Text below from Google Cache. Iâ(TM)ve had an iPhone for about a year now, and find it quite indispensable. Itâ(TM)s handy in so many situations, and fits into a lot of nerdy stuff I do. However, it hasnâ(TM)t fit in perfectly to the main nerdy thing that I like to do: Fly radio control airplanes and helicopters. For that, I use a really high quality piece of jrp2915-250hardware from a company called JR, a JR 9303 radio. It works great. However, one day it occurred to me, how cool would it be to use my iPhone to fly my RC stuff? The answer was âoeSo coolâ obviously. I tossed around the idea for a couple of months and ultimately gave up on it because the iPhone doesnâ(TM)t have a receiver I can put in the airplane to fly it with.
So the idea sat untouched while I learned how to program stuff on the iPhone for other nerdy purposes. My roommate requested I make a chadwick balancer for him using the accelerometers. (For those who donâ(TM)t know, this is a device they use in real and model helicopters to find out if something is not balanced. Main blades, tail blades, shafts, gears etcâ¦) While I was learning about the accelerometer functions in the iPhone, the idea pinged me again, and I thought, How cool would it be to fly an R/C model using the accelerometers inside the iPhone?! Alas, still no receiver.
IMAC Season came and went, and so did indoor season. I was busy practicing for contests I knew Iâ(TM)d be beat at, and building planes I knew were way to good for me. =) Then, one fateful day, I deleted some PHP program I was working on by accident. This was a LOT of work, and I was exceptionally pissed off about it. I was distracted by some girl in my bed (Donâ(TM)t EVAR program PHP with a girl(s) in your bed!) and maybe a beer or six in my blood. I was writing a series of test programs for a SOAP interface, and had named one of them 8.php. (The more seasoned nerds among you can probably see where this is going). The program had turned into a complete disaster and was causing âoeinternal server errorsâ, and I wanted to delete it. While girl was yammering in my ear I typed rm *.php instead of rm 8.php, and hit enter. Deleting every php file in the folder. Hours of hard work gone into the void.
The next day I went and bought a time capsule from Apple so this would never happen again. The side effect of this was that I had a Linksys 54 to play linksys routeraround with. I always had this grandiose idea of building a WIFI sniffer/jammer. I figured there may have been some people playing around with these routers. And gosh, was I right.
The DD-WRT project is a group of people who have reverse engineered many popular brands of routers and have managed to load a small linux distribution. As soon as I saw that they had independent programs running, it hit me like a bolt of lightning: My planes and helis donâ(TM)t need a receiver if they are carrying around the server. If I could carry around the router on board, I could fly my stuff.
So I started scheming. There were a lot of problems to be solved, and I am only just so nerdy. I made a list:
1. How do I get the router to talk to the servos? How much current can ethernet handle?
2. How do I control throttle with no stick?
3. What is the latency going to be like from iPhone->Router->Program->Servo?
4. What is the range of WiFi? Good enough for RC?
5. Can I fly with the accelerometers? Iâ(TM)m a stick banger. BIG time. How does one add expo to this?
6. Whose planes can I test this on? >=)
So I had my basic idea down. iPhone joins the Linksys router network. It gets an IP address. Then, I open up my pilot program. The pilot program interfaces with the router via SSH (I couldnâ(T
I think cost of doing the same in Canada would be astronomical. But then again, US national debt is more than the number of stars in the Universe, so astronomical is not what it used to be.
As a user of AdBlock plus myself, I do often wonder how many services that I perceive free have advert revenue behind them. Will we see these services disappear as usage of ad blocking tools continue when they cannot generate enough revenue?
You guys talk as if you haven't heard of the Heisenberg Compensator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporter_(Star_Trek) states, "Heisenberg compensator remove uncertainty from the subatomic measurements, making transporter travel feasible."
Its clear this is a dual use technology used both for Warp drives and transporters.
So, I'm no Apple fan boy. Did however bye my first Mac. I wanted something small sitting in with my TV, something that had PC capabilities largely for media. Mac Mini fit the bill, intention was to fry the Mac OS and put linux on it.
Then the dark side got my attention. Played with Mac OS for a while. A sudden realization struck me one day, Mac is a bigger threat to Windows than Linux ever was. I got my *nix and all the traditional Linux problems are not there (drivers, software, compatibility etc). UI is intuitive enough for my wife, OS is capable enough for me.
Little treats like front row and iMovie aren't bad either. I never got around to installing Linux on it, liked it pretty much from the start.
. If I'm really shit outta luck, I'll be a 37-year-old in the job market in the worst economy I've ever known.
On the other hand, all those changes in banking regulation means tons of new IT jobs. IMO, IT will get a kick out of all these new regulations to improve the economy, in fact IT should be the first one to see a boost, kinda like how doctors make money when there is an epidemic.
