One of the main problems at the moment I can see is the lack of docs and I'm not talking about the GPU, but the GPIO pins for SPI / A/D etc it's pretty clear looking at the forums that they're not targeting it at the hobbyist for interfacing, but instead at just being used as a basic terminal in 3rd world countries
Reading through the forums the SoC has no datasheets available for it for interfacing the SoC can't be purchased separately outside of the site (less of an issue given the soldering problems) They've suggested that there will be docs later on for the GPIO's but that it's going to come much later on So if your planning to use it as something other than a cut down PC your out of luck
A shame really as I wanted something like this for the.Net Micro Framework as a sort of more advanced version of the netduino (64K Ram vs 256Mb Arm11)
When it comes to high voltages one of the other advantages AC has is safety with High Voltage DC the muscles in your hand would tend to grip / contract or hold onto a conductor AC on the other-hand just tends to throw you off as it's alternating back and forth at 50 or 60 times a second The longer your in contact the more chance you have of suffering burns, or your heart stopping
I'd guess 12V / 24V is probably the best, as it's low enough not to be a safety risk (think car battery) and at the same time most PC Hardware tends to run on a combination of 12V / 5V anyway (converting from 12 to 5 is trivial) Having an AC to DC conversion on the side of the wall then running a cable to each rack perhaps in a ring configuration might be the way to go probably depends on the amount / size / thickness of cabling you can fit in to each rack / under the flooring
When they talk about losses, usually it's over long distance over a few miles or between substations although I have heard that you can get losses of a few volts of AC between opposite sides of a hanger for example but that's likely to be less controlled / more dirty than regulated DC within a Datacenter Also with 12V there may be a lot less cost in terms of replacing the server PSU's as it's already closer to what you already need
Of course the most important thing is that we'd need some form of new standard plug perhaps a different colour and some extra pins for future expansion perhaps google should ask apple, I hear they're good with plug design:)
1) Find a nearby cat 2) Attach said device to cat (duct tape, collar or other means) 3) Watch Federal Officers attempt to retrieve they're hardware after they realize your car can now climb walls, cross gardens and go through back doors with ease 4) Hilarity ensues 5)... Profit
I know this probably isn't a popular open source option, but the latest TFS 2010 is quite good at version control. We've been using Sourcesafe / VB6 /.Net 2.0 platform for a while now But sourcesafe is all shared drive based which makes it particularly slow over the internet we're currently in the process of moving to TFS 2010 /.Net 4.0
TFS stores all it's data under MSSQL 2008. presents a soap interface for checkins / check outs (so will actually work with VB6 or other development enviroments quite easily) If you have a MSDN subscription the licence for TFS / Database is already covered the only licences needed are for Visual Studio / the CAL's (Client Access Licences) you can view source over a web interface and can be set to operate similar to Sourcesafe (only one checkout allowed at a time) plus it has Windows Explorer integration via the Power Tools
From a business point of view the director of the company (who's also the same guy that started the company) is a techie and wrote most of the initial apps the business use (SMS Processing for example) in VB6 so we're very VB orientated (we've only just started moving from.Net2.0 to 4.0, and that's because I've pushed for it by setting up a TFS Server to replace sourcesafe)
From a personal point of view most of the first languages I used were basic on a Z80, anyone remember STOS or AMOS or GFI? I have written some C and C++ now and again (a linux DVBS USB satalite tuner card driver, and a plugin for evms before it was depreciated), plus bits of a million other languages such as PHP and Java But I always found VB6 better to understand during the early days when I was trying to understand object orientation (the auto complete made it a lot easier to just bash something together)
But I've always felt VB was better at the business logic / those users that had written a lot of VB6 in the past while C# felt like it was more for those coming across from writing a lot of C++ (I only ever wrote small bits of it) I could move to C# but it would just feel like I'm writing backwards (because of the variable decelerations) so it's just more of a personal preference thing in the style of it, I can just glance through VB code and understand most of it in a few seconds, with C# it just takes me a bit longer to get my head around the differences because I'm not used to it
