I'd love to see your modern processor which can perform all the generation, communication and validation required to attempt a single password in 1 clock cycle.
User generated within predefined limits should be alright though, especially if combined with procedural generation. Instead of being able to build your own house freestyle you have to choose from a set of basic features like wall material, window style, roof etc.
It still allows a certain level of expression and customisation and allows the world to expand, but it forces players to keep within 'acceptable' content.
It could drastically be improved with a format for adding information of pacing, inflection etc. to ebooks. Old ebooks could be retrofitted with it, new books could come with it as standard. The books without the data would be read as they are now, the books with would be much better with very little additional computational overhead.
They don't get the power they need to operate, but may think that they do. I spent ages trying to figure out why an external DVD drive wasn't working properly because it had enough power to tell the host it was there, appear as a device etc but not enough to actually function.
I'd guess that in a production system there'd be a method of 'report this pod for inspection' which will take it out of service after a few consecutive reports, or which will automatically take a pod out of service every 24 hours for a quick visual inspection from which the operator can either say 'keep in service' or 'clean'.
The big benefit is that if there are surplus pods taking a few offline at any time to clean won't have a huge impact, unlike taking an entire 'shuttle' train offline.
I wish more places would have two-phase alarms. An intermittent alarm means there *might* be something happening somewhere in the building and you should prepare for an evacuation, but there's no need to actually evacuate. A full alarm means that you're actually in confirmed danger and should evacuate.
The last place I was that had a two-phase alarm randomly set off the phase one alarm every 6 weeks or so, but it meant that when the alarm actually went to phase two we all evacuated because it was a "confirmed" fire rather than just some burnt toast or someone messing around.
You lend people books and you can no longer use the book until they give it back. You don't make a copy of the book and give it to them. That's why it's a problem - it's copyright infringement.
I dislike DRM which makes the game difficult to play or messes with my system. As far as I'm concerned anything else is fair game. If I don't notice the DRM is there, it doesn't bother me.
Do mobile phones constantly broadcast their GPS location?
Serious question. I know they have it for E911, but is the location constantly (or regularly) pinged to the network or does it have to be activated by the 911 operator?
You had a lookup table for instructions? We had to try each value in turn until it did the right operation and then record the results by tying knots in bits of coax cable.
People would stop combining it with godawful macros in an attempt to cobble together a slow and inefficient relational database with no sensible query or reporting tools and use a real RDBM instead.
NTP does include leap seconds if your timeserver knows about it, which all good timeservers should do. It shouldn't show up as a slew if ntpd behaves properly, it's a distinct step. Have a look at your logs after midnight and see if it's there.
If you need microsecond accuracy you have your timing and distribution systems, you pay attention to the bulletins, and you program this particular event (which your timer should have capacity for) back in July which is when this was first announced.
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I'd love to see your modern processor which can perform all the generation, communication and validation required to attempt a single password in 1 clock cycle.
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User generated within predefined limits should be alright though, especially if combined with procedural generation. Instead of being able to build your own house freestyle you have to choose from a set of basic features like wall material, window style, roof etc.
It still allows a certain level of expression and customisation and allows the world to expand, but it forces players to keep within 'acceptable' content.
It could drastically be improved with a format for adding information of pacing, inflection etc. to ebooks. Old ebooks could be retrofitted with it, new books could come with it as standard. The books without the data would be read as they are now, the books with would be much better with very little additional computational overhead.
Agreed. I was going to get this app until the Kindle made its way to the UK, but I can't even do that.
Because it also updates WebKit, which is a core OS component?
They don't get the power they need to operate, but may think that they do. I spent ages trying to figure out why an external DVD drive wasn't working properly because it had enough power to tell the host it was there, appear as a device etc but not enough to actually function.
His fault for trusting someone else with his card details.
I'd guess that in a production system there'd be a method of 'report this pod for inspection' which will take it out of service after a few consecutive reports, or which will automatically take a pod out of service every 24 hours for a quick visual inspection from which the operator can either say 'keep in service' or 'clean'.
The big benefit is that if there are surplus pods taking a few offline at any time to clean won't have a huge impact, unlike taking an entire 'shuttle' train offline.
I wish more places would have two-phase alarms. An intermittent alarm means there *might* be something happening somewhere in the building and you should prepare for an evacuation, but there's no need to actually evacuate. A full alarm means that you're actually in confirmed danger and should evacuate.
The last place I was that had a two-phase alarm randomly set off the phase one alarm every 6 weeks or so, but it meant that when the alarm actually went to phase two we all evacuated because it was a "confirmed" fire rather than just some burnt toast or someone messing around.
It's probably illegal to do it anyway as it's defacing an official document. Your passport remains the property of the issuing nation at all times.
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You lend people books and you can no longer use the book until they give it back. You don't make a copy of the book and give it to them. That's why it's a problem - it's copyright infringement.
I dislike DRM which makes the game difficult to play or messes with my system. As far as I'm concerned anything else is fair game. If I don't notice the DRM is there, it doesn't bother me.
Neither I nor my parents ever signed a contract for me to attend my school. How does fine-print stand up?
Do mobile phones constantly broadcast their GPS location?
Serious question. I know they have it for E911, but is the location constantly (or regularly) pinged to the network or does it have to be activated by the 911 operator?
You had a lookup table for instructions? We had to try each value in turn until it did the right operation and then record the results by tying knots in bits of coax cable.
People would stop combining it with godawful macros in an attempt to cobble together a slow and inefficient relational database with no sensible query or reporting tools and use a real RDBM instead.
Have you ever found a phone application which can read UPC barcodes?
Monochrome works, but pure greyscale seems to cause issues.
What happens when we run out of third-world countries to take on dirty industry?
We will always need mining, processing and manufacturing. A country which relies solely on others for these things is not in a good place.
The standard you're referring to is IEEE 1541-2002.
Time Quarks? Up, down, top, bottom, sex-appeal and peppermint?
Or use an OS with sensible tools built in, and go Command+Shift+3 and pick up the PNG from the desktop.
NTP does include leap seconds if your timeserver knows about it, which all good timeservers should do. It shouldn't show up as a slew if ntpd behaves properly, it's a distinct step. Have a look at your logs after midnight and see if it's there.
It can.
If you need microsecond accuracy you have your timing and distribution systems, you pay attention to the bulletins, and you program this particular event (which your timer should have capacity for) back in July which is when this was first announced.