I think they mean "higher resolution than a TV" for the same size patch of space. So, your TV may get, say 640x480 on it's 24" screen (about 13.6" x 10.2" square )
Thus, for 144" ( about 115" x 86.4" square ), it would have a total resolution for the entire surface about 5412 x 4065 resolution (for equal to a TV with a 24" screen)
I think the easiest answer, as per the discussion above is to take advantage of the module/plugin aspect to write a compression module for reiser4. Basically just pipe all data going to disk through bzip2 or gzip except the fs overhead... compress for wirtes and decompress for reads.
Water dissolves in engine oil. Especially after it's no longer new (i.e. black). It's due to the contaminents and detergent additives. Next time you change you oil try it.
Actually, Hydrogen is a PITA to store as well. H2 is so small it can actually readily diffuse through most metals, including mild steel. The real kicker is that when H2 gets into a metal lattice, it usually causes it to become brittle. The last thing you want is a metal tank of 3000psi H2 that will crack if you hit it wrong... plus it's leaking H2 through diffusion anyway (fire hazard).
I think H2 may also need a special internally-lined tank. I also think metal-oxides help offest this somewhat:
So put in less fuel so you burn less overall. That's what the O2 sensor is for anyway. Nitous is injected in the intake manifold (past the sensor) so that it's like getting extra burn from the same amount of gas (hense the need for forged pistons, etc. He's just talking about getting the same amount of burn from less gas.
You can get stopping compression form 2x4 just as well. 4x4's do get some additional stopping power because there's extra driveline friction from the front wheels & transfer case. It's not going to matter much if you're wheels have lost traction with the ground... you're just as screwed as with a 2x4.
Trucks may have some difference in the proportioning valve, which is due to the difference in weight distribution (transfer case and front axle add more weight to front), but it's not nearly as great an effect as having a loaded bed or towing a trailer (massive distribution of weight to the rear). As such, you may be right about compact and maybe 1/2 ton trucks, but I would suspect 3/4 ton and larger trucks are engineered for rear load which massively outweighs whether it's 2wd or 4wd.
Before load variable suspension came into use, there was a HUGE difference in the ride of an unloaded 1/2 ton and the 3/4 & 1 ton truck. The heavier trucks (pre 1995-ish) were mostly work use and engineered as such.
Mozilla/Firefox still have the XPI interface, which is how you install AdBlock amongst other things. And yes, people have started trying to use it for scumware and such
It would be equally interesting if the US decided to class action the GOP for allowing MS to continue bundling IE in the OS when it
a) knew of the problems at hand
b) had already proven this was a monopolistic practice because of lack of choice
c) Balked at the chance to remedy the situation after b) was proven true in court, thus forcing numerous citizens to be exposed to risk without their choice or consent
"Willful neglect"?
(FTR: I do not generally approve of a sue-happy society)
Ok, you're trying to be nitpicky about something without supporting your claim, because you _want_ to be right, but you can't prove you're right (which is what the dude you're futily arguing with is trying to say. Plus you're trying to be mean, which is, well, mean
Speed does not cause loss of control. Loss of control is caused by:
Loss of Friction of tires against surface (fishtail)
Lateral acceleration pushes the center of gravity past & over the friction points (roll)
Human stupidty (Lossed a wheel/steering shaft came off because you didn't tighten lugnuts / let it rust through / etc.)
Speed is only one factor. there is also turn angle, braking force (engine + brakes + tire compount + surface type + surface angle relative to gravity and vehicle velocity vector), friction area (tire size & tread pattern), and center of gravity.
You haven't proven it was simply speed. It was probably many of the above. If the driver was stomping on the brakes while turning, she can lose traction where simply turning would still keep you on the pavement. Why? When you are braking you add that much force to what your tires are trying to do--putting you that much closer to their limit when they skid or go into a roll.
The other side is that speed is relative to your vehicle. I'll wager that lady was driving an SUV (high center of gravity) or maybe an eco-box (skinny, low surface area tires). These vehicles tend to have the most pathetic traction. IMHO, the eco-boxes tend to be even worse the the SUV's
In the case of your accident, I feel it is one that is close to you emotionally (given the passion in your writing), and for this you have my sympathies. But the true cause of loss of control of any vehicle is not driving within your personal and vehicle driving limitations (i.e. reckless endangerment). This is what the grandparent is trying to say.
