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jaak
9y ago
The original Amiga Venus image was created by Avril Harrison (The AH in the lower left corner. She did a lot of awesome work for LucasArts, too.) http://amiga.lychesis.net/artist/AvrilHarrison/AH_Venus.html
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The description on the YouTube page says the original footage came from a Japanese high definition demo (probably a HiVison MUSE system). HiVision MUSE has development going back to 1979 according to Wikipedia [1]. 1. https://en.
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9y ago
> The networking stack has also handily beat Linux for as long as I can remember. None of the TOP500 use FreeBSD [1]. I would have thought this would be a primary consideration for a supercomputer. Most of them are using Linux (99.6%!).
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10y ago
If you just count development costs, Wikipedia has the cost of the Manhattan project as $27 billion (adjusted dollars). Wikipedia has the F-35 research, development, testing, and evaluation cost at $55.1 billion so far (and this doesn'
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jaak
10y ago
What the other poster is describing is more commonly called "ducking". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking The secondary audio (background music) automatically lowers when the primary audio (narration) is a
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10y ago
Humans Since 1982 have an official iOS version of A Million Times on the iTunes app store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-million-times/id939609390?...
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11y ago
The FAQ claims they will loose about 1% of their strength every 100 years. http://www.polymagnet.com/faq/
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11y ago
The drawing is undergoing verification. When it's been verified it'll be posted on the download page: http://www.4004.com/#downloads
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11y ago
I was hoping this was an article about how Adobe has found a great new way to engage their employees - but it's really just a press release from Impraise (TLDR version: $7/employee/month)
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11y ago
It's from the "old" days when there were many different email networks. The ".internet#" parts tells how to route to different gateways/networks. See http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/inte
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11y ago
You should have continued: CloudFlare will make it clear whenever a feature will modify your content and, whenever possible, provide you a mechanism to allow you to disable the feature .
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jaak
12y ago
It's an AEG Olympia NP 80-24 (more video here: https://vimeo.com/57960146 )
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12y ago
NetBSD supports many more platforms and architectures than OpenBSD (I ran NetBSD on MIPS and 68k years ago).
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12y ago
The article says half his revenue comes from printer repairs and if you go to their website it prominently features being HP certified for repairing LaserJet printers. http://gramercyhprepairs.com/hplaserprinters.html
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12y ago
From the FAQ: Is the board waterproof? No, riding the board in wet environments like rain, snow, mud, or through puddles can permanently damage the electronics and battery, cause the bearings and hardware to corrode, and may cause board f
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12y ago
Even easier, it uses an infra-red light to detect a specific wavelength reflected from proprietary formulated ink markings printed around the rim of the K-cup (source https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140704/0711
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12y ago
There are some K-cup compatible machines available (like http://www.amazon.com/MCU-Single-Multi-Use-Coffee-Brewer/dp/... ). I think the reason you don't hear about them much is Keurig really dominates the mar
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12y ago
Has anyone ever made a successful claim against a surge protector warranty?