>>6845
Would it make you feel better that I used to run FreeBSD and did source builds for my whole system?

I kind of miss the days of having portmaster, ccache, a well made make.conf file, csuping the latest source on current and using clang. Shit was fucking baller, even on my Toshitba craptop computer.

The only thing I don't miss was compiling fuck huge shit like Firefox and LibreOffice.

At the time, I didn't know about xxxterm (now known as Xombrero) and other lighter things. I was also too stubborn to try to mix ports and packages.

>>6841

>>6854
Okay, this is a bit troublesome since Intel only had a handful of Intel 64 supported processors from the Celeron D Prescott-256 series (and I'm not even certain if it's from that line... it could be Cedar Mill-512. I'm really hoping it's a Celeron D 347).

If you want to say fuck it, then just install the x86 version of Gentoo. If you want to install the AMD64 version so you can support more than 3 GB of RAM (without using PAE shit), then we need to find more info on your processor.

This might be easier if you install this software so I can get more info:
http://www.piriform.com/speccy

That or you can open the device manager and find more info on the CPU.

>>6856

>>6857
So the main Intel Pentium line is documented for families and models, but I couldn't find it for the Celeron line. ASSUMING they kept the models linear, then I would GUESS that it would be the Celeron D 347, which is Cedar Mill and supports 64-bit instructions and NX-bit.

I should probably mention that if it is the 347, then I once again ASSUME that the BIOS supports it as well or that the CPU came with the board.

Install Speccy (or CPU-Z, but I have never used it, so install at your own risk) and we'll see if we can get some more info about it.

Sorry for all the questions and the info fetch quest. Fucking Intel. Actually, fucking companies in general. They too often fuck around with their model names, internal codes, and marketed names. AMD/ATI will invoke a huge bitchfest from me about their graphics cards.

>>6629
<- Ubiquiti fanboy

UniFi best AP hands down

>>6511

A good chunk of the 900MHz spectrum is unlicensed, and it can be used to send all kinds of data, including encrypted data. Unlike MURS.

>>6629
>>6656

Ubiquiti is making a 900MHz WiFi transceiver now for long range point to point networking backbones for small companies. No licensing required!

This thread reminded me of this article:
http://www.cringely.com/2014/05/15/nsa-help-kill-uwb/

It's no surprise that the NSA likes to have their fingers in every pie and toss in a shitton of salt (see NIST crypto standards and this link: http://cryptome.org/nsa-sabotage.htm ), so seeing this article kind of makes me feel as though it is a possibility, as tinfoil hat as that sounds.

Anyways, the comments are a decent silver mine. Enjoy the read.

For a less tinfoil hat bit about this tech, read this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-wideband

An interesting idea I had no clue existed.

Also, on the subject of Ubiquiti, I found out that you can be even more paranoid:
http://www.openbsd.org/octeon.html

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>>6825
I apologize, but I have no comprehension of anything on the octeon site. What does it do?

>>6826
Basically, OpenBSD is known for being a minimal OS that aims for maximum security by having proactive security practices.

As this is an OS, they have support for hardware. OpenBSD, like many other OSs, splits up support based upon the CPU architecture and sometimes based upon a particular popular platform ( http://www.openbsd.org/plat.html ).

Octeon is a version of a MIPS64 processor that the EdgeRouter Lite uses.

>>6737
>>6738
>>6739


these patents

>>6737
>>6738
>>6739
at that point why not just attach a huge fucking parachute and recover it whole

  >>6778
They already do.

Brazilian here, just to let you guys know what is written on the top left;

"Energy generator feed
exclusively by gravity
05-02-2013 official photo nº27
End of the second/course ( can't read it right ) of three steps"

>>6779
Hey! I work for the company that does crash attenuation and a lot of parts for the cirrus planes! Pretty cool seeing the testing in action.

>>6611
As said in >>6612
>I say keep your nose to the grindstone, it will pay off in two or three more years.

