Forget shooting it... I'd steal that sucker. RoboCriminal, away!
This is slashdot. Here we'd 1) jam the signal to incapacitate & nab it 2) reconfigure & overtake the rf control 3) refill it with gasoline & tape a burning zippo to the nozzle. 4) send it back to the owner and make it look like an accident
These are easily tested using the patented Bugs Bunny artillery shell quality control inspection procedure: Tap sharply with a hammer and if you are still alive, write "dud"..er.."good" on the side with a sharpie.
Seriously, this sounds like a double foulup by Nichicon. Overfill with electrolyte so there is insufficient airspace for thermal expansion, then screw up the emergency vent hole at the bottom so the thing has no choice but to burst. I've blown plenty of electrolytics in my day (midnight soldering sessions, reversed polarity, yada) About 9/10 times the vent hole blows first. Maybe 1/10 times the whole can blows off the base. Getting the can to deform this badly without either happening is pretty impressive.
I can't believe I'm replying again to this same topic let alone my own post, but after seeing the responses, I feel like I'm watching a hungry dog try to get to the food on the other side of a door by headbutting it, trying to claw through it, or wedging a paw underneath when all he needs to do is turn the knob. I'll admit I have no experience with boxers (tight briefs not only lower sperm counts, they lower testosterone production, which helps to stem the hair loss tide), but pulling the top elastic down? Is this even possible with your pants up? This sounds more difficult than trying to thwart the defenses of a screw-type vending machine protecting its bottom-row snickers. Doesn't anyone else just grab the legband and open the curtains?
Not trolling, but seriously, does anybody actually use that thing? When I go to a public urinal, I want speed and stealth i.e., a commando raid. The last thing on earth I'm looking for is to get caught playing fabric origami just to access the plumbing. Or is the purpose actually to act as a squeegee during retraction to minimize the chances of..er..having to shake your leg afterward?
Ok. I've written much of the system code for one of the big three slot manufacturers' boxes and actually had to go through the NGCB (Nevada) and GLI (Jersey) submission procedures. They do in fact inspect some of the code in great detail, particularly the random number generator and the process of using it to extract the final reel positions. This (c++) code is perhaps 2-300 lines out of about 15k. There is NO way they could secure this amount of code. Any software guy with a year of experience could hack something in that would look totally innocuous. RAM based pointers in completely different modules come to mind (not that I've thought about it much:) ). The NGCB/GLI process is really just a way for them to get copies of the code and say they did *something* to make the casino ops get a fuzzy warm feeling. What really keeps the software guys in check is simple math. Go into a casino and start winning on ANYTHING consistently and you WILL eventually be caught. You can't drop a stick of gum in these places without being taped from at least 3 angles, and both the slot itself and the central system it's hooked up to keep a very long gamelog. If you're stupid enough to make the machine jackpot, now they have your name (required for tax purposes). So perhaps you could make a few loose thousand without getting noticed but wind up risking all future employability. In addition, if word of the cheat goes public, you've just damaged your employer's reputation, and they can go after your ass financially for lost credibility. I hate to bow to "the man" but some things just aren't worth it.
The primary [risk factor] is collision with space debris. Orbital velocity at 300 km above the Earth (typical for a Space Shuttle mission) is 7.7 km/s. This is 10 times the speed of a bullet, so the kinetic energy of a small particle (e.g. a fleck of paint or a grain of sand) is equal to that of a bullet with a mass that is 100 times as large.
Why bother with a brushless motor if you're slapping it to a rubber band?
Brushless motors are just steppers with the driver electronics onboard (as well as a hall effect sensor to sense shaft position and tell it when to step). Steppers don't rotate smoothly; they accelerate and decelerate once per rev per set of poles, the magnitude depending upon the rotating mass, torque, and number of poles. A belt would *greatly* absorb these rotational switching transients.
Also, in industrial designs, steppers driving non-trivial loads are almost always coupled using a resilient medium. This allows the motor shaft to do little "snaps" independent of the rotational load and spend more time closer to the endpoints of travel between the poles, where it achieves much higher torque. With a rigid shaft, you typically have to oversize the motor 3-5x to get the same net torque.
When I get fragged, I get pissed for a few seconds. Force somebody to watch an advert during this time and they'll develop a pavlovian association of hatred for the product. Imagine driving past a McDonalds and instinctively banging on the steering wheel while yelling "wtf lag!".
The problem is the power supply from the Altenator
Then run it from a thermoelectric generator attached to the exhaust manifold/catalytic converters. Engines are spectacularly efficient at producing heat and since the thermoelectric generator is just a peltier device working backwards the current/voltage characteristic is a perfect match. Peltiers, Thermoelectrics, and the Seeback effect
..drinking bird..
