Don't underestimate the issue. LEDs are problematic because they have no afterglow unlike fluorescents and incandescents.
I personally get a scorching eye strain and headache from the 220Hz PWM that small laptops use these days. Large laptops (15.6" and larger) I am fine with -- they seem to almost always use a high-frequency (tens of kilohertz) carrier wave or, true "analog" current control to the backlight.
Of course this Philips light communication system will likely use quite high modulation frequency anyway, just to cram in enough data in the signal.
I thought that modem thing was an urban legend. Even if the RX/TX LEDs would represent actual bits on the line, wouldn't you still need a super-high-FPS camera?
Yeah. Indeed all of them go 11 hours, because there was a mistake in my message: I forgot that the face of an analog clock is 12 hours instead of 24. Now, additionally we have to keep in mind that while the clock adjusts the time, the real time goes on forward at the same time, so we actually would have tweak it a bit more than 11 hours if we want to be spot on.
Actually, the _real_ point here is that Microsoft is now implying, quite strongly, that open-source software is preferable for security, privacy, and other sensitive purposes.
I have heard that those radio-controlled (DCF-77 in Europe) mechanical clocks always do the time adjustment clockwise, so when moving from summer time to winter time, you might hear a "kkkrrrrrrrrrr..." in an unconvenient moment, when the clock patiently goes all 23 hours forward.
So... How is this even tangentially related to being newsworthy for a tech site?
Like, seriously, WTF?!
Hi. As the submitter, my reasoning was that timezones are quite nerdy topic. There has also been lots of daylight saving articles in Slashdot over the years. As far as I know, Slashdot hasn't ever been purely tech site.
Aw, scrap that. I actually submitted this only because I can totally annoy you with it, and because of all the possibilities for Soviet Russia jokes.
Because I'm sure going to trust that guy with the east-Indian accent telling me over the phone to install a remote access tool to my computer.
Indeed. Why go through the hassle of following the manual instructions of an Indian guy, when an American guy at NSA can install a remote access tool to my computer automatically.:P
Without usable voice control, this thing is useless. And the only way to make voice control work non-annoyingly is if someone like Google open sources their Google Now speech to text stuff and put the needed patents into the public domain.
Then scratch the itch and add the missing piece yourself. Open source should not be about us passively waiting for someone else to always do the hard work so we can just grab the source and run away with it. I see this kind of mentality a lot these days. Suddenly we are not part of the open source community ourselves, but the community is some external creature, a code mill from which we can demand various things. Learn C or C++. Learn how speech recognition works. Begin coding and contributing.
Notice that this isn't some mysterious hidden warehouse of an arcade cabinet collector. She simply bought some kind of business or retail space building which had an arcade in it.
As the world moves on to 64-bit OSes, and with Microsoft removing XP Mode from Windows 8, we need some contribution from the open source community.
Well, take the proper responsibility and contribute yourself. I think open source is cool, but not when it is perceived as the magical software fountain which generates free programs while I just fiddle my thumbs. What you asked is a reverse engineered Windows to play old games. That would require extreme amounts of work. Are you willing to help by contributing code or giving donations?
It seems that for a long time (say, up to 90s or 00s) it was believed that Gates said that 640KB thing. Then people did some research and didn't find any solid evidence of him saying that. So for some years people were reminded that "Gates never actually said that". But during the recent 5 years or so, talks about it being true after all have been coming back. I personally haven't followed the research much to know what's the current opinion. Hmm.
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Or even better: ARM Versatile Express Product Family.
Its-a-me, Mario! Wahuu!
:D
Don't underestimate the issue. LEDs are problematic because they have no afterglow unlike fluorescents and incandescents.
I personally get a scorching eye strain and headache from the 220Hz PWM that small laptops use these days. Large laptops (15.6" and larger) I am fine with -- they seem to almost always use a high-frequency (tens of kilohertz) carrier wave or, true "analog" current control to the backlight.
