I developed a severe reaction to caffeine after several years of hardcore coffee guzzling (I'd start the day with 4-6 _strong_ cups and have many more throughout the day). Now my digestive system shuts down at the slightest hint of said stimulant. When I was forced to go 'cold-turkey'...Ow. Very painful for several days. But I also found that massive amounts of water helped. And drinking a lot of water is incredibly healthy (I manage around a gallon a day), helping you lose weight, gain muscle and generally feel better.
I too will never again buy a CD (DVD, tape, mp3) represented by a major (read: RIAA) label, ever again. Their greed has far outpaced everthing else, and I refuse to be party to it.
Musicians, hear this: signing with a major label is fast becoming the best way to lose everything you hold dear. Stay indie, stay strong, and keep the real music coming. Being associated with a conglomeration of greed that enjoys financially raping the future of our country for kicks...is no way to spread your art.
The RIAA needs to be finished, and I have no problem helping to drive the biggest, fattest splintery stake available through their collective puny and heartless torsos.
For me, this is no longer about piracy and art. This is about principles, decency and humanity.
What? Alternative vehicles don't have enough performance? In Maine they do (and anyone who tells that it's impossible is lying).
Check out the UMaine Solar Vehicle Team's projects.
The Phantom Sol (fully electric) has a top speed of well over 120MPH, 400ft/lbs of torque, and a range of over 100 miles at highway speeds (65-75 mph). The 0-60mph time is around 8-9 seconds, depending on road conditions.
Using a 280HP 9" DC motor with 1800-amp controller (yes, 1800 DC amps - there's some thick wires inside), a 6-speed Camaro transmission and a 75-lb dual-friction racing clutch, the drive train is still relatively inexpensive (about $4000). And it has the performance of a slightly modified V-8 block. And all that's backed-up with 40 large lead-acid batteries. (another $4000)
It's street legal...and a joy to drive:oD
And since this always comes up:
Yes, electricity is often generated by burning oil. But burning it in a power plant is far more efficient than burning it in your car. And, with electric cars...the potential is there for green energy, should such a situation arise.
P.S. Did I mention the cool rear-view cameras recently installed?:o)
"Most people think the extra security is just for terrorism reasons,"
What? Tighter security not being used for our safety, but everyone's just allowed to think that it is? *gasp* Sounds sort of like the TIA initiative.
And the movie industry loses 3 billion $ to piracy? Right. Next thing you know they'll shut down all the second-run theaters in the country.
Look at the economy, mr. *AA, and I think you'll see that no one has been having a great go at the money lately, y'know with it being in the crapper and all.
You're right, I don't know the difference:o) Though I'll soon remedy that.
What I do know:
All waveforms on said lab function generator are composed fundamentally of sinusoids, so there is no actual perfectly clean signal. I have indeed hooked a good scope up to it and (out of curiosity) examined the point at which the signal visibly breaks down.
I'm well aware that no measurement equipment can be hooked into a circuit without affecting the output to some degree. I generally assume that most people realize that fact.
I guess what this comes down to is that I'm guilty of not reading the article close enough. Oh well. 10nH, eh?
It is indeed an impressive piece of hacked hardware.
Nice scope, btw.
also known as a 'function' generator. Though this one only generates a square waveform, and a dirty one at that. An expensive digital function generator makes nearly perfect square, sawtooth, sine, triangle and dc leveling waveforms.
To further the explanation - a function generator outputs a known waveform at a known frequency with known amplitude so that, like ocelotbob said, a given circuit can be tested. You can use it to simulate output of various single components, thereby testing only a little piece of a bigger circuit, or it can be used to simulate a standard (or nonstandard) input to a bigger circuit, and see how that circuit performs when connected 'scope.
It is an essential tool to have when working with complex electronics and digital logic.
Here here! Computer Engineering is the way to go. The wannbes got weeded out real quick in the program that I was in.
