Clearly the most they can do is continually use up as much bandwidth as possible. If the networks aren't prepared for that, then that's their own fault.
No, stuff is hard to machine due it its hardness, not tensile strength. Even stainless steel, which is bloody hard to machine has a lower hardness than titanium.
Besides, I was refuting your implication that using titanium is cheap. I said nothing about steel, or strength to weight ratios.
One interesting thing from TFA is that newer GPS trackers are installed under the bonnet, and powered by the car battery. I can sort of see how one might say you can track cars without a warrant using magnetic, battery powered GPS trackers (like the one in the article), but how on earth can breaking into the car not require a warrant?
BUT, tempered glass gets its strength from really high surface tension
You mean surface compression... The middle of the glass is in tension, and it is protected by the outside surfaces which are in compression (and hence scratch-proof). I never thought about the edges though, that is cool.
No, because when you claim on the insurance, you get another phone which can possibly break again. You're assuming once your phone breaks you don't get another one for the rest of the 11 years.
Actually, the Dalvik VM is more closely tied to Java than you imply. It isn't really language-agnostic like LLVM bitcode. It contains instructions for dealing with java objects (e.g. "instance-of"), you have to use a garbage collector and there's no manual memory management.
C to Java compilers *have* been written, but they don't really work very well.
1. I have no idea what you mean by the exhaust being "visible" to GPS signals. The receiver the FBI used was under the car right? That obviously worked. 2. Airflow? True... if only there was some source of airflow under a fast-moving car... 3. Why on Earth would the GPS receiver need to operate at high temperature? You obviously wouldn't attach that directly to the exhaust; it would be elevated or insulated from it.
Well clearly you have to draw the line somewhere. I agree, stuff like \a, and \b obviously don't belong in the character set. But then newlines clearly do, and even spaces are 'display-control strings'. What about tabs?
I think you're probably right about this soft-hyphen though. It sounds like it is rarely used and creates more problems than it solves.
Hmm, I've used sipdroid (I even wrote a patch for call recording), but it is insanely complicated to set up, the call quality isn't great, but the main thing that killed it for me was the latency. It was on the order of a few seconds.
I just tried the new skype app. I used the test echo service and call quality was pretty amazing. Can't say anything about latency yet, but it can't be as bad as SIP. The app is pretty buggy at the moment (it wouldn't let me log in until I turned off wifi), but it seems like a good start (finally!)
It's almost analogous to the old 3D baseball cards where you'd move them and get the illusion of depth.
It's *exactly* like that, except instead of having several (say 5) different views, you only have two - left and right. And the small 'field of view' is a FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATION of glasses-free stereoscopic TV (unless it has head-tracking or something fancy like that).
I wish slashdot, engadget, and so on would learn that.
Config files are one of the problems with linux. Most of them are far too hard to parse and modify so there aren't any GUI tools to do so. For example, how do you change the PATH in linux through the GUI? As far as I know there is no way. In windows it is (fairly) simple.
Of course there's no reason why you can't have the best of both worlds - every program can be abstracted into a CLI and GUI on top of the same base library.
It started off a bit cheesy - way too many Hollywood clichés - but it was pretty good in the end. And the graphics are pretty stunning - easily on par with Hollywood.
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Clearly the most they can do is continually use up as much bandwidth as possible. If the networks aren't prepared for that, then that's their own fault.
No, stuff is hard to machine due it its hardness, not tensile strength. Even stainless steel, which is bloody hard to machine has a lower hardness than titanium.
Besides, I was refuting your implication that using titanium is cheap. I said nothing about steel, or strength to weight ratios.
Someone should patent storing passwords in plain text!
Titanium is $100/kg, tops.
Yeah but how much does it cost to machine?
For anyone confused about the term "beg the question," this is exactly what it means
Not any more. Language changes.
One interesting thing from TFA is that newer GPS trackers are installed under the bonnet, and powered by the car battery. I can sort of see how one might say you can track cars without a warrant using magnetic, battery powered GPS trackers (like the one in the article), but how on earth can breaking into the car not require a warrant?
Now can we please get one-time credit card authorisation?
Wait, what? Pirates with parrots and peg legs weren't theives?
BUT, tempered glass gets its strength from really high surface tension
You mean surface compression... The middle of the glass is in tension, and it is protected by the outside surfaces which are in compression (and hence scratch-proof). I never thought about the edges though, that is cool.
Only if you keep them in the same pocket as keys and loose coins. Obviously. Keep your phone in the other pocket.
Totally right, except that toughened glass is of course more tough (the opposite of brittle) than ordinary glass, not less.
No, because when you claim on the insurance, you get another phone which can possibly break again. You're assuming once your phone breaks you don't get another one for the rest of the 11 years.
Actually, the Dalvik VM is more closely tied to Java than you imply. It isn't really language-agnostic like LLVM bitcode. It contains instructions for dealing with java objects (e.g. "instance-of"), you have to use a garbage collector and there's no manual memory management.
C to Java compilers *have* been written, but they don't really work very well.
-10, really really unoriginal.
What if there's a scandal involving water?
Maybe overkill, but all your points are silly:
1. I have no idea what you mean by the exhaust being "visible" to GPS signals. The receiver the FBI used was under the car right? That obviously worked.
2. Airflow? True... if only there was some source of airflow under a fast-moving car...
3. Why on Earth would the GPS receiver need to operate at high temperature? You obviously wouldn't attach that directly to the exhaust; it would be elevated or insulated from it.
Still, you're right it's probably overkill.
Apparently it is powered by batteries, but I always wondered if you could power one by attaching a peltier module to the exhaust...
Well clearly you have to draw the line somewhere. I agree, stuff like \a, and \b obviously don't belong in the character set. But then newlines clearly do, and even spaces are 'display-control strings'. What about tabs?
I think you're probably right about this soft-hyphen though. It sounds like it is rarely used and creates more problems than it solves.
It sounds like a lot, but on average that means each camera covers an area of 500x500 m.
Also, my bike saddle was stolen recently in central London (need Goodge Street). No CCTV. :-/
Hmm, I've used sipdroid (I even wrote a patch for call recording), but it is insanely complicated to set up, the call quality isn't great, but the main thing that killed it for me was the latency. It was on the order of a few seconds.
I just tried the new skype app. I used the test echo service and call quality was pretty amazing. Can't say anything about latency yet, but it can't be as bad as SIP. The app is pretty buggy at the moment (it wouldn't let me log in until I turned off wifi), but it seems like a good start (finally!)
3 do a data-only contract. £5/month for 3 GB.
It's almost analogous to the old 3D baseball cards where you'd move them and get the illusion of depth.
It's *exactly* like that, except instead of having several (say 5) different views, you only have two - left and right. And the small 'field of view' is a FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATION of glasses-free stereoscopic TV (unless it has head-tracking or something fancy like that).
I wish slashdot, engadget, and so on would learn that.
I made a diagram to make it clearer, if you don't understand: http://concentriclivers.com/misc/3dtv.pdf
Config files are one of the problems with linux. Most of them are far too hard to parse and modify so there aren't any GUI tools to do so. For example, how do you change the PATH in linux through the GUI? As far as I know there is no way. In windows it is (fairly) simple.
Of course there's no reason why you can't have the best of both worlds - every program can be abstracted into a CLI and GUI on top of the same base library.
It started off a bit cheesy - way too many Hollywood clichés - but it was pretty good in the end. And the graphics are pretty stunning - easily on par with Hollywood.
Well done guys!
No, the net horizontal force on the wheels would be the same. The vertical force should be equalised between them though.
The only way you can decrease the horizontal force is to camber the actual track, which they do.