That's only true because the early ICBM's were not very accurate at hitting their target. As they say "close enough" only applies to horseshoes and hand grenades", and also to nuclear bombs. Today's GPS guided smart bombs can land within INCHES of their target, instead of kilometers. With that kind of accuracy a large conventional bomb would be quite deadly on an ICBM.
The FCC has made many flawed decisions in the past. Their approval of Broadband over Power lines is a classic example. All the testing showed that the system would interfere with EVERY radio service in the HF spectrum, yet they allowed the service to be rolled out. The backlash from this has hopefully killed off any attempt to actually deploy such systems, but the FCC is still insisting that it's technically a good idea. So in this case they have done the same thing, given approval to a system that would cause interference with another radio service, already in use. Only now, they've done the right thing by pulling the rug out before the damage could be done. However, by not making the right decision before letting investment proceed they probably DO owe the investors a good chunk of damages, as they should also owe those in the BPL business.
Gas prices in the US have been set to the TENTH of a cent and are rounded off now. So what difference would currency to the nearest 10 cents mean? And if you pay by credit card it ISN'T rounded off. Reminds me of an electronic fraud scheme where a hacker stole all the tenth's of cents left over from bank accounts.
In Japan they've been playing music in the Toyoko subway for some time now. They also have a theme for each station and the music plays to announce the departure of the trains. A rider on the train can know what station they are at by the music. The Takadanobaba station plays the theme to Tetsuwan Atom (Astroboy) since that is where Tezuka set Atom's birthplace.
CompUSA is back, at least in name only. They were purchased by Tiger Direct, an "etaile" computer store with brick and mortar outlets. Tiger Direct knew how to work both sides of the street and wanted the CompUSA name for their brick and mortar outlets. Today they still have the Tiger Direct web address, but are mostly using CompUSA on line.
Circuit City is also back as an "etaile" outlet on the web. I don't know if there is any connection other than the name to the original.
This is still America and we still have the constitution. All citizens are guaranteed the right to due process under the law and their day in court. If you don't like that go do your business in China.
One thing that most posters overlooked was the statement that the Earth's GeoReactor may be shutting down (in anywhere from 100 years to 1 billion years). The theory states that when this happens the earth will lose its magnetic field and then its atmosphere. Scary!
With a properly designed prototyping board you can solder some kinds of BGA parts by hand. http://www.schmartboard.com/index.asp?page=products_bga This is good for experimenting with new parts and engineers use these kinds of tools to bootstrap new hardware designs by saving upfront work laying out a prototype board. Not the kind of thing someone who likes to build 'Heathkits' might want to do though.
The "waterfall" approach to design is being replaced by a more iterative one in many cases. The idea is to build a project in stages rather than trying to bring it up all at once. Get SOMETHING working right away is more rewarding than trying to debug EVERYTHING at once.
I've avoided buying a BD machine for some time now. I'm happy enough with my Oppo DVD player (which BTW can have the region codes disabled by a simple set of key presses on the remote control). Unless I'm mistaken BD uses a different surround sound encoding from DVD which would be incompatible with my current older AV receiver. Even worse, many BD players no longer have digital output (RCA or IR jacks) and pass the surround encoded audio ONLY via the HDMI cables which my receiver doesn't have. At least Oppo's latest 3D BD player still has 7.1 ANALOG audio outputs, but it cost's $500 (actually worth it as it plays EVERY format 5.25" optical disk ever made including superaudio CD's and DVD's). It might be cheaper to buy this machine than a cheaper one and have to pay more for replacing my receiver. But I'm not going to replace my collection of DVD's (which look GREAT when scan converted up to 1080P by the Oppo DVD player on my large screen LCD TV). When the public library starts lending movies ONLY in BD I'll have to get a BD player, but not till then.
True but it's easy to interface a touch screen LCD to the Beagle Bone. https://plus.google.com/u/0/104712705716996155416/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ps47MOHF9x8
There are STILL a limited number of industrial PC motherboards being made today that have ISA slots! This is because of a small niche market that requires them. These MB's are not cheap as they require custom ASIC's to be produced. The same thing will probably happen with VGA hardware.
