However, not only the telcos will benefit from this. At a million dollars, that's a hundred thousand people with ten bucks each. Whatever services can be dreamt up using this flying wing, they can be arranged by sizable non-profit organizations, or by getting an entire city to chip in. I mean, maintenance should not be staggering - solar cell arrays and electrical motors. There should not be that many moving parts in there.
Let's brainstorm fun things to do with this wing! City webcam? Aerial photos? Next Generation Big Brother? Environmental surveillance? Road reports? (hey - that one may actually be feasible if you use IR). The sky's the limit, folks! (*groan* i need to stop this punchline-mania)
Let's just for a moment look at the costs for Joe Average when he's looking to buy a computer system for gaming. He'll have to be on perpetual upgrade if he wants to get the latest, greatest games. That is not an issue with the console market. Look at the PS1. It's been on the market for five years, and people are STILL making new games for it that do really well.
Since there is some orthodoxy within the PC gaming industry that you must require a PC no less than 12 months old or so, then you will have plenty of people not buying games since their computer does everything else fine. I mean, a K6 233 will still do close to anything except perhaps W2k (a feature, folks. a feature!) and - gaming.
So, until the gaming industry wises up and puts more focus on gameplay, we're not gonna see that much more profits.
firstly, microsoft does not have a stranglehold on the market. Have you ever READ the licence for Microsoft products? Nobody would in their RIGHT mind pay a lot of dollars for a product when there are NO GUARANTEES about whether it works or not, and it also specifically says that the producer is NOT LIABLE for any inherent flaws?
How would you like it if GM made a car with brakes that disintegrated after three months, but could not be sued because of several clauses in the buying contract?
Whether we like tort law or not, it HAS provided increased security for John Average. Poor security not only leads to a questionable reputation, it leads to direct expenses in lawsuit settlements and/or court proceedings.
they create demand through hammering their product over any media outlet 24/7. the point is, however, they give people what they want.
Contradicting yourself in adjoining sentences. nice stuff. and hey - a much better way of killing yourself in traffic is drinking and driving.
I think I would recommend the FBI installed BO2K on these computers. That would certainly give them the kind of offsite surveillance needed. And - best part - it's free. No taxpayer dollars wasted on an expensive program. Heck - the crime lord would probably go bustin' hacker ass looking for the guy that hacked him...
Oh no. Did I give away FBI's secret?!
Hmm. This was supposed to be funny. I guess it actually makes a limited amount of sense. How sad.
Sure we geeks were dwiddling with mp3s since 1995/96. However, napster was the killer app that really made mp3s a good platform for online music. Do you even remember all the time spent looking for good mp3 sites without TOO many broken links and servers dropping your connection?
Basically, if someone makes a really good app that uses ogg vorbis, you'll get a good market share. If the sound quality is as good as some of the people claim, the growth potential is pretty good.
Now if someone would just make a really good ogg ripper wrapper..
As a matter of fact, geeks are the most indiscriminate bunch of moviegoers (possibly surpassed by junior high kids). As long as it as computer graphics and a futuristic plot, they will see it.
I am still debating whether it is ironic or typical that the smart people are the ones watching the movies the most devoid of acting, consistent logic and lessons to be learned.
Way harder. Which is (possibly ironically) what makes it a really good distrobution.
With these lightweight distrobutions, you never get your hands dirty, expect when fighting with the package manager.
Slack does not have package dependencies. I guess pat is either too slack or too wise to start messing with dependencies. You're just supposed to read the prerequisites and deal with it yourself. No fancy, smancy automation. Just what you need for a nice, stable server.
My slack server has been up straight about 8 months, going on 9.
First off, i would not compare rpm to apt-get. Apt-get is more of a high-level thing, while rpm (the program, that is) is more like perl - you can do all kinds of stuff with it, but it's rarely optimal and takes some getting used to.
Apt-get should rather be compared to rhn (red hat network). You have to pay for rhn, while apt-get is totally free. You can choose whether to get your files by ftp, http or nfs. It does all kinds of nice stuff. They are starting to get some good gui clients for apt, too.
