I want to have a bright red LED countdown, strapped to some modeling clay, and leave in in a closet at home, continually going 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5...
Anyone breaking into my house might need to steal a new pair of pants.
I am much to lazy to ever actually build such a device, but it's amusing to think of scenarios. Maybe ThinkGeek can market them; next to the annoying beeping device (that would make a good combo deal actually...)
Sounds like when I found that if you put %s in a CounterStrike player name, the client would crash when showing the scoreboard, I tried %s after I noticed "%dxxxxxxx%" became "32401xxxxxxx%".
I reported it to Valve as soon as I figured out what it was, but it was a fun few days until they fixed it, "Hey look at that guys name!", server empties as people hit tab to show the scoreboard. I was server admin anyway, but it still was fun.
I know you specifically mentioned for use with homework, but you'll probably not be allowed to bring a laptop to an exam, and even if you know how to solve the problems, lack of practice using the de-facto 'official' calculator might slow you down.
I'm not an electrical engineer, but I don't believe all waste energy is heat, some of it is probably RF energy that's not absorbed before it leaves your building.
However, in my case, switching to higher efficiency power supplies meant I no longer had to run my air conditioner even while there was snow outside. That's a pretty big power savings.
If it's worth squeezing the last 1-2% is a different question.
If one person can feed ten, and one can house ten, and one can cloth ten, then we find something for the other seven to do.
Like making SUVs, reality TV, porn sites, weapons, CFCs, Pop music, CO2, High Fructose Corn Syrup, TPS reports, e-mail spam, brand name bottled water, high frequency trading...
Clearly we are much better off, and everyone is happier than when we all had to work just to sustain ourselves; and we need to raise the retirement age to 70 to ensure that all these vital things continue to be created.
I for one wouldn't mind if Netflix added 'premium' channels for extra fees. they are only able to provide 'X' amount of content for their price, I want more content, and am willing to pay for it; but don't want to have to add apps; change streaming devices, etc. The biggest advantage with Comcast right now is their set up box Just Works. But I know they are taking more steps to lock out 3rd parties (encrypting basic cable for example)
I want to watch Crunchyroll anime; Comedy Centrals Colbert Report/Daily Show; Adventure Time...
1) Disassemble a few hundred bluray players. 2) Mount the lasers onto a grid. 3) Wire them as required. 4) Place the turkey in front of the grid. 5) Put on the goggles. 6) Power the lasers.
When the holes have been burned all the way through the bird, the meat surrounding each hole should be well cooked.
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That would be more applicable in Heathrow airport.
I want to have a bright red LED countdown, strapped to some modeling clay, and leave in in a closet at home, continually going 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5...
Anyone breaking into my house might need to steal a new pair of pants.
I am much to lazy to ever actually build such a device, but it's amusing to think of scenarios. Maybe ThinkGeek can market them; next to the annoying beeping device (that would make a good combo deal actually...)
Whenever I write a piece of code that pleases me by my cleverness in crafting it, I rewrite it dumbed down.
Boring code is maintainable code.
"First thing we do, we kill all the MBA's"
- Henry The Sixth, part 2 act 4, scene 2, retranslated from the original Klingon
Disclosed how? by example?
Sounds like when I found that if you put %s in a CounterStrike player name, the client would crash when showing the scoreboard, I tried %s after I noticed "%dxxxxxxx%" became "32401xxxxxxx%".
I reported it to Valve as soon as I figured out what it was, but it was a fun few days until they fixed it, "Hey look at that guys name!", server empties as people hit tab to show the scoreboard. I was server admin anyway, but it still was fun.
"they know who is buttering their bread"
Yeah, but once in a while they should think of 'We, The People' who provide them the bread to be buttered in the first place.
He should go hide out with Kim Dotcom. but have a lot of camera's inside the house.
" It will change TV the way the iPhone changed smartphones."
I am filled with so much sarcasm right now, I literally can't decide which snide comment to make.
I want them to hire more patent office staff, and more judges, so that these cases can be determined quickly and accurately.