Soooo close! The drinking bird theory was an inside joke spread by the/. editing team to describe Zonk, the narcoleptic who just happens to sit with his nose aligned with the enter key. Witness the moniker, baby.
I want to be able to turn my box off with a friggin' power switch without having software that I paid for punish me like a 3 year old by telling me to sit in the corner and take a 5 minute "time out" watching scandisk.
Take all claims by United Nuclear (aka United Nyuck Nyuck Nyucklear) with a grain of salt. It is run by the infamous Bob Lazar Whose claims to fame include reverse-engineering alien spacecraft and working with their power source "element 115"(which doesn't exist in this part of the galazy) and advanced degrees in physics from MIT and CalTech which no paperwork can be found on. His old site has got some "interesting" info on the alien craft.
I didn't catch the now much appreciated wit of the grandparent on the first read either, and almost spontaneously posted the same sentiment as yourself. It's all in good fun.
-EMB, the now repentent whoosher.
Well, some will say you can't put a price on a human life
Sure you can. I exchange part of my life for money every day. It takes X percent of my life to earn X dollars, not even including the schooling it took to get me to the increased earning point. A gross, conservative simplification: say an adult earns $50k a year from age 25 to age 65 = 40 years. That's 2 mil, or about half what each of the larger scanner deployments costs. Set one of these up and you've just cashed out on the sum working total of two people's lives. Was it worth it?
This is so wasteful it honestly offends me
This is actually the revised eco-friendly version; the original product trialled was suitcase-sized and contained an rip-cord triggered inflatable chef who would pour the coffee for you. You just know it's gotta be good coffee when the instructions contain the word "deploy".
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Forget shooting it... I'd steal that sucker. RoboCriminal, away!
This is slashdot. Here we'd 1) jam the signal to incapacitate & nab it
2) reconfigure & overtake the rf control
3) refill it with gasoline & tape a burning zippo to the nozzle.
4) send it back to the owner and make it look like an accident
... with a rounded instead of a flat metal top
These are easily tested using the patented Bugs Bunny artillery shell quality control inspection procedure: Tap sharply with a hammer and if you are still alive, write "dud"..er.."good" on the side with a sharpie.
Seriously, this sounds like a double foulup by Nichicon. Overfill with electrolyte so there is insufficient airspace for thermal expansion, then screw up the emergency vent hole at the bottom so the thing has no choice but to burst. I've blown plenty of electrolytics in my day (midnight soldering sessions, reversed polarity, yada) About 9/10 times the vent hole blows first. Maybe 1/10 times the whole can blows off the base. Getting the can to deform this badly without either happening is pretty impressive.
Evidently the good news for him is that he's now immune
Being dead will do that for you
I can't believe I'm replying again to this same topic let alone my own post, but after seeing the responses, I feel like I'm watching a hungry dog try to get to the food on the other side of a door by headbutting it, trying to claw through it, or wedging a paw underneath when all he needs to do is turn the knob. I'll admit I have no experience with boxers (tight briefs not only lower sperm counts, they lower testosterone production, which helps to stem the hair loss tide), but pulling the top elastic down? Is this even possible with your pants up? This sounds more difficult than trying to thwart the defenses of a screw-type vending machine protecting its bottom-row snickers. Doesn't anyone else just grab the legband and open the curtains?
Why leave out the front flap in men's underwear?
Not trolling, but seriously, does anybody actually use that thing? When I go to a public urinal, I want speed and stealth i.e., a commando raid. The last thing on earth I'm looking for is to get caught playing fabric origami just to access the plumbing. Or is the purpose actually to act as a squeegee during retraction to minimize the chances of..er..having to shake your leg afterward?
Most recently, Hurtubise has designed the Angel Light, a large device that he claims can see through walls
Lol, that's the anti-bear suit guy
Ok. I've written much of the system code for one of the big three slot manufacturers' boxes and actually had to go through the NGCB (Nevada) and GLI (Jersey) submission procedures. They do in fact inspect some of the code in great detail, particularly the random number generator and the process of using it to extract the final reel positions. This (c++) code is perhaps 2-300 lines out of about 15k. There is NO way they could secure this amount of code. Any software guy with a year of experience could hack something in that would look totally innocuous. RAM based pointers in completely different modules come to mind (not that I've thought about it much :) ). The NGCB/GLI process is really just a way for them to get copies of the code and say they did *something* to make the casino ops get a fuzzy warm feeling. What really keeps the software guys in check is simple math. Go into a casino and start winning on ANYTHING consistently and you WILL eventually be caught. You can't drop a stick of gum in these places without being taped from at least 3 angles, and both the slot itself and the central system it's hooked up to keep a very long gamelog. If you're stupid enough to make the machine jackpot, now they have your name (required for tax purposes). So perhaps you could make a few loose thousand without getting noticed but wind up risking all future employability. In addition, if word of the cheat goes public, you've just damaged your employer's reputation, and they can go after your ass financially for lost credibility. I hate to bow to "the man" but some things just aren't worth it.
