It's sort of a running joke in Norway that "60 minutes" is allocated a 50-minute program slot by us, because it's an/american/ hour -- which apparently consists of 10 minutes more comercials than we get.
In the US, we have a similar joke about the "Norwegian hour". Well, OK, we don't. But we would if we knew where Norwegia is.
"No additional technology was required beyond [Microsoft] IIS," said a spokesman, "Once the message is read, the server crashes, and subsequent attempts to read the message fail. As they say, a crashed server is a secure server."
The physical properties of this portion of the spectrum is the whole point of this transition. While I don't agree with the $3 billion subsidy, I think the redistribution of the spectrum is a good thing. It's a huge logistical undertaking, and if it means raising money by auction and spending some of that money to assuage voters in Nebraska, so be it. That's part of the compromise involved in democracy.
>>Unless you start to give your hash keys as the same size as the original file, there is not anything that can be done about it, ever.''
>No. If I run deflate or some other compression algorithm on a file, chances are it will come out smaller. Still, the compressed file maps one to one with the original.
The parent is correct. Given a number of purely random files and a good compressor of patterned information, most, if not all, of are the "compressed" files will be larger than the original. It is mathematically impossible to create a compressor that can reduce the size of any arbitrary file. See the counting argument in section 9.2 of the compression FAQ for an explanation.
Or, put on a Star Trek uniform and bring a baseball bat to a major league game. Between batters, jump out of the stands and step up to the plate. When the police drag you out kicking and screaming, be sure to repeatedly shout "End simulation!" loud enough so the crowd can hear you.
Why would they bother with difficult oil extraction from the planet when they could just tanker in sea water to their filling stations?
Well, just playing devil's advocate here... Getting water into a tank and transporting it requires a lot smaller capital investment than the oil extraction/refining business. A lower barrier to entry means competitors would pop up from nowhere, margins would decrease or disappear entirely, etc. It would probably be cheaper to start a new company from scratch than to deal with the costs of downsizing an existing oil company to be competitive in the new "water fuel" economy. That is, if such a thing were feasible.
> New Orleans may be rebuilt but there are good > reasons to continue the trend and empty the > cities. A pandemic in the coming weeks may make > this all too obvious.
"WiMAX is a standards-based wireless technology that provides high-throughput broadband connections over long distances. WiMAX can be used for a number of applications, including "last mile" broadband connections, hotspots and cellular backhaul, and high-speed enterprise connectivity for business."
You can reverse-engineer the technology (a right protected by law), and an EULA that restricts your rights too far is not valid, even if you signed it.
Not many people seem to know all you need is the VIN and a contact at a dealer to get a key, as well... and the VIN is visible on modern cars through the windshield
To be more specific, you need to have a sketchy contact at a dealer. In real terms, this translates to "anyone in sales or financing".
If you're going to quote scripture, at least do it properly.
From the book of Gino, chapter 7, verse 3, theme 6, section meatball:
"And unto the fork didth thine noodly appendage seek shelter. And it was then that Flying Spaghetti Monster wrapped His vermicellical tentacles, tomatoed and cheesy, betwixt the tines of my fork. And I did spaketh then such:
According to the theory, the big bang was the beginning of spacetime, not just space. So "before the big bang" has no meaning if you are a believer in that theory.
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OK, this has nothing to do with computers, but it's the same story somehow...
I went to UMass Amherst in the early 90s, and each spring they had this free concert for all the students. It was like an all-day mini festival with suprisingly major acts. One year I worked security for it, and I got a free t-shirt for doing that. After the show, people kept asking to buy my t-shirt, because there were absolutely no event shirts being sold at the show. I got $40 for it, which was a huge amount for me to have in my bank account at the time, never mind my wallet.
Fast forward one year, and I've got this great idea.
1. Silkscreen unofficial t-shirts for the show. 2. ??? (Well, sell them) 3. Profit!!!
So, my (now ex-) girlfriend and I go out and get some cheap white t-shirts the day before the show. She snags a screen from the art department, and we set down to work. We design some silly logo, including the list of bands, all by hand, and cut out the corresponding wax paper. Real professional screening here. We've got multi-pass rendering for two-color goodness, front and back of shirt. So, it's like 5am by the time we're ready to put paint through the screens and onto the shirts. I make the first shirt as she naps for a while. When it's done, I wake her up excitedly, "It's done! We've got our first shirt!"
Her bleary eyes look at the shirt and she says to me, "Mighty Bosstones? I thought it was Mighty Mighty Bosstones!?"
Crap. Gotta start over. Getting tired. She says we can sell them as is, but I'm a perfectionist. People are going to notice that there's a word missing! I've got a plan. Most of the wax paper cutouts will work fine - the tree, the pond, the fish, no problem. I just need to redesign the band list. It shouldn't take long. Sleepily, I recreate the band list, this time with both "Mighty"s. It's 7 or 8am now. Triumphantly, I imprint the newly revised shirt. I wake her again, confident that the extra push has paid off.
"Who the hell are the Beatie Boys!?"
We ended up going with the original ones, modified with a little caret to add in the second "Mighty". I was embarrassed to even ask people for money for them. We sold 3 I think.
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It's sort of a running joke in Norway that "60 minutes" is allocated a 50-minute program slot by us, because it's an /american/ hour -- which apparently consists of 10 minutes more comercials than we get.
In the US, we have a similar joke about the "Norwegian hour". Well, OK, we don't. But we would if we knew where Norwegia is.
"No additional technology was required beyond [Microsoft] IIS," said a spokesman, "Once the message is read, the server crashes, and subsequent attempts to read the message fail. As they say, a crashed server is a secure server."
Either way, there is still only one conversion: 110AC -> 12/-12/5vDC.
