snom380

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by snom380 13y ago
[Trivial Googling needed]
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by snom380 13y ago
Agreed, although that track record stopped pretty much after IE and XBox.
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by snom380 13y ago
People took issue mainly because the App Store is the only way to get apps on iOS devices. And they took even more issue with the often random and vague rejections.
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by snom380 13y ago
My guess from the kind of companies they buy, is that their products really need to fit with Apples area of focus. If not, they buy the company for the talent or technology (like FingerWorks).
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by snom380 13y ago
Most probably they said something like "many of your government agency customers would be very happy if / will require that you implemented this PRNG".
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by snom380 13y ago
If that's truly cost effective and feasible, why isn't it being done on a wider scale?
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by snom380 13y ago
Agreed, I think many people don't realize the enormous cost of an accident like Chernobyl, and that wasn't even the worst case scenario even though it was pretty bad.
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by snom380 13y ago
I think the biggest problem is to guarantee that some future civilization will not dig up the waste believing it to be valuable, like we did with the old Egyptian graves. We could make it very difficult to do so, but it's not a "s
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by snom380 13y ago
No, he might prefer to wait with hiring someone. In some jobs, it can take a few months just getting a person up to speed, certified etc, so hiring someone is an investment.
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by snom380 13y ago
Ah cool, I do the same thing (with arecordmidi)! Would really love a web interface if you make one.
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by snom380 13y ago
I think you're going to have a very hard time cloning them. Security researchers have worked on this for years, while the card manufacturers have learnt from their mistakes and adapted.
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by snom380 13y ago
Well, many people seem to just view Steve Jobs as a "product guy" that simply greenlighted or nixed products, and that's certainly discrediting him and what he did. Again, could you explain why you chose that headline? Perhap
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by snom380 13y ago
When you say "he never coded", that's obviously meant to imply something, perhaps to lessen his contributions in some way especially in a forum of coders. What does it have to do with this film at all? Jony Ive didn't
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by snom380 13y ago
Being a monopoly isn't illegal. Taking unfair advantage of it can be.
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by snom380 13y ago
There are plenty of hardware startups, you just don't hear about them a lot. The AVR (used in Arduino) was designed by a few guys from Norway, which sold their idea to Atmel. The development costs are higher, but with some investment i
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by snom380 13y ago
An Arduino kit is a good starting point. You can get some starter kits with excellent tutorials for $50 or less. Arduino gets you quickly up and running, without spending days fiddling with compilers and settings just to get something worki
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by snom380 13y ago
I don't think any one person can create a piece of engineering as complex as a modern day hard drive. There are just too many disciplines involved: Physical, electrical and embedded software engineering, applied physics, information th
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by snom380 13y ago
This one is a shield: http://dx.com/p/manolins-sim-900-gsm-gprs-shield-expansion-b... And so is this: http://dx.com/p/arduino-compatible-gsm-gprs-shield-wireless-... And this (includes an Arduino
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by snom380 13y ago
I wish they would explain what this GSM shield does apart from the one year subscription and connection to their own platform? There are several unlocked GSM shields and modules available with working libraries and tutorials for under $50,
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by snom380 13y ago
Could you elaborate on the Nest? I was considering getting one.
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by snom380 13y ago
I mentioned specific example of how very low probability events still caused accidents, you asked for links and I provided them. If you want links to examples of PED interference, I've posted them elsewhere on this thread. All anecdota
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by snom380 13y ago
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterile_Cockpit_Rule http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_212
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by snom380 13y ago
http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/docs/rpsts/ped.pdf Search for "laptop" and you have a few examples of spurious TCAS RAs. In some older report there was a specific instance where the pilot out of curiosity had t
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by snom380 13y ago
Unfortunately aviation safety is concerned with those 0.001% probabilities, because many of them tend to gang together and cause fatal accidents. Just like the sterile cockpit environment rule. What is the chance of some random thing being
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by snom380 13y ago
Standard David Clark. I think it's a bigger problem with GSM which uses TDMA (the noise is caused by the cell phone transmitting only at specific intervals and therefore rapidly switching on and off, causing the buzzing noise).
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by snom380 13y ago
Most of today's airplanes were designed in the 70s at a time when the only small electronic devices were wristwatches and calculators. They've added shielding afterwards, but an airplane needs antennas and has to receive RF signal
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by snom380 13y ago
I've read the cargo cult essay. Would you say that based on their actual performance, you would place the aviation industry or the FAA in that category? If so, could you point to other, more successful industries? I suggested getting a
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by snom380 13y ago
And I could point to lots of counterexamples like Deepwater Horizon. What's your point, that you would be happier with a riskier aviation industry? As I said, get a PPL, or better yet start an airline and start lobbying against FAA rul
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by snom380 13y ago
I keep them away because of the noise, nothing else (except for the magnetic compass).
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by snom380 13y ago
And it's the reason why flying is no longer only for the adventurous willing to risk their lives. Too bad you don't appreciate that and seem to take it for granted.

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