IMO, instead of throttling, implement QoS that gives P2P lowest priority over other protocols. Thats what I do at home and wouldn't mind if my ISP was doing that instead of throttling.
Article describes that nano-magnets apply a large magnetic field to "wound-up" the spin-battery.
Having charged the hypothetical battery the article claims, the one that can run a car for miles. It is possible to discharge this battery near instantaneously, that should theoretically generate an EMP without a nuke. Something the military would be interested in.
Most of my references are team mates that I have learned to value and trust (read friends). Same with managers, the one who are worth being my reference wouldn't pull stuff like this anyway. The one's pulling stuff like this won't be my references.
I refused to work on the 6th straight weekend when i made 2000$ in bonus the previous week. Bonus was for about 20 weekends on nice summer days (bitches). I was warned, I still refused. 3 days later they had no position for me. That single experience taught me I am an asset, not a person. I should have sued for overtime, but I landed an excellent opportunity in under a week, through references at the same company.
Point is, your references are your trusted team members, those who you could count on during the project, who have come to know you more than an asset and respect you.
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Well, you got it all wrong.
UK, Australia and Germany are doing it for the good of the people, if the government wouldn't protect them, then who will?
China and Iran on the other hand are suppressing freedom and liberty.
Will someone think of the children!
Youtube Video first: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72V0n1GaMsw
Text below from Google Cache.
Iâ(TM)ve had an iPhone for about a year now, and find it quite indispensable. Itâ(TM)s handy in so many situations, and fits into a lot of nerdy stuff I do. However, it hasnâ(TM)t fit in perfectly to the main nerdy thing that I like to do: Fly radio control airplanes and helicopters. For that, I use a really high quality piece of jrp2915-250hardware from a company called JR, a JR 9303 radio. It works great. However, one day it occurred to me, how cool would it be to use my iPhone to fly my RC stuff? The answer was âoeSo coolâ obviously. I tossed around the idea for a couple of months and ultimately gave up on it because the iPhone doesnâ(TM)t have a receiver I can put in the airplane to fly it with.
So the idea sat untouched while I learned how to program stuff on the iPhone for other nerdy purposes. My roommate requested I make a chadwick balancer for him using the accelerometers. (For those who donâ(TM)t know, this is a device they use in real and model helicopters to find out if something is not balanced. Main blades, tail blades, shafts, gears etcâ¦) While I was learning about the accelerometer functions in the iPhone, the idea pinged me again, and I thought, How cool would it be to fly an R/C model using the accelerometers inside the iPhone?! Alas, still no receiver.
IMAC Season came and went, and so did indoor season. I was busy practicing for contests I knew Iâ(TM)d be beat at, and building planes I knew were way to good for me. =) Then, one fateful day, I deleted some PHP program I was working on by accident. This was a LOT of work, and I was exceptionally pissed off about it. I was distracted by some girl in my bed (Donâ(TM)t EVAR program PHP with a girl(s) in your bed!) and maybe a beer or six in my blood. I was writing a series of test programs for a SOAP interface, and had named one of them 8.php. (The more seasoned nerds among you can probably see where this is going). The program had turned into a complete disaster and was causing âoeinternal server errorsâ, and I wanted to delete it. While girl was yammering in my ear I typed rm *.php instead of rm 8.php, and hit enter. Deleting every php file in the folder. Hours of hard work gone into the void.
The next day I went and bought a time capsule from Apple so this would never happen again. The side effect of this was that I had a Linksys 54 to play linksys routeraround with. I always had this grandiose idea of building a WIFI sniffer/jammer. I figured there may have been some people playing around with these routers. And gosh, was I right.
The DD-WRT project is a group of people who have reverse engineered many popular brands of routers and have managed to load a small linux distribution. As soon as I saw that they had independent programs running, it hit me like a bolt of lightning: My planes and helis donâ(TM)t need a receiver if they are carrying around the server. If I could carry around the router on board, I could fly my stuff.
So I started scheming. There were a lot of problems to be solved, and I am only just so nerdy. I made a list:
1. How do I get the router to talk to the servos? How much current can ethernet handle?
2. How do I control throttle with no stick?
3. What is the latency going to be like from iPhone->Router->Program->Servo?
4. What is the range of WiFi? Good enough for RC?
5. Can I fly with the accelerometers? Iâ(TM)m a stick banger. BIG time. How does one add expo to this?
6. Whose planes can I test this on? >=)
So I had my basic idea down. iPhone joins the Linksys router network. It gets an IP address. Then, I open up my pilot program. The pilot program interfaces with the router via SSH (I couldnâ(T
I second that.