Tell 'em the gear is down and we're ready to land!
(More airplane screenies in that directory for your linking pleasure)
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue
I'll be here all night, ladies and gents!
LOL!
-The Management
A spacewalk is not without risk.
Indeed. From Wikipedia: EVA hazards
The primary [risk factor] is collision with space debris. Orbital velocity at 300 km above the Earth (typical for a Space Shuttle mission) is 7.7 km/s. This is 10 times the speed of a bullet, so the kinetic energy of a small particle (e.g. a fleck of paint or a grain of sand) is equal to that of a bullet with a mass that is 100 times as large.
Darwinism is a good thing.
Don't assume rev 5.0 won't have reproductive capabilities.
They should add warning labels...those work great on smokers
If I start smoking, I have to wear a warning label?
Why bother with a brushless motor if you're slapping it to a rubber band?
Brushless motors are just steppers with the driver electronics onboard (as well as a hall effect sensor to sense shaft position and tell it when to step). Steppers don't rotate smoothly; they accelerate and decelerate once per rev per set of poles, the magnitude depending upon the rotating mass, torque, and number of poles. A belt would *greatly* absorb these rotational switching transients.
Also, in industrial designs, steppers driving non-trivial loads are almost always coupled using a resilient medium. This allows the motor shaft to do little "snaps" independent of the rotational load and spend more time closer to the endpoints of travel between the poles, where it achieves much higher torque. With a rigid shaft, you typically have to oversize the motor 3-5x to get the same net torque.
play adverts after you're gibbed
When I get fragged, I get pissed for a few seconds. Force somebody to watch an advert during this time and they'll develop a pavlovian association of hatred for the product. Imagine driving past a McDonalds and instinctively banging on the steering wheel while yelling "wtf lag!".
The problem is the power supply from the Altenator
Then run it from a thermoelectric generator attached to the exhaust manifold/catalytic converters. Engines are spectacularly efficient at producing heat and since the thermoelectric generator is just a peltier device working backwards the current/voltage characteristic is a perfect match. Peltiers, Thermoelectrics, and the Seeback effect
..drinking bird.. /. editing team to describe Zonk, the narcoleptic who just happens to sit with his nose aligned with the enter key. Witness the moniker, baby.
Soooo close! The drinking bird theory was an inside joke spread by the
Was there a "How it Works... The Woman" version of those books too
Nope, by any logical definition, all women are broken
I want to be able to turn my box off with a friggin' power switch without having software that I paid for punish me like a 3 year old by telling me to sit in the corner and take a 5 minute "time out" watching scandisk.
Take all claims by United Nuclear (aka United Nyuck Nyuck Nyucklear) with a grain of salt. It is run by the infamous Bob Lazar Whose claims to fame include reverse-engineering alien spacecraft and working with their power source "element 115"(which doesn't exist in this part of the galazy) and advanced degrees in physics from MIT and CalTech which no paperwork can be found on. His old site has got some "interesting" info on the alien craft.
Why can't these "genius" rocket scientist just have the crew stop off and get gas half way up?
You only get the free insulated beer can holder with a FULL fillup. *taps right temple while smiling insightfully*
I didn't catch the now much appreciated wit of the grandparent on the first read either, and almost spontaneously posted the same sentiment as yourself. It's all in good fun.
-EMB, the now repentent whoosher.
W-H-O-O-S-H-!
Yes, yes I'll be here all week...
You misspelled "I'll get my coat"
Well, some will say you can't put a price on a human life
Sure you can. I exchange part of my life for money every day. It takes X percent of my life to earn X dollars, not even including the schooling it took to get me to the increased earning point. A gross, conservative simplification: say an adult earns $50k a year from age 25 to age 65 = 40 years. That's 2 mil, or about half what each of the larger scanner deployments costs. Set one of these up and you've just cashed out on the sum working total of two people's lives. Was it worth it?
This is so wasteful it honestly offends me
This is actually the revised eco-friendly version; the original product trialled was suitcase-sized and contained an rip-cord triggered inflatable chef who would pour the coffee for you. You just know it's gotta be good coffee when the instructions contain the word "deploy".