with the newer frameworks (4.0) I don't think there's a lot of differences left between the two anyway
Well I write.Net code for a living, VB Mostly instead of C# I've also been into Linux for a long while (originally Mandrake, now Gentoo)
if nothing else it can be used as a fast prototyping language and it's miles better than the old VB6 our entire business is based on it websites / processing applications it works well and you can write code for it very quickly and easily and it's not a language but a platform (language + standard libs for common operations)
In the old days it was all about squeezing as much as you could from the processor (I know this more than most, assembler on the Z80 / Spectrum, Atari 68000 etc) each language has it's place depending on the trade off between simplicity and performance I've always seen C as driver low level, C++ as mid OS GUI / 3D abstraction level and the likes of Java / PHP /.Net as upper layer for business logic
But where it comes to actual applications or websites that sit on top of the OS not a part of the OS where business logic not performance counts where it's key to be able to change something quickly at the cost of a small performance hit (becuase you have a server with umpteen CPU's and massive memory in a rack, so performance comes secondary) you need a higher level language than C++ to do these things quickly / simply and I'm ashamed to say as a Linux geek I've not found anything that I could write cleaner or quicker code in than.Net I really have tried with java and netbeans, but I hate it's Enums and namespacing, I've even considered scalar netbeans also has this habbit of completley changing they're platform / libs layout (which sits on top of the java platform)
if I want to write a simple line of text to a text file, I can do it in a single line System.IO.file.appendalltext(filepath, content) with C++ unless you count the STL there's no fixed standard list of libs to use for common tasks it can vary between platforms (less so with open source) so typically I end up opening a file handle creating an int to store it in, making sure my string is null terminated etc etc for somethinhg that should be a simple job having the language managed, and catching exceptions which mean something is an added bonus
I know there are a lot of wrapper libs for this sort of thing like QT kdevelop has auto-completion but it's still not a patch on the ease of use of Studio /.Net's simply because of the differences in language design
In an ideal world I'd like to write.Net VB apps that use QT as a GUI backend and that can run under windows or Linux via Qyoto and mono given that KDE's smoke has recently been split into seperate parts under Gentoo and that Qyoto has been updated to 4.7 I'm hoping this might finally be possible Linux is missing a lot of GUI based apps for configuration front ends vs windows and with.Net you could create these very easily
But at the end of the day it's all about personal preference some people can probably write code in C++ more quickly than.Net depending on what they're more familar with also we don't have the same patent issues over here in the UK as the USA (for now at least)
the concept of a '.secure' network for critical services such as financial institutions, sensitive infrastructure, government contractors, and the government itself that would be walled off from the public web
ohh you mean a VPN right?
yeah we've had them for a while now
1. Build a Big Ass Interferometer Optical telescope preferably in space to avoid any problems with the atmosphere basically a load of smaller telescopes all joined together / looking at the same target to gain higher resolution
The funny thing is, when the new Splinter Cell Conviction comes out over here in the UK I was going to actually buy the PC version but after reading the above and this http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/16/splinter-cell-dev-defends-ubisofts-always-on-drm/ I'm actually really tempted to pirate the thing (or perhaps get an xbox given that Sony's screwed me over with the whole otheros thing)
Personally I've always intended to use Linux on the PS3 not for the usability aspect but simply because it has around 7-8 cores (if you include the PPU) running at around 3.2Ghz (most have limited memory) the sort of thing ideal for running simulations / cracking codes (personal interest was more geared towards the use of FEM or Finite-Element-Analysis to simulate different types of stress's within CAD) if your clever enough to code for it, effectively your own mini super computer
I'd be fairly impressed if he does manage to pull off running custom firmware on the PS3 From what I understand there's been some hardware around for a while (similar to a mod chip) that allows you to read or write directly to the firmware bios chip
but the main issue has always been that the firmware code needed to be digitally signed before it would run on the metal which meant you were pretty much limited to just switching between different official versions of the Sony bios up until now the use of such a mod was fairly limited / useless as you couldn't run any custom code without getting around the digital signature issue
