Ah, sorry. 145W. Electricity prices in my part of the UK are at best 20c/kWH which is what I based it off. (I say 20c, I pay 14p and can't be bothered looking up the exchange rate.)
I don't know how much power a PS3 pull at full whack, but I reckon it's got to be along the lines of 500W. If they get 10 million people running this during the day, that's an addition 5GW of load on the electrical system. If you own one, and let it run 18 hours a day for the year, then at 20c per kW/h you're looking at $750 on your power bill.
When I was in uni residences in 2005, we were assigned public, static, IP addresses which were fine for bittorrent. The IP is permanent and tied to both your university username and MAC address, and they were quite tough if the RIAA or MPAA reported abuse to them.
Do you ever feel guilty about stealing 1TB(?!!) of movies/music/tv shows/apps every month? Can't be anything else, and don't try the "Linux ISO file" crap.
Dumb question, I'm sure - but the next time a shop asks to search for bags and you have a bit of time on your hands, refuse and insist they call the police and have them search them. If enough people do it then the shop looks extremely bad to the police, and they'll probably stop the policy. At best they'll just let you leave.
Fortunately, I've never had my bags searched in the UK, and I'd never use the store again if they tried it. I'd probably go so far as to waste some time standing outside telling people not to go in.
I think that IE and FireFox are now more or less on a par. Unfortunately, we're going to see FireFox 2.0 over the next few months (which is fantastic by the way - try it), which is far superior in my opinion.
IE hasn't even implemented Find-as-you-type, more or less the thing that keeps me glued like a limpet to FireFox.
The superpowerful electromagnets used in medical imaging can make metal fly across a room and stick, often for the hours it takes to power down the magnets.
I was under the impression that an MRI machine can be shut down more or less instantly, and a series of emergency stop buttons are placed around it for precisely this reason. IIRC, an emergency shutdown runs the risk of damage to the machine, as all the coolant boils off, which is why medical staff presumably leave it energised and try to pry off items stuck to it rather than shutting the thing down.
I think the closest we've been to an internet meltdown is the July 7th bombings in London.
The BBC's website was practically unusable and as far as I know they limited streaming video to UK citizens. I find it doubtful that the BBC feels they have sufficient capacity to knock out internet across the whole country.
What do I know, anyway? I can't stand bloody football!
Have ntl cable in the UK, looks like they have a different business model from the American companies as although the connection is supposed to be a fairly sluggish 10mbits, I just did a speedtest and got 12.5.:)
Actually, every soundcard I've used recently has a recording option called "Wave out", so you don't even need a cable.:-)
Will be even easier in Vista, as you can selectively mute everything other than Media Player. Mind you, if you're going to copy them, you'd be better off plugging the output of your MP3 player into the line-in of your soundcard, which avoids problems if someone sends you a message on MSN or something.
Well, since it has this handy feature to resume right where you left off after a crash, all you need to do is build an extension that deliberately brings FF crashing ungracefully to the ground, and call it a "Close" button.
And that, good Sir, is a bug that is most definitely a feature.:-)
No, the delays are part of (ironically) extra security on the part of the car's computer. Making the thief wait for 20 minutes gives the owner a chance to return to the car and discourages the thief from working on things in public. Mind you, chances are they simply park up near to the car they want to break into and play with their laptops.
Interestingly, Kevin "Captain Cyborg" Warwick gave a guest lecture at my university. One of the things he did was attach an ultrasonic distance sensor to the nerve in his arm. After a short time of getting used to the sensation, he closed his eyes and had his coworkers experiment by moving things slowly closer to him.
One of them waved a piece of card very quickly towards his face and he described instinctively recoiling. So his brain adapted remarkably quickly.
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Ah, sorry. 145W. Electricity prices in my part of the UK are at best 20c/kWH which is what I based it off. (I say 20c, I pay 14p and can't be bothered looking up the exchange rate.)
I don't know how much power a PS3 pull at full whack, but I reckon it's got to be along the lines of 500W. If they get 10 million people running this during the day, that's an addition 5GW of load on the electrical system. If you own one, and let it run 18 hours a day for the year, then at 20c per kW/h you're looking at $750 on your power bill.
