In the ideal world, there would be no government regulation.
However, because radio waves are a government regulated commodity, Joe Schmoe can't hijack, for example, FOX's airwaves and broadcast his own competing opinion. Sure, it starts a "signal strength" battle, but energy is a limited commodity itself. Eventuall Joe Schmoe can win, only a smaller area. Many Joe Schmoes can pool their resources and win a bunch of smaller areas.
To an extent, the Internet has given Joe Schmoe and Media Conglomerates a level playing field. For the first time, their voices can be heard equally. That is, until Net Neutrality gets bashed in the face.
However, this is merely a leveled playing field. For every website/blog started by Joe Schmoe, the Media Conglomerates can start one. The Media Conglomerates still have the airwaves... which are protected from Joe Schmoe by the Government, thereby creating it's own necessity to regulate the Media Conglomerates.
Obviously they must've gotten the college students from the School of Business, maybe even the marketing program. They tend to be complete dumbasses.
If they're really short on people who have IQs closely matching that of the Chimps, then they may have went to the Agricultural Journalism program. Most football players can be found there.
Your equations don't seem to have any base in science. Care to explain where the arbitrary random values (29, etc) came from?
I calculate* the whole diameter as being 0.22 mm from the simple equation of Area = (Volumetric flow) / (Air veloctiy). No need to be more complicated. The hole is small enough that you don't have to worry about pressure gradients and big enough that you don't have to factor in turbulence.
*Proof: I'd imagine the space station is pressurized to 1 atm. Given that 1.3 kg of air leaks out a day, and the density of air at 1 atm is 1.225 kg/m^3, this means the volumetric flow rate is 1.15741 E-5 m^3 per second (assume the space station is so big, the leaking air doesn't change the pressure... I'm sure it carries pressurized tanks to maintin cabin pressure). To solve for the area of the leak A = flow rate / velocity, we need velocity. Velocity can be calculated as sqrt(pressure differential / density). The pressure differential is 1atm = 101,325 Pascals (1 Pa = 1 kg/m/s^2).
Plug it all through and you get an area of 4.024E-8 m^2 for the size of the leak. Assuming it's circular, diameter = 2 * sqrt(Area/pi) = 2.253E-4 meters.
Looks like trolls are posting articles now. Sooner or later they'll learn to read and write, maybe even think.
I calculate* the leak as being 0.22mm in diameter. Incredibly small leak.
For reference, this is approximately 2 times the diameter of a human hair (~100 um).
The wonders of science...
*Proof: I'd imagine the space station is pressurized to 1 atm. Given that 1.3 kg of air leaks out a day, and the density of air at 1 atm is 1.225 kg/m^3, this means the volumetric flow rate is 1.15741 E-5 m^3 per second (assume the space station is so big, the leaking air doesn't change the pressure). To solve for the area of the leak A = flow rate / velocity, we need velocity. Velocity can be calculated as sqrt(pressure differential / density). The pressure differential is 1atm = 101,325 Pascals (1 Pa = 1 kg/m/s^2).
Plug it all through and you get an area of 4.024E-8 m^2 for the size of the leak. Assuming it's circular, diameter = 2 * sqrt(Area/pi) = 2.253E-4 meters.
It starts out as pay to connect being to make money, but what happens when the company execs decide they don't like your viewpoint?
Net Neutrality is here for a reason. People already pay for their content. The internet providers are merely looking for a way to squeeze more cash out of a saturated market.
How are they going to enforce it? People aren't going to like it when all of a sudden they can't connect to Google, because Google won't pay. No, the small people/companies will be the first to go, so they can show it works. Joe Schmoe will suffer.
Shit like this has been in the making for years. This crap is no different than BitBoys or DN4Ever.
Just google/slashdot search Constellation 3D. We were supposed to have 100GB CD's 5 years ago.
My theory is we're trapped in a TTBF (technological temporal bullshit field). As time increases the amount of bullshit we hear from startups increases.
His first mistake is posting is publicizing his indecision. This tells me this guy is just trying to establish a reputation, and has no intention of sharing his work.
If I were him, I would have posted the code to newsgroups anonymously. Then sent an anonymous e-mail to the relevant linux maintainer/developer. They can't catch you if you don't leave any cookie crumbs to follow.
