We threat to use this "giant magnifying glass" to blast a gold-filled meteor out of its orbit and send it crashing into Earth where it will melt the polar ice caps, flooding Earth.
With all this power, we will hold the world ransomed for.....One MILLION DOLLARS!! </dr evil mode>
Redmond, VA: The youngster will be charged by two companies with accusations of reverse engineering. Citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Microsoft is accusing him of implementing a piece of code that circunvents patented Microsoft's Windows protection.
Richard Ludwig, attorney for Microsoft, said "My clients believe that the writer of this virus is actively destroying the value of my client's proprietary technology, and demand that this viral activity cease immediately."
Mark Scheise, attorney for SCO, said the teenager violated its intellectual property rights by using SCO code in the virus. He said that each bit from its code was a perfect match with SCO's code. "He was using exactly the same two bits as SCO, just in another sequence". Scheise also added that this was not just a coincidence, and denied any request to disclose wich are the two bits. "I can't tell you wich are these two bits, but I assure you they're the same as thos used by SCO".
It'll last much longer if you put it in a air-tight place. As it's a paper, you can put it between two layers of glass , or between glass and a flat surface. And away from light.
I found my [thermal paper] faxes last much longer this way.
This guy has an opinon different from mine. He says that, all of a sudden, he lost hundreds of picture. Well, I've been working with Compact Flash for more than one year, now, and the ONLY time I gost corrupted data was when I took the card off the camera while it was writing. Then the camera could not read any picture. They seemed to be lost. But later I put that CF in my CF reader, and ran a chkdsk. It found lost chains, that I saved as files. And recovered ALL pictures except for the bottom half of the one it was writing at the very moment when I removed the CF. It probably corrupted the FAT (same way as hard disks, when the computer is not properly shut down).
And I do think CF is more reliable than Microdrive.
I've always lived in both Brazil and US. I have more contact with Brazilians from Sao Paulo and Americans from the eastern coast (DE, NJ, MD, PA).
That said, I guess, from my experience, I have some authority to disagree with some points from your posting.
Brazilians are more disorganized, yes, mostly. But one thing about Brazil that cannot be forgotten: It's a multi-faced country.
While some areas, like some north-eastern cities can be [almost] as poor as most African coutries, other cities like Sao Paulo mix some beggars with extremely wealthy people. Well, they don't really mix, as they live two worlds apart. The poorest people can't possibly grasp the life of a rich one. And that's the problem.
Social distribution is very bad, and that leads to a big distortion. Not an easy problem to solve.
Anyway, I know of an American company that, despite all red tape, prefers to hire Brazilians than Americans, because they think Brazilians are more hard working. So, their oppinion differs from yours.
But why does it differ ? Maybe you have had contact with just one "type" of Brazilian. You may be aware that inside Brazil the "paulistas" (those from Sao Paulo) are known for working hard.
Sao Paulo reminds me of NYC. Just with more homeless, more trash on the pavement, more violence (due to social distortion) but's that's basically it. Most people in Sao Paulo are hard workers. It's actually Brazil's economic capital. Lots of choppers there. Its helicopter fleet one of the biggest in the world, second only to Tokyo.
You said you live in Rio. So you had most contact with happy-go-lucky cariocas. I'm not saying all hard-working Brazilians live only in Sao Paulo, just making a generalization. Generally speaking, paulistas tend to work more than cariocas. Of course there are exceptions.
And, yes, there ARE buzzcut, Coke-bottle bi-focal, white button-down Oxford, pocket protector wearing, STRAIGHT-LACED, ANAL RETENTIVE, NO SOCIAL LIFE HAVING NERDS in Brazil. Think about ITA, one of the hardest universities in Brazil. It has a very hard entrancy test, in wich there's about 70 elite candidates per vacancy. The ones that manage to join ITA are trully nerds. BTW, ITA stands for Instituto Tecnico da Aeronautica, and they did help building this rocket.
You should read this explanation of CCD vs. CMOS. And this is a little more technical. And read this also.
