Anyone know how much a light solar cell weighs? It'd be pretty sweet to hook one up so this little guy could fly around all day (in bright sun probably).
Is this what you're talking about? I love my Clie, it's so much better looking (hi-res) and THINNER than the Palms. Too bad I don't have OS5, only 4.something... Wonder if this could be hacked to work on my PEGA-T415?
This isn't a rhetorical question, i'm actually curious: How does this tk help Joe GPS get better/faster/more accurate info from his handheld GPS unit?
I read through some of the documentation, but there was no obvious GetSuperAccurateGPSLocationInfo() function. If these clever people already figured out ephemeris/RINEX/cycle slip/etc, did they include anything to "make it easy" for the average user?
I have no problem reading up on how to use a tool (i'll probably take this one apart this weekend), but I'd rather not have to learn what all that clever stuff means, I'd prefer just to use it.
In non-technical circles (races), DNF stands for "did not finish"... is that some subtle hint from 3D Realms, the longest-running April Fools joke ever?
It's a real problem when users call tech support because they can't get to a website because they type the domain in the AOL search bar instead of an internet browser.
That sounds like a failure of technology, not a problem with the people... I want this, give it to me, don't make me pick "search bar" for half of what I want and "internet browser" for the other half. Just make it work like the Google Toolbar and everyone would be happy campers.
Don't know for sure, but maybe he's just a Mac guy. Wants to crack CSS so he can stream under Darwin, Fairplay so he can use his music as he sees fit, and AEx so he can use his hardware as he sees fit.
On the other end of the spectrum, maybe he's a hardcore PC guy that wants to use the brilliant systems (hardware and software) that Apple has created. iPods are lauded as the greatest thing since sliced bread, QuickTime, while a little bulky of late, has been an industry standard for years(vs. the bastard child WMV), and Mac software generally just works, and looks good doing it. Read the Apple Interface Guidelines sometime, just the bullet points on the main screen sum up their philosophy.
I'd try to crack any product if I thought it was useful enough, i'm just not as demanding of compatibility as this fella. Of course I use Wintel (sorry tuxies), so 99% of what I want/need is either already made for my platform, or there is a decent-but-incompatible alternative.
It would appear that their simulation works the other way around, instead of moving the floor to make you feel like you're moving, they let you move and compensate for yor position with the floor.
The equivalent would be a treadmill that reacts to your position, moving you backward when your foot approaches the front. If you're running, it would have to predict where you're going and put a tile there (whilst simultaneously moving your current tile in the opposite direction). If you stop abruptly, you would only have the lag of the prediction algos to worry about.
Try stopping dead on a treadmill sometime, you'll see that they don't need to "simulate" momentum.
If theft of your laptop computer results from the Kensington Guaranteed Notebook Replacement MicroSaver computer lock being broken or opened by forceful means Kensington Technology Group will pay you the replacement value of your laptop up to US $1,500.00.
Does a ballpoint & scissors count as "forceful means"?
You have to apply force with those scissors to hold the pins, and force with the ballpoint to move the pins...
I wonder what the license will be, and why it wouldn't just be straight GPL'd.
"HD TeAm" has submitted a sw only exploit for evaluation
the license is restricted distribution - but only to prevent resale / hero abuse
the HD TeAm position:
"HD TeAm has a solution prepared and authorizes it's distribution via ddb once $1,000 has been collected. We request that all proceeds be donated to the EFF so that research of this nature remains legal in the future."
"It is our position that if the community, particularly the minority with the disposable income for hd-units, is unwilling to come together & donate this token sum to a worthy organization the hack is probably better kept private"
"...high-resolution pictures, typically of 3,000 by 2,000 pixels, with the eye taking up a circle of about 120 pixels by 120 pixels."
As far as "archival photo negatives", I'm always surprised at how much detail they have. Take a picture and scan it at your highest optical resolution, then pick some area that was washed out with light/dark. In a photo editor, maximize the dynamic range of that area (Photoshop: Auto Levels, not sure about GIMP). There will almost always be a LOT of detail that was invisible before. This works on "completely black" pictures where you underexposed digitally too, you can generally tell what you took a picture of, it just won't be pretty.
Yes, there is a limit to the resolution (film grain), but it goes a lot further than I would have expected.
I had a $30 RC car from RatShack back in the mid 80's, some little dune-buggy thing. That thing would really fly, and since I was a GREAT driver, it somehow ended up at the bottom of my neighbor's swimming pool.
Twice.
We'd fish it out, DOA, and let it dry for a day, and it'd be up and running the next day, no problem.
The harshest abuse i've seen was my brother's cellphone, a Sprint TouchPoint from the mid-90's. He was wearing it when he totalled his 2nd vehicle, and somehow found it after he recovered. The plastic screen was cracked, but everything worked perfectly, the LCD was 100% intact, battery was fine and the phone still worked.
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"Thin paint rubber" == Latex Enamel, and it's worse than that "new computer" smell!
Did a little research, methinks the power-weight ration of solar is crappier than anything around.
Even with this thin-film solar cell, this little fella would need 133in^2 of surface area, and the solar cells alone would weigh 21.6g.
Too bad, but it'd still be cool to make an RC plane/predator/mini-uav/whatnot with the RC Aircraft series.
Anyone know how much a light solar cell weighs? It'd be pretty sweet to hook one up so this little guy could fly around all day (in bright sun probably).
Is this what you're talking about? I love my Clie, it's so much better looking (hi-res) and THINNER than the Palms. Too bad I don't have OS5, only 4.something... Wonder if this could be hacked to work on my PEGA-T415?
This isn't a rhetorical question, i'm actually curious: How does this tk help Joe GPS get better/faster/more accurate info from his handheld GPS unit?