given recent developments, such a mod may become more popular if it allows users to say switch temporarily to an older official bios for Linux then back to the new one for the PSN
if the new hack that's recently been discovered could somehow lead to a workaround on the digital signature (if custom firmware's could be run on the box in some way) that pretty much opens the flood gates for pirate software, as all your missing then is a custom loader from what I understand of the loaders so far most of them have relied on bugs patched in new firmwares and even then the closest I think anyone ever got to running pirate games was booting them off the HD
If the firmware itself with the digital signature is hacked then Sony's going to be in for a whole world of hurt even if they tried to block users on the PSN I don't think it would take much to simply generate a new random number and pass this onto the PSN to re-register if you've gotten as far as accessing the box at the firmware level
Try CaeLinux http://www.caelinux.com/CMS/ a bootable CD distribution which is basically a collection of different open source Cad apps I'm hoping to make a reprap 3d printer at some point, so I've been looking into writing some ebuild scripts to get some of the stuff from caelinux into gentoo like Salome, elmerfem, brlcad
I'm not an expert in CAD mind you but some of the below may be useful
One of the things I've discovered is that there's a difference between 3D Cad and 3D Modeling software Modeling is about approximating the appearance of an object for appearance sake only, usually using a mesh / grid of some kind, this is a typical use for Blender CAD is about what the object is made of, and it's physical dimensions in real space, typically objects are constructed from primitives such as a hollowed out cylinder for example Modeling = what you can see the outside appearance, CAD = the innards, what it's made of and more of a focus on measurements in real space
If your going to design something that's going to be built it's probably better to design it in Cad software first then convert it to a modeling form later on for the sake of pretty pictures / animations / appearances in a demonstration etc. This way the original design is stored in a form where there's actual physical measurements (in mm for example) and in a form that can be manufactured (drill holes at these points here and here etc)
While Blender could in theory support CAD capability, I think it's current features are lacking in that area (although it is open source so if you want to add those features go right ahead) From a commercial perspective I think the 2 main packages are Catia and Solidworks
Also If you want to simulate the environment on a 3D Cad object, the usual way is via FEM or Finite Element Analysis This is the sort of thing used to simulate the way temperature travels through an object made of different materials for example I think Catia / Solidwords have this sort of thing already inbuilt, in the case of open source software there's a lot of separate packages to play around with (elmerfem for example) I think the linux cae pages have some good tutorials / examples on this http://www.caelinux.org/wiki/index.php/Doc:CAETutorials
I'd say pretty good, probably better than a stand alone BluRay player
The controllers are all Bluetooth, which is a nice touch with the Remote control (so you don't have to point the thing at the PS3)
slot load so no worry's with the old PS2 cd tray
I've not owned a stand alone player myself, but I know they're constantly rolling out updates to the PS3 at the same time as they're updating the firmware, adding on Divx etc with a few other codecs besides
I remember with the old PS2, usually for a DVD playback update you'd usually need a new CD with the updated software on, with the PS3 it's all online easyier to update
standalone players are still fairly expensive, and you might as well get something that can also playback movies across the network, and play games at the same time, and is more likley to get updated for approx the same cost
How many lightbulbs would they need to convert from 100W to 60W usage (over time) to equal the energy cost of 1 femto second laser blast that "unleashes as much power as the entire grid of North America"?
I'd prefer to make a tank look like a Volkswagen beetle. just imagine the field of battle, a swarm of beetle against beetle firing tank shells at one another
"Sarge it looks like they're bringing out the heavy artillery, I can spot 3 Ford Escorts's and what looks like postman pat's van in the distance"
It'd be great as a car alarm / defense system, one click of a button and the car changes from a Ferrari into a Robin Reliant (let's face it no-one's going to steal one of those)
Well they could always give out free beer to console employees and boost morale.
