If Disney include the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation robot choir singing:
Share and Enjoy Share and Enjoy Journey through life With a plastic boy Or Girl by your side Let your pal be your guide And when it breaks down Or starts to annoy Or grinds when it moves And gives you no joy Cos it's eaten your hat Or had sex with your cat Bled oil on your floor Or ripped off your door You get to the point You can't stand any more Bring it to us, we won't give a fig We'll tell you, 'Go stick your head in a pig'.
...then I'll eat my Brockian Ultra-Cricket bat, and see if I don't.
There are now even telecoms switchers up to 1kW that are up to 91% efficient (OK, so it's not quite mains down to 12V/5V, but still impressive for the power).
At 75% efficient, the supply above would chuck out 133W of heat under full load. This is pretty poor - a well designed supply is capable of >90%. No doubt transformer cost is a major factor, but surely if you waste less energy then there's no need to shift so much (noisy, swirly) air through it in the first place?
Let's not forget Microsoft's settlement with Be Inc. over their antitrust suit. $23m is a paltry sum to the big MS, but effectively they were saying "we won't admit any wrong doing, but here's some money to help you forget about it anyway."
For those that missed it, Hitachi were going to ship a dual-boot machine with Windows and BeOS. The Windows desktop was to include an icon to allow the user to reboot into BeOS. Microsoft didn't like this, and sent two managers to Japan to enforce the Windows licence. The system ended up shipping with no indication that BeOS was even installed.
This put other major distributors off doing the same, even when Be offered the OS free.
Now, I'm not particularly anti-success or even anti-Windows. I believe it's done a lot for promoting standardised hardware development and easy-to-use GUIs if nothing else. But to draw on analogy, this behaviour reminds me of one big muscle-bound kid refusing to share his toys with the other children. When this kid gets told off by the teachers (US/EU), he's initially angry and defensive but *may* end up saying sorry and handing out some sweets to keep everyone quiet. This probably won't change his fundamental behaviour though - he'll just be more careful the next time. There is no obvious solution to this problem because the kid has been brought up this way, in the same way that Microsoft is used to being top dog and many people expect it. Things may well be different when the kids grow up - but don't expect any sudden changes just because the EU has spotted some misbehaviour.
Both formats still allow you to view the filenames contained within the protected archives, and the only way around that is to zip the protected zip file again to hide this information. This is inelegant - they'd be better off agreeing an improved third standard.
Not true, range depends on device class: Class A ~100m Class B ~10m Class C ~1m
As far as I know, all Bluetooth-USB adapters on the market are for PCs. The Bluetooth stack runs on the PC, so this is why you don't get the "other end" (IE Bluetooth-USB at the camera side) as the stack would have to be integrated into the adapter. Or the camera manufacturer would have to run the stack on the camera (processor intensive!).
With regard to security, Bluetooth allows for authenticated (IE with a PIN number to allow connection), encrypted connections. Bluetooth security on mobiles has only got a bad(ish) reputation due to poor implementation on the part of the manufacturer.
However, as observed before, this is all fairly irrelevant given the lack of bandwidth available (~730kbps). 802.11 might be an option but power consumption is significantly higher than Bluetooth (as you might expect for the greater bandwidth), perhaps making it unsuitable for most small digital cameras.
Hmm... I'm having trouble visualising 0.57 microns square. Lets see - even with these reduced cell sizes, you'd need 3600 square meters (half the size of a football pitch) of SRAM to have one bit per person on the world.
Assuming a constant 50W/sqr.mm, that'd be 180GW of heat. Someone find me a heatsink for that baby!
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100 gigabytes a month? I get that from just reloading the /. homepage regularly, dammit!
Share and Enjoy
Share and Enjoy
Journey through life
With a plastic boy
Or Girl by your side
Let your pal be your guide
And when it breaks down
Or starts to annoy
Or grinds when it moves
And gives you no joy
Cos it's eaten your hat
Or had sex with your cat
Bled oil on your floor
Or ripped off your door
You get to the point
You can't stand any more
Bring it to us, we won't give a fig
We'll tell you, 'Go stick your head in a pig'.
350W Mains down to 12VDC
500W DC-DC
There are now even telecoms switchers up to 1kW that are up to 91% efficient (OK, so it's not quite mains down to 12V/5V, but still impressive for the power).
At 75% efficient, the supply above would chuck out 133W of heat under full load. This is pretty poor - a well designed supply is capable of >90%. No doubt transformer cost is a major factor, but surely if you waste less energy then there's no need to shift so much (noisy, swirly) air through it in the first place?
...before SCO relocates to Nigeria?
:)
"Dear friend,
I am Darl McBride, a well known businessman..."
Might be more fruitful for them.
Let's not forget Microsoft's settlement with Be Inc. over their antitrust suit. $23m is a paltry sum to the big MS, but effectively they were saying "we won't admit any wrong doing, but here's some money to help you forget about it anyway."
For those that missed it, Hitachi were going to ship a dual-boot machine with Windows and BeOS. The Windows desktop was to include an icon to allow the user to reboot into BeOS. Microsoft didn't like this, and sent two managers to Japan to enforce the Windows licence. The system ended up shipping with no indication that BeOS was even installed.
This put other major distributors off doing the same, even when Be offered the OS free.
Now, I'm not particularly anti-success or even anti-Windows. I believe it's done a lot for promoting standardised hardware development and easy-to-use GUIs if nothing else. But to draw on analogy, this behaviour reminds me of one big muscle-bound kid refusing to share his toys with the other children. When this kid gets told off by the teachers (US/EU), he's initially angry and defensive but *may* end up saying sorry and handing out some sweets to keep everyone quiet. This probably won't change his fundamental behaviour though - he'll just be more careful the next time. There is no obvious solution to this problem because the kid has been brought up this way, in the same way that Microsoft is used to being top dog and many people expect it. Things may well be different when the kids grow up - but don't expect any sudden changes just because the EU has spotted some misbehaviour.
Both formats still allow you to view the filenames contained within the protected archives, and the only way around that is to zip the protected zip file again to hide this information. This is inelegant - they'd be better off agreeing an improved third standard.
...WinZip an oxymoron?
Make that Class 1, 2, 3, not A, B, C. Obviously I've been watching too much Sesame Street.
Not true, range depends on device class:
Class A ~100m
Class B ~10m
Class C ~1m
As far as I know, all Bluetooth-USB adapters on the market are for PCs. The Bluetooth stack runs on the PC, so this is why you don't get the "other end" (IE Bluetooth-USB at the camera side) as the stack would have to be integrated into the adapter. Or the camera manufacturer would have to run the stack on the camera (processor intensive!).
With regard to security, Bluetooth allows for authenticated (IE with a PIN number to allow connection), encrypted connections. Bluetooth security on mobiles has only got a bad(ish) reputation due to poor implementation on the part of the manufacturer.
However, as observed before, this is all fairly irrelevant given the lack of bandwidth available (~730kbps). 802.11 might be an option but power consumption is significantly higher than Bluetooth (as you might expect for the greater bandwidth), perhaps making it unsuitable for most small digital cameras.
Assuming a constant 50W/sqr.mm, that'd be 180GW of heat. Someone find me a heatsink for that baby!