Or, it could just be that o and i are next to each other, and when typing quickly it is easy to hit them in the wrong order. I do actually know the meaning of viola, voila and voilà. I am baffled by people who assume that a typo is actually a sign of ignorance, and amused by the better jokes based off my typo.
SD card slot, Microcontroller chip, Radio chip. Viola, low power, moderate bitrate and range wireless data storage device for $5. Development costs furnished by the Indian tax payers.
Even if you get the patent without doing the actual fabrication, it should have to be relatively specific. So the group that actually does the fabrication and fills in all of the details you left out can just apply for their own patent and site you as prior art. And they'll patent all of the hardware needed to actually perform the process.
Everyone knows that the Michigan Daily has a list of the most clueless people on campus which they call up whenever they need quotes for an article. I wouldn't put much stock in two anecdotes.
I wrote the DAQ I use for my research using the GnuRadio framework (which is written in python and c++). It is relatively easy to write custom C++ modules for high speed computation. There is also a graphical programming utility called GRC for simple LabView style "programming". Unfortunately, the code still isn't very mature, but it is under very active development. It is difficult to argue with the simplicity of labview for a quick interface to NI hardware, but once you leave the academic world where licenses and hardware cost real money, the appeal is quickly lost.
When I get time, I'll play with comedi and the comedi module for gnuradio for working with NI DAQ cards.
Total cost of the device, when we include estimates for the case, codecs and other miscellaneous items, is just over $200. Prototype B is actually much less expensive because the screen we used isnâ(TM)t very good. The price estimate includes a much better, more expensive LCD.
Sounds like bill of materials (BOM) plus a decent profit margin for an electronics device. It could be a reasonable estimate, especially since they're already building them for around $200 without economies of scale.
Ah yes, the good old days when people turned on their fireplace or oven, didn't realize it had blown out, and then died of asphyxiation. The fireplaces without electric starters use a pilot light. If the pilot light blows out, the valves automatically close.
I'm not sure about idiot, but I hope you aren't a safety engineer.
I'll probably be putting in a gas fireplace later this spring and possibly a gas generator later. For the fireplace though, some of them do require electricity to start and those seem to be the cheaper ones.
Lost power when Commander Taco did, but it was only out for about 12 hours. It happens every other month or so though.
It is a side effect of some designs which give good efficiency at high power without requiring massive transformers. I wouldn't use a supply more than twice the suggested current unless it was a high quality linear transformer (those are the really heavy ones, most of the multi-voltage universal supplies are like this because they are designed for a wide range of currents).
Exercise some care when using power supplies rated at much higher currents than your device. Some DC converter designs will ramp up in voltage if the current draw is too low (computer power supplies do this actually). This is of course more of a problem when you're trying to use something like a switching supply rated for 10A on a device that draws 100mA maximum.
When you consider that the coils they're using are ~3 feet in diameter, that number doesn't seem so odd. The efficiency of inductive coupling is roughly proportional to (diameter/distance)**3 assuming the coils are well matched, the frequency is ideal and a few other things. Anyway, with reasonable sized coils for a small portable device the effective range drops to a few inches (laptop) to under an inch (cellphone).
Altera has the free-beer "web edition" of Quartus which is full featured and installs to your computer. I have no clue why they call it web edition. I have seen open source simulators, but not synthesizers. It has more to do with the FPGA internals being proprietary, I think, than a desire to monopolize the software.
If you know of a few C libraries, or a C framework that makes it very easy to write sophisticated desktop apps without having to constantly re-invent the wheel, I would be very interested.
gtk with glade is relatively painless. Didn't play so well with threads though when I last developed with it (a few years ago).
Stupid pain in the ass Labview. If I had wanted to draw I would have stayed in kindergarten. I recently put together an interface and did it in Labview so that the undergrads who will eventually maintain it won't sully their diapers. It is great for toy projects and people who prefer to spend hours dragging around lines and pushing boxes instead of any time thinking.
