this is by far the most down-to-earth, common sense post I have EVER seen on/. ever. I thank you for writing what will no doubt be the best thing I'll read all week.
+1
my local Blockbuster will do this for two bucks a disc. haven't had them break one yet, and they've resurrected a few of my old, late 80's irreplaceable local band albums.
I think it's pretty nifty that the dude playing Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup) is an actor that already has some pretty decent geek (well, otaku...) cred:
actually, if the engine is highly efficient, the "bang" phase will use most of the heat towards expansion (driving the piston), thus exhaust is cooler.
just because there was a lot of heat in the burning, highly-compressed fuel/air mix doesn't mean the exhaust can't be cool. in fact, the hotter the exhaust (in naturally aspirated engines) the less efficient the piston. ideally, the movement of the piston would harness every bit of heat energy by decompressing the gas to ambient, but that's not going to happen in the real world.
check out the Bourke engine... it runs on normal gas (or diesel, sometimes) and has cool exhaust because it uses the energy from the "bang" phase to drive the "squeeze" phase of the opposing cylinder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourke_engine
This is rather personal, I know, but I feel it is relevant to your work.
What system of philosophy do you subscribe to that drives you to discover such things? Is it just the desire to see man taken to his highest potential, or is it something deeper?
I like the hidden volume feature. I was responding, albeit sarcastically, to those who say it isn't enough. Sounds like we're on the same side... did you rtfpost?
An open letter to all the paranoid freaks...
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Dear paranoid freaks,
if you are so concerned about getting captured and tortured for normal/hidden/hidden(hidden)/hidden(hidden(hidden)))/ad naseum passphrases, then quit having digital copies of your stuff in the first place.
99% of the TrueCrypt userbase is just fine using it on jump drives to keep stuff secure from the guy who finds it when you lose it on the train/plane/whatever.
Quit making up impossible "movie scenarios" (there, I used a Schneierism, you HAVE to respect me now!) about how gov't agents are going to come in black helicopters for your fetish vids and the 200 page backstory you wrote for a character you rolled in middle school. No one cares.
Honesty and sincerity violates the work ethic of salespeople, whose entire job consists of lying to customers about features and delivery dates so that you, the programmer, don't get to sleep during the month of June.
most states have had this right for a while, you just have to fill out a bunch of paperwork and pay a $200 transfer fee. Here in Texas, such things are not common, but neither are they unheard of. A couple of my buddies shoot pistol matches with a supressor as a novelty, but the pre-1986 clause makes full auto out of most peoples' price range. (last I check, a full auto pre86 m16 lower receiver goes for north of ten grand...)
I'm still using a 19" crt, which pulls a huge amount of power, but for the rest of the system (which is very old) it pulls about 325 watts when playing Warcraft3, unless my meter is calibrated wrong.
For the antique buffs out there, it's an athlon xp with and old radeon 9xxx series, half a dozen optical and hard drives, and a dozen fans. add in the cold cathodes and fancy cooling crap that I thought was neat back in school, and 325 watts doesn't seem all that bad.
in all seriousness, to "stop" a black hole is to prevent it from any meaningful interstellar travel by attracting it to a large (say, solar) mass. if the black hole and the large mass move towards eachother and collide, they will (theoretically) eventually be entirely black hole, as the black hole will slowly compress all the large mass into itself, breaking the Chandrasekar limit and increasing it's own local gravity.
astrophysics buffs, please correct this if I'm wrong, I'm only an amateur.
agreed. the skills I learned were invaluable, and some of the friendships formed are still going strong. but it's still a bitter pill to swallow; having to support such close-mindedness.
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this is by far the most down-to-earth, common sense post I have EVER seen on /. ever. I thank you for writing what will no doubt be the best thing I'll read all week.
+1 my local Blockbuster will do this for two bucks a disc. haven't had them break one yet, and they've resurrected a few of my old, late 80's irreplaceable local band albums.
I think it's pretty nifty that the dude playing Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup) is an actor that already has some pretty decent geek (well, otaku...) cred:
he voiced Ashitaka in Mononoke-Hime.
BLASPHEMY!
