As someone who grew up with a heavy skelatal structure, and strong muscles I can tell you the advantage: I can pick up and carry 2-3 times my own weight. At least I could until the lymphoma showed up.
OK, I don't have his problem, I had to work for the muscles... I really need to get back into a gym...
rtfa. They mentioned there's a concern he'll use up all the satellite cells in his muscles (the source of replacement cells when the muscle is damaged). They believe the myostatin works to suppress these cells; and, without it, his muscle repair / replacement mechanism is working overtime. He may end up a man of 30 or 40 with a muscle wasting disorder because he hasn't got the ability to repair damaged cells anymore.
of course, they don't really know. He may live to be 90, still be able to lift 2-3 times his weight, and show no ill effects.
Also, I've had sales people sell stuff we didn't make, which we then had to make.
Ooohhh I hate it when they do that.
Conversation goes something like:
Sales guy: "So, Mike, how's _____ going?"
Me: "uh, okay I guess. What can I do for you?"
Sales guy: "Well, we think we have an order for 100 model xxxx's; but, they want them to do ________. That's not a problem is it?"
Me: "It was never designed to do ________."
Sales guy: "Can it do it?"
Me: "Theoretically, I suppose we could..."
Sales guy: "Good, I promised them a two week turn!"
Me: *Screams*
like anonymous said... Basically your eyes, optic nerve and brain as a system is limited in contrast range. To produce a "black" they simply make the other colors so intense, you see "black" where there's a white screen and an absence of illumination by the projector. If the projector is bright enough, you would see "black" in the image, on the screen, even in full daylight.
We're talking about the some of the same mechanisms that cause you to be temporarily blinded when you walk from a light room to a dark one. Your eyes have to adjust to the new light intensities; and, until then, everything appears "black".
You're correct in saying that if an object really is black in color, it's not reflecting or producing any light. Something may appear black from one angle, because the surface is selective about what angles it will reflect light. Some automotive paints take advantage of this concept to cause the color to shift depending on what angle you're looking at the surface. (I use this example, because you may have seen it IRL). They do this by mixing small reflective flakes into the paint, and when they spray the paint on, they electrostatically charge the car body. This causes the flakes to stand on edge. When you look at the surface straight on, you see the base-coat color. When you look at the surface from an angle, you see the flake color. I suspect the manufacture of the projector is doing something similar.
Right... Well if your hardware hacking that's one thing I suppose. Hell, I've done it to save a piece of old hardware.
If your setting up hardware for professional use, it's irrelevant. I've heard the stories from the guys who say the underclocked all their servers to reduce the heat load or reduce the power consumption or crap like that. Truth is, if they put themselves in that situation, the ordered the wrong equipment in the first place, didn't they.
Well, that's my point. However, in practice it's nearly impossible to tell if the processor failed because it was run out of spec or due to natural causes. Intel and the OEM's must get back a ton of processors as RMA's that failed because they were OC'd. It's a liability and it's within their power to stop it, so they have.
They've also been known to take the 4.0's that failed and re-test them at 3.5GHz. Should they pass, they're shipped. Now, do you know why they failed? Do you even know they were tested at 4.0GHz? No you don't. All you know is that Intel certifies the chip at 3.5GHz.
Intel rates a chip as being good at 2.8GHz. They've run test on it in-house and certified it's a good chip before it gets loaded on a truck and shipped. (BTW, this chip may have been culled from a batch of 3.2GHz chips, where it failed testing at 3.2GHz. Since it works at 2.8GHz, they ship it configured to run at this speed).
Now, I get the chip and pump up the FSB speed to make it run at 3.2GHz. Why would I do that? Why should they let me? It's not rated for this speed. It may fail at this speed. Who's liable if it does fail? Intel?
It's not that they put in an overclocking mechanism per say. They had simply made the clock multipliers available to the external interface of the chip. It was done as much for their own sake as for any other reason because of the way they sort chips in the factory.
A chip that didn't pass at 800 MHz but did at 700MHz was labeled and sold as a 700MHz unit. Knowing it was a 700MHz processor, you knew what to set the multiplier to... Some of the chips would basically work at 800MHz and so, people would overclock the 700MHz chip to see if they could get any more performance out of it.
Intel's just internalized this functionality... At some point, they closed the multiplier hole and people just started bumping up the front-side bus clock instead. Now they've closed that hole too.
Some winmodems actually have a DSP on board. I have a Rockwell winmodem that is like this. It is missing the UART; so, Linux wouldn't recognize it without the drivers (which, I have to admit, I never got to work; but, I didn't try very hard).
yes but everything was an unknown and all the components were custom when the X15 project was done. Rutan's building off of 50+ years of engineering & manufacturing experience in the industry. For example, you can (almost) buy a motor like his off the shelf.
