I believe the relevant slashdot article is here. The link has moved since (and lost relevance, as, judging by the wording of slashdot summary, TFA just announced a presentation), but the guys behind it still have their website (here). But what matters is that the method is not the same. The new method (for suitable values of new) uses an aluminum compound, the one the DTU guys (or whoever) have demonstrated uses ammonia.
There is however something dubbed a Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry (okay, I'm just being search-friendly here); there seems to be a discrepancy in the properties of one particle and its anti-particle somewhere, which seemingly is why the universe is composed of more matter than anti-matter (or even nothing at all). Take this with some caution, I have lost interest in particle physics a long time ago:( Also, I don't think the reasons are understood well.
Hello, I wanted to apologize for moderating this post of yours as troll. However, it is too late to undo it; kudos to the M2'er who caught my mistake.
As to your current post, as much as I hate it to disagree with you in this situation (of course, I might be misinterpreting your comment), googling for "censorship turkey" brings up many results (that aren't all related to this event).
Yeah. But higher temperatures increase the rate of photosynthesis as well (maxing at 25 degrees Celsius, IIRC for most plants, and going down from there again).
they are not required by law or contract to make drivers. Care to back that up?
Besides, how come you think that nVidia is against DRM? I am not an expert on this subject, but don't both ATI and nVidia include Macrovision DRM in hardware? I have even heard that this DRM-scheme is one of the reasons the drivers aren't open-source...
Invidia is Latin for "envy, jealousy, ill-will", BTW.
And please be more reserved about bashing Intel graphics. They've got actual open-source drivers:)
And do you really think that MS would be too stupid to get some drivers? They could probably even buy these guys out, you know?
Compilers use a basic subset of x86 that looks a lot like RISC (minus variable instruction lengths), but also with some of the decent syntactic sugar of x86 like push/pop and load-ops (you know: add eax, [esp + 12] to do a load and add in one inst). Loading and adding in one instruction isn't exactly a feature of x86. On ARM, you can even load a register with adding/subtracting and shifting, optionally do a writeback, and all this conditionally, and you may use r15 (the instruction pointer) in there, in one instruction, for example:
ldreq r15, [r12, LSL #3]!
This will load r15 from the address (r12=(r12+(r12<<3)) == (r12=(r12+(r12*8))) if the zero flag is set (e.g. operands compared in a cmp are equal, but many instructions have an extra bit that specifies whether the flags are to be modified or not, meaning that you may be able to lay off those cmp's and the (for x86'icians) je's most of the time, in fact, branching on an ARM flushes the pipeline, as there is no branch prediction). r12 gets renewed due to the optional exclamation mark at the end.
You can also load or store more than one register at once, but only with automatic adding (although you can specify whether your buffer grows downward or upward), I think.
However, my studies of the ARM architecture have started only a few days ago, so salve errore et omissione;)
Damnit, I think I got too excited again:(
It's automagic. The editors get informed straight away, similarly to the "typo"-tag. In case you think that it would still be useful in a way for readers, I would have to disagree. The reader who won't see it himself shouldn't care; he will se it anyway in the comments-section, including links to the previous stories.
If you go to the dupe tags of the typo tags, you will see that these particular tags not not get stored.
Er, moderators are required to read the description of the mod they are applying.
They are also required to read the comment they are metamoderating. If you have been meta-moderated unfairly, mail one of the editors about it. Make sure your mail will pass the spam-filters that will be obviously inplace, and be nice. I had received an answer.
As to the comment that moderators would have to drop a comment, that is very intriguing, and I will subscribe to your newsletter! That would probably even replace meta-moderation (which I find sufficient, although there is room for a "this is content-less/redundant" option, although this would be highly abusable). IMHO, there are many posts that are redundant that are moderated to score: 5. If we would return to a much more technical content, I think the problem would solve itself (because posts would more likely to be just informative/redundant (and easily be identified as such), or of course of high-quality geek-humor (not "Bush looks like a monkey." (I hope this example wasn't too bad))).
And as you can't reply, I'll do it for you: "Soon to be closed down by Sony"
On a related note, (which I haven't tested yet,) could it be that old versions of Opera with the 15-16 hole will be able to render Discussion2 again? (Opera 9.02 handles it already, BTW.)
Seriously though, in some BSDs you scroll in the virtual consoles using the scroll lock key (instead of Shift+PgUp/Down). F11 is just another function key, which is actually even used in some webbrowsers to change the view (fullscreen is common, in Opera there are other functions when pressed together with something else, for instance Ctrl+F11 rearranges the web page in order to remove the horizontal scroll bar).
Also, I think the Caps Lock key is quite useful when typing certain stuff, for instance/etc/X11/..., especially if it acts exactly as if you'd press Shift the whole time. And Lars Clausen's suggestion is pretty cool, I must say.