No, there is one conversion 110AC -> 48V DC.
Then, individual pieces of of equipment use DC->DC conversion to get whatever voltages they need.
But don't drink too much, or you'll javomit.
The physical properties of this portion of the spectrum is the whole point of this transition. While I don't agree with the $3 billion subsidy, I think the redistribution of the spectrum is a good thing. It's a huge logistical undertaking, and if it means raising money by auction and spending some of that money to assuage voters in Nebraska, so be it. That's part of the compromise involved in democracy.
OMG, not another iPod suit!!!
Are they really making such a fuss over these bands?
>>Unless you start to give your hash keys as the same size as the original file, there is not anything that can be done about it, ever.''
>No. If I run deflate or some other compression algorithm on a file, chances are it will come out smaller. Still, the compressed file maps one to one with the original.
The parent is correct. Given a number of purely random files and a good compressor of patterned information, most, if not all, of are the "compressed" files will be larger than the original. It is mathematically impossible to create a compressor that can reduce the size of any arbitrary file. See the counting argument in section 9.2 of the compression FAQ for an explanation.
Or, put on a Star Trek uniform and bring a baseball bat to a major league game. Between batters, jump out of the stands and step up to the plate. When the police drag you out kicking and screaming, be sure to repeatedly shout "End simulation!" loud enough so the crowd can hear you.
> This guy's making money by selling laptops and
> cell phones online. He's a fence.
I guess that makes Dell a fence. And Cingular.
Well, just playing devil's advocate here... Getting water into a tank and transporting it requires a lot smaller capital investment than the oil extraction/refining business. A lower barrier to entry means competitors would pop up from nowhere, margins would decrease or disappear entirely, etc. It would probably be cheaper to start a new company from scratch than to deal with the costs of downsizing an existing oil company to be competitive in the new "water fuel" economy. That is, if such a thing were feasible.
Your complaint about the phrase "tipping point" has become "ground zero" for a whole new "war on cliches".
Google's new online banking service, known as "gmoney BETA", has become another legal battle..
> New Orleans may be rebuilt but there are good
> reasons to continue the trend and empty the
> cities. A pandemic in the coming weeks may make
> this all too obvious.
I got this on a fortune cookie once.
> WiMax is a FIXED, POINT TO POINT multiple access protocol
> for backhaul, NOT end users.
You are mistaken. It's intended for both backhaul and end-user access.
> Why the vendors don't just explain it in plain english is beyond me.
Intel's main WiMax page explains it right at the top:
"WiMAX is a standards-based wireless technology that provides high-throughput broadband connections over long distances. WiMAX can be used for a number of applications, including "last mile" broadband connections, hotspots and cellular backhaul, and high-speed enterprise connectivity for business."
Rocks (on earth) have densities of around 2700 to 3000 kg/m^3.
To be more specific, you need to have a sketchy contact at a dealer. In real terms, this translates to "anyone in sales or financing".
> May you Twirl on His Noodly Fork Forever.
If you're going to quote scripture, at least do it properly.
From the book of Gino, chapter 7, verse 3, theme 6, section meatball:
"And unto the fork didth thine noodly appendage seek shelter. And it was then that Flying Spaghetti Monster wrapped His vermicellical tentacles, tomatoed and cheesy, betwixt the tines of my fork. And I did spaketh then such:
May He Twirl on My Noodly Fork Forever!"
You basically got it backwards, dude.
> What came before the Big Bang?
According to the theory, the big bang was the beginning of spacetime, not just space. So "before the big bang" has no meaning if you are a believer in that theory.
That's news?!?!?!
Real news would be:
Judge Approves Settlement in bathing suit.
> one of the most-talked about firmware revisions I can remember
Ah, but that's only because you are too young to remember all the hype surrounding the great 3.0.4-beta2 Japanese Abacus firmware revision of 1672.
House-Sitting Robot Hits Store Shelves in Japan
OK, this has nothing to do with computers, but it's the same story somehow...
I went to UMass Amherst in the early 90s, and each spring they had this free concert for all the students. It was like an all-day mini festival with suprisingly major acts. One year I worked security for it, and I got a free t-shirt for doing that. After the show, people kept asking to buy my t-shirt, because there were absolutely no event shirts being sold at the show. I got $40 for it, which was a huge amount for me to have in my bank account at the time, never mind my wallet.
Fast forward one year, and I've got this great idea.
1. Silkscreen unofficial t-shirts for the show.
2. ??? (Well, sell them)
3. Profit!!!
So, my (now ex-) girlfriend and I go out and get some cheap white t-shirts the day before the show. She snags a screen from the art department, and we set down to work. We design some silly logo, including the list of bands, all by hand, and cut out the corresponding wax paper. Real professional screening here. We've got multi-pass rendering for two-color goodness, front and back of shirt. So, it's like 5am by the time we're ready to put paint through the screens and onto the shirts. I make the first shirt as she naps for a while. When it's done, I wake her up excitedly, "It's done! We've got our first shirt!"
Her bleary eyes look at the shirt and she says to me, "Mighty Bosstones? I thought it was Mighty Mighty Bosstones!?"
Crap. Gotta start over. Getting tired. She says we can sell them as is, but I'm a perfectionist. People are going to notice that there's a word missing! I've got a plan. Most of the wax paper cutouts will work fine - the tree, the pond, the fish, no problem. I just need to redesign the band list. It shouldn't take long. Sleepily, I recreate the band list, this time with both "Mighty"s. It's 7 or 8am now. Triumphantly, I imprint the newly revised shirt. I wake her again, confident that the extra push has paid off.
"Who the hell are the Beatie Boys!?"
We ended up going with the original ones, modified with a little caret to add in the second "Mighty". I was embarrassed to even ask people for money for them. We sold 3 I think.