In a Boeing plane, the control columns (Big huge steering wheel like thing between each pilot's legs) are mechanically linked so when the pilot moves one, the other one moves as well.
In an Airbus plane, they have a joysticks next to each pilot on the outer side of the plane. When the first pilot moves his stick, the second pilot's stick doesn't move at all, it just stays centred. And because of the way the joysticks are positioned, the second pilot can't easily see what the first pilot is doing with the stick without a bit of effort.
Newer Airbus planes don't have Stick Shakers. Instead the input computer will modify (or reject) the pilots commands so the plane doesn't stall.
Unfortunately, this whole situation started because the pitot tubes froze over so the plane had no idea how fast it was going. Instead of risking making the wrong correction the input computer fell back into safe mode where the pilots had full control.
So the plane was left with no real measures against stalling.
the pilots flying were so disoriented that it probably would have taken a giant flashing sign saying "you're falling out of the air, dummies!" to get them to nose down.
There was a recorded voice yelling STALL, STALL, STALL over and over again. They would have ignored the giant flashing sign too and blamed it on a computer error.
They were just that disorientated.
Implementing a whitelist is going to be hard, because there have been so many releases that its simply impossibly to fit the entire database into an isolated loader, and streaming one in leaves more room for bugs to creep in.
And updating metldr will be a nightmare, current the update process is entirely offline, because not everybody has their console connected to the internet which means Sony have to remove yet another feature. And Sony is not going to want to do that until they have worked out how on earth geohot exploited metldr for its keys, which is probally why the Temporary Restraining Order is demanding that he should turn every single computer or disk that he has to sony. Also, there is no way to revoke metldr. If you have a valid metldr for your console you can downgrade.
So yes, it might be possible for sony to patch things up, but it will be really, really hard.
The PS4 should already be in a reasonably late stage of development, any major changes to the security system would drastically push the release date back.
No, a USB to serial adapter requires USB drivers, which grub just doesn't have.
Other options include:
Installing a separate copy of linux as the a 2nd option in grub. GRUB can be configured to change its default boot option before booting. Then configure your first linux copy to set the grub default back to its self after networking is up and running.
Enable network booting in your bios, and configure another computer to act as a BOOTP server to serve a copy of grub and a configuration file.
Some motherboards which might not have a serial port on the backpane will still have a serial port header on the motherboard. Its just a matter of getting an adapter.
Yeah, I like the feel of the apple keyboards, but I use Linux, and I don't like the scan code mappings.
It shouldn't be too hard to create an alternate layout which reports the expected key codes for the F1-F12 keys, remaps Fn to Insert, F13 and F14 to Print Screen/Sys Req (So I can use the magic Sys Req key when my computer crashes) and Pause/Break.
The remaining F15-F19 keys can be remapped for extra features.
Then the keyboard would be fully compatible with Linix and Windows machines without the need for special drivers.
The LCD on my EEEPC 1000he uses way less than 6-15w.
With linux, a stripped down window manager (awsome), screen at ~30% brightness and bluetooth, wifi, sd slot and webcam powered down, it idles at 8.1-8.3w. (I think the hdd is spun down at this point)
Turning the backlight off only gets me down to 7.9w, and If I put the screen at full brightness the entire power load only increases to ~9.2w.
Clearly the Screen isn't using the bulk of the power.
No matter where you define the origin, your going to have the same problems.
Everything is going to move, at different velocities in different directions, even the origin.
To find a planet you will need know:
Where it was at the time of origin
Relative to the point of origin at the time of origin,
How much time has passed since the time of origin,
The velocity/acceleration of the point of origin
The velocity/acceleration of planet.
This isn't hard for a computer to calculate. But you will never be able to locate a planet to just by a set of coordinates like you can do with GPS, you will also need to include a series of vectors regarding velocity and acceleration, which could get complex if you need describe complex orbits.
Put a linux box between him and the internet and setup packet shaping.
Create a script that lets him play for so many hours, then slowly degrade the quality of the connection until he quits in frustration.
Start at 2am, and slowly move it back each day until he is only playing a few hours a day.
Your never going to get them to cooperate with you, so Instead just go along with them. Then think up some bogus excuse to find out what software is installed, and assume any software you haven't given them is pirated.
Then go to all the affected companies and buy the licences from them. Keep all the licences Locked up at the head office. Just leave the branch offices with the pirated software installed.
That way you have the moral high ground (and probably legal immunity), the companies get their money and the branch office doesn't get angry with you.
Oh well, In that case I expect Windows 7 to ship in 2010, and be only slightly more bloated.
Apart from that it will be pretty much the same as vista, a big non-event that might as well be released as Vista service pack 2.
Its true, I worked in a company involved in air traffic control over the summer, And the computers which they had to use were old Compaq servers from 1998, of a certain model, with exactly x ram.
They were using eBay to track down replacements.
9) Scree resolution change. Unsuccessful. She was actually successful, in changing the resolution. But he never said which res, and when she picked the smallest available res, a bug prevented selection of a higher res.
It deserves at least half a point.
2) Watch youtube. Unsuccessful. No Flash. Not quite that simple, youtube used javascript to redirect to the adobe website. most other sites would of triggered Firefox's plugin installer.
What is it with banks and using CAPTCHA's?
You can detect multiple attempts form the same ips and block them to prevent brute forcing.
If a hacker already has a valid user/password nothing is going to prevent them from hireing people to decode the CAPTCHA, As they can potentially get 1000's of dollars from each account.
But when Ford discontinues its Aerostar minivan line, there is nothing preventing you from still driving the minivan that you own.
