These little guys look like they would work well for controlling motors and sensors. Much more bang than a Basic Stamp (tm). And they're small enough and cheap enough to stick 'em in wherever you need 'em.
The down-side would be that just as your rescue mission blasts off, NASA could issue the command to fire Hubble's thrusters to de-orbit it. Even worse, they could do it just as you hook up with Hubble and take you down with it.
It would have to be a stealth project and include a plan to hijack Hubble's radio links, re-do the encryption and steal control away from NASA.
Shiver me timbers, Laddie! I be a Space Pirate!
At least I'm thinking this would be a far better definition of "piracy" than downloading MP3s.
You used CMOS?? Luxury! You probably had a clean-room, too.
We had to make our AND gates out of bubble gum and baling wire.
And cut the wire with our teeth!
On more serious, but equally off-topic note, back in the mid 1970s I attended an IBM presentation by one of the researchers who built the first IBM disk drive. He described how they coated that very first 14-inch platter:
The plan was to put the platter on a record turntable, crank the speed up to 78 RPM and pour the iron oxide slurry onto center of the spinning platter from a paper Dixie cup. The theory was that the centrifugal force would spread the slurry out evenly across the surface and give them a nice, smoothe coating.
Well, they gathered around the turntable, started pouring out the slurry, looked down at the brown streak across all their clean, white lab coats, and said, "Maybe we should turn it down to 33 RPM."
If software can detect bank notes in printer drivers, why can't vending machines do it reliably?
Since counterfeiters are proud of their art and want to produce "good looking" copies, they copy new bills. Vending machines see old, worn bills.
FWIW: From now on, you counterfeiters should go for the Star Wars "used and grimey" look. Forget your pride and copy old bills. The software may fail to detect it.
This reminds me of a thing English schoolboys used to do, according to a Latin professor I knew years ago. They would write entire stories in what looked like Latin, but when read phonetically, the Latin made sense in English.
He called it "schoolboy Latin" but from a google search for that phrase, it appears to mean "my Latin is terrible because I haven't used it since grammar school."
The example the professor showed me was hysterical. Any Englanders in/.-land know of any sources or examples?
It's not a trend until Dave Barry does a field test on it.
Remember the Flaming Pop Tarts of Doom? How about the "Roller Blade Barbie", Pampers and hair spray experiment?
When Dave "Mr. Average Consumer" Barry takes a few Li-ion batteries, a bottle of Everclear and a hatchet out to his driveway for a controlled test, that's when we'll know the threat is real.
We here at HaulmarkCards.com think about Dooms Day a lot. An awful lot. We've been trying to come up with some catchy verses and clever phrases for a new line of Dooms Day greeting/sympathy cards. We have three problems:
1. We're not sure exactly when Dooms Day will fall, so getting cards to retailers will be a logistical nightmare,
2. We won't have much time afterward to spend the profits, and
3. Well, gosh! We just don't know how to "read" the public on this whole Dooms Day issue. We don't want to come off all tacky with something like, "Life was Swell, See you in Hell!" Then again "Best wishes for a Brighter Tomorrow" just doesn't give us that warm fuzzy glow that your granny has come to expect from Haulmark Cards.
So we're asking you, the movers and shakers in the feel-good arena to offer up some suggestions. (In keeping with our policy of not paying for anything, these would be considered free-as-in-"free advice".)
in mainframes and other "big iron" in finance shops
IBM mainframes have used 32-bit architecture since the mid-60s. For many years they only used 24 of those 32 bits for addressing, so the high-order byte was often used for other things.
A decade or so ago IBM introduced 31-bit addressing (still using the same 32-bit registers and 32-bit storage "words") and used the high-order bit to indicate whether the address was a 24-bit or 31-bit value. Many people might misinterpret that as a 31-bit architecture when it's really 32-bit.
The newer zSeries mainframes are 64-bit with downward compatibility with 31-bit and 24-bit addressing modes.
Everyone knows that Hussein's bedpal is none other than Satan! (Think Southpark)
That was so two-years-ago.
Weekly World News (that oh-so-factual tabloid) featured Saddam and Osama on the cover a while back (with Sadam in a tux and Osama in a bridal gown) and they looked like they were definitely in L-U-V!
I get all the news I need at the supermarket checkout (with apologies to Paul Simon).
Whether he was masterful in the darkroom or not, I can't say, but many of his famous photographs were printed by a darkroom assistant under Adams' direction. Adams would describe what he wanted done (areas to lighten/darken, etc.) and the assistant did it.
Having spent some time in a darkroom, I understand that knowing how you'd like something to turn out and actually being able to it (dodge, burn and feather the edges) are two different things. A keen sense of timing and a deft hand are just as important as artistic vision in the finished product.
The other humbling thing I learned was that if it wasn't on the negative, it wasn't going to be in the print. You can't coax a masterpiece from a mediocre piece of film. Adams planned his shots, set up his big old camera, then waited for the scene to appear and the light to be just right. Click! You only get one chance when you do it this way because it might take half a day to prepare. His negatives were awesome!
