There are no obstructions up and down, whereas there are obstructions laterally - trees, buildings, cell phone towers, etc. The range vertically is much, much larger than the range laterally. You could probably go a couple of miles.
You can communicate with the shuttle and amateur satellites (that are 250-500km in elevation, not to mention a lateral distance away) on ham bands on half a watt of power - these transmitters are probably a tenth of a watt. So a few miles would be a fair assumption on these radios that are working on (IIRC) 100mW of power.
I grew up 40 minutes north of Milwaukee. Gotta agree with you on Wisconsin being a great place to live. Grew up in the country, lots of stuff all year round. And GO PACKERS!!! Especially appreciate it after spending 7 years in Alabama. (although as I've said if you gotta do it, Huntsville is the place to be).
Wisconsin is a little low on the tech/engineering type jobs though.
check my post just above yours. Post there and on several other news sites. A macbook by default is vulnurable, its just that Apple was wielding its "beat stick" and told them not to demo it on the internal wireless card.
During the course of our interview, it came out that Apple had leaned on Maynor and Ellch pretty hard not to make this an issue about the Mac drivers -- mainly because Apple had not fixed the problem yet. Maynor acknowledged that he used a third-party wireless card in the demo so as not to draw attention to the flaw resident in Macbook drivers. But he also admitted that the same flaws were resident in the default Macbook wireless device drivers, and that those drivers were identically exploitable. And that is what I reported.
During the course of our interview, it came out that Apple had leaned on Maynor and Ellch pretty hard not to make this an issue about the Mac drivers -- mainly because Apple had not fixed the problem yet. Maynor acknowledged that he used a third-party wireless card in the demo so as not to draw attention to the flaw resident in Macbook drivers. But he also admitted that the same flaws were resident in the default Macbook wireless device drivers, and that those drivers were identically exploitable. And that is what I reported.
There is plenty of computer research ( LG, Intergraph, 3D Labs), biotech ( CAS, Dynetics, Camber), and manufacturing jobs not relatted to gov't funded defense.
There are people of all beliefs, colors and creeds. Yes a lot of southern baptists. I'm not one of them. Who cares what your neighbors believe?
This means that DirectX will EMULATE opengl although this process in reverse is possible with very little efficiency lost.
The "although this process in reverse is possible is possible with very little efficiency lost" infers that the former is the opposite of the latter, that is, not very efficient at all. Or just a weak handle of the English language. It doesn't matter, it is besides the point. The fact that they are providing openGL drivers out of the box is going beyond what they need to do, as you should be getting them from your ISV.
Huntsville is a northern city transplanted in the south.
Read what the AC said in this post. I'd write everything he said but I'm lazy. I'm an engineer, I work on Redstone Arsenal here in Huntsville, AL. Housing is cheap. Taxes are cheap. Utilities are cheap. While I was in college (I went to UAH) I was paying $350 a month for a 1-bedroom apartment. My wife and I just purchased a brand new brick home for $80 a square foot. Other homes in town, new, brick are going for $51 by reputable builders. My utilities bill is averaging $150 a month, including getting the lawn started (lots of water) and kids. Summers are freaking hot, being from Wisconsin, but the air conditioning is good and the house is well-insulated. Get a DirecTV so you can watch "real" sports:)
Huntsville has more PhD's per square mile than anywhere in the world, except Silcon Valley. Second biggest research park in the US, fourth in the world. Tons of R&D goes on here, both NASA and all aspects of Defense, biotech, etc. Benefits for most companies that I've seen are exceptional and educations (masters, PhD's) are admired. Most companies will put you through school if you want them.
Yes, and it is the responsibility of the Independant Hardware Vendor (IHV), not the Operating System Manufactuer to provide drivers. Microsoft is providing a basic level of functionality by providing an OpenGL interface via DirectX. IHV's ( nVidia, ATI ) will be supplying their own, lower level, most likely faster implementations with the hardware. This is very well explained on a number of websites, if you really cared... but no, just a microsoft basher. Microsoft is actually supplying a baseline API they really don't have to, since any decent IHV will supply an OpenGL implementation with their cards (as they already do).
Retail XP comes with OpenGL drivers. If for some reason your copy does not *cough* you have an illegitimate version *cough* get it here or through Windows Update.
A little over a year ago, one of the people in my group modded an Xbox, installed Avalaunch, and put all sorts of Xbox mod scene apps on the box, like XBMC, RSS readers, etc, along with some "backup" games.:rolleyes: He brought this box along to a meeting with Bill Gates. Bill saw a demo of this, was quite impressed, and asked something along the lines of "How can we engage this community?" - instead of saying something like "How can we squash this?" It's long been on the back of everyone's minds in the Xbox group - how can we get students and hobbyists involved without disrupting the console business model? The good news is that it's still on the radar, we'll see what happens in the future.
