Yeah, it's funny, I had called my ISP because I had just installed RH 4.7 (I think) and was having trouble getting stuff configured to connect to the internet. Fortunately the tech support guy was a fellow geek, because he walked me right through setting up the configuration and after I was connected he said "There are two sites you have to check out Right Away". They were/. and Freshmeat. I signed up on both immediately, I guess it must have been the first day for/. accounts. I had no idea people signed up so fast.
Yeah, but do the cables run through pressurized conduit with pressure monitors on each one that signals a security alert if the pressure drops? If not, then you may as well be housing your servers on a rock in Central Park. </sarcasm>
And the ticket will be issued automatically when the vehicle crosses the state line. Fortunately, with our new self-driving overlords, the ticket will also be paid automatically (just like tolls) by the car when the citation is issued.
Personally, I'd vote for cars that automatically stopped and refused to drive if there was no insurance policy registered against them. Bet we won't see any legislation like that, though.
Apparently you're unaware that radar is actually used to detect snow, and this works because snow reflects radar. So in a heavy snowstorm, your radar is going to be pretty much useless. Same for lasers or other optical means. You need the ability to create models of object moving at high speed in real time based on incomplete information. You also have to compensate for changes to those models using controls that suddenly exhibit non-linear behavior and responses, with the nature of the non-linearity changing dynamically. And good luck with your "cooperative engagement" when a gust of wind hits a car on ice and it suddenly changes lanes with no changes to the controls.
When I go to shopping malls all over the world, I no longer see record stores, and don't have any opportunity to buy new CDs. The last CD I bought was a year ago, when I visited some old shopping mall and was thrilled to see a CD store, and was so thrilled that I immediately bought 3.
I did a Google Maps search and found a record store near me. They carried mostly T-shirts and other novelties. Of the three racks of CDs they had, two had movies on DVD. They did have one bin of vinyl, all recent re-issues of odd stuff (e.g., Green Day next to Frank Sinatra next to Fleetwood Mac). Would have been very disappointed if one of the shelves of DVDs wasn't all obscure Japanese-import anime.
some serious equipment (or at least a good scope.)
You can get a USB oscilloscope on Amazon for $20.
He said a good scope. 20MHz of bandwidth is fine for audio work, but if you're serious about anything you'll be wanting at least 100MHz of headroom. Hell, I picked up a Tek 847 for $25 that's got 50MHz and two separate timebases. (Of course it also sucks down 190 watts and takes matched sets of 12AX7s, so there's that.)
Apple uses a USB port to charge like every other cell phone. Sure, you have to buy a cable to plug it in, also like any other cell phone.
Uh, no. My S8+ came with a charger and cable that enables fast charging, I didn't have to buy anything. My old S5 also came with a cable, as did my daughter's iPhone SE.
Quoting starting salary for an investment banker is like quoting base salary for a salesman. The real pay is made through commissions and bonuses. If you're an investment banker and all you make is your base salary, you're just not working.
Doesn't the same rule apply (only more so) for FWD? If your rear wheels start to slip and you step on the gas, you transition weight off the front wheels, while simultaneously increasing the torque on them, making it more likely they'll spin? Honest question, I've never really pushed a FWD car on a track before, partly because their handling is just counter-intuitive to me.
I've always wondered if stability control does more harm than good. It can encourage people who know better to push cars harder in the belief that the electronics will save them from trouble.
This phenomenon was noticed when ABS began to become mainstream, too.
Some of us *still* drive them. Although I did break down and install a different head unit that I could connect my iPod to.
A lot of those technologies are just now (or recently) coming into their prime, though. I remember the early ABS systems felt like you were being dragged down a flight of stairs, and didn't seem to make a big difference in the snow. And at least one of the early traction control units made it almost impossible to start on snow-covered ice. (I've actually heard the same thing about the first-gen Prius, but not from a reliable source.) The current high-end systems are amazing, I just need to wait another five or six years until I can afford a 2013 5-series BMW or maybe an S4.
Sounds like the Z could have used an alignment and possibly some tire balancing. Not saying it's better than a Caravelle (I've never driven one of those) but I have driven a 240Z to the far side of 100 and didn't feel it was inherently unstable. Loud, yes, but not unstable.
The only reason most "other" cars don't exhibit this behavior as strongly is that they aren't setup (from the factory) with such a neutral balance - they're setup to understeer so strongly that the balance window you play in goes from "more understeer" to "less understeer" - not "understeer" to "oversteer".
LOL, the reason most other cars don't exhibit this behavior is because they don't have the engine *behind* the rear axle. Porsche has committed unnatural acts of engineering to make the 911 one of the best-handling cars of all time, but it's still a car that punishes drivers who don't understand vehicle dynamics.
The richer kids got themselves "electronic calculators" but the rest of us were using slide rules.
