"If they're going faster, they're doing you a favour, if not, tough titties, act like a mature, responsible adult."
Oh I do - I just pass tossers like you on the inside. Usually resulting in THEM suddenly flashing their lights at someone having the temerity to not treat them like police. Fuck them and fuck you. I'll drive at the speed *I* want, NOT the speed YOU think is appropriate. If I decide to driver over the speed limit its got nothing to do with you and you have no business trying to prevent it.
"That's not true. It varies from vehicle to vehicle and between driving profiles, but it's usually 50-75% of the resistance at highway speed coming from aero drag - not 95%."
It very much depends on the speed of the vehicle and its coefficient of drag. Air resistance increases by velocity squared whereas rolling resistance is pretty much constant regardless of speed.
"Try an experiment: go the speed limit in the center lane of the highway and see how many furious drivers pound their horns and flash their headlights"
Yeah , I wonder why that could be. Perhaps because some arrogant ass is blocking the lane when he's supposed to move over if the nearside lane is clear. If you want to play traffic cop go sign up and do the 2 years training, otherwise get out the fecking way.
Given 95% of resistance at motorway speeds is air resistance, not rolling resistance I'm not entirely sure how having a massive fan to create the lift and another to propel the car is going to improve fuel efficiency given how inefficient propellers are to start with.
"Also, to your second point, in order to be exempt from CALEA, we are legally obliged make a reasonable effort to ensure the people we provide network service to are indentifiable associates of our organization"
Are you *seriously* suggesting using an easily spoofed MAC address is one way to do that?
Christ, I hope I never have to use a network you're administering! Its probably been hacked to death already.
"Using a random one when _connecting_ to a network could lead to problems..."
Never caused me any problems. I have a script that randomizes the wlan0 MAC address on my netbook for when I'm staying in hotels. Stops them tracking me between different locations.
It actually randomised the MAC address. Its been a long time since MACs were burnt into ROM and couldn't be changed. On Linux you can do it using ifconfig or one ioctl() in C.
"No, it is not a deterrent. Nor should it be a punishment. It should be focused on rehabilitation. It is much cheaper and far more effective, and far better for society."
Yes, god forbid we should punish someone for doing something wrong, that would be against their human rights wouldn't it? Can't have that can we, mustn't be nasty to anyone because that makes us as bad as them right?
Wrong! Its utter BS and naive suckers like you in the justice are the reason someone walked out of an open prison in the UK a few weeks back and immediately went on to commit an armed robbery. Christ you people make me sick , you moronic ideology is fucking up western society but you're all too stupid and arrogant to see it.
"Prison is not meant to be primarily a deterrent, but a way to rehabilitate if possible"
Err , sorry , excuse me? A primary deterrent is exactly what it is and a way to keep criminals out of main society. Rehabilitation comes later if it even works which with a lot of psychopaths and sex offenders it doesn't.
Perhaps you don't understand the concept of a low level language - guess what - it has to be able to access ALL available memory and its not up to the compiler to prevent that. There's probably a damn good reason C prospered and Modula didn't. Also probably most of the base infrastructure of the internet and the cores of most operating systems are written in C so it obviously does the job.
English pronounciation has changed over the centuries but the spelling of words hasn't kept up with this. Eg: the silent 'k' in "knight" used to be pronounced back in chaucers time.
You can't use C variable names at run time in C unless you write the program to parse any debugging info that may have been included its the program text. Hardly a trivial task. So I've no idea what you're getting at here. If you mean [some generic security risk] then perhaps you should read up about what C was designed to do - and it wasn't to hand hold novice coders. It was for people who had a clue who needed to write to-the-metal code and drivers for operating systems and it still excels at that task.
I think its fair to say that when the number of gas molecules per unit volume is the same as space in the rest of the solar system then you've left the atmosphere.
This type of design seems to be news only to Americans. You could call the current Smart car the descendent in spirit of those early cars due to its profile and 2 seater layout. In fact I believe there are even electric Smarts for sale now and unlike Googles car which look like something designed by a 5 year old girl, they don't look too bad.
"That way, if the file was split into 10,000 packets, then the transmitter could send out a constant stream of packets module different primes and as soon as the receiver got any 10,000 of them "
How can you split something into 10K packets then get *any* 10K of them? He's either saying he sends more than 10K or the receiver has to receive all 10K packets that were sent to reconstruct the file which I doubt is what he meant.
"That way, if the file was split into 10,000 packets, then the transmitter could send out a constant stream of packets module different primes and as soon as the receiver got any 10,000 of them they could use the extended euclidean algorithm to reconstruct the original file."