Having said that, it's guaranteed to cost more if the government does it... What they've accomplished is one hell of an achievement.
Yeah, imagine only having 6,950 hours in 138 different aircraft. 19 years experience as a test pilot. Working on the WhiteNight and SpaceShipOne combo for the past, say, 5 years and spending hundreds of hours in the simulator so he can make this flight. Talk about low standards...
to put it more in perspective, I'm going to quote Wolf Blitzer (CNN):... done on a shoe-string budget... only $20 million... the kind of money NASA would have spent to do a study...
once you get a generation born and raised on the Moon or Mars, you might find they think all that green and blue is kinda weird. (Earth -- nice place to visit, wouldn't want to live there). Besides, if you terraform Mars, there'll be water and plants and animals. Before that, to survive, they'll need fairly extensive greenhouses.
Using Conexant / Linuxant hardware is supporting Linux. Now, before you start flaming me, hear me out.
Conexant has provided drivers for their hardware that work under Linux. Granted, they're closed source. They're also charging money for them (I hear). Now, I suspect they're just trying to recoup the development cost -- that's what businesses do.
Hold on to the flame thrower for just another minute now, I'm not done.
The point is, they are doing what everyone has been complaining about and asking for. The hardware company has made Linux drivers available.
I'll grant you, it would be nice if they simply gave out the source code, for the drivers, for free; but, not all companies can make a profit and survive doing that. You might say that that's a dying business model; and, I'm not here to argue that with you. It's clear that Conexant / Linuxant management feels they must charge for the software in order to pay their peoples salaries. That's a decision they had to make; and, whether you like it or not, they made it.
Computer hardware is a cut-throat industry. Probably 90% of their modem sales are winmodems. If they can save a dollar or two by leaving out the uart, then, they have to do it to stay alive.
The real modems (with a uart) would be a lower volume business with a correspondingly lower income. They might be able to build the boards for only a dollar or two more; but, that's not the only consideration. There's also "supply and demand" and "what the market will bear" to consider. If most (90%) of the people buy the winmodem and only 10% want a real modem; and that 10% is willing to pay a premium to get a real uart, then they can charge a premium price. That's not evil, it's business.
A similar thing happens in the automotive world: GM can produce and sell a car for $16-20k. They sell SUV's for $30k or more. Do you think it's because it costs them $10k more to build the SUV? No, they sell it for $30k because the market will let them charge the premium. Profit margins on economy cars are generally small (a few percent). Profit margins on SUV's run in the 50% range.
Implement wireless networking. put a wireless card in every laptop and secure it in a way that it can not be removed (use your imagination). Set up a server to handle tracking. Put code in every laptop that, once every n minutes, sends a packet to the aformentioned server.
Track the laptops internally by observing which wireless transciever they're hitting. If you're good, you could triangulate the location...
Put an RF monitor by the door; so, if one passes through, the monitor sends a packet to the server and causes a photo (from the door camera) to be saved. Implement this in tandem with RFID anti-theft devices.
If a laptop turns up missing, when it passes into hotspots, you'll be able to track it as it send packets back to your server. Give this information to the local authorities and have them retrieve your missing property. Fire and prosecute persons responsible (you now have evidence in the form of photos, tracking information & a police report.)
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didnt' read the article did you? They mentioned Belgian Blues as well as lab super mice.
anabolic steroids are bad, bad, bad for you.
OK, I don't have his problem, I had to work for the muscles... I really need to get back into a gym...
of course, they don't really know. He may live to be 90, still be able to lift 2-3 times his weight, and show no ill effects.
Bastard... You had to mention it, didn't you.
Ooohhh I hate it when they do that.
Conversation goes something like:
Sales guy: "So, Mike, how's _____ going?"
Me: "uh, okay I guess. What can I do for you?"
Sales guy: "Well, we think we have an order for 100 model xxxx's; but, they want them to do ________. That's not a problem is it?"
Me: "It was never designed to do ________."
Sales guy: "Can it do it?"
Me: "Theoretically, I suppose we could..."
Sales guy: "Good, I promised them a two week turn!"
Me: *Screams*
We're talking about the some of the same mechanisms that cause you to be temporarily blinded when you walk from a light room to a dark one. Your eyes have to adjust to the new light intensities; and, until then, everything appears "black".
You're correct in saying that if an object really is black in color, it's not reflecting or producing any light. Something may appear black from one angle, because the surface is selective about what angles it will reflect light. Some automotive paints take advantage of this concept to cause the color to shift depending on what angle you're looking at the surface. (I use this example, because you may have seen it IRL). They do this by mixing small reflective flakes into the paint, and when they spray the paint on, they electrostatically charge the car body. This causes the flakes to stand on edge. When you look at the surface straight on, you see the base-coat color. When you look at the surface from an angle, you see the flake color. I suspect the manufacture of the projector is doing something similar.
