Yeah and one America has no chance of winning. To get slightly back on topic, printers. There are probably entire committees and sub committees at work in the EEC generating legislation pertaining to printers. From deciding which cartridge to use and probably even sub-sub committees deciding what font is applicable for use on what weekday and another committee to re-draft these proposals to take into account what floor of which building the printer is on.
The legislation generated in the EEC is of truly staggering proportions. They say in Brussels you can hear rain forests scream every-time another re-drafted proposal is submitted.
What even more meaningless than harmonising the shape and colour of bananas in the EEC? As to a constitution we have them in Europe as well. Officials consider constitutions to be just another method of generating more red-tape to enable them to extend their departments.
DMCA bah! When it comes down to generating dumb legislation the merest trainee assistant Brussels Eurocrat can beat any Yank pen pusher without even breaking into a sweat. We Europeans have legislation for things so meaningless that American officials can only dream on.
Having it 9ft tall would defeat the object. The only way that thing would slightly inconvenience an intruder is if they tripped over it in the dark. Basicly it does the same job as one of those low coffee tables.
More realisticly. Someone with no actual power or street smarts. Presumably by street smarts you mean the ability to live off welfare and bum for spare change.
Hmmm. A poster further up said he thought the ipod used a 78L05 linear regulator (or some equivalent) and from what i've been reading I tend to agree. It would certainly seem to explain the ipods rather crappy power management. These linear regulators have a quiescent current in the order of milliamps which is just dumb (in this day and age) for a battery powered device. It is however cheap, which is presumably why apple went this way (if they did) rather than opt for a more efficient micropower regulator with microamp quiescent current draw. Perhaps they should've farmed out the electronics to SONY and just stuck to designing the enclosure.
It's probably easier for the feds to get a conviction if they invoke the dreaded T word. I'm surprised they even *bothered* taking it through the courts instead of just shipping him straight to Cuba sans trial.
That's a really *clunky* design if they did. Switching regulators are far more efficient than linear ones. The linear reg has the advantage of simplicity I suppose. Also some switching regs can cause glitches in digital circuits if you're not careful.
I wondered why they didn't use a wind generator as a power source until I did a calculation:
Windmill power output is P ~ 0.5 pAV^3 Watt
V = wind velocity m/s A = cross section (assume 1 m2) p = atmospheric density kg/m3 (~0.02 for mars)
Plugging in suitable numbers for the Martian environment:
Ek = (0.02 x 3.5^3)/2 ~ 0.43 Watts
Assuming a generous 30% efficiency gives:
Power output ~ 0.13 Watt
Not an awful lot. Even in a storm with wind velocity ~ 15 m/s you're only looking at about 10 Watts output, and that's assuming the dust doesn't clog up the wind generator.
So solar or nuclear energy seem to be the way to go.
I remember this. The sacked staff went on a looting spree of their offices as I recall. It was hillarious seeng all these middle class lawyer types lugging chairs and stuff out of the building.
The company director did a runner to Spain I think.:D
Talking about pelican crossings. How the heck did the Green Cross Code man *ever* end up working for the Empire? I mean *what* a career move. Bring back the Belisha Beacon, all is forgiven.:)
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation installed the bloody lift software in the block of flats I live in. There's the lift on the floor you're on, you press the button. Do the doors open? NO! The damn lift shoots up to the top of the building. This happens EVERY time unless of course you actually are at the top of the building. In which case it goes to some other floor where you're NOT. Aaaaaaaaaggggggg!
LO, praise of the prowess of people-kings of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped, we have heard, and what honor the athelings won! Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes, from many a tribe, the mead-bench tore, awing the earls. Since erst he lay friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him: for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve, till before him the folk, both far and near, who house by the whale-path, heard his mandate, gave him gifts: a good king he! To him an heir was afterward born, a son in his halls, whom heaven sent to favor the folk, feeling their woe that erst they had lacked an earl for leader so long a while; the Lord endowed him, the Wielder of Wonder, with world's renown. Famed was this Beowulf
Sample from the Project Gutenberg Text of Beowulf.
Why not do yourself a favour and download it. Classic stuff.:)
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That reminds me of Spitting Image .. I think .
... er ...
Spock: To be or not to be
that is not logical captain.
A good name for a Shakespearean computing language:
Bardic Algorithmic Complex Object Nomenclature
or BACON
Microsoft should love it. Since the life of any product coded in it would
inevitably be brutal and above all, *short*.
Yeah and one America has no chance of winning. To get slightly back on
topic, printers. There are probably entire committees and sub
committees at work in the EEC generating legislation pertaining to
printers. From deciding which cartridge to use and probably even
sub-sub committees deciding what font is applicable for use on what
weekday and another committee to re-draft these proposals to take into
account what floor of which building the printer is on.
The legislation generated in the EEC is of truly staggering
proportions. They say in Brussels you can hear rain forests scream
every-time another re-drafted proposal is submitted.
What even more meaningless than harmonising the shape and colour of
bananas in the EEC? As to a constitution we have them in Europe as
well. Officials consider constitutions to be just another method of
generating more red-tape to enable them to extend their departments.
