Comment Re:Is there a volcano? (Score 1) 297
He just needs an amusingly short French manservant. That way he can be both Ricardo Montalban AND Scaramanga.
Or a fluffy white cat...
He just needs an amusingly short French manservant. That way he can be both Ricardo Montalban AND Scaramanga.
Or a fluffy white cat...
At least that's what a lecturer told me many years ago when I did COBOL at uny. I didn't get on with it initially, then I got bored and opened the book... Then I learned that what the lecturer was telling me was his idea of what COBOL ought to look like and not generic. It got a little more interesting after that (along with the student competition to see how many errors we could make the compiler generate with the minimal amount of syntax errors - one mis-placed full-stop managed to get it to the limit of 999 once)
I've not written a COBOL program for over 30 years now. I don't miss it.
-G
There is a problem with 60GHz though - range. It's the O2 absorption frequency, so max is 1-2Km...
However there are other frequencies in that area of the spectrum which I know are being investigated/used...
-G
I'm suspecting that the bit-density is so low that it's hard for them not to work, but I was still plesantly surprised.
Now all I need is an Apple II serial card so I can get some of the source code for stuff I write way back then off the floppies onto something else...
Try this: http://shop.ciseco.co.uk/slice-of-pi/
Or this: http://www.skpang.co.uk/catalog/raspberry-pi-cover-with-breadboard-area-red-p-1071.html
etc. I currently have the SKPang one for my Pi.
Of-course someone might argue that needing the shift key is really another keypress, but they're probably emacs users...
even with multiple arduinos, there's only so much you can do.
What about Arduino plus a propellor? http://www.xgamestation.com/view_product.php?id=51
Looks fun - wish there was more time to the day to play with these things...
No amount of careful planning will ever replace dumb luck.