Umm, you apparently don't know much about "Compact discs" as many such discs HAVE DRM (Sony rootkit, anyone?) Look really closely at that album you're about to buy. Does the case have the SANCTIONED Compact Disc logo on the packaging? No? That's because any CD with any sort of DRM or modification (bonus data tracks) violates the Compact Disc Format, and is not allowed to carry that branding.
In other words, if you don't see the sanctioned logo on front or back of the case on the actual paper inserts, odds are you have a DRM-laden disc.
Tell that to my retired grandfather, who was struck by a.50 cal anti-tank round. It hit his wrist and the cartilage in his shoulder and elbow wrenched and tore, and his arm was almost ripped off.
They're still stupid. Their hardware is severely underpowered for what they're trying to do (almost akin to ISP overselling bandwidth, except in this case it's CPU resources for simulations instead of bandwidth for network conenctions.)
I really doubt they're going to learn any time soon. Even though I enjoy the simulations, they're shooting themselves in the foot. Some of my fave sims can't stay up because it's running on an underpowered server, on top of running sims on the same machine.
LL should have had exclusive control over their currency and the exchange thereof to begin with. Allowing other parties to do this for them was an open invitation for them and their users to get shafted.
Well, the moment AT&T shows they can control what goes over their networks, adios common carrier status, hello whole new world of rules and regulations.
To do this would be akin to pointing a.50 caliber at your big toe and pulling the trigger. Even though you aim at the toe, the impact alone is likely to rip your leg off at the knee and make cartilage explode.
From informative to flamebait. Again, mods need to go back to school. I've done the HDMI dance several times, I know what I'm talking about, and the response to my post confirmed my suspicion of having bought a cable with thicker conducting wire. This mod is BS.
Umm, the consumer, as stupid as they tend to be, will do ANYTHING inconceivable. What, you think they can actualy be bothered to make an INFORMED decision even more than a quarter of the time? They'll wait like sheep, and they'll love it, and YOU KNOW IT. *WE* won't fall for it, but then again, we're just about 3% of the population.
This isn't news. Commercial airliners have had countermeasures on them for the past decade. This is an UPGRADE.
The day someone can sit on American soil next to an airport and fire a shoulder-rocket at an aircraft is the day I leave this country, as security theatre has become so much of a joke inside that the outside is left absolutely vulnerable.
You forget, Latin is a dead language, therefore we no longer use it.:P
On second note, since you insist on using that particular definition, I'm caucasian.
Last I checked and tested the longest a *COMPLIANT AND CERTIFIED* HDMI cable could go was 40 feet. Anything further without increasing the thickness of the wires caused massive problems, and that's across HDMI 1.2 and 1.3 spec.
Solar will eventually be as efficient. Nanosolar is working on a way to literally just PRINT out solar cells. If not as efficient, it's so easily and cheaply made that it would be ubiquitous in a very short time (even Google has dropped some serious cash on this company, so it's well worth looking into.)
And while everyone else gets modded informative for spouting off, you get no moderation at all, and that's fucked up. And you bothered to explain it.
BTW, to those who've been modded up, I have a tank of helium sitting in my room. It's used for party balloons. I pick up the tank, I shake it, I hear liquid sloshing around inside. The ambient room temp around the tank is 70 degrees Fahrenheit. What was that about helium only being a liquid at 4-5 Kelvin, again?
Umm, my Merriam-Webster dictionary, circa 1988, open and in my lap, states the first definition of Nigger as "1. noun : An ignorant person. 2. Noun: A socially disadvantaged person. 3. noun (slang:) A racial term for people of dark skin color."
Why the hell do you people even bother with the web? It's constantly changing, therefore everything is suspect. Rely upon a hard copy or disconnect yourself from the internet, please. The internet is NOT the end-all-be-all of knowledge, and in most cases it's WRONG to begin with. My first statement was correct and stands correct according to the 1988 M-W dictionary that I TOOK FROM MY SCHOOL.
Umm, once you compress helium, like mentioned, it becomes a LIQUID. Show one one liquid on this planet that is lighter than air - oops, that's not exactly possible, is it? release the compressed helium = inflated dirgible and floating. Compress the helium = it turns into a liquid and is essentially a deadweight.
Control might be an issue, but that's where DARPA's helicopter-hybrid design comes into play.
The problems are starting to get solutions. Don't knock it until you've personally tried it and seen it fail, otherwise you're nothing more than an armchair geek.
And I've flown planes and helicopters. They are not without their problems, and in fact share many of the SAME ISSUES as zeppelins do.
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"What other systems are out there created in the same context, i.e., with little thought to external interference?"
/. search would turn up many such incidents.
Our defense and nuclear systems, for one example. I'm sure a
The thermal difference is enough to power the LEDs on a PC tower with a sterling engine.
Umm, you apparently don't know much about "Compact discs" as many such discs HAVE DRM (Sony rootkit, anyone?) Look really closely at that album you're about to buy. Does the case have the SANCTIONED Compact Disc logo on the packaging? No? That's because any CD with any sort of DRM or modification (bonus data tracks) violates the Compact Disc Format, and is not allowed to carry that branding.