CCD sensors, create high-quality, low-noise images. CMOS sensors, traditionally, are more susceptible to noise.
Because each pixel on a CMOS sensor has several transistors located next to it, the light sensitivity of a CMOS chip is lower. Many of the photons hitting the chip hit the transistors instead of the photodiode.
CMOS sensors traditionally consume little power. Implementing a sensor in CMOS yields a low-power sensor. CCDs, on the other hand, use a process that consumes lots of power. CCDs consume as much as 100 times more power than an equivalent CMOS sensor.
CMOS chips can be fabricated on just about any standard silicon production line, so they tend to be extremely inexpensive compared to CCD sensors.
CCD sensors have been mass produced for a longer period of time, so they are more mature. They tend to have higher quality pixels, and more of them.
CMOS is generally used in lower quality equipaments.
Canon's SLR's CMOS are that good because their sensor is big. You'd also have an astonishing picture with a same sized CCD sensor.
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I wouldn't buy tickets to a music-playing blackhole concert. They suck.
You didnt watch the movie "Legally Blonde", did you ?
Ok, here's the plan:
We threat to use this "giant magnifying glass" to blast a gold-filled meteor out of its orbit and send it crashing into Earth where it will melt the polar ice caps, flooding Earth.
With all this power, we will hold the world ransomed for.....One MILLION DOLLARS!!
</dr evil mode>
1 - Buy a red and blue fantasy
2 - Get an ACME silk thrower
3 - Capture the bad guys
4 - ????
5 - PROFIT !
I do have the copyright of the name "Hrothgar", so I am demanding you change your nickname, or stop using it.
Imagine if they found a way to generate electricity from dupes. The amount of energy would be huge.
Redmond, VA: The youngster will be charged by two companies with accusations of reverse engineering. Citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Microsoft is accusing him of implementing a piece of code that circunvents patented Microsoft's Windows protection.
Richard Ludwig, attorney for Microsoft, said "My clients believe that the writer of this virus is actively destroying the value of my client's proprietary technology, and demand that this viral activity cease immediately."
Mark Scheise, attorney for SCO, said the teenager violated its intellectual property rights by using SCO code in the virus. He said that each bit from its code was a perfect match with SCO's code. "He was using exactly the same two bits as SCO, just in another sequence". Scheise also added that this was not just a coincidence, and denied any request to disclose wich are the two bits. "I can't tell you wich are these two bits, but I assure you they're the same as thos used by SCO".
With big and friendly letters:
DON'T PANIC. I'm JUST A VIRUS.
It'll last much longer if you put it in a air-tight place. As it's a paper, you can put it between two layers of glass , or between glass and a flat surface. And away from light.
I found my [thermal paper] faxes last much longer this way.
Gee, I need to get my hands on such a beast. I'll probably have a better Internet experience.
Intel says that a P4-M can achieve 50% greater performance in Internet experience. Cool. With 11.8 teraflops, Internet experience will be what, like 99999% greater ? Gee, that sounds better than an orgasm.
You can read the Compact Flash FAQ
A quick google search returned these links, that may be interesting to you
IDE to Compact Flash Adapter
Flash Storage Solutions
Read all this thread if you will be storing sensitive information
How Compact Flash can keep your data safe?
This guy has an opinon different from mine. He says that, all of a sudden, he lost hundreds of picture. Well, I've been working with Compact Flash for more than one year, now, and the ONLY time I gost corrupted data was when I took the card off the camera while it was writing. Then the camera could not read any picture. They seemed to be lost. But later I put that CF in my CF reader, and ran a chkdsk. It found lost chains, that I saved as files. And recovered ALL pictures except for the bottom half of the one it was writing at the very moment when I removed the CF. It probably corrupted the FAT (same way as hard disks, when the computer is not properly shut down).
And I do think CF is more reliable than Microdrive.
I, for one, welcome our new Dupes Overlords.
