I've experimented with similar imaging, though I was just trying to take a picture of anything at all. I used a carboard box wrapped in aluminum tape, with a pinhole made from a piece of soda can. I used the scanner to measure the hole, and counted the pixels. I got close at least. I was using LED scanners, and wasn't able to find any cheap USB scanners which used a CCD and mirror -- the LED scanners have a scanning element the entire width of the scanner, and the construction prevents the light from being received from the pinhole. Also, there isn't much gain that can be applied to these kinds of things. I expected to take many images, and add them together.
I used SANE and scanbuttond.
Excellent! I wonder if there's any evidence of UFOs.
Glad they were able to grab the images off the tape, and I look forward to looking at it, and meeting our new alien overlords.
From the perspective of a GNU/Linux person, there seems to be less innovation, and more chairs. Less innovation in that we've not had much that was new since Gates left. Yes there is Vista and xbox and zune stuff, but what is new about these things? Nothing. I think Balmer throws chairs.
Anyone seriously oncerned about their web applications, will have redundant sites, and a way to share the load. Few people pay attention to the fact that DNS requires geographically disparate DNS servers *, such that even in the event of a datacenter fire (or nuclear attack), there will still be an answer for your zone. Couple this with a few smaller server farms in separate places, and there won't be any problems.
I went to look it up on wikipedia, but didn't find out where it is required for authoritative DNS servers to be in separate geographic regions. Where did I read this, DNS and BIND?
MythTV works for me. It already eats the commercials from the recorded shows, and with simple scripts, I can encode old Star Trek shows onto my iPhone.
If you haven't used it recently, I suggest taking a look. MythTV.
Huh? Carbon isn't a profit center, it's a cost center: you pay for it.
It still amazes me that there is so much of this material being dumped and vented into the atmosphere. Why isn't CO2 a raw material, instead of a waste material? Don't people need dry ice, or beer-making supplies? Will this change when we have industrial-scale fullerine fabs?
This is a pretty stupid idea.
I had four years of long division in grade school. That was the entirety of my math education. I'll tell you, no matter how many times you do long division, you won't get any better at it. This made me bored beyond anything I can be bothered to articulate.
Did Ritalin help me? Sure, but it didn't help me to not be bored at school. The schools don't have to be entertaining like television, but if they teach something, and the students know what it is, MOVE THE FUCK ON TO SOMETHING ELSE.
Some people posting here on Slashdot have had good scholastic educational experiences, and I think this is great. Almost my entire scholastic experience was child-storage, grade-school to high-school. I get very angry when I think about it now, all that time I could have been working in a factory, or doing something of value instead of sitting there bored out of my fucking skull learning about long division, and obscure battles few people care about.
I've been wanting to put a camera in my car, and record people driving like drunken morons during my commute. I'd love to have a forum to post this kinda stuff, and even better if the police do something about it. Bug reports for the neighborhood. People need to be shamed into driving better. Or shot.
I heard a Smashing Pumpkins tune used to sell cars yesterday. Lots of old hippie anthems are now used in car commercials and ads for Viagra, etc. It seems to me that few marketers using some of these songs are familiar with the underlying themes. Songs about heroin use used to advertise birth control, et al.
Thanks. Now I imagine James singing about Free Credit Report Dot Com with his pirate hat, and Lars behind him listening to the music he pirated on his iPod.
That's a long way away from the kill 'em all days. It is very sad.
They don't work, and you have to travel to some fly-over state in order to pick it up. Then you have to transport it. Floating things are probably about as annoying an a jeep, especially if the useful equipment and parts have already been stripped from the unit.
Still, if you pay attention, some of these disposals are useful. They have real estate, missile silos, airports in nowhere, etc.
There are battleships for sale also. $15 jeeps, old broken trucks -- the government tries to sell whatever it can. I used to visit a computer junkyard, and they'd buy tractor-trailors full of decommissioned computing equipment. We got all kinds of neat toys from there, including some pretty standard usable stuff.
What I want, is to buy the SS Consoleeza Rice, and park it in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and live there. However, anything that is large enough and floats should be okay.
IANAL, but the Internet is a network, not a jurisdiction. I can't imagine they'd be able to do anything, other than block the site at the borders of the state, which is ridiculous.
Sure, there is gambling on the Internet. Sure, they may not like it. Could they prevent Citizens from using those websites?
Boy, I hope Obama does a good job. There's already things that make me kinda frowny, like bailout expenses, telecom immunity, and choices of people for office. Again, it seems like business as usual for our government, but I can't help but to -- hope.
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I've experimented with similar imaging, though I was just trying to take a picture of anything at all. I used a carboard box wrapped in aluminum tape, with a pinhole made from a piece of soda can. I used the scanner to measure the hole, and counted the pixels. I got close at least. I was using LED scanners, and wasn't able to find any cheap USB scanners which used a CCD and mirror -- the LED scanners have a scanning element the entire width of the scanner, and the construction prevents the light from being received from the pinhole. Also, there isn't much gain that can be applied to these kinds of things. I expected to take many images, and add them together. I used SANE and scanbuttond.
Excellent! I wonder if there's any evidence of UFOs. Glad they were able to grab the images off the tape, and I look forward to looking at it, and meeting our new alien overlords.
