Yes, in fact, "low power FM" is NOT really available to individuals. Look for information on micropower FM. Micropower is the term typically used for part 15 unlicensed transmission. You can cover a few blocks LEGALLY without a lot of cost in some circumstances.
You can own up to six part fifteen transmitters by fcc rules. What some people are doing is using multiple transmitters fed with the same audio signal.
I'm surprised that slashdotters aren't very aware of the issues of micropower broadcasting as it is about "your rights online", in a matter of speaking.
Google for "micropower FM" and you will have enough to read for a few days.
It used to be. As a ham you SHOULD know this. The rules regarding unlicensed broadcast transmission in the FM band changed. You can, in fact, use any amount of power you want. That is, as long as you don't excced 250uv/meter measured at a range of three meters.
For most of the unlicensed stuff that translates to roughly 10 to 20 mw. This is governed by part 15 of the FCC code and you can read even more about it at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/lowpwr.html#PART.
That doesn't surprise me. Scientists seem to think there's nothing you can't learn about comptuer science as you go along. I would bet money that speed gains could be had simply by properly structuring that mess, profiling, and optimizing the inner loops.
I've seen science/old-school engineering types argue for fortran for speed when the real speed issue is how the code is written.
Certainly, and in fact, as I mentioned above, it was.
But, my school does not have a few thousand machines that I could harness. Well, not without jumping a LOT of hurdles. Maintaining something like that is next to impossible without a budget. It's not really the type of thing non-geeks are interested in thus making it difficult to keep something like that setup and running over longer periods of time.
In fact, the ad-hoc grid that I setup is long gone. If I wanted to do some more work on the project I'd have to go through all the work of setting the grid up again.
Further, "networking with other institutions" is not at all what I want to do. Rather, I would like to network with other geeks who would want to setup grids for the fun of it.
As I said, I had a project. In my case it was an undergraduate math project in number theory. I don't want to go into the details, that's not the point.
I can imagine quite a few math/cs projects that interest amateurs and would be candidates for such a grid.
At the risk of sounding naive, is anybody aware of a group of amateurs running a grid on a smaller scale.
I'm not thinking of your typical "let's all save the world with cpu cycles" kind of project. Rather, somthing on a smaller scale that allows you to join the grid with the intent of using it for your own projects.
I did some work last year that made use of apple's grid software on some lab computers at school but it would have been nice to have access to 1000 or 2000 machines for a day or so.
I can imagine there are sharing issues that might make it impractical but I can also imagine that it might just work considering, at least for me, the sporadic nature of the need for such a grid.
...that QVC is selling? I remember reading in the artical on Slashdot about the "hot" girl who developed the design for that product that there was some question about licensing.
In other words, I doubt there is much money in going after people writing C64 emulators, but there might be in chasing the company supplying QVC, or even QVC.
Just curious and hoping some more knowledgele people will add real information to this.
It seems to me that in general this is a good thing. If it is small business that is demanding PCs at the lowest possible cost, and, the only way they can get them at an affordable price is by not paying for an operating system, then perhaps they shouldn't be using an operating sytem that you have to pay for.
If this has any affect at all on the problem of vendors pirating windows then the result will be to drive up the lowest prices of a PC with windows. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with this. Using a windows PC should fully reflect the cost of the operating system.
Giving windows away is unfair competition to operating systems that are legitimately at the $zero price point.
Even when lost in contemplation of my navel over days of inadequate sleep...I can still tell when the weekend has arrived...thanks to slashdot.
With a show of hands, who's seen best in show.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, in fact, "low power FM" is NOT really available to individuals. Look for information on micropower FM. Micropower is the term typically used for part 15 unlicensed transmission. You can cover a few blocks LEGALLY without a lot of cost in some circumstances.
You can own up to six part fifteen transmitters by fcc rules. What some people are doing is using multiple transmitters fed with the same audio signal.
I'm surprised that slashdotters aren't very aware of the issues of micropower broadcasting as it is about "your rights online", in a matter of speaking.
Google for "micropower FM" and you will have enough to read for a few days.
Just because you can't hear it doesn't mean you aren't interfering with others. The FCC has monitoring stations throughout the U.S.
Using two watts might just net your a visit.