If you REALLY need a direct serial or parallel port you can still buy a PCI card that has them. USB adapters are available, but won't work with some software that talks directly to the hw. Component video isn't the same as VGA, but it is possible to make an adapter that will convert one to the other (sync separator or injector is required).
Not ALL DVI ports have the analog portion. Note that HDMI has only HALF the wiring that DVI does (and there are some DVI ports that omit half of the digital lines). HDMI is a smaller connector than DVI, but it lacks the locking screws. At the computer level HDMI and DVI are compatible and cables to go from one to the other are common. Many PC motherboards now have both connectors on them (and they are 'shared' in that only one or the other can be used at the same time). HDMI allows sending audio over the same cable, DVI does not. It makes sense to replace DVI with HDMI for computers, and the available adapters will insure that such a transition will go smoothly.
As for how well HDMI works with PC's, well my Vizio LCD TV has 4 HDMI ports. The first three work very well and 'lock on' to anything that is connected to them. The fourth one (which has it's own assigned analog audio input jacks for some reason) often fails to lock on to anything connected to it giving 'no signal' on screen. Unless I carefully time the switch to this port and turning on the connected device that's all I get. Also once I switch off this port to another input I can't go back without turning everything off and going though the mess again. So as far as I'm concerned that TV only has three HDMI inputs.
There was a Disney cartoon where either Mickey or Donald raised a sunken ship by pumping ping pong balls into the ship. Disney even patented the idea. A while ago the Mythbusters proved that the idea actually works.
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That's only true because the early ICBM's were not very accurate at hitting their target. As they say "close enough" only applies to horseshoes and hand grenades", and also to nuclear bombs. Today's GPS guided smart bombs can land within INCHES of their target, instead of kilometers. With that kind of accuracy a large conventional bomb would be quite deadly on an ICBM.
Didn't you see the movie Super-8?
The FCC has made many flawed decisions in the past. Their approval of Broadband over Power lines is a classic example. All the testing showed that the system would interfere with EVERY radio service in the HF spectrum, yet they allowed the service to be rolled out. The backlash from this has hopefully killed off any attempt to actually deploy such systems, but the FCC is still insisting that it's technically a good idea.
So in this case they have done the same thing, given approval to a system that would cause interference with another radio service, already in use. Only now, they've done the right thing by pulling the rug out before the damage could be done. However, by not making the right decision before letting investment proceed they probably DO owe the investors a good chunk of damages, as they should also owe those in the BPL business.
Gas prices in the US have been set to the TENTH of a cent and are rounded off now.
So what difference would currency to the nearest 10 cents mean? And if you pay by credit card it ISN'T rounded off.
Reminds me of an electronic fraud scheme where a hacker stole all the tenth's of cents left over from bank accounts.
In Japan they've been playing music in the Toyoko subway for some time now. They also have a theme for each station and the music plays to announce the departure of the trains. A rider on the train can know what station they are at by the music. The Takadanobaba station plays the theme to Tetsuwan Atom (Astroboy) since that is where Tezuka set Atom's birthplace.
The jury was distracted by a flock of flying pigs.
CompUSA is back, at least in name only. They were purchased by Tiger Direct, an "etaile" computer store with brick and mortar outlets. Tiger Direct knew how to work both sides of the street and wanted the CompUSA name for their brick and mortar outlets. Today they still have the Tiger Direct web address, but are mostly using CompUSA on line.
Circuit City is also back as an "etaile" outlet on the web. I don't know if there is any connection other than the name to the original.
I am the Emergency Medical Hologram. What is the nature of the medical emergency?
This is still America and we still have the constitution. All citizens are guaranteed the right to due process under the law and their day in court. If you don't like that go do your business in China.
Might this be a good for improving MOS transistors (gate/channel insulator)?
One thing that most posters overlooked was the statement that the Earth's GeoReactor may be shutting down (in anywhere from 100 years to 1 billion years). The theory states that when this happens the earth will lose its magnetic field and then its atmosphere. Scary!
