I haven't seen any microwave comments yet... so hear I go:
Just slap the books in the microwave for a few seconds. The energy carried by microwaves is very powerful - more than enough to destroy any electronics. It will induce a charge in the circuits that shorts them out - why do you think putting metal in a microwave is bad?
On a side note, you can remove the front cover of a microwave than use it as a electronics-destroying machine....
I prefer the old mechanical pencil whenever possible. Besides being erasable, it has such perks as:
-- Use it to label disks, and play the fun game of getting conductive pencil shavings in your disk drive
-- Graphite + Wall Socket = Fun
-- Get to shake it when your one stick of lead finishes so the next one will catch, until you open it up to insert the lead in backwards (through the tip) because its not catching, and then when you open it the lead falls out and snaps
So pretty much, all you need is a heafty pipe and a slight dose of insanity?
Reminds me of a story one of my friends told me. Around where I live they have a few of those old cannons, that have been sealed up, I assumed so people didn't put garbage in them.
Anyway this guy when he was a teen found some gunpowder (this was before the cannons were sealed), put it down the cannon, and put a hunk of metal on it... the result was the metal flew through a [empty] train-car! Hmm...
BTW an example of rendering software that runs on Linux (and windows as well), just FYI.
SoftImage XSI is one example. Has lots of movie examples on its site, and you can download a free demo version. The demo version has no time limits, just it has its logo in the output and disables a few features. Pretty cool!
Hmm... GPS reception inside aluminum cans? Seems a bit sketchy if you ask me.
AND it will have to transmit as well, thats going to be a nice piece of technology.
But seems you could possibly cheat - there are devices to detect semiconductor material (used to detect "bugs"), so with a bit of tweaking you could possibly figure out which can has something inside.
I wonder how many people will put themselves on some "OK to call" list, then cry foul when they get called saying they never agreeded, just to try and screw the company over?
Umm.. thats not quite the point. The page says this:
Do you think you are good at copying weak signals? Well here's a test for you. I am posting
a zipped 1 minute wav file of a VERY weak EME station calling me. I am offering $100 and a
free copy of the FFTDSP42 to the first person who can tell me the call sign
of the calling station. The signal is strong enough to just copy my call (AF9Y) near the middle
of the 1 min period. The mystery station is sending a simple repeat of his call and my call.
The characters "DE" may or may not be between the two calls.
So you CAN hear one of the call-signs... its harder than just listening carefully. Otherwise it would make no sense.
BTW, on the page it DOES mention that the code is a call-sign, so for people suggesting that its some odd thing ("Eat at Joe's", etc)... RTFA (unless its slashdotted).
There do exsist small bluetooth modules, but not for what you want really. Bluetooth is fairly complex, and for small robots you'd be far better off designing your own protocol. And its more fun that way;-)
But if you are dying for bluetooth, Google is your friend:
And I take it you are a person who has dedicated your entire life to lobbying for the poor, and to solve poverty.
Or are you just playing Counter-Strike and posting to Slashdot?
Maybe before you complain he isn't addressing important issues, you should thank him for addressing issues at all...
Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Blizzard Entertainment was founded in 1991 under the name Silicon & Synapse by chairman Allen Adham, president Michael Morhaime and vice president Frank Pearce.
And: Blizzard Entertainment
P.O. Box 18979
Irvine, CA 92623
Slashdot Mirror
Wow, and AC comment, about Profit, that is actually funny.
Oh hold on a sec, the RIAA just called, something about stopping the lawsuits and pairing up with MS to support Linux.
I haven't seen any microwave comments yet... so hear I go:
Just slap the books in the microwave for a few seconds. The energy carried by microwaves is very powerful - more than enough to destroy any electronics. It will induce a charge in the circuits that shorts them out - why do you think putting metal in a microwave is bad?
On a side note, you can remove the front cover of a microwave than use it as a electronics-destroying machine....
-Colin
I prefer the old mechanical pencil whenever possible. Besides being erasable, it has such perks as:
-- Use it to label disks, and play the fun game of getting conductive pencil shavings in your disk drive
-- Graphite + Wall Socket = Fun
-- Get to shake it when your one stick of lead finishes so the next one will catch, until you open it up to insert the lead in backwards (through the tip) because its not catching, and then when you open it the lead falls out and snaps
-- Injecting graphite into people
So pretty much, all you need is a heafty pipe and a slight dose of insanity?