So if the receiver got 10K copies of the 1st packet and nothing else it could still reconstruct the file? Thats impressive. Which college was this, Hogworts?
I don't care whether he's a professor or not - he got that bit wrong. I suggest you compare the torque peak vs power peak of a number of petrol powered car engines if you don't believe me.
"Take a look at page 12 on this document and note where the most efficient operating point is"
Any document that can't even get the location of the maximum torque correct isn't worth reading. It is NOT at max rpm as is indicated, that is normally where max power is located.
"I wonder if you are capable of reading. I did also write that a small engine may be less efficient than a larger engine if a large amount of power is demanded."
Yes, except this isn't the 1980s anymore - turbos operate over most of the engine rpm range and they allow a torque peak much lower down the range which means the turbo back pressure is occuring pretty much all the time.
"you keep suggesting that I don't know what I am talking about"
Seems to me all your knowledge comes from dodgy powerpoint presentations.
"Please don't post about things that you obviously do not understand. "
You obviously don't understand the irony of that comment.
" it's just a matter of squirting enough fuel in. The way to limit power output is to use the gearing to keep the engine speed low (look at a power curve some time)"
So have a wide open throttle and squirt more fuel in yet make the engine labour is your idea of saving fuel? Yeah, nice one, you should get a top engineers job any day now. All that happens in that scenario is the wasted extra fuel you're throwing into the cylinders gets turned into heat.
"However, a small engine in the same car allows the throttle to be opened wider for the same power output than the throttle for a large engine, hence reducing pumping losses versus the large engine"
The pumping losses you keep mentioning are minimal compared to the greater frictional losses in a larger engine. You ever wondered how much back pressure a turbo puts on the exhaust system? Its puts any losses in the throttle to shade.
You can't have the throttle fully open at low power with a petrol engine because you need to get the air - fuel ratio correct. So I'm not sure where you're getting your information from. Perhaps you're getting confused with how a diesel engine works.
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"If they're going faster, they're doing you a favour, if not, tough titties, act like a mature, responsible adult."
Oh I do - I just pass tossers like you on the inside. Usually resulting in THEM suddenly flashing their lights at someone having the temerity to not treat them like police. Fuck them and fuck you. I'll drive at the speed *I* want, NOT the speed YOU think is appropriate. If I decide to driver over the speed limit its got nothing to do with you and you have no business trying to prevent it.
"That's not true. It varies from vehicle to vehicle and between driving profiles, but it's usually 50-75% of the resistance at highway speed coming from aero drag - not 95%."
It very much depends on the speed of the vehicle and its coefficient of drag. Air resistance increases by velocity squared whereas rolling resistance is pretty much constant regardless of speed.
"Try an experiment: go the speed limit in the center lane of the highway and see how many furious drivers pound their horns and flash their headlights"
Yeah , I wonder why that could be. Perhaps because some arrogant ass is blocking the lane when he's supposed to move over if the nearside lane is clear. If you want to play traffic cop go sign up and do the 2 years training, otherwise get out the fecking way.
Given 95% of resistance at motorway speeds is air resistance, not rolling resistance I'm not entirely sure how having a massive fan to create the lift and another to propel the car is going to improve fuel efficiency given how inefficient propellers are to start with.
"Also, to your second point, in order to be exempt from CALEA, we are legally obliged make a reasonable effort to ensure the people we provide network service to are indentifiable associates of our organization"
Are you *seriously* suggesting using an easily spoofed MAC address is one way to do that?
Christ, I hope I never have to use a network you're administering! Its probably been hacked to death already.
Why perl? Its just a bash script. This the important bit (from memory as I don't have it here):
ifconfig wlan0 hw ether xx:yy... etc
ifconfig wlan0 up
wicd-client&
"but that doesn't change the fact that randomizing the mac address on connect would break things like DHCP reservations or MAC based white lists."
Yeah, but thats not really an issue when using public wifi networks is it which is essentially what this is aimed at.
"Using a random one when _connecting_ to a network could lead to problems..."
Never caused me any problems. I have a script that randomizes the wlan0 MAC address on my netbook for when I'm staying in hotels. Stops them tracking me between different locations.
It actually randomised the MAC address. Its been a long time since MACs were burnt into ROM and couldn't be changed. On Linux you can do it using ifconfig or one ioctl() in C.
"No, it is not a deterrent. Nor should it be a punishment. It should be focused on rehabilitation. It is much cheaper and far more effective, and far better for society."
Yes, god forbid we should punish someone for doing something wrong, that would be against their human rights wouldn't it? Can't have that can we, mustn't be nasty to anyone because that makes us as bad as them right?
