It's a hate crime if you post such a message on SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY. If you post such a sign on YOUR property for all the world to see then it's not a crime, it's free speech. (Of course you will probably be fire bombed, but that's another story). Since Wifi is using public airwaves the FCC might be have something to say about this, but as wifi doesn't require a license they probably don't have a leg to stand on. Now if that router was in a public place (not on private property) maybe there would a legal avenue for the police.
Most outdoor lights are very wasteful because too much of the light doesn't go where it is needed. Most streetlights only throw about half of their output downward with the rest going sideways (and over the horizon toward the sky) or upwards. There ARE fully shielded streetlights that throw almost all of their light DOWNWARD and these can be of lower wattage to give the same effect without causing light pollution. Even better if they are low pressure sodium lamps which emit light on only two wavelengths of light that can be removed from telescopes and cameras with a simple filter. We need to outlaw all unshielded streetlamps and mandate the use of low pressure sodium lamps in them. Give cities 5 years to remove all existing old tech lighting. Not only will this give us back our skies, but will reduce our energy usage.
Kodak needs to improve their printers. They also need to provide open source drivers for them. I never considered a Kodak printer because they are only useful as a paperweight on Linux or 'BSD.
Skin effect only comes into play at high frequencies, usually well into the RF region. At 50-60hz only a very small area in the center of the wire would not be handling any current. Even at AUDIO frequencies the skin effect is marginal. That's why the guys selling Litz wire speaker cables are full of shit with their claims of better frequency response.
Even so, I would still coat the connection with the special anti-corrosion compound sold for that purpose. The better way of using Aluminum wire is to "pigtail" a short length of copper onto the end of the aluminum wire before connecting it to the switch or outlet. A special pigtail tool makes an air tight connection by tightly twisting the wires together, not unlike the method used in wire wrap panels. With connections above 20-40A the connectors are heavy enough to compress the joint so tightly that the connection IS airtight. Smaller connectors, even those rated for ALCU require a good heavy turn of the screws to insure they are tight enough, hence the use of the anti-corrosion compound to make sure the connection is air tight.
It's a shame that BSD doesn't support as much hw as Linux does considering the fact that the source code to do so is openly available in the Linux kernel. The problem here is the GPL. Using BSD code in GPL'ed software is a non-issue but the inverse is a problem. IMHO this is head up the ass political infighting (thank you RMS).
Most power lines are NOT copper anyway, they are Aluminum. Aluminum is a better conductor than steel, and almost as good as copper. Rule of thumb is that you have to go down a standard gauge number step for aluminum to replace copper, ie: #12 gauge aluminum replaces #14 gauge copper for the same current. Even so the same length of aluminum wire that carries the same current as copper will be lighter in weight. The only downside of aluminum wire is that for small gauge use standard wire clamps make poor contact due to dissimilar metals. The feed line into most homes is aluminum.
Well if this POS bill passes, then maybe we should just shut down the internet until it is repealed! (IE: EVERY site you try to go to will show the same message, Contents blocked by act of congress!)
Kodak tried to enter the printer market and bombed. They had a good idea, produce a printer at a reasonable but not give-away price and sell the ink at a reasonable price (unlike HP that almost gives the printer away and rapes you on the cost of ink). However Kodak did not open up their printer IP or extend support for platforms other than Windows. As a result their printers are paperweights on Linux and BSD (I don't know about MAC's). Even worse, they went to some of the worst factories in China to have their printer built (or the design has too many corners cut). Most reviews claim paper jams, "fire and smoke". They had a chance here, and they blew up big time.
A hybrid can usually get BETTER mileage in city driving than on the highway. The system recovers energy every time you coast down a hill or apply the brakes (much like an electric locomotive's dynamic braking system does). On the highway the hybrid must run totally on the gasoline engine, unless the trip is short enough not to deplete the battery.
Those EPA mileage figures were not dreamed up by Honda, they are a product of the US EPA. The EPA REQUIRES that the auto makers post these figures on the cars so customers can make an educated choice and hopefully buy a car that will use less fuel. Honda should name the US EPA as a co-defendant, or should counter sue them for damages.
