You don't seem to know exactly how slow 3 knots are. 3 nautical miles in an hour, or about 3.5 "real" miles per hour. That's 12% faster than the average human walking speed.
I'm not suprised. It's a good idea, that's been implemented all over the place in embedded systems. Doesn't really take a stretch of the imagination to realize it would work in a car ECU as well.
Well, you could contstrue that the ship's engines were powerful enough to let him maneuver close enough to those blackholes to survive the shortcut (and/or was tough enough to not get ripped apart)
I suppose the idea being that most ships could outrun Imperial starships... if they could survive the time it took to get out of range.
Then again, I have to ask myself why I care or why I'm defending anyone here.
but then mechanic shops would need to have computer techs on staff
Why?
Roll the update machine over, plug it into the (presumably new for this purpose) update plug, flip the (probably hidden) write-enable switch. Power up the machine, type in the VIN - update is determined and uploaded. Reverse the process to disconnect.
They do that same kind of shit with OBDC scantools already. Just an extra couple of steps.
and replacement parts for when things go badly.
I could see this, yes. But, if it was designed properly - they would only need to keep a stash of MMCs or something similar and just swap them out. It's only a pain to deal with bricked routers and such because they solder the flash to the board. Put the device's storage on removable media and that issue goes away. Put the very basic bootloader on the board if you must, but the whole thing doesn't need to be on there.
This wouldn't be so bad - just another part they have to grab from the parts store, like any other. Hell the car manufacturers could standardize it (or at least stay consistent within the brand. For example, all Nissans would use the same chip/card/cartridge. If the bootloader in the hardware is coded right the first time, then larger sizes/speeds won't matter (just like they don't for PCs)
The real solution here is to make sure the entertainment system is totally decoupled (or read only enforced with hardware) the systems that operate the vehicle itself.
Well, there's some small limited-scope audio baubles that could be improved.
For example, having audio recorded at 192khz allows you to do slow-motion effects without the audio turning into bass sludge (you'd get to hear all that neat stuff you normally can't).
Better HRTF and simulation algorithms would allow you to directly generate audio based on geometry interactions, media density, temperature etc - instead of using all pre-recorded sounds and pre-defined characteristics (such as room size, simplified geometry for occlusion).
Think of it this way, in terms of video: We are rastering now, but we could ray-trace. We could even photon-map, conceivably.
We could do similar stuff for audio. Might be a bit ridiculous, but still. It's probably more efficient space-wise to store/define characteristics of things and events, and let the system generate the rest.
Well... this got rambly. My point was there are things that can be done to audio that could be perceived by people.
The Kessel Run was an 18-parsec route used by smugglers to move glitterstim spice from Kessel to an area south of the Si'Klaata Cluster without getting caught by the Imperial ships that were guarding the movement of spice from Kessel's mines.
It took travelers in real space around The Maw leading them to an uninhabitable—but far easier to navigate—area of space called The Pit, which was an asteroid cluster encased in a nebula arm making sensors as well as pilots go virtually blind. Thus there was a high chance that pilots, weary from the long flight through real space, would crash into an asteroid.
So, the idea is that he took a rather large shortcut - "By moving closer to the black holes, Solo managed to cut the distance down to about 11.5 parsecs."
Then set up a keyfile for swap and edit/etc/crypttab appropriately. If you're doing the rest right, your encrypted root will protect the swap then, as well - yet you can comply with law enforcement and hand over the keys if ordered., yet still helps protect you from the thieves and other asswipes.
We have stronger divisions between the top and the bottom of the pile - our roots were "the government should keep it's hands out of everyone's business" after all (oh how corrupted that root has become).
I think the real solution is to take whatever action you're supposed to... and not take half a damn year to figure it out. If it takes 4 months to figure out if that child porn was his or not... then you're doing something seriously wrong.
Wasn't directed at you. Was more for MSesow and for anyone else who came along, but it made sense to position it as a reply (to me at least). You know, a "note" like a footnote:P
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You don't seem to know exactly how slow 3 knots are. 3 nautical miles in an hour, or about 3.5 "real" miles per hour. That's 12% faster than the average human walking speed.
I'm not suprised. It's a good idea, that's been implemented all over the place in embedded systems. Doesn't really take a stretch of the imagination to realize it would work in a car ECU as well.
Basically, combine the two things I said and you get what nschubach is telling you.
In short: pop out the chip and toss it in the RMA pile. Slap a fresh one in and reflash.
The only reason it might be complicated enough to require special training or technicians is that the designers were idiots and made it so.
Well, you could contstrue that the ship's engines were powerful enough to let him maneuver close enough to those blackholes to survive the shortcut (and/or was tough enough to not get ripped apart)
I suppose the idea being that most ships could outrun Imperial starships... if they could survive the time it took to get out of range.
Then again, I have to ask myself why I care or why I'm defending anyone here.
but then mechanic shops would need to have computer techs on staff
Why?
Roll the update machine over, plug it into the (presumably new for this purpose) update plug, flip the (probably hidden) write-enable switch. Power up the machine, type in the VIN - update is determined and uploaded. Reverse the process to disconnect.