On top of that, most high level languages look an awful lot like C++, making it very easy to adapt and learn different material. I was able to pick up Perl and SQL within a month of being hired at my company, and now I have a wide range of skills applicable just about anywhere in the tech industry. The 'engineer' tag basicly labels you as a jack-of-all-tech-trades (master of some:o) ). If you love all technology, from hardware design to software installs...CE is the way to be.
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Overwriting AOL with a bullet-riddled and mangled apendage would probably have a positive effect on the company as a whole...
'You're a terrorist' in the US is starting to carry the same weight as 'You're a Jew' in Nazi Germany. Persecution of the innocent. Nice. Good to my hard-earned tax dollars going towards something completely legit. Completely. *shits a brick*
This Slashdot story just appeared at the top of the U.S news listings on Google News.
It appears more than a few people are concerned about total information awareness (that's what it is, and that's what I will continue to call it) and losing their basic rights. With bullsh!t like this, the US is no longer the land of the free. Police state, here we come. *starts writing futile letters to greedy representatives*
Oh well. I wasn't using my Civil Liberties anyway.
I have two email addresses: One through hotmail, and one through my isp. I do all online purchasing, email lists and what not with the hotmail account. I use the ISP account for personal correspondance with family and friends, and I put it on my business cards. (I instruct people ~not~ to directly send me e-cards, rather just paste the link in an email they personally send)
In order to make the Hotmail account even usable (I've had it since waaaaaaaay before hotmail went M$), I have a safelist set up. When I'm about to make an online purchase from a new company or recieve a message from a new email list, I temporarily shut off the spam filter, recieve the messages, and then add the originating address to the safe list. I turn the filter back on, and now I've got a fairly reliable method of giving out my email and not getting spammed. Its not really that much of a hassle, either.
Nice. You are, of course, operating under a number of false assumptions:
1.) No script kiddies frequent/.
2.) No true hackers frequent/.
3.) NMap is the sole hacking tool used in the world.
4.) Adequacy has adequate security to field an attack where a skilled attacker knows key information about the server and configuration.
Based on these four false predicates, and the fact that Adequacy.com's server quickly went MIA after your post, I deduce that come Monday, you will be in a heap of shit and a world of hurt. Elementary, my dear Rightmann.
Thanks for the laugh. Good luck on your new job hunt.
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Maybe replying to my own comment is gauche, but I really think that this comment should be noticed. The MPA needs to get with the program, so to speak.
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I developed a severe reaction to caffeine after several years of hardcore coffee guzzling (I'd start the day with 4-6 _strong_ cups and have many more throughout the day). Now my digestive system shuts down at the slightest hint of said stimulant. When I was forced to go 'cold-turkey'...Ow. Very painful for several days. But I also found that massive amounts of water helped. And drinking a lot of water is incredibly healthy (I manage around a gallon a day), helping you lose weight, gain muscle and generally feel better.
I too will never again buy a CD (DVD, tape, mp3) represented by a major (read: RIAA) label, ever again. Their greed has far outpaced everthing else, and I refuse to be party to it.
Musicians, hear this: signing with a major label is fast becoming the best way to lose everything you hold dear. Stay indie, stay strong, and keep the real music coming. Being associated with a conglomeration of greed that enjoys financially raping the future of our country for kicks...is no way to spread your art.
The RIAA needs to be finished, and I have no problem helping to drive the biggest, fattest splintery stake available through their collective puny and heartless torsos.
For me, this is no longer about piracy and art. This is about principles, decency and humanity.
consecutive?
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm starting to see scenes from 'Spaceballs'...
Check out the UMaine Solar Vehicle Team's projects.
The Phantom Sol (fully electric) has a top speed of well over 120MPH, 400ft/lbs of torque, and a range of over 100 miles at highway speeds (65-75 mph). The 0-60mph time is around 8-9 seconds, depending on road conditions.
Using a 280HP 9" DC motor with 1800-amp controller (yes, 1800 DC amps - there's some thick wires inside), a 6-speed Camaro transmission and a 75-lb dual-friction racing clutch, the drive train is still relatively inexpensive (about $4000). And it has the performance of a slightly modified V-8 block. And all that's backed-up with 40 large lead-acid batteries. (another $4000)
It's street legal...and a joy to drive :oD
And since this always comes up:
Yes, electricity is often generated by burning oil. But burning it in a power plant is far more efficient than burning it in your car. And, with electric cars...the potential is there for green energy, should such a situation arise.