I had a sportscar. I drove on city highways at 90 mph. I now have a compact truck, which I won't drive faster than 70-75, even in eastern Kansas. Reason is simple... The car is stable at those speeds, the city traffic moved briskly, and the car was capable of emergency dodging and slowing adequately from that speed. The truck couldn't stop in twice the distance from that speed even with Mario Andretti driving, and probably isn't aerodynamic to even be stable driving straight at 90mph
To cause as many casualties as the lady you wrote about did I'll wager it was a large / heavy / long vehicle that can't handle tight turns (NOT a fault of speed in and of itself). Plus, you indicated she was probably going around 30 mph on a 10 mph turn. Exceeding the recommended speed (even if only determined for cornering purposes) by 200% is never smart. I doubt you'll find even among the proponents of speeding saying it's safe to drive at a constant 210mph down any (public) highway regardless of vehicle.
It is much easier to lose control of a car at high speed. If you don't believe me you haven't driven enough. I think that in most cases most drivers are safe at about 10 mph above the posted limit. If you are constantly getting speeding tickets you are frequently going faster than 10 mph above the posted limit.
The cop (and the law) can't distinguish between who can handle 80 mph down a country road and who can't.
I agree with this to an extent. You could determine the information, but it would involve a yearly driving skills test and a much more detailed saftey inspection on a per driver basis, which most people wont want to do or can't afford. Similarly to complie a list of speed limits by car, tire, mods, etc. for every road would be pushing speeding law down the overspecified road towards tax law and would be a mess.
The real answer is for people to be responsible, courtious, and be self policing. I'll have to tell that to the crotch-rocketers that cut in front of me at stoplights next time they pass;-)
About 2-3 years ago I was playing with Linux and TW's cable broadband--I "gave myself" the broadcast IP for that subnet. And it worked, at least within that subnet. I was somewhat shocked that
a) ifconfig seemed happy with it b) route seemed happy with it c) The cable modem seemed happy with it
The article said they knew there was some risk in this area, but they have comes strides (and even held prototype demos) with some barrel materials that don't wear after 10 shots. They also mentioned they're piggybacking off of Army rail gun research.
FYI, US Army has a large section at a base (Aberdeen?) that is devoted almost entirely to barrel wear. I've talked to them once or twice. Current barrels already have a sheath metal on the inside to prevent wear and warping. Those army guys are pretty bright, I wouldn't put it past them to have found a solution or to come up with one (even with mach 7.5 speeds).
AS the other pos(t)er said, geo-orbit is the minimum distance you have to be to go stright up (no horisontal speed) and achieve orbit. I think this also assumes the Earth's rotational speed is inherited by your spacecraft (IANARS).For comparison:
Today's SS1 launch went to 100km
A Space Shuttle can go to ~300km (plus a huge amount of horizontal speed.. depends on cargo weight probably). Based on what I've heard, the ISS is a bit farther out than this... there is only 1 shuttle that can reach it)
Geosynchronous Orbit is at 35,786 km. A _lot_ higher up.
Info from: http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/rocket _sci/sa tellites/geo-high.html
The best answer is to have a dual boot system. The default boot disk is your Disk Wipe, the other the actual OS. As soon as someone uninformed about the computer turns it on, it begins wiping data.
Automatic tarnmissions are better suited for towing because you can get more low end torque out of the viscous coupling than the manual/clutch physical coupling.
Think about it. In a automatic all I have to do is stomp on the gas. If you're not moving you can give it more gas, which means more torque. In a manual you can't use 100% of the power because the clutch isn't fully engaged. If it was, you'd either be moving or stalled. When you are moving, the automatic tends to have higher RPM's because of the same visous coupling in the torque converter and thus more pulling power.
The one possible disadvantage is that the auto-tranny fluid gets really hot from the larger than normal difference in the engine RPM vs. the tarnsmission RPM and can burn/break down. Here it becomes a religious war...It is much easier to replace burnt auto tranny fluid than a burnt clutch. It is much easier to replace a manual clutch than all the auto-tranny clutches (if you did more damage than just burning the auto fluid).
If you come across a gas station where the lever catchis removed, some people will cram the gas cap in between the lever and the pump handle so that pumping continues. There are some gas stations that remove the entire lower part of the handle, but there are very, very few that do.
I agree, AdBlock is a godsend. Someone has come up with flash ads that don't popup the AdBlock tab, but I can still find them when I do the 'list all blockable elements'. I also love that it'll take out iFrames buried in other iFrames.
