Kinda like War-Driving but with a "Step 3: Profit!" Another good reason for me to stick to using my Debit Card for most transactions, but there's DARPA's Total Info Awareness project. I guess if we are made to be too paranoid to carry/use cash then all our non-cash transactions are more easily tied-in to us and trackable.
No, you don't. But I do buy books, lots of 'em - hundreds. It is simply a quest for otherwise unattainable knowledge. My collection includes books from the early 1900's on wooden ship/vessel building - from a manufacturing company's viewpoint, steam turbines, vacuum tube electronics, RAND Corp. books on Game Theory, and magic tricks to other stuff like gravity, meteorology, aeronautics/astronautics, programming, robotics, psychology, writing fiction and the list goes on and on and on. This is my Number One hobby - the acquisition of knowledge, especially the kind that has been labeled obsolete. I will recommend this type of pursuit to anyone with an interest in such a thing. The books can usually be bought super-cheap, especially at thrift stores and yard sales (usually for.50 cents, or so). Therefore, it is not an expensive hobby. Also, it can be profitable - I have sold a couple of vintage NASA books for over $200 each.
...I imagine that these will not be low $$$ items. Therefore, if the internals are transparent how will any repairs be made to prevent against handing out a lot of money to replace a broken/malfunctioing one.
Could the honey pot project be used to simulate a FTP server with mp3 goodies?
Sure can. The RIAA already does it to downloader's with bogus mp3's and crippled music files. Just serve up the crap you downloaded from them. Then if they try to sue or hack your box then countersue under the allegation that they were already sharing these files and did not provide with any "fair use" instructions when you d'loaded them from the myriad of fake users/servers they have dishing this junk out to the public. While you're at it - share the Madonna Cursing at You fake mp3 file and sue her too. I doubt a solid case could be made in your favor, but if your a daring soul...
Most of the video stores where I live give a 5-day rental. If the disc is unusable after the first 2 days (assumng I open it within the first 48 hours of rental) then the way I see it they must either provide me with more discs to cover the rental period or change the terms of their agreement which might drive me away from doing business with them. All of this, of course, assumes this technology will be heavily used in the reatil sector, whereas this tech. could be better used as promo/giveaway discs for new movies/music/software, etc...
True, however, there are some things that have not come out such the NSA's crypto technology and the like. Also, nothing related to national security is supposed to make it into the public domain.
Yes, but I think the Hammerhead from Walkabout with vehicle mounting and the right accessories (removable storage, wifi, camera, etc...) is also a good choice. Sweet setup when one is driving around looking for "hotspots".
Check out "Optical Camouflage Technology" at this link. I heard there were some recent improvements made to it to get rid of the green tint. Here is another link.
Since we still have a_lot_to_learn about/from tornadoes and since the poster's ideas seemed well thought out, I gave it a chance. I found a link to the HAARP Project and its experiments effects on atmospheric ionization and motion. Here is an excerpt:
What Effects Are Produced By HAARP?
A portion of the energy contained in the HF signal transmitted by HAARP can be transferred to existing electrons or ions making up the ionospheric plasma through a process called absorption, thus raising the local effective temperature. As an example, the electron temperature at a height of 275 km (the peak of the F2 region) is over 1400K. [2]. Work at other active ionospheric research facilities has shown that it is possible to raise this temperature by as much as 30% within a small, localized region during an experiment. The affected region would then temporarily display electrical characteristics different from neighboring regions of the layer. Sensitive scientific instruments on the ground can then be used to study the dynamic physical properties of this region in great detail.
As the electrons (and ions) acquire additional energy, their temperature increases, their kinetic energy increases and they begin to move more rapidly. In the F layer, this increased movement or expansion results in a decrease in the electron density. Experience at other active ionospheric research facilities [3] has shown that electron densities in the small, affected region can be reduced by 10% to 20%.
Same thing happened to me with our copier-repairman. He actually paid for an old HP printer driver via credit card through a "warez" site. Claims he received the driver. He, too, mispronounced "warez" as "war-ezz". I,too, did not correct him or explain anything.
Just a thought, but seriously, will reversing the direction of the airflow (reverse-mount the fans) keep dust out? I'm curious, but I don't know a lot about power supplies/fans...
The Education of a Poker Player by Herbert O. Yardley is one of the best books I've ever read on poker. Incidentally, H.O. Yardley was one of the first employees/agents of what became the National Security Agency; His specialty was cryptology/cryptanalysis.
I never wanted to be caught with Tandy hardware, though.
Neither did I, but I did take my first computer_skillz_course, or maybe it was BASIC, at Radio Shack in 1982 or 1983. I got an ugly green certificate for passing a boring 16-hour course which lasted two whole saturdays (my parents bought me a steak lunch after I passed) - I was 12 or 13; everyone else in the class was in their 30's or 40's, at least. IIRC, they gave us some these comics and some other goodies for attending.
Here is a link to an equally good, but slightly more advanced NASA site with interactive Java simulations on airfoils, turbines, rocket design, etc... I highly recommend it.
