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  1. Ground Penetrating Radar potential on Developers Disclose Schematics For 50-1000 MHz Software-Defined Transceiver · · Score: 2

    So most commercial GPRs run in the 25-1000 MHz range. All I need to do is point this thing at the ground and it's worth $30K. Use it to measure ice thickness on ice roads, to look for unexploded ordinance, or find rebar in concrete...

  2. As a python coder, rarely do I use recursion loops on AP Test's Recursion Examples: An Exercise In Awkwardness · · Score: 1
    For the example given, this is a list comprehension one-liner. (print(n) for n in range(7))

    However, I do use recursion for looping in one situation - if my loop is running non-blocking as part of a larger event loop. Example below (excuse the dots leading underscores, slashdot doesn't let me format python). Normally, you'd just use while True for a loop like this.

    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    def eventDispatcher(self):
    __ev = poll_for_event() # non blocking, return None if no event
    __if ev: loop.call_soon(do_something(ev))
    __loop.call_soon(eventDispatcher)
    loop.run_forever()

  3. Re:Impact on Apple on The Unforking of KDE's KHTML and Webkit Begins · · Score: 3, Informative

    KHTML/Webkit and derivatives are under the LGPLv2, and the rights were not assigned to a central organization. They would have to contact every author that ever touched that code before they'd be permitted to offer it solely under the LGPLv3...

  4. Re:Baffled by the hardware on 24-hour Test Drive of PC-BSD · · Score: 1

    Hey - I wrote that article :P The hardware is just my desktop machine, with a blank SATA drive attached for testing operating systems. I did not test it in some lab, and run comparitive tests -- that was not the point of the article. I only added the hardware specs at the request of my editor :) Regarding hardware compatibilities, the issue with the "nv" driver is an anomaly, and I still cannot understand why it did not work (as it works just fine with the same X version in Linux). The point of the article is to show some of the features of PC-BSD that distinguish it from the crowd. I'll let the other guys do the performance and compatibility testing in the lab -- I don't have a lab. :)

  5. Everquest recovery on Help for an MMORPG Addict? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've dealt with this myself. I started playing while I was working in order to pass the evening, and because some of the people in the office played. When layoffs hit, I (and several other players) were canned - lower productivity - we stood around and talked about where to get good loot. Spent 15 months unemployed, collecting insurance for being subject to layoffs, playing 14 hours a day. One day I stopped dreaming of people and only dreamed of avatars. I woke up, logged in, and gave away my account, cancelling the future payments. Then the depression hit, I was totally alone with nothing in my life. I'd lost touch with all of my friends, hadn't spoken to any of my family in 6 months. My insurance was running out and I'd be evicted if I didn't find a source of income. More than a year of my life had just gone. I eventually got evicted in my last month of the lease, coming home from a restaurant (alone) to find the locks changed. I'd managed to pack up one vehicle load of possessions before the rest was seized. I realize now that my friends had at first tried to invite me out, but I would decline more and more in favour of the raids, and eventually, I'd just decline and wouldn't even raid. They stopped calling after a while and it was my fault alone that I'd lost them. Sometimes I get the old feeling that I got when I was playing that game and shudder mildly at the thought of returning. Then it passes as I go give my girlfriend a hug and we go see a movie or something. Never again. This person needs help, and the worst thing you can do is stop trying.

  6. Re:[OT] Computer Boulevard on Is There a Place for a $500 Ethernet Card? · · Score: 1

    My personal experiences with that shop have been mixed. If the parts they sell you work, then great. If you get a dud, they won't exchange it (even in the 14-day period they claim). Gotta wait for RMA. Nonetheless, the hardware is cheaper there than just about anywhere else in the city. Assuming you go in with the knowledge of exactly what you want, you'll have no problems.

  7. MTS TV on TV Over Phone Lines To Arrive In 2005 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where we have a governtment endorsed monopoly for our local telephone service. This provider (MTS) is among the cheapest costing telephone service in North America, and yet they still had time to develop MTS TV, which is pushing (based on inside information from their techs) 14Mbps video signal down the twisted pair for their TV service which has been around for several years now. It can feed three TV's signal concurrently (more if the different TV's are tuned to the same channel), plus PPPoE at 3Mbit plus voice on the same line.

    Here is their Website

    Basicly, this technology is in no way new, and AP should get some sources first before making such claims.

    Disclaimer, I do not work for, or endorse this company. I'm simply aware of it's products, and make reference to them solely for informational purposes. I personally use Shaw Cable, their main competitor.

  8. Re:This is THE most irresponsible post I have ever on XFree86 Core Team Disbands · · Score: 1

    Why the hell would they trust any post on slashdot, nevermind the comments thereafter. Read it "News for Nerds", not "News for CIO's in charge of over-funded, under-productive firms" Anyone smarter than the average dog would know to correlate an article before considering it as cannot, especially on a website like slashdot. The articles are A) user submitted, and thus there is an inclination for people to submit articles in such a wording as to spin the matter politcally; and B) it's essentially a collaborative blog - do you really trust anything states on any blog as definitive before it has been properly correlated? Meh.