When Microsoft turns off their DRM servers, and you upgrade from XP to vista (or reinstall XP because its now really bloated and slow, or buy a new computer), all the music that you 'own' is impossible to play.
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In a Boeing plane, the control columns (Big huge steering wheel like thing between each pilot's legs) are mechanically linked so when the pilot moves one, the other one moves as well.
In an Airbus plane, they have a joysticks next to each pilot on the outer side of the plane. When the first pilot moves his stick, the second pilot's stick doesn't move at all, it just stays centred. And because of the way the joysticks are positioned, the second pilot can't easily see what the first pilot is doing with the stick without a bit of effort.
Unfortunately, this whole situation started because the pitot tubes froze over so the plane had no idea how fast it was going. Instead of risking making the wrong correction the input computer fell back into safe mode where the pilots had full control.
So the plane was left with no real measures against stalling.
the pilots flying were so disoriented that it probably would have taken a giant flashing sign saying "you're falling out of the air, dummies!" to get them to nose down.
There was a recorded voice yelling STALL, STALL, STALL over and over again. They would have ignored the giant flashing sign too and blamed it on a computer error.
They were just that disorientated.
Apparently saucer separation has a long history of not quite making it into canon due to budget or story writing constraints.
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Saucer_separation
Implementing a whitelist is going to be hard, because there have been so many releases that its simply impossibly to fit the entire database into an isolated loader, and streaming one in leaves more room for bugs to creep in.
And updating metldr will be a nightmare, current the update process is entirely offline, because not everybody has their console connected to the internet which means Sony have to remove yet another feature. And Sony is not going to want to do that until they have worked out how on earth geohot exploited metldr for its keys, which is probally why the Temporary Restraining Order is demanding that he should turn every single computer or disk that he has to sony. Also, there is no way to revoke metldr. If you have a valid metldr for your console you can downgrade.
So yes, it might be possible for sony to patch things up, but it will be really, really hard.
The PS4 should already be in a reasonably late stage of development, any major changes to the security system would drastically push the release date back.
QuickDraw makes up a large chunk of the rom, I wonder how much is left.
I thought it had more to do with the fact that the closer to the equator you get, the easier it is to launch into orbit.
I contacted them about this, and he added the 32bit binary into the tar.gz in just 5min.
Excellent customer service.
Other options include:
Yeah, I like the feel of the apple keyboards, but I use Linux, and I don't like the scan code mappings.
It shouldn't be too hard to create an alternate layout which reports the expected key codes for the F1-F12 keys, remaps Fn to Insert, F13 and F14 to Print Screen/Sys Req (So I can use the magic Sys Req key when my computer crashes) and Pause/Break.
The remaining F15-F19 keys can be remapped for extra features.
Then the keyboard would be fully compatible with Linix and Windows machines without the need for special drivers.
The LCD on my EEEPC 1000he uses way less than 6-15w.
With linux, a stripped down window manager (awsome), screen at ~30% brightness and bluetooth, wifi, sd slot and webcam powered down, it idles at 8.1-8.3w. (I think the hdd is spun down at this point)
Turning the backlight off only gets me down to 7.9w, and If I put the screen at full brightness the entire power load only increases to ~9.2w.
Clearly the Screen isn't using the bulk of the power.
Everything is going to move, at different velocities in different directions, even the origin.
To find a planet you will need know:
This isn't hard for a computer to calculate. But you will never be able to locate a planet to just by a set of coordinates like you can do with GPS, you will also need to include a series of vectors regarding velocity and acceleration, which could get complex if you need describe complex orbits.
What happens when one of the packets actually gets corrupted?
Put a linux box between him and the internet and setup packet shaping.
Create a script that lets him play for so many hours, then slowly degrade the quality of the connection until he quits in frustration.
Start at 2am, and slowly move it back each day until he is only playing a few hours a day.
Your never going to get them to cooperate with you, so Instead just go along with them. Then think up some bogus excuse to find out what software is installed, and assume any software you haven't given them is pirated.
Then go to all the affected companies and buy the licences from them. Keep all the licences Locked up at the head office. Just leave the branch offices with the pirated software installed.
That way you have the moral high ground (and probably legal immunity), the companies get their money and the branch office doesn't get angry with you.
Finally, its about time.
Oh well, In that case I expect Windows 7 to ship in 2010, and be only slightly more bloated. Apart from that it will be pretty much the same as vista, a big non-event that might as well be released as Vista service pack 2.
Until some cracker get board and decides to crack it anyway.
But because the TPM chip isn't inside the cpu, the decrypted executable is available in the memory for the hacker to steal.
Its true, I worked in a company involved in air traffic control over the summer, And the computers which they had to use were old Compaq servers from 1998, of a certain model, with exactly x ram.
They were using eBay to track down replacements.
But he never said which res, and when she picked the smallest available res, a bug prevented selection of a higher res.
It deserves at least half a point. 2) Watch youtube. Unsuccessful. No Flash. Not quite that simple, youtube used javascript to redirect to the adobe website. most other sites would of triggered Firefox's plugin installer.
What is it with banks and using CAPTCHA's?
You can detect multiple attempts form the same ips and block them to prevent brute forcing.
If a hacker already has a valid user/password nothing is going to prevent them from hireing people to decode the CAPTCHA, As they can potentially get 1000's of dollars from each account.
I see what you did there.
But when Ford discontinues its Aerostar minivan line, there is nothing preventing you from still driving the minivan that you own.
When Microsoft turns off their DRM servers, and you upgrade from XP to vista (or reinstall XP because its now really bloated and slow, or buy a new computer), all the music that you 'own' is impossible to play.