"Every once in a while I get a spurt of calls and nasty-grams from collection agencies"
You have protection from this harassment under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Here is a good form letter ("Drop-Dead" Letter to Collection Agencies) that you can use to assert this right.
"On the following pages you will find information about protecting your computer or network from malicious hackers, dealing with a suspected attack or system compromise, and MIT network security policies"
Here is a map of the area of Florida that Wexler represents. If any of you live in this area please do us all a favor by writing and faxing Wexler about our concerns.
The discs stop working after a change in color renders them unreadable. They start off red, but when they are taken out of the package, exposure to oxygen turns the coating black and makes it impenetrable by a DVD laser.
Don't these people realize that we actually ENJOY developing methods to get around this stuff. People will have ways of applying a protective coating (open package submerged, apply coating, what is concentration 02 in water[~6ml 02/L]?) to prevent exposure of the surface to O2.
It may have taken a few dozen engineers at 3M two years to perfect, but my guess is that it will take a few thousand determined geeks about one month to circumvent.
And worst case is that we can't circumvent it and people simply have to spend a few hours ripping them.
The are several compressed air powered toys on the market as well. The brand "air hogs" seems to be the most common. They have planes, rockets, cars, etc. Here is a pic of some of their products AirHog Products.
The plane in particular is a lot of fun and will travel ~100m.
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"The challenge is to build an autonomous vehicle which can 'navigate on its own over a 250-mile desert course in less than 10 hours.' from L.A. to Vegas, 'without external communication or human control.'"
When selecting a thermal solution for your system, please refer to the following listing of heatsinks evaluated and recommended by AMD for use with AMD Athlon XP(TM) processors. Note, the following heatsinks are recommended for maintaining the specified Maximum die temperature requirement. In addition, this selection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all heatsinks that support AMD processors.
From the article: "using a heatsink other than the stock heatsink on a retail chip also voids the warranty."
So if you pay the $10-15 extra for the retail instead of OEM, they expect you to use the hs/fan that comes with it.
Paradigm Reference Studio 100's Bryston 4B ST Amp Adcom GFP-750 Pre-amp ROTEL RCD/971 CD-player
and I can honestly say that I can not discern between a good 192kbps mp3 and the original cd when listening to non-classical music, which is 99.9% of what the RIAA peddles.
"I'm sure there are audiophiles and other music enthusiasts who disagree with me" Don't worry about them, these are the same people who say that you need to keep your cables suspended in the air.
A flawless design for a perpetual motion machine... the only thing I need to make it work are a couple monopole magnets and a room-temperature superconductor. Honest!
Send $1,000 to P.O. box 324, NY, NY 20002 to get in on the ground floor!!
Friday, March 7, 2003: Through a teleconference linking Singapore and Stanford last month, Nanyang Technological University and Stanford finalized an agreement for a multifaceted research and distance learning project that will increase the University's presence in Southeast Asia and expose it to unique environmental engineering challenges.
"The Stanford Singapore Partnership, which enables students and professors in environmental engineering to collaborate on research projects, will allow 15 to 20 Singaporean graduate students to spend a summer quarter at Stanford and three quarters in Singapore taking Stanford classes through distance learning arrangements."
Those of you that will use this device in public may want to know that it does not have a headphone jack built-in. You have to buy a seperate add-on ($5) that plugs into the expansion port.
I picked up mine yesterday and the screen is evenly lit, and even the darkish Castlevania game is playable in a dim room.
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"Every once in a while I get a spurt of calls and nasty-grams from collection agencies"
You have protection from this harassment under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Here is a good form letter ("Drop-Dead" Letter to Collection Agencies) that you can use to assert this right.
Might want to check it out: MIT Network Security Team
"On the following pages you will find information about protecting your computer or network from malicious hackers, dealing with a suspected attack or system compromise, and MIT network security policies"
Here is a map of the area of Florida that Wexler represents. If any of you live in this area please do us all a favor by writing and faxing Wexler about our concerns.
Look at all of the ways that you can multitask with your GeforceFX-5800: CoolingFan_FUN.wmv
Hate to reply to myself, but that should be GE not 3M.
Disney to Begin Renting 'Self-Destructing' DVDs
The discs stop working after a change in color renders them unreadable. They start off red, but when they are taken out of the package, exposure to oxygen turns the coating black and makes it impenetrable by a DVD laser.
Don't these people realize that we actually ENJOY developing methods to get around this stuff. People will have ways of applying a protective coating (open package submerged, apply coating, what is concentration 02 in water[~6ml 02/L]?) to prevent exposure of the surface to O2.
It may have taken a few dozen engineers at 3M two years to perfect, but my guess is that it will take a few thousand determined geeks about one month to circumvent.
