Addition of a little fold up cart and some bungies and you'll be able to tote your toolbox as well. I would guess you're using one of the boxes as a network sniffer. Otherwise, dual boot, running one OS on a remote system, or kexec would save a lot of toting.
If you go with the flight bag, a chunk of foam cut to fit the bottom and covered in a bit of cloth will limit shock when you drop the bag. You will drop the bag.
One poster commented that your job could be done from India. Perhaps a solution to 'the outsourcing problem' would be a trade agreement such that the country from which the work originates would be allowed the option of a work visa for anyone from that country who might prefer to move with a job provided he is willing to work at the same scale as workers in the country to which the job has been moved. Some discussion and perspective on this will be interesting.
"Screenshots are placed where needed but again,
on
Knoppix Hacks
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· Score: 2, Interesting
the reader isn't left distracted by unnecessary filler."
Excessive screenshots has been one of the main reasons I stay away from the 'hacks' books, so this is good news.
It will be worth a sawbuck if it and a knoppix CD get my 'Windows Flumoxed'(TM) brother interested enough in Linux to ditch the Mr. Softy OS product.
IMO the basic idea has merit.
Forgive me if I missed it in the article, but the addition of offsite, secure, encrypted(private) backup to the mix would make it much more attractive. Alternatively, XUL behind Firefox browser makes it possible to shift office applications to an offsite server farm which in turn might have offsite backup or even a secondary site for disaster recovery. Beginning with a mix of the two and slowly moving applications off site as one is able to seems a reasonable approach to building this sort of business.
Privacy is a big concern for all businesses so should be a selling point rather than a response to the question.
I wouldn't be surprised if there are companies, slowly going about the sort of business proposed on their own, rather than than trying to start big by hooking up parties for a big splash into the business.
Needed a catchy Subject line and now you're here:
AOL interface is almost all browser and most AOL users tend to stick with the AOL portal rather than wandering around on their own. "It's safer."
XUL capable browser takes a $hitload of work off AOL while at the same time allows them to offer a $hitload of additional 'features'. That's my take on it...
How about RFID tags on politicians and civil servants. Those of us who pay their salaries would sure like to know that they are working, rather than taking off 3 hours every day for a nooner.
"the system... got arrival times and addresses wrong for others" Now the school can lose your kids and blame it on technology.
Who you gonna sue now?
IMO sending kids to public school, in most cases, should be considered child abuse.
Film is part of our culture.
Sure, an awful lot of it is not worth watching from an intellectual POV. But, I've noticed a trend that seems to be extremely popular. It's the 2nd theatre release. In Honolulu there is a group of theatres that run 50 cent matinee and $1 evening movies. I've recently seen Alian vs Predator, I Robot, and Van Helsing. On the BIG SCREEN for a BUCK, they always sell out. Plus the theatres sell REAL FOOD like polish sausage sandwichs for reasonable prices.
It's difficult to resist entertainemt at this value.
The popularity in Honolulu may have something to do with the high cost of housing. You have to have a pretty hefty income in order to afford housing with enough room for a nice video system. Then again, it's a different experience seeing a film in the theatre.
Fancier switching supplies have a sense line. They monitor the voltage at the connector I don't recall seeing anything labeled 'sense' at the URL you referenced for your PS. The sense line looks at the voltage remote from the power supply and feeds back so that the correct voltage is delivered. You might have separate 3.3 and 5 Volt sections, each with it;'s own sense line. If it is there and at the connector, try cleaning the connector pins. If your machine is working with less memory but not with full complement you might feel to see if any of the modules are hot. Try swapping thse out from the other machine. By hot, I mean the chips will burn you finger. Just because it passes POST doen't mean it's good. If it's running HOT, a walking bit test (there is an option in the Sun ROM You know, ^A N ? to get into the little LISP or smalltalk (I forget which they use) routines) will tell you if it's really bad. Other than that, suggest general cleanup of dust and trying to cool down the system. The current draw goes up with ambient temp.
If the engine in your car is making a funny sound and the mechanic says, I don't know what's broke but this here Marvel Mystery Oil should fix it, you need to find another mechanic. Same goes for a doctor.
You haven't fixed something until you know how it is supposed to work, figured out why it's not working, identified the cause, and dealt with the cause.
