drive. Otherwise, the XO is a good fit (if you have or can get one -- they're no longer for "retail" sale); my XO will be traveling with me later this year, along with a CF reader and a USB HD. I had eight requirements and as of today the XO satisfies nine of them (I had to write code to do one):
1. Browser from which I could access my email account; 2. Word processor capable of basic functions and able to handle Hawaiian characters; 3. E-book reader capability; 4. MP3 player capability; 5. The ability to off-load CF cards from my camera; 6. A planetarium program so I can do casual visual astronomy and fixed-camera astrophotography (had to write this); 7. Battery life sufficient for 6-hour flights with the ability to re-charge in a typical layover and 8. The ability to turn of the WiFi so the thing can be used while flying (which is promised in the next update "real soon now").
Your tag-line is wrong on several levels. Non-mutilated, non-mutant humans have eight fingers. 11111111b = 255 Using the thumbs as well, 1111111111b = 1023.
for my telescope. In fact, it sounds much like some of the more exotic imaging arrays used by professional astronomers nowadays.
On the other hand, having an endemic, standardized OS will ensure hardware uniformity. Look at the "wintel" architecture: how many Intel boxes that CAN'T run Windows are made each year? The Intel box runs Windows because most of them will be running Windows. Likewise, the auto peripheral will be compatible with this OS because that's the OS it's going to find itself connected to.
I'd love to be able to adjust the AC and control the radio without taking my eyes off the road or my hands off the wheel.
You're right, of course. Then again a kilogram is a lot of silicon atoms and a meter is a lot of wavelengths of Cs light. I wonder, though, if I haven't made a circular definition by this proposal. Or made the unit of mass a function of the definition of a second or something. Because the speed of light seems to show up already in both the definition for the unit of length and of time. Probably the most telling argument against my proposal, though might be the "hard to make one" argument: how will you tell that you've collected enough photons and what instrument do you use to calibrate your balance with? (Converting a measured kg of matter to energy to see how close your scale was seems like a hazzardous procedure!)
So why not invoke relativity and define the kilogram to be the mass-equivalent of the energy contained in umpty-ump photons of some wavelength of light?
The Amiga had an anthropomorphic squirrel as an unofficial but pervasive mascot.
Actually, "lua" *is* the word for toilet (or any other kind of pit) in Hawaiian.
#1 Pirate
#2 Not a Pirate
#3 Wishes he was a Pirate because he paid good money to be told he was anyway.
I actually think this is a step in the right direction. It not only eliminates a lot of the complaining about false positives, it also lets Microsoft analyze their WGA strategy in terms of what honest users actually tend to do. My own XP Pro install is about four years old, IIRR, and in that time, I've upgraded the HD a couple of times and changed the graphics card once. If my CPU cooks or I want to switch to a better LAN card, I'd just as soon not have to argue with Microsoft *or* pay another $200+.
Blender is one I use almost daily. Cartes du Ceil is another. (And yes, I've made a 3D model of a telescope.)
who can top Osborne's "If you think this model is great, just wait to see what we'll have for you next year!"?
Another Dune novel or three, of course! :)
I have to agree. If I can't read the Grandmaster's own words, Spider comes a close second.
4K of static RAM, serial I/O, a KSR 33 and a music synthesizer (one VCO driven by a DAC). Switches and LEDs for a front panel. Fortunately, after a year of that I came to my senses and built a Heathkit H8. :)
Tax Bill at a special 100% rate. All computers can handle a value of zero.
and I'm still employed as a software developer. (No, not COBOL -- I use Visual C++ to develop Windows applications.) I'm probably just lucky. Or maybe I work cheap. :)
Mahalo for the informed correction to a sensational post. The lava bench forms and collapses pretty regularly, as anybody who follows the Kilauea Eruption Update posts regularly would know. I've visited HVNP on many occasions, but I'm not crazy enough to go hiking off the marked trail or beyond the barriers. I'm not a geologist, but I know just enough to know how hazzardous such excursions can become -- solidified lava has about the same insulating qualities as styrofoam so what's under the cool and(apparently) solid surface can be hellishly hot. Unfortunately, solidified lava can also sometimes have the same TENSILE STRENGTH as styrofoam!
You *will* need a good mount to keep the instrument steady at high power. On the other hand, except for the smaller planets, you would be better off running the telescope at lower power if you can. Before you go to the trouble of constructing your own web-cam, though, you might want to research some of the on-line astronomy discussions. There are many options if you want to throw $$$ at the problem instead of time. Both Meade Instrument Co. and Celestron sell cameras similar to a web cam that have been packaged to replace the eyepiece of a telescope. These are usually packaged with telescope control and planetarium software. The cameras are USB-based, so your best bet is to have a computer on site and a wireless LAN, I guess. (Meade sells two -- the Lunar/Planetary Imager and the Deep Sky Imager; the LPI is designed for bright objects and the DSI is designed to be more sensitive, though there is a good deal of overlap in capability. The LPI would be better for terrestrial use in the daytime, for sure!)
I've read every word the Master wrote. But they should have left this one "lost". Not a novel; simply a lecture in economic theory. (With footnotes and an appendix!) But technically, I guess it's the worst book of 1939, so maybe I'm off topic. :)
Still functional and occasionally used to support the development of my (Windows NT-based) emulator for same. See [techno-paleontology] for details, if you care. :)
Z-80 processor, 64K RAM, three 5-1/4" (100 K) floppies, H-19 terminal, other goodies.
Maybe I'm just an old fogey. But WHY? Yeah, it's "cool". But is wearable tech really NECESSARY? This is the geek version of the sneakers with LEDs in them.
Can anybody here spell M-u-l-t-i-c-s? Microsoft *still* hasn't re-invented the wheel -- their version is all corners.
Lindon Johnson "invented" NEW-QUEUE-LAR weapons. And when was the last time any politician pronounced it NEW-KLEE-ARE? (Maybe that's not such a bad thing -- now you can tell the politicans from the physicists... no wait: you always could -- because the politicians made sense.)
Can you say Multics? If not, you are not up on the history of the art. (We used to refer to the Multics System Administrator as the Lord of the Rings.) I've written stuff for Multics that ran in multiple USER rings -- four and five, at least. I remember few details (after 25 years!) but it seems to me that ring 0 was kernel and ring 1 was drivers. Check out www.multicians.org and alt.os.multics.