And worst case is that we can't circumvent it and people simply have to spend a few hours ripping them.
You can read about the FCC regulations regarding that here: Enhanced 911
Cell phone carriers need to be able to pinpoint the location of a call immediately by December 31, 2005.
You might also want to check out these early motion capture scenes for SW:A. SWA.wmv ;)
There is a "making-of" episode where they show what is actually involved in creating a single show.
If you have not see it then read this page:
How 'Junkyard Wars' Works: Behind The Scenes
"Anyone know why the service hasn't been rolled out up here?"
Here is a good article: CanCon_rules
Apparently there is a set of quotas (~20%) for the amount of "Canadian made" channels that must be carried compared to "non-Canadian" channels.
Until this law is changed, Directv will never offer service to Canada.
That being said... the number of Canadians reported to be using black market equipment to receive Directv is around 400,000.
July 2000
April 2003
Seek times have improved by 30%, transfer speeds by over 100%.
The are several compressed air powered toys on the market as well. The brand "air hogs" seems to be the most common. They have planes, rockets, cars, etc. Here is a pic of some of their products AirHog Products.
The plane in particular is a lot of fun and will travel ~100m.
That is exactly what they are attempting here.
"The challenge is to build an autonomous vehicle which can 'navigate on its own over a 250-mile desert course in less than 10 hours.' from L.A. to Vegas, 'without external communication or human control.'"
Here it is if you are into that sort of thing..
http://www1.zkm.de/%7Ewvdc/ascii/java/
Just please don't make any ASCII pr0n movies...
The Ascii Art Ensemble
"the Ascii Art Ensemble has taken the 1972 porn movie 'Deep Throat' and converted it into moving ascii"
"Sucks to be you if you buy a defective AMD CPU and put a Zalman on it for the first boot"
AMD Athlon XP(TM) Processor Thermal Solutions
When selecting a thermal solution for your system, please refer to the following listing of heatsinks evaluated and recommended by AMD for use with AMD Athlon XP(TM) processors. Note, the following heatsinks are recommended for maintaining the specified Maximum die temperature requirement. In addition, this selection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all heatsinks that support AMD processors.
From the article:
"using a heatsink other than the stock heatsink on a retail chip also voids the warranty."
So if you pay the $10-15 extra for the retail instead of OEM, they expect you to use the hs/fan that comes with it.
I have a pretty decent setup;
Paradigm Reference Studio 100's
Bryston 4B ST Amp
Adcom GFP-750 Pre-amp
ROTEL RCD/971 CD-player
and I can honestly say that I can not discern between a good 192kbps mp3 and the original cd when listening to non-classical music, which is 99.9% of what the RIAA peddles.
"I'm sure there are audiophiles and other music enthusiasts who disagree with me"
Don't worry about them, these are the same people who say that you need to keep your cables suspended in the air.
Here is the original article
from SportCompactCar magazine. It is in print in the August issue from 2002.
It's fucking midnight on a friday - what else do you expect?
Michael to be out with a woman...
A flawless design for a perpetual motion machine... the only thing I need to make it work are a couple monopole magnets and a room-temperature superconductor. Honest!
Send $1,000 to P.O. box 324, NY, NY 20002 to get in on the ground floor!!
Stanford teams up on distance learning project
Friday, March 7, 2003:
Through a teleconference linking Singapore and Stanford last month, Nanyang Technological University and Stanford finalized an agreement for a multifaceted research and distance learning project that will increase the University's presence in Southeast Asia and expose it to unique environmental engineering challenges.
"The Stanford Singapore Partnership, which enables students and professors in environmental engineering to collaborate on research projects, will allow 15 to 20 Singaporean graduate students to spend a summer quarter at Stanford and three quarters in Singapore taking Stanford classes through distance learning arrangements."
The judge should rule that all of the involved parties be forced to read this:
Legal Protection of Digital Information
There will be a test on Monday.
Here is how the Inquirer reported the story on friday: April fools day comes early?
Archer:
tall man with glass jaw
why do you talk so strangely?
your father watches
Hoshi:
sad little Hoshi
Universal Translator
her only lover
Mayweather:
silent, empty chair
what is my function, captain?
the captain hears not
Tucker:
banjo pickin' boy
leave space before she bites you
on your redneck ass
Reed:
they are all your foes
you're only course, sacrifice
serve the greater good
Those of you that will use this device in public may want to know that it does not have a headphone jack built-in. You have to buy a seperate add-on ($5) that plugs into the expansion port.
I picked up mine yesterday and the screen is evenly lit, and even the darkish Castlevania game is playable in a dim room.