The doctor should figure out why you are broken and then apply a fix. To make sure he is doing his job you need to pin him down, just like you would someone who has written some code that doesn't work.
Nothing magic about the unit described at the link you included. How dead is it? It may be worth a peek inside to see if you've a simple problem. Fuses. Open or shorted rectifier. Cold solder joint on flyback, bad switching device(s). If you're lucky the controller chip(s) will be labeled and you can download some reference designs from that (or 2nd source) manufacturers web site. Otherwise, anything that provides the power you need and can be accomodated in whatever space you have (duct tape it to the outside of the case if you like) will work. You can probably dispense with the -12V if you don't use any RS232. The SB 850ma is for your onboard on-off switch and maybe for NVRAM. Easiest solution is to find an off the shelf meeeting specs, and if it doesn't fit inside, duct tape or poprivet it to the outside of the cabinet. If all your other parts are standard (CPU module, memory) t might be more cost effective to buy a stripped down Sun which will accomodate the parts. Plenty of used ones about. Solar Systems, Optimus Solutions (ex solar systems guys, talk to James, tell him Bob sent you), Data Instruments(probably your cheapest source for something with a guarantee, talk to Fred, tell him Bob sent you). A google search of used Sun vendors will get you a big list. Heck, you may get lucky and find one with your same machine in the warehouse. If so, the power supply should be CHEAP ($150-$300 plus ship) as these guys pay next to nothing for Sun Clones. I used to be in the business but margins went to hell. Once ebay was in the mix all I seemed to get was support calls for stuff folks had purchased on ebay. "Can you tell me how to hook this up, what do you mean Sun memory costs $X, I can buy PC memory for $Y" and so on.
"I for one welcome our transistor festoned friends".
Seriously, another use for Duct tape. A/K/A/ household hint #444. If you lay duct tape around the perimeter of a room before retiring, any cockroaches who attempt to cross will become attached to the aDuct tape and are easily disposed of in the morning.
THE REPORT concludes:"...heavy computer users with refractive errors seem to have increased risk of FDT-VFA. Glaucoma might be involved in an underlying disease and myopia is a risk factor for FDT-VFA.
Furthermore, the report is on a cross sectional survey of Japanese, predominantly males, and references that Japanese glaucoma distribution is "vastly different from Western population".
The crus of the report is that if you are Japanese, myopic, and use the computer a lot than it would be a good idea to have regular VFA assesment.
While not statistically meaningful, my glaucoma has improved since I 1)quite swimming in a brominated pool 2)have become a 'heavy' computer user. Wonder how many of those nearsighted Japanese with glaucoma also swim in brominated pools?
The referenced FCC doc is a response to petition.
In it's response the FCC supports it's regulatory jurisdiction with past 'pro-consumer' rulings.
Examples:Closed caption capability, All channel capability. These are required in TV receivers and have nothing to do with current president or conress. The libertarians have been telling you all along that the govt. can justify doing things you don't like by applying the same arguments used to support the things you wanted them to do. It's the same old story, 'majority rules' is great until you're in the minority. The govt. protection of consumer advocates gave the FCC most of it's ammunition here, not GWB.
Technically the ATSC flag is optional for the broadcaster and does not prevent copying. It prevents multiple copies. Requiring it in a DTV capable receiver applies to DTV receivers, even if they are installed in computers. It's still up to the broadcaster to turn the flag on and off. If you want to get around it anyway, gnuradio will decode ATSC broadcasts, is open source, and you can disable the flag at your end. What you say, the FCC will require the flag in the receiver so how can I do this? Flag is required for digital receivers. gnuradio uses an analog receiver and decodes the ATSC on your PeeCee.
The flag will do nothing to prevent hard core (read 'beyond the shrink wrap') radio/TV hackers from removing the flag.
I have not read the specifications, but I would not be surprised if it were pretty simple to reset the flag in the allowed first generation copy. Resetting the flag in each subsequent copy would effectively disable it. Anyone looked at this?
"After spending an hour on the phone with Microsoft's India-based support team, I resolved the problem. Unfortunately, I never figured out the cause or the fix; things were just suddenly working."
HE resolved the problem without knowing the cause or what he did! WOWSA, it's like magic DOODZ! Better grab this guy for your support team, he's worth his weight in gold!
