Comment Re:wine (Score 2) 119
10 Print "Wine Is Not An Emulator. But then what does Wine stand for?"
20 Goto 10
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Comment Re:Why not multiple dogs? (Score 3, Informative) 97
That theory doesn't hold if all 10 dogs are missing the same 20% due to a common failure mode.
Comment Oblig XKCD (Score 1) 245
Well not really an XKCD but a What-If.
Comment Re:Mislead (Score 1) 31
That's not necessarily true either. A scheduling analysis could be performed to determine the real-time capabilities of the system. A simple stability program running on a massively overpowered linux system could be proven to guarantee scheduling at a low update rate. It's just not an efficient real-time system.
Comment Long term effect (Score 5, Interesting) 156
Thinking way out there... but if the Rift catches on, will significantly more brains be trained to cope with motion sickness? Will we be better equipped for space travel? I wonder if it will reduce motion sickness medication sales.
Comment Loose change (Score 5, Interesting) 339
In the bitcoin equivalent of losing loose change in your couch, one of my old hard drives has 4 mined bitcoins on it somewhere. They are rapildly approaching a value high enough for me to stop being lazy and ressurect the machine.
Comment Re:Excellent; (Score 1) 362
This is especially true for pre-1996 pennies, which are 98% copper. roughly 3-4 cents per penny depending on the current copper price.
Comment Beowolf cluster (Score 5, Funny) 118
Imagine a.. wait, I can't. there's only 6 of them.
Submission + - Rare operating Apple 1 rakes in $374,500 at Sotheby's auction (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: "It's not one of a kind but pretty darn close. Sotheby's this week auctioned off a rare working Apple 1 computer for $374,500 to an unnamed bidder. The price was more than double the expected price listed on the Sotheby's web site.
The Sotheby's notes about the Apple 1 say it is one of six thought to be operational boxes and one of about 50 known to exist."
The Sotheby's notes about the Apple 1 say it is one of six thought to be operational boxes and one of about 50 known to exist."
Comment Someone check my math (Score 1) 137
For Natural Gas (@0degC)
Specific Heating = 47.7MJ/kg
gas density = 0.72 kg/m^3
cost ~= 0.25 $/m^3 (typical Ontario with distribution)
efficiency = 50%
= 4.77 kWh/m^3
= $0.052 / kWh
this would assume it could run on natural gas, but it needs pure methane. Even so, it ends up cheaper than grid electricity.
Specific Heating = 47.7MJ/kg
gas density = 0.72 kg/m^3
cost ~= 0.25 $/m^3 (typical Ontario with distribution)
efficiency = 50%
= 4.77 kWh/m^3
= $0.052 / kWh
this would assume it could run on natural gas, but it needs pure methane. Even so, it ends up cheaper than grid electricity.
Comment Re:No alarm clock here (Score 2) 197
That only works if your body's natural clock is fairly close to 24h and your rhythm can sync in with the clock. I think average is around 24.5h. I'm in around the 25h mark. I can sync with 24h for a few days, but if I leave it natural I'll add an hour every day (vacation or on flex time).
Comment Cheap Source of Copper (Score 1) 473
Pre-1996 Canadian pennies are 99% copper. Last I checked, the ones I'm saving (hoarding?) are worth 3.6c each.
Comment Laser Failure Mode (Score 2) 224
The good news is that if the laser fails, the data should still be available to read and copy onto a new hard drive. If the laser was needed for reading as well, I'd be wary of the reliability.
Comment Get a good adapter set (Score 3, Informative) 165
I've used a GQ-4X Willem Programmer with good success. The trick is to get a good set of adapters, so you have the flexibility to cover many packages. PSOP, TSOP, etc. I've even found one that lets me do a serial SOIP8 EEPROM while it is still on the board-- very handy to not need the remove&resolder.
Comment Re:Nothing to see here (Score 1) 387
---installs BTC miner---
