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DIY.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:52 pm |
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| Seph wrote: | | I'm surprised no one has imported this to the new wiki. |
I was considering it.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:37 am |
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None of these entries are mine to post.
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the world is looking a bit more cyberpunked as of late
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:14 pm |
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my new pet post-apocalyptic project:
http://www.airgunwarehouseinc.com/py-198.html
Pump airgun (recommened max is 10 pumps, generating 600 FPS... people report using 20 to get to 800 FPS about speed of air rifle rounds... and are used for hunting small game) with no need for any gunpowder. Simple mechanism, easy to maintain. And easy to make safe non-toxic lead-free ammo to boot using tea candles and a glue gun.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Wax_Ammo/
the Crosman 1377c has a pretty big mod following as seen here:
http://www.airgunartisans.com/Crosman_13xx.htm
I like the fact airguns are cheap ($50, I got my refurb for $30), decently accurate, decently powerful (although .177 ammo isn't going to scare any marauders off in a bike gang... many mod these to .22 ammo which you can rely on to do some damage) the higher end ones are used for competition shooting, and look pretty scifi. This one looks very steampunk:
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:31 pm |
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| KBlack wrote: | In trying to make this an all-purpose guide and not another firearm-related discussion:
the Net is Vast and Infinite
Sure, you've got the hot hardware, a few proxies to bounce off from, and even a few good pieces of custom microcode. But you have to have the skills. How to survive in the hyper-fast, supra-aerodynamic world of the net? How to get your stuff done?
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That’s all for me today, kids. Coming up in the next few days: how to protect yourself from malware, and how to overcome information overload. |
This is awsome!
Someone should write "A web veterans guide to google-fu".
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"Which path do you intend to take, Nell?" said the Constable. "Conformity or rebellion?"
"Neither one. Both are simple-minded - they are only for people who cannot cope with contradiction and ambiguity."
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:28 pm |
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| Jora wrote: |
This is awsome!
Someone should write "A web veterans guide to google-fu". |
... And I stand reminded that I still didn't write those follow-up articles. Glad you liked it. Re-reading it again I realize that there are many tips I've written there that should come off as obvious to anyone here, but who are guides made for if not those who don't have a clue?
A guide to Google-fu was indeed what I was aiming for.
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Knowledge is power.
Information seeks freedom.
A Cyberpunk short story written by yours truly
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:48 pm |
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| Klaw wrote: | |
I think with the right stock (and LEDs) this could pass as a BR-style gun, that ought to scare off the street punks. 
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:58 pm |
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I think information management is one really big issue that most people are not yet aware off. the human mind does not only gather information, but also has to proccess them. And you can only do one at a time. So you have to manage which information you aquire and how much time you invest in processing them.
Even information you gather accidently, like newspaper headlines you look at while you are standing in line, will take up some of the minds limited processing capacities. And with public and university libraries and the internet you can feed your mind information 24/7 for your entire life, so you have to make calculated descisions which information you want to aquire and even take active efforts to keep useless info spam out of your mind to keep it from clogging up your limited resources.
I believe that one should not just consume whatever information one comes accross, but that one should plan ahead what things he wants to know and try to only get these infos.
Most news that are available to me in newspapers, radio news, and news sites won't have any impact on my descisions at all. Knowing some politicians wife had a boyfriend in Ireland won't change my descisions to visit Ireland, to support Irelands further integration into the the EU, or influence my vote in the comming elections in Germany. Also it won't really make much of a difference if I know that 3 people died in a car accident in Belgium. It's a completely useless piece of information, that only wastes mental resources.
If your interested in interacting with the rest of society, it's not a bad thing to at least know some current events. But I think browsing over the headlines at one news site, once per day, will be all you really have to know. If something interests you, read the article. It may be quite useful to know that there was some kind of disaster in Haiti yesterday. But it won't change anything for them or for me, if I get more details about it, so that's all I need to know.
So my advice for anyone trying to get ahead in an information environment and not just being aimless drifting wherever news and articles take you, keep your minds free of excess information![/u]
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"Which path do you intend to take, Nell?" said the Constable. "Conformity or rebellion?"
"Neither one. Both are simple-minded - they are only for people who cannot cope with contradiction and ambiguity."
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:12 am |
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| Jora wrote: | I think information management is one really big issue that most people are not yet aware off. the human mind does not only gather information, but also has to proccess them. And you can only do one at a time. So you have to manage which information you aquire and how much time you invest in processing them.
Even information you gather accidently, like newspaper headlines you look at while you are standing in line, will take up some of the minds limited processing capacities. And with public and university libraries and the internet you can feed your mind information 24/7 for your entire life, so you have to make calculated descisions which information you want to aquire and even take active efforts to keep useless info spam out of your mind to keep it from clogging up your limited resources.
