Posts by herman

Re: So what's the difference between a cruise missile and a "suicide drone"?

The difference is in the background of the news reporter. Legally, a UAV with a range over 300 km is a Class 1 missile.

Re: End of justice

Lawyers recommend a jury trial when they think their client is guilty.

I like the cautious version better:

I think, therefore I am, I think.

Re: Hello, hello?

To je také divné, moje vznášadlo je tiež plné úhorov!

Re: Hidden agendas

What they want to do is register all pilots and operators, identify and track every flying thing heavier than 100 grams. There are a lot of flying things weighing more than 100 grams. Hundreds of them go squawking and quacking over my home every day. This is not an easy problem and transponders are not going to help.

Re: Who is actually building power stations in the US ?

First you got to build the data centres, then you got to maintain and upgrade them - a continuous effort and expense. The power and cooling is part of the problem and there are various ways to do it: Cooling can be dry and power can be independent. However, if they cannot monetize these AI monsters then they will go out not with a pop, but with a whimper.

CRT glass was indeed lead crystal - necessary since the user was staring directly into an X-ray gun.

Re: Hilarious!

Some faults and crashes are actually due to cosmic rays. Bit flips happen far more often than people think.

Re: ransom fees and copper cables

The gypsies and homeless will recycle the in ground and on pole wires

Re: Reality check?

Not exactly. An RPi is IO restricted.

Re: No s**t

Older employees have more wisdom. Wisdom comes from experience and experience comes from a lack of wisdom.

Re: He posted this?

Pin 1 should always have a square pad if the other pads are rounded.

Re: "May I suggest a wild party on a little Island in the Caribbean?"

My take on the Epstein saga is that he organized parties to blackmail important people, to give him inside information for his financial dealings.

Re: Not a Trump thing.

It was not used to treat the virus. It was used to reduce an over aggressive immune system reaction. It was widely used in Europe, with good effect. It was only controversial in the USA.

Re: Get on the phone to Toyota

GD Land Systems in Canada make pretty good LAVs.

Place I worked reconsidered when I pointed out that all the companies that reached level 6, went bankrupt.

Re: Users and printing devices...

My posts always get a down vote. Someone like me so much that he/she/it honoured me by writing a script to do that.