MS Hint: When speaking to Indian based MS support, for best results, hop up and down three times on left leg. Please contact support if leg is inoperative, leg is missing, or gravitational challange is experienced. A patch will be provided.
With a laser, The beamwidth is small allowing a greater energy density. See geometry.
One drawback that may come to mind aiming. This is easy to get around if you have an active target, say a LASER signal from the Earth. The information carying capacity of a radio (or LASER) signal = POWER * BANDWIDTH. Power = energy * time.
With a narrow beamwidth you've increased the power*bandwidth. Think of a rectangle. Bandwidth is the length, power the height. The area in the rectangle is available for data. The heght of this boxcar is limited by noise power. Low noise is attractive. There are plenty of low noise 'holes' in the spectrum for NASA's LASER.
On top of this, it's easy to filter the LASER signal from broadband background noise.
The GOAL for those who didn't RTFA is higher bandwidth communicatrion in interplanetary exploration. Better photos, wider range of instrumentation. More processing power on Earth can be applied to RAW data which for now has to be dealt with by the remote processors.
Mark parent as TROLL.
Delaying a mission because something needs sorting is not a failure. It's common sense. It's like you might, finding your moped tire a bit soft in the morning, delay your trip to the welfare office until you've gotten some air in it.
Thanks.
Every time I'm thinking it's tme to trepan/. from the brain, along comes something useful to know.
BCNU
Hmmmm For a minte there
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· Score: 1
I thought this was a guy I know. Only he's BIG, uses Linux, his wife is definitely NOT an underwear model, and his kids are somewhat dysfunctional. All in all a nomal sort. The house and SUV fit and strangely one of his good buddies is named 'Doug'. These tweo need to get together and share their diff. As for the volume of material, yeh, it's about the same. All nicely indexed. His goal, the same, having a copy of everything. I need to pay a visit soon to see what he has in the way of Indian film music. Been looking for the Do Thug soundtrack and surely there's some good stuff I've never heard. Philipino and Malaysian folk music survey would be worth whiel too.
NOW, why is this sort of thing and 'sharing' good in general? According to Jeff Hawkins (palm pilot) in his bookOn Intelligence' (kindly suggested by a fellow/.er) our brains are wired in a predictive mode and are satisfied when the prediction matches the input. WIth consolidation in the radio market and music being 'pushed', much like the proverbial dope dealer hanging out at the local schoolhouse, the music that gets played on radio is the music they want you to buy. It's driven by MARGIN. Why push something that's not gonna make the most $ for the copyright holder on each purchase. Purchase by radio listeners is assured because they have been TRAINED to like the music through repitition. Just think about it for a minute. How many of you have had a stupid advertising jingle so stuck in your head that you've seriously contemplated trepanning as mode of exorcism? This is what the constant, repititious, mind training, repititions, constant, repetitive, never ending, airplay does. You can bet your bottom dollar that these 'pushers' would be playing the 'Ari Bud' soundtrack over and over and over, if their programs tpold them it would generate more profit than Whitney Houston crack croaking the Star Spangled banner.
Oh yes, sharing good in general...It's a way to expose oneself to music that will never make it on the radio. When I hear smethign I really like, I go out and find a copy of the CD or vinyl because I want a nice clean HiFi copy to listen to. Yes, I buy the stuff! Do the record companies want my business? I think NOT! They would prefer that my exposure to music be limited to the mindless drivel the push on the radio. Repitition breeding familiarity and comfort should lead me to spend my $15 on 'The Olson Twins Christmas Special or some piece of political Bobo crap that makes them a bundle'. They don't want me buying an old firesign theatre or folkways CD.
FROM: ENGR.DANLADI ABUBAKAR
DIRECTOR CONTRACT AWARD COMMITEE/FOREIGN BILLS
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT
NIG^H^H^H ATLANTIS NATIONAL PETROLUEM CORPORATION (NNPC)
E-MAIL:danladi1@echina.com.atl
DEAR FRIEND,
I AM SURE THAT MY LETTER WILL NOT COME AS AN EMBARRASMENT TO YOU,SINCE I HAVE NOT HAD ANY BUSINESS PROPOSAL WITH YOU. ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW YOU BEFORE BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE THE BEST WAY FOR US TO KNOW. AS A MATTER OF FACT,THIS ADDRESS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY ONE OF MY BUSINESS FRIEND IN NIG^H^H^H ATLANTIS.THE PERSON HAVE STAYED IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AND HE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOUR PERSON/COMPANY IS GOOD TO STRIKE A DEAL WITH US AND THAT IS WHY I AM WRITING YOU.