The fact that you need to pay for rhn, shows that red hat does NOT take security seriously. I would NEVER put a red hat machine anywhere security critical. Rather, check out security.debian.org. Yup - they post security fixes there. For free.
Anyhow, go slack. You're not linux-nerd until you've got a good slackbox flawlessly running.
Does the source exist? If so, I could grind the internet to a REAL halt. New cycle - infect for five days (no fixed date), bomb random ip's for two days, lather, rinse, repeat.
Whoever made this worm, was only looking to create moderate hacker. A true anarchist would have made a heck of a tougher worm.
All you have to do, is parse the document, and then spew it back out in a smaller representation. There are lots of booleans in there, and those are as far as i can see what you really need to worry about.
Of course, I'm not gonna bother to do this one...
Anyhow, speed will be the deciding factor on this one. I wouldn't be surprised if the winner is written in plain ole C.
Bush : How can we keep those pesky russians down?
Gates : Don't worry about it. We got you covered. We give them buggy versions of our software. They're spending way too much time working around our bugs to be giving you a hard time on anything significant.
Bush : Thanks. I'll see to it that the antitrust case is closed.
(Gates in a snickering whisper to Ballmer) : Wait 'till he finds the bugs in the software for NMD.
after all, procmail is the basic unix tool of the trade in mail-worm-stopping. so - whoever wants a quick +5 informative should just come up with a nice procmail filter for the rest of us to benefit from..
Would go to a site with shootings, accidents and executions and be shocked by the pr0n. You don't think a read light would go off if you went to rotten.com or somewhere similarily non-sexually offensive?
I'm not quite sure about that one. I suspect that depends on the internals of the cd player.
Anyhow, if you're on *nix, you can make or find a simple interpolating filter, and use that in a pipe between the cd ripper and the audio encoder. Gotta love the *nix idea of "everything is a stream".
It appears that the clicks are actual clicks that are interpolated over by regular cd players. CD rippers don't bother about interpolating. That is how it works - simple and vulnerable.
In Unix terms, we'll just need to run a simple program in our pipe when ripping.. It would probably look something like
cdda2wav <options> | interpolate | <encoder>
and it should work like a charm. i stress the should.
Ehh.. Thanks.. Frankly, I was going for the "funny, but informative" theme..
Anyhow, I ask you to make two mp3 files - one the high quality way, and one the low quality way. 128kpbs encoding. Then play that back at a good soundcard, with a good pair of headphones. I certainly hear a major difference! No hiss, clearer sound, better treble, clearer, punchier bass. (Unless you're using a £400 cd player into a £100 sound card).
Mostly, the limiting factor for sound quality is the soundcard and the earphones. However, if I have a decent pair of earphones along with a decent soundcard, I'll hear a BIG difference between a directly ripped mp3 and a da-ad-brigded signal.
So, again, the ordinary geezer is a total arse for sharing his inferior mp3 files. Not only do they sound like crap, they're also affected by the volume setting on his local computer. The result is the well-known problem of having to continuously adjust your volume when playing back mp3s.
Did anybody with a restricted cd try to encode it with ogg vorbis yet? I suspect the distortions are manipulations that get enhanced by the mp3 encoder/algo/formula. Since Ogg Vorbis is supposed to be fairly disjoint from all the patented stuff, we might see that working. Anybody care to give it a go?
There already exists a service that offers satellite internet access. Up to 500kpbs downlink, and 50-60kbps uplink. Too bad you'll have to carry a dish, though..
So all that fancy, schmanchy spelling I learnt in college was just a waste? Dangit. I hate it when they change the rules just after I finished something!
your time frame is way too long. start reading yourself. i guess there are more indicators than just the temperature that indicate that global warming is happening, and already having an impact.
granted, these are concerned scientists. however, has it ocurred to you that they might be concerned for a reason?
