>Why on earth haven't they told people about these devices?
Simple. Because now my next hack plans are to see what I can do to either disable that box, or to fix the data going to it. I expect I'm just one in a soon to be large pool of people hacking their cars.
Wouldn't it be neat to go -20 km/h all the time!:-) "I couldn't have possibly caused that accident, sir, I was in reverse the entire time!"
The article mentioned that these units are also used to help tell the air bags when to deploy. So if you hack this system, it's altogether possible that your air bags might not pop up when you really need them.
And what would happen if you scanned a live animal? Would the copy you create live?
Well, the biggest problem with that would be the fact that the scanning process wouldn't be instantaneous, so the animal would be going through all sorts of chemical/biological changes during the scanning process (the equivalent of 'blur' when you photograph a moving object).
If you didn't notice, the story is about gaim. Trillian may well be great, but that is nothing to do with story.
Actually, while the story may be about GAIM, it's also about non-AOL IM clients, and I think in such a discussion, there's nothing "off-topic" in talking about other non-AOL IM clients. Now, if someone starts talking about something they hate about AOL or Time Warner, I'd be inclined to agree with you.
Just a quick note, if someone else hasn't already pointed this out. Trillian (both "free" and "pro" versions) does support tabbed conversation, you can attach one or more windows to a particular named container. And you have have multiple containers. I find this to be a very useful feature.
Actually, a paper book can last for centuries, while digital media is degrading very quickly.
In practice, that is true; however, you can easily copy the partially-degraded (but still readable, due to error correction) copy onto the latest media format, without loss of fidelity or information, as long as you don't wait too long.
The linked article gives a bit more insight into the REAL problem... It appears that someone has hacked the FTP server, and it is now serving up a trojan'ed copy of the aforementioned BitchX distribution, but only part of the time (based on the IP address and/or connectivity of the client). Rather sneaky...
Anyway, I guess this is a good reason to have some sort of "signing" on your distribution.
why must new techology always like to be smaller. Instead of fitting twice as much on a coin sized cd why not fit a lot more Gb on a regular sized CD?
By this logic, we should all be using 8" hard-shell floppy disks today, which hold multiple megabytes of data.:-)
But I do understand your point about making things so small as to be harder to handle or easier to lose. Maybe they could have gone for the ~3" form factor instead.
In early versions of PKZIP for DOS, there was a file named "DEDICATE.DOC" (actually a plain text file, not a Word document; MS Word hadn't usurped that extension in those days). The contents of this file for the version 1.1 release follows:
Dedication ----------
The file format of the files created by these programs, which file format is original with the first release of this software, is hereby dedicated to the public domain. Further, the filename extension of ".ZIP", first used in connection with data compression software on the first release of this software, is also hereby dedicated to the public domain, with the fervent and sincere hope that it will not be attempted to be appropriated by anyone else for their exclusive use, but rather that it will be used to refer to data compression and librarying software in general, of a class or type which creates files having a format generally compatible with this software.
Of course, the fact that the file format (and application note) for this program was made freely available and usable to all, allowed numerous other companies to make their own ZIP compatible programs, many of them financially more successful than PKZIP. But that's another story...
(attention: MOVIE SPOILER ALERT if you've been living in a cave for the last 30 years)
... HAL's most important human-to-computer information exchange (well, one-directional I guess) in the movie was a non-verbal one - where he read Frank and Dave's lips.
The solar cells don't have to run the car (although that would be nice), but they can certainly boost the batteries, or recharge them while it sits in the parking lot for 8 hours, after your 30 minute drive to work (those numbers might vary, of course)
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I used the same excuse with my ex-gf....."snuggle me with your ample bossom, or I'll freeze to death!" ;-)
I hope you figured out that this is the reason she's your ex-gf.
Of course... people don't ie when they get fired... :-)
Former Netscape developers probably IE as little as possible
(Yeah, I know it was a typo, couldn't resist)
Or as Larry Niven would say, "Think of it as evolution in action."
>Why on earth haven't they told people about these devices?
:-) "I couldn't have possibly caused that accident, sir, I was in reverse the entire time!"
Simple. Because now my next hack plans are to see what I can do to either disable that box, or to fix the data going to it. I expect I'm just one in a soon to be large pool of people hacking their cars.
Wouldn't it be neat to go -20 km/h all the time!