DMCA bah! When it comes down to generating dumb legislation the merest
trainee assistant Brussels Eurocrat can beat any Yank pen pusher
without even breaking into a sweat. We Europeans have legislation for
things so meaningless that American officials can only dream on.
Parts + Labour ... $59.95
... $0.05.
... $18000.
Cost for marketing dept to come up with
the name Dragon. $17,940
Profit
Total
Having it 9ft tall would defeat the object. The only way
that thing would slightly inconvenience an intruder is
if they tripped over it in the dark. Basicly it does the
same job as one of those low coffee tables.
More realisticly. Someone with no actual power or street smarts.
Presumably by street smarts you mean the ability to live off
welfare and bum for spare change.
wankers.
Why do you need an *entire* article to communicate this?
ROVER
:)
Reactive Orange-alert Vigilant EnforceR
How many TVs do we actually need
One TV for each channel of course.
Yeah. At least with the pr0n oscars batteries are included.
may touch you
:)
Yeah. Even if it is only for the loan of a few bucks.
For $$$ that you have to pay for an ipod. Presumably apple had the
... umm.
:)
foresight to design in a protection diode or even a whole bridge.
Then again if their goal is to sell more hardware
You're right though he should've included something as basic as a
pin-out. Although looking at the way he mixes his battery's im not
so sure.
Hmmm. A poster further up said he thought the ipod used a 78L05
linear regulator (or some equivalent) and from what i've been
reading I tend to agree. It would certainly seem to explain the
ipods rather crappy power management. These linear regulators
have a quiescent current in the order of milliamps which is just
dumb (in this day and age) for a battery powered device. It is
however cheap, which is presumably why apple went this way (if they
did) rather than opt for a more efficient micropower regulator with
microamp quiescent current draw. Perhaps they should've farmed out
the electronics to SONY and just stuck to designing the enclosure.
It's probably easier for the feds to get a conviction
if they invoke the dreaded T word. I'm surprised they
even *bothered* taking it through the courts instead
of just shipping him straight to Cuba sans trial.
78l05 or similar power stabiliser
That's a really *clunky* design if they did. Switching regulators are
far more efficient than linear ones. The linear reg has the advantage
of simplicity I suppose. Also some switching regs can cause glitches
in digital circuits if you're not careful.
I wondered why they didn't use a wind generator as a
power source until I did a calculation:
Windmill power output is P ~ 0.5 pAV^3 Watt
V = wind velocity m/s
A = cross section (assume 1 m2)
p = atmospheric density kg/m3 (~0.02 for mars)
Plugging in suitable numbers for the Martian environment:
Ek = (0.02 x 3.5^3)/2 ~ 0.43 Watts
Assuming a generous 30% efficiency gives:
Power output ~ 0.13 Watt
Not an awful lot. Even in a storm with wind velocity ~ 15 m/s
you're only looking at about 10 Watts output, and that's
assuming the dust doesn't clog up the wind generator.
So solar or nuclear energy seem to be the way to go.
Why the splash screen of my DVD player is BLUE.
it's blue because of the optical scattering properties of dust in
;)
the martian atmosphere
That's Scullys Xplanation.
Mulder says different.
Or it's because NASA's mission faking division forgot to photoshop the
images before releasing em.
I remember this. The sacked staff went on a looting spree of their
:D
offices as I recall. It was hillarious seeng all these middle class
lawyer types lugging chairs and stuff out of the building.
The company director did a runner to Spain I think.
study the effects of radiation on the human body
... etc etc.
..
Don't they *know* by now?
Chernobyl, God knows how many submarine accidents.
Atmospheric testing of nukes
Seems like we're funding a bunch of really *slow* scientists.
So for their benefit i'll type this s l o w l y
You take on a bunch of rads. You're fucked. Sheesh!
Talking about pelican crossings. How the heck did the Green Cross Code :)
man *ever* end up working for the Empire? I mean *what* a career move.
Bring back the Belisha Beacon, all is forgiven.
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation installed the bloody lift software
in the block of flats I live in. There's the lift on the floor
you're on, you press the button. Do the doors open? NO! The damn
lift shoots up to the top of the building. This happens EVERY time
unless of course you actually are at the top of the building. In
which case it goes to some other floor where you're NOT.
Aaaaaaaaaggggggg!
LO, praise of the prowess of people-kings
:)
of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped,
we have heard, and what honor the athelings won!
Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes,
from many a tribe, the mead-bench tore,
awing the earls. Since erst he lay
friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him:
for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve,
till before him the folk, both far and near,
who house by the whale-path, heard his mandate,
gave him gifts: a good king he!
To him an heir was afterward born,
a son in his halls, whom heaven sent
to favor the folk, feeling their woe
that erst they had lacked an earl for leader
so long a while; the Lord endowed him,
the Wielder of Wonder, with world's renown.
Famed was this Beowulf
Sample from the Project Gutenberg Text of Beowulf.
Why not do yourself a favour and download it. Classic stuff.