Could it be that the manufacturers are not putting this into vehicles for several years because they are waiting for the patent on this invention to time out?
The idea is quite old now and I actually saw a working system demonstrated at Lotus a good few years before Colin Chapman died. It was used to help design camshaft profiles. You could even use a 'light pen' to pull the curve as the engine operated in real time.
BTW it definitely was electrohydraulic.
The patents system is sick, it really needs a overhaul. Here is a system that could have been implemented years ago and saved millions of gallons of fossil fuels from being wasted. What are future generations to think of us.
Did you hear of the one where an MI5 agent and some fellow horrays went out on a bender?
As the taxi was taking them home it just happened to be approaching the house of a suspected spy. So the top secret agent had the taxi pull up, the passengers spilled out onto the pavement of a quite well to do residential area, then proceeded to scream obscenities through the suspects letter box. Including the immortal line, 'Come on out you commie b*****d, I want to give you a good thrashing'.
Loosing a laptop seems a rather minor misdemeanour after that don't you think?
Tim Burton usually does the stories much darker. If you read the original book (it's in French ho hum) it is very dark. The apes are much much further advanced than the humans, not so much the humans de-evolved as were overtaken.
Incompetant Managers, greedy owners are the cause
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IMHO from what I've seen over the years it is incompetant management and greedy owners that is the real reason for a company having a skill shortage.
A startling example is a company I contracted for who had a really super skilled C++ programmer. His code was flawless, and worked first time etc. He was good get the idea. He basically made the companies product. He should have been made a share owner. Anyhow the company management was complete tosh, hopeless bunch of losers.
Because the chap was so good, he was in demand constantly, eventually ended up in his not having a holiday for over two years!
So, one day he said, 'enough is enough, I'm off on holiday in a month for a week'. They said if he did that they would sack him.
So it came to pass.
Within a year the company had all but gone bust and was taken over.
In the UK they have some new rules on tax to disuade the better IT people from working here, so they're practically all off to America on H1Bs. Of the good people I know not one has gone for less than $150,000 plus european style vaction time plus share options plus etc. etc.
As for crap people: there are plenty to fill the spaces...
I've done it. The really important thing is to seperate home from work. One contract I ended up hacking about for over 48 hours in one stretch bouyed up with Jolt, the lee side hurt, alot. On another my girlfriend was going through teething problems with a new computer, and was constantly distracting, it is very hard to say, 'sod off, call the help line'. On another there was company political resistance to teleworking going on which is pathetic
For advice: set aside one area and call that the office. Put a lock on the door and treat it like an office. Get a seperate coffee machine etc. Get two mobiles, one for work, one for private and keep them strictly seperate: some clients get upset if they call you at 10am and you're walking the dog etc. I've gone as far as giving the girlfriend my original mobile and she answers it as my PA! If the client wants to send you some kit make sure you've enough room, 256 ticket machines doesn't sound many till they're up and down all the stairs, chairs and tables.
Last year I went to Gran Canaria on Holiday. During a thunderstorm the cable TV setup in the complex blinked out and was replaced with the 'insert boot disk screen' of the Amiga (in Spanish BTW). Was right in the middle of a film! Scuttled down to the concierge and showed him how to reboot from the (dusty) floppies...
But that was not as spooky as a ZX-80 running a nuclear power plant...
IANAL but trained far enough to realise the money was better elsewhere...
Section One Prohibition Of False Trade Description This section also prohibits the supply or offer to supply of goods to which a false trade description has been applied
Section Fourteen False or Misleading Statements As To Services, ETC In accordance with this section, any person in the course of a trade or business who either knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement as to the provision of a service, accomodation or facilities etc., shall be guilty of an offence
I tried teaching my daughter how to work out the password on paper this weekend. This hack gave me a most excellent excuse to practice modular arithmetic with her.
Anyhow she has grown out of Barbies and is into some serious Lego hacking.
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Would've posted earlier but wanted to apply first...
RTFI! That is exactly the point. If you have nothing to hide you are in a more perilous position! This is because if they say you have encrypted data, and you don't, the burden of proof is on YOU to PROVE they are wrong!
But don't dissent too much, as this law now means that they seize your computer, find some random data, say it is encrypted, demand the key, and then give you five years for not yielding it!
I got so fed up with the noise from the cluster in my office (which is just across the hallway from my bedroom) that I had one of those double glazed doors installed. Keeps the noise in and provides extra security too! Also I grow Orchids in that room as it's good for all the plants that require a higher temperature.
