if the people who design cars had a replicator of their own, they wouldn't need to keep designing cars to make money, because they'd be able to replicate whatever they needed to survive.
Beyond that, if they truly enjoyed designing cars they could continue doing so out of the sheer enjoyment.
It's important to note that ultimately, plots of land will be the only thing you'll never be able to completely replicate.... It'd be an interesting world should that technology ever become a reality. On the one hand it could go horribly wrong with people replicating implementations of destruction until we bomb ourselves out of existence, on the other hand it could cure problems of world hunger and material greed and allow us to concentrate on more social and environmental issues as well as advancing education and technological pursuits.
That's all well and dandy except that the scan equipment isn't actually expensive, the OP is simply looking in the wrong places. You can order a self-contained, portable hand scanner from Jegs or Summit (without question the de-facto shade-tree-mechanic parts and tools catalogs) for about $40, you don't even need a "fancy computer" to interface with it, just the multi-meter sized device in your hand.
And the real reason the Mechanics hate doing warranty work is because the dealership screws them over too. They get paid by the job based on the complexity, and the dealership considers the same job covered under warranty to be worth about half as much. I've got several friends who make their living as auto mechanics.
It's not different to the sales department who make their money only on commission as a percentage of the profits over invoice, so to screw over the sales people the dealership sell at barely above invoice and make their money on the financing/extended warranty/accessories/etc. I've got several relatives who make their living as auto salesmen.
Dealerships will stop being scummy when they stop treating their employees like starving dogs.
forgot the links:
freediag - Open Source for Linux
OBD-Diag - Not open source but free
Easy OBDII - Not open source but free (I use this most often for basic diagnostics)
You might also want to check out the MP3Car forums as they're very knowledgeable on this subject over there, and there are also several source available projects being developed there as well.
As an Engineer who owns and "tinkers" with many of my own cars I'd hardly consider OBDII a "safety critical system". in general it's designed to just be an output, it does accept inputs as well but unless you know what you're doing it's next to impossible to make detrimental changes to the programming.
If you're really all that concerned about making really STUPID mistakes it why not only tap into the outbound serial pin and then throw an opto-isolator on it. then you can do whatever the hell you want and not worry about damaging your engine computer.
to the OP... there are DOZENS of OBDII to Serial port adapters on eBay that sell for ~$30, I own several. You'd be hard pressed to build your own for cheaper, the hardware alone will likely cost you that much. There are dozens of free and or cheap (freediag. If you'd rather write your own SAE and ISO control the OBDII standard.
Any engineer who is too frightened to even perform some basic research on the workings of something as simple as OBDII should be ashamed of themselves.
It's apple's job to accommodate Flash in so far as they want their platform to support the features and functionality that their consumers are sold and expecting from the platform.
Why should apple support HTML or Javascript? or JPGs or any other form of web-media... they support it because it gives their product additional functionality that is desirable to their consumers and expected from the type of product they're selling. It doesn't matter if Flash is the biggest bloated POS closed source platform on the planet... customers want it, and expect it to be supported. And that means Apple should have an interest in making it work and work well with their device. That doesn't mean Adobe shouldn't have a similar interest. but an open Dear John to Adobe from Jobs hardly makes up for the fact that their product still lacks that ability.
Would you have accepted as much if things were reversed and the iPhone supported flash but no-name company would not... how well do you think sales would be going for the iPhones competitor?
With serious competition from Google and HTC Apple doesn't have as strong of a foothold in being able to bully around 3rd parties as they once did.
The director of the Balloon Launching Centre, Professor Ravi Sood, says no one was hurt.
But he says the scientists involved in the NASA-sponsored project are crushed.
Human body update 568.3... since you have the potential to put non-edible things in your mouth we are disabling eating so that you may continue to breath our air service, you may chose to deny this update and continue eating but we will no longer allow you access to air... We're not forcing you to stop eating.. the choice is entirely yours. Have a nice day.