You only see the points on an article as of the last time a page loaded. Therefore (esp. on new stories) you may have 5 moderators who read a good Score=1 story and think it should be a bit higher. They all mod and then it's magically a +5 without any of them knowing there were other mod points coming. The only proper solution is an "Overrated", which has it's own drawbacks (esp. if it was a "Funny" post), and burns extra mod points that may be better used elsewhere
Yes, but the price is weight. My 01 Z28 had a curb weight of 3700 lbs, dry. For a two door sports car, that's a hell of a lot. There are SUV's that weigh less than that. Since most of that weight was probably in the engine, that'll put the center of gravity forward and give you more mass that has to float. The the Porsche flat 6 in the WRX probably weighs 350+ lbs less than the LS1. (I heard that Porsche has begun water-cooling their flat 6 engines in the later model years (at least in the Boxter), I don't know if the WRX also suffers from that change)
I believe the same year Corevette which uses the same LS1 engine block & transmission has a curb weight of 2800 lbs, so I wouldn't be suprised if there were other things you could do to "lighten the load" as well.
That's because it's a (small, but still) pain in the ass to change the browsing settings whenever you get mod points. If/. changed (or allowed a user to set different) browsing settings based on whether you had mod points or not, the lame-asses who forget to change their browsing preferences would be covered anyway. I know I've forgotten to change my setting when modding before.
Except that the stations also include credit card payment. Assuming the cc numbers aren't stored in the actual machine, you're likely to reap less reward if you are going for the available cash inside. One post in a different thread says (Portland's?) parking cash on the new machines is 50% credit cards.
The only way it would be profitable is if there are CC numbers or a signifigant amount of currancy for making change inside (and assuming it isn't in a better armored box within the machine)
If we can trust that the spammers will have variance in their distribution lists, then over time it should be possible to determine which addresses are the seeds and which are the innocent. As the list changes, we can see some addresses go and some new ones added. There should also be some that stay the same. The more lists received, the fewer addresses that will be the same on all lists ever received.
At some point, the number of similar addresses across all lists received should reach a minimum limit. At this point, these remaining addresses should be the most likely canidates for the seed emails.
The amount of time it takes to wittle down the list is going to be inversely proportional to the variance in the address lists used.
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I think they mean "higher resolution than a TV" for the same size patch of space. So, your TV may get, say 640x480 on it's 24" screen (about 13.6" x 10.2" square )
/. fubar'd it
Thus, for 144" ( about 115" x 86.4" square ), it would have a total resolution for the entire surface about 5412 x 4065 resolution (for equal to a TV with a 24" screen)
I had the math relation on here, but
I think the easiest answer, as per the discussion above is to take advantage of the module/plugin aspect to write a compression module for reiser4. Basically just pipe all data going to disk through bzip2 or gzip except the fs overhead... compress for wirtes and decompress for reads.
Water dissolves in engine oil. Especially after it's no longer new (i.e. black). It's due to the contaminents and detergent additives. Next time you change you oil try it.
Actually, Hydrogen is a PITA to store as well. H2 is so small it can actually readily diffuse through most metals, including mild steel. The real kicker is that when H2 gets into a metal lattice, it usually causes it to become brittle. The last thing you want is a metal tank of 3000psi H2 that will crack if you hit it wrong... plus it's leaking H2 through diffusion anyway (fire hazard).
I think H2 may also need a special internally-lined tank. I also think metal-oxides help offest this somewhat:
H2 diffusion
reference to hydrogen permiating steel
So put in less fuel so you burn less overall. That's what the O2 sensor is for anyway. Nitous is injected in the intake manifold (past the sensor) so that it's like getting extra burn from the same amount of gas (hense the need for forged pistons, etc. He's just talking about getting the same amount of burn from less gas.
You can get stopping compression form 2x4 just as well. 4x4's do get some additional stopping power because there's extra driveline friction from the front wheels & transfer case. It's not going to matter much if you're wheels have lost traction with the ground... you're just as screwed as with a 2x4.
Trucks may have some difference in the proportioning valve, which is due to the difference in weight distribution (transfer case and front axle add more weight to front), but it's not nearly as great an effect as having a loaded bed or towing a trailer (massive distribution of weight to the rear). As such, you may be right about compact and maybe 1/2 ton trucks, but I would suspect 3/4 ton and larger trucks are engineered for rear load which massively outweighs whether it's 2wd or 4wd.
Before load variable suspension came into use, there was a HUGE difference in the ride of an unloaded 1/2 ton and the 3/4 & 1 ton truck. The heavier trucks (pre 1995-ish) were mostly work use and engineered as such.
Mozilla/Firefox still have the XPI interface, which is how you install AdBlock amongst other things. And yes, people have started trying to use it for scumware and such
It would be equally interesting if the US decided to class action the GOP for allowing MS to continue bundling IE in the OS when it
a) knew of the problems at hand
b) had already proven this was a monopolistic practice because of lack of choice
c) Balked at the chance to remedy the situation after b) was proven true in court, thus forcing numerous citizens to be exposed to risk without their choice or consent
"Willful neglect"?