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Are not public libraries another dangerous idea of that revolutionary type Benjamin Franklin?
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I was driving one of my 8 series (an M Tech believe it or not, we're talking a potential 200 MPH + ). Anyhow, on a country road we were forced to slow down (I don't speed BTW) because some loon had been pulled for speeding. Anyhow 5 minutes later, said loon is behind and harrassing me 'cause I'm only doing 30 in a 30 zone. I hope he gets banned 'cause he just doesn't understand.
So, now that you've spent $2000+ on your HDTV, $1000 on your DirecTV HDTV box, and your DirecTV subscription
And $20 to that kid down the street to disable the disablement.
The idea is quite old now and I actually saw a working system demonstrated at Lotus a good few years before Colin Chapman died. It was used to help design camshaft profiles. You could even use a 'light pen' to pull the curve as the engine operated in real time.
BTW it definitely was electrohydraulic.
The patents system is sick, it really needs a overhaul. Here is a system that could have been implemented years ago and saved millions of gallons of fossil fuels from being wasted. What are future generations to think of us.
BTW she now understands why we have a ZX80 as a cat flap.
You can learn more than engineering with Lego.
As the taxi was taking them home it just happened to be approaching the house of a suspected spy. So the top secret agent had the taxi pull up, the passengers spilled out onto the pavement of a quite well to do residential area, then proceeded to scream obscenities through the suspects letter box. Including the immortal line, 'Come on out you commie b*****d, I want to give you a good thrashing'.
Loosing a laptop seems a rather minor misdemeanour after that don't you think?
Watch out for the MIBs!
So someone gives away a free newspaper, I am then not allowed to pass it on to someone else once I've read it?
Forgive me, but what's the difference?
Tim Burton usually does the stories much darker. If you read the original book (it's in French ho hum) it is very dark. The apes are much much further advanced than the humans, not so much the humans de-evolved as were overtaken.
A startling example is a company I contracted for who had a really super skilled C++ programmer. His code was flawless, and worked first time etc. He was good get the idea. He basically made the companies product. He should have been made a share owner. Anyhow the company management was complete tosh, hopeless bunch of losers.
Because the chap was so good, he was in demand constantly, eventually ended up in his not having a holiday for over two years!
So, one day he said, 'enough is enough, I'm off on holiday in a month for a week'. They said if he did that they would sack him.
So it came to pass.
Within a year the company had all but gone bust and was taken over.
As for crap people: there are plenty to fill the spaces ...
For advice: set aside one area and call that the office. Put a lock on the door and treat it like an office. Get a seperate coffee machine etc. Get two mobiles, one for work, one for private and keep them strictly seperate: some clients get upset if they call you at 10am and you're walking the dog etc. I've gone as far as giving the girlfriend my original mobile and she answers it as my PA! If the client wants to send you some kit make sure you've enough room, 256 ticket machines doesn't sound many till they're up and down all the stairs, chairs and tables.
But how fast will it crack RC5? Does the processor underlying all this have that nice shift-n in one clock cycle?
But that was not as spooky as a ZX-80 running a nuclear power plant ...
Section One
Prohibition Of False Trade Description
This section also prohibits the supply or offer to supply of goods to which a false trade description has been applied
Section Fourteen
False or Misleading Statements As To Services, ETC
In accordance with this section, any person in the course of a trade or business who either knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement as to the provision of a service, accomodation or facilities etc., shall be guilty of an offence
Anyhow she has grown out of Barbies and is into some serious Lego hacking.
Where should we post them?
Is that the Democrats or New Labour?
It's a little more complex. The words are backwards and there are spelling mistakes.
Senior engineering position responsible for research and development of the Delphi compiler for Linux. Will work with the entire team to to deliver future versions of Delphi for Windows and Linux.
Would've posted earlier but wanted to apply first ...
RTFI! That is exactly the point. If you have nothing to hide you are in a more perilous position! This is because if they say you have encrypted data, and you don't, the burden of proof is on YOU to PROVE they are wrong!
But don't dissent too much, as this law now means that they seize your computer, find some random data, say it is encrypted, demand the key, and then give you five years for not yielding it!
Forget the beowulf in the cigar box, this little baby'll fit in a matchbox. Now what do I do for a screen?
I got so fed up with the noise from the cluster in my office (which is just across the hallway from my bedroom) that I had one of those double glazed doors installed. Keeps the noise in and provides extra security too! Also I grow Orchids in that room as it's good for all the plants that require a higher temperature.