Far too many people rely on performance metrics and alarms. You're one of the ones who actually pays some attention:P
Any time you enter the DC you should take stock:
1. What do you hear? Perhaps an alarm through all the server noise? Unusually loud fans/ACUs? Anything unusually quiet? Other noises? (I 'predicted' an ACU failure because I heard the fan belt rubbing on something lightly shizz-shizz-shizz-shizz-shizz...) 2. What do you smell? This article basically points this out. Could be leaking ACU coolant. Batteries dying. Burning server. Overloaded circuit, etc. 3. What do you see? Yea, stupid I know but - does that corner of the room appear slightly dimmer? Better go check it out, a rack might be down and you haven't noticed yet. 4. What do you feel? Vibrations through the floor? Could be an ACU about to pop a fan belt or blow a compressor. 5. What do you feel further? Unusually dry or humid air? Temperatures etc.
In short, you should be using every sense except taste and direct tactile feel. Anything shorter and you just aren't paying full attention.
Mine's bad enough that oncoming traffic looks like they have double the headlights, and reading streen signs is nearly impossible at any respectable distance.
In the daytime it's not so bad. Additionally, since both eyes have a different angle to it, my brain can normally 'filter' it out (the bits common to each eye stay after I look at something for a second or two)
There are also supposed to be advisements on the premises (usually though to the effect of an explosive atmosphere) and - I would hope - special locks on the electrical equipment.
I have mild astigmatism and it takes at least 2 to 5 seconds for the lens to rotate/center appropriately (every time i blink, or even look far to the sides) - and during this time, my vision is actually twice as BAD as it is uncorrected. We tried all sorts of brands/types etc.
If only 22,776 people sit down and review 10 hours of video each, we can have the entire 26-year span (assuming 24/7 of that 26-year span has video to bother with) done in 10 hours.
The craft is very stable and aerodynamic. The stabilization is only really useful during hover, and prevents you from having to stir the stick (fighting inertia and the imprecision of being human - think if of it as a very fussy helicopter).
This is especially important as the shape causes it to 'weathervane' up when you take off too fast, which points the fan in reverse. The airframe is not tolerant of reversed airflow and it THEN starts behaving like the Typhoon you mentioned. With a headwind of at least 5 knots, you don't need the stabilizer. If your practiced enough, you don't need it at all... but good luck!
At forward speeds the system is damped to a point where it's nearly unused - it behaves like any other 'normal' plane at that point. It just helps react to and smooth out turbulence.
In a simulator (yes, a simulator) I was flying a VTOL type aircraft. Pulled a turn at too great a speed and broke off a few control surfaces. Maddening spin, completely unrecoverable (at least for me).
Tapped the button to enable "artificial stabilization" - which in this craft, enabled "puffers" charged with compressed air (driven by the engines, which still worked) - the computer control algorithms managed to use the remaining control surfaces and these puffers to level the craft and reduce the yaw spin to about 5 degrees/second.
Because of the VTOL nature of this craft, I was able to land it with a very survivable sink rate (gear even survived the landing).
My point? Good luck doing that manually. This simulation anecdote should help back-up your thoughts:)
(simulator: X-Plane 9) (craft: Verticopter) (note that a scale model actually flies, it's not just a pipe dream)
In addition to all the normal surgical risks (rejection of implant, infection, surgical error etc) if the implant is inserted wrong it can permanently damage your cochlea. This can result in severe and permanent hearing loss (partial or whole) and problems with balance and vertigo.
It's a very delicate surgery. If you decide to do it, I would very much suggest you go to the House Clinic in Los Angeles. Have the masters do it.
Those guys took care of my issues when I was little. Imagine removing calcium growths from the inner ear of a 6 year old, rebuilding and replacing the eardrum, installing a plastic bridge to replace the bones etc.
Note that you can upgrade a hearing aid.... an implant, not so much.
From what I understand, the implants can only trigger particular frequency bands, so what you hear is far from reality. Granted, it's better than nothing, but if you want to spend your days listening to the world through a 32-band vocoder (basically) it's your choice.
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I think the idea is to encourage early and frequent battery changes.
Far too many people rely on performance metrics and alarms. You're one of the ones who actually pays some attention :P
Any time you enter the DC you should take stock:
1. What do you hear? Perhaps an alarm through all the server noise? Unusually loud fans/ACUs? Anything unusually quiet? Other noises? (I 'predicted' an ACU failure because I heard the fan belt rubbing on something lightly shizz-shizz-shizz-shizz-shizz...)
2. What do you smell? This article basically points this out. Could be leaking ACU coolant. Batteries dying. Burning server. Overloaded circuit, etc.
3. What do you see? Yea, stupid I know but - does that corner of the room appear slightly dimmer? Better go check it out, a rack might be down and you haven't noticed yet.
4. What do you feel? Vibrations through the floor? Could be an ACU about to pop a fan belt or blow a compressor.
5. What do you feel further? Unusually dry or humid air? Temperatures etc.
In short, you should be using every sense except taste and direct tactile feel. Anything shorter and you just aren't paying full attention.