(FTR: I do not generally approve of a sue-happy society)
Ok, you're trying to be nitpicky about something without supporting your claim, because you _want_ to be right, but you can't prove you're right (which is what the dude you're futily arguing with is trying to say. Plus you're trying to be mean, which is, well, mean
;-)
Speed does not cause loss of control. Loss of control is caused by:
Loss of Friction of tires against surface (fishtail)
Lateral acceleration pushes the center of gravity past & over the friction points (roll)
Human stupidty (Lossed a wheel/steering shaft came off because you didn't tighten lugnuts / let it rust through / etc.)
Speed is only one factor. there is also turn angle, braking force (engine + brakes + tire compount + surface type + surface angle relative to gravity and vehicle velocity vector), friction area (tire size & tread pattern), and center of gravity.
You haven't proven it was simply speed. It was probably many of the above. If the driver was stomping on the brakes while turning, she can lose traction where simply turning would still keep you on the pavement. Why? When you are braking you add that much force to what your tires are trying to do--putting you that much closer to their limit when they skid or go into a roll.
The other side is that speed is relative to your vehicle. I'll wager that lady was driving an SUV (high center of gravity) or maybe an eco-box (skinny, low surface area tires). These vehicles tend to have the most pathetic traction. IMHO, the eco-boxes tend to be even worse the the SUV's
In the case of your accident, I feel it is one that is close to you emotionally (given the passion in your writing), and for this you have my sympathies. But the true cause of loss of control of any vehicle is not driving within your personal and vehicle driving limitations (i.e. reckless endangerment). This is what the grandparent is trying to say.
I had a sportscar. I drove on city highways at 90 mph. I now have a compact truck, which I won't drive faster than 70-75, even in eastern Kansas. Reason is simple... The car is stable at those speeds, the city traffic moved briskly, and the car was capable of emergency dodging and slowing adequately from that speed. The truck couldn't stop in twice the distance from that speed even with Mario Andretti driving, and probably isn't aerodynamic to even be stable driving straight at 90mph
To cause as many casualties as the lady you wrote about did I'll wager it was a large / heavy / long vehicle that can't handle tight turns (NOT a fault of speed in and of itself). Plus, you indicated she was probably going around 30 mph on a 10 mph turn. Exceeding the recommended speed (even if only determined for cornering purposes) by 200% is never smart. I doubt you'll find even among the proponents of speeding saying it's safe to drive at a constant 210mph down any (public) highway regardless of vehicle.
It is much easier to lose control of a car at high speed. If you don't believe me you haven't driven enough. I think that in most cases most drivers are safe at about 10 mph above the posted limit. If you are constantly getting speeding tickets you are frequently going faster than 10 mph above the posted limit.
The cop (and the law) can't distinguish between who can handle 80 mph down a country road and who can't.
I agree with this to an extent. You could determine the information, but it would involve a yearly driving skills test and a much more detailed saftey inspection on a per driver basis, which most people wont want to do or can't afford. Similarly to complie a list of speed limits by car, tire, mods, etc. for every road would be pushing speeding law down the overspecified road towards tax law and would be a mess.
The real answer is for people to be responsible, courtious, and be self policing. I'll have to tell that to the crotch-rocketers that cut in front of me at stoplights next time they pass
About 2-3 years ago I was playing with Linux and TW's cable broadband--I "gave myself" the broadcast IP for that subnet. And it worked, at least within that subnet. I was somewhat shocked that
a) ifconfig seemed happy with it
b) route seemed happy with it
c) The cable modem seemed happy with it
The article said they knew there was some risk in this area, but they have comes strides (and even held prototype demos) with some barrel materials that don't wear after 10 shots. They also mentioned they're piggybacking off of Army rail gun research.
FYI, US Army has a large section at a base (Aberdeen?) that is devoted almost entirely to barrel wear. I've talked to them once or twice. Current barrels already have a sheath metal on the inside to prevent wear and warping. Those army guys are pretty bright, I wouldn't put it past them to have found a solution or to come up with one (even with mach 7.5 speeds).
AS the other pos(t)er said, geo-orbit is the minimum distance you have to be to go stright up (no horisontal speed) and achieve orbit. I think this also assumes the Earth's rotational speed is inherited by your spacecraft (IANARS).For comparison:
t _sci/sa tellites/geo-high.html
Today's SS1 launch went to 100km
A Space Shuttle can go to ~300km (plus a huge amount of horizontal speed.. depends on cargo weight probably). Based on what I've heard, the ISS is a bit farther out than this... there is only 1 shuttle that can reach it)
Geosynchronous Orbit is at 35,786 km. A _lot_ higher up.