Wrong! Its utter BS and naive suckers like you in the justice are the reason someone walked out of an open prison in the UK a few weeks back and immediately went on to commit an armed robbery. Christ you people make me sick , you moronic ideology is fucking up western society but you're all too stupid and arrogant to see it.
"Prison is not meant to be primarily a deterrent, but a way to rehabilitate if possible"
Err , sorry , excuse me? A primary deterrent is exactly what it is and a way to keep criminals out of main society. Rehabilitation comes later if it even works which with a lot of psychopaths and sex offenders it doesn't.
Perhaps you don't understand the concept of a low level language - guess what - it has to be able to access ALL available memory and its not up to the compiler to prevent that. There's probably a damn good reason C prospered and Modula didn't. Also probably most of the base infrastructure of the internet and the cores of most operating systems are written in C so it obviously does the job.
English pronounciation has changed over the centuries but the spelling of words hasn't kept up with this. Eg: the silent 'k' in "knight" used to be pronounced back in chaucers time.
Exactly. Its probably just the remaining core of a gas giant that has slowly spiraled in over the eons.
"So broken the rest of the world already does it..."
You seriously believe that? You should visit the far east, india or africa sometime and wise up.
You can't use C variable names at run time in C unless you write the program to parse any debugging info that may have been included its the program text. Hardly a trivial task. So I've no idea what you're getting at here. If you mean [some generic security risk] then perhaps you should read up about what C was designed to do - and it wasn't to hand hold novice coders. It was for people who had a clue who needed to write to-the-metal code and drivers for operating systems and it still excels at that task.
I think its fair to say that when the number of gas molecules per unit volume is the same as space in the rest of the solar system then you've left the atmosphere.
" The environment at this altitude is similar to Mars' thin atmosphere"
Yes, but mars gravity is 1/3rd earths so presumably they'll be testing with only 1/3rd the weight slung under the chute?
This type of design seems to be news only to Americans. You could call the current Smart car the descendent in spirit of those early cars due to its profile and 2 seater layout. In fact I believe there are even electric Smarts for sale now and unlike Googles car which look like something designed by a 5 year old girl, they don't look too bad.
You need to re-read what he wrote:
"That way, if the file was split into 10,000 packets, then the transmitter could send out a constant stream of packets module different primes and as soon as the receiver got any 10,000 of them "
How can you split something into 10K packets then get *any* 10K of them? He's either saying he sends more than 10K or the receiver has to receive all 10K packets that were sent to reconstruct the file which I doubt is what he meant.
"That way, if the file was split into 10,000 packets, then the transmitter could send out a constant stream of packets module different primes and as soon as the receiver got any 10,000 of them they could use the extended euclidean algorithm to reconstruct the original file."
So if the receiver got 10K copies of the 1st packet and nothing else it could still reconstruct the file? Thats impressive. Which college was this, Hogworts?
I don't care whether he's a professor or not - he got that bit wrong. I suggest you compare the torque peak vs power peak of a number of petrol powered car engines if you don't believe me.
Over and out.
"Take a look at page 12 on this document and note where the most efficient operating point is"
Any document that can't even get the location of the maximum torque correct isn't worth reading. It is NOT at max rpm as is indicated, that is normally where max power is located.
"I wonder if you are capable of reading. I did also write that a small engine may be less efficient than a larger engine if a large amount of power is demanded."
Yes, except this isn't the 1980s anymore - turbos operate over most of the engine rpm range and they allow a torque peak much lower down the range which means the turbo back pressure is occuring pretty much all the time.
"you keep suggesting that I don't know what I am talking about"
Seems to me all your knowledge comes from dodgy powerpoint presentations.
"Please don't post about things that you obviously do not understand. "
You obviously don't understand the irony of that comment.
" it's just a matter of squirting enough fuel in. The way to limit power output is to use the gearing to keep the engine speed low (look at a power curve some time)"
So have a wide open throttle and squirt more fuel in yet make the engine labour is your idea of saving fuel? Yeah, nice one, you should get a top engineers job any day now. All that happens in that scenario is the wasted extra fuel you're throwing into the cylinders gets turned into heat.
"However, a small engine in the same car allows the throttle to be opened wider for the same power output than the throttle for a large engine, hence reducing pumping losses versus the large engine"
The pumping losses you keep mentioning are minimal compared to the greater frictional losses in a larger engine. You ever wondered how much back pressure a turbo puts on the exhaust system? Its puts any losses in the throttle to shade.
You can't have the throttle fully open at low power with a petrol engine because you need to get the air - fuel ratio correct. So I'm not sure where you're getting your information from. Perhaps you're getting confused with how a diesel engine works.