The article mentioned that these units are also used to help tell the air bags when to deploy. So if you hack this system, it's altogether possible that your air bags might not pop up when you really need them.
News flash - Minnesota prisoner hospitalized after receiving enema of 20 cans of Hormel meat products. Film at 11.
AFLAC!
(somebody shoot that duck, please!)
And what would happen if you scanned a live animal? Would the copy you create live?
Well, the biggest problem with that would be the fact that the scanning process wouldn't be instantaneous, so the animal would be going through all sorts of chemical/biological changes during the scanning process (the equivalent of 'blur' when you photograph a moving object).
- Snard
Yes, better stick to tea, because you know it won't be able to print cold-pressed latinum.
If you didn't notice, the story is about gaim. Trillian may well be great, but that is nothing to do with story.
Actually, while the story may be about GAIM, it's also about non-AOL IM clients, and I think in such a discussion, there's nothing "off-topic" in talking about other non-AOL IM clients. Now, if someone starts talking about something they hate about AOL or Time Warner, I'd be inclined to agree with you.
Just a quick note, if someone else hasn't already pointed this out. Trillian (both "free" and "pro" versions) does support tabbed conversation, you can attach one or more windows to a particular named container. And you have have multiple containers. I find this to be a very useful feature.
Matching Tie and Handkerchief
Actually, a paper book can last for centuries, while digital media is degrading very quickly.
In practice, that is true; however, you can easily copy the partially-degraded (but still readable, due to error correction) copy onto the latest media format, without loss of fidelity or information, as long as you don't wait too long.
Does anyone remember this quirky space sitcom from the 70's, starring Richard Benjamin as the commander of a space garbage skow?
The linked article gives a bit more insight into the REAL problem... It appears that someone has hacked the FTP server, and it is now serving up a trojan'ed copy of the aforementioned BitchX distribution, but only part of the time (based on the IP address and/or connectivity of the client). Rather sneaky...
Anyway, I guess this is a good reason to have some sort of "signing" on your distribution.
why must new techology always like to be smaller. Instead of fitting twice as much on a coin sized cd why not fit a lot more Gb on a regular sized CD?
:-)
By this logic, we should all be using 8" hard-shell floppy disks today, which hold multiple megabytes of data.
But I do understand your point about making things so small as to be harder to handle or easier to lose. Maybe they could have gone for the ~3" form factor instead.
Man standing under window sill gets scalded.
"Isn't that cute? ... But it's WRONG!!!"
There is nothing natural about 24fps.
But the last time I checked, SW Ep. II was recorded (and is being shown) at 24fps, which kind of sucks to me.
... the Signetics 9046xN Write Only Memory? (which, as you recall, has V(pp) pins for the filaments)
In early versions of PKZIP for DOS, there was a file named "DEDICATE.DOC" (actually a plain text file, not a Word document; MS Word hadn't usurped that extension in those days). The contents of this file for the version 1.1 release follows:
Dedication
----------
The file format of the files created by these programs, which file format
is original with the first release of this software, is hereby dedicated to
the public domain. Further, the filename extension of ".ZIP", first used in
connection with data compression software on the first release of this
software, is also hereby dedicated to the public domain, with the fervent
and sincere hope that it will not be attempted to be appropriated by anyone
else for their exclusive use, but rather that it will be used to refer to
data compression and librarying software in general, of a class or type
which creates files having a format generally compatible with this
software.
Of course, the fact that the file format (and application note) for this program was made freely available and usable to all, allowed numerous other companies to make their own ZIP compatible programs, many of them financially more successful than PKZIP. But that's another story...
How is someone browsing the web with their laptop in the front row more distracting than someone taking notes on their laptop in the front row?
I guess it would depend on what web sites they are browsing. Especially if the screen is full of lots of flesh-tone...
(attention: MOVIE SPOILER ALERT if you've been living in a cave for the last 30 years)
... HAL's most important human-to-computer information exchange (well, one-directional I guess) in the movie was a non-verbal one - where he read Frank and Dave's lips.
"California Highway Patrol officers moved in Thursday to halt shredding at the state's information technology department...
You can always count on Ponch and Jon to step in and save the day.
Reminds me of this cartoon.
The solar cells don't have to run the car (although that would be nice), but they can certainly boost the batteries, or recharge them while it sits in the parking lot for 8 hours, after your 30 minute drive to work (those numbers might vary, of course)