Reminds me of a story one of my friends told me. Around where I live they have a few of those old cannons, that have been sealed up, I assumed so people didn't put garbage in them.
Anyway this guy when he was a teen found some gunpowder (this was before the cannons were sealed), put it down the cannon, and put a hunk of metal on it... the result was the metal flew through a [empty] train-car! Hmm...
correction: the XSI is 3D animation software, not just the rendering engine.. wasn't thinking when I posted.
BTW an example of rendering software that runs on Linux (and windows as well), just FYI.
SoftImage XSI is one example. Has lots of movie examples on its site, and you can download a free demo version. The demo version has no time limits, just it has its logo in the output and disables a few features. Pretty cool!
Hi,
But could you use the very conductive nature of the can itself to transmit and receive waves inside the can?
Because there would be zero matching or anything like that the reception would be bad, but you might be able to get something.
Its not like they would be transmitting all the time - instead just after it has been opended.
Hmm... GPS reception inside aluminum cans? Seems a bit sketchy if you ask me.
AND it will have to transmit as well, thats going to be a nice piece of technology.
But seems you could possibly cheat - there are devices to detect semiconductor material (used to detect "bugs"), so with a bit of tweaking you could possibly figure out which can has something inside.
I love the timing on the topic right before this: "Few Takers For RIAA's 'Clean Slate'".
I wonder how many people will put themselves on some "OK to call" list, then cry foul when they get called saying they never agreeded, just to try and screw the company over?
Umm.. thats not quite the point. The page says this:
Do you think you are good at copying weak signals? Well here's a test for you. I am posting a zipped 1 minute wav file of a VERY weak EME station calling me. I am offering $100 and a free copy of the FFTDSP42 to the first person who can tell me the call sign of the calling station. The signal is strong enough to just copy my call (AF9Y) near the middle of the 1 min period. The mystery station is sending a simple repeat of his call and my call. The characters "DE" may or may not be between the two calls.
So you CAN hear one of the call-signs... its harder than just listening carefully. Otherwise it would make no sense.
BTW, on the page it DOES mention that the code is a call-sign, so for people suggesting that its some odd thing ("Eat at Joe's", etc)... RTFA (unless its slashdotted).
So your time is worth approximately $4.17 an hour I take it ;-)
;-)
Very cool link though - sounds like a fun challenge.
Damn though, somehow I think if I end up doing this my time will come out being worth about $0.05 an hour... all for the fun of it
-Colin
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There do exsist small bluetooth modules, but not for what you want really. Bluetooth is fairly complex, and for small robots you'd be far better off designing your own protocol. And its more fun that way
But if you are dying for bluetooth, Google is your friend:
http://www.national.com/appinfo/wireless/LMX982
http://www.wirelessfutures.co.uk/products/prod_
I think there are others out there - I've heard of them before.
Commence posts referencing pr0n storing/bewolf clusters.
So you've got a terrabyte of data, but can it handle Slashdot?
You wonder if someone has done this, but just made up an impossible crytpography code.
So the first part of it is crackable eventually, but just to through people off the rest is random...
Thats got to be the biggest feature - it auto-updates itself and reconfigures as needed.
:|
Although linux is secure - it sure goes downhill when people forget to patch their machine
Damn... both servers reached their capacity for streams.
Well it has served well - long past how long it was supposed to.
It's history has been plagued with problems, ones it has overcame.
If any spacecraft would show the history and power of space travel, I think this probe is one of them.
And I take it you are a person who has dedicated your entire life to lobbying for the poor, and to solve poverty. Or are you just playing Counter-Strike and posting to Slashdot? Maybe before you complain he isn't addressing important issues, you should thank him for addressing issues at all...
Is not your enemy's enemy sometimes your friend?
According to Canada's laws its OK to make a copy for your OWN use, so the problem with sharing is you make a copy for someone else's use.
What if instead we did this:
Person A MOVES the file to Person B, who then makes a copy. Person B then MOVES the original back to person A. Hmm...
From the website:
Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Blizzard Entertainment was founded in 1991 under the name Silicon & Synapse by chairman Allen Adham, president Michael Morhaime and vice president Frank Pearce.
And:
Blizzard Entertainment P.O. Box 18979 Irvine, CA 92623
Oh, and the parent company: is public so here are some more names, the address is at the side... e-mail just doesn't cut it!