I'm kinda the same way. I download tonnes of torrents that I never look at once they're downloaded. I have hundreds of computer books as pdfs and chms (bleh). I browse the ebooks section of the pirate bay daily and download every one I see. I even end up getting several copies of the same book in various editions but that doesn't seem to stop me.
It's not the engineers. Engineers are required to take english classes for their degrees, while no one is required to study any engineering. I find it's most often the case that the engineer knows more about grammar than the english lit. person knows about electronics.
On another note some people just grow tired of setting it after frequent power outages...
I don't really have anything interesting to add to the discussion, I just wanted to ask for your phone number. Hex is just fine as long as you include the country and area codes;)
Deregulating above 30 megacycles is more reasonable. If you want a killer wifi network, why not work on developing one to work over the 30cm or 23cm ham bands? You could easily take 15 MHz in most geographic areas (not too many hams on those bands) plus they are only as dangerous as your cell phone. It would be a lot of work, but you would be famous amongst hams.
First off, I'm a ham, I know what CW, AM, SSB hf, vhf, and uhf are. And while bandwidth may increase as you go higher in frequency, you also loose the ability to go long distance without help, so you can't just say here's 10MHz of now give up the 20m ham band. Totally useless to me even though I get more bandwidth.
I also understand that the military uses spread spectrum, but there aren't any real powerful foreign governments left to test the system against. I'm sure alqeada and Iraq couldn't give it the test like a real enemy (say the old USSR) could have.
Please inform me of this magic technology that will get rid of interference. Beams, packet, & encryption have nothing to do with this. Spread spectrum and DSP can help reduce the problem, but with the first you just run out of spectrum faster and the 2nd is not a miracle, unless your one of those hams that are fooled by MFJ's adds.
"Free"ing the airwaves would just cause chaos like any kind of anarchy.
Totally, as a licensed ham, I shudder when I hear some of the things slashdotters say about the RF spectrum. The common theme is that it should be totally free and unregulated, yet they don't understand that spectrum ain't software so it's not like everyone can get a copy.
We have to stop thinking of frequency bands as precious resources to be auctioned and cordoned off, and start thinking of them as channels that can be defined in software and re-allocated and prioritized based on use.
This is a dumb idea. The electomegnetic spectrum is a finite resource which needs to be shared by everyone, and if you just opened it up to public use, it would just be a bunch of noise.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I didn't get my Ham license to loose 20m to some bitch who wants to talk to her boyfriend across town because her transceiver decided to use that "channel".
kool, we are the same height, have the same hair color, and have the same first name... wonder how many similarities one would find in our DNA. On the other hand I have brown eyes and am quite thin.
I think master does mean knows every detail. Remember though that just because someone isn't a "master" it does not mean that they are incompetent.
"char * const x;" isn't that useful an example, consider instead "MyClass * const x;". Now imagine that you need to pass a function your really big class to process, but need speed and also want to make certain that the function doesn't alter said class. Of course C++ still provides const_cast which allows you to shoot yourself in the foot, but that's another story.
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I'm kinda the same way. I download tonnes of torrents that I never look at once they're downloaded. I have hundreds of computer books as pdfs and chms (bleh). I browse the ebooks section of the pirate bay daily and download every one I see. I even end up getting several copies of the same book in various editions but that doesn't seem to stop me.
The problem is that with women, proving that you're right doesn't always end the arguement :(
I imagine that if you did that, they would really come down on you if they ever managed to catch you.
I once worked for Sears Canada in their Regina call center. Your dad was not exaggerating.
public static void OnBeforeNavigate2(object pDisp, ref object URL, ref object Flags, ref object TargetFrameName, ref object PostData, ref object Headers, ref bool Cancel)
Sometimes you don't get to control how many arguements your functions take.
You seem to know a lot about code you've never seen.
The only thing it's good for is watching movies.
That and for function calls with lots of arguments. I know I can split them over multiple lines, but I just don't like that.
It's not the engineers. Engineers are required to take english classes for their degrees, while no one is required to study any engineering. I find it's most often the case that the engineer knows more about grammar than the english lit. person knows about electronics.
On another note some people just grow tired of setting it after frequent power outages...
I don't really have anything interesting to add to the discussion, I just wanted to ask for your phone number. Hex is just fine as long as you include the country and area codes ;)
So.....you never read Lord of the Flies?
Off the top of my head, the TCP/IP stack and sockets in particular.
That would be cool, but USB isn't fast enough for all that. Add in DVI and firewire (optional) and you would be smokin.
Deregulating above 30 megacycles is more reasonable. If you want a killer wifi network, why not work on developing one to work over the 30cm or 23cm ham bands? You could easily take 15 MHz in most geographic areas (not too many hams on those bands) plus they are only as dangerous as your cell phone. It would be a lot of work, but you would be famous amongst hams.
I also understand that the military uses spread spectrum, but there aren't any real powerful foreign governments left to test the system against. I'm sure alqeada and Iraq couldn't give it the test like a real enemy (say the old USSR) could have.
"Free"ing the airwaves would just cause chaos like any kind of anarchy.
Totally, as a licensed ham, I shudder when I hear some of the things slashdotters say about the RF spectrum. The common theme is that it should be totally free and unregulated, yet they don't understand that spectrum ain't software so it's not like everyone can get a copy.
Wuss.
Well, technically the clone should be modded redundant but no one here checks the post times so he probably would be.
Just remember that with the death penalty, you can't set the convicted free after DNA tests prove that he wasn't guilty after all. :(
If you need to collect saliva from a rabid dog, you simply shoot the dog first.
This is a dumb idea. The electomegnetic spectrum is a finite resource which needs to be shared by everyone, and if you just opened it up to public use, it would just be a bunch of noise.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I didn't get my Ham license to loose 20m to some bitch who wants to talk to her boyfriend across town because her transceiver decided to use that "channel".
Your dog can literally make the environment a shitty place.
kool, we are the same height, have the same hair color, and have the same first name... wonder how many similarities one would find in our DNA. On the other hand I have brown eyes and am quite thin.
"char * const x;" isn't that useful an example, consider instead "MyClass * const x;". Now imagine that you need to pass a function your really big class to process, but need speed and also want to make certain that the function doesn't alter said class. Of course C++ still provides const_cast which allows you to shoot yourself in the foot, but that's another story.
I wish I were one of your children.
Oh and we now have a Conservative government in Canada. You really should have been able to find that much out on Wikipedia.