RFID's do not broadcast. They are passive devices without a power supply. The power is supplied by the reader which excites the chip, providing power for the chip to broadcast.
I think the major problem here we're all missing because of the huge uproar over privacy, are the tons and tons of potential lost jobs to this technology.
There are entire segments of the lower class and college students that populate the ranks of cashiers and warehouse workers, and the list goes on.
Im a firm believer in laissez faire, and this could lead to a day when not everyone *HAS* to be employed full time busting ass and instead can concentrate on school, or whatever... but i believe the much more likely outcome would be social dissent caused by people with too much time on their hands.
a ton of possibilities, a ton of problems. it will be interesting watching the powers that be play this one out.
Through all the posts replied so far, I do think this one has been ignored.
The range is determined by the power output of the READER, not the actual chip itself. The RFID is excited by radio frequency, and starts broadcasting based on an outside power source.
The range of that power source can be amplified by increasing the power to the reader. Granted, it's not a linear relationship for power -> range, as the range is a function of a square (i think, im not a rf expert) but it still is not necessarily limited to just a few feet.
This article from CNN makes mention of such a thing coming from Sony.
The range also features a CD audio system in which a disc can be placed anywhere on a playing surface the size of a salad plate.
sounds incredibly cool! but it's part of Sony's megathousand dollar line of products in development. Im not sure what it is or how it works, or even if its close to the idea. This is the only place ive ever seen mention of this thing.
If possible, supply a showering facility, and bring deodorant or air freshner. I've went to a few lan parties, and le me tell you the grease in the air, you can feel it just clumping on your skin.
after about 12 hours i was pretty much needing a shower just from being around so many unwashed geeks.
in normal style lettering. who needs cursive? the article is talking about cursive only, which is writing entire words with the pen down from start to finish.
normal lettering with the letters by themselves still exists, and i can't see that going away, heh.
if you bothered to read anything, instead of assuming, you would find they had a budget of exactly $0 from outside sources other than volunteers from the community.
the original poster reminds me of an interesting point.
IANAL, but if a user is not sending the entire file, is she/he actually committing a crime by the net act?
The.NET act defines copyright infringement by sending like $1000 in stuff over a 6 month period. since a section of a movie is valueless, doesn't that make.torrent a gray area?
intriguing, at the very least.
What I would like to see..
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a combination of this and torrent.
this system seems limited by linear pushing 1:1 host:client ratio, and this increases the output logarithmically.
the problem they are going to run into is that 90% of users on the internet (atleast) have 256 kbps or lower broadband caps, and therefore the network will not efficiently use bandwidth if its 1:1 sends..torrent makes use of a full upstream of a user to send data. this program does that too, but it does not distribute that users upload-ability accross any more than the one user.
so anyway, this with.torrent mesh features would be really nice.
i didn't need to read the article since i know that the.org TLD is not run by verisign anymore, and the news poster said "i told you so, verisign" when verisign has nothing to do with the.org tld anymore.
I looked at the photos, and it seems to me to be just a driver fuckup on the 3dmark benchmarks.
Since when did rendering errors caused by driver problems become "proof" of a vendor inflating benchmarks?
And this story was composed by someone with the qualifications of "Website content creator, who likes video games alot" not a driver writer, not anyone technically inclined beyond the typical geek who plays alot of video games and writes for a website called "EXTREME tech" because you know, their name makes them extreme!
note: I'm not an Nvidia fanboy, i just bought an ATI Radeon 9500, so I am just a skeptic of incredulous, idiotic derivations of fact, when all he has are some screenshots of a driver screwing up the render of a scene.
He has some good points. We do need to replace the shuttle. But, his campaign contribution lists kind of outline the whole "conflicting interests" problem that he has here.
We already have a Senator Disney, might as well have a Senator Lockheed-Martin.
Maybe we could start a group of citizens and buy our congressmen back?
that is one of the dumbest, idiotic waste of resources ive ever seen. typically this kind of crap is reserved for accounting people who run IT departments
The ability to get access to pornography without going through your dad's drawer? I know when I was 10, I would have killed for a tool like the internet, and wouldn't have been risking my hide as much as rooting around in his dresser for some skin mags to enlighten myself with..
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RFID's do not broadcast. They are passive devices without a power supply. The power is supplied by the reader which excites the chip, providing power for the chip to broadcast.
NEXT!
I think the major problem here we're all missing because of the huge uproar over privacy, are the tons and tons of potential lost jobs to this technology.
There are entire segments of the lower class and college students that populate the ranks of cashiers and warehouse workers, and the list goes on.
Im a firm believer in laissez faire, and this could lead to a day when not everyone *HAS* to be employed full time busting ass and instead can concentrate on school, or whatever... but i believe the much more likely outcome would be social dissent caused by people with too much time on their hands.
a ton of possibilities, a ton of problems. it will be interesting watching the powers that be play this one out.