I invite you to go play Hearts of Iron.
I think it's less that the brainy games have gone down - it's just that there is so much more shit in the room, it makes them harder to find.
Nothing stops you (or anyone else) from building an application statically, or including said .so files with it.
You see SDL commonly included with commercial Linux games, for example.
We just don't do it as often (for various reasons)
... and those that may or may not be good at math. :P
Mine's bad enough that oncoming traffic looks like they have double the headlights, and reading streen signs is nearly impossible at any respectable distance.
In the daytime it's not so bad. Additionally, since both eyes have a different angle to it, my brain can normally 'filter' it out (the bits common to each eye stay after I look at something for a second or two)
There are also supposed to be advisements on the premises (usually though to the effect of an explosive atmosphere) and - I would hope - special locks on the electrical equipment.
The individual LEDs would have lenses in them already. Shape them correctly and the light appears to come from X feet away.
I have mild astigmatism and it takes at least 2 to 5 seconds for the lens to rotate/center appropriately (every time i blink, or even look far to the sides) - and during this time, my vision is actually twice as BAD as it is uncorrected. We tried all sorts of brands/types etc.
Because of this, I have to stick with glasses.
Yea. We didn't think we know everything. Maybe he/she did, but the rest of us know we don't know.
If someone is using VirtualPC for a honeypot, they are an idiot.
The idea of a honeypot is that it is indistinguishable from "the real thing."
That this flaw even exists means it is identifiable as a virtual machine.
I have. I think that's what is wrong with me :P
If only 22,776 people sit down and review 10 hours of video each, we can have the entire 26-year span (assuming 24/7 of that 26-year span has video to bother with) done in 10 hours.
It's not as bad as you think.
... only if you work in a call center :P
I live about 15-30m from Tampa, within 500 feet of the ocean, and pay $800/m for a two-bed apartment (with plenty of room).
Then again, this is Florida.
Indeed - looks nice.
Note this isn't intended for normal public use. The armor (and 300,000 price tag) seem to indicate government official and/or druglord usage.
The craft is very stable and aerodynamic. The stabilization is only really useful during hover, and prevents you from having to stir the stick (fighting inertia and the imprecision of being human - think if of it as a very fussy helicopter).
This is especially important as the shape causes it to 'weathervane' up when you take off too fast, which points the fan in reverse. The airframe is not tolerant of reversed airflow and it THEN starts behaving like the Typhoon you mentioned. With a headwind of at least 5 knots, you don't need the stabilizer. If your practiced enough, you don't need it at all... but good luck!
At forward speeds the system is damped to a point where it's nearly unused - it behaves like any other 'normal' plane at that point. It just helps react to and smooth out turbulence.
Don't know, to be honest that number was out of my rear - all I remember is it was quite low.
Ah, but the implanted part can only stimulate certain groups. If they later figure out how to cram more in there, you can't just swap the part out.
I have an example.
In a simulator (yes, a simulator) I was flying a VTOL type aircraft. Pulled a turn at too great a speed and broke off a few control surfaces. Maddening spin, completely unrecoverable (at least for me).
Tapped the button to enable "artificial stabilization" - which in this craft, enabled "puffers" charged with compressed air (driven by the engines, which still worked) - the computer control algorithms managed to use the remaining control surfaces and these puffers to level the craft and reduce the yaw spin to about 5 degrees/second.
Because of the VTOL nature of this craft, I was able to land it with a very survivable sink rate (gear even survived the landing).
My point? Good luck doing that manually. This simulation anecdote should help back-up your thoughts :)
(simulator: X-Plane 9)
(craft: Verticopter)
(note that a scale model actually flies, it's not just a pipe dream)
If shifted into neutral at speed, the engine would spin out, which is very damaging. So the software prevents that.
A good idea at face value. But as you already know, not really that good.
I think that, if they want to keep doing that, they really should install an override that's easy to see and use in an emergency.
It also doesn't help that people are afraid of it. Yes, it sounds scary when you tach up in N. Is your engine worth more than your life?
What happens if you happen to have adult content but it's not the primary focus of the site?
... and to answer your question...
In addition to all the normal surgical risks (rejection of implant, infection, surgical error etc) if the implant is inserted wrong it can permanently damage your cochlea. This can result in severe and permanent hearing loss (partial or whole) and problems with balance and vertigo.
It's a very delicate surgery. If you decide to do it, I would very much suggest you go to the House Clinic in Los Angeles. Have the masters do it.
Those guys took care of my issues when I was little. Imagine removing calcium growths from the inner ear of a 6 year old, rebuilding and replacing the eardrum, installing a plastic bridge to replace the bones etc.
Note that you can upgrade a hearing aid.... an implant, not so much.
From what I understand, the implants can only trigger particular frequency bands, so what you hear is far from reality. Granted, it's better than nothing, but if you want to spend your days listening to the world through a 32-band vocoder (basically) it's your choice.