If he's not paid up he should be fined at the same rate per play that people are being sued per song for downloading!
With a properly designed prototyping board you can solder some kinds of BGA parts by hand.
http://www.schmartboard.com/index.asp?page=products_bga
This is good for experimenting with new parts and engineers use these kinds of tools to bootstrap new hardware designs by saving upfront work laying out a prototype board. Not the kind of thing someone who likes to build 'Heathkits' might want to do though.
The "waterfall" approach to design is being replaced by a more iterative one in many cases. The idea is to build a project in stages rather than trying to bring it up all at once. Get SOMETHING working right away is more rewarding than trying to debug EVERYTHING at once.
I've avoided buying a BD machine for some time now. I'm happy enough with my Oppo DVD player (which BTW can have the region codes disabled by a simple set of key presses on the remote control). Unless I'm mistaken BD uses a different surround sound encoding from DVD which would be incompatible with my current older AV receiver. Even worse, many BD players no longer have digital output (RCA or IR jacks) and pass the surround encoded audio ONLY via the HDMI cables which my receiver doesn't have. At least Oppo's latest 3D BD player still has 7.1 ANALOG audio outputs, but it cost's $500 (actually worth it as it plays EVERY format 5.25" optical disk ever made including superaudio CD's and DVD's). It might be cheaper to buy this machine than a cheaper one and have to pay more for replacing my receiver. But I'm not going to replace my collection of DVD's (which look GREAT when scan converted up to 1080P by the Oppo DVD player on my large screen LCD TV). When the public library starts lending movies ONLY in BD I'll have to get a BD player, but not till then.
You can replace the hd in a Gigabeat with a CF card. You will need an adapter, but these are available on ebay.
The last sequence in the video looked like traveling through a wormhole, like the special effects on Stargate SG1 or Dr. Who.
True but it's easy to interface a touch screen LCD to the Beagle Bone.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/104712705716996155416/posts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ps47MOHF9x8
What did they find. Alien transformer robots?
So why not let your unused MB's 'roll over' like your unused minutes every month?
That would make the economy plan more reasonable for many.
There are STILL a limited number of industrial PC motherboards being made today that have ISA slots! This is because of a small niche market that requires them. These MB's are not cheap as they require custom ASIC's to be produced. The same thing will probably happen with VGA hardware.
"Execpt my perfectly good* LCD monitor from six years ago doesn't have HDMI."
So buy a freaking DVI - HDMI adapter cable at Rat Shack!
If you REALLY need a direct serial or parallel port you can still buy a PCI card that has them. USB adapters are available, but won't work with some software that talks directly to the hw. Component video isn't the same as VGA, but it is possible to make an adapter that will convert one to the other (sync separator or injector is required).
Not ALL DVI ports have the analog portion. Note that HDMI has only HALF the wiring that DVI does (and there are some DVI ports that omit half of the digital lines). HDMI is a smaller connector than DVI, but it lacks the locking screws. At the computer level HDMI and DVI are compatible and cables to go from one to the other are common. Many PC motherboards now have both connectors on them (and they are 'shared' in that only one or the other can be used at the same time). HDMI allows sending audio over the same cable, DVI does not. It makes sense to replace DVI with HDMI for computers, and the available adapters will insure that such a transition will go smoothly.
As for how well HDMI works with PC's, well my Vizio LCD TV has 4 HDMI ports. The first three work very well and 'lock on' to anything that is connected to them. The fourth one (which has it's own assigned analog audio input jacks for some reason) often fails to lock on to anything connected to it giving 'no signal' on screen. Unless I carefully time the switch to this port and turning on the connected device that's all I get. Also once I switch off this port to another input I can't go back without turning everything off and going though the mess again. So as far as I'm concerned that TV only has three HDMI inputs.
There was a Disney cartoon where either Mickey or Donald raised a sunken ship by pumping ping pong balls into the ship. Disney even patented the idea. A while ago the Mythbusters proved that the idea actually works.