Digestion starts in the mouth. At least glucose (the most common sugar) will be digested in the mouth and will be broken down for later stages of digestion to handle. I think that when this happens to a significant part, energy can be saved in relation to when you'd digest using your stomach with its alternatives (for example the acid), so you'll need to consume less food for energy.
I know that I'm late in this discussion, but I hope life is a bit less mysterious for you now!
Most of us just read slashdot for the humor value. Its hilarious seeing you dolts pretend you are all tech geniouses, when slashdot is in fact one of the largest collection of complete and utter morons on the internet.
As for the first half: reading a forum for the humor value cripples the mind. Slashdot is the only reputable news site for stuff that matters. If you can't appreciate this (for whatever reasons, most likely stupidity IMHO, but you may as well just not be into technology/science/etc.), go away. As to the people who modded you up, ph33r the meta-moderators.
As for the last half: this is simply not true. You are also not in the position right now to use a hyperbole.
And we're not evil, I just don't have a problem making money off of other people's stupidity. They could easily fix their stupidity, but they choose not to. Not my problem.
I think - you not knowing what "evil" means - signifies your immaturity or stupidity.
OTOH, it is quite possible, that you are not trying to make a point (joking/trolling/etc.).
AFAIK, ethanol burns because of a C-C bond "uncleaner", that is with higher likelihood of soot "production", rather than clean CO2 and H2O, as with methanol.
Heh, I once ran FreeBSD on my notebook, as an experiment, and some person out of my class just typed in "zzz" (I think it was). Well, the command exists, and attempts to activate sleep mode. You can't imagine how dazzled I looked (but it's unlikely the person out of my class noticed)...:D
They do not have a go at people about leaving devices on standby.
My power supplier lends compact power usage meters for about one week (about like this (yes, they seem to have recycled the pun in the dept.-name))
Anyway, more or less coincidentally (/. has got these stories quite often, and I planned on posting about it as soon as I find the right occasion), I have got one pretty much right now. The claims you promote there, about the people with a career in environmental protection, not promoting anti-standby-mode but rather true power-off, seem false just by the existence of this article (and countless others).
So, a few bits of recorded data:
PC PSU ATX "standby": ~2W, an other model: ~7W, an external notebook PSU: ~3W
N64: ~2W (the switch is connected behind the PSU)
TV: ~2W (a very small one)
VGA CRT device: ~8W (it's got a pretty stupid switch that is more common with LCD devices)
Now, the more interesting stuff, but slightly off-topic:
PC, operational, max.: ~97W (~1.2 GHz Duron, Radeon 7200 Series)
PC, operational, max.: ~60W (~466 MHz Celeron, GeForce 2 MX 100/200)
Notebook, operational, w/ display on: ~16W (133 MHz, under "perl -e 'while(1) { }'" ~23W (same method for most other "under loads"), which I am also currently using:) (opera))
CRTs: ~55W (~17", textmode), ~45W (small TV w/ sound), ~70W (~15", older, in text-mode ~60W)
Radio alarm clock, w/ 7-segment LED displays: ~2W (sound makes not really a difference (yes, it does sound horrible))
And yes, I'm quite sure I forgot some interesting things. Also, most PCs draw much more power, because they might use a Pentium 4 CPU, more advanced graphics cards, more fans (the environment of the ~466 MHz device is ~10 degrees Celsius in winter, so the CPU-fan is deactivated by hardware (anyone got thoughts about removing the PSU fan?), and yes, the harddisk is quite "unhappy").
The device also correctly said ~40W for a 40W incandescent bulb (blecch), and I wouldn't know how to design such a device to not be able to cope with quickly changing power needs (quite old models they give out).
One more rumor I've got to eliminate: CRTs don't draw that much power while going on, only for very few seconds quite much (~225W the highest reading, and it can't be more than ~1800W), thereafter the information above applies.
Actually, that is untrue. Early versions of the NDS firmware (up to September 2005, approximately, and recently someone has guessed that a Christmas-DS has a 95% chance of having the new firmware), made possible a hack called ~"WiFiMe", that allowed you to upload something similar to a software PassMe (the PassMe should have enabled you to upload in form of a cart (see below) software, if you've got an original NDS cart to, which provided the headers) solution (the original PassMe can relatively easily be built by yourself, and can be bought for approximately 15 Dollars alternatively, also, the newer firmware requires a slightly different PassMe device which is available under the name Pass(Me?)2). All of these solutions need either a flash card (EZ Cart for example). These are expensive, and I bought one in China once, and it didn't work well (and it was my first dwell into the new generation of EEPROM, leaving an erroneously negative image of this technology in my mind). These carts are also needed when you want to upload "unofficial" software onto the GBA unless it fits into 256 Kbits (IIRC, can be checked easily (this is the RAM-size)). If the software fits, it can be uploaded to the GBA with a cable that goes into a PC parallel port and goes into the link cable jack of the GBA. This cable can be made by oneself inexpensively, but can also be bought for a low price. It can't be used at all to upload DS or GBA software, as the connector is now (solely) a jack where t3h p0w3r goes in (although the registers are there (as of checking the libnds source code from 28-12-2005, very new of the newest)).