I can just imagine the guy at the bar cleaning a glass while saying
"remember guys Gratis versus Libre, that's Think free as in free speech, not free beer"
I always thought that if you could see the outside universe as you were falling in the outside would appear to be moving faster and faster (from an inside perspective) the closer you got towards the center of the singularity. (effectively skipping ahead into the future faster and faster)
since quite a lot of junk falls into a black hole especially over the period of the universe's lifetime, you'd probably see all sorts of large amounts of crap following in behind you at a tremendous speed (stars etc) until it got close enough to be affected by the same space time distortion, but never quite catching up to your point
from an outside perspective if you could see what was happening beyond the event horizon, the stuff falling in would appear to move slower and slower the closer it got towards the center never quite reaching the center point
which makes me wonder if someone falling into one of these things would actually reach the end of time itself a lot more quickly than everyone else on the outside (assuming there is such a thing)
I do think we need a new internet, in that we can then properly use the plural form of internet i.e. as in "give me back my internets you bastard"
Of course no-one will use the new internet due to lack of porn and free warezes and advertisements. Part of the appeal and success of the original internet is largely due to lack of accountability, and the ability to share ones own sick fetishes with the world completely anonymously.
Not to mention the target your painting on your forehead.
I mean seriously if your going to setup a new network simply for the purpose of being secure then why not just use a vpn?
assuming you manage to setup a new "secure" internet, and advertise the fact that it's secure. It's a little like posting your ip on a hacker board and saying "bEt YoU CaNt HaCk Mez"
Slashdot Mirror
One of the main problems at the moment I can see is the lack of docs
and I'm not talking about the GPU, but the GPIO pins for SPI / A/D etc
it's pretty clear looking at the forums that they're not targeting it at the hobbyist for interfacing, but instead at just being used as a basic terminal in 3rd world countries
Reading through the forums the SoC has no datasheets available for it for interfacing
the SoC can't be purchased separately outside of the site (less of an issue given the soldering problems)
They've suggested that there will be docs later on for the GPIO's but that it's going to come much later on
So if your planning to use it as something other than a cut down PC your out of luck
A shame really as I wanted something like this for the .Net Micro Framework as a sort of more advanced version of the netduino (64K Ram vs 256Mb Arm11)
More than likely when they turn it over
they'll notice a "Toysrus Made in China" Sticker on the bottom
When it comes to high voltages one of the other advantages AC has is safety
with High Voltage DC the muscles in your hand would tend to grip / contract or hold onto a conductor
AC on the other-hand just tends to throw you off as it's alternating back and forth at 50 or 60 times a second
The longer your in contact the more chance you have of suffering burns, or your heart stopping
I'd guess 12V / 24V is probably the best, as it's low enough not to be a safety risk (think car battery)
and at the same time most PC Hardware tends to run on a combination of 12V / 5V anyway (converting from 12 to 5 is trivial)
Having an AC to DC conversion on the side of the wall then running a cable to each rack perhaps in a ring configuration might be the way to go
probably depends on the amount / size / thickness of cabling you can fit in to each rack / under the flooring
When they talk about losses, usually it's over long distance over a few miles or between substations
although I have heard that you can get losses of a few volts of AC between opposite sides of a hanger for example
but that's likely to be less controlled / more dirty than regulated DC within a Datacenter
Also with 12V there may be a lot less cost in terms of replacing the server PSU's as it's already closer to what you already need
Of course the most important thing is that we'd need some form of new standard plug :)
perhaps a different colour and some extra pins for future expansion
perhaps google should ask apple, I hear they're good with plug design
1) Find a nearby cat ... Profit
2) Attach said device to cat (duct tape, collar or other means)
3) Watch Federal Officers attempt to retrieve they're hardware
after they realize your car can now climb walls, cross gardens and go through back doors with ease
4) Hilarity ensues
5)
A new counter-counter-counter intelligence method is devised
set your wallpaper to goatse people
I know this probably isn't a popular open source option, but the latest TFS 2010 is quite good at version control. .Net 2.0 platform for a while now .Net 4.0
We've been using Sourcesafe / VB6 /
But sourcesafe is all shared drive based which makes it particularly slow over the internet
we're currently in the process of moving to TFS 2010 /
TFS stores all it's data under MSSQL 2008.
