#infoAnarchy Chump Archives for 2004, 2005

http://www.epidauros.be/raid.jpg
posted by rik at 2005-05-28 23:56

rik: RAID, explained with Water Coolers.

Neat Patents.
posted by b0at at 2005-05-28 22:29

Nokia vs GPL "yeah so you can use our patents, but only in Linux"
posted by simmo at 2005-05-28 15:56

simmo: dig for intelligent posts .. I've already given you some clues
simmo: s/intelligent/semi intelligent/ .. are nokia patents used (yet) in linux even in the product they are distributing?

The No-Contact jacket for women.
posted by rik at 2005-05-28 15:36

rik: WITH FRICKIN' ELECTRIC ARCS!
rik: Shocks (literally) you into letting go.
rik: See the videos linked on the front page (needs quicktime)
simmo: one 9V alkaline battery
simmo: not puncture or bullet proof

A Tracking Solar Concentrator
posted by b0at at 2005-05-28 15:31

simmo: five or six hundred (1980) dollars
b0at: "Every part in the electronic tracking system except the limit switchs is available at the nearly 8000 Radio Shack Stores around the USA. The parts can easily be assembled by the average hobbyist"
simmo:
simmo: SAFETY WARNING: Working with solar concentrators is VERY DANGEROUS.
simmo: Read: FUN

http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/renewable/recp/index.html
posted by simmo at 2005-05-28 15:29

simmo: another idea
simmo: what's important for a heat engine is not the temperature, but the temperature difference
simmo: would be interesting to see the environmental impact statement

French judges 'not so bad', says fileswapper
posted by simmo at 2005-05-28 15:03

<aminorex> Pashing their life out, with a brute's intents.
posted by simmo at 2005-05-28 08:56

simmo: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page may be helpful
simmo: cf Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
simmo: interesting that Browning used plash
simmo: "a convenience and a folly"

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/human_rights_reports/hrc_report_28.htm#9
posted by simmo at 2005-05-28 07:10

simmo: lengths of periods of solitary confinement for immigration detainees in Australia (people who have no presumption of innocence or right to access a lawyer)
simmo: alleged vs departmental claim
simmo: highest == 264 days .. 9 mnths
simmo: <DIMIA>so don't overstay your visa

http://jewishfriendfinder.com/
posted by simmo at 2005-05-28 06:57

simmo: You're jewish?!
simmo: looking for http://AlQaedafriendfinder.com

D Complex Types and C++ std::complex
posted by coderman at 2005-05-28 00:19

coderman: surprise, c++ sucks!