I don't think any of these "open-source" machines are going to solve anything. I'm just proud the machines won't be Diebold. After all, corruption comes from those manning the machines, not the machines themselves.
To elaborate, this is the exact charge that could set a precident that scares me: "conspiring to traffic in a technology used to circumvent a copyright protection system".
For a long time, Linux on xbox was considered legal as no code was stolen. Only the copy protection system was broken, using flaws in the hardware (unlike DeCSS). No actual code is altered in the process.
This could also prevent people who prefer their privacy from disabling Trusted Computing.
Generally, the rule of thumb has been "you bought the hardware, you can do whatever you want with it as long as you don't touch our software". This would change that.
If you read closely, they're not only invoking DMCA for pirated games, but also the modchip itself (conspiring to circumvent...).
This could set a precedent that means the end of: TiVo mods Linux on XBOX Tinkering with Trusted Computing (!) Pretty much modifying any hardware with basic protections
If such a model were applied to Operating Systems, Windows would cost $200 and Linux would be free...
Oh wait, it is. And like the music distribution model, the higher priced stuff is crap.
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In the ideal world, there would be no government regulation. However, because radio waves are a government regulated commodity, Joe Schmoe can't hijack, for example, FOX's airwaves and broadcast his own competing opinion. Sure, it starts a "signal strength" battle, but energy is a limited commodity itself. Eventuall Joe Schmoe can win, only a smaller area. Many Joe Schmoes can pool their resources and win a bunch of smaller areas. To an extent, the Internet has given Joe Schmoe and Media Conglomerates a level playing field. For the first time, their voices can be heard equally. That is, until Net Neutrality gets bashed in the face. However, this is merely a leveled playing field. For every website/blog started by Joe Schmoe, the Media Conglomerates can start one. The Media Conglomerates still have the airwaves... which are protected from Joe Schmoe by the Government, thereby creating it's own necessity to regulate the Media Conglomerates.
Obviously they must've gotten the college students from the School of Business, maybe even the marketing program. They tend to be complete dumbasses.
If they're really short on people who have IQs closely matching that of the Chimps, then they may have went to the Agricultural Journalism program. Most football players can be found there.
Just a few suggestions.
Your equations don't seem to have any base in science. Care to explain where the arbitrary random values (29, etc) came from?
I calculate* the whole diameter as being 0.22 mm from the simple equation of Area = (Volumetric flow) / (Air veloctiy). No need to be more complicated. The hole is small enough that you don't have to worry about pressure gradients and big enough that you don't have to factor in turbulence.
*Proof: I'd imagine the space station is pressurized to 1 atm. Given that 1.3 kg of air leaks out a day, and the density of air at 1 atm is 1.225 kg/m^3, this means the volumetric flow rate is 1.15741 E-5 m^3 per second (assume the space station is so big, the leaking air doesn't change the pressure... I'm sure it carries pressurized tanks to maintin cabin pressure). To solve for the area of the leak A = flow rate / velocity, we need velocity. Velocity can be calculated as sqrt(pressure differential / density). The pressure differential is 1atm = 101,325 Pascals (1 Pa = 1 kg/m/s^2).
Plug it all through and you get an area of 4.024E-8 m^2 for the size of the leak. Assuming it's circular, diameter = 2 * sqrt(Area/pi) = 2.253E-4 meters.
Looks like trolls are posting articles now. Sooner or later they'll learn to read and write, maybe even think.
I calculate* the leak as being 0.22mm in diameter. Incredibly small leak.
For reference, this is approximately 2 times the diameter of a human hair (~100 um).
The wonders of science...
*Proof: I'd imagine the space station is pressurized to 1 atm. Given that 1.3 kg of air leaks out a day, and the density of air at 1 atm is 1.225 kg/m^3, this means the volumetric flow rate is 1.15741 E-5 m^3 per second (assume the space station is so big, the leaking air doesn't change the pressure). To solve for the area of the leak A = flow rate / velocity, we need velocity. Velocity can be calculated as sqrt(pressure differential / density). The pressure differential is 1atm = 101,325 Pascals (1 Pa = 1 kg/m/s^2).