presents a soap interface for checkins / check outs (so will actually work with VB6 or other development enviroments quite easily)
If you have a MSDN subscription the licence for TFS / Database is already covered
the only licences needed are for Visual Studio / the CAL's (Client Access Licences)
you can view source over a web interface and can be set to operate similar to Sourcesafe (only one checkout allowed at a time)
plus it has Windows Explorer integration via the Power Tools
From a business point of view the director of the company .Net2.0 to 4.0, and that's because I've pushed for it by setting up a TFS Server to replace sourcesafe)
(who's also the same guy that started the company)
is a techie and wrote most of the initial apps the business use (SMS Processing for example) in VB6
so we're very VB orientated (we've only just started moving from
From a personal point of view most of the first languages I used were basic on a Z80, anyone remember STOS or AMOS or GFI?
I have written some C and C++ now and again (a linux DVBS USB satalite tuner card driver, and a plugin for evms before it was depreciated), plus bits of a million other languages such as PHP and Java
But I always found VB6 better to understand during the early days when I was trying to understand object orientation (the auto complete made it a lot easier to just bash something together)
But I've always felt VB was better at the business logic / those users that had written a lot of VB6 in the past
while C# felt like it was more for those coming across from writing a lot of C++ (I only ever wrote small bits of it)
I could move to C# but it would just feel like I'm writing backwards (because of the variable decelerations)
so it's just more of a personal preference thing in the style of it, I can just glance through VB code and understand most of it in a few seconds, with C# it just takes me a bit longer to get my head around the differences because I'm not used to it
with the newer frameworks (4.0) I don't think there's a lot of differences left between the two anyway
Well I write .Net code for a living, VB Mostly instead of C#
I've also been into Linux for a long while (originally Mandrake, now Gentoo)
if nothing else it can be used as a fast prototyping language and it's miles better than the old VB6
our entire business is based on it websites / processing applications
it works well and you can write code for it very quickly and easily
and it's not a language but a platform (language + standard libs for common operations)
In the old days it was all about squeezing as much as you could from the processor .Net as upper layer for business logic
(I know this more than most, assembler on the Z80 / Spectrum, Atari 68000 etc)
each language has it's place depending on the trade off between simplicity and performance
I've always seen C as driver low level, C++ as mid OS GUI / 3D abstraction level
and the likes of Java / PHP /
But where it comes to actual applications or websites that sit on top of the OS not a part of the OS .Net
where business logic not performance counts
where it's key to be able to change something quickly at the cost of a small performance hit
(becuase you have a server with umpteen CPU's and massive memory in a rack, so performance comes secondary)
you need a higher level language than C++ to do these things quickly / simply
and I'm ashamed to say as a Linux geek I've not found anything that I could write cleaner or quicker code in than
I really have tried with java and netbeans, but I hate it's Enums and namespacing, I've even considered scalar
netbeans also has this habbit of completley changing they're platform / libs layout (which sits on top of the java platform)
if I want to write a simple line of text to a text file, I can do it in a single line
System.IO.file.appendalltext(filepath, content)
with C++ unless you count the STL there's no fixed standard list of libs to use for common tasks
it can vary between platforms (less so with open source)
so typically I end up opening a file handle creating an int to store it in, making sure my string is null terminated
etc etc for somethinhg that should be a simple job
having the language managed, and catching exceptions which mean something is an added bonus
I know there are a lot of wrapper libs for this sort of thing like QT .Net's
kdevelop has auto-completion but it's still not a patch on the ease of use of Studio /
simply because of the differences in language design
In an ideal world I'd like to write .Net VB apps that use QT as a GUI backend .Net you could create these very easily
and that can run under windows or Linux via Qyoto and mono
given that KDE's smoke has recently been split into seperate parts under Gentoo and that Qyoto has been updated to 4.7
I'm hoping this might finally be possible
Linux is missing a lot of GUI based apps for configuration front ends vs windows
and with
But at the end of the day it's all about personal preference .Net depending on what they're more familar with
some people can probably write code in C++ more quickly than
also we don't have the same patent issues over here in the UK as the USA (for now at least)
It's just the hidden extra terrestrial tax
You don't actually think they spend $20,000.00 on a hammer, $30,000.00 on a toilet seat do you?