Of course this Philips light communication system will likely use quite high modulation frequency anyway, just to cram in enough data in the signal.
if the sensor were fast enough
Mm, there's your problem.
So a photodiode. You would probably have to mount it very close to the LED though.
I thought that modem thing was an urban legend. Even if the RX/TX LEDs would represent actual bits on the line, wouldn't you still need a super-high-FPS camera?
Yeah. Indeed all of them go 11 hours, because there was a mistake in my message: I forgot that the face of an analog clock is 12 hours instead of 24. Now, additionally we have to keep in mind that while the clock adjusts the time, the real time goes on forward at the same time, so we actually would have tweak it a bit more than 11 hours if we want to be spot on.
Actually, the _real_ point here is that Microsoft is now implying, quite strongly, that open-source software is preferable for security, privacy, and other sensitive purposes.
You're spinning it quite strongly.
I have heard that those radio-controlled (DCF-77 in Europe) mechanical clocks always do the time adjustment clockwise, so when moving from summer time to winter time, you might hear a "kkkrrrrrrrrrr..." in an unconvenient moment, when the clock patiently goes all 23 hours forward.
So... How is this even tangentially related to being newsworthy for a tech site? Like, seriously, WTF?!
Hi. As the submitter, my reasoning was that timezones are quite nerdy topic. There has also been lots of daylight saving articles in Slashdot over the years. As far as I know, Slashdot hasn't ever been purely tech site.
Aw, scrap that. I actually submitted this only because I can totally annoy you with it, and because of all the possibilities for Soviet Russia jokes.
Because I'm sure going to trust that guy with the east-Indian accent telling me over the phone to install a remote access tool to my computer.
Indeed. Why go through the hassle of following the manual instructions of an Indian guy, when an American guy at NSA can install a remote access tool to my computer automatically. :P
Without usable voice control, this thing is useless. And the only way to make voice control work non-annoyingly is if someone like Google open sources their Google Now speech to text stuff and put the needed patents into the public domain.
Then scratch the itch and add the missing piece yourself. Open source should not be about us passively waiting for someone else to always do the hard work so we can just grab the source and run away with it. I see this kind of mentality a lot these days. Suddenly we are not part of the open source community ourselves, but the community is some external creature, a code mill from which we can demand various things. Learn C or C++. Learn how speech recognition works. Begin coding and contributing.
At some point we should also see a "year of SSD", where most of the new laptops will ship with an SSD.
Yep. Here's the Slashdot article about them starting manufacturing.
Come on, man.
Notice that this isn't some mysterious hidden warehouse of an arcade cabinet collector. She simply bought some kind of business or retail space building which had an arcade in it.
I take that you mean gadgets. There's nothing terribly mysterious about it, they were discontinued for not having proper security.
Why so cynical?
Well, there's a thick cloud cover outside and the western economic recession is going on. Makes one sad and disappointed.
Why would fish eat plastic? The water dissolve and bacteria theory -- while dubious -- still sounds more plausible.
It is a required step.
As the world moves on to 64-bit OSes, and with Microsoft removing XP Mode from Windows 8, we need some contribution from the open source community.
Well, take the proper responsibility and contribute yourself. I think open source is cool, but not when it is perceived as the magical software fountain which generates free programs while I just fiddle my thumbs. What you asked is a reverse engineered Windows to play old games. That would require extreme amounts of work. Are you willing to help by contributing code or giving donations?
I'm not sure about that...but KQ III did recently get a remake.
As a sidenote, I assume the good contact resistance of gold is because it is soft. Is this true?
It seems that for a long time (say, up to 90s or 00s) it was believed that Gates said that 640KB thing. Then people did some research and didn't find any solid evidence of him saying that. So for some years people were reminded that "Gates never actually said that". But during the recent 5 years or so, talks about it being true after all have been coming back. I personally haven't followed the research much to know what's the current opinion. Hmm.