It is really sad that companies today have changed their business model from selling good products to just sueing the pants off each other. Might make some easy profits in the short-term, but we as a cizilization are heading down-hill...
OTOH, someone needs to submit a back-dated patent of the 'business practice' of the forming 'companies' under capitalism. The US patent office would probably be stupid enough to approve it. And then, *all* existing companies would infringing upon it, simply because they exist!
This is an interesting idea, but does it really matter? I mean, if the information is inaccessible as soon as it enters the black hole, why should we care if it exists or not?
What is going on? Didn't Microsoft have the same vulnerability recently? How is it that three entirely different operating systems (Linux,Windows,BSD) have the same vulnerability?
Come one now, this has already been throughly answered. Why was he modded intereseting?
Think about it this way: If you have your car running at 3000rpm in neutral, does it use the same amount of fuel as the same car pulling a boat up a hill running at 3000rpm?
Of course not!
When radio transmitters transmit, they do see a 'load' imposed by the air and surrounding objects. A misconfigured antenna can burn out a transmitter essentially because it loads the radio too much (well it creates SWR, etc).
A transmitter without an antenna cannot impart its full power into the air, just as there is no 'wasted' energy by having an unconnected battery. You can think of antennas as ways to connect something to the air (bad analogy though).
Well, powerlines are pretty simliar to a long wire antenna....
The lights in the article do place an extra load on the powerlines. Well, the neat thing about electricity is that electric current, electric fields, and magnetic fields are all related (Mawell's Law, etc).
You don't actually need wires to carry electricity (its just a heck of a lot easier in practice).
Great...
Now when a thunderstorm makes a tree fall on a powerline, I will loose:
Electricity
Phone (VOIP)
Cable TV
Internet.
How is broadband over powerlines going to be affected by redundant power systems? My understanding is that unless you live in the sticks, there is supposed to be more than one path for electricity to reach your area...
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Let us welcome our new world overlord, Bill Gates.
Capital punishment will become the "blue screen of death"
Dude, it's free!
Spend less time reading slashdot and more time doing something that makes you think...
>> But It Only Shows Bad Ideas Often Succeed By Intrigue Or Stealth.
Or by plane!
Maybe 2004 will be the year of Linux....
NO, the year for Linux is NOW. Not tomorrow, not yesterday. People have been saying "xxxx" will be the year for "yyyy" for a long time.
For everything, this will be the year if we make it so.
Why are we sending a soccer ball to Mars?
PLEASE read parent, need mod points!
It is really sad that companies today have changed their business model from selling good products to just sueing the pants off each other. Might make some easy profits in the short-term, but we as a cizilization are heading down-hill... OTOH, someone needs to submit a back-dated patent of the 'business practice' of the forming 'companies' under capitalism. The US patent office would probably be stupid enough to approve it. And then, *all* existing companies would infringing upon it, simply because they exist!
If typing on keyboards doesn't cause enough carpal tunnel syndrome, this surely will!
This is an interesting idea, but does it really matter? I mean, if the information is inaccessible as soon as it enters the black hole, why should we care if it exists or not?
Holy cow! That's a lotta dollars!
Heavy too!
I wouldn't guess that missiles use windows xp.
Gives new meaning to blue screen of death!
The OpenSSL 0.9.6 ASN.1 parser vulnerability...
What is going on? Didn't Microsoft have the same vulnerability recently? How is it that three entirely different operating systems (Linux,Windows,BSD) have the same vulnerability?
Is this caused by human mistake or laziness?
It took $45 million ... with the help of Oracle
Couldn't they have done it cheaper using MySQL (even if it is not free for commercial use)??
Come one now, this has already been throughly answered. Why was he modded intereseting?
Think about it this way: If you have your car running at 3000rpm in neutral, does it use the same amount of fuel as the same car pulling a boat up a hill running at 3000rpm?
Of course not!
When radio transmitters transmit, they do see a 'load' imposed by the air and surrounding objects. A misconfigured antenna can burn out a transmitter essentially because it loads the radio too much (well it creates SWR, etc).
A transmitter without an antenna cannot impart its full power into the air, just as there is no 'wasted' energy by having an unconnected battery. You can think of antennas as ways to connect something to the air (bad analogy though).
Well, powerlines are pretty simliar to a long wire antenna....
The lights in the article do place an extra load on the powerlines. Well, the neat thing about electricity is that electric current, electric fields, and magnetic fields are all related (Mawell's Law, etc).
You don't actually need wires to carry electricity (its just a heck of a lot easier in practice).
Pepsi drinks you!
Planetoids find YOU!
Car Company's Business Model:
1) Make cars that only start once before requiring $80 replacement key
2) ???
3) PROFIT!
I realize that you are probably making those numbers up
That's what I got for going to a private school....
No, I am not making those numbers up! PE coaches there were not the 'academic' kind at all.
I improved from running a mile in 10+ minus to 8:30, still didn't get me more than an F! (I think 8 min was the max for an D)
I did have one friend that ran it in 4:30. Needless to say, he lapped me before I got half way around... Spooky!
Hell No! My high school uses letter grades to judge physical performance!
I received C's in PE because the grade was composed of two parts:
50 % Written Tests
50 % Absolute Physical Performance
For running a mile, it went something like
A = 5 minutes
B = 6 minutes
C = 7 minutes
D = 8 minutes
F = 9 minutes
Simliar scales existed for pullups, push-ups, etc.
As you might guess, I got A's in the written tests and F's in the other...
Only C's ever in my life too....
In case you are wondering, I am not the stereotypical(sp) 'flat slobby geek' either.
- Electricity
- Phone (VOIP)
- Cable TV
- Internet.
How is broadband over powerlines going to be affected by redundant power systems? My understanding is that unless you live in the sticks, there is supposed to be more than one path for electricity to reach your area...In Soviet Russia ... cameras SHOOT you!
Shouldn't the 1/2 scale jet, with a 1/2 scale doll with 1/2 scale weight, be flying in 1/2 density air? [or perhaps Cube root of 1/2]
I, for one, DO NOT welcome our new RIAA overlords...
The car drinks you!
Perhaps they describe their vodka in terms of octane instead of proof.