It used to be. As a ham you SHOULD know this. The rules regarding unlicensed broadcast transmission in the FM band changed. You can, in fact, use any amount of power you want. That is, as long as you don't excced 250uv/meter measured at a range of three meters.
For most of the unlicensed stuff that translates to roughly 10 to 20 mw. This is governed by part 15 of the FCC code and you can read even more about it at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/lowpwr.html#PART.
Uh, so you're saying that she's an IMPORTANT person?
I wouldn't know, I don't own a TV.
...is linsay lohan, wait, don't asnwer that, I don't REALLY care!
I believe you meant to say that "beauty is in the eye of the beerholder" !
Oh cmon, a latte made with skim milk is AT LEAST that bad...
That doesn't surprise me. Scientists seem to think there's nothing you can't learn about comptuer science as you go along. I would bet money that speed gains could be had simply by properly structuring that mess, profiling, and optimizing the inner loops.
I've seen science/old-school engineering types argue for fortran for speed when the real speed issue is how the code is written.
That's why I don't bother buying DVDs, I just download em from the net.
What part of copyright law says that you can't return CD and DVDs ?
Thanks for the pointers. XGrid on unix is a nice step forward for me peronally and I'll make use of that right away.
In fact, that project alone will double the size of my personal gride hehe..
Certainly, and in fact, as I mentioned above, it was.
But, my school does not have a few thousand machines that I could harness. Well, not without jumping a LOT of hurdles. Maintaining something like that is next to impossible without a budget.
It's not really the type of thing non-geeks are interested in thus making it difficult to keep something like that setup and running over longer periods of time.
In fact, the ad-hoc grid that I setup is long gone. If I wanted to do some more work on the project I'd have to go through all the work of setting the grid up again.
Further, "networking with other institutions" is not at all what I want to do. Rather, I would like to network with other geeks who would want to setup grids for the fun of it.
As I said, I had a project. In my case it was an undergraduate math project in number theory. I don't want to go into the details, that's not the point.
I can imagine quite a few math/cs projects that interest amateurs and would be candidates for such a grid.
At the risk of sounding naive, is anybody aware of a group of amateurs running a grid on a smaller scale.
I'm not thinking of your typical "let's all save the world with cpu cycles" kind of project. Rather, somthing on a smaller scale that allows you to join the grid with the intent of using it for your own projects.
I did some work last year that made use of apple's grid software on some lab computers at school but it would have been nice to have access to 1000 or 2000 machines for a day or so.
I can imagine there are sharing issues that might make it impractical but I can also imagine that it might just work considering, at least for me, the sporadic nature of the need for such a grid.
...that QVC is selling? I remember reading in the artical on Slashdot about the "hot" girl who developed the design for that product that there was some question about licensing.
In other words, I doubt there is much money in going after people writing C64 emulators, but there might be in chasing the company supplying QVC, or even QVC.
Just curious and hoping some more knowledgele people will add real information to this.
...that building an Apollo guidance computer was a waste of time... ....yawn...
here...http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/quelpla nt.htm
It seems to me that in general this is a good thing. If it is small business that is demanding PCs at the lowest possible cost, and, the only way they can get them at an affordable price is by not paying for an operating system, then perhaps they shouldn't be using an operating sytem that you have to pay for.
If this has any affect at all on the problem of vendors pirating windows then the result will be to drive up the lowest prices of a PC with windows. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with this. Using a windows PC should fully reflect the cost of the operating system.
Giving windows away is unfair competition to operating systems that are legitimately at the $zero price point.
ymmv..
To see "DA" in action rent the movie "When Worlds Collide". It's not bad as 50's sci-fi goes.
Look if you're sitting on your phone you should definately try vibrate.
Every time I read "g"mail, I read it as "gay"mail...I'm not saying that means anything or anything, just something I observerd.
Even when lost in contemplation of my navel over days of inadequate sleep...I can still tell when the weekend has arrived...thanks to slashdot. With a show of hands, who's seen best in show.
Sorry kids but this just chaps my hide
To obtain a times b, one can multiply a times b.
Please write the word multiply ten times and then use it in a sentence.
I think "date" is far too strong a word.
Hit close to the mark did we ?