... Because this is a direct competitor to DirectX.
Although Microsoft has not been openly hostile. They distribute OpenGL with Windows. And although there are concerns that they are "crippling" the implementation they are shipping with Vista (of which I, personally, am skeptical), hardware vendors ATI and nVidia will be shipping the latest versions with their cards.
When we'd get a pack, my friends and I would sniff the wrappers, always commenting "they lace it with just enough crack to get you to buy just one more pack..."
Sometimes you do things, not to fulfill a specific task but to explore a concept or an idea, even. Lots of money is spent this way - not just by venture capitalists or companies looking to make a buck, but by research firms who have an honest interest in progressing the sciences - yes, eventually they will make money but in the short term research like this is important just for the sake of knowlege. Imagine for example the defense application. Send a UAV through a remote hostile location with a camera snapping pictures every tenth of a second. Stitch the pictures together into a battlefield scenario that can be imported into a 3D visualizer. Research leads to products.
shouldn't the free market decide if the gold farmers are successful or not?:)
I kid, I kid. Screw the gold farmers for messing up in-game economics and screw Blizzard for selling out.
I'm always shocked how pro-freedom geeks forget their morals when it comes to a game or a product they like.
Fanboys will be fanboys, that's the reality of the situation.... Lots of these guys grew up on Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo, but the reality is that the Blizzard of today wasn't the Blizzard of your childhood.
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It is possible ... and not too difficult
instructions here
the free software foundation is making a software license that restricts freedoms. Cracks me up.
There are no obstructions up and down, whereas there are obstructions laterally - trees, buildings, cell phone towers, etc. The range vertically is much, much larger than the range laterally. You could probably go a couple of miles.
You can communicate with the shuttle and amateur satellites (that are 250-500km in elevation, not to mention a lateral distance away) on ham bands on half a watt of power - these transmitters are probably a tenth of a watt. So a few miles would be a fair assumption on these radios that are working on (IIRC) 100mW of power.
I grew up 40 minutes north of Milwaukee. Gotta agree with you on Wisconsin being a great place to live. Grew up in the country, lots of stuff all year round. And GO PACKERS!!! Especially appreciate it after spending 7 years in Alabama. (although as I've said if you gotta do it, Huntsville is the place to be).
Wisconsin is a little low on the tech/engineering type jobs though.
The interstate system was important in the US because cars were primitive at the time. Their skinny wooden wheels couldn't handle soft dirt or mud.
The interstate system was a project of the 1950's. Inflatable rubber tires were commonplace back then.
Ha Ha!
Youre the only one on slashdot who uses AOL!
've been sticking with Free Software lately because I like it better for research
Guess what... You aren't the target audience!
I get sick and tired of people debating shit like ad supported Windows on slashdot. 99% of you aren't the targeted audience.
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=192988&cid= 15839338
check my post just above yours. Post there and on several other news sites. A macbook by default is vulnurable, its just that Apple was wielding its "beat stick" and told them not to demo it on the internal wireless card.
No fix yet.
check Security Fix:
... )
During the course of our interview, it came out that Apple had leaned on Maynor and Ellch pretty hard not to make this an issue about the Mac drivers -- mainly because Apple had not fixed the problem yet. Maynor acknowledged that he used a third-party wireless card in the demo so as not to draw attention to the flaw resident in Macbook drivers. But he also admitted that the same flaws were resident in the default Macbook wireless device drivers, and that those drivers were identically exploitable. And that is what I reported.
( Looks like Apple was wielding a big stick
check Security Fix:
During the course of our interview, it came out that Apple had leaned on Maynor and Ellch pretty hard not to make this an issue about the Mac drivers -- mainly because Apple had not fixed the problem yet. Maynor acknowledged that he used a third-party wireless card in the demo so as not to draw attention to the flaw resident in Macbook drivers. But he also admitted that the same flaws were resident in the default Macbook wireless device drivers, and that those drivers were identically exploitable. And that is what I reported.
So I have gas money to spend. Thanks.
There is plenty of computer research ( LG, Intergraph, 3D Labs), biotech ( CAS, Dynetics, Camber), and manufacturing jobs not relatted to gov't funded defense.
There are people of all beliefs, colors and creeds. Yes a lot of southern baptists. I'm not one of them. Who cares what your neighbors believe?
This means that DirectX will EMULATE opengl although this process in reverse is possible with very little efficiency lost.