Remember the old axiom: "any landing you can walk away from, is a good landing."
It probably appears black (or close to it) from the viewing angle when the projector is powered off.
You don't have enough power; and, you'll find out one day when the outlet bursts into flame...
If your setting up hardware for professional use, it's irrelevant. I've heard the stories from the guys who say the underclocked all their servers to reduce the heat load or reduce the power consumption or crap like that. Truth is, if they put themselves in that situation, the ordered the wrong equipment in the first place, didn't they.
Well, that's my point. However, in practice it's nearly impossible to tell if the processor failed because it was run out of spec or due to natural causes. Intel and the OEM's must get back a ton of processors as RMA's that failed because they were OC'd. It's a liability and it's within their power to stop it, so they have.
Yes, but since Intel, AMD, Via, Transmeta, etc. all sell slower chips (you can still buy P1's from Intel for OEM embedded use), it's irrelevant.
Now, being a professional... : )
They've also been known to take the 4.0's that failed and re-test them at 3.5GHz. Should they pass, they're shipped. Now, do you know why they failed? Do you even know they were tested at 4.0GHz? No you don't. All you know is that Intel certifies the chip at 3.5GHz.
Now, I get the chip and pump up the FSB speed to make it run at 3.2GHz. Why would I do that? Why should they let me? It's not rated for this speed. It may fail at this speed. Who's liable if it does fail? Intel?
A chip that didn't pass at 800 MHz but did at 700MHz was labeled and sold as a 700MHz unit. Knowing it was a 700MHz processor, you knew what to set the multiplier to... Some of the chips would basically work at 800MHz and so, people would overclock the 700MHz chip to see if they could get any more performance out of it.
Intel's just internalized this functionality... At some point, they closed the multiplier hole and people just started bumping up the front-side bus clock instead. Now they've closed that hole too.
Some winmodems actually have a DSP on board. I have a Rockwell winmodem that is like this. It is missing the UART; so, Linux wouldn't recognize it without the drivers (which, I have to admit, I never got to work; but, I didn't try very hard).
Having said that, it's guaranteed to cost more if the government does it... What they've accomplished is one hell of an achievement.
to put it more in perspective, I'm going to quote Wolf Blitzer (CNN): ... done on a shoe-string budget ... only $20 million ... the kind of money NASA would have spent to do a study ...
once you get a generation born and raised on the Moon or Mars, you might find they think all that green and blue is kinda weird. (Earth -- nice place to visit, wouldn't want to live there). Besides, if you terraform Mars, there'll be water and plants and animals. Before that, to survive, they'll need fairly extensive greenhouses.
Conexant has provided drivers for their hardware that work under Linux. Granted, they're closed source. They're also charging money for them (I hear). Now, I suspect they're just trying to recoup the development cost -- that's what businesses do.
Hold on to the flame thrower for just another minute now, I'm not done.
The point is, they are doing what everyone has been complaining about and asking for. The hardware company has made Linux drivers available.
I'll grant you, it would be nice if they simply gave out the source code, for the drivers, for free; but, not all companies can make a profit and survive doing that. You might say that that's a dying business model; and, I'm not here to argue that with you. It's clear that Conexant / Linuxant management feels they must charge for the software in order to pay their peoples salaries. That's a decision they had to make; and, whether you like it or not, they made it.
*pulls on asbestos underwear*
Let the flames begin.
The real modems (with a uart) would be a lower volume business with a correspondingly lower income. They might be able to build the boards for only a dollar or two more; but, that's not the only consideration. There's also "supply and demand" and "what the market will bear" to consider. If most (90%) of the people buy the winmodem and only 10% want a real modem; and that 10% is willing to pay a premium to get a real uart, then they can charge a premium price. That's not evil, it's business.
A similar thing happens in the automotive world: GM can produce and sell a car for $16-20k. They sell SUV's for $30k or more. Do you think it's because it costs them $10k more to build the SUV? No, they sell it for $30k because the market will let them charge the premium. Profit margins on economy cars are generally small (a few percent). Profit margins on SUV's run in the 50% range.
Track the laptops internally by observing which wireless transciever they're hitting. If you're good, you could triangulate the location...
Put an RF monitor by the door; so, if one passes through, the monitor sends a packet to the server and causes a photo (from the door camera) to be saved. Implement this in tandem with RFID anti-theft devices.
If a laptop turns up missing, when it passes into hotspots, you'll be able to track it as it send packets back to your server. Give this information to the local authorities and have them retrieve your missing property. Fire and prosecute persons responsible (you now have evidence in the form of photos, tracking information & a police report.)