glabifrons

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by glabifrons 11y ago
I've seen a few documentaries on this device (though not sure if I've seen this one yet... just started watching), and I find it absolutely amazing. It always makes me wonder just how much technology has been developed and lost (a
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by glabifrons 11y ago
This is a bit terse [0], but still very cool. I used to love to follow all of the new CPUs from the various vendors to see how they compared in performance, wattage, transistor count, etc. by following The CPU Info Center at Berkeley. Sadly
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by glabifrons 11y ago
I wonder how long until someone creates an Android client for this (one that is configurable, not hard-coded to point to the defunct Ubuntu One servers). I'd love to run a ZFS-backed Ubuntu One server for all my family's portable
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by glabifrons 11y ago
I'm surprised the Pond Racer [0] isn't in there. With its (relatively) huge engine nacelles way out front dragging the tiny cockpit way in the back, I swear it's got to be the inspiration for the "pod racers" in Sta
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by glabifrons 11y ago
I'm amazed that I'm reading in the same article talking about faults in limestone and "underground trapping of carbon dioxide emitted by power stations". The water we're pumping down there isn't the only water
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by glabifrons 11y ago
As I understand it, the bolts were pointing forward towards the fuel tank which caused the puncture and (the threads caused) the spark, but this was only in the Pinto wagon, a far less popular variant of the car. The hatchback most people t
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by glabifrons 11y ago
In addition to all of the other examples given, countless SoHo routers (just about everything from the old WRT54G workhorse on up) run MIPS processors. Edit: Fixed typo.
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by glabifrons 11y ago
Hopefully, this will get more traction than OpenSPARC did. I was really surprised that one didn't get adopted heavily. It runs Linux (and Solaris and OpenBSD), is multicore, CMT, low power. Reference: http://opensparc.net&#x
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by glabifrons 11y ago
I remember reading this article when it was first published and thought it was a fantastic piece of work. When it was later discovered that the NSA has been doing this for years [0], the extent of their technical prowess really became appar
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by glabifrons 11y ago
The article specifically mentions using this motor for hybrid passenger aircraft (which is what my post addressed). I mentioned nothing about UAVs or solar power (which is only possible with an enormous wing/fuselage ratio). FTA: &quot
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by glabifrons 11y ago
I don't see how hybrid-aircraft make any sense. The whole point of hybrid cars are the fact that you're only on the throttle periodically. You start, stop, speed up, slow down all the time (especially in S. Florida!). Normally whe
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by glabifrons 12y ago
I can't help, but wonder what the carotene levels are in the white, red, and purple variants of carrots. I'd expect it to be quite low, since carotene is where the orange and yellow carrots (and melons, and squash) are supposed to
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by glabifrons 12y ago
I've only read part of the article so far, but scanned it for the NSA's codename and am surprised it is not mentioned (there or here). They're describing SWAP [0]. Cool they Kasperksy now has binaries to reverse-engineer. Wha
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by glabifrons 12y ago
I've wondered for years why people always gravitate towards Li-Ion cells when talking about a home storage battery. Li-Ion's advantages are far, far less important for a dwelling. Weight doesn't matter... you won't be mo
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by glabifrons 12y ago
"The new rules would not apply to model aircraft." I think this is going to be a problem... when does a model become a "small unmanned aircraft system" and when does it not? It seems to me they're at least heavily o
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by glabifrons 12y ago
It wasn't the cornea, but an artificial lens that was responsible. [0] UV passed through the artificial lens, but not through our natural one. It was replaced because of cataracts. [0] http://science.slashdot.org/story
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by glabifrons 12y ago
In every interview I've been in during the last few decades, I've been asked (in addition to this question) what I'm currently making "in order for us to form an offer". I've tried explaining that I believe my
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by glabifrons 12y ago
I resisted buying my own cellphone for a long time as I always worked for companies that provided them for me. Then got a job where they required me to provide my own. My first phone purchase was the first generation SideKick Color, and I l
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by glabifrons 13y ago
Thanks... extremely confusing since it still has one point, it apparently wasn't downvoted and I don't see how I violated any of the guidelines. How is it that you can see my postings? Is it your extremely high karma?
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by glabifrons 13y ago
A lot of the negative comments I see in this discussion are about the slow to respond UI, battery life, and the lack of a "retina display" level of pixel density. The slow UI problem was licked some time ago by the Thumb2 project
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by glabifrons 13y ago
"I want to be able to access the audio stream programmatically, which is not possible on 99% of android phones." The N900's OS uses PulseAudio. Examples: I can redirect audio output to the FM transmitter and instantly have th
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by glabifrons 13y ago
I thought of posting about the _NSAKEY some time ago, but searched HN and found quite a few references, without much discussion. It seems (for reasons I cannot understand) to be greatly ignored. I find it to be particularly relevant post-Sn
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by glabifrons 13y ago
I find the timing interesting. It certainly sheds light on whether or not Microsoft should own the trademark on "Windows", as it is obvious it is an established generic term at the time by the way the article was written ("wi
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by glabifrons 13y ago
Several years ago, every sushi restaurant I frequented (in South Florida) stopped mislabeling Escolar as "White Tuna". I thought it was a legal crackdown since I'd already read about the fact that "there's no such t
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by glabifrons 13y ago
I couldn't agree more. The mini-USB connector was solid and well guided, while the micro-USB connector's male component is flimsy and the housing (as others have stated) is vague (I have to use a bright light to be able to see whi
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by glabifrons 13y ago
I don't buy into that. For one, I've never seen one go that cheap (but then it's been over a year since I looked). Back when I was looking, typical prices for a 50 year old Cessna 150 was >$50k, unless it needs $30k worth
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by glabifrons 13y ago
I'd argue that the OpenEZ/OpenCanard project was the first... sadly it appears to be gone (the website, anyways). This sheds some light on it: http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/general-experimenta... N
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by glabifrons 13y ago
It's sad that it was abused to broadcast a prank (that might send phobics over the edge) rather than something to enlighten those who don't frequent sites like this one about the current situation with regard to SWIFT, the NSA, an
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by glabifrons 13y ago
Slightly closer to the original topic, here's Windows 95 running on a Nokia N900: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxMYuCHxBgE
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by glabifrons 13y ago
Am I the only one who noticed his "clock" is an aircraft altimeter? This guy is awesome! :)

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