(This is from memory -- forgive me my errors.) A General Products hull is composed of a single molecule artificially strengthened with generated fields. If it comes in contact with enough antimatter to destroy a "sufficient" number of the atoms in the molecule, the hull will essentially unravel. Prior to the "most interesting planet" incident, GP did not believe that there was antimatter present in sufficient quantities in our galaxy to initiate such a reaction.
I've got a couple of those -- an MCA/ISA 8514/A (mentioned in the link), and a CatWeasel MK3 with PCI on one side and an Amiga Zorro slot on the other. Never been dumb enough to hook two motherboards to them at once...
Actually, you're both right. Data transmission using Hamming or Golay codes includes redundant data which the algorithm then uses to guess what the most likely transmitted symbol is (essentially selecting the nearest valid neighbor out of the space of possible transmitted signals). Hamming, for example, corrects 1 error and detects 2 errors (and requires 7 transmission bits for each 4 bits of data).
Even then, they weren't always even. I've got an Inspiron 8100 (equiv to a Latitude C810) that I flashed to the Latitude firmware so that it could use the Docking Station (with PCI slots) instead of just the Port Replicator (I also had to remove a small piece of metal from the case so that it would fit).
Just a few things Pro supports that a typical user *might* want... Remote Desktop access, built-in web server, multiproc support (I'm unclear on the interaction of this with the Core Duo, if any), actual file security (the "Security" tab in file properties is only accessible in Safe Mode in Home), client-side caching features (offline folders, et cetera), NTFS encryption support. Obviously you could make a case that a specific home user wouldn't need any of those features, but I know many home/consumer types who use one or more of them, and realistically they're necessary to get close to what OS X provides in terms of a robust operating environment (not to mention the more "corporate"-oriented features of XP Pro).
Unless the artist put it online, or their label put it online, or a review (or other) site received permission and put it online, or it's being streamed by a properly licensed web radio station, or...
Nothing is as cut-and-dry as the RIAA would have (and has made) you believe.
They did -- their record is released on their own label, Phonographic Records. They could easily have gotten a deal based on their membership/cred with a label like Barsuk, so this shows their dedication to remaining outside the system.
I picked up some Verbatim discs with a deep blue metallic dye, and the T@2 definitely shows up. It's still completely useless to me, though, since it can't write on the data portion.
The actual drive is one of the best investments I've ever made, though. I've only burnt coasters doing on-the-fly copies from lesser drives.
I've always wished that someone would figure out how to use the DiscT@2 ability for burning pits of arbitrary length and breadth of the CRW-F1 to burn CDVs (CD-sized laserdiscs) -- but even if it's theoretically possible, I doubt it'll ever happen.
Inexpensive alternatives for the PC include the PCI Catweasel (also an Amiga keyboard and mouse controller, and a versatile floppy controller). I've got one of these and a nice collection of Commodore SIDs that I use Acid64 to listen to. The quality is great and you can use the SID chip of your choice. (I actually got the card to read some old floppies, but the SID is a great bonus feature.)
For more synth power (more like the SidStation) you can get a HardSID PCI card with up to four SID chips for advanced synthing. I don't have one of these, so I can't speak for the quality, but I've heard good things.
Lots of filtering, etc, but it's mostly that no good raw wireless packetgrabber (yes, you can use tcpdump, but without putting the wireless card into monitor mode you won't get packets that are just passing by) has been released for windows. You can get the Airopeek demo and use the included drivers and libraries with Airsnort as described here, but I tend to get periodic bluescreens.
>although as Godel showed, mathematics cannot be consistently axiomatic. Alas.
Mathematics *is* consistently axiomati[zable|c]. It's just not complete.
Yup, I've got an old G80 POS (point-of-sale) keyboard with great tactile response and lots of programmable (read: what I want, not what some designer thinks I want) keys, and a card reader and port to attach a serial barcode reader. Also, it's got a serial port in the back that will turn serial ASCII into keycodes. So with a smart enough modem, I can dial into my keyboard and start typing remotely. No Windows keys either.
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(This is from memory -- forgive me my errors.) A General Products hull is composed of a single molecule artificially strengthened with generated fields. If it comes in contact with enough antimatter to destroy a "sufficient" number of the atoms in the molecule, the hull will essentially unravel. Prior to the "most interesting planet" incident, GP did not believe that there was antimatter present in sufficient quantities in our galaxy to initiate such a reaction.