You ever go hiking, and decide to take a break? You sit down for a minute or two to take a rest, and when you go to get back up, your legs feel much more stiff and tired than when you sat down?

Engineering school is kind of like that. Ya, it can be shitty and tiring at times, but if you take a break too early you might just not come back, and if you do, it will be that much harder to get up to speed again.
If your engineering program has work terms built in to it, take them, but at an an accredited engineering firm doing engineering work, or with a professor doing research. Don't settle for less; it will be a waste of your time. I don't know if they have an equivalent to a P.Eng certification in the 'States, but if they do; time spent on a work term might count towards getting it.
Another reason to hold off until you can get an engineering job on a work term is that employers are going to look at your past work experience with other engineering firms. You might be the best goddamn appliance installer to have ever existed, but they wont care. Depending on your area and how the local economy is doing, you are going to need what ever advantage you can get over fellow classmates (and those from other schools) to get that post graduation job.

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For the record, I too am an engineering student, studying materials engineering.

>>6612
>Genie/Terex
Already interviewed there for an assembly position. I didn't get the job.
Like I said: my resume is not good. Last job was dishwashing at minimum wage, no real assembly experience. I'm not sure I'm actually qualified for any kind of engineering-related work, and I don't see myself as a competitive applicant for well-paying production jobs.

>>6613
The break from college has more to do with money than fatigue. Before, my parents were helping out with tuition, but my mothers' firm stopped paying her over the summer, so I couldn't return to school this fall like we'd planned. From what they're telling me, I can't go back unless I pay for it myself, or Mama Opforian gets another cushy job in the next 11 months. Either way, I'm expected to pay up, and the job I have now barely pays for gas.
I was also taking classes in community college up until august this year, so It's not like I've been lying around.

Basically, I realize this job isn't going to move me forward, but I have little confidence I can secure a paying job that does.

>>6619
There are creative ways to pad a resume. Apply for a tax number, that was any gaps in your employment history can be explained away with "I was running a private business."

Semi-related to the OP, but I've been quietly contemplating going back to school for a STEM related degree ever since I graduated with a History/PoliSci degree two years ago. I did extremely well, but I decided against grad school, since the academic job market for Historians actually makes law school look promising by comparison. So far, the math hasn't been nearly as tough as I expected it to be, but I'm still only grazing the surface first year calculus, and I'm self-taught, so there are probably more than a few gaps in my knowledge that I'm not really aware of. I still have about $25k in student debt to pay off, and I've already used up 4 semester's worth of Pell Grants and subsidized loans, so financially speaking, getting another degree within the next few years just isn't in the cards. But looking farther out, maybe within 5 years, I'm looking more and more at Computer Science or Electrical Engineering. Is this just craziness on my part? I know you guys are mostly hard-headed realists, so any sane, sober (or even harsh) advice you might be willing to provide would be sincerely appreciated.

Just so we're covering our bases here, posting this to clarify and perhaps reassure some of you reading this thread right now. Not everyone thinks that griping about being a fucking engineer in college and shit is anything. It's your life, live it how you need to. Fuck school, fuck the corporate world, do what you have to.

>>6745
So they had those available in addition to flechettes?

>>6742
That's very interesting, I've heard of these flechette rounds before, but they mostly seemed to have disappointing flight characteristics. It seems like half the battle is getting the sabot casing to separate as intended, and then getting the sabot to orient quickly enough that it has acceptable accuracy. I'm not really a STEM guy, so pardon me if I come off as naive, but are there any design programs that can model aerodynamic performance?

>>6742
I wonder what the limit on length/diameter for something like this would be? The ones in FEAR are big enough to nail people to the walls.

>>6755
ANSYS/Fluent
OpenFOAM is free but kind of shitty and hard to work with
MATLAB can be scripted to some basic stuff

Really though the math on flechettes is simple enough that you could probably do most of it on paper.