One other way of getting software onto the DS is to flash the firmware (called FlashMe), and yet another is a hack of GBAMP (an MP3 player for GBA/DS, mentioned (although not necessarily namely) elsewhere in this discussion).
To sum it up: developing on the DS is fscking expensive and difficult, on the GBA it's not.
PS: I got a DS for Christmas! And I don't know of a real way of knowing whether I've got the new firmware or not. And the emulators currently are not very good.
It is not the implementation of gets(), it is the concept. The function reads data until EOF, and if there is no EOF, and the buffer is too short (which it must be as there is no such thing as an infinite buffer), stuff gets (pun not intended) overwritten.
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I believe the relevant slashdot article is here. The link has moved since (and lost relevance, as, judging by the wording of slashdot summary, TFA just announced a presentation), but the guys behind it still have their website (here). But what matters is that the method is not the same. The new method (for suitable values of new) uses an aluminum compound, the one the DTU guys (or whoever) have demonstrated uses ammonia.
There is however something dubbed a Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry (okay, I'm just being search-friendly here); there seems to be a discrepancy in the properties of one particle and its anti-particle somewhere, which seemingly is why the universe is composed of more matter than anti-matter (or even nothing at all). Take this with some caution, I have lost interest in particle physics a long time ago :( Also, I don't think the reasons are understood well.
I recently got DSL ==\^_^/==
As to your current post, as much as I hate it to disagree with you in this situation (of course, I might be misinterpreting your comment), googling for "censorship turkey" brings up many results (that aren't all related to this event).
Have a nice day anyway ...
Well duh. Incandescent heatsinks indeed.
<_<
>_>
Clue: the next question will be "how do I do an ampersand?"
Yeah. But higher temperatures increase the rate of photosynthesis as well (maxing at 25 degrees Celsius, IIRC for most plants, and going down from there again).
Besides, how come you think that nVidia is against DRM? I am not an expert on this subject, but don't both ATI and nVidia include Macrovision DRM in hardware? I have even heard that this DRM-scheme is one of the reasons the drivers aren't open-source ...
Invidia is Latin for "envy, jealousy, ill-will", BTW.
And please be more reserved about bashing Intel graphics. They've got actual open-source drivers :)
And do you really think that MS would be too stupid to get some drivers? They could probably even buy these guys out, you know?
ldreq r15, [r12, LSL #3]!
This will load r15 from the address (r12=(r12+(r12<<3)) == (r12=(r12+(r12*8))) if the zero flag is set (e.g. operands compared in a cmp are equal, but many instructions have an extra bit that specifies whether the flags are to be modified or not, meaning that you may be able to lay off those cmp's and the (for x86'icians) je's most of the time, in fact, branching on an ARM flushes the pipeline, as there is no branch prediction). r12 gets renewed due to the optional exclamation mark at the end.
You can also load or store more than one register at once, but only with automatic adding (although you can specify whether your buffer grows downward or upward), I think.
However, my studies of the ARM architecture have started only a few days ago, so salve errore et omissione ;)
:(
Damnit, I think I got too excited again
If you go to the dupe tags of the typo tags, you will see that these particular tags not not get stored.
The FAQ clears this matter up, BTW!
They are also required to read the comment they are metamoderating. If you have been meta-moderated unfairly, mail one of the editors about it. Make sure your mail will pass the spam-filters that will be obviously inplace, and be nice. I had received an answer.
As to the comment that moderators would have to drop a comment, that is very intriguing, and I will subscribe to your newsletter! That would probably even replace meta-moderation (which I find sufficient, although there is room for a "this is content-less/redundant" option, although this would be highly abusable). IMHO, there are many posts that are redundant that are moderated to score: 5. If we would return to a much more technical content, I think the problem would solve itself (because posts would more likely to be just informative/redundant (and easily be identified as such), or of course of high-quality geek-humor (not "Bush looks like a monkey." (I hope this example wasn't too bad))).
~ooh yippie, meta-discussion~ =\^_^/=
What kind of microwave oven would offer enough room for an XBox?
And as you can't reply, I'll do it for you: "Soon to be closed down by Sony"
On a related note, (which I haven't tested yet,) could it be that old versions of Opera with the 15-16 hole will be able to render Discussion2 again? (Opera 9.02 handles it already, BTW.)