I've got a couple of those -- an MCA/ISA 8514/A (mentioned in the link), and a CatWeasel MK3 with PCI on one side and an Amiga Zorro slot on the other. Never been dumb enough to hook two motherboards to them at once...
Actually, you're both right. Data transmission using Hamming or Golay codes includes redundant data which the algorithm then uses to guess what the most likely transmitted symbol is (essentially selecting the nearest valid neighbor out of the space of possible transmitted signals). Hamming, for example, corrects 1 error and detects 2 errors (and requires 7 transmission bits for each 4 bits of data).
Even then, they weren't always even. I've got an Inspiron 8100 (equiv to a Latitude C810) that I flashed to the Latitude firmware so that it could use the Docking Station (with PCI slots) instead of just the Port Replicator (I also had to remove a small piece of metal from the case so that it would fit).
Look to the side that's trotting out "climate scientists" and not "climate experts."
That's because the scrollwheel was hideous. The Seattle Apple store was out of 4GB black nanos in less than a day.
If Apple made the black iPods cost more, people would pay it. Fashion is a feature.
Just a few things Pro supports that a typical user *might* want... Remote Desktop access, built-in web server, multiproc support (I'm unclear on the interaction of this with the Core Duo, if any), actual file security (the "Security" tab in file properties is only accessible in Safe Mode in Home), client-side caching features (offline folders, et cetera), NTFS encryption support. Obviously you could make a case that a specific home user wouldn't need any of those features, but I know many home/consumer types who use one or more of them, and realistically they're necessary to get close to what OS X provides in terms of a robust operating environment (not to mention the more "corporate"-oriented features of XP Pro).
Unless the artist put it online, or their label put it online, or a review (or other) site received permission and put it online, or it's being streamed by a properly licensed web radio station, or... Nothing is as cut-and-dry as the RIAA would have (and has made) you believe.
At last I can hit del.icio.us for tags and descriptions of every search result from Google on pageload (with greasemonkey) without feeling bad!
There's a real correlation between kids' watching violence and kids' violent behaviour.
If you're attempting to imply a causal relationship, that could just as easily be the result of violent children seeking out violence to watch.
They did -- their record is released on their own label, Phonographic Records. They could easily have gotten a deal based on their membership/cred with a label like Barsuk, so this shows their dedication to remaining outside the system.
I picked up some Verbatim discs with a deep blue metallic dye, and the T@2 definitely shows up. It's still completely useless to me, though, since it can't write on the data portion.
The actual drive is one of the best investments I've ever made, though. I've only burnt coasters doing on-the-fly copies from lesser drives.
I've always wished that someone would figure out how to use the DiscT@2 ability for burning pits of arbitrary length and breadth of the CRW-F1 to burn CDVs (CD-sized laserdiscs) -- but even if it's theoretically possible, I doubt it'll ever happen.
Inexpensive alternatives for the PC include the PCI Catweasel (also an Amiga keyboard and mouse controller, and a versatile floppy controller). I've got one of these and a nice collection of Commodore SIDs that I use Acid64 to listen to. The quality is great and you can use the SID chip of your choice. (I actually got the card to read some old floppies, but the SID is a great bonus feature.)
For more synth power (more like the SidStation) you can get a HardSID PCI card with up to four SID chips for advanced synthing. I don't have one of these, so I can't speak for the quality, but I've heard good things.
Lots of filtering, etc, but it's mostly that no good raw wireless packetgrabber (yes, you can use tcpdump, but without putting the wireless card into monitor mode you won't get packets that are just passing by) has been released for windows. You can get the Airopeek demo and use the included drivers and libraries with Airsnort as described here, but I tend to get periodic bluescreens.
>although as Godel showed, mathematics cannot be consistently axiomatic. Alas. Mathematics *is* consistently axiomati[zable|c]. It's just not complete.
Yup, I've got an old G80 POS (point-of-sale) keyboard with great tactile response and lots of programmable (read: what I want, not what some designer thinks I want) keys, and a card reader and port to attach a serial barcode reader. Also, it's got a serial port in the back that will turn serial ASCII into keycodes. So with a smart enough modem, I can dial into my keyboard and start typing remotely. No Windows keys either.