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by davepage 12y ago
Remote in the sense that a local assembler would be on the developer's system, and remote assembler is on the end user's system. Using this lib, the developer uses C++ as if it were metacode or a macro system to then emit machine
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by davepage 12y ago
What is the practical benefit of a back yard pool (drowning apparatus), beer stein (poisoning apparatus), or a sports car (trauma apparatus)? [I assume this must be a troll, since if this were taken to its logical conclusion, it advocates a
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by davepage 12y ago
New Zealand's North Island has a similar problem. A typical house has cheap construction with thin exterior walls, unfinished crawl space with exposed soil, no insulation and no heat pump. Coupled with a damp climate 5-25C, in the wint
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by davepage 12y ago
A well designed thermostat should control the auxiliary and emergency heat when installed properly. http://www.behvac.com/troubleshooter41.htm http://support.nest.com/article/What-s-Emergency-Heat-and-d
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by davepage 12y ago
Yet, to "build a better society" is a just euphemism for "build a better government." Empirically, governments organize themselves just as corporations: cult-like, soulless gangs which exist to enrich the wealthy elites
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by davepage 12y ago
The water represents corporate resources and the hand represents the employee. When the employee is removed, other resources back fill to compensate. No need to delude oneself into thinking one is indispensable. The world moves forward whet
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by davepage 12y ago
Oh, that is completely not true for commercial AC power transmission -- just look up at a big power pylon and see the multiple power conductors per phase. See the pretty blue picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_
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by davepage 12y ago
If we're talking off-line power supplies, it most definitely _is_ AC for the simple reason non-ideal transformers will pass no DC. And, further, inductors and capacitors (LC) are all merely losses to DC signals. These components only
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by davepage 13y ago
No, previous experience with fires has taught the best policy is to land as quickly as possible. Standard procedure would be to put out all available drag and descend for the nearest aerodrome with all possible haste. Ditching is preferable
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by davepage 13y ago
Wishful thinking. Aircraft are designed to be operated by professional crews -- not ex-convicts on work release. So, there are accessible circuit breakers to turn various things off.
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by davepage 13y ago
If you have a look at the FAA AIM, there is controller phraseology "squalk standby" which means to disable the transponder. This is to be used when the transponder is seen by the controller to be emitting unreliable or incorrect i
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by davepage 13y ago
It is worth mentioning that transport aircraft carry Mode S [0] transponders which emit a unique ICAO 24 bit address assigned by aircraft registration. This data is available regardless the pilot-entered 4 octal digit Mode A transponder cod
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by davepage 13y ago
There is a funny bump on the side of your toy called a power button. Perhaps you could too could learn the joy of silence?
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by davepage 13y ago
Yes, because for political purposes, a compromising photo has far better blackmail value than other data.
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by davepage 13y ago
OP is an Australian national buying parts locally in Sydney, Australia and getting a watch list flag purportedly from the US. Seems to me the chicken has already flown the coop, and this sort of thing is purely belligerent and abusive behav
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by davepage 13y ago
Totally agree. Their packing process appears to be designed for $10k orders, so when the optimism fails, the box leaves nearly empty. Perhaps they're trying to send a subtle message: 'don't waste this box, buy more stuff.&#x2
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by davepage 13y ago
Your theory does not coincide with my anecdote. This name confusion scenario was familiar to the driver. Warrants are issued by a court. Courts are imperfect and may not have correct date of birth or other identifying information beyond a n
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by davepage 13y ago
Personal anecdote: riding as passenger in friend's vehicle, LEO pulls over, friend says 'oh, not again.' LEO advises '... license plate lamp out ...' Friend says, 'no it isn't,' exits vehicle, examine
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by davepage 13y ago
Sometimes the slave's state machine will get 'lost' emitting a zero. It is possible that simply toggling SCL until SDA goes high (followed by a STOP) can resolve these issues without a separate reset line. Implementing this
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by davepage 13y ago
OP is saying NSA wants "terrorist" programs expanded.
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by davepage 13y ago
I see your point, but I think you may be making too coarse a distinction. There is a difference between gathering intelligence on certain high-value foreign targets and en-mass foreign surveillance of the nominally innocent. Further, I am
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by davepage 13y ago
A physical connector has an electro-mechanical function, and the PHY layer has an electronic function. Regardless the technology, both are always required. So, lightning located some (small) part of the PHY in the connector rather than in t
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by davepage 13y ago
No first hand experience, but from what I can tell, children of legitimate Z visa holders can send their kids to local schools for a reasonable fee. See shanghaiexpat. It is also legal for expats to home school their kids (not legal for the
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by davepage 13y ago
Well, food contamination is an issue with even the nominal food supply, so one must be very careful. The culture is more fluid with the truth then some other places. Lots of vegetable markets, though, so you could buy and prepare your own f
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by davepage 13y ago
Business visa Requirements: 1. One completely filled out “Visa Application Form, which you can down load from my attached PDF file. It needs to type with computer then print out. Don’t leave any blank, write “N/A” in any item which
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by davepage 13y ago
$1000! Crazy laowai. As a data point, my current F visa is 2 years, multi-entry, 90 days and cost the nominal fee plus about $100 for the visa company to drop it off at the consulate. Apparently, the F visa has been re-purposed and there is
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by davepage 13y ago
If cost is a primary concern, the kids can go to local school (just like Chinese kids who come to the US). The expat continuum goes from 'bubble' to 'going native'. Bubble is most expensive. Might as well stay home, no?
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by davepage 13y ago
USB (a relatively novel rectangular connector) is physically identical to PS/2 (a historically standard round mini DIN connector)? This sort of reasoning is completely alien to me, which is probably why I'll never be as rich as Jo
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by davepage 13y ago
Perhaps offering a host connector specification, more speed, higher power capability, industry standardization, non-proprietary implementation, and lower cost are some advantages.
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by davepage 13y ago
I have three of these -- they've all experienced range or stability failures.

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