I would like to spend less than $200 on the camera itself, and start off with some cheaper lenses.
Dude, you have it so backwards. You pick the lens first, then find a camera that will fit it.
This may sound odd, but it's true. Assuming you know a bit about photography, you know what kind of aperature you'll need based on the kinds of pictures you'll be taking - low light, flash, outdoors, etc. You also know what focal length will suit you best. Look at the major brands - Nikon, Pentax, Cannon, Olympus, etc. and find a lens (or maybe two lenses) that will be your workhorse. Then choose a body you can afford with the idea that it will be your backup body later when you can afford better.
Back in the '70s I fell in love with the Olympus 100x2.8. I didn't like the "big nose" effect of a 50mm or 35mm when doing a head shot. A 135mm is big and too long to use indoors. Most 100s and 105s were f4.5 at the time. The 100x2.8 is the same size as most 50mm lenses, so it fits in a regular camera case. Shucks! What's not to like about it? So anyway I got a dealer to substitute the 100x2.8 for the normal 50x1.8 on an OM10 body. It's still my main 35mm camera today.
Based on your personal preferences, pick a lens first, then find your best deal.
BTW, the zoom lenses are OK unless you want to do enlargements. Then they seem a bit fuzzy.
I did the NT 4.0 MCSE thing back in '98 at the request of my former employer (to make me a more marketable consultant).
- One of the students in a class had a photographic memory. He didn't understand why everyone didn't just read the book and go take the exam while the book was still in short-term memory.
- The Sr. VP where I work as a mainframe sysprog asked me if I knew anyone who was good at Windows debugging. I told him I knew some MCSE types. He said that if his IT department were a karate dojo, "MCSE" would be equivalent to "white belt" (rank beginner).
- An instructor in an SQL Server class related the tale about a forklift operator who got laid off. He kept seeing job ads for "MCDBA" and asked around to find out what that meant. He didn't have the cash to actually take the courses but he bought the books and passed the exam (through luck, I guess) on the 14th attempt. He landed a job making $160K per year and kept it for six months before they realized he didn't know beans. He ended up $80K richer, though.
The article says that it's because they can modify existing production lines to manufacture them and with Blu-ray they'd have to build all new production facilities.
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Pointing out that areas without power didn't have internet connectivity seems rather redundant to me.
For home users and small businesses, you are quite right. What about large businesses that invested in generators so they could stay online 24/7? They were prepared to remain online to conduct their business. They depended on the Internet and it failed them.
I work for a large bank. We were not hit by the power outage, but we were scrambling to find routes around the areas that were.
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So this one probably has the Moon's name on it.
Hey China, you might want to integrate this new information into your Lunar travel plans.Some models have built-in ethernet.
How about a free copy of OS/2 WARP!!
It would have to be a stealth project and include a plan to hijack Hubble's radio links, re-do the encryption and steal control away from NASA.
Shiver me timbers, Laddie! I be a Space Pirate!At least I'm thinking this would be a far better definition of "piracy" than downloading MP3s.
You used CMOS?? Luxury! You probably had a clean-room, too.
We had to make our AND gates out of bubble gum and baling wire.And cut the wire with our teeth!
On more serious, but equally off-topic note, back in the mid 1970s I attended an IBM presentation by one of the researchers who built the first IBM disk drive. He described how they coated that very first 14-inch platter:The plan was to put the platter on a record turntable, crank the speed up to 78 RPM and pour the iron oxide slurry onto center of the spinning platter from a paper Dixie cup. The theory was that the centrifugal force would spread the slurry out evenly across the surface and give them a nice, smoothe coating.
Well, they gathered around the turntable, started pouring out the slurry, looked down at the brown streak across all their clean, white lab coats, and said, "Maybe we should turn it down to 33 RPM."True story.
Since counterfeiters are proud of their art and want to produce "good looking" copies, they copy new bills. Vending machines see old, worn bills.
FWIW: From now on, you counterfeiters should go for the Star Wars "used and grimey" look. Forget your pride and copy old bills. The software may fail to detect it.He called it "schoolboy Latin" but from a google search for that phrase, it appears to mean "my Latin is terrible because I haven't used it since grammar school."
The example the professor showed me was hysterical. Any Englanders inYeah, and the code probably belongs to SCO, too!
[Must not look at SCO's code...Must NOT look at SCO's code...]
/peek/
DAMN!!
Remember the Flaming Pop Tarts of Doom? How about the "Roller Blade Barbie", Pampers and hair spray experiment?
When Dave "Mr. Average Consumer" Barry takes a few Li-ion batteries, a bottle of Everclear and a hatchet out to his driveway for a controlled test, that's when we'll know the threat is real.So will his neighbors.