I like the fact that you can be anonymous on the internet, but I'm ok with email being non-anonymous, as it is now, it's pretty much non-anonymous for non-spammers. You could still have anonymous email senders but they would likely collect the fee from users and wouldn't be able to be thwarted for spam uses. If setup correctly it would be paid though your ISP much like text messages are paid for though your carrier.
Most GOOD anonymous email clients are for-profit anyway... I fail to see how a pay based email would tarnish anonymity on the internet in any significant manor.
Thats only because the EPA regulations the way in which they can advertise gas mileage. AFAIK there is no such regulation for advertising Broadband speeds and caps.
I'm American (my heritage is completely Italian) and I love Sushi, not all of it, but most of it. IMO anyone who dosn't really like it simply hasn't been properly introduced. In general I don't really like fish unless it's fried but I love sushi.
Re:The iPad is original Apple Redux
on
The Apple Two
·
· Score: 2, Interesting
honestly I only see the iPad as a coffee table device, something you place that's less cumbersome and cheaper than a laptop that you can use to browse the web, view video clips, or play simple game with the TV on or while otherwise sitting on the couch bored.
I don't know if it has an IR port but if so it would make a particularly attractive universal remote as well, particularly as an alternative to something like a harmony.
honestly though, the current price is a bit steep to use it for those tasks.
I could also see it used in industry for doctors to carry around instead of clipboard and have access to more advanced lists of information, or a mechanic to keep one in the garage to lookup specs and diagrams, or a hair stylist to quickly show clients different styles as opposed to a bulky catalog.
with the right bundled software the price is fair for industrial uses, unfortunately I don't think it could stand up to the abuse those scenarios would put it though.
Just had the idea: Wouldn't it be a sort of cool project to build a robot that plays Astroids? I mean the actual arcade version? Shouldn't be that difficult. Such a device could beat the world record, no?... In fact, it could probably play endlessly.
If they can built Auto Guitar Hero then Asteroids should be a breeze
The immigration system is even more screwed up than the insurance system. As someone who personally knows a few "illegals" (not for any lack of want) I can tell you that the way this country handles immigration is just as messed up and backward as any other major federal policy.
Take my friend, lets call him Tom.. He was born in Japan, both his parents were Japanese, When he was 3 his mother married an American soldier and he was adopted by his step father and moved to the US with a permanent visa. When he was 17 he moved back to Japan for 10 years, during that time he met a Japanese woman and got married. he Moved back to the US at age 27 and was told that he needed to renew his visa since the information on his paperwork was still from when he was 3. Around this time he and his wife applied to become citizens. Since his wife didn't have a permanent visa she was only able to stay in the country a few months at a time before going back to Japan. She always left early to avoid any issues with her "overstaying her welcome" in the eyes of the department of immigration. Unfortunately the new visa they issued him had an expiration date and even though he submitted to have it renewed Immigration never approved the paperwork.
His Visa has since expired and he hasn't been issued a new one, the best advice the local Immigration office can give him is to "lay low until it's all worked out"... that is a direct quote, He's technically been "illegal" for 5 years now. They also refuse to let his wife back into the country because "she has too many contacts" and as such is "at risk of becoming an illegal". It's now been 12 years since they applied for citizen ship, they've spend THOUSANDS on legal fees trying to get the paperwork pushed though the system and they're pretty much followed every rule in the book save for Tom not leaving the country when his Visa expired, but then he still followed the advice of the local Immigration office.
He speaks English better than most natural born American citizens I know. He's incredibly smart (was accepted to MIT but decided to go to school in Japan, which is why he went back). He's also an extremely well matured and hospitable guy. He would give you the shirt off his back if he thought you needed it. Now consider that some schmuck from another country can enter illegally, not speak a word of english, not have any worthwhile qualities to themselves, and not even make any attempt to play by the book can sneak into the country, pop out a child and get a free pass to citizenship....
How messed up is that?
My Friend "Tom" isn't the only one in this situation either, it boggles my mind how nearly impossible it is to legally obtain a greencard in this country unless you decide to just pop out a kid on American sol.