Plug it all through and you get an area of 4.024E-8 m^2 for the size of the leak. Assuming it's circular, diameter = 2 * sqrt(Area/pi) = 2.253E-4 meters.
...suffocation from incessant puking as a result of radiation poisoning kills people.
Duh, when you outsource the bottom 1/3rd (fictitious number) of the workforce, you're left with the top 2/3rds... I'm suprised it only raised by 5.5%.
It starts out as pay to connect being to make money, but what happens when the company execs decide they don't like your viewpoint?
Net Neutrality is here for a reason. People already pay for their content. The internet providers are merely looking for a way to squeeze more cash out of a saturated market.
How are they going to enforce it? People aren't going to like it when all of a sudden they can't connect to Google, because Google won't pay. No, the small people/companies will be the first to go, so they can show it works. Joe Schmoe will suffer.
Yeah, but family can get annoying...
I especially enjoy the family members that start with, "I'll have to have you... (insert lame support request here)"
It's like, "OMG OMG, I get to fix your computer!! Teh joy is overwhelming!!!"
I often end their sentences with... "or I could shoot myself."
I've been producing shit since I was born, but you don't see me suing Slashdot.
It's called honesty.
April Fools!
The webserver for that link is really a bunch of wires connected to a potato.
Or a pile of molten slag.
Shit like this has been in the making for years. This crap is no different than BitBoys or DN4Ever.
Just google/slashdot search Constellation 3D. We were supposed to have 100GB CD's 5 years ago.
My theory is we're trapped in a TTBF (technological temporal bullshit field). As time increases the amount of bullshit we hear from startups increases.
This is so 1995 technology.
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Slashdot has just been trolled.
His first mistake is posting is publicizing his indecision. This tells me this guy is just trying to establish a reputation, and has no intention of sharing his work.
If I were him, I would have posted the code to newsgroups anonymously. Then sent an anonymous e-mail to the relevant linux maintainer/developer. They can't catch you if you don't leave any cookie crumbs to follow.
Jesus... if Microsoft fixed every little bug to come along, then who would upgrade to Vista?!?!?
...the iHuman.
Coming in 5 different colours of Black, White, Blue, Pink, and Green. Collect all 5!
^ New headline should read.
I don't think any of these "open-source" machines are going to solve anything. I'm just proud the machines won't be Diebold. After all, corruption comes from those manning the machines, not the machines themselves.
What about translating to HEX/Binary? I always wanted to chat with my computer.
Jnadke: Hi Computer!
Localhost: 46 6c 6f 70 70 79 20 44 72 69 76 65 20 52 65 61 64 79 2e
(Convert HEX to ASCII)
To elaborate, this is the exact charge that could set a precident that scares me: "conspiring to traffic in a technology used to circumvent a copyright protection system". For a long time, Linux on xbox was considered legal as no code was stolen. Only the copy protection system was broken, using flaws in the hardware (unlike DeCSS). No actual code is altered in the process. This could also prevent people who prefer their privacy from disabling Trusted Computing. Generally, the rule of thumb has been "you bought the hardware, you can do whatever you want with it as long as you don't touch our software". This would change that.
If you read closely, they're not only invoking DMCA for pirated games, but also the modchip itself (conspiring to circumvent...).
This could set a precedent that means the end of:
TiVo mods
Linux on XBOX
Tinkering with Trusted Computing (!)
Pretty much modifying any hardware with basic protections
If such a model were applied to Operating Systems, Windows would cost $200 and Linux would be free... Oh wait, it is. And like the music distribution model, the higher priced stuff is crap.
Such a model cannot be accurately applied to the digital media market.
Busiesses are trying to offer products with a variable pricing scheme with a commodity that has infinite supply. It doesn't make any sense.
It barely costs them any more to sell 20,000 albums than 200.
This is just another attempt at Mother Nature to monopolize the energy market. First coal, then oil, now renewable engeries???
We must rise up to defeat this threat. Say NO to Mother Nature.
The U.S. Administration has recently released the Deck of Cards Christmas Edition, featuring Masood Kahn as the "Dark Joker" from heck.
Demand is expected to surpass supply. Orders will not be shipped before April, but all pre-orders will make it out before Christmas.