As a non-physicist (well, I did PHYS-101...) would it be fair to say the reason for a net loss is the energy required to generate the electrostatic containment field? Which suggests that research into other methods of containment should be pursued?
V8 MGBs are nice, and I'd like to see that done to a late model mid-engined one. I recently spotted a site describing dropping a Rover V8 into a Miata (MX5). That sure looks like a fun ride. Might be something to think about when I get tired of the 5L stroker in my old Range Rover...;-) BTW, I know a bloke who put one in a Mini too. Yikes!
FWIW, I'd go for the Tatra. Citroens are too common.:-)
Going entirely from memory, wasn't it something to do with bumper height? I think that making it street legal would've screwed the cars design, and probably the aerodynamics. This was years ago, so maybe laws have changed allowing the 959 to be considered as legal now.
If you can patent an algorithm, why wouldn't it apply to fields like Math. What if Company X patented an algorithem that turned out to be part of a proof for a significant proof, for example, which may have applications in cryptography?
Livelyhood? Let me guess, you're one of the people spamming or phoning millions of people who don't want to know about the crap you're peddling. You see it as your right to intrude on people's time and privacy in a sad attempt to make money selling something someone else creates the value for. Maybe you consider yourself an entrepruneur, but you're a bottom feeder at best - go get a real job and stop pissing people off for a living.
As an SUV owner, let me just say some of feel bad about it.:)
FWIW, said SUV is an an old v8 4wd currently being rebuilt. It'll be running catalytic converters and LPG (Propane). It's still horribly inefficient, but at least it's cleaner than most others on the road.
Times are changing (if not in the US). Diesel is popular in many countries, and you can buy LPG powered cars and pickups from the dealer now. The automakers can supply cleaner cars, and consumers will buy whatever they're told is good, so all it takes is GM et al to sell a better option.
I'm just saying if you're paranoid enough to get into SE Linux, you might want to look at OpenBSD. As it happens, I'm actually a Linux Geek, so here's some tools/docs to make your boxen more secure:
http://www.bastille-linux.org/
Um, why do it at the DNS level? How about the next version of Mozilla includes a domain name correction? Type ahead does this to some degree, but a dictionary based system should work ok for many sites that aren't in browser history.
It must be nice to live in such a black and white world...
But you don't get it do you? Of course perpetual motion machines won't work due to the laws of thermodynamics as we know them. But maybe we're wrong. Maybe there's useful energy to be had at a quantum level (isn't that referred to as zero-point by somefolks?). Maybe they can work on a given timescale, eg, for our purposes the Sun will last "perpetually" but really it will eventually burn out. Of course, using the term "perpetual" probably torpedoes any formal success before it's even started.
Anyway, back on track... A few years back, people thought powered flight was ridiculous, and putting a man into space was even more ludicrous. The idea of an atom being split was considered impossible for a while. Point is that just because it's "impossible" doesn't mean it can't be done. We just don't know how yet. And in the process of learning how, we got lots of useful spinoffs.
BTW, Nice work selecting the fragment of "logic" out of context. That's like pulling an equation apart and using a piece to prove that 1=2 (Don't bother - I've seen proofs before). And what's really amusing, is that your argument is based on the assumption that cold fusion IS impossible. Maybe it is, but we won't know for many years yet. There's some very smart people who work on it - obviously they're just gaming the system too. Does history teach you nothing? Ass.
War dialing? Fax attack, anyone? Well, anyone who still has a modem that is...
Kidding. FWIW, these activities may be deemed illegal under telecoms misuse and harrasment laws.
Isn't it about time the EFF got one of their press releases into the business community. Sure, we all know it's a lot of cobblers, but obviously the investors and similar don't. Let's tell them in a language and manner that they understand.
Except you're making a fundamental error: you're equating theory and application.
No I'm not.
I know full well that cold fusion hasn't been proved. The point is that people are trying, and that in itself could be beneficial. I'm suggesting that something discovered in the process of trying to attain cold fusion may be useful in another context. The Post It Note scenario is mentioned as an analogy to illustrate that success can emerge from failure.
Every good idea was once a dream or merely a spark of inspiration. Just because it doesn't work today, doesn't mean it never can. It won't if people stop trying, but it might if they keep at it. It only takes one moment of genius to make the impossibly possible.