The "although this process in reverse is possible is possible with very little efficiency lost" infers that the former is the opposite of the latter, that is, not very efficient at all. Or just a weak handle of the English language. It doesn't matter, it is besides the point. The fact that they are providing openGL drivers out of the box is going beyond what they need to do, as you should be getting them from your ISV.
Huntsville is a northern city transplanted in the south.
:)
Read what the AC said in this post. I'd write everything he said but I'm lazy. I'm an engineer, I work on Redstone Arsenal here in Huntsville, AL. Housing is cheap. Taxes are cheap. Utilities are cheap. While I was in college (I went to UAH) I was paying $350 a month for a 1-bedroom apartment. My wife and I just purchased a brand new brick home for $80 a square foot. Other homes in town, new, brick are going for $51 by reputable builders. My utilities bill is averaging $150 a month, including getting the lawn started (lots of water) and kids. Summers are freaking hot, being from Wisconsin, but the air conditioning is good and the house is well-insulated. Get a DirecTV so you can watch "real" sports
Huntsville has more PhD's per square mile than anywhere in the world, except Silcon Valley. Second biggest research park in the US, fourth in the world. Tons of R&D goes on here, both NASA and all aspects of Defense, biotech, etc. Benefits for most companies that I've seen are exceptional and educations (masters, PhD's) are admired. Most companies will put you through school if you want them.
Yes, and it is the responsibility of the Independant Hardware Vendor (IHV), not the Operating System Manufactuer to provide drivers. Microsoft is providing a basic level of functionality by providing an OpenGL interface via DirectX. IHV's ( nVidia, ATI ) will be supplying their own, lower level, most likely faster implementations with the hardware. This is very well explained on a number of websites, if you really cared... but no, just a microsoft basher. Microsoft is actually supplying a baseline API they really don't have to, since any decent IHV will supply an OpenGL implementation with their cards (as they already do).
Retail XP comes with OpenGL drivers. If for some reason your copy does not *cough* you have an illegitimate version *cough* get it here or through Windows Update.
He's shown an interest in modded XBoxes...
:rolleyes: He brought this box along to a meeting with Bill Gates. Bill saw a demo of this, was quite impressed, and asked something along the lines of "How can we engage this community?" - instead of saying something like "How can we squash this?" It's long been on the back of everyone's minds in the Xbox group - how can we get students and hobbyists involved without disrupting the console business model? The good news is that it's still on the radar, we'll see what happens in the future.
from Ars
A little over a year ago, one of the people in my group modded an Xbox, installed Avalaunch, and put all sorts of Xbox mod scene apps on the box, like XBMC, RSS readers, etc, along with some "backup" games.
I'd be fairly confident that an afternoon in the company of 3 twelve-year-olds wasn't going to significantly damage the tree.
You must not have been a twelve year old who grew up out in the country. I could (and, yes, did) tear down a 20'+ tree at the age of 12.
... Because this is a direct competitor to DirectX.
Although Microsoft has not been openly hostile. They distribute OpenGL with Windows. And although there are concerns that they are "crippling" the implementation they are shipping with Vista (of which I, personally, am skeptical), hardware vendors ATI and nVidia will be shipping the latest versions with their cards.
When we'd get a pack, my friends and I would sniff the wrappers, always commenting "they lace it with just enough crack to get you to buy just one more pack..."
So many wasted college nights...
Research and Development
Sometimes you do things, not to fulfill a specific task but to explore a concept or an idea, even. Lots of money is spent this way - not just by venture capitalists or companies looking to make a buck, but by research firms who have an honest interest in progressing the sciences - yes, eventually they will make money but in the short term research like this is important just for the sake of knowlege. Imagine for example the defense application. Send a UAV through a remote hostile location with a camera snapping pictures every tenth of a second. Stitch the pictures together into a battlefield scenario that can be imported into a 3D visualizer. Research leads to products.
Kofi broke the prototype
key word is "measured outside the earths atmosthere". a good portion of the energy is lost to dissipative effects.
1kW/m2 at the equator is fair. 1kW/m2 in Wisconsin is not.
Not to mention cloudy days, rain, etc. All dissipative effects that further reduce effective energy transfer.
shouldn't the free market decide if the gold farmers are successful or not? :)
I kid, I kid. Screw the gold farmers for messing up in-game economics and screw Blizzard for selling out.
I'm always shocked how pro-freedom geeks forget their morals when it comes to a game or a product they like. Fanboys will be fanboys, that's the reality of the situation.... Lots of these guys grew up on Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo, but the reality is that the Blizzard of today wasn't the Blizzard of your childhood.