P.S. Did I mention the cool rear-view cameras recently installed? :o)
What? Tighter security not being used for our safety, but everyone's just allowed to think that it is? *gasp* Sounds sort of like the TIA initiative.
And the movie industry loses 3 billion $ to piracy? Right. Next thing you know they'll shut down all the second-run theaters in the country.
Look at the economy, mr. *AA, and I think you'll see that no one has been having a great go at the money lately, y'know with it being in the crapper and all.
I think this is a pretty big missed opportunity to actually send a manned mission to Mars. It won't be any closer for a _long_ time...
What I do know:
All waveforms on said lab function generator are composed fundamentally of sinusoids, so there is no actual perfectly clean signal. I have indeed hooked a good scope up to it and (out of curiosity) examined the point at which the signal visibly breaks down.
I'm well aware that no measurement equipment can be hooked into a circuit without affecting the output to some degree. I generally assume that most people realize that fact.
I guess what this comes down to is that I'm guilty of not reading the article close enough. Oh well. 10nH, eh?
It is indeed an impressive piece of hacked hardware. Nice scope, btw.
To further the explanation - a function generator outputs a known waveform at a known frequency with known amplitude so that, like ocelotbob said, a given circuit can be tested. You can use it to simulate output of various single components, thereby testing only a little piece of a bigger circuit, or it can be used to simulate a standard (or nonstandard) input to a bigger circuit, and see how that circuit performs when connected 'scope.
It is an essential tool to have when working with complex electronics and digital logic.
Tenure seems far more detrimental to the North American University than it is useful.
On top of that, most high level languages look an awful lot like C++, making it very easy to adapt and learn different material. I was able to pick up Perl and SQL within a month of being hired at my company, and now I have a wide range of skills applicable just about anywhere in the tech industry. The 'engineer' tag basicly labels you as a jack-of-all-tech-trades (master of some :o) ). If you love all technology, from hardware design to software installs...CE is the way to be.
Overwriting AOL with a bullet-riddled and mangled apendage would probably have a positive effect on the company as a whole...
while ($AOL)
{ $AOL=shoot_self_in_foot(with_gun);}
*tsk tsk* Name calling is so immature.
Welcome to the nightmare...
It appears more than a few people are concerned about total information awareness (that's what it is, and that's what I will continue to call it) and losing their basic rights. With bullsh!t like this, the US is no longer the land of the free. Police state, here we come. *starts writing futile letters to greedy representatives*
Oh well. I wasn't using my Civil Liberties anyway.
In order to make the Hotmail account even usable (I've had it since waaaaaaaay before hotmail went M$), I have a safelist set up. When I'm about to make an online purchase from a new company or recieve a message from a new email list, I temporarily shut off the spam filter, recieve the messages, and then add the originating address to the safe list. I turn the filter back on, and now I've got a fairly reliable method of giving out my email and not getting spammed. Its not really that much of a hassle, either.
1.) No script kiddies frequent /. /.
2.) No true hackers frequent
3.) NMap is the sole hacking tool used in the world.
4.) Adequacy has adequate security to field an attack where a skilled attacker knows key information about the server and configuration.
Based on these four false predicates, and the fact that Adequacy.com's server quickly went MIA after your post, I deduce that come Monday, you will be in a heap of shit and a world of hurt. Elementary, my dear Rightmann.
Thanks for the laugh. Good luck on your new job hunt.
I'll stand right here ->X
World domination!
Forget Spam, wouldn't you prefer a rat sorbet?
A single blue pill.
Maybe replying to my own comment is gauche, but I really think that this comment should be noticed. The MPA needs to get with the program, so to speak.
What kind of taxes are levied against Minitel transactions, pray tell?
Wouldn't a spoofed email address get through? I see that particular method used quite often.