The first rule if you're going to do something "iffy" is to come up with an airtight excuse before you do it. If/when you get caught there's never enough time to think. In this case: "Officer, I've tried everywhere and this is the only place I can get a good connection to the network I just installed back at my home." This excuse also includes rule #2: play the idiot and act like you don't know a damned thing about what you're doing. Rule #3, of course, is never EVER change your story. If someone finds a hole in your story, don't try to patch it with a concoction; you'll hang yourself. Just say "that is strange" and expound upon the inconsistency; it'll look like you're genuinely trying to figure out what's wrong.
*Thief comes home, sits down at computer, and rubs hands together to the tune of an evil grin*
*72 Hours later, robot appears at front door carrying $50 shoes*
Corollary
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How Ice Melts
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If "pre-melting" truly begins at the defect sites, it would be interesting to see whether ultra-low defect containing crystals melt at a higher temperature. Say, purify and grow a chunk of ice through the same procedure used to fabricate semiconductor grade silicon (Czochalski style or epitaxially), and then see if it holds together through warmer temps.
Its time the government stepped in and made the internet safer
No kidding. Everyone at our game software startup used to telecommute. Last week the server rebooted and seven poor bastards got telefragged trying to hop back on. RIP guys.
Why yes! I recently upgraded to one of those spiffy new keyboards with an 'enter' key. Hex keypads are out, I tell you! This is the wave of the future.
Regulator would get hotter than the processors!
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Cyrix Hotplate Howto
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Connecting the 7805 regulator as shown to knock down the 12V rail to 5V means that at the 7805's short circuit current limit of 2.1A, the regulator will make (12-5=7) 7V*2.1A=14.7 Watts whereas the procs will dissipate 5V*2.1A=10.5 Watts. In other words, the only thing I can see outputting enough power to even warm the pan is the meter on my bs detector.
Same here. I just wish he'd have the decency to fully kill it first instead of just removing all the parts that would allow it to make a getaway and stashing the yelping remainder under the couch.
of course because cars will not start without a drivers license
That's the next step. The rfid in our license or our hands gets swiped over the steering column. A quick wireless ping to the national database that made it all so easy to implement to ask if we've been granted the permission to drive today, and all is right with the world. Don't worry, you'll love it; it'll make the roads safe for "the children".
Top ten list of critique openers most likely to get you prematurely killed by an engineer
10. I wonder...
9. I was just thinking...
8. That's great, but what I was really looking for was...
7. You know what would be really cool...
6. Was it supposed to do that?...
5. I'm sure it'll look better by the time you've finished...
4. Would it be possible to...
3. To: Engineering From: Marketing Priority: Urgent
2. Did someone tell you to do it this way?...
1. How hard would it be to...
She said her client was playing with his young daughter, using the laser's narrow green beam to point at stars
Ironically, now he'll be in jail 8.7 years from now when the beam finishes its return trip, (assuming Alpha Centauri) so he won't be able to show his daughter what the hell he was pointing at.
I had almost exactly the same problem when prototyping my robot lawn mower. (crappy pic in profile) The first rev. used optical interrupters to sense a cut grass edge, and these would rapidly become unusable due to dust. I ran through the feasibility of using such an onboard(liqufied) gas tank, but the ratio of functionality to weight is king in any mobile (and especially spaceborne) app and this falls short on that mark (beside being non-renewable). Wipers (and worse yet the geared motor to drive them) are similarly bulky, and unless you're using diamond coated optics,(no water here to lubricate things) wiping the dust eventually produces hazing due to microscratches. The solution I found was to incorporate the equivalent of an ultrasonic parts cleaner. A cheap high-powered motorola peizo tweeter from rat-shack acoustically coupled to the optics support bar and driven at 40khz does an incredible job of knocking off ALL the loose dust, and it's very light weight. The rover could do the same thing by tilting it's panels vertically and then letting rip with the u-sound. About one x-ducer per square meter is all it would take.
But isn't mucking around with other people's property, without their permission, called "vandalism"?
Isn't uttering the phrase "the code is unbreakable and we are really proud of it" called product suicide? >8)
... why he needed to export the document in postscript and mirror flip it
Had he used a CRT, a ridiculously simple method of flipping the images would be to simply reverse the monitor's internal connection to the horizontal deflection coil. (the wires go down to a connector on the mainboard; just remove, reverse, and reinstall the pins in the connector housing). Do the same for the vertical coil if you need the image flipped upside-down. Also makes for an excellent prank against co-workers, or a way to score a perfectly good monitor from that annoying, non-tech-saavy roommate.
Google will provide online access to the full text of those works that are in the public domain
Just what percentage of the current works are public domain?
I've been poking around with 202.96.60.61:80 and until a few minutes ago was getting nothing from news.google.com but a timeout (all other websites seem to work)
Slashdot Mirror
The first rule if you're going to do something "iffy" is to come up with an airtight excuse before you do it. If/when you get caught there's never enough time to think. In this case: "Officer, I've tried everywhere and this is the only place I can get a good connection to the network I just installed back at my home." This excuse also includes rule #2: play the idiot and act like you don't know a damned thing about what you're doing. Rule #3, of course, is never EVER change your story. If someone finds a hole in your story, don't try to patch it with a concoction; you'll hang yourself. Just say "that is strange" and expound upon the inconsistency; it'll look like you're genuinely trying to figure out what's wrong.