That's only for Blu-Ray Movies... PS3 games use a different region encoding with numbers [1]=US and Japan [2]= Europe [3]=Asia [4]=Australia, and yes, it is a different numbering scheme than the R1, R2, etc. used for DVDs.
Go check your PS3 box or any of the game cases, they'll have the region logo on the back it's a little square with a portion of a globe and a number.
I've yet to see a game disc that enforces this, however Downloaded content IS region locked, though only to the account (IE: you can use European content on a US console if you're signed in with a European registered PSN account).
and puns, we can't let the Japanese be beating us on puns.
You mean Acronyms?
reading this I can't help but think of JAMMA which is the standard interface for arcade main boards. It was decided upon by a group of Japanese arcade manufacturers and quickly became the world wide standard. Though it really only lasted until the standard upright arcade machine was replaced by ridiculous simulators that didn't fit into the JAMMA design anymore.
it's nice though, I can turn my Mortal Kombat arcade machine into Double Dragon without having to re-wire anything, it's all plug and play.
It's no the first game to do this. Dance Dance Revolution Underground had a song expansion pack for 800MP ($10) I downloaded it and discovered that amazingly 10 audio tracks with associated gameplay information was somehow less than 100KB I haven't bought another DDR game since out of protest. I believe the DDRU2 and 3 used similar "DLC" schemes, as did a few other games, Katamari comes to mind.
Of course games like DDR and Katamari aren't as popular, or get nearly as much press as BioShock... so everyone acts surprised when this shit happens again YEARS later.
Cheyenne's stepfather, Douglas Cronberger, 32, owned a semi-automatic pistol that he normally kept in a secure location, out of the reach of Cheyenne and the couple's 1-year-old child, Ashe said. But after taking it out to investigate a possible prowler, Cronberger left it on a table and forgot about it, officials said.
When Cheyenne fired the gun, Ashe said, her mother, Tina Ann Cronberger, 32, was within three feet of her child.
I've notice the most "Ground Breaking" "NEW" technologies in recent years aren't actually new, just someone to took some tech that was out there and actually applied it in a useful way. see: Google, Apple, Nintendo, et al.
Honestly there's nothing wrong with that, technology is useless unless it's applied, and I'm sure there are still a lot of applications for existing tech that hasn't been explored yet.
According the legal brief that IW filed they didn't "SELL" to Activision, Activision simply bought them out. Also after MW1 West and Zampella signed a contract with Activision that gave them exclusive rights to the "Modern Warfare" name, stating that no game can hold that title, nor can any Call of duty game take place after the Vietnam War without written consent from both of them. It also promised them royalties for for any past or present Call of Duty game or any game built on an engine developed by IW. It also promised them creative freedoms to explore new IPs instead of just churning out COD games. The only "hitch" was that the two had to make another Modern Warfare (MW2) and that they had to deliver it by November 15th..
Well, they delivered the game, and did so 5 days before it was due. honestly I think even if Activision has valid grounds for letting them go, they still owe them what was promised in that contract since it the two of them clearly met their end of the bargain. Kotaku has the whole legal briefing... it's eye opening
The REAL issue seems to be that Activision was afraid that the two were going to jump ship and go back to EA... The legal brief also goes into details of ridiculous month-long interrogation techniques Activision put the IW developers though trying to find evidence against West and Zampella. The final termination was based on comments made by them at a meeting over a year ago, and they were given 6 hours to "respond" to the charge of "insubordination" without being told what the charge was actually about.
It's like a husband suspecting that his wife is cheating, turned the house upside down looking for evidence, and then the only "evidence" he can find is an off handed email from a year ago and kicks her out saying "you know what you've done"...
Apparently that would not be enough. "Prosecutors argued that Google should have sought the consent of all parties involved with the video before allowing it to go online." So, Someone at Google has to watch every video, personally identify every person involved in the video, and get their consent, and then approve it.
