bah, step over to Slackware. it's much more fun.. If u want a good package management tool for it, just try swaret. I moved over from Debian, and found Swaret to be well easy to grasp. swaret --install pr0n mm yummy
Anyone else notice that there is a little footer with teh "recycled" symbol and the phrase "printed on recycled paper" ? it's a PDF. what happens if i print it out on non recycled paper?
From the software companies point of view it makes sense to include something to enable it to detect if it is a cracked version of it or not. Just depends what other information it is collecting, and where it is sending that!
Programs like Gator, are allowed to run because end users don't realise they are being installed, and i'll bet that if the users of this software knew that it was going to be doing that they wouldn't be using it.
The australian defense force, and i would assume the majority of other armys in the world, have a similar things already. at the moment, the Australians are deploying their planes in the Soloman Islands for surveilence, etc etc.
Dead-set.
I never noticed that before!!
Interesting....
Responsible Service of Alcohol
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Another Beer Please
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· Score: 5, Insightful
Also kind of throws the "Responsible service Of Alcohol" policy that we have in Australia. How is the glass going to know how drunk the person is, and if they should be seerved any more alcohol?
You don't want another drink, but your glass/table has ordered you another one, and teh waiter brings it over??? and then proceeds to add the drink to the bill even though you didn't drink it, but you did order it.?
Low RPM alternator tests with surplus hard drive magnets 9-13-99
In the effort to build my own low RPM alternator for small wind/water power applications, these are some of the tests I've performed and their results. First step is the magnets. I used surplus hard drive magnets which I salvaged from scrap computer hard drives. These magnets 1.4" long,.80" high, and.090" thick. They are nickel plated Neodymium Iron Boron magnets of impressive strength. I sell surplus magnets on my web site. In this test used some of my smaller ones, due to their seemingly unlimited supply.
Next wound a coil from 23 gauge magnet wire. The coil is slightly under 2" long, and consists of 700 windings, with taps at 100, 200, 400, and 700 windings. The core for the coil is made from 20 2" long segments of enameled coat hanger wire, super glued together. This should reduce inefficiencies due to eddy currents through the core. I believe annealing the wire segments would probably improve performance, but I skipped that step here. The spool on which the wire is wound are made from paper, poster board, and super glue. There are certainly better materials to use here, although paper and cardboard worked just fine. The alternator Im currently building will have spools made of phenolic sheet.
Next I took a gear, 5.5" diameter and placed two rings of surplus computer hard drive magnets on it. Each magnet has 2 poles on each face. 7 of these ones fit tightly together in a ring, having 14 poles. I placed two rings of magnets on the face of the gear, one ring containing 7 magnets(which fit together nicely), and the other ring containing 12 magnets(which don't fit as well). The inner ring of 7 magnets is a little over 3.5" diameter. The outer ring is a little over 5.5" diameter. I then placed the gear in a small metal lathe on which I performed tests at 3 different speeds.. I tapped the coil to a boring bar, so that I could adjust its position in relation to the two rings of magnets.
Next step was to turn it on, and test the different taps on the coil, at 3 different speeds. I used a 12 Volt, 5 watt light bulb as a load, and tested the voltage of each tap on the coil, at each speed, with, and without the load. The tests were done at 200, 400, and 600 RPM
IMPROVEMENTS? There must be many improvements. I have no doubt a better iron core could be used. The length of the coil, I chose 2" off the top of my head, I doubt its perfect, but I'm using that because I am building an alternator that will employ two discs, each with a ring of magnets, on opposite sides of the coil. 2" seemed like a good distance. 23 guage wire was convenient, and seemed like a good starting point, though I have a feeling that fewer coils of thicker wire might work better. Stacking magnets? I didn't double up the magnets for fear of the lathe launching them like bullets off the gear. I'm sure that this would have a good effect though-but-it would add to the cost of an alternator. More coils-the coil is exactly big enough such that 7 of them could fit nicely in an alternator using the small ring of 7 magnets. At this point, seems to me like an alternator built with 7 coils hooked either in series or parrallel-(or a combination) would perform reasonably well at low rpm. I have no idea yet what the effect of adding a second spinning ring of magnets to the back side of the coil will be, but I'm sure it will be significant. Although already somewhat obsolete, (because of the base/bearing arrangement) you can see my current alternator project in the picture below. I intend to finish this one, and test the output. The next one will have a much improved bearing arrangement, larger discs, and more coils.
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bah,
step over to Slackware. it's much more fun..
If u want a good package management tool for it,
just try swaret.
I moved over from Debian, and found Swaret to be well easy to grasp.
swaret --install pr0n
mm yummy
Anyone else notice that there is a little footer with teh "recycled" symbol and the phrase "printed on recycled paper" ? it's a PDF. what happens if i print it out on non recycled paper?
Whos Dave?
Dave's not here man.
Agreed,
but only after having recently watched the episode of Futurama where Fry drinks 100 cups
I think you make an excellent point here.. the trouble is. finding a Hardware maker that is willing to jump on board with this project!!
No disasemble Johnny 5!!!
That has to be close to the funniest thing i have ever read..
nice one!