As a case study of such "extreme risks," Rees cites a controversial project that began in 2000 at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. Physicists there have used a particle accelerator to try to create a "quark- gluon plasma," a soup of extremely hot, dense subatomic particles that mimic conditions of the "Big Bang" that spawned our cosmos 13.7 billion years ago.
Critics speculated that this high concentration of energy might have one of three undesirable results:
-- It could form a black hole -- an object with such immense gravitational pull that nothing could escape, not even light -- which would "suck in everything around it."
So, can we now find it plausible that some black holes could be the catastrophic by-product/warning sign of other somewhat-intelligent civilizations from "out there"?
It would just figure that I picked a used copy of Cellular Automata for a quarter yesterday evening at a library book sale (seriously) and it is already outdated. Darn technology...
Innovations Propose Marriage Of Diamonds, Semiconductors
Nature's hardest substance sparkles aplenty as a heat-sink substrate for
computer chips.
Robert K. Ackerman
Researchers are coming ever closer to diamond fabrication
technologies economical enough to be incorporated in mass semiconductor
fabrication. The ability of chip designers to use diamond as a heat sink for
microprocessors will permit significant advances in processing power by enabling
denser designs.
Approaching the Holy Grail of cost-effective diamond substrate fabrication
are several companies employing different technologies. These range from
conventional pressure systems that have crossed logistical Rubicons to
deposition methods enabled by novel applications of exotic processes.
The potential playground for semiconductor diamond substrate begins in
military systems and ultimately extends into the consumer marketplace. Programs
sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) aim at
incorporating the technology into sensor suites aboard the Air Force's new
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor air superiority fighter aircraft. The agency is
pursuing a number of different approaches that would be wed to existing
circuitry for improvements in efficiency and performance.
Concurrently, companies not necessarily involved in the DARPA effort are
generating larger, better and less expensive diamond substrates. Existing
technologies already are able to generate 4-inch wafers, and larger wafers at
lower costs beckon. The potential market for this diamond technology runs in the
billions of dollars, according to some industry analysts.
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Kinda like War-Driving but with a "Step 3: Profit!" Another good reason for me to stick to using my Debit Card for most transactions, but there's DARPA's Total Info Awareness project. I guess if we are made to be too paranoid to carry/use cash then all our non-cash transactions are more easily tied-in to us and trackable.
"SCO does not comment on rumors or speculation," said Jeff Hunsaker, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at SCO.
Well then, how did they start this whole "infringing code" thing in the first place???
I dont need to buy books for this.
.50 cents, or so). Therefore, it is not an expensive hobby. Also, it can be profitable - I have sold a couple of vintage NASA books for over $200 each.
No, you don't. But I do buy books, lots of 'em - hundreds. It is simply a quest for otherwise unattainable knowledge. My collection includes books from the early 1900's on wooden ship/vessel building - from a manufacturing company's viewpoint, steam turbines, vacuum tube electronics, RAND Corp. books on Game Theory, and magic tricks to other stuff like gravity, meteorology, aeronautics/astronautics, programming, robotics, psychology, writing fiction and the list goes on and on and on. This is my Number One hobby - the acquisition of knowledge, especially the kind that has been labeled obsolete. I will recommend this type of pursuit to anyone with an interest in such a thing. The books can usually be bought super-cheap, especially at thrift stores and yard sales (usually for
...I imagine that these will not be low $$$ items. Therefore, if the internals are transparent how will any repairs be made to prevent against handing out a lot of money to replace a broken/malfunctioing one.
Could the honey pot project be used to simulate a FTP server with mp3 goodies?
Sure can. The RIAA already does it to downloader's with bogus mp3's and crippled music files. Just serve up the crap you downloaded from them. Then if they try to sue or hack your box then countersue under the allegation that they were already sharing these files and did not provide with any "fair use" instructions when you d'loaded them from the myriad of fake users/servers they have dishing this junk out to the public. While you're at it - share the Madonna Cursing at You fake mp3 file and sue her too. I doubt a solid case could be made in your favor, but if your a daring soul...
..."Ethernet/Internet over Power Lines" like was mentioned in this previous /. story ???
Most of the video stores where I live give a 5-day rental. If the disc is unusable after the first 2 days (assumng I open it within the first 48 hours of rental) then the way I see it they must either provide me with more discs to cover the rental period or change the terms of their agreement which might drive me away from doing business with them. All of this, of course, assumes this technology will be heavily used in the reatil sector, whereas this tech. could be better used as promo/giveaway discs for new movies/music/software, etc...
True, however, there are some things that have not come out such the NSA's crypto technology and the like. Also, nothing related to national security is supposed to make it into the public domain.
Will this really work
Yes, but I think the Hammerhead from Walkabout with vehicle mounting and the right accessories (removable storage, wifi, camera, etc...) is also a good choice. Sweet setup when one is driving around looking for "hotspots".
Check out "Optical Camouflage Technology" at this link. I heard there were some recent improvements made to it to get rid of the green tint. Here is another link.