Maybe instead of actually listing a car's MPG, those EPA stickers should be like the ones you see when you buy a washing machine or vacuum cleaner. These have a bar graph showing the range of electrical use that the class of products have with a "you are here" arrow. This would let car shoppers see what kind of fuel consumption a car will have in comparison with other cars in the same class without giving specific numbers.
In addition the same barbarians insist that the holocaust never happened, that it was an invention of Israel. People who spread that kind of lie should have their tongues cut out.
I like the micro 4/3 format. There are LOTS of lens choices from Panasonic, Olympus, and a few third party makers (including a real nice full frame fisheye for under $300). In addition there are adapters that let you use lenses from Leica, Canon, Nikon and many others (mostly in manual focus mode). Since I came from the DSLR camp wanting a lighter and smaller camera while keeping the eye level viewfinder I prefer the cameras made by Panasonic under their Lumix brand. I own the G3 and I'm very happy with it. If you want a few more gizmos in the HD video department then the GH2 is the camera for you. Teamed up with the 14-140mm F4 zoom you probably won't need to buy another lens. I have the 14-42 and 45-200 lenses with my G3 that just about cover everything. (I also have a "T" adapter for u4/3 that lets me use my old Spiratone 400MM manual lens... that's an 800mm 35mm equal on the G3!)
Ha. I remember a co-workers computer running DOS getting a virus and it was throwing out random error messages. Mostly "Drive C: out of paper". (I'm NOT making that up!)
Well the cost of hard disks has gone up quite a bit since the flood but I'm surprised you can still find something as small as 80gb. As for memory, I just paid $40 for 8gb of DDR3 (in two 4gb sticks). I was given a copy of Win7 ultimate 32 bit as a door prize at a computer club meeting. I've also bought a copy of Win7 home 64 bit for $80, M$ had a $20 mail in rebate just before the Holidays at CompUSA.
When our kids started school my wife got a beeper (pager) so she could be reached when she wasn't home in an emergency. Eventually ma bell wouldn't renew the service and Motorola wouldn't replace/repair the pagers anymore so we ended up with TracFone. My wife liked the idea of having the phone in the car in case something happened (she once did get a flat on I95 and called AAA for help). Now the kids are in HS and will start College next year. They are both iPod/iPad geeks. So we moved them from TracFone to AT&T 'droid phones. There are good uses for a smart phone for students, and some people like them to shop with (compare the competitor's web site from the store and get the manager to match or beat their prices). I wouldn't go overboard with a data plan though, I don't need to download movies to watch on a phone (and wouldn't want the kids to either). The web on a phone is like having an encyclopedia, an atlas, and lots of other data bases in your pocket. Remote control applications are endless. Still, for most of us all we need is a gd phone.
The crap really hit the fan back then when Abit came out with their dual socket 370 MB that allowed you to run TWO over clocked Celerons in SMP. Intel took a fit since they never intended for the Celeron to run in dual cpu mode. IIRC the Celeron 300 or 330 would overclock to 500mhz by increasing the bus speed from 66mhz to 100mhz and changing to PC-100 dram. Some outfits starting to sell "1ghz" computers, which were really two Celeron processors running at 500mhz. Problem was you couldn't take advantage of an SMP system then unless you ran Linux or BSD as Windows didn't yet support it (well maybe NT did).
Hopefully the drive won't fail until AFTER the shit has overflowed the container and you end up buying a replacement that is close to an order of magnitude larger. I've been lucky that this has usually been the case for me. Either that or the drive fails gradually enough that I get a warning to back it up and look for a new one. What I'd like to know is do drives last longer if you leave them powered up and spinning full time, or if you shut your computer off and spin down the drives when not in use?
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It's a hate crime if you post such a message on SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY. If you post such a sign on YOUR property for all the world to see then it's not a crime, it's free speech. (Of course you will probably be fire bombed, but that's another story). Since Wifi is using public airwaves the FCC might be have something to say about this, but as wifi doesn't require a license they probably don't have a leg to stand on. Now if that router was in a public place (not on private property) maybe there would a legal avenue for the police.