From the perspective of a GNU/Linux person, there seems to be less innovation, and more chairs. Less innovation in that we've not had much that was new since Gates left. Yes there is Vista and xbox and zune stuff, but what is new about these things? Nothing. I think Balmer throws chairs.
Anyone seriously oncerned about their web applications, will have redundant sites, and a way to share the load. Few people pay attention to the fact that DNS requires geographically disparate DNS servers *, such that even in the event of a datacenter fire (or nuclear attack), there will still be an answer for your zone. Couple this with a few smaller server farms in separate places, and there won't be any problems. I went to look it up on wikipedia, but didn't find out where it is required for authoritative DNS servers to be in separate geographic regions. Where did I read this, DNS and BIND?
MythTV works for me. It already eats the commercials from the recorded shows, and with simple scripts, I can encode old Star Trek shows onto my iPhone. If you haven't used it recently, I suggest taking a look. MythTV.
I read this as "Soul Plane to make Public Debut."
Huh? Carbon isn't a profit center, it's a cost center: you pay for it.
It still amazes me that there is so much of this material being dumped and vented into the atmosphere. Why isn't CO2 a raw material, instead of a waste material? Don't people need dry ice, or beer-making supplies? Will this change when we have industrial-scale fullerine fabs?
Yeah, but no one wants to be the loony scientist who goes UFO hunting.
I want to be paid to go UFO hunting. This sounds like a fun job. Contact me if you're hiring.
Put them on Ritalin if they are bored in class.
This is a pretty stupid idea. I had four years of long division in grade school. That was the entirety of my math education. I'll tell you, no matter how many times you do long division, you won't get any better at it. This made me bored beyond anything I can be bothered to articulate. Did Ritalin help me? Sure, but it didn't help me to not be bored at school. The schools don't have to be entertaining like television, but if they teach something, and the students know what it is, MOVE THE FUCK ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. Some people posting here on Slashdot have had good scholastic educational experiences, and I think this is great. Almost my entire scholastic experience was child-storage, grade-school to high-school. I get very angry when I think about it now, all that time I could have been working in a factory, or doing something of value instead of sitting there bored out of my fucking skull learning about long division, and obscure battles few people care about.
What exactly is wrong with reporting a crime that your neighbor did?
What's wrong with reporting a crime that your [boss|teacher|brother|parent|child] did?
...watch your view counter spin like Orwell in his grave.
You may need to gear it down and use a tachometer. I understand he's starting to fly apart in there.
I've been wanting to put a camera in my car, and record people driving like drunken morons during my commute. I'd love to have a forum to post this kinda stuff, and even better if the police do something about it. Bug reports for the neighborhood. People need to be shamed into driving better. Or shot.
I heard a Smashing Pumpkins tune used to sell cars yesterday. Lots of old hippie anthems are now used in car commercials and ads for Viagra, etc. It seems to me that few marketers using some of these songs are familiar with the underlying themes. Songs about heroin use used to advertise birth control, et al.
Thanks. Now I imagine James singing about Free Credit Report Dot Com with his pirate hat, and Lars behind him listening to the music he pirated on his iPod.
That's a long way away from the kill 'em all days. It is very sad.
Hmm... Can monkeys get /. accounts? :-)
Score: 0 Redundant
They don't work, and you have to travel to some fly-over state in order to pick it up. Then you have to transport it. Floating things are probably about as annoying an a jeep, especially if the useful equipment and parts have already been stripped from the unit.
Still, if you pay attention, some of these disposals are useful. They have real estate, missile silos, airports in nowhere, etc.
There are battleships for sale also. $15 jeeps, old broken trucks -- the government tries to sell whatever it can. I used to visit a computer junkyard, and they'd buy tractor-trailors full of decommissioned computing equipment. We got all kinds of neat toys from there, including some pretty standard usable stuff. What I want, is to buy the SS Consoleeza Rice, and park it in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and live there. However, anything that is large enough and floats should be okay.
Is this porn for the security researcher? I guess I should RTFA.
The guy is a public figure with a public job. Give him a public cell phone.
Heaven forbid he actually get any work done. You can't imagine the guy to actually use a cell phone, can you? Or computers, or email.
There are always security concerns. At what point does security invade your ability to complete your job tasks? Six Inches of Air?
Uh, I guess we are talking about wireless phones.
Yah, xterm and firefox are my two apps. I think I'll be going elsewhere, Microsoft. Thanks for thinking of us, though!
SIX INCHES OF AIR.
Seriously. Unplug it. Protocol free!
No the reason why we have captchas is because of the Internet economy.
NOTE: Open source while free does not in my mind mean free as in free bear...
Dude, this is Slashdot, let's leave the furries out of this!
IANAL, but the Internet is a network, not a jurisdiction. I can't imagine they'd be able to do anything, other than block the site at the borders of the state, which is ridiculous.
Sure, there is gambling on the Internet. Sure, they may not like it. Could they prevent Citizens from using those websites?
Boy, I hope Obama does a good job. There's already things that make me kinda frowny, like bailout expenses, telecom immunity, and choices of people for office. Again, it seems like business as usual for our government, but I can't help but to -- hope.