I read through some of the documentation, but there was no obvious GetSuperAccurateGPSLocationInfo() function. If these clever people already figured out ephemeris/RINEX/cycle slip/etc, did they include anything to "make it easy" for the average user?
I have no problem reading up on how to use a tool (i'll probably take this one apart this weekend), but I'd rather not have to learn what all that clever stuff means, I'd prefer just to use it.
...Google for it?
Reg free link plus related articles. (NYT is the 2nd one right now)
Pretty much anything featured on MST3K could be considered for the "worst... movie... ever..."
In non-technical circles (races), DNF stands for "did not finish"... is that some subtle hint from 3D Realms, the longest-running April Fools joke ever?
This needs to be a revision to S.L.A.S.H., any mention of those words auto-links to either Google or to the Wikipedia of that subject.
If you haven't heard of slashcode, get out from under that rock!.
Mirrored here and here in case of Slashdotting.
And no, this isn't a joke, although it is kind of entertaining!
MD5:
19bd158b9e471db49acd91f0493b81ec *tc0.pdf
5ca7eb699b94967ee2d255c021e1686f *tc0.sxw
... you can disable it with this.
It's a real problem when users call tech support because they can't get to a website because they type the domain in the AOL search bar instead of an internet browser.
That sounds like a failure of technology, not a problem with the people... I want this, give it to me, don't make me pick "search bar" for half of what I want and "internet browser" for the other half. Just make it work like the Google Toolbar and everyone would be happy campers.
Don't know for sure, but maybe he's just a Mac guy. Wants to crack CSS so he can stream under Darwin, Fairplay so he can use his music as he sees fit, and AEx so he can use his hardware as he sees fit.
On the other end of the spectrum, maybe he's a hardcore PC guy that wants to use the brilliant systems (hardware and software) that Apple has created. iPods are lauded as the greatest thing since sliced bread, QuickTime, while a little bulky of late, has been an industry standard for years(vs. the bastard child WMV), and Mac software generally just works, and looks good doing it. Read the Apple Interface Guidelines sometime, just the bullet points on the main screen sum up their philosophy.
I'd try to crack any product if I thought it was useful enough, i'm just not as demanding of compatibility as this fella. Of course I use Wintel (sorry tuxies), so 99% of what I want/need is either already made for my platform, or there is a decent-but-incompatible alternative.
It would appear that their simulation works the other way around, instead of moving the floor to make you feel like you're moving, they let you move and compensate for yor position with the floor.
The equivalent would be a treadmill that reacts to your position, moving you backward when your foot approaches the front. If you're running, it would have to predict where you're going and put a tile there (whilst simultaneously moving your current tile in the opposite direction). If you stop abruptly, you would only have the lag of the prediction algos to worry about.
Try stopping dead on a treadmill sometime, you'll see that they don't need to "simulate" momentum.
No, but you might see the cone of ignorance...
(for the ignorant, this should explain it)
Thank goodness I downloaded SP2, since it will obviously keep my computer safe from this problem.
It's the bestest thing ever!
If theft of your laptop computer results from the Kensington Guaranteed Notebook Replacement MicroSaver computer lock being broken or opened by forceful means Kensington Technology Group will pay you the replacement value of your laptop up to US $1,500.00.
Does a ballpoint & scissors count as "forceful means"?
You have to apply force with those scissors to hold the pins, and force with the ballpoint to move the pins...
Code Red is to Mountain Dew what Cherry Coke is to Coca Cola.
I'm not quite sure where LiveWire fits into the mix, it's some kind of bastard child of Dew and Code Red...
Yeah, and they can pound back 3 Classic Dews in under 30 seconds... gotta love that wide-mouth can!
Finishing off one Code Red, however, is another issue entirely...
I mean c'mon, people don't have printer envy these days, and joysticks and digital cameras are common place.
You don't have printer envy for this or this? That first one costs more than my car!!!
C. Gibson might not appreciate you posting his/her phone# to be Slashdotted...
I wonder what the license will be, and why it wouldn't just be straight GPL'd.
"HD TeAm" has submitted a sw only exploit for evaluation
the license is restricted distribution - but only to prevent resale / hero abuse
the HD TeAm position:
"HD TeAm has a solution prepared and authorizes it's distribution via ddb once $1,000 has been collected. We request that all proceeds be donated to the EFF so that research of this nature remains legal in the future."
"It is our position that if the community, particularly the minority with the disposable income for hd-units, is unwilling to come together & donate this token sum to a worthy organization the hack is probably better kept private"
RTFA:
"...high-resolution pictures, typically of 3,000 by 2,000 pixels, with the eye taking up a circle of about 120 pixels by 120 pixels."
As far as "archival photo negatives", I'm always surprised at how much detail they have. Take a picture and scan it at your highest optical resolution, then pick some area that was washed out with light/dark. In a photo editor, maximize the dynamic range of that area (Photoshop: Auto Levels, not sure about GIMP). There will almost always be a LOT of detail that was invisible before. This works on "completely black" pictures where you underexposed digitally too, you can generally tell what you took a picture of, it just won't be pretty.
Yes, there is a limit to the resolution (film grain), but it goes a lot further than I would have expected.
I had a $30 RC car from RatShack back in the mid 80's, some little dune-buggy thing. That thing would really fly, and since I was a GREAT driver, it somehow ended up at the bottom of my neighbor's swimming pool.
Twice.
We'd fish it out, DOA, and let it dry for a day, and it'd be up and running the next day, no problem.
The harshest abuse i've seen was my brother's cellphone, a Sprint TouchPoint from the mid-90's. He was wearing it when he totalled his 2nd vehicle, and somehow found it after he recovered. The plastic screen was cracked, but everything worked perfectly, the LCD was 100% intact, battery was fine and the phone still worked.