I AM THE CHEIF DIRECTOR OF THE CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITEE IN THE ATLANTIS BIGEST ESTABLISHMENT-ATLANTIS NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION(NNPC). I AM IN CHARGE OF FOREIGN BILLS AND PAYMENT IN THE CONTRACT DEPARTMENT.SO AS A CHIEF DIRECTOR,I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIVERT PAYMENT TO FOREIGN ACCOUNTS. THERE WERE SOME CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SOME FOREIGN(TROY) FIRMS WHICH WAS OVER-INVOCICED BY US (IN THE COMMITTEE).ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL FIRMS THAT EXECUTED THOSE CONTRACT HAVE BEEN PAID THEIR FULL AMOUNT FOR THE CONTRACTS DONE. THE BALANCE OF THE OVER - INVOICED CONTRACTS WHICH IS ASB$37.300.000,00 (THIRTY SEVEN MILLION -THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND ATLANTIS SQUID BEAKS) IS STILL LYING WITH THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBA)PENDING WHEN WE CAN FIND A TRUSTED PARTNER WHO IS OF GOOD REPUTATION TO TRANSFER THE FUND INTO HIS FORIEGN ACCOUNT,THIS IS BECUASE WE THE GOVERNMENT WORKER'S DOES NOT OPARATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ACCORDING TO OUR CODE OF CONDUCT.
WE,THE OFFICIAL'S CONCERNED HAS DECIDED TO GIVE 30% OF THE FUND TO YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE,10% FOR EXPENSES THAT MAYBE INCURED BY ANY PARTY TO THE TRANSFER OF THE FUND AND 60% FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES.
NOTE HEREBY THAT FOR NOW WE SINCERELY WANT YOUR HELP IN THE AREA OF INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUR COUNTRY SUCH AS IN RESEARCH, REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTIES, COMPUTERS AND OTHER VIABLE VENTURE THAT WILL BRING REAL RETURNS FOR OUR INVESTMENT WORTH. PLEASE, CAN YOU HELP US BY RECEIVING THE FUNDS AS THE BENEFICIARY? IF YES,WE ARE HEREBY REQUESTING YOU TO SEND YOUR.....
RTFA.
RFID proposed for tracking from manufacturer to retailer. You're jug of 5000 Viagra (buy the 10's the 5's are 80% the price and a pill cutteris cheap) will only go up by $.50/$5000.
IMO this particular application is a solution in search of a problem. Drugs are already tracked. Every time a shipment changed hands, someone has to sign for it. Ahh, but the RFID solution is so much easier than taking note of the $8.78/hour warehouse worker wearing $50k in bling and driving a new H2.
What you should really fear is a mass introduction of taggants.
Put these in pizza and burgers and the guys at the waste plant will know who has been eating what and where they have been disposing of the residue.
Video camera with RFID scanner, targeting, automated fire control, and housekeeping will be a boon to the security industry.
Yes, I know. "for the SS1 and SS2 so you should sun os 4.1.4 with its patches and enough bsd and gnu utils so your tab completion still works."
Seriously, I would like to put the 3/80 (Motorola in SS1-2 style enclosure) back to work.
In spite of:
Start jumbo patch download.
Head off to the bar.
Come home, pass out, wake up after noon
Check download, yee harrr almost done.
Have dinner
Check download, YES, start patch.
Leave for Cancun vacation.
(three weeks later) back from Cancun
Patch almost complete, clean gutters, mow lawn, wash car.
Ahhhh, now we're ready to rock and roll...
Maybe it's time to retire the SS2. You think?
Damn thing just keeps on ticking!
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One of many sources for flight bags.
Addition of a little fold up cart and some bungies and you'll be able to tote your toolbox as well.
I would guess you're using one of the boxes as a network sniffer. Otherwise, dual boot, running one OS on a remote system, or kexec would save a lot of toting.
If you go with the flight bag, a chunk of foam cut to fit the bottom and covered in a bit of cloth will limit shock when you drop the bag. You will drop the bag.
