Comment Re:The simple one. (Score 1) 678
Keep the computer in the living room.
Untangle for Linux might be a solution since it was already mentioned in the summary. It's free too
Comment Re:Price (Score 2, Insightful) 128
The guys at this forum have already done many projects similar to this at a fraction of the cost. I guess for a sports car, the cost is about right, but not everyone needs to do 150 mph. Sometimes people just want to the take the family and friends out to dinner, doesn't look like you'll fit more than a few people in most of those. It's still cool though that more are interested in building electric hot rods instead of the ICE counterparts.
Find a lot of the pioneers in the forum below.
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/
(Edit: ICE = Internal Combustion Engine)
Find a lot of the pioneers in the forum below.
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/
(Edit: ICE = Internal Combustion Engine)
Comment Re:From across the pond (Score 1) 321
I never get used to the MM/DD way of typing dates. If it wasn't for the sarcastic remark (3/14, get it?) I wouldn't have caught it. Unfortunately, we will never get a Pi day over here, as 3/14 doesn't exist. A sad day for the European lovers of Pi (a secret fraternity of which we do not speak)
Yeah, and it's even not accurate, 355/113 is a better pi anyway. Divide it out, you'll see
Quake Live Public Beta Launches To High Demand 93
x1n933k writes "For anybody who was sitting on top of Quake Live's website today, clicking refresh and waiting for it to open, you can now browse over and join the fun. Unfortunately you'll have to hold in a queue: 'Here we are all dressed up and nowhere to go. Don't worry, to make sure everyone can enjoy the game we have activated our super secret Queue system, which keeps the server from being overloaded and affecting the website.' I've been waiting 40 minutes and now up to 591, after starting from 9982 but have been playing Quake 3 to kill time."
The queue bounced up over 15,000, and as of this posting, is down to about 7,000. It moves pretty quickly, and there's an explanatory tour to watch while you wait. Reader Rogerpq3 contributes an interview with id's John Carmack and Marty Stratton, in which they discuss the game's technology and server infrastructure, as well as their thoughts on mod support.
Comment Re:Only matter of time? (Score 1) 347
Are they the same facts, though? Suppose I'm trying to convict a burglar, I turn up in court with evidence of his burglaries, and that evidence is ruled inadequate and he is acquitted; I cannot now convict him of those burglaries, double jeopardy and all. But he's a burglar, and afterwards he carries on in that line of work. I can gather evidence on his new burglaries, and make sure it's sound this time around.
Similarly, since TPB are certainly not going to stop linking to torrents, if they are acquitted here due to technical flaws in the prosecution's evidence, then they can't be charged again over those particular torrents - but new ones are published every day, and the prosecution could try again with a different set of specific torrents, and with more complete evidence.
Your analogy is flawed in that the burglar stealing is already a crime. The case is about a new interpretation by *someone else* that the law also means something else, in this case, that the pirate bay is breaking that law in a way that has never been brought up before the court. They lost the first part, basically meaning that the pirate bay doesn't really let you download movies or anything else. I just gives you a file that tells you where to find it elsewhere. The second part now is about making something available to assist in breaking the law. If that is shot down, then the pirate bay will be able to continue what it does until either the laws change or they quit what they are doing. I don't see the second ever happening.
Comment Re:As for preservation (Score 2, Interesting) 465
Perhaps that mineral oil which is used to keep CRAYs cool might work? Maybe just get a barrel of that, drop all of the components in, and seal it up. I'm not sure how practical it will be for when it's opened, but it'll suffice for keeping the sucker preserved.
Mineral Oil works good for cooling, but it will eat through your components after a while, especially after 50 years. About the best thing you can do is seal it in the best vacuum possible. A lack of gas around the components does much better than forcing something in, be it air, liquid, etc.
Comment Re:10,000 is a lot of fridges... (Score 1) 217
On power district scales, there's already off-peak systems for things like electric water heaters. 240V@23-27A beats 120V@5A anytime, you know?
I'm guessing said in jest? 240 V @ 23 A is 5,520 watts of power, where 120 @ 5 A is 600 watts. You pay for watts, voltage and amps don't matter. Guess which one is more expensive?