>>6735
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/12/03/shooting-airgun-pellets-22-lr-using-nail-gun-blanks/?utm_source=feedly&utm_reader=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

mebbe interesting

>>6679
>I'm not sure if that counts as an AOW
If you go to the guy's website you'll see it actually has a rifled barrel, hilariously short albeit but it's there.
http://mikescustomweaponry.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/314-atlas/

>>6683

Maybe I missed it, but where is the metal permanently attached to the firearm that is required by the undetectable firearms act (if this is indeed a firearm)?

>>6684
That would seem an excellent question. Looking at the act itself though I think he might still be alright, it doesn't say anything about "metal permanently attached", just that it has to be detectable by modern standards. I think the use of steel bolts and AR FCG parts likely makes this thing detectable enough to be legal. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-102/pdf/STATUTE-102-Pg3816.pdf

My first published file, built yesterday:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:542596

This is what happens when it's cold outside and I spend time figuring out Autodesk Inventor.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:551728

Dammit, Google!

Does it have opposable thumbs?

If not, don't worry about it stealing your stuff. Or creating tools.

>>6701
That's exactly what a sentient machine would say.

  >>6716
You know, too much.

Fucking hippies. It's a plant, who cares?

Eat or be eaten. It can't be that smart if lower life forms eat it.

I just hope hindus taste like samosas and asians taste like teriyaki chicken when the shit hits the fan.

Remember that with fusion, "net gain" does not mean useful electricity right off the bat.

"Breaking 100" only means you get more energy out of the reaction than you put into it. More ENERGY - meaning heat, light, free electrons, etc.

The next big fusion hurdle will be finding a way to convert the extra energy into useful electricity via a system. Remember that most ways of converting heat etc. to electricity are piss poor inefficient in the grand scheme of things.

The only real breakthrough here is that the fusion reactor could sustain itself without needing more energy put in from the outside.

  >>6609
Already been done:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_NB-36H
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto

And if you want a helicarrier, you damn well better turn your SCIENCE! up to 11. Video related (WARNING: Maths ahead).

>>6704
Eh, carriers arent made to be light. Im sure they can use aluminum and use about half of it too. Im fairy sure they're actually a lot heavier than necessary for structural integrity because of armor. Supersonic helicopter blades exist, so we can double the speed and at this point we might as well add some more rotors.

Only question is, how are we going to power the thing?

>>6705

>>6705
Nevermind that the Helicarrier's running what are basically turbofans, not rotors. There's a bit of an efficiency boost since there's no aerodynamic "spill" over the end of the rotor blade, it's al kept inside the duct.

I'm not saying it's entirely plausible, but it's not nearly as impossible as lifting a Nimitz-class carrier with four Blackhawk rotors.

>>5752
>hot potato with air bubble

Anyone who has spent any time on a farm could tell you goats are smart.

>>5870
No. They don't forget. Kick a goat and he will have a hate on for you and everything you own until his dying breath.

They're still stupid as fuck. They eat tin cans ffs.

>>5736
>Three-fifths of an octopus's neurons are not in the brain; they're in its arms.
>"It is as if each arm has a mind of its own,"

>"Ah! Katsumi I'm sorry I can't help it."
>"My tentacles are moving on their own!"

  Goats are notorious for being a baffling mix of curiously clever and goddamn fucking retarded, as anyone who gets one will quickly learn.

They are good at learning from each other. If there is a means to escape their fencing, they WILL find it, and as soon as one does, every other goat will instantly know how as well.
They will find every hole and foothold possible. Think your fence is high enough? They'll climb on something nearby, and then jump it. They rest will quickly follow suit because fuck you that's why.

They also have a penchant for getting into trouble. One particular thing you should keep in mind when getting a goat is they see windows as openings to jump through, and will very much do so.
While they are also known for eating anything they can, this is only partially true. They actually use their sense of taste as a way of examining something, much like a baby. They still will end up consuming a lot of bad things if you are negligent in your care of goats.

Goats are about as cool (and downright useful if you have a large yard with difficult to control plants species) as any of the Bovidae get.