...If you have a 4000mwh 6-volt battery and a device [with a current draw of] that uses 250mw @6v, then you can tell how long your battery should last...
...Amperage = Current over time
Wattage = Power over time...
No.
Amperage is synonymous with current, wattage is synonymous with power...not current over time or power over time, that would be amp-hours or watt-hours if you're bringing time into the equation.
...Current(Amp) != Power(Watt)...
Correct.
...Btw, if you don't know, normal electrical devices are measured in hours, meaning X watt usage really means X watts over a period of an hour...
No.
Batteries and other electrical sources have capacities measured in watt-hours or amp-hours...electrical devices usually have specifications of required voltage and average, maximum, and minimum current draw at that voltage.
If you have a 4000mwh 6-volt battery and a device with a current draw of 250mw @6v, then you can tell how long your battery should last.
...So 375 watts = total power
Higher voltage and lower current can equal the same power as lower current and higher voltage. Realistically, certain applications require certain voltages to work (high voltages for ovens as they are basically giant resistors). End result though, 375watts used in a device at 110v is the same as 375w used in say a 12v device. All that means is that the current draw is different...
I'm not talking about pasted-on additional software (like Anitivirus) as "security". I'm talking about making your code secure. Avoiding buffer overflows is not something that degrades performance...often, it helps it. We're using the word differently.
Put one way, providing secure code (an OS with minimal exploitable bugs) eliminates the need for "security" software.
DRM, yes...security, no. Securing your code (making it not fail under the weight of random exploits) doesn't slow things down. Adding in additional complexity, holes, and latency to your software stack with DRM definitely slows things down.
OH - Mentor - Went to the polls about an hour ago. There were 4 polling stations, each of which had a voter doing their thing...nobody waiting in line when I got there. Voted on a touchscreen that recorded a paper copy and gave a review screen to verify choices before you finished (same equipment as 2 years ago, I think). No technical or human problems that I saw. I'm confident that my vote was recorded correctly and could be audited successfully.
You assume that since you were hacked via bluetooth before at a particular place (maybe) that since your connection to an unsecured wifi hotspot (!!! seriously? you're *really* worried about getting hacked but you're connecting to an open wifi connection?) doesn't work, it must be because of hacking.
Most routers have the ability to allow specific MAC addresses to connect, and to deny connections to MAC addresses not in that list. My guess is that's what's going on...hard to say, since you didn't mention whether you spoke to the person who pays for the internet connection associated with the previously-mentioned wireless access point.
...If the engine in your '57 Chevy blows up, you can still get it repaired and replaced...
Well, yes, but Chevy's not currently making engines for it or offering warranty support. Are you saying I should be able to take my 56 year old automobile back to the manufacturer and have them replace the carb with a fuel injection system?
Let XP die already. It's "unsafe at any speed", to piggy-back on your metaphor.
...actually that's more due to sugar/carbohydrate consumption. Americans eat *waaaaaay* more bread/cake/pasta/candy/soda than meat. It's cheaper to make and purchase carbohydrate-rich foods than it is to make and purchase meat.
Not to discourage people from contributing...
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...but (FTFA)
...Note: I have enough money to defend thus suit all the way through trial without it being a severe financial hardship, so please do not give if it is a hardship for you. But, if you would like to make a contribution to help with the cause because you want to help stop people like this, then it will surely be appreciated!...
Right. But streaming (broadcast) doesn't require low latency...there's no way to perceive lag as there is in a conversation. This codec does good streaming (as does MP3), but it's also low latency, which is why everyone who's excited is excited. It makes live *bi-directional* connections possible without a noticeable delay in the conversation. Could be used online, in cell phones, etc, etc. Acceptance is a function of utility and need, so widespread adoption depends on somebody making software that uses it to a distinct advantage. If I can make software that's better than yours, and I don't have to pay licensing fees, then I have an advantage, which is why Microsoft, Google, etc, are all in on developing it. Actually, those two companies alone are enough to potentially ensure that it gets adopted.
This has already been repeated ad nauseum, but to reiterate, the main reason that this codec is attractive is that it facilitates live audio transmission. The fact that it competes favorably in non-streaming (high latency) applications is just a bonus. Supplanting MP3 is not part of the idea that it would change the face of the web.
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I worked with them on the other side of the equation (a maintenance guy for certain systems, including a couple that used the GRiD). What I remember about them was primarily that the didn't break. Locked down on a tray in the back of a truck on a shelter with a few hundred other boxes of electronics that occasionally needed replacement...I don't think we ever replaced one of them. Aside from the Commodore SX-64 (I still want one of those, if anyone has one they need to get rid of), it was the first portable computer I can remember seeing.
Let me correct myself...I should have said "evidence", not "facts". Evidence is supposed to be factual, but you're absolutely right in saying that it might not be.
I have one (old roadrunner box) that I was thinking about trying that on. Since it runs linux now and has USB ports and a DVI output, I'm assuming it's doable (after a hard drive replacement, maybe).
...Given that pretty much every advanced set top box designed is a somewhat specialized personal computer...
[nitpick]Actually, they're not specialized. They run less flexible software than typical desktop computers, but the devices themselves are only specialized in that they include extra hardware (tuners) and most PCs don't.
Installing Mythdora on a Dell and adding a tuner card doesn't make it any more special, I don't think.[/nitpick]
While it's true that assuming to know another's motivation is bad, the foreman relying on his personal experience is also bad, since you're supposed to use the facts presented in the case, along with the jury instructions, as the sole means by which to determine a verdict.
I'm a software engineer who believes that software is not patentable. Are you saying that if I was on the jury, it would be appropriate for me to advise the other jurors that all of the software-based claims are invalid? There would be a similar furor about that.