Since we still have a_lot_to_learn about/from tornadoes and since the poster's ideas seemed well thought out, I gave it a chance. I found a link to the HAARP Project and its experiments effects on atmospheric ionization and motion. Here is an excerpt:
What Effects Are Produced By HAARP? A portion of the energy contained in the HF signal transmitted by HAARP can be transferred to existing electrons or ions making up the ionospheric plasma through a process called absorption, thus raising the local effective temperature. As an example, the electron temperature at a height of 275 km (the peak of the F2 region) is over 1400K. [2]. Work at other active ionospheric research facilities has shown that it is possible to raise this temperature by as much as 30% within a small, localized region during an experiment. The affected region would then temporarily display electrical characteristics different from neighboring regions of the layer. Sensitive scientific instruments on the ground can then be used to study the dynamic physical properties of this region in great detail. As the electrons (and ions) acquire additional energy, their temperature increases, their kinetic energy increases and they begin to move more rapidly. In the F layer, this increased movement or expansion results in a decrease in the electron density. Experience at other active ionospheric research facilities [3] has shown that electron densities in the small, affected region can be reduced by 10% to 20%.
Very, very interesting...
Same thing happened to me with our copier-repairman. He actually paid for an old HP printer driver via credit card through a "warez" site. Claims he received the driver. He, too, mispronounced "warez" as "war-ezz". I,too, did not correct him or explain anything.
Actually, I believe the song was rearranged around Juice Newton's hit Angel of the Morning.
Try PartsExpress. Right now they have a 5.6" LCD for USD$118. Good luck...
Just a thought, but seriously, will reversing the direction of the airflow (reverse-mount the fans) keep dust out? I'm curious, but I don't know a lot about power supplies/fans...
I want to find a copy of his poker book.
Try eBay.
The Education of a Poker Player by Herbert O. Yardley is one of the best books I've ever read on poker. Incidentally, H.O. Yardley was one of the first employees/agents of what became the National Security Agency; His specialty was cryptology/cryptanalysis.
I never wanted to be caught with Tandy hardware, though.
Neither did I, but I did take my first computer_skillz_course, or maybe it was BASIC, at Radio Shack in 1982 or 1983. I got an ugly green certificate for passing a boring 16-hour course which lasted two whole saturdays (my parents bought me a steak lunch after I passed) - I was 12 or 13; everyone else in the class was in their 30's or 40's, at least. IIRC, they gave us some these comics and some other goodies for attending.
Here is a link to an equally good, but slightly more advanced NASA site with interactive Java simulations on airfoils, turbines, rocket design, etc... I highly recommend it.
As a case study of such "extreme risks," Rees cites a controversial project that began in 2000 at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. Physicists there have used a particle accelerator to try to create a "quark- gluon plasma," a soup of extremely hot, dense subatomic particles that mimic conditions of the "Big Bang" that spawned our cosmos 13.7 billion years ago. Critics speculated that this high concentration of energy might have one of three undesirable results: -- It could form a black hole -- an object with such immense gravitational pull that nothing could escape, not even light -- which would "suck in everything around it."
So, can we now find it plausible that some black holes could be the catastrophic by-product/warning sign of other somewhat-intelligent civilizations from "out there"?
It would just figure that I picked a used copy of Cellular Automata for a quarter yesterday evening at a library book sale (seriously) and it is already outdated. Darn technology...
if the world might pressure them in to lowering prices...
It might not even be necessary.
From this link.
February 1998
©SIGNAL Magazine 1998
Innovations Propose Marriage Of Diamonds, Semiconductors
Nature's hardest substance sparkles aplenty as a heat-sink substrate for computer chips.
Robert K. Ackerman
Researchers are coming ever closer to diamond fabrication technologies economical enough to be incorporated in mass semiconductor fabrication. The ability of chip designers to use diamond as a heat sink for microprocessors will permit significant advances in processing power by enabling denser designs.
Approaching the Holy Grail of cost-effective diamond substrate fabrication are several companies employing different technologies. These range from conventional pressure systems that have crossed logistical Rubicons to deposition methods enabled by novel applications of exotic processes.
The potential playground for semiconductor diamond substrate begins in military systems and ultimately extends into the consumer marketplace. Programs sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) aim at incorporating the technology into sensor suites aboard the Air Force's new Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor air superiority fighter aircraft. The agency is pursuing a number of different approaches that would be wed to existing circuitry for improvements in efficiency and performance.
Concurrently, companies not necessarily involved in the DARPA effort are generating larger, better and less expensive diamond substrates. Existing technologies already are able to generate 4-inch wafers, and larger wafers at lower costs beckon. The potential market for this diamond technology runs in the billions of dollars, according to some industry analysts.
Whatever happened to the guys that were going to print out boards on inkjet printers?
Maybe they statred doing this. Modified Printers Used For Tissue Engineering
Isn't there a better way
Yes, check out some of the OOPIC projects.
No! "Now Go Away Or I Shall Taunt You A Second Time".