Easy. Re-flash the bios with a non protected one. This might involve physically replacing the bios chip, or perhaps using a jtag in some cases though.
Most outdoor lights are very wasteful because too much of the light doesn't go where it is needed. Most streetlights only throw about half of their output downward with the rest going sideways (and over the horizon toward the sky) or upwards. There ARE fully shielded streetlights that throw almost all of their light DOWNWARD and these can be of lower wattage to give the same effect without causing light pollution. Even better if they are low pressure sodium lamps which emit light on only two wavelengths of light that can be removed from telescopes and cameras with a simple filter. We need to outlaw all unshielded streetlamps and mandate the use of low pressure sodium lamps in them. Give cities 5 years to remove all existing old tech lighting. Not only will this give us back our skies, but will reduce our energy usage.
Kodak needs to improve their printers. They also need to provide open source drivers for them. I never considered a Kodak printer because they are only useful as a paperweight on Linux or 'BSD.
And military avgas had octane ratings as high as 150 (purple gas).
Skin effect only comes into play at high frequencies, usually well into the RF region. At 50-60hz only a very small area in the center of the wire would not be handling any current. Even at AUDIO frequencies the skin effect is marginal. That's why the guys selling Litz wire speaker cables are full of shit with their claims of better frequency response.
Even so, I would still coat the connection with the special anti-corrosion compound sold for that purpose.
The better way of using Aluminum wire is to "pigtail" a short length of copper onto the end of the aluminum wire before connecting it to the switch or outlet. A special pigtail tool makes an air tight connection by tightly twisting the wires together, not unlike the method used in wire wrap panels.
With connections above 20-40A the connectors are heavy enough to compress the joint so tightly that the connection IS airtight. Smaller connectors, even those rated for ALCU require a good heavy turn of the screws to insure they are tight enough, hence the use of the anti-corrosion compound to make sure the connection is air tight.
Sounds like Linux is the same way.
It's a shame that BSD doesn't support as much hw as Linux does considering the fact that the source code to do so is openly available in the Linux kernel. The problem here is the GPL. Using BSD code in GPL'ed software is a non-issue but the inverse is a problem. IMHO this is head up the ass political infighting (thank you RMS).
Most power lines are NOT copper anyway, they are Aluminum. Aluminum is a better conductor than steel, and almost as good as copper. Rule of thumb is that you have to go down a standard gauge number step for aluminum to replace copper, ie: #12 gauge aluminum replaces #14 gauge copper for the same current. Even so the same length of aluminum wire that carries the same current as copper will be lighter in weight. The only downside of aluminum wire is that for small gauge use standard wire clamps make poor contact due to dissimilar metals. The feed line into most homes is aluminum.
That reminds me of an episode of the "Top Cat" cartoon where the guys made money parking cars and renting them out for the day.
Well if this POS bill passes, then maybe we should just shut down the internet until it is repealed!
(IE: EVERY site you try to go to will show the same message, Contents blocked by act of congress!)
Kodak tried to enter the printer market and bombed. They had a good idea, produce a printer at a reasonable but not give-away price and sell the ink at a reasonable price (unlike HP that almost gives the printer away and rapes you on the cost of ink). However Kodak did not open up their printer IP or extend support for platforms other than Windows. As a result their printers are paperweights on Linux and BSD (I don't know about MAC's). Even worse, they went to some of the worst factories in China to have their printer built (or the design has too many corners cut). Most reviews claim paper jams, "fire and smoke". They had a chance here, and they blew up big time.
A hybrid can usually get BETTER mileage in city driving than on the highway. The system recovers energy every time you coast down a hill or apply the brakes (much like an electric locomotive's dynamic braking system does). On the highway the hybrid must run totally on the gasoline engine, unless the trip is short enough not to deplete the battery.
Those EPA mileage figures were not dreamed up by Honda, they are a product of the US EPA. The EPA REQUIRES that the auto makers post these figures on the cars so customers can make an educated choice and hopefully buy a car that will use less fuel. Honda should name the US EPA as a co-defendant, or should counter sue them for damages.