And I'd like to remind them, that as a trusted Slashdot reader, I can be useful in submitting more duplicate stories.
They are actually being used at concerts.
They also use it in the movies.
Ever heard of Brad Pitch ?
How can a blindfolded person solve this ? I mean, it can't even know if it's getting closer or not.
... with the advantage of not seeing goat sex pictures.
He works for Microsoft.
In my previous post I forgot to add a link to these nice pictures of Sao Paulo.
I've always lived in both Brazil and US. I have more contact with Brazilians from Sao Paulo and Americans from the eastern coast (DE, NJ, MD, PA).
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That said, I guess, from my experience, I have some authority to disagree with some points from your posting.
Brazilians are more disorganized, yes, mostly. But one thing about Brazil that cannot be forgotten: It's a multi-faced country.
While some areas, like some north-eastern cities can be [almost] as poor as most African coutries, other cities like Sao Paulo mix some beggars with extremely wealthy people. Well, they don't really mix, as they live two worlds apart. The poorest people can't possibly grasp the life of a rich one. And that's the problem.
Social distribution is very bad, and that leads to a big distortion. Not an easy problem to solve.
Anyway, I know of an American company that, despite all red tape, prefers to hire Brazilians than Americans, because they think Brazilians are more hard working. So, their oppinion differs from yours.
But why does it differ ? Maybe you have had contact with just one "type" of Brazilian. You may be aware that inside Brazil the "paulistas" (those from Sao Paulo) are known for working hard.
Sao Paulo reminds me of NYC. Just with more homeless, more trash on the pavement, more violence (due to social distortion) but's that's basically it. Most people in Sao Paulo are hard workers. It's actually Brazil's economic capital. Lots of choppers there. Its helicopter fleet one of the biggest in the world, second only to Tokyo.
You said you live in Rio. So you had most contact with happy-go-lucky cariocas. I'm not saying all hard-working Brazilians live only in Sao Paulo, just making a generalization. Generally speaking, paulistas tend to work more than cariocas. Of course there are exceptions.
And, yes, there ARE buzzcut, Coke-bottle bi-focal, white button-down Oxford, pocket protector wearing, STRAIGHT-LACED, ANAL RETENTIVE, NO SOCIAL LIFE HAVING NERDS in Brazil. Think about ITA, one of the hardest universities in Brazil. It has a very hard entrancy test, in wich there's about 70 elite candidates per vacancy. The ones that manage to join ITA are trully nerds. BTW, ITA stands for Instituto Tecnico da Aeronautica, and they did help building this rocket.
For more info about Sao Paulo (in English), please read
http://www.fragilecologies.com/jul09_97.html
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/saopaulo/285
http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/wm/ci/101076/
A "private citizen" with billions to spend lobbying, and buying senators.
We're watching too many movies, uh ?
In Russia SCO sues you.
No, wait, this is in the US.
No, itll trigger FBIs office alarm if you have a beard and refuse the pork that was offered.
CCD sensors, create high-quality, low-noise images. CMOS sensors, traditionally, are more susceptible to noise.
Because each pixel on a CMOS sensor has several transistors located next to it, the light sensitivity of a CMOS chip is lower. Many of the photons hitting the chip hit the transistors instead of the photodiode.
CMOS sensors traditionally consume little power. Implementing a sensor in CMOS yields a low-power sensor. CCDs, on the other hand, use a process that consumes lots of power. CCDs consume as much as 100 times more power than an equivalent CMOS sensor.
CMOS chips can be fabricated on just about any standard silicon production line, so they tend to be extremely inexpensive compared to CCD sensors.
CCD sensors have been mass produced for a longer period of time, so they are more mature. They tend to have higher quality pixels, and more of them.
CMOS is generally used in lower quality equipaments.
Canon's SLR's CMOS are that good because their sensor is big. You'd also have an astonishing picture with a same sized CCD sensor.
...but you will be able to draw fantastic sunsets and flowers...
All you need ia a crayon.
Fantastic! A worm-eating robot.