I believe that one should not just consume whatever information one comes accross, but that one should plan ahead what things he wants to know and try to only get these infos.
Most news that are available to me in newspapers, radio news, and news sites won't have any impact on my descisions at all. Knowing some politicians wife had a boyfriend in Ireland won't change my descisions to visit Ireland, to support Irelands further integration into the the EU, or influence my vote in the comming elections in Germany. Also it won't really make much of a difference if I know that 3 people died in a car accident in Belgium. It's a completely useless piece of information, that only wastes mental resources.
If your interested in interacting with the rest of society, it's not a bad thing to at least know some current events. But I think browsing over the headlines at one news site, once per day, will be all you really have to know. If something interests you, read the article. It may be quite useful to know that there was some kind of disaster in Haiti yesterday. But it won't change anything for them or for me, if I get more details about it, so that's all I need to know.
So my advice for anyone trying to get ahead in an information environment and not just being aimless drifting wherever news and articles take you, keep your minds free of excess information![/u] |
"Current events," as a phrase, is an oxymoron. Only events occurring before your eyes are current. All others are past or future events. Both are usually edited for palatability.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:40 am |
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Interesting way to say it, tonehog.
Considering that I've physically grown up in a tiny rural town, finding science fiction writers with blogs and Twitters - finding the founders on there blew my mind - really made me question a couple of bits. As in, I could just follow these people for the rest of my life and not actually build my own path, right?
Then I found the Wikipedia. Eesh. Though I don't go into really deep depths with it, I have thought that finding a specialty - a concentration - also holds the information overload to a handleable level. This is the reason I'm not paying much attention to the Haiti thing, or talking much about China vs Google. Though keeping my hand in a little is a good idea, I don't have a deeply informed opinion about them and would prefer to just stay out of a deep conversation in the subject.
Now, India? Or the Great War? Or anime? There we go.
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Anything we can do to a rat we can do to a human being, and we can do damn near *anything* to rats. - Bruce Sterling
Warderbonded (takes some explanation these days) to the Traveler of the Ways
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:11 pm |
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There's a question I just can't find an answer to, and as it would really fit in here maybe someone might want to write a bit about it.
How do power surges interact with electronic equipment?
You'll find a lot online about how dangerous a power surge is and that EMP blasts could disable all kinds of electronic devices. But what does actually happen? All I could find is that apparently very strong power surges can physically weaken electronic hardware from the heat that is produced.
But usually the only info you get is that affected equipment has to be "repaired". Supposed you have a little device that can produce a very powerful and short power surge and you let it go off next to or connected to a computer. Would it be enough to replace the power supply unit or would the processor and hard drives be fried beyond repair and all data gone with it?
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"Which path do you intend to take, Nell?" said the Constable. "Conformity or rebellion?"
"Neither one. Both are simple-minded - they are only for people who cannot cope with contradiction and ambiguity."
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:21 pm |
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Components have certain acceptable load levels in wattage. Spikes in electricity make these heat up beyond their specification, thus causing them to either fuse or burn up, making a short circuit or an open circuit, respectively.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:33 pm |
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| Jora wrote: | There's a question I just can't find an answer to, and as it would really fit in here maybe someone might want to write a bit about it.
How do power surges interact with electronic equipment?
You'll find a lot online about how dangerous a power surge is and that EMP blasts could disable all kinds of electronic devices. But what does actually happen? All I could find is that apparently very strong power surges can physically weaken electronic hardware from the heat that is produced.
But usually the only info you get is that affected equipment has to be "repaired". Supposed you have a little device that can produce a very powerful and short power surge and you let it go off next to or connected to a computer. Would it be enough to replace the power supply unit or would the processor and hard drives be fried beyond repair and all data gone with it? |
I think you are confusing two different issues. A power surge is not an EMP (well, not strictly)
A power surge would be when you get a surge of power(i.e. a voltage spike) down the line. An EMP device can cause a voltage spike by essentially having a sudden magnetic field change. Conductive wire in the presence of a changing magnetic field gives a current (and is how almost all electricity is produced). Basically the results are the same.
If it was powerful enough then yes, an EMP could damage all parts of the computer at the same time, because the magnetic field would interact with the electronics in all parts of the computer. A power surge, as in a voltage spike coming down the line to your computer, (as a result of a lightning strike, for example) will typically only take out an in-line surge protector or the power supply of the computer.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:49 am |
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What an interesting new pet! Are you the one who made that technology? It is very amazing.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:52 pm |
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remember to always impliment yourself into a group weather it be corporate enforcers or 1337 haxors its always good to have a gun beside you
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