If they really need to identify and get the consent of every party does that mean that Italian TV stations aren't allowed to display video of public gatherings such as football games or people standing outside the vatican? I would suspect that they aren't able to appropriately identify and get consent from all involved.
Either way I was under the impression that by posting the video the poster was giving consent per the legal jargon you must click through when posting, heck add some jargon stating that all parties must be identified in the description. If worded correctly the burden of proof should rely on the poster.
Slashdot Mirror
if the people who design cars had a replicator of their own, they wouldn't need to keep designing cars to make money, because they'd be able to replicate whatever they needed to survive.
Beyond that, if they truly enjoyed designing cars they could continue doing so out of the sheer enjoyment.
It's important to note that ultimately, plots of land will be the only thing you'll never be able to completely replicate.... It'd be an interesting world should that technology ever become a reality. On the one hand it could go horribly wrong with people replicating implementations of destruction until we bomb ourselves out of existence, on the other hand it could cure problems of world hunger and material greed and allow us to concentrate on more social and environmental issues as well as advancing education and technological pursuits.
That's all well and dandy except that the scan equipment isn't actually expensive, the OP is simply looking in the wrong places. You can order a self-contained, portable hand scanner from Jegs or Summit (without question the de-facto shade-tree-mechanic parts and tools catalogs) for about $40, you don't even need a "fancy computer" to interface with it, just the multi-meter sized device in your hand.
And the real reason the Mechanics hate doing warranty work is because the dealership screws them over too. They get paid by the job based on the complexity, and the dealership considers the same job covered under warranty to be worth about half as much. I've got several friends who make their living as auto mechanics.
It's not different to the sales department who make their money only on commission as a percentage of the profits over invoice, so to screw over the sales people the dealership sell at barely above invoice and make their money on the financing/extended warranty/accessories/etc. I've got several relatives who make their living as auto salesmen.
Dealerships will stop being scummy when they stop treating their employees like starving dogs.
forgot the links:
freediag - Open Source for Linux
OBD-Diag - Not open source but free
Easy OBDII - Not open source but free (I use this most often for basic diagnostics)
You might also want to check out the MP3Car forums as they're very knowledgeable on this subject over there, and there are also several source available projects being developed there as well.
As an Engineer who owns and "tinkers" with many of my own cars I'd hardly consider OBDII a "safety critical system". in general it's designed to just be an output, it does accept inputs as well but unless you know what you're doing it's next to impossible to make detrimental changes to the programming.
If you're really all that concerned about making really STUPID mistakes it why not only tap into the outbound serial pin and then throw an opto-isolator on it. then you can do whatever the hell you want and not worry about damaging your engine computer.
to the OP... there are DOZENS of OBDII to Serial port adapters on eBay that sell for ~$30, I own several. You'd be hard pressed to build your own for cheaper, the hardware alone will likely cost you that much. There are dozens of free and or cheap (freediag. If you'd rather write your own SAE and ISO control the OBDII standard.
Any engineer who is too frightened to even perform some basic research on the workings of something as simple as OBDII should be ashamed of themselves.
too bad you're the only post.... wait... DAMNIT!
It's apple's job to accommodate Flash in so far as they want their platform to support the features and functionality that their consumers are sold and expecting from the platform.
Why should apple support HTML or Javascript? or JPGs or any other form of web-media... they support it because it gives their product additional functionality that is desirable to their consumers and expected from the type of product they're selling. It doesn't matter if Flash is the biggest bloated POS closed source platform on the planet... customers want it, and expect it to be supported. And that means Apple should have an interest in making it work and work well with their device. That doesn't mean Adobe shouldn't have a similar interest. but an open Dear John to Adobe from Jobs hardly makes up for the fact that their product still lacks that ability.
Would you have accepted as much if things were reversed and the iPhone supported flash but no-name company would not... how well do you think sales would be going for the iPhones competitor?
With serious competition from Google and HTC Apple doesn't have as strong of a foothold in being able to bully around 3rd parties as they once did.