HAIL!
actually, if the engine is highly efficient, the "bang" phase will use most of the heat towards expansion (driving the piston), thus exhaust is cooler.
just because there was a lot of heat in the burning, highly-compressed fuel/air mix doesn't mean the exhaust can't be cool. in fact, the hotter the exhaust (in naturally aspirated engines) the less efficient the piston. ideally, the movement of the piston would harness every bit of heat energy by decompressing the gas to ambient, but that's not going to happen in the real world.
check out the Bourke engine... it runs on normal gas (or diesel, sometimes) and has cool exhaust because it uses the energy from the "bang" phase to drive the "squeeze" phase of the opposing cylinder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourke_engine
was the first time I'd heard of religious types trying to sneak something in the back door, at least where school children were concerned.
Thanks. as technical and non-philosophicial of a person as I am, I always find that people's motivation plays an important part in their work
This is rather personal, I know, but I feel it is relevant to your work.
What system of philosophy do you subscribe to that drives you to discover such things? Is it just the desire to see man taken to his highest potential, or is it something deeper?
the elephants are trying to get rid of the 4th Amendment, of course the jackasses are trying to get rid of the 1st.
/yes, I read TFA and know it's not actually the issue, this is humor, get over it.
It was half sarcastic, but you make a very valid point. If I was allowed to mod you Interesting, I would.
I like the hidden volume feature. I was responding, albeit sarcastically, to those who say it isn't enough. Sounds like we're on the same side... did you rtfpost?
Dear paranoid freaks,
if you are so concerned about getting captured and tortured for normal/hidden/hidden(hidden)/hidden(hidden(hidden)))/ad naseum passphrases, then quit having digital copies of your stuff in the first place.
99% of the TrueCrypt userbase is just fine using it on jump drives to keep stuff secure from the guy who finds it when you lose it on the train/plane/whatever.
Quit making up impossible "movie scenarios" (there, I used a Schneierism, you HAVE to respect me now!) about how gov't agents are going to come in black helicopters for your fetish vids and the 200 page backstory you wrote for a character you rolled in middle school. No one cares.
Yours truly,
-Reality.
true that. mod parent up.
Nope.
Honesty and sincerity violates the work ethic of salespeople, whose entire job consists of lying to customers about features and delivery dates so that you, the programmer, don't get to sleep during the month of June.
people are the weakest link in any security system. Film at 11.
most states have had this right for a while, you just have to fill out a bunch of paperwork and pay a $200 transfer fee. Here in Texas, such things are not common, but neither are they unheard of. A couple of my buddies shoot pistol matches with a supressor as a novelty, but the pre-1986 clause makes full auto out of most peoples' price range. (last I check, a full auto pre86 m16 lower receiver goes for north of ten grand...)
or as we say in rural Texas "when your house is on fire, dial 911. when an armed robber is in your house, dial 1911."
it's because "soldier" refers to the Army, and is not inclusive of marines, sailors and airmen. "warfighter" refers to all branches.
sure seems that way when I'm looking at the system requirements on the side of a new game
I'm still using a 19" crt, which pulls a huge amount of power, but for the rest of the system (which is very old) it pulls about 325 watts when playing Warcraft3, unless my meter is calibrated wrong.
For the antique buffs out there, it's an athlon xp with and old radeon 9xxx series, half a dozen optical and hard drives, and a dozen fans. add in the cold cathodes and fancy cooling crap that I thought was neat back in school, and 325 watts doesn't seem all that bad.
in all seriousness, to "stop" a black hole is to prevent it from any meaningful interstellar travel by attracting it to a large (say, solar) mass. if the black hole and the large mass move towards eachother and collide, they will (theoretically) eventually be entirely black hole, as the black hole will slowly compress all the large mass into itself, breaking the Chandrasekar limit and increasing it's own local gravity.
astrophysics buffs, please correct this if I'm wrong, I'm only an amateur.
can your brain be made to run Linux?
well said.
agreed. the skills I learned were invaluable, and some of the friendships formed are still going strong. but it's still a bitter pill to swallow; having to support such close-mindedness.