We here at HaulmarkCards.com think about Dooms Day a lot. An awful lot. We've been trying to come up with some catchy verses and clever phrases for a new line of Dooms Day greeting/sympathy cards. We have three problems:
1. We're not sure exactly when Dooms Day will fall, so getting cards to retailers will be a logistical nightmare,2. We won't have much time afterward to spend the profits, and
3. Well, gosh! We just don't know how to "read" the public on this whole Dooms Day issue. We don't want to come off all tacky with something like, "Life was Swell, See you in Hell!" Then again "Best wishes for a Brighter Tomorrow" just doesn't give us that warm fuzzy glow that your granny has come to expect from Haulmark Cards.So we're asking you, the movers and shakers in the feel-good arena to offer up some suggestions. (In keeping with our policy of not paying for anything, these would be considered free-as-in-"free advice".)
TIASort of lends a more sinister meaning to "All your datas are belong to us."
IBM mainframes have used 32-bit architecture since the mid-60s. For many years they only used 24 of those 32 bits for addressing, so the high-order byte was often used for other things.
A decade or so ago IBM introduced 31-bit addressing (still using the same 32-bit registers and 32-bit storage "words") and used the high-order bit to indicate whether the address was a 24-bit or 31-bit value. Many people might misinterpret that as a 31-bit architecture when it's really 32-bit.The newer zSeries mainframes are 64-bit with downward compatibility with 31-bit and 24-bit addressing modes.
Did some kid put a penny on the track?
Click on the "Systems/Servers" link in the left column.
That was so two-years-ago.
Weekly World News (that oh-so-factual tabloid) featured Saddam and Osama on the cover a while back (with Sadam in a tux and Osama in a bridal gown) and they looked like they were definitely in L-U-V!I get all the news I need at the supermarket checkout (with apologies to Paul Simon).
But I thought Saddam and Osama were like.. you know.. an item.
If they found Saddam, where was Osama? Out at the 7-11 buying condoms?Having spent some time in a darkroom, I understand that knowing how you'd like something to turn out and actually being able to it (dodge, burn and feather the edges) are two different things. A keen sense of timing and a deft hand are just as important as artistic vision in the finished product.
The other humbling thing I learned was that if it wasn't on the negative, it wasn't going to be in the print. You can't coax a masterpiece from a mediocre piece of film. Adams planned his shots, set up his big old camera, then waited for the scene to appear and the light to be just right. Click! You only get one chance when you do it this way because it might take half a day to prepare. His negatives were awesome!Dude, you have it so backwards. You pick the lens first, then find a camera that will fit it.
This may sound odd, but it's true. Assuming you know a bit about photography, you know what kind of aperature you'll need based on the kinds of pictures you'll be taking - low light, flash, outdoors, etc. You also know what focal length will suit you best. Look at the major brands - Nikon, Pentax, Cannon, Olympus, etc. and find a lens (or maybe two lenses) that will be your workhorse. Then choose a body you can afford with the idea that it will be your backup body later when you can afford better.Back in the '70s I fell in love with the Olympus 100x2.8. I didn't like the "big nose" effect of a 50mm or 35mm when doing a head shot. A 135mm is big and too long to use indoors. Most 100s and 105s were f4.5 at the time. The 100x2.8 is the same size as most 50mm lenses, so it fits in a regular camera case. Shucks! What's not to like about it? So anyway I got a dealer to substitute the 100x2.8 for the normal 50x1.8 on an OM10 body. It's still my main 35mm camera today.
Based on your personal preferences, pick a lens first, then find your best deal.BTW, the zoom lenses are OK unless you want to do enlargements. Then they seem a bit fuzzy.
That's what the instructor said. It was 1998. The bubble was still growing. Who knows, it may have been a limited-term contract job.
- One of the students in a class had a photographic memory. He didn't understand why everyone didn't just read the book and go take the exam while the book was still in short-term memory.
- The Sr. VP where I work as a mainframe sysprog asked me if I knew anyone who was good at Windows debugging. I told him I knew some MCSE types. He said that if his IT department were a karate dojo, "MCSE" would be equivalent to "white belt" (rank beginner).- An instructor in an SQL Server class related the tale about a forklift operator who got laid off. He kept seeing job ads for "MCDBA" and asked around to find out what that meant. He didn't have the cash to actually take the courses but he bought the books and passed the exam (through luck, I guess) on the 14th attempt. He landed a job making $160K per year and kept it for six months before they realized he didn't know beans. He ended up $80K richer, though.
"'Trustworthy computing' means that Microsoft can trust that we didn't hack our (their) system. It doesn't mean that we can trust Microsoft."
Keep saying it until it makes sense.This post brought to you by the letters R, T, F and A.
- Insert disk.
Only DCMA-violating terrorists would ask for more information than that.- Press "PLAY" on your remote.
For home users and small businesses, you are quite right. What about large businesses that invested in generators so they could stay online 24/7? They were prepared to remain online to conduct their business. They depended on the Internet and it failed them.
I work for a large bank. We were not hit by the power outage, but we were scrambling to find routes around the areas that were.