Importantly, any "failed" research may lead to other as-yet unthought of possibilities. IIRC, even Post It notes were the result of a glue was considered a failure for not being sticky enough.
Second, that means a LOT of software has to be changed : every single telephone would have to have its software changed. You don't download a patch through the internet to change the ROM of your telephone, do you ?
IMHO, that's something that should have been considered in the standard. There's really nothing to stop a ROM update happening over the telephone network. Field updates aren't a new thing, and although they can be done at a dealer, I think doing it over the airwaves makes more sense.
I don't know of any successful evesdropping either, but it's not something that you would advertise had you done it, I guess.
Ass. Of course I read the article - or did you miss the quote?
The best backdoors are those which don't look like one - secret passages if you will. Maybe it really was a genuine "mistake", but something "fundamental" that requires "complex technology" and the need to "target a specific caller" is just a little too convienient for me. I'm no conspiracy theorist, but when it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I'll call it a duck.
Go learn how to reverse then come back and see if you still want to call me an idiot, AC.
Last time I told a software manufacturer about security flaws they were like, oh we don't care - our users are too dumb to work it out. Uh huh, but what about the competition? I'm sure their opinion would change had I released an exploit for it.
Similarly, the GSM Association probably knew about it, it's probably a designed-in backdoor to allow governmental evesdropping, but now it's public knowledge they're unhappy. Notice they say "very difficult" to exploit - not impossible. They know what's up, and they should've done better.
Well boo hoo GSM. If you've got flaws, fix them - don't go whining when someone finds you out and talks about it. No software is perfect, and trying to pretend otherwise (incl. with DMCA court action) is just a revised addition of The Emporers Clothes.
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Interesting reading. That was 5 years ago though... and nothing has come of it?
As a non-physicist (well, I did PHYS-101...) would it be fair to say the reason for a net loss is the energy required to generate the electrostatic containment field? Which suggests that research into other methods of containment should be pursued?
Read the article??? This is Slashdot!
V8 MGBs are nice, and I'd like to see that done to a late model mid-engined one. I recently spotted a site describing dropping a Rover V8 into a Miata (MX5). That sure looks like a fun ride. Might be something to think about when I get tired of the 5L stroker in my old Range Rover... ;-) BTW, I know a bloke who put one in a Mini too. Yikes!
FWIW, I'd go for the Tatra. Citroens are too common. :-)
Going entirely from memory, wasn't it something to do with bumper height? I think that making it street legal would've screwed the cars design, and probably the aerodynamics. This was years ago, so maybe laws have changed allowing the 959 to be considered as legal now.
That IS amazing. How you watched through to the end is beyond me.
If you can patent an algorithm, why wouldn't it apply to fields like Math. What if Company X patented an algorithem that turned out to be part of a proof for a significant proof, for example, which may have applications in cryptography?
Livelyhood? Let me guess, you're one of the people spamming or phoning millions of people who don't want to know about the crap you're peddling. You see it as your right to intrude on people's time and privacy in a sad attempt to make money selling something someone else creates the value for. Maybe you consider yourself an entrepruneur, but you're a bottom feeder at best - go get a real job and stop pissing people off for a living.
Golf's had it for several years too.
As an SUV owner, let me just say some of feel bad about it. :)
FWIW, said SUV is an an old v8 4wd currently being rebuilt. It'll be running catalytic converters and LPG (Propane). It's still horribly inefficient, but at least it's cleaner than most others on the road.
Times are changing (if not in the US). Diesel is popular in many countries, and you can buy LPG powered cars and pickups from the dealer now. The automakers can supply cleaner cars, and consumers will buy whatever they're told is good, so all it takes is GM et al to sell a better option.
I'm just saying if you're paranoid enough to get into SE Linux, you might want to look at OpenBSD. As it happens, I'm actually a Linux Geek, so here's some tools/docs to make your boxen more secure: http://www.bastille-linux.org/
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Consider OpenBSD as well. No good for those big multi-processor boxes though.
Um, why do it at the DNS level? How about the next version of Mozilla includes a domain name correction? Type ahead does this to some degree, but a dictionary based system should work ok for many sites that aren't in browser history.