One poster commented that your job could be done from India. Perhaps a solution to 'the outsourcing problem' would be a trade agreement such that the country from which the work originates would be allowed the option of a work visa for anyone from that country who might prefer to move with a job provided he is willing to work at the same scale as workers in the country to which the job has been moved.
Some discussion and perspective on this will be interesting.
the reader isn't left distracted by unnecessary filler."
Excessive screenshots has been one of the main reasons I stay away from the 'hacks' books, so this is good news.
It will be worth a sawbuck if it and a knoppix CD get my 'Windows Flumoxed'(TM) brother interested enough in Linux to ditch the Mr. Softy OS product.
IMO the basic idea has merit.
Forgive me if I missed it in the article, but the addition of offsite, secure, encrypted(private) backup to the mix would make it much more attractive.
Alternatively, XUL behind Firefox browser makes it possible to shift office applications to an offsite server farm which in turn might have offsite backup or even a secondary site for disaster recovery.
Beginning with a mix of the two and slowly moving applications off site as one is able to seems a reasonable approach to building this sort of business.
Privacy is a big concern for all businesses so should be a selling point rather than a response to the question.
I wouldn't be surprised if there are companies, slowly going about the sort of business proposed on their own, rather than than trying to start big by hooking up parties for a big splash into the business.
Needed a catchy Subject line and now you're here:
AOL interface is almost all browser and most AOL users tend to stick with the AOL portal rather than wandering around on their own. "It's safer."
XUL capable browser takes a $hitload of work off AOL while at the same time allows them to offer a $hitload of additional 'features'.
That's my take on it...
How about RFID tags on politicians and civil servants. Those of us who pay their salaries would sure like to know that they are working, rather than taking off 3 hours every day for a nooner.
... got arrival times and addresses wrong for others" Now the school can lose your kids and blame it on technology.
"the system
Who you gonna sue now?
IMO sending kids to public school, in most cases, should be considered child abuse.
Film is part of our culture.
Sure, an awful lot of it is not worth watching from an intellectual POV. But, I've noticed a trend that seems to be extremely popular. It's the 2nd theatre release. In Honolulu there is a group of theatres that run 50 cent matinee and $1 evening movies. I've recently seen Alian vs Predator, I Robot, and Van Helsing. On the BIG SCREEN for a BUCK, they always sell out. Plus the theatres sell REAL FOOD like polish sausage sandwichs for reasonable prices.
It's difficult to resist entertainemt at this value.
The popularity in Honolulu may have something to do with the high cost of housing. You have to have a pretty hefty income in order to afford housing with enough room for a nice video system.
Then again, it's a different experience seeing a film in the theatre.
I always wait for 2nd run or cheap,
Fancier switching supplies have a sense line. They monitor the voltage at the connector I don't recall seeing anything labeled 'sense' at the URL you referenced for your PS. The sense line looks at the voltage remote from the power supply and feeds back so that the correct voltage is delivered. You might have separate 3.3 and 5 Volt sections, each with it;'s own sense line. If it is there and at the connector, try cleaning the connector pins. If your machine is working with less memory but not with full complement you might feel to see if any of the modules are hot. Try swapping thse out from the other machine. By hot, I mean the chips will burn you finger. Just because it passes POST doen't mean it's good. If it's running HOT, a walking bit test (there is an option in the Sun ROM You know, ^A N ? to get into the little LISP or smalltalk (I forget which they use) routines) will tell you if it's really bad. Other than that, suggest general cleanup of dust and trying to cool down the system. The current draw goes up with ambient temp.
Good luck.
-ob
Dear MPAA,
I ran your program and my computer said, "not executable". Had I known it might execute me I would not have complied with your request.
Sincerely,
Joe Numbnutz
If the engine in your car is making a funny sound and the mechanic says, I don't know what's broke but this here Marvel Mystery Oil should fix it, you need to find another mechanic. Same goes for a doctor.
You haven't fixed something until you know how it is supposed to work, figured out why it's not working, identified the cause, and dealt with the cause.
The doctor should figure out why you are broken and then apply a fix. To make sure he is doing his job you need to pin him down, just like you would someone who has written some code that doesn't work.