This is slashdot. It's more like:
*Thief sees shoes, robot, and server at mall*
*Thief comes home, sits down at computer, and rubs hands together to the tune of an evil grin*
*72 Hours later, robot appears at front door carrying $50 shoes*
If "pre-melting" truly begins at the defect sites, it would be interesting to see whether ultra-low defect containing crystals melt at a higher temperature. Say, purify and grow a chunk of ice through the same procedure used to fabricate semiconductor grade silicon (Czochalski style or epitaxially), and then see if it holds together through warmer temps.
"One of these days... milkshake...BOOM!!!!"
Yeah, baby!
I can't wait to see when these same guys make a single sheet of paper as thick as a digital clock
You have to go to Soviet Russia to buy those.
Don't doooo it Daaaaveeeey
No kidding, especially if you overhear one of the techs mumble something about "balancing the equation".
Its time the government stepped in and made the internet safer
No kidding. Everyone at our game software startup used to telecommute. Last week the server rebooted and seven poor bastards got telefragged trying to hop back on. RIP guys.
"Its an entirely different kind of flying, altogether"
-Ted Striker
Why yes! I recently upgraded to one of those spiffy new keyboards with an 'enter' key. Hex keypads are out, I tell you! This is the wave of the future.
Bad is good, baby! Down with government!
etc
Connecting the 7805 regulator as shown to knock down the 12V rail to 5V means that at the 7805's short circuit current limit of 2.1A, the regulator will make (12-5=7) 7V*2.1A=14.7 Watts whereas the procs will dissipate 5V*2.1A=10.5 Watts. In other words, the only thing I can see outputting enough power to even warm the pan is the meter on my bs detector.
7805 DataSheet
My cat brings home half her food
Same here. I just wish he'd have the decency to fully kill it first instead of just removing all the parts that would allow it to make a getaway and stashing the yelping remainder under the couch.
of course because cars will not start without a drivers license
That's the next step. The rfid in our license or our hands gets swiped over the steering column. A quick wireless ping to the national database that made it all so easy to implement to ask if we've been granted the permission to drive today, and all is right with the world. Don't worry, you'll love it; it'll make the roads safe for "the children".
Favorite jammer sources:
GlobalGadget
GrandTrades
PhoneJammer
Starport
Build Your Own!
Top ten list of critique openers most likely to get you prematurely killed by an engineer
10. I wonder...
9. I was just thinking...
8. That's great, but what I was really looking for was...
7. You know what would be really cool...
6. Was it supposed to do that?...
5. I'm sure it'll look better by the time you've finished...
4. Would it be possible to...
3. To: Engineering From: Marketing Priority: Urgent
2. Did someone tell you to do it this way?...
1. How hard would it be to...
She said her client was playing with his young daughter, using the laser's narrow green beam to point at stars Ironically, now he'll be in jail 8.7 years from now when the beam finishes its return trip, (assuming Alpha Centauri) so he won't be able to show his daughter what the hell he was pointing at.
I had almost exactly the same problem when prototyping my robot lawn mower. (crappy pic in profile) The first rev. used optical interrupters to sense a cut grass edge, and these would rapidly become unusable due to dust. I ran through the feasibility of using such an onboard(liqufied) gas tank, but the ratio of functionality to weight is king in any mobile (and especially spaceborne) app and this falls short on that mark (beside being non-renewable). Wipers (and worse yet the geared motor to drive them) are similarly bulky, and unless you're using diamond coated optics,(no water here to lubricate things) wiping the dust eventually produces hazing due to microscratches. The solution I found was to incorporate the equivalent of an ultrasonic parts cleaner. A cheap high-powered motorola peizo tweeter from rat-shack acoustically coupled to the optics support bar and driven at 40khz does an incredible job of knocking off ALL the loose dust, and it's very light weight. The rover could do the same thing by tilting it's panels vertically and then letting rip with the u-sound. About one x-ducer per square meter is all it would take.
But isn't mucking around with other people's property, without their permission, called "vandalism"? Isn't uttering the phrase "the code is unbreakable and we are really proud of it" called product suicide? >8)
... why he needed to export the document in postscript and mirror flip it Had he used a CRT, a ridiculously simple method of flipping the images would be to simply reverse the monitor's internal connection to the horizontal deflection coil. (the wires go down to a connector on the mainboard; just remove, reverse, and reinstall the pins in the connector housing). Do the same for the vertical coil if you need the image flipped upside-down. Also makes for an excellent prank against co-workers, or a way to score a perfectly good monitor from that annoying, non-tech-saavy roommate.
Google will provide online access to the full text of those works that are in the public domain Just what percentage of the current works are public domain?
How to remove it from ie
It was in a cell phone
And some theory behind it from the previous slashdot article.
(Just kidding)
I wonder what exactly gets through
Hop on a chinese proxy server and see for yourself:
Chinese Proxy List Part 1
Chinese Proxy List Part 2
I've been poking around with 202.96.60.61:80 and until a few minutes ago was getting nothing from news.google.com but a timeout (all other websites seem to work)
The standard incarnation is a generic rf detector/level meter with an antenna that is tuned to 2.4ghz.
The Basic Circuit
(Back the url up one dir for datasheets and pics of one hobbyists's implementation)
And another version using a pic instead of a dedicated display driver chip.