the concept of a '.secure' network for critical services such as financial institutions, sensitive infrastructure, government contractors, and the government itself that would be walled off from the public web
ohh you mean a VPN right? yeah we've had them for a while now
1. Build a Big Ass Interferometer Optical telescope
preferably in space to avoid any problems with the atmosphere
basically a load of smaller telescopes all joined together / looking at the same target to gain higher resolution
2. Point it at the dark side of a planet
3. Look for any Street Lighting
I know this will sound cliché
but does it run Linux?
(I'd genuinely like to know)
there's also been some rumors that it's been cracked / adapted for 3.42
but I'm not sure if it's fake based on the youtube clips I've seen so far
The funny thing is, when the new Splinter Cell Conviction comes out over here in the UK
I was going to actually buy the PC version
but after reading the above and this http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/16/splinter-cell-dev-defends-ubisofts-always-on-drm/
I'm actually really tempted to pirate the thing
(or perhaps get an xbox given that Sony's screwed me over with the whole otheros thing)
Personally I've always intended to use Linux on the PS3 not for the usability aspect
but simply because it has around 7-8 cores (if you include the PPU) running at around 3.2Ghz (most have limited memory)
the sort of thing ideal for running simulations / cracking codes
(personal interest was more geared towards the use of FEM or Finite-Element-Analysis to simulate different types of stress's within CAD)
if your clever enough to code for it, effectively your own mini super computer
I'd be fairly impressed if he does manage to pull off running custom firmware on the PS3
From what I understand there's been some hardware around for a while (similar to a mod chip)
that allows you to read or write directly to the firmware bios chip
but the main issue has always been that the firmware code needed to be digitally signed before it would run on the metal
which meant you were pretty much limited to just switching between different official versions of the Sony bios
up until now the use of such a mod was fairly limited / useless as you couldn't run any custom code without getting around the digital signature issue
given recent developments, such a mod may become more popular if it allows users to say switch temporarily to an older official bios for Linux
then back to the new one for the PSN
if the new hack that's recently been discovered could somehow lead to a workaround on the digital signature
(if custom firmware's could be run on the box in some way)
that pretty much opens the flood gates for pirate software, as all your missing then is a custom loader
from what I understand of the loaders so far most of them have relied on bugs patched in new firmwares
and even then the closest I think anyone ever got to running pirate games was booting them off the HD
If the firmware itself with the digital signature is hacked then Sony's going to be in for a whole world of hurt
even if they tried to block users on the PSN I don't think it would take much to simply generate a new random number and pass this onto the PSN to re-register if you've gotten as far as accessing the box at the firmware level
Here I'll make it easy
google proxy
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthepiratebay.org%2F&sl=es&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
Try CaeLinux http://www.caelinux.com/CMS/ a bootable CD distribution which is basically a collection of different open source Cad apps
I'm hoping to make a reprap 3d printer at some point, so I've been looking into writing some ebuild scripts to get some of the stuff from caelinux into gentoo
like Salome, elmerfem, brlcad
I'm not an expert in CAD mind you but some of the below may be useful
One of the things I've discovered is that there's a difference between 3D Cad and 3D Modeling software
Modeling is about approximating the appearance of an object for appearance sake only, usually using a mesh / grid of some kind, this is a typical use for Blender
CAD is about what the object is made of, and it's physical dimensions in real space, typically objects are constructed from primitives such as a hollowed out cylinder for example
Modeling = what you can see the outside appearance, CAD = the innards, what it's made of and more of a focus on measurements in real space
If your going to design something that's going to be built it's probably better to design it in Cad software first
then convert it to a modeling form later on for the sake of pretty pictures / animations / appearances in a demonstration etc.