Nothing magic about the unit described at the link you included. How dead is it? It may be worth a peek inside to see if you've a simple problem. Fuses. Open or shorted rectifier. Cold solder joint on flyback, bad switching device(s). If you're lucky the controller chip(s) will be labeled and you can download some reference designs from that (or 2nd source) manufacturers web site. Otherwise, anything that provides the power you need and can be accomodated in whatever space you have (duct tape it to the outside of the case if you like) will work. You can probably dispense with the -12V if you don't use any RS232. The SB 850ma is for your onboard on-off switch and maybe for NVRAM. Easiest solution is to find an off the shelf meeeting specs, and if it doesn't fit inside, duct tape or poprivet it to the outside of the cabinet. If all your other parts are standard (CPU module, memory) t might be more cost effective to buy a stripped down Sun which will accomodate the parts. Plenty of used ones about. Solar Systems, Optimus Solutions (ex solar systems guys, talk to James, tell him Bob sent you), Data Instruments(probably your cheapest source for something with a guarantee, talk to Fred, tell him Bob sent you). A google search of used Sun vendors will get you a big list. Heck, you may get lucky and find one with your same machine in the warehouse. If so, the power supply should be CHEAP ($150-$300 plus ship) as these guys pay next to nothing for Sun Clones. I used to be in the business but margins went to hell. Once ebay was in the mix all I seemed to get was support calls for stuff folks had purchased on ebay. "Can you tell me how to hook this up, what do you mean Sun memory costs $X, I can buy PC memory for $Y" and so on.
"I for one welcome our transistor festoned friends".
Seriously, another use for Duct tape.
A/K/A/ household hint #444.
If you lay duct tape around the perimeter of a room before retiring, any cockroaches who attempt to cross will become attached to the aDuct tape and are easily disposed of in the morning.
Hello 'right not to be offended'.
Goodbye 'right to free entertainment'.
Of course if you find commercials and announcements offensive...
Comments based purely on wired report. I did NOT read the proposed legislation.
Referenced report is misrepresented.
THE REPORT concludes:"...heavy computer users with refractive errors seem to have increased risk of FDT-VFA. Glaucoma might be involved in an underlying disease and myopia is a risk factor for FDT-VFA.
Furthermore, the report is on a cross sectional survey of Japanese, predominantly males, and references that Japanese glaucoma distribution is "vastly different from Western population".
The crus of the report is that if you are Japanese, myopic, and use the computer a lot than it would be a good idea to have regular VFA assesment.
While not statistically meaningful, my glaucoma has improved since I
1)quite swimming in a brominated pool
2)have become a 'heavy' computer user.
Wonder how many of those nearsighted Japanese with glaucoma also swim in brominated pools?
The referenced FCC doc is a response to petition. In it's response the FCC supports it's regulatory jurisdiction with past 'pro-consumer' rulings. Examples:Closed caption capability, All channel capability. These are required in TV receivers and have nothing to do with current president or conress. The libertarians have been telling you all along that the govt. can justify doing things you don't like by applying the same arguments used to support the things you wanted them to do. It's the same old story, 'majority rules' is great until you're in the minority. The govt. protection of consumer advocates gave the FCC most of it's ammunition here, not GWB.
Technically the ATSC flag is optional for the broadcaster and does not prevent copying. It prevents multiple copies. Requiring it in a DTV capable receiver applies to DTV receivers, even if they are installed in computers. It's still up to the broadcaster to turn the flag on and off. If you want to get around it anyway, gnuradio will decode ATSC broadcasts, is open source, and you can disable the flag at your end. What you say, the FCC will require the flag in the receiver so how can I do this? Flag is required for digital receivers. gnuradio uses an analog receiver and decodes the ATSC on your PeeCee.
The flag will do nothing to prevent hard core (read 'beyond the shrink wrap') radio/TV hackers from removing the flag.
I have not read the specifications, but I would not be surprised if it were pretty simple to reset the flag in the allowed first generation copy. Resetting the flag in each subsequent copy would effectively disable it. Anyone looked at this?
"After spending an hour on the phone with Microsoft's India-based support team, I resolved the problem. Unfortunately, I never figured out the cause or the fix; things were just suddenly working."
HE resolved the problem without knowing the cause or what he did! WOWSA, it's like magic DOODZ! Better grab this guy for your support team, he's worth his weight in gold!
