Not a good idea- the reason high voltages are used is power=voltage*current, so for a given device, a higher voltage will mean a lower current; since resistive losses are poroportional to the square of the current, you will need MUCH thicker wires for DC (on the order of 1/2"). For example, common household 120V circuits are reated at 15A; if your computer uses 15A@12V from its power supply, this means only 1.5A@120V is needed, letting you use 8-9 computers (theoretically) on the same circuit, whereas if you ran DC, you would need a separate circuit for each computer or very thick wiring.
epople in france would decide that either the law should be changed or they would just use another search engine because google was being a big baby. The consumer desires of the French people may not always coincide with the government mandates - any French slashdotters care to comment on how this issue is perceived there by the public?
It was probably not an attempt to discover specific information - instead, it was probably being used to locate people traveling under false pretenses, since two tangos flying as "friends" would have to make up a cover story, making it more likely that memory errors would cause their stories not to match (i.e, it's hard to lie repeatedly exactly the same way as somebody else) , thereby flagging them for possible further investigation.
At my university at least, there are two types of backbone links: a commercial, metered fiber connection(McLeod I think), and the Internet2/research backbones, which are dedicated links between universities. The reason there is filesharing on Internet2 is because universities generally try to route internet1 traffic destined of other universities over the Internet2 backbones- why use a more expensive commercial connection to go out to Level3 or whatever and then to the destination when you have a dedicated fast pipe? Actual "Internet2" access is still restricted to researchers (so Joe DormLover is not "logging into" internet2, his packets are going through a tunnel, invisible to him).
Umm... students are required to attend public school unless their parents can pony up for private school/homeschooling, so there is no "well you chose to be here so you agreed to give up your privacy" argument.
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Disclaimer: IANACEBIATAPEC (I Am Not A Cray Engineer But I Am Taking A Power Engineering Course) It's fairly common to get a KVA !=KW. Overall power used by a load is expressed as S=P+jQ, where P is the "real" power and Q is the reactive power (capacitive/inductive from motors, fluorescent lamp ballasts, etc).
While the "units" of S, P, and Q are power=voltage*current, S is generally expressed in VA, P in W, and Q in VAR(volt-ampere reactive) to differentiate the variables. Because the magnitude of S=sqrt(P^2+Q^2), S will always be greater than or equal to P (in this case, 14.8kVA=sqrt((14.5kW)^2+(+-2.965kVAR)^2)
Umm... they're simulating nuclear weapons in leiu of actually testing them, which can be a bad thing (z-machine=no radioactive waste, bomb explosion=radioactive waste).
Or... Required capital investment by corps: DSS -> big multimegabuck satellite and groundstation, marketing
Ruckus -> the students provide the servers and bandwidth (paid for through their uni. housing fee) so net cost to company = X*$LAWYER_SALARY+ADMIN_OVERHEAD
I think that bit was just added in to keep SCOUTS from taking this case when it is appealed, which I have little doubt it will be. Basically, its ment to force SCOUTS to either leave it alone, or look stupid in taking it. (e.g. You said not to do it, so we didn't, now you're saying we should?)
Well I know the BSA is disliked on slashdot, but accusing them of taking over the supreme court (SCOTUS)seems a little extreme
Even if they saw that the guy was acting funny, all they could do is approach him, because you sure as hell can't shoot him on suspicion. IIRC, with the recent terror alerts, the US Capitol police were instructed, if they found someone who: 1. Appeared to be concealing explosives 2. Ran away or used other evasive action they were authorized to take a head shot: linky
2) Write code. Ever wanted to learn a graphics library? New language? Check out SDL, neat little cross platform graphics library. Write a PacMan clone to learn it.
Good suggestions, but writing your own code on the job may be risky, especially for open source projects (see "shop rights" and "work for hire")
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Not a good idea- the reason high voltages are used is power=voltage*current, so for a given device, a higher voltage will mean a lower current; since resistive losses are poroportional to the square of the current, you will need MUCH thicker wires for DC (on the order of 1/2"). For example, common household 120V circuits are reated at 15A; if your computer uses 15A@12V from its power supply, this means only 1.5A@120V is needed, letting you use 8-9 computers (theoretically) on the same circuit, whereas if you ran DC, you would need a separate circuit for each computer or very thick wiring.
catch criminals, crooks, thieves, rappists and what not.