You might make a case for charging her with harassment. Certainly enough to get a restraining order, but it is too late for that now. I don't think we need the law to punish Drew in this case however, her neighbors are doing it effectively (from Wikipedia)
Banas said the Drews' daughter, now 15, is attending a different school and is not currently living in Dardenne Prairie. He said Lori Drew was fearful of telling him where her daughter lives. According to Lori Drew's attorney, she has had to close her advertising business in the wake of the controversy and the Drews will probably be unable to continue to live in the neighborhood. Neighbors shunned the Drews following the incident.
Except there is nothing really wrong with Tesla's business plan except unfortunate timing. Just when they need sufficient amounts of capital to switch to large scale production, there is a worldwide credit crisis. The banks which should be eager to loan Tesla money are hardly loaning to anyone despite the huge amounts of government support the banks received.
I take it you don't live in the US? Here, pretty much everybody does get sued for this sort of thing. And that isn't necessarily a bad thing. You have a software company and hire some coders. They come in, turn out to be arrogant asses, and quit 6 months later. 6 months after that, they have started a software company that produces a product that is extremely similar to your own. You suspect they stole your code, so you sue them.
There is no way for the law to determine a priori if you're in the situation I just described and have a legitimate case or you're the evil boss trying to stifle legitimate competition. So we must have the ability to sue, and there is the potential for abuse. Streamlining the process so that is isn't so easy to drive a competitor out of business with legal costs might be a good idea, but there are more pressing priorities in the US (like a sane healthcare system).
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Or, it could just be that o and i are next to each other, and when typing quickly it is easy to hit them in the wrong order. I do actually know the meaning of viola, voila and voilà. I am baffled by people who assume that a typo is actually a sign of ignorance, and amused by the better jokes based off my typo.
What does string instruments have to do with anything? The word you're looking for is "voila" :P
Technically it is voila` (can't seem to use the correct accent character).
As for why it's expensive, batteries cost a lot, as do wireless certification and licenses (802.11x or Bluetooth).
All of which are irrelevant for a wall-wart powered device developed by the Indian government using a COTS wireless chip.
Actually, the photo posted in the addendum blog makes it look like this isn't even a wireless device.
SD card slot, Microcontroller chip, Radio chip. Viola, low power, moderate bitrate and range wireless data storage device for $5. Development costs furnished by the Indian tax payers.
Even if you get the patent without doing the actual fabrication, it should have to be relatively specific. So the group that actually does the fabrication and fills in all of the details you left out can just apply for their own patent and site you as prior art. And they'll patent all of the hardware needed to actually perform the process.
Don't we already have that?
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Everyone knows that the Michigan Daily has a list of the most clueless people on campus which they call up whenever they need quotes for an article. I wouldn't put much stock in two anecdotes.
I wrote the DAQ I use for my research using the GnuRadio framework (which is written in python and c++). It is relatively easy to write custom C++ modules for high speed computation. There is also a graphical programming utility called GRC for simple LabView style "programming". Unfortunately, the code still isn't very mature, but it is under very active development. It is difficult to argue with the simplicity of labview for a quick interface to NI hardware, but once you leave the academic world where licenses and hardware cost real money, the appeal is quickly lost.
When I get time, I'll play with comedi and the comedi module for gnuradio for working with NI DAQ cards.
According to the benchmarks, exFAT. If you trust it not to die a horrible death and to be readable anywhere else.
Total cost of the device, when we include estimates for the case, codecs and other miscellaneous items, is just over $200. Prototype B is actually much less expensive because the screen we used isnâ(TM)t very good. The price estimate includes a much better, more expensive LCD.
Sounds like bill of materials (BOM) plus a decent profit margin for an electronics device. It could be a reasonable estimate, especially since they're already building them for around $200 without economies of scale.
Ah yes, the good old days when people turned on their fireplace or oven, didn't realize it had blown out, and then died of asphyxiation. The fireplaces without electric starters use a pilot light. If the pilot light blows out, the valves automatically close.