Through all the posts replied so far, I do think this one has been ignored.
The range is determined by the power output of the READER, not the actual chip itself. The RFID is excited by radio frequency, and starts broadcasting based on an outside power source.
The range of that power source can be amplified by increasing the power to the reader. Granted, it's not a linear relationship for power -> range, as the range is a function of a square (i think, im not a rf expert) but it still is not necessarily limited to just a few feet.
the main flaw in your post is that you're poking at the extravagance in production of the LARGEST GROSSING FILM OF ALL TIME thus far.
so they spent alot of money, and made alot more. what's your point?
the fancier model of Dremel has an RPM gauge.
This article from CNN makes mention of such a thing coming from Sony.
sounds incredibly cool! but it's part of Sony's megathousand dollar line of products in development. Im not sure what it is or how it works, or even if its close to the idea. This is the only place ive ever seen mention of this thing.
sounds pretty cool though!
If possible, supply a showering facility, and bring deodorant or air freshner. I've went to a few lan parties, and le me tell you the grease in the air, you can feel it just clumping on your skin.
after about 12 hours i was pretty much needing a shower just from being around so many unwashed geeks.
my hands start to cramp well before i run out of time on those stupid exams where they expect you to write stuff :(
id rather have a keyboard and type out my answers, and i don't think we're far from that (if not there already) in alot of schools
in normal style lettering. who needs cursive? the article is talking about cursive only, which is writing entire words with the pen down from start to finish.
normal lettering with the letters by themselves still exists, and i can't see that going away, heh.
Atleast we'll get to see Ziggy Stardust on the court floor, arguing about code. that will be pretty neat.
if you bothered to read anything, instead of assuming, you would find they had a budget of exactly $0 from outside sources other than volunteers from the community.
Justin isn't just a founding member, he is Nullsoft as far as im concerned. his app (winamp) is what started the whole company.
deadbeef is justin frankel for anyone who is interested. same guy who did winamp, really a great software guy.
.. sad
the reason why winamp 3 sucks so much, is because it's written by some other guy. justin isn't even in the credits of winamp3
the original poster reminds me of an interesting point.
.NET act defines copyright infringement by sending like $1000 in stuff over a 6 month period. since a section of a movie is valueless, doesn't that make .torrent a gray area?
IANAL, but if a user is not sending the entire file, is she/he actually committing a crime by the net act?
The
intriguing, at the very least.
a combination of this and torrent.
.torrent makes use of a full upstream of a user to send data. this program does that too, but it does not distribute that users upload-ability accross any more than the one user.
.torrent mesh features would be really nice.
this system seems limited by linear pushing 1:1 host:client ratio, and this increases the output logarithmically.
the problem they are going to run into is that 90% of users on the internet (atleast) have 256 kbps or lower broadband caps, and therefore the network will not efficiently use bandwidth if its 1:1 sends.
so anyway, this with
The name of the processor and chipset shall be inversely porportionate to the actual size of the chipset and chip.
imagine, when boards are self contained on one microchip, the name will be the "ultra gigaplexor 90000000 duplex teranaxor"
i didn't need to read the article since i know that the .org TLD is not run by verisign anymore, and the news poster said "i told you so, verisign" when verisign has nothing to do with the .org tld anymore.
think before you flame
I don't think Verisign runs the .org TLD anymore, does it? ....
I looked at the photos, and it seems to me to be just a driver fuckup on the 3dmark benchmarks.
Since when did rendering errors caused by driver problems become "proof" of a vendor inflating benchmarks?
And this story was composed by someone with the qualifications of "Website content creator, who likes video games alot" not a driver writer, not anyone technically inclined beyond the typical geek who plays alot of video games and writes for a website called "EXTREME tech" because you know, their name makes them extreme!
note: I'm not an Nvidia fanboy, i just bought an ATI Radeon 9500, so I am just a skeptic of incredulous, idiotic derivations of fact, when all he has are some screenshots of a driver screwing up the render of a scene.
Atleast jar jar would be dead by Episode 7.
<obligatory jar jar joke>
He has some good points. We do need to replace the shuttle. But, his campaign contribution lists kind of outline the whole "conflicting interests" problem that he has here.
We already have a Senator Disney, might as well have a Senator Lockheed-Martin.
Maybe we could start a group of citizens and buy our congressmen back?
that is one of the dumbest, idiotic waste of resources ive ever seen. typically this kind of crap is reserved for accounting people who run IT departments
on one hand I agree with you.
On the other hand, I don't. Theo said he was a bit uneasy about taking the money, but in the end decided to just not think about it.
Maybe DARPA just decided to solve the problem for him and remove the grant. Makes sense to me.
The ability to get access to pornography without going through your dad's drawer? I know when I was 10, I would have killed for a tool like the internet, and wouldn't have been risking my hide as much as rooting around in his dresser for some skin mags to enlighten myself with ..
ding ding ding, we have a winner.