Rather harsh punishment don't you think?
Human body update 568.3... since you have the potential to put non-edible things in your mouth we are disabling eating so that you may continue to breath our air service, you may chose to deny this update and continue eating but we will no longer allow you access to air... We're not forcing you to stop eating.. the choice is entirely yours. Have a nice day.
I like the fact that you can be anonymous on the internet, but I'm ok with email being non-anonymous, as it is now, it's pretty much non-anonymous for non-spammers. You could still have anonymous email senders but they would likely collect the fee from users and wouldn't be able to be thwarted for spam uses. If setup correctly it would be paid though your ISP much like text messages are paid for though your carrier.
Most GOOD anonymous email clients are for-profit anyway... I fail to see how a pay based email would tarnish anonymity on the internet in any significant manor.
Thats only because the EPA regulations the way in which they can advertise gas mileage. AFAIK there is no such regulation for advertising Broadband speeds and caps.
I'm American (my heritage is completely Italian) and I love Sushi, not all of it, but most of it. IMO anyone who dosn't really like it simply hasn't been properly introduced. In general I don't really like fish unless it's fried but I love sushi.
honestly I only see the iPad as a coffee table device, something you place that's less cumbersome and cheaper than a laptop that you can use to browse the web, view video clips, or play simple game with the TV on or while otherwise sitting on the couch bored.
I don't know if it has an IR port but if so it would make a particularly attractive universal remote as well, particularly as an alternative to something like a harmony.
honestly though, the current price is a bit steep to use it for those tasks.
I could also see it used in industry for doctors to carry around instead of clipboard and have access to more advanced lists of information, or a mechanic to keep one in the garage to lookup specs and diagrams, or a hair stylist to quickly show clients different styles as opposed to a bulky catalog.
with the right bundled software the price is fair for industrial uses, unfortunately I don't think it could stand up to the abuse those scenarios would put it though.
If they can built Auto Guitar Hero then Asteroids should be a breeze
You're right... it's probably more like the 7th stupidest.
The immigration system is even more screwed up than the insurance system. As someone who personally knows a few "illegals" (not for any lack of want) I can tell you that the way this country handles immigration is just as messed up and backward as any other major federal policy.
Take my friend, lets call him Tom.. He was born in Japan, both his parents were Japanese, When he was 3 his mother married an American soldier and he was adopted by his step father and moved to the US with a permanent visa. When he was 17 he moved back to Japan for 10 years, during that time he met a Japanese woman and got married. he Moved back to the US at age 27 and was told that he needed to renew his visa since the information on his paperwork was still from when he was 3. Around this time he and his wife applied to become citizens. Since his wife didn't have a permanent visa she was only able to stay in the country a few months at a time before going back to Japan. She always left early to avoid any issues with her "overstaying her welcome" in the eyes of the department of immigration. Unfortunately the new visa they issued him had an expiration date and even though he submitted to have it renewed Immigration never approved the paperwork.
His Visa has since expired and he hasn't been issued a new one, the best advice the local Immigration office can give him is to "lay low until it's all worked out"... that is a direct quote, He's technically been "illegal" for 5 years now. They also refuse to let his wife back into the country because "she has too many contacts" and as such is "at risk of becoming an illegal". It's now been 12 years since they applied for citizen ship, they've spend THOUSANDS on legal fees trying to get the paperwork pushed though the system and they're pretty much followed every rule in the book save for Tom not leaving the country when his Visa expired, but then he still followed the advice of the local Immigration office.
He speaks English better than most natural born American citizens I know. He's incredibly smart (was accepted to MIT but decided to go to school in Japan, which is why he went back). He's also an extremely well matured and hospitable guy. He would give you the shirt off his back if he thought you needed it. Now consider that some schmuck from another country can enter illegally, not speak a word of english, not have any worthwhile qualities to themselves, and not even make any attempt to play by the book can sneak into the country, pop out a child and get a free pass to citizenship....
How messed up is that?