Clear all the administrative backlogs, provide jobs, support private industry innovation.
Is there any standard (but unused...) messaging system for an upstream provider to send a network status message to its users?
Like DHCP, something that should only work on the local network, and can't work cross-network?
If there was, and it was available, would you just turn it off anyway?
Hell, with everyone going to streaming video instead of TV, what's going to happen to the Emergency Broadcast System?
Tornado? what Tornado? I was watching Netflix...
I know you specifically mentioned for use with homework, but you'll probably not be allowed to bring a laptop to an exam, and even if you know how to solve the problems, lack of practice using the de-facto 'official' calculator might slow you down.
I've been wanting to start a project; 'GlobalWarming@Home', with client software for people who want to contribute to the global warming effort.
All it would do is run your CPU/GPU full tilt, using as much power as possible to 'contribute' to global warming.
I'm not an electrical engineer, but I don't believe all waste energy is heat, some of it is probably RF energy that's not absorbed before it leaves your building.
However, in my case, switching to higher efficiency power supplies meant I no longer had to run my air conditioner even while there was snow outside. That's a pretty big power savings.
If it's worth squeezing the last 1-2% is a different question.
If one person can feed ten, and one can house ten, and one can cloth ten, then we find something for the other seven to do.
Like making SUVs, reality TV, porn sites, weapons, CFCs, Pop music, CO2, High Fructose Corn Syrup, TPS reports, e-mail spam, brand name bottled water, high frequency trading...
Clearly we are much better off, and everyone is happier than when we all had to work just to sustain ourselves; and we need to raise the retirement age to 70 to ensure that all these vital things continue to be created.
so, every 100th frame, pause for 100 ms to cool down.
graphics card makers have done worse to game benchmarks.
When I first saw a Redbox kiosk, my thought was that by going with bright red they were trying to emulate Netflix's red envelopes.
I loathe cheap knock offs, and I'm surprised they weren't sued over 'trade dress' by Netflix.
My favorite was listening to Monty Python tapes at dubbing speed.
Twice as many jokes per minute, and extra silly voices.
I for one wouldn't mind if Netflix added 'premium' channels for extra fees. they are only able to provide 'X' amount of content for their price, I want more content, and am willing to pay for it; but don't want to have to add apps; change streaming devices, etc. The biggest advantage with Comcast right now is their set up box Just Works. But I know they are taking more steps to lock out 3rd parties (encrypting basic cable for example)
I want to watch Crunchyroll anime; Comedy Centrals Colbert Report/Daily Show; Adventure Time...
I once told a 10 year old that ALL the Twinkies were made back in the 1960's, stored in a big warehouse, and are shipped out as needed.
He later got banned from the local Hostess outlet store.
" I'll have to wait for the next quarterly report on ethic violations (which are always hilarious to read, some people are fucking idiots). "
Please tell me these are public record, or subject to FOIA request at least...
You can't win, I'm older and have better Karma.
Dial up BBS with time limits; but you could gamble an amount of time for a 1 in 3 chance of getting double the time...
So I gambled -50,000 minutes.
And lost.
Which gave me 100,000 minutes.
Which overflowed the 16 bit counter.
Which crashed the BBS.
Which dumped me into a remote shell.
Which let me read the unencrypted password file.
That kinda thing happens when you write your own BBS software...
Dial up BBS with time limits; but you could gamble an amount of time for a 1 in 3 chance of getting double the time...
So I gambled -50,000 minutes.
And lost.
Which gave me 100,000 minutes.
Which overflowed the 16 bit counter.
Which crashed the BBS.
Which dumped me into a remote shell.
Which let me read the unencrypted password file.
like 'Predator'?
1) Disassemble a few hundred bluray players.
2) Mount the lasers onto a grid.
3) Wire them as required.
4) Place the turkey in front of the grid.
5) Put on the goggles.
6) Power the lasers.
When the holes have been burned all the way through the bird, the meat surrounding each hole should be well cooked.
Do not cook near an airport.