I lost count on how many time I burned my fingers while assembling the chips on breadboards on the many DIY "PC" kits I purchased (mail-order style) from ads that I got from "Popular Mechanics".
Uh, what? Your family couldn't afford a $50 calculator but you had "many" "DIY PC kits"? Like the $995 SOL-20, or a $400 "cheapie" like an MITS Altair or IMSAI 8080? Sorry, not buying the bullshit.
When I was in HS in the late '70s we had a teletype with an acoustic coupler modem that connected to a district computer center running an HP2000. I still have a printout of the BASIC code for the football and drag race programs we played with, but by the time I was a junior we had a TRS-80 model I at home so I pretty much gave up on the school's system. Taught myself BASIC, then saved my allowance to buy a Z-80 assembler (on cassette tape!) and learned that. Then I went to college and my first class was on punched cards. Kind of a letdown...
What chance in hell is one or two radar guided 20mm Gatling guns going to have against something at least twice as fast, several feet off the water, and performing high-G evasive maneuvers? Oh yea, and there's a dozen more 10 seconds behind the first one.
Maybe we'll resurrect the old Nike missle tech -- fire a supersonic missile into a flock of targets and detonate it. Doesn't take much damage at Mach 2+ to make something so unstable it'll tear itself apart.
Good point, though -- that's why the XB-70 was never developed: it's much cheaper to make missiles than bombers.
Phalanx-type systems have been used to fire at waterborne targets that come within range, I don't think something fifteen feet off the deck is going to present much of a challenge.
take a few or so cups of the apple-juice and blend it with the sugar, bring it to a simmer, add the yeast, stir it vigorously, and pour it back into the original glass bottle
Wait, you're adding yeast to hot cider? When brewing beer, you have to get your wort temperature down below 80 before you add your yeast. Sounds like it's working for you, though, maybe champagne yeast is tougher stuff than regular brewer's yeast.
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This team actually claims their car is a "solar utility vehicle". Even has a charging outlet for a cell phone.
Yeah, it's funny, I had called my ISP because I had just installed RH 4.7 (I think) and was having trouble getting stuff configured to connect to the internet. Fortunately the tech support guy was a fellow geek, because he walked me right through setting up the configuration and after I was connected he said "There are two sites you have to check out Right Away". They were /. and Freshmeat. I signed up on both immediately, I guess it must have been the first day for /. accounts. I had no idea people signed up so fast.
In Soviet Slashdot, hot grits pour Natalie Portman down YOUR pants!
You're a good kid, primebase. Don't let anyone tell ya different.
Yeah, but do the cables run through pressurized conduit with pressure monitors on each one that signals a security alert if the pressure drops? If not, then you may as well be housing your servers on a rock in Central Park. </sarcasm>
And the ticket will be issued automatically when the vehicle crosses the state line. Fortunately, with our new self-driving overlords, the ticket will also be paid automatically (just like tolls) by the car when the citation is issued.
Personally, I'd vote for cars that automatically stopped and refused to drive if there was no insurance policy registered against them. Bet we won't see any legislation like that, though.
Apparently you're unaware that radar is actually used to detect snow, and this works because snow reflects radar. So in a heavy snowstorm, your radar is going to be pretty much useless. Same for lasers or other optical means. You need the ability to create models of object moving at high speed in real time based on incomplete information. You also have to compensate for changes to those models using controls that suddenly exhibit non-linear behavior and responses, with the nature of the non-linearity changing dynamically. And good luck with your "cooperative engagement" when a gust of wind hits a car on ice and it suddenly changes lanes with no changes to the controls.
But what about for whatever they want?
It's a university. Doing whatever you want in the restroom has been the standard since at least the 50s here in the US. Personally, I've:
With today's phones, you could also watch movies or attend lectures or even write and submit a paper. No end of stuff you can do in a bathroom.
Record stores have bounced back
When I go to shopping malls all over the world, I no longer see record stores, and don't have any opportunity to buy new CDs. The last CD I bought was a year ago, when I visited some old shopping mall and was thrilled to see a CD store, and was so thrilled that I immediately bought 3.
I did a Google Maps search and found a record store near me. They carried mostly T-shirts and other novelties. Of the three racks of CDs they had, two had movies on DVD. They did have one bin of vinyl, all recent re-issues of odd stuff (e.g., Green Day next to Frank Sinatra next to Fleetwood Mac). Would have been very disappointed if one of the shelves of DVDs wasn't all obscure Japanese-import anime.
some serious equipment (or at least a good scope.)
You can get a USB oscilloscope on Amazon for $20.
He said a good scope. 20MHz of bandwidth is fine for audio work, but if you're serious about anything you'll be wanting at least 100MHz of headroom. Hell, I picked up a Tek 847 for $25 that's got 50MHz and two separate timebases. (Of course it also sucks down 190 watts and takes matched sets of 12AX7s, so there's that.)