All of the jurors can see things differently, but they must all use the same set of facts, and those facts must have been presented as evidence...you can't bring extraneous evidence in as a juror.
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No.
Amperage is synonymous with current, wattage is synonymous with power...not current over time or power over time, that would be amp-hours or watt-hours if you're bringing time into the equation.
Correct.
No.
Batteries and other electrical sources have capacities measured in watt-hours or amp-hours...electrical devices usually have specifications of required voltage and average, maximum, and minimum current draw at that voltage.
If you have a 4000mwh 6-volt battery and a device with a current draw of 250mw @6v, then you can tell how long your battery should last.
Correct.
I'm not talking about pasted-on additional software (like Anitivirus) as "security". I'm talking about making your code secure. Avoiding buffer overflows is not something that degrades performance...often, it helps it. We're using the word differently.
Put one way, providing secure code (an OS with minimal exploitable bugs) eliminates the need for "security" software.
DRM, yes...security, no. Securing your code (making it not fail under the weight of random exploits) doesn't slow things down. Adding in additional complexity, holes, and latency to your software stack with DRM definitely slows things down.
...must...resist...playing...devil's...advocate...
I'm fine with it. The hard copy matched what I entered. We all (in Ohio) know we're in for recounts regardless of whether the equipment is ok.
OH - Mentor - Went to the polls about an hour ago. There were 4 polling stations, each of which had a voter doing their thing...nobody waiting in line when I got there. Voted on a touchscreen that recorded a paper copy and gave a review screen to verify choices before you finished (same equipment as 2 years ago, I think). No technical or human problems that I saw. I'm confident that my vote was recorded correctly and could be audited successfully.
Thank you for writing what I was thinking. Your last sentence states it perfectly.
I'll re-troll, since IHBT
...It's like blaming the engineers that build an M1 tank, rather than the president and congress that tells them where and what to shoot.
Correlation is not causation.
You assume that since you were hacked via bluetooth before at a particular place (maybe) that since your connection to an unsecured wifi hotspot (!!! seriously? you're *really* worried about getting hacked but you're connecting to an open wifi connection?) doesn't work, it must be because of hacking.
Most routers have the ability to allow specific MAC addresses to connect, and to deny connections to MAC addresses not in that list. My guess is that's what's going on...hard to say, since you didn't mention whether you spoke to the person who pays for the internet connection associated with the previously-mentioned wireless access point.
Well, yes, but Chevy's not currently making engines for it or offering warranty support. Are you saying I should be able to take my 56 year old automobile back to the manufacturer and have them replace the carb with a fuel injection system?
Let XP die already. It's "unsafe at any speed", to piggy-back on your metaphor.
You're right. I really wanted to blame it on my phone but you called me on my untruth. Well played, AC, well played.
damn. C-L-O-U-D...not could. Thanks, autocorrect.
...the could doesn't use servers, right?
...actually that's more due to sugar/carbohydrate consumption. Americans eat *waaaaaay* more bread/cake/pasta/candy/soda than meat. It's cheaper to make and purchase carbohydrate-rich foods than it is to make and purchase meat.
...but (FTFA)
Right. But streaming (broadcast) doesn't require low latency...there's no way to perceive lag as there is in a conversation. This codec does good streaming (as does MP3), but it's also low latency, which is why everyone who's excited is excited. It makes live *bi-directional* connections possible without a noticeable delay in the conversation. Could be used online, in cell phones, etc, etc. Acceptance is a function of utility and need, so widespread adoption depends on somebody making software that uses it to a distinct advantage. If I can make software that's better than yours, and I don't have to pay licensing fees, then I have an advantage, which is why Microsoft, Google, etc, are all in on developing it. Actually, those two companies alone are enough to potentially ensure that it gets adopted.
This has already been repeated ad nauseum, but to reiterate, the main reason that this codec is attractive is that it facilitates live audio transmission. The fact that it competes favorably in non-streaming (high latency) applications is just a bonus. Supplanting MP3 is not part of the idea that it would change the face of the web.
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I worked with them on the other side of the equation (a maintenance guy for certain systems, including a couple that used the GRiD). What I remember about them was primarily that the didn't break. Locked down on a tray in the back of a truck on a shelter with a few hundred other boxes of electronics that occasionally needed replacement...I don't think we ever replaced one of them. Aside from the Commodore SX-64 (I still want one of those, if anyone has one they need to get rid of), it was the first portable computer I can remember seeing.
...they were informed about the vulnerability a couple of months ago.
Let me correct myself...I should have said "evidence", not "facts". Evidence is supposed to be factual, but you're absolutely right in saying that it might not be.
I have one (old roadrunner box) that I was thinking about trying that on. Since it runs linux now and has USB ports and a DVI output, I'm assuming it's doable (after a hard drive replacement, maybe).
[nitpick]Actually, they're not specialized. They run less flexible software than typical desktop computers, but the devices themselves are only specialized in that they include extra hardware (tuners) and most PCs don't.
Installing Mythdora on a Dell and adding a tuner card doesn't make it any more special, I don't think.[/nitpick]
While it's true that assuming to know another's motivation is bad, the foreman relying on his personal experience is also bad, since you're supposed to use the facts presented in the case, along with the jury instructions, as the sole means by which to determine a verdict.
I'm a software engineer who believes that software is not patentable. Are you saying that if I was on the jury, it would be appropriate for me to advise the other jurors that all of the software-based claims are invalid? There would be a similar furor about that.
All of the jurors can see things differently, but they must all use the same set of facts, and those facts must have been presented as evidence...you can't bring extraneous evidence in as a juror.