My Friend "Tom" isn't the only one in this situation either, it boggles my mind how nearly impossible it is to legally obtain a greencard in this country unless you decide to just pop out a kid on American sol.
I'd rather they assumed I shop-lifted it than I downloaded it... the penalties are less severe for shop-lifters.
That's only for Blu-Ray Movies... PS3 games use a different region encoding with numbers [1]=US and Japan [2]= Europe [3]=Asia [4]=Australia, and yes, it is a different numbering scheme than the R1, R2, etc. used for DVDs.
Go check your PS3 box or any of the game cases, they'll have the region logo on the back it's a little square with a portion of a globe and a number.
I've yet to see a game disc that enforces this, however Downloaded content IS region locked, though only to the account (IE: you can use European content on a US console if you're signed in with a European registered PSN account).
You mean Acronyms?
reading this I can't help but think of JAMMA which is the standard interface for arcade main boards. It was decided upon by a group of Japanese arcade manufacturers and quickly became the world wide standard. Though it really only lasted until the standard upright arcade machine was replaced by ridiculous simulators that didn't fit into the JAMMA design anymore.
it's nice though, I can turn my Mortal Kombat arcade machine into Double Dragon without having to re-wire anything, it's all plug and play.
It's no the first game to do this. Dance Dance Revolution Underground had a song expansion pack for 800MP ($10) I downloaded it and discovered that amazingly 10 audio tracks with associated gameplay information was somehow less than 100KB I haven't bought another DDR game since out of protest. I believe the DDRU2 and 3 used similar "DLC" schemes, as did a few other games, Katamari comes to mind.
Of course games like DDR and Katamari aren't as popular, or get nearly as much press as BioShock... so everyone acts surprised when this shit happens again YEARS later.
I've notice the most "Ground Breaking" "NEW" technologies in recent years aren't actually new, just someone to took some tech that was out there and actually applied it in a useful way. see: Google, Apple, Nintendo, et al.
Honestly there's nothing wrong with that, technology is useless unless it's applied, and I'm sure there are still a lot of applications for existing tech that hasn't been explored yet.
According the legal brief that IW filed they didn't "SELL" to Activision, Activision simply bought them out. Also after MW1 West and Zampella signed a contract with Activision that gave them exclusive rights to the "Modern Warfare" name, stating that no game can hold that title, nor can any Call of duty game take place after the Vietnam War without written consent from both of them. It also promised them royalties for for any past or present Call of Duty game or any game built on an engine developed by IW. It also promised them creative freedoms to explore new IPs instead of just churning out COD games. The only "hitch" was that the two had to make another Modern Warfare (MW2) and that they had to deliver it by November 15th..
Well, they delivered the game, and did so 5 days before it was due. honestly I think even if Activision has valid grounds for letting them go, they still owe them what was promised in that contract since it the two of them clearly met their end of the bargain. Kotaku has the whole legal briefing... it's eye opening
The REAL issue seems to be that Activision was afraid that the two were going to jump ship and go back to EA... The legal brief also goes into details of ridiculous month-long interrogation techniques Activision put the IW developers though trying to find evidence against West and Zampella. The final termination was based on comments made by them at a meeting over a year ago, and they were given 6 hours to "respond" to the charge of "insubordination" without being told what the charge was actually about.
It's like a husband suspecting that his wife is cheating, turned the house upside down looking for evidence, and then the only "evidence" he can find is an off handed email from a year ago and kicks her out saying "you know what you've done"...
Anyone know where I can get some Samuel L IPO?
If they really need to identify and get the consent of every party does that mean that Italian TV stations aren't allowed to display video of public gatherings such as football games or people standing outside the vatican? I would suspect that they aren't able to appropriately identify and get consent from all involved.
Either way I was under the impression that by posting the video the poster was giving consent per the legal jargon you must click through when posting, heck add some jargon stating that all parties must be identified in the description. If worded correctly the burden of proof should rely on the poster.
ANALOGY FAIL.