I'm not sure about idiot, but I hope you aren't a safety engineer.
I'll probably be putting in a gas fireplace later this spring and possibly a gas generator later. For the fireplace though, some of them do require electricity to start and those seem to be the cheaper ones.
Lost power when Commander Taco did, but it was only out for about 12 hours. It happens every other month or so though.
My advisor has a 24" cinema display set to 1024x768 resolution. It makes me cry each time I see it.
It is a side effect of some designs which give good efficiency at high power without requiring massive transformers. I wouldn't use a supply more than twice the suggested current unless it was a high quality linear transformer (those are the really heavy ones, most of the multi-voltage universal supplies are like this because they are designed for a wide range of currents).
Exercise some care when using power supplies rated at much higher currents than your device. Some DC converter designs will ramp up in voltage if the current draw is too low (computer power supplies do this actually). This is of course more of a problem when you're trying to use something like a switching supply rated for 10A on a device that draws 100mA maximum.
When you consider that the coils they're using are ~3 feet in diameter, that number doesn't seem so odd. The efficiency of inductive coupling is roughly proportional to (diameter/distance)**3 assuming the coils are well matched, the frequency is ideal and a few other things. Anyway, with reasonable sized coils for a small portable device the effective range drops to a few inches (laptop) to under an inch (cellphone).
Yes, for serious work Latex is much better.
Altera has the free-beer "web edition" of Quartus which is full featured and installs to your computer. I have no clue why they call it web edition. I have seen open source simulators, but not synthesizers. It has more to do with the FPGA internals being proprietary, I think, than a desire to monopolize the software.
If you know of a few C libraries, or a C framework that makes it very easy to write sophisticated desktop apps without having to constantly re-invent the wheel, I would be very interested.
gtk with glade is relatively painless. Didn't play so well with threads though when I last developed with it (a few years ago).
Stupid pain in the ass Labview. If I had wanted to draw I would have stayed in kindergarten. I recently put together an interface and did it in Labview so that the undergrads who will eventually maintain it won't sully their diapers. It is great for toy projects and people who prefer to spend hours dragging around lines and pushing boxes instead of any time thinking.
Latest conspiracy theory: PJ is paying Daryl $100 a week to keep the lawsuit going so as to drive traffic to Groklaw.
You might make a case for charging her with harassment. Certainly enough to get a restraining order, but it is too late for that now. I don't think we need the law to punish Drew in this case however, her neighbors are doing it effectively (from Wikipedia)
Banas said the Drews' daughter, now 15, is attending a different school and is not currently living in Dardenne Prairie. He said Lori Drew was fearful of telling him where her daughter lives. According to Lori Drew's attorney, she has had to close her advertising business in the wake of the controversy and the Drews will probably be unable to continue to live in the neighborhood. Neighbors shunned the Drews following the incident.
Isn't Evans the fictitious person created by Lori Drew? I would just assume you were joking except for the mod of informative.
Thanks for that link, the new print command makes a lot more sense than the old one.
Except there is nothing really wrong with Tesla's business plan except unfortunate timing. Just when they need sufficient amounts of capital to switch to large scale production, there is a worldwide credit crisis. The banks which should be eager to loan Tesla money are hardly loaning to anyone despite the huge amounts of government support the banks received.
I take it you don't live in the US? Here, pretty much everybody does get sued for this sort of thing. And that isn't necessarily a bad thing. You have a software company and hire some coders. They come in, turn out to be arrogant asses, and quit 6 months later. 6 months after that, they have started a software company that produces a product that is extremely similar to your own. You suspect they stole your code, so you sue them.
There is no way for the law to determine a priori if you're in the situation I just described and have a legitimate case or you're the evil boss trying to stifle legitimate competition. So we must have the ability to sue, and there is the potential for abuse. Streamlining the process so that is isn't so easy to drive a competitor out of business with legal costs might be a good idea, but there are more pressing priorities in the US (like a sane healthcare system).