The technology behind Surface is called multi-touch and has at least a 25-year history,[7] beginning in 1982, with pioneering work being done at the University of Toronto (multi-touch tablets) and Bell Labs (multi-touch screens). The product idea for Surface was initially conceptualized in 2001 by Steven Bathiche of Microsoft Hardware and Andy Wilson of Microsoft Research.[8]
*nix people had been making these surface devices for years before Microsoft even started development on them. And don't think they thought of this one either, I was a prototype (home made) of something just like this on hackaday over a YEAR ago!
All they've done (once again) is taken someone else's idea and thrown money at it.
Microsoft is NOT innovative, they have never been and probably never will be. Not only are their products usually YEARS behind others' that do the same thing (or more), but whenever they do introduce something that looks innovative, it's something they've either bought, stolen or copied from a competitor.
Had you even READ the page you linked to you would know that l33t speak is the use of characters, letters and symbols to create (usually through the use of several c/n/s's) the shape of the actual letters used to create the original text.
Part of the reason I posted my original comment was to suggest to other people that they could probably use a VM to spare their main OS's time scheduling.
I'm sorry if you unintentionally wasted your time answering a question I only posted to inspire others...
I'm not sure what you mean by "HHPC formfactor", but there are tons of small linux machines out there. For netbooks, you can put linux on eees, aspire ones, OLPCs, etc. For even smaller, check out the Nokia Nseriew (770, 800, 810). They offer linux pre-installed (debian derivative) and support for debian files via repostories (you can even add custom ones). My mother has a eee running eeebuntu (going to try jaunty netbook remix this month) and I use my n810 for ssh, vpn, rdesktop, remote-x, etc.
One problem with your idea (other than the extreme heat issue), is that datacenters usually use purified water. Radiators, heat exchangers and even basic water-cooling pipes are usually not designed to handle impurities in water.
Purifying the water after, or even during the cooling process would end up costing more money in replacement parts that get wrecked from the un-purified water going through them.
I fail to see why the datacenter is "consuming" water instead of just "using" it. If they develop standards for the cooling system and have the incoming water passively cool internally filtered water, they should be able to pump the hot water out and back into the water system.
Not only are you re-using the water without the need to re-filter it (assuming companies use safe parts), but if the water companies had any sense, they would use this free "hot" water and have incoming hot water to people homes! Hot water usually isn't consumed anyways (used for showering, washing, etc), so even if a "little bit" of contaminates got in, it wouldn't be a big problem. Just think, you could have an entire city that doesn't need individual hot-water tanks!
That's called geothermic cooling. It is starting to be used quite a bit in rural areas and I'm surprised that they haven't started using it in industrial areas. Maybe it's due to the amount of water needed.
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Yes, I actually have a set of those (6.02 or something). It comes in a cardboard 2-pack. One is "install", the other "live".
they will be looked after by companies hiring security guards.
And that is worse than the Russian military how?
How many people do you know that are dumb enough to try to steal shit from the Russian Military?!?
The technology behind Surface is called multi-touch and has at least a 25-year history,[7] beginning in 1982, with pioneering work being done at the University of Toronto (multi-touch tablets) and Bell Labs (multi-touch screens). The product idea for Surface was initially conceptualized in 2001 by Steven Bathiche of Microsoft Hardware and Andy Wilson of Microsoft Research.[8]
First paragraph.
That puts the technology at having existed for 19 years before M$ got their hands on it!
Depends if you're face up or face down.
Just because you can afford a $300,000, 3,500 sq ft house doesn't mean you should buy one.
Wow, around here (lower BC), houses half that size cost twice that...
I guess VMware figured XP was bettered served for watching a fish...
I run jaunty you insensitive clod!
I would hate to buy a laptop only to find you need a fucking TORQUES bit to open it!
Neither this nor the surface are innovative.
*nix people had been making these surface devices for years before Microsoft even started development on them. And don't think they thought of this one either, I was a prototype (home made) of something just like this on hackaday over a YEAR ago!
All they've done (once again) is taken someone else's idea and thrown money at it.
Microsoft is NOT innovative, they have never been and probably never will be. Not only are their products usually YEARS behind others' that do the same thing (or more), but whenever they do introduce something that looks innovative, it's something they've either bought, stolen or copied from a competitor.
Umm, no it's not.
Had you even READ the page you linked to you would know that l33t speak is the use of characters, letters and symbols to create (usually through the use of several c/n/s's) the shape of the actual letters used to create the original text.
l33t: ()h ^^y g0d
Text/Twitter: OMG
Oh, let's see. On the right, we have a 600 billion dollar a year defense budget and a welfare state, and on the left, we have a welfare state.
There, fixed that for you.
Only on slashdot would people bother to decypher that....
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a) like to blow shit up.
b) don't like to blow shit up.
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You just broke the first rule of ACA!
Considering he mentioned transfering it to a portable device, I think by "single file" he meant "single video file".
I can take anything and put it in an iso, but turning a DVD into a single video file is not nearly as easy.
Part of the reason I posted my original comment was to suggest to other people that they could probably use a VM to spare their main OS's time scheduling.
I'm sorry if you unintentionally wasted your time answering a question I only posted to inspire others...
I'm not sure what you mean by "HHPC formfactor", but there are tons of small linux machines out there. For netbooks, you can put linux on eees, aspire ones, OLPCs, etc. For even smaller, check out the Nokia Nseriew (770, 800, 810). They offer linux pre-installed (debian derivative) and support for debian files via repostories (you can even add custom ones). My mother has a eee running eeebuntu (going to try jaunty netbook remix this month) and I use my n810 for ssh, vpn, rdesktop, remote-x, etc.
See my other post above regarding evaporation...
Yes, but if they move the hot water back into the grid and take in more cold water, they no longer need the evaporators.
I was living in denial you insensitive clod!
One problem with your idea (other than the extreme heat issue), is that datacenters usually use purified water. Radiators, heat exchangers and even basic water-cooling pipes are usually not designed to handle impurities in water.
Purifying the water after, or even during the cooling process would end up costing more money in replacement parts that get wrecked from the un-purified water going through them.
I think you may be confusing grey water with black water...
I fail to see why the datacenter is "consuming" water instead of just "using" it. If they develop standards for the cooling system and have the incoming water passively cool internally filtered water, they should be able to pump the hot water out and back into the water system.
Not only are you re-using the water without the need to re-filter it (assuming companies use safe parts), but if the water companies had any sense, they would use this free "hot" water and have incoming hot water to people homes! Hot water usually isn't consumed anyways (used for showering, washing, etc), so even if a "little bit" of contaminates got in, it wouldn't be a big problem. Just think, you could have an entire city that doesn't need individual hot-water tanks!
Wow, I always forget that not everybody lives in BC. Other than dry-spells, we have an almost unlimited water supply.
That's called geothermic cooling. It is starting to be used quite a bit in rural areas and I'm surprised that they haven't started using it in industrial areas. Maybe it's due to the amount of water needed.