It's not acutally a "Koala Bear" it's not a Bear at all..
it's just "Koala"
i remember an advertising program they ran here trying to get everyone to stop calling them Koala bears.
Me thinks that this should have been modded funny!! did moderators read the "Subpoena" ??
imagine a beowulf cluster of these...
i guess neither are funny any more!!
It's just u...
he's off hunting Wabbits, so be very very quiet....
and everyone knows, it's free as in BEER
From the software companies point of view it makes sense to include something to enable it to detect if it is a cracked version of it or not. Just depends what other information it is collecting, and where it is sending that!
Programs like Gator, are allowed to run because end users don't realise they are being installed, and i'll bet that if the users of this software knew that it was going to be doing that they wouldn't be using it.
And guess who lives next door to him!
Dr. Zoidberg! Home owner!!
he's going to a "federal pounding in the ass prison"
You shouldn't be asking on slashdot if you want a Windows client!!!
So unfortunatly my company isn't going to put us back onto Groupwise as we once were..
I really prefer it to Outlook.
The fools, had to go and buy another server to run Exchange, where as our Novell Server handled everything..
Smart decision By microsoft though. Because most Home users are going to probbally, Purchase and install outlook, because the name sounds familar.
The australian defense force, and i would assume the majority of other armys in the world, have a similar things already.
at the moment, the Australians are deploying their planes in the Soloman Islands for surveilence, etc etc.
Dead set.
I never noticed that before!
Thanks for pointing it out!!
Dead-set. I never noticed that before!! Interesting....
Also kind of throws the "Responsible service Of Alcohol" policy that we have in Australia.
How is the glass going to know how drunk the person is, and if they should be seerved any more alcohol?
You don't want another drink, but your glass/table has ordered you another one, and teh waiter brings it over???
and then proceeds to add the drink to the bill even though you didn't drink it, but you did order it.?
shame sarcasm can't be conveyed through my dyslexic keyboard.
Low RPM alternator tests with surplus hard drive magnets 9-13-99
.80" high, and .090" thick. They are nickel plated Neodymium Iron Boron magnets of impressive strength. I sell surplus magnets on my web site. In this test used some of my smaller ones, due to their seemingly unlimited supply.
In the effort to build my own low RPM alternator for small wind/water power applications, these are some of the tests I've performed and their results. First step is the magnets. I used surplus hard drive magnets which I salvaged from scrap computer hard drives. These magnets 1.4" long,
Next wound a coil from 23 gauge magnet wire. The coil is slightly under 2" long, and consists of 700 windings, with taps at 100, 200, 400, and 700 windings. The core for the coil is made from 20 2" long segments of enameled coat hanger wire, super glued together. This should reduce inefficiencies due to eddy currents through the core. I believe annealing the wire segments would probably improve performance, but I skipped that step here. The spool on which the wire is wound are made from paper, poster board, and super glue. There are certainly better materials to use here, although paper and cardboard worked just fine. The alternator Im currently building will have spools made of phenolic sheet.
Next I took a gear, 5.5" diameter and placed two rings of surplus computer hard drive magnets on it. Each magnet has 2 poles on each face. 7 of these ones fit tightly together in a ring, having 14 poles. I placed two rings of magnets on the face of the gear, one ring containing 7 magnets(which fit together nicely), and the other ring containing 12 magnets(which don't fit as well). The inner ring of 7 magnets is a little over 3.5" diameter. The outer ring is a little over 5.5" diameter. I then placed the gear in a small metal lathe on which I performed tests at 3 different speeds.. I tapped the coil to a boring bar, so that I could adjust its position in relation to the two rings of magnets.
Next step was to turn it on, and test the different taps on the coil, at 3 different speeds. I used a 12 Volt, 5 watt light bulb as a load, and tested the voltage of each tap on the coil, at each speed, with, and without the load. The tests were done at 200, 400, and 600 RPM
IMPROVEMENTS?
There must be many improvements. I have no doubt a better iron core could be used. The length of the coil, I chose 2" off the top of my head, I doubt its perfect, but I'm using that because I am building an alternator that will employ two discs, each with a ring of magnets, on opposite sides of the coil. 2" seemed like a good distance. 23 guage wire was convenient, and seemed like a good starting point, though I have a feeling that fewer coils of thicker wire might work better. Stacking magnets? I didn't double up the magnets for fear of the lathe launching them like bullets off the gear. I'm sure that this would have a good effect though-but-it would add to the cost of an alternator. More coils-the coil is exactly big enough such that 7 of them could fit nicely in an alternator using the small ring of 7 magnets. At this point, seems to me like an alternator built with 7 coils hooked either in series or parrallel-(or a combination) would perform reasonably well at low rpm. I have no idea yet what the effect of adding a second spinning ring of magnets to the back side of the coil will be, but I'm sure it will be significant. Although already somewhat obsolete, (because of the base/bearing arrangement) you can see my current alternator project in the picture below. I intend to finish this one, and test the output. The next one will have a much improved bearing arrangement, larger discs, and more coils.
in that case it should be scored +5, Redundant