Drive to Best Buy: 15 Min
Time to purchase: 10 Min
Drive back home: 15 Min
Cost of cable: $45 (ball park)
vs
Pull cable to desired length: 30 seconds
Crimp end 1: 1 min
Crimp end 2: 1 min
Cost of raw material: $5 (ball park)
So Unless you make about 40$ in 2 min i.e. 1200$ an hour, its better to crimp your own.
I think cost of doing the same in Canada would be astronomical. But then again, US national debt is more than the number of stars in the Universe, so astronomical is not what it used to be.
Bots, spammers and organizations doing layoff.
There, now its corrected.
Prior question is, at what point does a network become "internet".
Do two networks connected make a internet... 3, maybe 4.... When do you call it "internet".
If its a large number of networks, then a ship with its anchor down in red sea can pretty quickly bring down the internet.
Trying to play Devils advocate.
As a user of AdBlock plus myself, I do often wonder how many services that I perceive free have advert revenue behind them. Will we see these services disappear as usage of ad blocking tools continue when they cannot generate enough revenue?
You guys talk as if you haven't heard of the Heisenberg Compensator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporter_(Star_Trek) states, "Heisenberg compensator remove uncertainty from the subatomic measurements, making transporter travel feasible."
Its clear this is a dual use technology used both for Warp drives and transporters.
So, I'm no Apple fan boy. Did however bye my first Mac. I wanted something small sitting in with my TV, something that had PC capabilities largely for media. Mac Mini fit the bill, intention was to fry the Mac OS and put linux on it.
Then the dark side got my attention. Played with Mac OS for a while. A sudden realization struck me one day, Mac is a bigger threat to Windows than Linux ever was. I got my *nix and all the traditional Linux problems are not there (drivers, software, compatibility etc). UI is intuitive enough for my wife, OS is capable enough for me.
Little treats like front row and iMovie aren't bad either. I never got around to installing Linux on it, liked it pretty much from the start.
...joke. Thats what CADIE is
. If I'm really shit outta luck, I'll be a 37-year-old in the job market in the worst economy I've ever known.
On the other hand, all those changes in banking regulation means tons of new IT jobs. IMO, IT will get a kick out of all these new regulations to improve the economy, in fact IT should be the first one to see a boost, kinda like how doctors make money when there is an epidemic.
Sounds a lot like Cobol, Caprica, Earth (not this one)
Further, we are behind schedule, skynet was to be done by 2009.
Chee. if they were inexperianced about hardware, what do u have to sway for thier software, what excuse do they have their.
Further, IMO, they would do it all over again considering the success of xbox 360.
IMO, instead of throttling, implement QoS that gives P2P lowest priority over other protocols. Thats what I do at home and wouldn't mind if my ISP was doing that instead of throttling.
Article describes that nano-magnets apply a large magnetic field to "wound-up" the spin-battery.
Having charged the hypothetical battery the article claims, the one that can run a car for miles. It is possible to discharge this battery near instantaneously, that should theoretically generate an EMP without a nuke. Something the military would be interested in.
Off to patent my idea now.
I have taken apart many 2 to 10 gigers, those magnets are STRONG.
Stick them on the fridge ask someone to get one off and give it to you. Its fun trying to see them try.
http://www.computer-hardware-explained.com/images/hard-drive-magnet.jpg
Lets correct that, "I would jump any woman"
Exploding Li-Ion batteries so close to my genitals is risky enough, add methanol to it and you get a contender for Darwin's award.
In all probability, that unreliable piece of go-se is safer than our orbiting tin can. Probably cheaper too. With artificial gravity.
Most of my references are team mates that I have learned to value and trust (read friends). Same with managers, the one who are worth being my reference wouldn't pull stuff like this anyway. The one's pulling stuff like this won't be my references.
I refused to work on the 6th straight weekend when i made 2000$ in bonus the previous week. Bonus was for about 20 weekends on nice summer days (bitches). I was warned, I still refused. 3 days later they had no position for me. That single experience taught me I am an asset, not a person. I should have sued for overtime, but I landed an excellent opportunity in under a week, through references at the same company.
Point is, your references are your trusted team members, those who you could count on during the project, who have come to know you more than an asset and respect you.
Here is a clip I found sometime back. An intersection in India, a must see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpVRC5dJsNA
I have always wondered why we can't have something like a nuclear battery on board the elevator. Is it their weight/volume that make them impractical?
Recent articles like this one http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050514205902.htm suggest such technology is in development. And they nuclear subs already have their own power supply.
Wonder if I can have this on my bed.
Honey, I know you have a headache, but think of the planet.
Ummm..... Correction, when I said Carbon nano fiber, I mean Carbon nanotubes material. The stuff for space elevators.