A20 now has open source graphics driver? is it actually usable for accelerated graphics (composition in X) ?

No, there is no open source graphics driver for the A20's MALI. However the FSF will look the other way and grant an exception if the GPU is not used and graphics are processed on the CPU. This is what they have done with the one variant of the system they are having certified. They are selling (at least) two others which are not certified.

you confuse my beat-the-ignorant-over-the-head caps with anger.

1. The Iowa class battleship has a foot thick armor on the hull. WW2 ships used armor that was sometimes even thicker. Washington class had 16 inch armor for instance.

ARMOR BELT != HULL.

REGARDLESS YOU CLAIMED SUCH HULLS ARE COMMON, THEY DON'T EXIST, MUCH LESS COMMONLY. STOP TRYING TO BACKTRACK. HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY FOR THAT UID?

2. cargo ships conventionally have to have accommodations for people. The entire ship, other than the engine room(s), could be one big vault, with the entire top being a doorway to allow access to the interior, much like the old space shuttle. It would be no more difficult to load or unload than existing cargo ships.

15 PEOPLE AND THEIR LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS ARE AN INSIGNIFICANT CONSIDERATION IN AN INTERMODAL SHIP DESIGN.

DOORS WHICH OPEN LIKE THE SPACE SHUTTLE, YET ARE HUNDREDS OF FEET LONG AND 12" THICK WOULD BE AN ENGINEERING MARVEL, WOULD COST MORE THAN THE LOSS OF DOZENS OF PIRATE RAIDS, COST CARGO CAPACITY, AND PROTECT AGAINST A THREAT WHICH DOES NOT EXIST.

3. Presumably, there are reasons why they want to run autonomous ships in the first place. If it isn't profitable, obviously they won't do it. I was simply suggesting that looking at things from a perspective of ships that are always designed for accommodating at least a few human passengers may create limitations on what designs are practical, and if we drop those assumptions, other possibilities may surface.

HUMANS ON THE SHIP DOES NOT PREVENT ARMOR TODAY. FULL STOP. ARMOR DOES NOT EXIST BECAUSE IT PROTECTS AGAINST A NON THREAT.

4. Actually, I thought generally pirates made their money by robbing the people on the ship... but then I wasn't the one who initially suggested that these ships would be vulnerable to piracy. I was only proposing that it may be possible to mitigate such vulnerability, assuming it it were to exist in the first place, by incorporating design changes into such a vessel that would not be practical if the vessel needed to carry a human crew.

THEY TAKE HOSTAGES FOR RANSOM. SELLING 100,000 PAIRS OF NIKE SHOES IS NOT PRACTICAL WHEN YOU'RE RAIDING WITH SPEEDBOATS, NOR IS IT PROFITABLE EVEN IF YOU HAD CARGO ROOM. CHINA SHIPS TOILET PAPER TO THE US. TOILET PAPER.

4 - YOU SEEM TO BE UNDER THE FALSE BELIEF THAT STOLEN CARGO IS HOW PIRATES MAKE MONEY.

and like all the other concepts, you are mistaken, over and over and over, and over, and over.

1 - NOBODY HAS EVER HAD 12" THICK HULLS DESPITE YOUR CLAIM

2 - YOUR "VAULT" CONCEPT OF A CARGO SHIP IGNORES HOW CARGO SHIPS ARE LOADED AND UNLOADED.

3 - YOUR "SACRIFICE CARGO CAPACITY FOR ARMOR PLATING" CONCEPT IGNORES THE ECONOMICS OF THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY. THE NAME OF THE GAME IS VOLUME AND A SHIP WHICH CAN'T DELIVER THAT IS NOT PROFITABLE TODAY, AND A 15 MEMBER CREW ISN'T THE REASON.

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Not only did I never claim battleships and their ilk had 1" thick hulls, you're confusing the concept of hull thickness with armor belt thickness.

Unless you can learn to read this is the end.

Container ships, which is what we are talking about, do not and never have had anything within an order of magnitude of 12" hulls, despite your claims.

You're talking out of your ass now.

Oil tankers are on the order of 1" thick (per hull)

Armorer hulls never have approached 12" thick.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

and you CONTINUE to ignore loading and unloading.

You mean a ship which is incapable of carrying 1/10th of the containers that a modern ship does? A ship which is therefore economically nonviable? (But sure does make for a pretty press package!)

I'd imagine things would just go inside the hull, much like a tanker type of vessel.

Have you seen how they stack containers? It's handwaving to say "things would just go inside the hull".

I sure do hope dgatwood's reply was a sarcastic one, demonstrating my point.

how about by having no external openings

I would love your thoughts on making a practical intermodal container ship which is fully sealed to the outside.

I rather suspect they've spent more on PR about the project than in R&D if that's all they're actually investment.

I wouldn't call that a "strong move" on their part, not by a longshot. What's that, .001% of their non-automotive, non-nuclear, market cap?

Unlike the US, European cards generally have a chip in them and use a nonce based protocol. So skimming the interaction with the ATM is not going to buy very much. Not the secret in the chip. Maybe the extra number written on the back if it has a camera.

So what was the point?

But the EU cards also have mag stripes for compatibility in the Americas (and Pacific, and other places). So the card is skimmed in the EU and used either online or overseas.

The e-ink Kindles can be jailbroken and run little apps, including epub readers.

But doing that, IMHO, throws the baby out with the bathwater.

My favorite feature of the Kindles is that I can send books to them via Calibre and Wifi as they have their own dedicated email address solely for delivering books.

the .003 does not refer to bullet diameter but is there to distinguish between the whole variety of large-cased 22 caliber casings.

Weight for weight they can (mostly) use the same bullets, be they .220, .222, .223, .224.