Comment Got up to 5 (Score 1) 111
Dyslexic and un-coordinated, but stubborn enough to learn juggling. Even got up to 5 balls at one point. Once you learn, it is engrained. Can still juggle whilst drunk.
Comment Linux does have a RDP server (Score 4, Informative) 303
www.xrdp.org
Works very well.
Comment Re:sosumi is the Class name for link (Score 1) 413
More like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosumi
Comment Re:endoh2.c (Score 1) 24
It is a thing of beauty. OMG - that is real skill.
Author’s comments:
Yeah, “Again”. Sorry. But I don’t feel guilty or uncomfortable.
This entry is based on ‘over-used themes’ such as self reproducing program and pi or e computation. I know you’re tired of them.
But have you ever seen all-in-one?
Submission + - Opensource Traffic Light Cufflinks (cuffelink.com)
bmsleight writes: "Just finished my latest project. I have always liked cufflinks, apart from my wedding ring it is the only form of jewellery that I wear. Inside each cufflink, I have a ATTINY45, a Real Time Clock chip, a couple of resistors and three LEDs. Each cufflink can display a normal UK Traffic light Sequence, a normal UK Pelican Crossing Sequence, the current time, date and even the temperature. All the hardware and software is open source."
Game of Thrones The Most Pirated TV Show of the Season 312
TheGift73 sends this excerpt from TorrentFreak:
"With nearly 4 million downloads per episode, the HBO hit series Game of Thrones is the most pirated TV-show of the season. Worldwide hype combined with restricted availability are the key ingredients for the staggering number of unauthorized downloads. How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory complete the top three, albeit with significantly fewer downloads than the chart topper. ... While there are many reasons for people to download TV-shows through BitTorrent, airing delays and HBO's choice not to make it widely available online are two of the top reasons."
Comment Re:Reminds me of the Italian Job (Score 2) 202
But the _Houses_Of_Parliament_ signals were stand alone. Just working at that junction.
The first traffic control system - were the signal were co-ordinated in London was ~1960s
Comment Parent is speaking rubbish. (Score 1) 202
Absolute rubbish. Change the "green lights", behind the jam/incident will slow the flow into the congested area. Making it easier to get relieve the congestion. This with the use of VMS, encourages people to take alternative routes. Also upstream from the incident long green times will help traffic get away from the congestion.
Guess what - it is complex, but computer system and good algorithm can handle complexity.
Comment Re:Scary (Score 1) 202
technically Transport for London..
Comment "Hurry Call" in the UK (Score 1) 202
Traffic Signals can be designed this way - it is called priority "Hurry Call" in the UK.
However, it is counter-initiative in that a crash change to the approach where the Emergency vehicle is heading may (for example) cause the middle of the junction to not clear - making it harder/long for the Blue light vehicle to get through and cause more congestion for subsequent emergency vehicles.
Comment Re:Reminds me of the Italian Job (Score 4, Insightful) 202
(Article Submitter)
The person who wrote the first Italian Job got the idea from London's first traffic control system.
Submission + - London Hacked Its Own Traffic Lights to Make Sure It Got the Olympics (vanityfair.com)
bmsleight writes: Does it count as a hack if you change your own system? Vanity Fair report that during the bidding process for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the London Streets Traffic Control Center followed each vehicle using CCTV, “and when they came up to traffic lights,” Mills said, “we turned them green."
Submission + - How to play the prisoner's dilemma with style (posterous.com)
bmsleight writes: "A normal game show, but someone knows humman nature very well to play the prisoner's dilemma very well."
Comment Clear mod (Score 1) 103
I modded in correctly, hence post to clear.
Comment Re:Sad (Score 2) 252
Yep - it sad when the Tory party can even do Tory-stuff. Their are something where is it more efficient to do a group purchasing (i.e. The Government), then the waste of Tendering.
As a left-winger is sad. I always apply the Thatcher test - was it even crazy enough for her to do ?
Privatising the Post office - Nope
Privatising the Police - Nope
Privatising the NHS - Nope