Info from:
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/rocke
2.5.42 gives floating point exception, at least as non-root
./evil-crashme ........*............*Floating point exception
-@ip6ctrl:~/scripts$ gcc evil.c -o evil-crashme
-@ip6ctrl:~/scripts$ ls
dropall.sql evil-crashme evil.c truncate.sql
-@ip6ctrl:~/scripts$
-@ip6ctrl:~/scripts$ uname -a
Linux ip6ctrl 2.5.42 #1 Wed Aug 6 13:46:27 EDT 2003 i686 unknown
The best answer is to have a dual boot system. The default boot disk is your Disk Wipe, the other the actual OS. As soon as someone uninformed about the computer turns it on, it begins wiping data.
Actually, I think you're off by a bit
Automatic tarnmissions are better suited for towing because you can get more low end torque out of the viscous coupling than the manual/clutch physical coupling.
Think about it. In a automatic all I have to do is stomp on the gas. If you're not moving you can give it more gas, which means more torque. In a manual you can't use 100% of the power because the clutch isn't fully engaged. If it was, you'd either be moving or stalled. When you are moving, the automatic tends to have higher RPM's because of the same visous coupling in the torque converter and thus more pulling power.
The one possible disadvantage is that the auto-tranny fluid gets really hot from the larger than normal difference in the engine RPM vs. the tarnsmission RPM and can burn/break down. Here it becomes a religious war...It is much easier to replace burnt auto tranny fluid than a burnt clutch. It is much easier to replace a manual clutch than all the auto-tranny clutches (if you did more damage than just burning the auto fluid).
If you come across a gas station where the lever catchis removed, some people will cram the gas cap in between the lever and the pump handle so that pumping continues. There are some gas stations that remove the entire lower part of the handle, but there are very, very few that do.
I agree, AdBlock is a godsend. Someone has come up with flash ads that don't popup the AdBlock tab, but I can still find them when I do the 'list all blockable elements'. I also love that it'll take out iFrames buried in other iFrames.
Mozilla AdBlock may also be found at adblock.mozdev.org
Except speakeasy doesn't do cable. I'm not sure what's worse... that your putting shameless plugs on /. or that you got modded insightful
This has been discussed before.
You only see the points on an article as of the last time a page loaded. Therefore (esp. on new stories) you may have 5 moderators who read a good Score=1 story and think it should be a bit higher. They all mod and then it's magically a +5 without any of them knowing there were other mod points coming. The only proper solution is an "Overrated", which has it's own drawbacks (esp. if it was a "Funny" post), and burns extra mod points that may be better used elsewhere
Yes, but the price is weight. My 01 Z28 had a curb weight of 3700 lbs, dry. For a two door sports car, that's a hell of a lot. There are SUV's that weigh less than that. Since most of that weight was probably in the engine, that'll put the center of gravity forward and give you more mass that has to float. The the Porsche flat 6 in the WRX probably weighs 350+ lbs less than the LS1. (I heard that Porsche has begun water-cooling their flat 6 engines in the later model years (at least in the Boxter), I don't know if the WRX also suffers from that change)
I believe the same year Corevette which uses the same LS1 engine block & transmission has a curb weight of 2800 lbs, so I wouldn't be suprised if there were other things you could do to "lighten the load" as well.
That's because it's a (small, but still) pain in the ass to change the browsing settings whenever you get mod points. If /. changed (or allowed a user to set different) browsing settings based on whether you had mod points or not, the lame-asses who forget to change their browsing preferences would be covered anyway. I know I've forgotten to change my setting when modding before.
Except that the stations also include credit card payment. Assuming the cc numbers aren't stored in the actual machine, you're likely to reap less reward if you are going for the available cash inside. One post in a different thread says (Portland's?) parking cash on the new machines is 50% credit cards.
The only way it would be profitable is if there are CC numbers or a signifigant amount of currancy for making change inside (and assuming it isn't in a better armored box within the machine)
If we can trust that the spammers will have variance in their distribution lists, then over time it should be possible to determine which addresses are the seeds and which are the innocent. As the list changes, we can see some addresses go and some new ones added. There should also be some that stay the same. The more lists received, the fewer addresses that will be the same on all lists ever received.
At some point, the number of similar addresses across all lists received should reach a minimum limit. At this point, these remaining addresses should be the most likely canidates for the seed emails.
The amount of time it takes to wittle down the list is going to be inversely proportional to the variance in the address lists used.
nohup while [ true ]; do lynx -source www.virtualmda.com > /dev/null 2>&1 ; done &