Oh no, the government is after 50 Cent!
epople in france would decide that either the law should be changed or they would just use another search engine because google was being a big baby.
The consumer desires of the French people may not always coincide with the government mandates - any French slashdotters care to comment on how this issue is perceived there by the public?
It was probably not an attempt to discover specific information - instead, it was probably being used to locate people traveling under false pretenses, since two tangos flying as "friends" would have to make up a cover story, making it more likely that memory errors would cause their stories not to match (i.e, it's hard to lie repeatedly exactly the same way as somebody else) , thereby flagging them for possible further investigation.
You forgot Poland!
oops...
Quite true, but taking the Fifth is the customary defense against self-incrimination(which decrypting your evidence certainly is)
Don't you mean the fifth?
There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that there is some sort of 'strokelog' capability, if nothing else.
Is this some new kind of pr0n system?
Isn't GO only for old people in Korea?
At my university at least, there are two types of backbone links: a commercial, metered fiber connection(McLeod I think), and the Internet2/research backbones, which are dedicated links between universities. The reason there is filesharing on Internet2 is because universities generally try to route internet1 traffic destined of other universities over the Internet2 backbones- why use a more expensive commercial connection to go out to Level3 or whatever and then to the destination when you have a dedicated fast pipe? Actual "Internet2" access is still restricted to researchers (so Joe DormLover is not "logging into" internet2, his packets are going through a tunnel, invisible to him).
Umm... students are required to attend public school unless their parents can pony up for private school/homeschooling, so there is no "well you chose to be here so you agreed to give up your privacy" argument.
Disclaimer: IANACEBIATAPEC (I Am Not A Cray Engineer But I Am Taking A Power Engineering Course)
It's fairly common to get a KVA !=KW.
Overall power used by a load is expressed as S=P+jQ, where P is the "real" power and Q is the reactive power (capacitive/inductive from motors, fluorescent lamp ballasts, etc).
While the "units" of S, P, and Q are power=voltage*current, S is generally expressed in VA, P in W, and Q in VAR(volt-ampere reactive) to differentiate the variables. Because the magnitude of S=sqrt(P^2+Q^2), S will always be greater than or equal to P (in this case, 14.8kVA=sqrt((14.5kW)^2+(+-2.965kVAR)^2)
Umm... they're simulating nuclear weapons in leiu of actually testing them, which can be a bad thing (z-machine=no radioactive waste, bomb explosion=radioactive waste).
damnsmalllinux. - TLD (Thirteen Letter Domain)?
Umm... there have been multiple cases where students were disciplined/enjoined from praying in school.
Or...
Required capital investment by corps:
DSS -> big multimegabuck satellite and groundstation, marketing
Ruckus -> the students provide the servers and bandwidth (paid for through their uni. housing fee) so net cost to company = X*$LAWYER_SALARY+ADMIN_OVERHEAD
Why would a university professor protect the book company's right to make a buck?
Uhh... because he wrote the book and therefore gets a cut of the profits?
What happens when a pilot decide sto hyjack a plane?
Umm... the pilot already has control of the plane, I don't think he needs to use force to take it over.
I think that bit was just added in to keep SCOUTS from taking this case when it is appealed, which I have little doubt it will be. Basically, its ment to force SCOUTS to either leave it alone, or look stupid in taking it. (e.g. You said not to do it, so we didn't, now you're saying we should?)
Well I know the BSA is disliked on slashdot, but accusing them of taking over the supreme court (SCOTUS)seems a little extreme
In Soviet Russia, people come together to bitch about pornography and share movies with one another... wait..
Even if they saw that the guy was acting funny, all they could do is approach him, because you sure as hell can't shoot him on suspicion.
IIRC, with the recent terror alerts, the US Capitol police were instructed, if they found someone who:
1. Appeared to be concealing explosives
2. Ran away or used other evasive action
they were authorized to take a head shot: linky
...(they say that computer people often do well in law because of the type of logic involved)...
The legal system has logic?
It appears some people have managed to implement chip stacking for faster RAM among other things (check out the prototype pix).
Now they just need to come out with a cringe OS.
Well, a certain technology critic is partnering with Apple to develop the iCringe (ly) OS
2) Write code. Ever wanted to learn a graphics library? New language? Check out SDL, neat little cross platform graphics library. Write a PacMan clone to learn it.
Good suggestions, but writing your own code on the job may be risky, especially for open source projects (see "shop rights" and "work for hire")