When I was in uni residences in 2005, we were assigned public, static, IP addresses which were fine for bittorrent. The IP is permanent and tied to both your university username and MAC address, and they were quite tough if the RIAA or MPAA reported abuse to them.
What did I get wrong?
"I provide occasional support for more than a dozen PCs at my local church"
;-)
Can't you just leave them switched on overnight and let God take care of things?
I'm SO going to get flamed for this...
Do you ever feel guilty about stealing 1TB(?!!) of movies/music/tv shows/apps every month? Can't be anything else, and don't try the "Linux ISO file" crap.
1TB is approximately 400 movies at DVD quality.
Dumb question, I'm sure - but the next time a shop asks to search for bags and you have a bit of time on your hands, refuse and insist they call the police and have them search them. If enough people do it then the shop looks extremely bad to the police, and they'll probably stop the policy. At best they'll just let you leave.
Fortunately, I've never had my bags searched in the UK, and I'd never use the store again if they tried it. I'd probably go so far as to waste some time standing outside telling people not to go in.
Uh huh. And how many Apple computers are sold with a stolen copy of OS X?
I think that IE and FireFox are now more or less on a par. Unfortunately, we're going to see FireFox 2.0 over the next few months (which is fantastic by the way - try it), which is far superior in my opinion.
IE hasn't even implemented Find-as-you-type, more or less the thing that keeps me glued like a limpet to FireFox.
The whole point of Facebook is to be drunk in your photo. :P
It's worth 47 what? Dollars? Pounds? Yen?
Seems a pointless purchase anyway, I use an optical mouse directly on the table.
The superpowerful electromagnets used in medical imaging can make metal fly across a room and stick, often for the hours it takes to power down the magnets.
:)
I was under the impression that an MRI machine can be shut down more or less instantly, and a series of emergency stop buttons are placed around it for precisely this reason. IIRC, an emergency shutdown runs the risk of damage to the machine, as all the coolant boils off, which is why medical staff presumably leave it energised and try to pry off items stuck to it rather than shutting the thing down.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
In the UK, everyone just saunters through the Green Channel trying not to look guilty.
I think the closest we've been to an internet meltdown is the July 7th bombings in London.
The BBC's website was practically unusable and as far as I know they limited streaming video to UK citizens. I find it doubtful that the BBC feels they have sufficient capacity to knock out internet across the whole country.
What do I know, anyway? I can't stand bloody football!
Have ntl cable in the UK, looks like they have a different business model from the American companies as although the connection is supposed to be a fairly sluggish 10mbits, I just did a speedtest and got 12.5. :)
You can cross control an Airbus - a pilot mentioned doing it in a difficult crosswind landing a few weeks ago.
I don't think you need to worry. They can barely get the bloody things to start, let alone explode.
Actually, every soundcard I've used recently has a recording option called "Wave out", so you don't even need a cable. :-)
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Will be even easier in Vista, as you can selectively mute everything other than Media Player. Mind you, if you're going to copy them, you'd be better off plugging the output of your MP3 player into the line-in of your soundcard, which avoids problems if someone sends you a message on MSN or something.
Still only at 1x speed though.
Well, since it has this handy feature to resume right where you left off after a crash, all you need to do is build an extension that deliberately brings FF crashing ungracefully to the ground, and call it a "Close" button.
:-)
And that, good Sir, is a bug that is most definitely a feature.
Apparently it was only us Brits that were stealing them. No one else found it funny.
*sniggers*
Could you really? I doubt it.
I pushed it. A little sign lit up saying, "Please do not push this button again."
No, the delays are part of (ironically) extra security on the part of the car's computer. Making the thief wait for 20 minutes gives the owner a chance to return to the car and discourages the thief from working on things in public. Mind you, chances are they simply park up near to the car they want to break into and play with their laptops.
He was the one who pushed the record button in the first place.
Interestingly, Kevin "Captain Cyborg" Warwick gave a guest lecture at my university. One of the things he did was attach an ultrasonic distance sensor to the nerve in his arm. After a short time of getting used to the sensation, he closed his eyes and had his coworkers experiment by moving things slowly closer to him.
One of them waved a piece of card very quickly towards his face and he described instinctively recoiling. So his brain adapted remarkably quickly.