FWIW, my S8+ is on 4.4.16. Wonder if we'll get an update to 4.9 or 4.12 within a year. Not holding my breath, but....
Hey! I resemble that remark!
Apple uses a USB port to charge like every other cell phone. Sure, you have to buy a cable to plug it in, also like any other cell phone.
Uh, no. My S8+ came with a charger and cable that enables fast charging, I didn't have to buy anything. My old S5 also came with a cable, as did my daughter's iPhone SE.
Quoting starting salary for an investment banker is like quoting base salary for a salesman. The real pay is made through commissions and bonuses. If you're an investment banker and all you make is your base salary, you're just not working.
I used an ERP that only gave requirements for Sun SPARC/Solaris with Oracle databases
Let me guess -- Peoplesoft? (An Oracle company)
Unfortunately, the most common "lightener" is bird poop. We actually need *bigger* antennas if we're going to cover the entire roof.
Doesn't the same rule apply (only more so) for FWD? If your rear wheels start to slip and you step on the gas, you transition weight off the front wheels, while simultaneously increasing the torque on them, making it more likely they'll spin? Honest question, I've never really pushed a FWD car on a track before, partly because their handling is just counter-intuitive to me.
I've always wondered if stability control does more harm than good. It can encourage people who know better to push cars harder in the belief that the electronics will save them from trouble.
This phenomenon was noticed when ABS began to become mainstream, too.
Some of us *still* drive them. Although I did break down and install a different head unit that I could connect my iPod to.
A lot of those technologies are just now (or recently) coming into their prime, though. I remember the early ABS systems felt like you were being dragged down a flight of stairs, and didn't seem to make a big difference in the snow. And at least one of the early traction control units made it almost impossible to start on snow-covered ice. (I've actually heard the same thing about the first-gen Prius, but not from a reliable source.) The current high-end systems are amazing, I just need to wait another five or six years until I can afford a 2013 5-series BMW or maybe an S4.
Sounds like the Z could have used an alignment and possibly some tire balancing. Not saying it's better than a Caravelle (I've never driven one of those) but I have driven a 240Z to the far side of 100 and didn't feel it was inherently unstable. Loud, yes, but not unstable.
The only reason most "other" cars don't exhibit this behavior as strongly is that they aren't setup (from the factory) with such a neutral balance - they're setup to understeer so strongly that the balance window you play in goes from "more understeer" to "less understeer" - not "understeer" to "oversteer".
LOL, the reason most other cars don't exhibit this behavior is because they don't have the engine *behind* the rear axle. Porsche has committed unnatural acts of engineering to make the 911 one of the best-handling cars of all time, but it's still a car that punishes drivers who don't understand vehicle dynamics.
The richer kids got themselves "electronic calculators" but the rest of us were using slide rules.
I lost count on how many time I burned my fingers while assembling the chips on breadboards on the many DIY "PC" kits I purchased (mail-order style) from ads that I got from "Popular Mechanics".
Uh, what? Your family couldn't afford a $50 calculator but you had "many" "DIY PC kits"? Like the $995 SOL-20, or a $400 "cheapie" like an MITS Altair or IMSAI 8080? Sorry, not buying the bullshit.
When I was in HS in the late '70s we had a teletype with an acoustic coupler modem that connected to a district computer center running an HP2000. I still have a printout of the BASIC code for the football and drag race programs we played with, but by the time I was a junior we had a TRS-80 model I at home so I pretty much gave up on the school's system. Taught myself BASIC, then saved my allowance to buy a Z-80 assembler (on cassette tape!) and learned that. Then I went to college and my first class was on punched cards. Kind of a letdown...
What chance in hell is one or two radar guided 20mm Gatling guns going to have against something at least twice as fast, several feet off the water, and performing high-G evasive maneuvers? Oh yea, and there's a dozen more 10 seconds behind the first one.
Maybe we'll resurrect the old Nike missle tech -- fire a supersonic missile into a flock of targets and detonate it. Doesn't take much damage at Mach 2+ to make something so unstable it'll tear itself apart.
Good point, though -- that's why the XB-70 was never developed: it's much cheaper to make missiles than bombers.
Phalanx-type systems have been used to fire at waterborne targets that come within range, I don't think something fifteen feet off the deck is going to present much of a challenge.
take a few or so cups of the apple-juice and blend it with the sugar, bring it to a simmer, add the yeast, stir it vigorously, and pour it back into the original glass bottle
Wait, you're adding yeast to hot cider? When brewing beer, you have to get your wort temperature down below 80 before you add your yeast. Sounds like it's working for you, though, maybe champagne yeast is tougher stuff than regular brewer's yeast.