This way the original design is stored in a form where there's actual physical measurements (in mm for example)
and in a form that can be manufactured (drill holes at these points here and here etc)
While Blender could in theory support CAD capability, I think it's current features are lacking in that area
(although it is open source so if you want to add those features go right ahead)
From a commercial perspective I think the 2 main packages are Catia and Solidworks
Also If you want to simulate the environment on a 3D Cad object, the usual way is via FEM or Finite Element Analysis
This is the sort of thing used to simulate the way temperature travels through an object made of different materials for example
I think Catia / Solidwords have this sort of thing already inbuilt, in the case of open source software there's a lot of separate packages to play around with (elmerfem for example)
I think the linux cae pages have some good tutorials / examples on this
http://www.caelinux.org/wiki/index.php/Doc:CAETutorials
I'd say pretty good, probably better than a stand alone BluRay player
The controllers are all Bluetooth, which is a nice touch with the Remote control (so you don't have to point the thing at the PS3)
slot load so no worry's with the old PS2 cd tray
I've not owned a stand alone player myself, but I know they're constantly rolling out updates to the PS3 at the same time as they're updating the firmware, adding on Divx etc with a few other codecs besides
I remember with the old PS2, usually for a DVD playback update you'd usually need a new CD with the updated software on, with the PS3 it's all online easyier to update
standalone players are still fairly expensive, and you might as well get something that can also playback movies across the network, and play games at the same time, and is more likley to get updated for approx the same cost
How many lightbulbs would they need to convert from 100W to 60W usage (over time) to equal the energy cost of 1 femto second laser blast that "unleashes as much power as the entire grid of North America"?
one point twenty-one ji-ga-wahts??
I'd prefer to make a tank look like a Volkswagen beetle. just imagine the field of battle, a swarm of beetle against beetle firing tank shells at one another
"Sarge it looks like they're bringing out the heavy artillery, I can spot 3 Ford Escorts's and what looks like postman pat's van in the distance"
It'd be great as a car alarm / defense system, one click of a button and the car changes from a Ferrari into a Robin Reliant (let's face it no-one's going to steal one of those)
how about one of these?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GC-000-OC
I'm reminded of the TopGear episode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4WzWFKQ20
where they launch a Reliant Robin (old 3 wheel car) as a re-usable space shuttle on the back of one of these things
I wonder how the size compares?
Well they could always give out free beer to console employees and boost morale.
I can just imagine the guy at the bar cleaning a glass while saying
"remember guys Gratis versus Libre, that's Think free as in free speech, not free beer"
This might be completely wrong
I always thought that if you could see the outside universe as you were falling in the outside would appear to be moving faster and faster (from an inside perspective) the closer you got towards the center of the singularity. (effectively skipping ahead into the future faster and faster)
since quite a lot of junk falls into a black hole especially over the period of the universe's lifetime, you'd probably see all sorts of large amounts of crap following in behind you at a tremendous speed (stars etc) until it got close enough to be affected by the same space time distortion, but never quite catching up to your point
from an outside perspective if you could see what was happening beyond the event horizon, the stuff falling in would appear to move slower and slower the closer it got towards the center never quite reaching the center point
which makes me wonder if someone falling into one of these things would actually reach the end of time itself a lot more quickly than everyone else on the outside (assuming there is such a thing)
I do think we need a new internet, in that we can then properly use the plural form of internet i.e. as in "give me back my internets you bastard"
Of course no-one will use the new internet due to lack of porn and free warezes and advertisements. Part of the appeal and success of the original internet is largely due to lack of accountability, and the ability to share ones own sick fetishes with the world completely anonymously.
Not to mention the target your painting on your forehead.
I mean seriously if your going to setup a new network simply for the purpose of being secure then why not just use a vpn? assuming you manage to setup a new "secure" internet, and advertise the fact that it's secure. It's a little like posting your ip on a hacker board and saying "bEt YoU CaNt HaCk Mez"
hmm yeah good luck with that
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