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Comment Re:I'm not worried about those hacks (Score 1) 360

by Kompressor (#32211070) Attached to: Hacking Automotive Systems

Bingo!
Every modern Jeep that runs on larger than stock tires either has had the speedometer output modified electronically, or is displaying an incorrect speed. You can buy a handheld programmer that plugs in and allows adjustment for wheel size, differential gearing, etc.

The same probably applies to every jacked up 42" tire rig-rocket pickup on the road.

PS, how can you tell that I live in an oil bearing province? :-D

Comment Re:Nice (Score 1) 347

by Kompressor (#31985026) Attached to: How To Get 39 Megapixels From a 53-Year-Old Camera

Opening the back is handy for cleaning the sensor which from time to time gets a bit grungy during lens changes and such.

It's a simple function which is woefully missing on most DSLRs.

Most modern DSLRs have a "cleaning mode" that is essentially a mirror-lock-up mode, where the mirror is swung up and the shutter curtain drawn to expose the CCD. Then you hit it with a blast of air from a bulb (not canned air!!), an Arctic Butterfly / cleaning swab, or a greasy digit, and voila, clean CCD! Just don't grind the sand that you're trying to remove into the CCD; I hear that sucks :-P

Comment Re:In color? (Score 1) 347

by Kompressor (#31984346) Attached to: How To Get 39 Megapixels From a 53-Year-Old Camera

Not only that, but the pro photo labs make sure that their chemical baths are all within tolerance. I've worked in the industry before, and lemme tell ya, most of the bargain store photolabs don't spend nearly as much time and effort making sure that their chemicals are as close to perfect as possible. There's nothing quite like paying for processing, only to discover that today was the unlucky day and some minimum-wage labmonkey accidentally added a little bit of stop bath to the developer...

Professionals (those who shoot medium format and spend upwards of $10k just for a sensor) are willing to pay $6 - $10 / roll for developing by a lab that is willing to close for a few hours and tweak their chemicals to get DMAX back within spec. The beauty of a digital back for a medium format camera is that the uncertainty / occasional lost or mangled roll, etc. can be completely avoided (plus all the other juicy benefits of shooting digital)

When they come out with an affordable 6x7 back for my RB67, I'll probably have to mortgage my cats...

Comment Re:Designed to Fail (Score 1) 278

by Kompressor (#31842406) Attached to: Microsoft Unveils 'Pink' Phones As Kin One and Two

And conversely, the fake "social" bullshit they do when trying to market their products and being cool and edgy. As if buying a Microsoft product will suddenly transport you to wild parties where everyone is having the time of their lives.

Beer companies have been doing this for years... It seems to have worked well so far! (not that beer really needs advertising to begin with...)
Earth

An Animal That Lives Without Oxygen 166

Posted by timothy from the besides-me dept.
Julie188 writes "Scientists have found the first multicellular animals that apparently live entirely without oxygen. The creatures reside deep in one of the harshest environments on earth: the Mediterranean Ocean's L'Atalante basin, which contains salt brine so dense that it doesn't mix with the oxygen-containing waters above."
Hardware Hacking

Home-Built Turing Machine 123

Posted by Soulskill from the i'll-order-a-dozen dept.
stronghawk writes "The creator of the Nickel-O-Matic is back at it and has now built a Turing Machine from a Parallax Propeller chip-based controller, motors, a dry-erase marker and a non-infinite supply of shiny 35mm leader film. From his FAQ: 'While thinking about Turing machines I found that no one had ever actually built one, at least not one that looked like Turing's original concept (if someone does know of one, please let me know). There have been a few other physical Turing machines like the Logo of Doom, but none were immediately recognizable as Turing machines. As I am always looking for a new challenge, I set out to build what you see here.'"

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