I moved a few months ago, and now whenever my phone can see my AP but not get GPS, it puts me in the wrong place. I don't mind having my SSID/MAC in the database, but I'd like to be able to update it with the current location.
There is no legitimate use.
DPSS pump for UV lasers for fine-feature photolithography.
Mount in x/y plotter for cnc marking of wood or papercutting.
Drilling vias in polyimide for flex PCB's.
Pump for adjustable-wavelength dye laser.
I could probably come up with another 20 legitimate uses if I felt like it, but I just mentioned those because I've used 1-10W lasers for all those things.
but none of the uses you listed would involve a handheld 1W laser. That's the question. What would be a legitimate use of a handheld 1W laser?
Nobody seems to have mentioned what this fuel will give off when it is burned. If it still produces nasty greenhouse gases then it doesn't solve any problem that matters.
But if it uses organic matter from plants, those plants have already pulled carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, making it "carbon-neutral".
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times[emphasis mine] to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
--Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution
The overwhelming majority of users run Windows and don't have multiple monitors. It makes no sense to optimize for the few at the expense of the many.
even if one is stuck with Windows (I have to use it at work), why would somebody actually do graphics work on a single monitor?
Lanham, MD. The floor swayed, didn't hear anything. A few ceiling tiles fell.
Poor guy. I guess sooner or later he's going to have to learn how to manage his memory and understand how the underlying physical hardware works. That must be a real toughie for anyone who learned to "program" in the Java/C# world.
Yeah, clearly PHK doesn't knows anything about memory allocation. (Except for the malloc library he wrote for FreeBSD...)
Maybe he should RTFM.
I don't have a FreeBSD system at hand, but I wouldn't be surprised if the malloc page was written by PHK.
hehe, WTFM
Postgres doesn't have a "just give me a damn database" option
$ createdb myDBName
Now I have a new db. Was that really hard? Well, it only works because I am a valid PostgreSQL user. For completeness, I'd also need to do something like:
$ sudo -u postgresql createuser theraven
Actually, the sudo part of this is not required if I am a user that is allowed to create users, but assuming a fresh PostgreSQL install from a standard package.
I agree. The createdb and createuser command line tools for PostgreSQL make that super easy.
I'd rather a drive fail suddenly without warning if the alternative is "slowly and silently corrupting data until somebody notices it....
What about SSD "Time Warp" type errors?
Seriously, does anyone here on Slashdot need their summary dumbed down that far?
Hey, at least it's accurate for once.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a history of providing legal assistance in GPL violation cases.
Mythbusters added dimples (like on a golf ball) to a car and got a rather noticeable (iirc, about 10%) improvement in gas mileage. I would be interested to see if that could be implemented on a production car.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who had never heard of them.
Another useful geeky aid organization: Télécoms sans frontières
Er, no.
Don't get me wrong, the work they do is great, but Télécoms sans frontières is a first-responder disaster relief organisation. You need to be on call for extended periods, and you need to be able to get on a plane and be on-site within 48 hours. Plus, you need to be expert in the particular systems they're using.
Again: I love these guys and what they do. I'd be volunteering for them already if I didn't live in an inconvenient location (South Pacific). But they are emphatically not appropriate for an aid-tourist.
I stand corrected.
Why not try them? They had been focusing primarily on Mexico and Central America with a secondary focus on Africa. Couldn't hurt to drop them a line and see what activities they have going on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geeks_Without_Borders
Good luck!
Another useful geeky aid organization: Télécoms sans frontières
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