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I love the ..01's:-tomos (July 02, 2012, 02:13 PM)
and here's (belatedly) another,
from wraith808
(see attachment in previous post)-tomos (August 04, 2012, 11:04 AM)
I still don't understand why you guys are so afraid of someone "frankensteining" or whatever the torrent protocol. I don't get it. It's just a tool, you can use any which way it works. Yes, I also hate to see someone use a chainsaw to commit ghastly crimes...but so what? Why is this such an issue? Are you saying we should stop trying to improve on torrent or chainsaws? I don't get it. Just seems like a bunch of judgmental stuff and nonsense fear.-superboyac (August 16, 2012, 07:41 PM)
^ I thought that was the way that most of these worked.-wraith808 (August 16, 2012, 11:32 AM)
Really? Shit... I was just guessing out loud. I ain't been to a library in years.
How locked down are the files? can you copy/print stuff etc.?-Stoic Joker (August 16, 2012, 01:33 PM)
Nikola Tesla was the father of the electric age. Despite having drop-kicked humanity into a second industrial revolution, up until recently he's been an unsung hero in history books. If you don't know who Tesla is, go read this.
Tesla's final laboratory is located in the sleepy town of Shoreham, New York. It's known as Wardenclyffe and it's where Tesla attempted to build a tower that would provide free wireless energy to the entire earth. Unfortunately, Tesla lost his funding before the project was completed and in 1917 the Wardenclyffe tower was demolished. Subsequently, the land was sold to a film and paper manufacturer.
However, the land, laboratory, and foundation beneath the tower are still there and very recently went up for sale. And right now a non-profit is trying to buy the property and turn it into a Nikola Tesla Museum. The property is listed at $1.6 million, and this non-profit has received a matching grant from New York State of up to $850k. This means that if we can raise $850k, New York State will match us for that same amount -- putting the total raised at $1.7 million.
There is currently another offer on the table from someone who wants to purchase the property potentially tear it down or turn it into a retail establishment. There is no Tesla museum in the United States, despite Tesla's extraordinary accomplishments. If we can outbid this other person and buy the land it will permanently be protected as a historic site and eventually converted into a Nikola Tesla Science Center.
The folks behind this project are a 501(c) non-profit organization and they've spent the past 15 years trying to find a way to save this property. This IndieGoGo account is linked directly to their bank and all the funds will go directly to them.
Even if we raise the full amount and end up with $1.7 million, this isn't enough to build an actual museum / science center. But it will effectively put the property into the right hands so it can eventually be renovated into something fitting for one of the greatest inventors of our time.
Internet, this is where you come in: HELP ME BUILD A GODDAMN TESLA MUSEUM.
More details about the campaign can be found over here.
All the funds raised from this campaign are going directly to a non-profit group. Details about the non-profit behind this project can be found on their website: Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe
Still haven't checked it out yet... and reserving judgement... When it comes to MS, things often get overblown. So, no idea yet...-Renegade (August 15, 2012, 10:34 PM)
torrent is good stuff, but it can be improved. my suggestions:
--ability to add/remove files and folders from an existing torrent that is being shared live already.
--ability to add/block users on a per torrent basis
You add those abilities to the torrent thing and you'll have one badass file sharing system.-superboyac (August 13, 2012, 10:02 AM)
| Digispark | |
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| Goal | $5,000 ($24,743 as of this posting) |
| End Date | 2012-09-10 |
| Project Creator(s) | Erik Kettenburg |
| Excerpt | The micro-sized, Arduino enabled, usb development board - cheap enough to leave in any project! The Story: We set out to build a little brother to the wonderful Arduino line of development boards - we were tired of leaving our valuable Arduino's behind in projects, or worse, ripping apart old projects to build new ones! We also felt the Arduino was too big and powerful for many projects where we only needed a few pins, or an SPI or I2C bus. And so the Digispark was born! To us, the best things about the Arduino is the community, the easy of use, and the IDE - by making the Digispark an Arduino compatible development board all of those remain common. Plug it in, power your project with USB or external sources, program it with the Arduino IDE, and easily use existing Arduino code! But with its small size and low cost you can feel free to leave it in your project, give one to a friend, and use them everywhere! The Specs: Support for the Arduino IDE 1.0+ (OSX/Win/Linux) Power via USB or External Source - 5v or 7-35v (automatic selection) On-board 500ma 5V Regulator Built-in USB (and serial debugging) 6 I/O Pins (2 are used for USB only if your program actively communicates over USB, otherwise you can use all 6 even if you are programming via USB) 8k Flash Memory (about 6k after bootloader) I2C and SPI (vis USI) PWM on 3 pins (more possible with Software PWM) ADC on 4 pins Power LED and Test/Status LED (on Pin0) |
Sociopath == Donnie Darko
Psychopath == Shutter Island
Psychotic == The Hitcher
Why so serious ?-mahesh2k (August 13, 2012, 11:57 AM)
Of course now that BitTorrent will be making serious money, they've just painted a great big target on their backs. Especially since anybody that has a grudge with torrents in general (i.e. RIA, MPAA, et al) now has a nice juicy bone to toss to their attorneys and bounty hunters.-40hz (August 13, 2012, 08:04 AM)
ok...i need to order one. I'm not going to be left out of this!-superboyac (August 09, 2012, 05:55 PM)
One problem may also be it's written in Delphi. I don't know what sort of license goes with Delphi, but there may (or probably are) terms in Delphi's license that precludes you making it "open."-40hz (August 09, 2012, 01:14 PM)
And I watched Batman last week. The audience clapped at the end. I don't know why they were clapping for that snoozefest. Maybe they were glad it was over, I don't get it.-superboyac (August 08, 2012, 11:05 PM)
this sounds like a fine product and a quick check showed that it retails here for about ~$130-$150. so IainB got it at a really good price.
i couldn't tell from the review but does this headset come with the box thingy where one can adjust volume and such? something like this:
(see attachment in previous post)-lanux128 (August 08, 2012, 07:36 PM)