Should've been September 11th.
It must be nice to live in such a black and white world...
But you don't get it do you? Of course perpetual motion machines won't work due to the laws of thermodynamics as we know them. But maybe we're wrong. Maybe there's useful energy to be had at a quantum level (isn't that referred to as zero-point by somefolks?). Maybe they can work on a given timescale, eg, for our purposes the Sun will last "perpetually" but really it will eventually burn out. Of course, using the term "perpetual" probably torpedoes any formal success before it's even started.
Anyway, back on track... A few years back, people thought powered flight was ridiculous, and putting a man into space was even more ludicrous. The idea of an atom being split was considered impossible for a while. Point is that just because it's "impossible" doesn't mean it can't be done. We just don't know how yet. And in the process of learning how, we got lots of useful spinoffs.
BTW, Nice work selecting the fragment of "logic" out of context. That's like pulling an equation apart and using a piece to prove that 1=2 (Don't bother - I've seen proofs before). And what's really amusing, is that your argument is based on the assumption that cold fusion IS impossible. Maybe it is, but we won't know for many years yet. There's some very smart people who work on it - obviously they're just gaming the system too. Does history teach you nothing? Ass.
War dialing? Fax attack, anyone? Well, anyone who still has a modem that is...
Kidding. FWIW, these activities may be deemed illegal under telecoms misuse and harrasment laws.
Isn't it about time the EFF got one of their press releases into the business community. Sure, we all know it's a lot of cobblers, but obviously the investors and similar don't. Let's tell them in a language and manner that they understand.
To be honest, I was hoping I was just being uninformed and paranoid. I guess not. Bugger.
70% of Americans believe Iraq sponsored 9-11
Please tell me you pulled that number out of your arse. If you didn't, I think American commonsense has surrendered.
Except you're making a fundamental error: you're equating theory and application.
No I'm not.
I know full well that cold fusion hasn't been proved. The point is that people are trying, and that in itself could be beneficial. I'm suggesting that something discovered in the process of trying to attain cold fusion may be useful in another context. The Post It Note scenario is mentioned as an analogy to illustrate that success can emerge from failure.
Every good idea was once a dream or merely a spark of inspiration. Just because it doesn't work today, doesn't mean it never can. It won't if people stop trying, but it might if they keep at it. It only takes one moment of genius to make the impossibly possible.
Importantly, any "failed" research may lead to other as-yet unthought of possibilities. IIRC, even Post It notes were the result of a glue was considered a failure for not being sticky enough.
Yeah, a cell phone with a camera was something new, but so was the first zipper painted blue!
Dr Seuss, is that you?!
Second, that means a LOT of software has to be changed : every single telephone would have to have its software changed. You don't download a patch through the internet to change the ROM of your telephone, do you ?
IMHO, that's something that should have been considered in the standard. There's really nothing to stop a ROM update happening over the telephone network. Field updates aren't a new thing, and although they can be done at a dealer, I think doing it over the airwaves makes more sense.
I don't know of any successful evesdropping either, but it's not something that you would advertise had you done it, I guess.
Ass. Of course I read the article - or did you miss the quote?
The best backdoors are those which don't look like one - secret passages if you will. Maybe it really was a genuine "mistake", but something "fundamental" that requires "complex technology" and the need to "target a specific caller" is just a little too convienient for me. I'm no conspiracy theorist, but when it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I'll call it a duck.
Go learn how to reverse then come back and see if you still want to call me an idiot, AC.
Last time I told a software manufacturer about security flaws they were like, oh we don't care - our users are too dumb to work it out. Uh huh, but what about the competition? I'm sure their opinion would change had I released an exploit for it.
Similarly, the GSM Association probably knew about it, it's probably a designed-in backdoor to allow governmental evesdropping, but now it's public knowledge they're unhappy. Notice they say "very difficult" to exploit - not impossible. They know what's up, and they should've done better.
Well boo hoo GSM. If you've got flaws, fix them - don't go whining when someone finds you out and talks about it. No software is perfect, and trying to pretend otherwise (incl. with DMCA court action) is just a revised addition of The Emporers Clothes.
But what I really want to know, is how do dreams weigh?