Posts by alisonken1 104 publicly visible posts • joined 29 Sep 2010
... using GIMP to print a check ....
Last I checked, GIMP was for graphics.
For printing checks, there's Accounting and Finance Software ("30 Best Accounting and Finance Software for Linux" - UbuntuPit).
Or - you can even use LO or Office apps (with the correct template).
Actually, an Intel 4004 chip (wikipedia article) sounds about right.
A 4-bit cpu in a 64-bit world.
If you're thinking Hoover Dam style renewable - go have a look at the water table in the lake and tell me it's easily renewable. Vagrancies in weather patterns make it more of a hit/miss style since rain used to refill the storage pool (or lake behind the dam) requires a fair amount of luck with the weather providing rain in the correct location to refill it.
Pumped storage is an option, but I believe "hydroelectricity" in the context of the article doesn't consider pumped storage since that's a very low percentage option (not enough pumped-storage facilities available).
I think you'd be surprised at how few recompiles are needed to include a program after updates.
The only time a new binary needs to be recompiled is when the main libs are updated with new API's - and even then most of them will still run just ensuring a symlink from the previous lib name to the new lib name.
For those who _really_ love their mugs (or one of a kind keepsakes), there's a YouTube video to help you keep those heirlooms from the past:
How To Fix A Porcelain Mug With A TIG Welder (youtube video)
Nah - they'll just get the Crowd Control Truck to help clear the roads.
I think the problem you missed:
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2. Image is moved to a laptop or workstation (air gapped, of course)
2.a. CSAM fingerprints image
2.b. CSAM adds metadata to image ( can someone say steganography )
3. Image is encrypted
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Remember, you have to update your computer sometime - and even air-gapped, you still have to download the updates from somewhere.
I remember those. I played with Slackware since the days of SLS.
I figured out how to take the floppies, copy the sets to a CD and figured out how to run the installer so I didn't have to swap floppies all the time - one CD to rule the install. The hardest part was recreating the X config file for the monitor(s) I had available.
Those were the days - quick edit of a plain text file and have whizz-bang installer updates.
As I read it -
Most driver code has been through multiple reviews on smaller code dumps over time. IIRC most drivers started with initial submissions with baseline frameworks and can be tested and verified. Driver is marked as EXPERIMENTAL - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK during this phase. As each submission is vetted, additional functionality is added, and only the new changes need to be tested/vetted.
27K lines of code added in 5K chunks can be tested/vetted rather easily.
27K lines of code added in a single 27K chunk is not easily to test/vet.
Also, keep in mind, once mainlined, it must be maintained by kernel devs. Or better yet, the original author/company (since they already know how it works).
Having lived through the OS wars of the 80's, I can pretty much say that you are (partially) one of the truth deniers.
The only reason I can say partially is because of the MS culture of the day and how they armtwisted the computer sellers and bought "assisted" congress in making laws such as
<Clif-Notes version>All computers sold _will_ have an operating system on them"</Clif-notes version>
You must have missed the MS trial of the century.
Same thing with a 2005 Nissan Versa Note (orange display).
And, of course, the display faded just after the warranty period, so no - I live with the bunged display until I replace it.
(there's only a couple of radio stations our family listens to anyway ; and at 4am in the winter, the display actually comes back to normal - until the temp (or heater) raises the cabin temp a couple of degrees)
Although I agree with the sentiments, there's still too much politics involved in NASA funding for the chemical shed extras.
With that said, once Starship (and Moonship) get going, Congress will have less of a reason for politics to dictate funding directions where space is concerned (subject to military dictates).
Kind of like food service - low pay + expecting tips to make up the difference rather than decent pay + tips for exceptional service (like the original meaning of "tip" for better service).
At least with food service (restaurant style), the expectation is up front rather than behind-the-scenes accounting shenanigans.
Still sucks.
Last article I read basically said most women astronauts prefer to keep on the birth control pill without the placebo pills.
If you ever noticed them, the package comes with 2 colors of pills - the pink normal pills and the red placebo pills; the placebo pills are only there to keep reminding them to take a pill every day so they don't miss the real pills. Menstruation happens during the placebo pill phase.
No placebo pills, no menstruation.
EDIT:
https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/11/health/space-gynecology-periods-in-microgravity/index.html
CNN article from 2016 that includes a link to a study of military females as well as astronauts, as well as notes on a long-term (think no daily pill) style of birth control as well.
Actually, ISTR in the beginning, Google was literally just a search engine. For about 5 years, they had no real revenue and no other business but website scraping to get links to tweak their algorithm.
But prior to going public, they were told they had to have a revenue stream before going public (and Wikipedia-style grants/donations were not an option)*.
It was only after they were almost forced to accept ad revenue that they changed from "Do No Evil" to "Don't Get Caught".
* Can't find the reference article since it's been years ago that I read it.
So we need something like 480GW generating capacity for a 1:1 replacement with ICE vehicles
By that standard - every house has a 100amp (min) power panel, with most newer ones having 200amp power panels.
Just looking at my street we're looking at 100x50=5K amps of electricity needed just to power my block.
Interesting that we don't even come close to the max rating per household at any given time.
(For those not math inclined, VxI=W 100a x 120v = 12Kw
Actually, those icons are used on the web pages coming from servers - not the browsers.
[ note to self: need to post more often to get badge level for blockquotes]
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The W3C "valid" icons may be used on documents that successfully passed validation for a specific technology, using the W3C validation services.
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Yep - a Robert Heinlein story. Can't remember which one, but Harriman was the protagonist, and because of his efforts he was NOT allowed to go to the moon.
A more recent example would be all of the work that Elon Musk has put in for Mars, but the company would not let him go because he was "too valuable ensuring the company makes its' goals of visiting another space body to risk himself ".
The logo you were thinking of was not really put on the moon, but he would wear a button on his jacket when he went to visit companies trying to get funding. He would then tell them "This is what your competitor's logo would look like if they get there first and put their logo on the moon".
In the 1980's, I personally could not buy a computer from a major store without also purchasing MS-DOS. IIRC, I was told that those companies could not legally sell a bare-bones computer.
Whether the legality was due to actual law or signed contract between major store and suppliers I leave up to you to search. (hint: one aspect might be related to https://www.justice.gov/atr/complaint-us-v-microsoft)
IF I was lucky, the reseller might have the option of installing some other O/S - but that was my experience.
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What they all apparently forget or ignore, is that the majority of people don't want a computer - they want Office type applications, email, games, films and music.
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"Office type ..." is incorrect.
"MS Office on a non-MS platform"
"Photoshop on a non-MS platform"
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And the list goes on ....
"Tesla refused to cooperate with the probe." really are they allowed to do that? US justice seems a little toothless.
Minor correction - NTSB is NOT part of the justice system.
National Transportation Safety Board .
Note - Even the title shows that they're part of an investigation group, not a prosecution group.
IIRC (it's been quite a few years since I've read Heinlein), he was describing why the "Gorilla Suits" of the Marauder class of armor was designed with simple displays and controls - instead of having to spend 6 months learning what the suit does, the suit was designed so you 'just wear it' - otherwise, when you're too busy trying to figure out the technology in the middle of battle, you lose sight of the fact you're in the middle of a battle.
When that happens while you're fighting, you're so distracted trying to figure out what each control does and what the displays mean that you don't notice the caveman coming up behind you with a rock and bash your head in.
And don't forget RoboCop's Directive 4:
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