They do that same kind of shit with OBDC scantools already. Just an extra couple of steps.
and replacement parts for when things go badly.
I could see this, yes. But, if it was designed properly - they would only need to keep a stash of MMCs or something similar and just swap them out. It's only a pain to deal with bricked routers and such because they solder the flash to the board. Put the device's storage on removable media and that issue goes away. Put the very basic bootloader on the board if you must, but the whole thing doesn't need to be on there.
This wouldn't be so bad - just another part they have to grab from the parts store, like any other. Hell the car manufacturers could standardize it (or at least stay consistent within the brand. For example, all Nissans would use the same chip/card/cartridge. If the bootloader in the hardware is coded right the first time, then larger sizes/speeds won't matter (just like they don't for PCs)
The real solution here is to make sure the entertainment system is totally decoupled (or read only enforced with hardware) the systems that operate the vehicle itself.
Well, that's what I get for not closing my anchor tag. Slashdot extended that URL to the whole phrase and lopped out some words while it was at it.
I meant to say it "simulates light emissions from sources"
Well, there's some small limited-scope audio baubles that could be improved.
For example, having audio recorded at 192khz allows you to do slow-motion effects without the audio turning into bass sludge (you'd get to hear all that neat stuff you normally can't).
Better HRTF and simulation algorithms would allow you to directly generate audio based on geometry interactions, media density, temperature etc - instead of using all pre-recorded sounds and pre-defined characteristics (such as room size, simplified geometry for occlusion).
Think of it this way, in terms of video: We are rastering now, but we could ray-trace. We could even photon-map, conceivably.
Note: raytracing traces light away from the camera pixel by pixel, all the way to the source (unless constrained by simulation specifications). Photon mapping is different - it from sources, simulating their interactions until they either hit the camera or hit some other simulation constraint.
We could do similar stuff for audio. Might be a bit ridiculous, but still. It's probably more efficient space-wise to store/define characteristics of things and events, and let the system generate the rest.
Well... this got rambly. My point was there are things that can be done to audio that could be perceived by people.
So, if I don't see every article Slashdot posts, I have no sense of humor?
Without the context it just looks like another stupid "I know better than the experts" post.
Why? Entropic heat is energy, and so is light. What's so broken with converting one to the other?
Yea, I'm sure the research team didn't think to check their equipment after repeatedly getting totally off-the-wall results.
Or, you could try reading summary.
Welcome to slashdot, "enjoy" your stay.
You know, the phrase actually makes sense with the context (that was never given in the movie)
quote:
The Kessel Run was an 18-parsec route used by smugglers to move glitterstim spice from Kessel to an area south of the Si'Klaata Cluster without getting caught by the Imperial ships that were guarding the movement of spice from Kessel's mines.
It took travelers in real space around The Maw leading them to an uninhabitable—but far easier to navigate—area of space called The Pit, which was an asteroid cluster encased in a nebula arm making sensors as well as pilots go virtually blind. Thus there was a high chance that pilots, weary from the long flight through real space, would crash into an asteroid.
So, the idea is that he took a rather large shortcut - "By moving closer to the black holes, Solo managed to cut the distance down to about 11.5 parsecs."
Then set up a keyfile for swap and edit /etc/crypttab appropriately. If you're doing the rest right, your encrypted root will protect the swap then, as well - yet you can comply with law enforcement and hand over the keys if ordered., yet still helps protect you from the thieves and other asswipes.
LUKS. LUKS. LUKS.
Theft of a workstation or laptop drive should not threaten the rest of the network.
Just so long as you don't gouge out my eyes and cross-examine me.
Yep, there is better. But it's invitation only, and you are responsible for the behavior of those you invite.
Send your buddy one, and your buddy breaks the rules? You're both banned.
I've sucked a (fairly obscure) 25gb torrent down in about 1.5 hours.
I'm building a bunker till it all blows over.
Have fun in there (but not too much). We'll "miss" you.
We have stronger divisions between the top and the bottom of the pile - our roots were "the government should keep it's hands out of everyone's business" after all (oh how corrupted that root has become).
I think the real solution is to take whatever action you're supposed to... and not take half a damn year to figure it out. If it takes 4 months to figure out if that child porn was his or not... then you're doing something seriously wrong.
So? The article is talking about the vector, not the payload.
Fscking moron.
The LiveCD is unmaintained and can't build 7.0 or newer.
Are there any other bootable environments that could build this, or is one supposed to run this from an installed host now?
Weird. Suppose its just a newer method of protection - dvddecryptor isn't maintained AFAIK where dvdshrink is.
Wasn't directed at you. Was more for MSesow and for anyone else who came along, but it made sense to position it as a reply (to me at least). You know, a "note" like a footnote :P
I know you knew what you were talking about.
Note the "High" and "Mid" qualifiers on latitude. Aurora is simply not something you see in the equatorial/tropical region.
So, if that's where MSesow happens to live, then he's shit out of luck.