Maybe instead of actually listing a car's MPG, those EPA stickers should be like the ones you see when you buy a washing machine or vacuum cleaner. These have a bar graph showing the range of electrical use that the class of products have with a "you are here" arrow. This would let car shoppers see what kind of fuel consumption a car will have in comparison with other cars in the same class without giving specific numbers.
In addition the same barbarians insist that the holocaust never happened, that it was an invention of Israel. People who spread that kind of lie should have their tongues cut out.
I say by stealing someone's identity you've stolen their life .... so if convicted you should lose yours. Literally.
Not any more silly than the team that wanted to ski down Mt. Everest.
I like the micro 4/3 format. There are LOTS of lens choices from Panasonic, Olympus, and a few third party makers (including a real nice full frame fisheye for under $300). In addition there are adapters that let you use lenses from Leica, Canon, Nikon and many others (mostly in manual focus mode). Since I came from the DSLR camp wanting a lighter and smaller camera while keeping the eye level viewfinder I prefer the cameras made by Panasonic under their Lumix brand. I own the G3 and I'm very happy with it. If you want a few more gizmos in the HD video department then the GH2 is the camera for you. Teamed up with the 14-140mm F4 zoom you probably won't need to buy another lens. I have the 14-42 and 45-200 lenses with my G3 that just about cover everything. (I also have a "T" adapter for u4/3 that lets me use my old Spiratone 400MM manual lens ... that's an 800mm 35mm equal on the G3!)
Ha. I remember a co-workers computer running DOS getting a virus and it was throwing out random error messages. Mostly "Drive C: out of paper". (I'm NOT making that up!)
Well the cost of hard disks has gone up quite a bit since the flood but I'm surprised you can still find something as small as 80gb.
As for memory, I just paid $40 for 8gb of DDR3 (in two 4gb sticks). I was given a copy of Win7 ultimate 32 bit as a door prize at a computer club meeting. I've also bought a copy of Win7 home 64 bit for $80, M$ had a $20 mail in rebate just before the Holidays at CompUSA.
When our kids started school my wife got a beeper (pager) so she could be reached when she wasn't home in an emergency. Eventually ma bell wouldn't renew the service and Motorola wouldn't replace/repair the pagers anymore so we ended up with TracFone. My wife liked the idea of having the phone in the car in case something happened (she once did get a flat on I95 and called AAA for help). Now the kids are in HS and will start College next year. They are both iPod/iPad geeks. So we moved them from TracFone to AT&T 'droid phones. There are good uses for a smart phone for students, and some people like them to shop with (compare the competitor's web site from the store and get the manager to match or beat their prices). I wouldn't go overboard with a data plan though, I don't need to download movies to watch on a phone (and wouldn't want the kids to either). The web on a phone is like having an encyclopedia, an atlas, and lots of other data bases in your pocket. Remote control applications are endless. Still, for most of us all we need is a gd phone.
The did state an 8 year warranty on the battery, with no mileage limit.
The crap really hit the fan back then when Abit came out with their dual socket 370 MB that allowed you to run TWO over clocked Celerons in SMP. Intel took a fit since they never intended for the Celeron to run in dual cpu mode. IIRC the Celeron 300 or 330 would overclock to 500mhz by increasing the bus speed from 66mhz to 100mhz and changing to PC-100 dram. Some outfits starting to sell "1ghz" computers, which were really two Celeron processors running at 500mhz. Problem was you couldn't take advantage of an SMP system then unless you ran Linux or BSD as Windows didn't yet support it (well maybe NT did).
Hopefully the drive won't fail until AFTER the shit has overflowed the container and you end up buying a replacement that is close to an order of magnitude larger. I've been lucky that this has usually been the case for me. Either that or the drive fails gradually enough that I get a warning to back it up and look for a new one. What I'd like to know is do drives last longer if you leave them powered up and spinning full time, or if you shut your computer off and spin down the drives when not in use?