MS Hint: When speaking to Indian based MS support, for best results, hop up and down three times on left leg. Please contact support if leg is inoperative, leg is missing, or gravitational challange is experienced. A patch will be provided.
Why use LASER?
With a laser, The beamwidth is small allowing a greater energy density. See geometry.
One drawback that may come to mind aiming. This is easy to get around if you have an active target, say a LASER signal from the Earth.
The information carying capacity of a radio (or LASER) signal =
POWER * BANDWIDTH. Power = energy * time.
With a narrow beamwidth you've increased the power*bandwidth. Think of a rectangle. Bandwidth is the length, power the height. The area in the rectangle is available for data. The heght of this boxcar is limited by noise power. Low noise is attractive. There are plenty of low noise 'holes' in the spectrum for NASA's LASER. On top of this, it's easy to filter the LASER signal from broadband background noise.
The GOAL for those who didn't RTFA is higher bandwidth communicatrion in interplanetary exploration. Better photos, wider range of instrumentation. More processing power on Earth can be applied to RAW data which for now has to be dealt with by the remote processors.
Mark parent as TROLL.
Delaying a mission because something needs sorting is not a failure. It's common sense. It's like you might, finding your moped tire a bit soft in the morning, delay your trip to the welfare office until you've gotten some air in it.
Thanks. /. from the brain, along comes something useful to know.
Every time I'm thinking it's tme to trepan
BCNU
I thought this was a guy I know. Only he's BIG, uses Linux, his wife is definitely NOT an underwear model, and his kids are somewhat dysfunctional. All in all a nomal sort. The house and SUV fit and strangely one of his good buddies is named 'Doug'. These tweo need to get together and share their diff. As for the volume of material, yeh, it's about the same. All nicely indexed. His goal, the same, having a copy of everything. I need to pay a visit soon to see what he has in the way of Indian film music. Been looking for the Do Thug soundtrack and surely there's some good stuff I've never heard. Philipino and Malaysian folk music survey would be worth whiel too.
/.er) our brains are wired in a predictive mode and are satisfied when the prediction matches the input. WIth consolidation in the radio market and music being 'pushed', much like the proverbial dope dealer hanging out at the local schoolhouse, the music that gets played on radio is the music they want you to buy. It's driven by MARGIN. Why push something that's not gonna make the most $ for the copyright holder on each purchase. Purchase by radio listeners is assured because they have been TRAINED to like the music through repitition. Just think about it for a minute. How many of you have had a stupid advertising jingle so stuck in your head that you've seriously contemplated trepanning as mode of exorcism? This is what the constant, repititious, mind training, repititions, constant, repetitive, never ending, airplay does. You can bet your bottom dollar that these 'pushers' would be playing the 'Ari Bud' soundtrack over and over and over, if their programs tpold them it would generate more profit than Whitney Houston crack croaking the Star Spangled banner.
NOW, why is this sort of thing and 'sharing' good in general? According to Jeff Hawkins (palm pilot) in his bookOn Intelligence' (kindly suggested by a fellow
Oh yes, sharing good in general...It's a way to expose oneself to music that will never make it on the radio. When I hear smethign I really like, I go out and find a copy of the CD or vinyl because I want a nice clean HiFi copy to listen to. Yes, I buy the stuff! Do the record companies want my business? I think NOT! They would prefer that my exposure to music be limited to the mindless drivel the push on the radio. Repitition breeding familiarity and comfort should lead me to spend my $15 on 'The Olson Twins Christmas Special or some piece of political Bobo crap that makes them a bundle'. They don't want me buying an old firesign theatre or folkways CD.
not supporting the web sites.
Jeez Louise.
Since when did advertisers give a shit about supporting the company carrying their adverts?
FROM: ENGR.DANLADI ABUBAKAR
.....
