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  1. What if it's all hardware logic? on Lawyer Demands Pacemaker Vendor Supply Source Code · · Score: 1

    What source code is there if it's all hardware? I don't think it would be that difficult to make a no-software electrical stimulator, we have large ones at the sex shop, making a tiny one shouldn't be any more difficult.

  2. Re:30 Years of VGA on VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    Snip the pin off if you don't care about the monitor losing higher resolutions. It will work.

  3. Re:Sweet! on VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    4k TVs will be out this year.

  4. Re:Sweet! on VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    http://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_1_4/4K.aspx

    HDMI tops out much higher than 1920x1200.

    VGA, being analog, theoretically has NO limitation.

  5. Re:HDMI is inferior ot DVI on VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    http://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_1_4/4K.aspx

    HDMI does HIGHER than 2560x1600. Try to keep up.

  6. Re:Business use laptops and projectors on VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    "If your conference room does not have HDMI, then it needs to be updated."

    HDMI has shit distance. I can push 75feet over VGA at high resolutions without issue. Can't do that with HDMI.

    This is why VGA is still the lowest common denominator. In large conference rooms where the computer is on one side and the projector is in the middle of the room (usually on a table) and projecting the rest of the distance, HDMI just isn't cutting it very easily.

  7. Re:30 Years of VGA on VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    "Try plugging a recent VGA monitor into a suitably old vintage computer"

    My 32" LCDTV works just fine with my 386, 286, and 8088. D-SUB 15 has no blank spots for keying. The blank spot for keying was on the montior cable itself.

  8. Re:Interesting on VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 2

    "but it's time for VGA to go. It's pushed to the limits"

    Not even close. See, the analog domain has practically no bandwidth limitation. crappy DVI only does 1920x1200, I was doing 2048x1536 on VGA well before DVI was even a standard.

  9. Missing Tag on NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns · · Score: 1

    totalrecall

  10. Re:Sounds to me they are relying on fuses on Intel Offers Protection Plan For Overclockers · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Simply tear down the package and replace the micro fuses and install in a new package."

    Would you like to know how I know you don't have experience in this field?

    Chip lithography is very much a one-time thing. Once it's made, you aren't adding on anything else. Spare silicon is gone. If it breaks, you're screwed, get a new one or nothing at all, those are your only answers.

    The only recycling likely to happen will be melting the package down to get the metals out, and Intel would leave that to a reclamation company. There would NEVER be a refurbishing plant made, I can almost guarantee you this, as it's cheaper and easier (plus more logistically sound) to make a new one.

  11. Re:Hmm, not just a bit on Windows Admins Need To Prepare For GUI-Less Server · · Score: 1

    Because not one single piece of equipment can perform a visual analysis on the graphed waveform in realtime like I or other trained humans can (no algorith nor fuzzy logic exists) and realize whether or not it will be good for a plant.

    And every step of the way, every change needs real-time monitoring. If things can't be identified (and computers don't have enough fuzzy logic yet) rapidly enough via rapid recognition of vague variations in waveforms, problems will happen, and a very delicate system gets upset.

  12. Re:Used by hams for decades on New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    It's the local transformer line being stolen, still solid copper. HVTs are steel-copper from what I've personally cut into during contractor positions for tower splice repairs.

  13. Re:Future of Nintendo on PS4: What Sony Should and Shouldn't Do · · Score: 2

    "Yes, yes, I realize people have been declaring Nintendo to be doomed since the Nintendo 64, but just because they survived previous eras doesn't mean they will survive the next one."

    Considering Nintendo's LONG history, dating back to 1889, I don't think you're anywhere close to reality. History tends to repeat itself and Nintendo has yet to prove that wrong.

  14. Re:Wouldn't be surprised on Samsung Reinvents Windows (Not the OS) With Touchscreen Display · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, South Korea?

  15. Re:Used by hams for decades on New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    Nope, as we still have problems with copper thieves causing blackouts in some areas.

    The wires going right to my house are solid copper.

  16. Re:Hmm, not just a bit on Windows Admins Need To Prepare For GUI-Less Server · · Score: 1

    Except it's shown that B-flat harmonics (~125Hz) have a direct effect on sodium channels in the stomata, which directly affects transpiration.

    As stated, Bose being the more credible listing in that article. I've repeated the experiments multiple times. It's utilized in my mass-production food sheds.

  17. Re:Used by hams for decades on New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    8000 alloy is aluminum-lithium, not aluminum. Not core-clad wire at all, by any means, which is what we're discussing.

    Aluminum wire sucks for structural failures, which is why it's not used out here in my area very often.

  18. Re:Used by hams for decades on New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    Aluminum is brittle, moreso than iron. Welcome to earthquake country.

    Aluminum is not a desirable material in an area prone to tectonic shifting which can cause strain on cables. Aluminum Romex is shit in these areas.

  19. Re:Google does the same on Facebook To Share Private Data With Politico · · Score: 1

    Oh, I could provide plenty of reasons.

    Google's search, despite you telling it not to, still tailors search results based upon what an IP address has searched for recently. This seriously fucks up my searching for what I'm after, because I get a bunch of nonsense from local results that are made by people that do not know what they're talking about.

    Facebook has leaked out too much data. No thanks.

    Microsoft has this penchant for still attempting to abuse antitrust. It's a natural part of hat company, now. You might as well say it's in their genetics.

    Got some other companies to name? I'm sure I've got a bunch of other legit reasons to hate them as well.

  20. Re:Used by hams for decades on New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    "(it didn't help that older wires had more flammable jackets than today's PVC insulation"

    Never heard of ceramic wiring? It's ceramic-clad and is what was used in place of asbestos. The entire house can burn down and the electrical system would still be functional. It's what's run through the interior of this condo. It unfortunately makes it a major pain to install new outlets.

    Oh, and the entire circuit breaker? Bus bar is solid copper.

  21. Re:Used by hams for decades on New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    "if you live in the USA, go open up your breaker box and look at the wire coming from the distribution pole, and then look at the wires going to your stove and your dryer. It's all aluminum."

    Nope. It's all copper. I watched them install both 150A lines before moving into this condo.

    To quote them "Aluminum? Are you fucking stupid?"

  22. Re:Hmm, not just a bit on Windows Admins Need To Prepare For GUI-Less Server · · Score: 1

    Forgot to add: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_perception_(paranormal)

    Chandra Bose being the more credible source out of that entire article.

  23. Re:Hmm, not just a bit on Windows Admins Need To Prepare For GUI-Less Server · · Score: 1

    Sounds are proven to have a serious effect on plant health and growth.

    This has been done multiple times, the old 'classical versus metal' test.

    Specific frequencies will cause certain reactions. Sodium channels in plant tissues respond to harmonics on a just barely-flat B.

  24. Re:I'm surprised it took so long on Righthaven's Lawyers Target of State Bar Investigation · · Score: 1

    "Easy. It's illegal to practice law and represent someone else in court."

    Not true, not true at all. You can pick any person to be your lawyer. The worst that will happen is the judge will go "You've screwed this case up, default verdict. YOu should have hired a lawyer."

    I've seen it happen. Right before my own sentencing for prison.

  25. Re:Used by hams for decades on New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    Think of this like a guitar string. You have an inner core for tensile strength, and an outer winding/cladding for your desired tone.

    Copper has better mallebility, aluminum is crap. There's a huge reason why aluminum wiring is banned in most houses/apartments in the USA.