In other words, if you don't see the sanctioned logo on front or back of the case on the actual paper inserts, odds are you have a DRM-laden disc.
Never heard of a Sterling Engine before, have you?
This isn't fucking digg. Get this shit off the damned site.
Dennis Chambers. 'Nuff said.
Tell that to my retired grandfather, who was struck by a .50 cal anti-tank round. It hit his wrist and the cartilage in his shoulder and elbow wrenched and tore, and his arm was almost ripped off.
What? 2009? Bush is out of here in 2008, unless something dastardly is being planned.
They're still stupid. Their hardware is severely underpowered for what they're trying to do (almost akin to ISP overselling bandwidth, except in this case it's CPU resources for simulations instead of bandwidth for network conenctions.)
I really doubt they're going to learn any time soon. Even though I enjoy the simulations, they're shooting themselves in the foot. Some of my fave sims can't stay up because it's running on an underpowered server, on top of running sims on the same machine.
LL should have had exclusive control over their currency and the exchange thereof to begin with. Allowing other parties to do this for them was an open invitation for them and their users to get shafted.
Morons.
Well, the moment AT&T shows they can control what goes over their networks, adios common carrier status, hello whole new world of rules and regulations.
.50 caliber at your big toe and pulling the trigger. Even though you aim at the toe, the impact alone is likely to rip your leg off at the knee and make cartilage explode.
To do this would be akin to pointing a
No, they can't. This is why I say about half of /. needs to go back to school, to learn the social graces they missed out on.
From informative to flamebait. Again, mods need to go back to school. I've done the HDMI dance several times, I know what I'm talking about, and the response to my post confirmed my suspicion of having bought a cable with thicker conducting wire. This mod is BS.
Umm, the consumer, as stupid as they tend to be, will do ANYTHING inconceivable. What, you think they can actualy be bothered to make an INFORMED decision even more than a quarter of the time? They'll wait like sheep, and they'll love it, and YOU KNOW IT. *WE* won't fall for it, but then again, we're just about 3% of the population.
This isn't news. Commercial airliners have had countermeasures on them for the past decade. This is an UPGRADE.
The day someone can sit on American soil next to an airport and fire a shoulder-rocket at an aircraft is the day I leave this country, as security theatre has become so much of a joke inside that the outside is left absolutely vulnerable.
You forget, Latin is a dead language, therefore we no longer use it. :P
On second note, since you insist on using that particular definition, I'm caucasian.
Last I checked and tested the longest a *COMPLIANT AND CERTIFIED* HDMI cable could go was 40 feet. Anything further without increasing the thickness of the wires caused massive problems, and that's across HDMI 1.2 and 1.3 spec.
So where the fuck did you buy your 50 foot cable?
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/articles/how-long-can-hdmi-run.htm
Solar will eventually be as efficient. Nanosolar is working on a way to literally just PRINT out solar cells. If not as efficient, it's so easily and cheaply made that it would be ubiquitous in a very short time (even Google has dropped some serious cash on this company, so it's well worth looking into.)
Niggers are already hung, far bigger, better, and larger than you ever will be!
Republicans? Nah, they don't need bigger dicks. They're already big enough dicks as it is.
And while everyone else gets modded informative for spouting off, you get no moderation at all, and that's fucked up. And you bothered to explain it.
BTW, to those who've been modded up, I have a tank of helium sitting in my room. It's used for party balloons. I pick up the tank, I shake it, I hear liquid sloshing around inside. The ambient room temp around the tank is 70 degrees Fahrenheit. What was that about helium only being a liquid at 4-5 Kelvin, again?
Umm, my Merriam-Webster dictionary, circa 1988, open and in my lap, states the first definition of Nigger as "1. noun : An ignorant person. 2. Noun: A socially disadvantaged person. 3. noun (slang:) A racial term for people of dark skin color."
Why the hell do you people even bother with the web? It's constantly changing, therefore everything is suspect. Rely upon a hard copy or disconnect yourself from the internet, please. The internet is NOT the end-all-be-all of knowledge, and in most cases it's WRONG to begin with. My first statement was correct and stands correct according to the 1988 M-W dictionary that I TOOK FROM MY SCHOOL.
Goes to show you just how much of /.'s population truly are geeks.
*goes to grab his latest Wizard to check price on an original, mint, 1st edition M:TG Black Lotus*
Umm, once you compress helium, like mentioned, it becomes a LIQUID. Show one one liquid on this planet that is lighter than air - oops, that's not exactly possible, is it? release the compressed helium = inflated dirgible and floating. Compress the helium = it turns into a liquid and is essentially a deadweight.
Control might be an issue, but that's where DARPA's helicopter-hybrid design comes into play.
The problems are starting to get solutions. Don't knock it until you've personally tried it and seen it fail, otherwise you're nothing more than an armchair geek.
And I've flown planes and helicopters. They are not without their problems, and in fact share many of the SAME ISSUES as zeppelins do.
I wonder if the AHRA would have more of an effect in these sorts of cases??
Incorrect, sir. Niggers are the continuing threat. Nigger as in the dictionary definition, which means an ignorant person.
You sir, are a nigger. And a cowardly one to boot.