DIRECTOR CONTRACT AWARD COMMITEE/FOREIGN BILLS
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT
NIG^H^H^H ATLANTIS NATIONAL PETROLUEM CORPORATION (NNPC)
E-MAIL:danladi1@echina.com.atl
DEAR FRIEND,
I AM SURE THAT MY LETTER WILL NOT COME AS AN EMBARRASMENT TO YOU,SINCE I
HAVE NOT HAD ANY BUSINESS PROPOSAL WITH YOU. ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW YOU
BEFORE BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE THE BEST WAY
FOR US TO KNOW. AS A MATTER OF FACT,THIS ADDRESS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY ONE OF
MY BUSINESS FRIEND IN NIG^H^H^H ATLANTIS.THE PERSON HAVE STAYED IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR
QUITE A LONG TIME AND HE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOUR PERSON/COMPANY IS
GOOD TO STRIKE A DEAL WITH US AND THAT IS WHY I AM WRITING YOU.
I AM THE CHEIF DIRECTOR OF THE CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITEE IN THE ATLANTIS
BIGEST ESTABLISHMENT-ATLANTIS NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION(NNPC). I AM IN
CHARGE OF FOREIGN BILLS AND PAYMENT IN THE CONTRACT DEPARTMENT.SO AS A
CHIEF DIRECTOR,I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIVERT PAYMENT TO FOREIGN
ACCOUNTS. THERE WERE SOME CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SOME FOREIGN(TROY) FIRMS WHICH
WAS OVER-INVOCICED BY US (IN THE COMMITTEE).ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL FIRMS
THAT EXECUTED THOSE CONTRACT HAVE BEEN PAID THEIR FULL AMOUNT FOR THE
CONTRACTS DONE. THE BALANCE OF THE OVER - INVOICED CONTRACTS WHICH IS
ASB$37.300.000,00 (THIRTY SEVEN MILLION -THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND ATLANTIS SQUID BEAKS)
IS STILL LYING WITH THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBA)PENDING WHEN WE CAN FIND A TRUSTED PARTNER WHO IS OF GOOD REPUTATION TO TRANSFER
THE FUND INTO HIS FORIEGN ACCOUNT,THIS IS BECUASE WE THE GOVERNMENT
WORKER'S DOES NOT OPARATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ACCORDING TO OUR CODE OF
CONDUCT.
WE,THE OFFICIAL'S CONCERNED HAS DECIDED TO GIVE 30% OF THE FUND TO YOU FOR
YOUR ASSISTANCE,10% FOR EXPENSES THAT MAYBE INCURED BY ANY PARTY TO THE
TRANSFER OF THE FUND AND 60% FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES.
NOTE HEREBY THAT FOR NOW WE SINCERELY WANT YOUR HELP IN THE AREA OF
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUR COUNTRY SUCH AS IN RESEARCH, REAL ESTATE
AND PROPERTIES, COMPUTERS AND OTHER VIABLE VENTURE THAT WILL BRING REAL
RETURNS FOR OUR INVESTMENT WORTH. PLEASE, CAN YOU HELP US BY RECEIVING THE
FUNDS AS THE BENEFICIARY? IF YES,WE ARE HEREBY REQUESTING YOU TO SEND YOUR
RTFA.
RFID proposed for tracking from manufacturer to retailer. You're jug of 5000 Viagra (buy the 10's the 5's are 80% the price and a pill cutteris cheap) will only go up by $.50/$5000.
IMO this particular application is a solution in search of a problem. Drugs are already tracked. Every time a shipment changed hands, someone has to sign for it. Ahh, but the RFID solution is so much easier than taking note of the $8.78/hour warehouse worker wearing $50k in bling and driving a new H2.
What you should really fear is a mass introduction of taggants.
Put these in pizza and burgers and the guys at the waste plant will know who has been eating what and where they have been disposing of the residue.
Video camera with RFID scanner, targeting, automated fire control, and housekeeping will be a boon to the security industry.
some sensible dual core damage control...
Yes, I know.
"for the SS1 and SS2 so you should sun os 4.1.4 with its patches and enough bsd and gnu utils so your tab completion still works."
Seriously, I would like to put the 3/80 (Motorola in SS1-2 style enclosure) back to work.
Have fun!
In spite of:
Start jumbo patch download.
Head off to the bar.
Come home, pass out, wake up after noon
Check download, yee harrr almost done.
Have dinner
Check download, YES, start patch.
Leave for Cancun vacation.
(three weeks later) back from Cancun
Patch almost complete, clean gutters, mow lawn, wash car.
Ahhhh, now we're ready to rock and roll...
Maybe it's time to retire the SS2. You think?
Damn thing just keeps on ticking!