Anyway, here is CmdrTaco's response to an email I sent him:
On another note, I usually tag (if at all) relatively useful stuff (you could take a look if you want to), but most never shows upEr, yeah, uh ... IT Worker Shortages Everywhere, huh ... er ... This is a very interesting subject that I shall contrib
You intensive clod!
Seriously though, in some BSDs you scroll in the virtual consoles using the scroll lock key (instead of Shift+PgUp/Down). F11 is just another function key, which is actually even used in some webbrowsers to change the view (fullscreen is common, in Opera there are other functions when pressed together with something else, for instance Ctrl+F11 rearranges the web page in order to remove the horizontal scroll bar).
Also, I think the Caps Lock key is quite useful when typing certain stuff, for instance /etc/X11/..., especially if it acts exactly as if you'd press Shift the whole time. And Lars Clausen's suggestion is pretty cool, I must say.
I know that I'm late in this discussion, but I hope life is a bit less mysterious for you now!
CowboyNeal (according to slashnet irc network info) had his 30. birthday on 20. March 2006!
As for the first half: reading a forum for the humor value cripples the mind. Slashdot is the only reputable news site for stuff that matters. If you can't appreciate this (for whatever reasons, most likely stupidity IMHO, but you may as well just not be into technology/science/etc.), go away. As to the people who modded you up, ph33r the meta-moderators.
As for the last half: this is simply not true. You are also not in the position right now to use a hyperbole.
And we're not evil, I just don't have a problem making money off of other people's stupidity. They could easily fix their stupidity, but they choose not to. Not my problem.
I think - you not knowing what "evil" means - signifies your immaturity or stupidity.
OTOH, it is quite possible, that you are not trying to make a point (joking/trolling/etc.).
AFAIK, ethanol burns because of a C-C bond "uncleaner", that is with higher likelihood of soot "production", rather than clean CO2 and H2O, as with methanol.
Heh, I once ran FreeBSD on my notebook, as an experiment, and some person out of my class just typed in "zzz" (I think it was). Well, the command exists, and attempts to activate sleep mode. You can't imagine how dazzled I looked (but it's unlikely the person out of my class noticed) ... :D
Here are at least two theories.
My power supplier lends compact power usage meters for about one week (about like this (yes, they seem to have recycled the pun in the dept.-name))
Anyway, more or less coincidentally (/. has got these stories quite often, and I planned on posting about it as soon as I find the right occasion), I have got one pretty much right now. The claims you promote there, about the people with a career in environmental protection, not promoting anti-standby-mode but rather true power-off, seem false just by the existence of this article (and countless others).
So, a few bits of recorded data:
PC PSU ATX "standby": ~2W, an other model: ~7W, an external notebook PSU: ~3W
N64: ~2W (the switch is connected behind the PSU)
TV: ~2W (a very small one)
VGA CRT device: ~8W (it's got a pretty stupid switch that is more common with LCD devices)
Now, the more interesting stuff, but slightly off-topic:
PC, operational, max.: ~97W (~1.2 GHz Duron, Radeon 7200 Series) :) (opera))
PC, operational, max.: ~60W (~466 MHz Celeron, GeForce 2 MX 100/200)
Notebook, operational, w/ display on: ~16W (133 MHz, under "perl -e 'while(1) { }'" ~23W (same method for most other "under loads"), which I am also currently using
CRTs: ~55W (~17", textmode), ~45W (small TV w/ sound), ~70W (~15", older, in text-mode ~60W)
Radio alarm clock, w/ 7-segment LED displays: ~2W (sound makes not really a difference (yes, it does sound horrible))
And yes, I'm quite sure I forgot some interesting things. Also, most PCs draw much more power, because they might use a Pentium 4 CPU, more advanced graphics cards, more fans (the environment of the ~466 MHz device is ~10 degrees Celsius in winter, so the CPU-fan is deactivated by hardware (anyone got thoughts about removing the PSU fan?), and yes, the harddisk is quite "unhappy").
The device also correctly said ~40W for a 40W incandescent bulb (blecch), and I wouldn't know how to design such a device to not be able to cope with quickly changing power needs (quite old models they give out).
One more rumor I've got to eliminate: CRTs don't draw that much power while going on, only for very few seconds quite much (~225W the highest reading, and it can't be more than ~1800W), thereafter the information above applies.
To sum it up: developing on the DS is fscking expensive and difficult, on the GBA it's not.
PS: I got a DS for Christmas! And I don't know of a real way of knowing whether I've got the new firmware or not. And the emulators currently are not very good.
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It is not the implementation of gets(), it is the concept. The function reads data until EOF, and if there is no EOF, and the buffer is too short (which it must be as there is no such thing as an infinite buffer), stuff gets (pun not intended) overwritten.