Solar power is really perfect for Air Conditioners. When it's oppressively hot, it's usually sunny too. With a million solar power plants on a million root tops, I think that would REALLY help during the summertime power spikes. It would not be enough by its own of course, but it would kick in when needed the most.
Let's just hope Dubya doesn't find out about this project. I'm sure he'd close it down in a heartbeat.
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However, not only the telcos will benefit from this. At a million dollars, that's a hundred thousand people with ten bucks each. Whatever services can be dreamt up using this flying wing, they can be arranged by sizable non-profit organizations, or by getting an entire city to chip in. I mean, maintenance should not be staggering - solar cell arrays and electrical motors. There should not be that many moving parts in there.
Let's brainstorm fun things to do with this wing! City webcam? Aerial photos? Next Generation Big Brother? Environmental surveillance? Road reports? (hey - that one may actually be feasible if you use IR). The sky's the limit, folks! (*groan* i need to stop this punchline-mania)
Let's just for a moment look at the costs for Joe Average when he's looking to buy a computer system for gaming. He'll have to be on perpetual upgrade if he wants to get the latest, greatest games. That is not an issue with the console market. Look at the PS1. It's been on the market for five years, and people are STILL making new games for it that do really well.
Since there is some orthodoxy within the PC gaming industry that you must require a PC no less than 12 months old or so, then you will have plenty of people not buying games since their computer does everything else fine. I mean, a K6 233 will still do close to anything except perhaps W2k (a feature, folks. a feature!) and - gaming.
So, until the gaming industry wises up and puts more focus on gameplay, we're not gonna see that much more profits.
firstly, microsoft does not have a stranglehold on the market. Have you ever READ the licence for Microsoft products? Nobody would in their RIGHT mind pay a lot of dollars for a product when there are NO GUARANTEES about whether it works or not, and it also specifically says that the producer is NOT LIABLE for any inherent flaws?
How would you like it if GM made a car with brakes that disintegrated after three months, but could not be sued because of several clauses in the buying contract?
Whether we like tort law or not, it HAS provided increased security for John Average. Poor security not only leads to a questionable reputation, it leads to direct expenses in lawsuit settlements and/or court proceedings.
Contradicting yourself in adjoining sentences. nice stuff. and hey - a much better way of killing yourself in traffic is drinking and driving.
Once again. So, logically, he's claiming to be Christian, though he really is an egomaniac. What a wonderful way of pandering to the religious right!
Man. This bush-whacking is demeaning to my razor-dull wit.. To think that someone would perhaps snicker at this.
I think I would recommend the FBI installed BO2K on these computers. That would certainly give them the kind of offsite surveillance needed. And - best part - it's free. No taxpayer dollars wasted on an expensive program. Heck - the crime lord would probably go bustin' hacker ass looking for the guy that hacked him...
Oh no. Did I give away FBI's secret?!
Hmm. This was supposed to be funny. I guess it actually makes a limited amount of sense. How sad.
Sure we geeks were dwiddling with mp3s since 1995/96. However, napster was the killer app that really made mp3s a good platform for online music. Do you even remember all the time spent looking for good mp3 sites without TOO many broken links and servers dropping your connection?
Basically, if someone makes a really good app that uses ogg vorbis, you'll get a good market share. If the sound quality is as good as some of the people claim, the growth potential is pretty good.
Now if someone would just make a really good ogg ripper wrapper..
As a matter of fact, geeks are the most indiscriminate bunch of moviegoers (possibly surpassed by junior high kids). As long as it as computer graphics and a futuristic plot, they will see it.
I am still debating whether it is ironic or typical that the smart people are the ones watching the movies the most devoid of acting, consistent logic and lessons to be learned.
Way harder. Which is (possibly ironically) what makes it a really good distrobution.
With these lightweight distrobutions, you never get your hands dirty, expect when fighting with the package manager.
Slack does not have package dependencies. I guess pat is either too slack or too wise to start messing with dependencies. You're just supposed to read the prerequisites and deal with it yourself. No fancy, smancy automation. Just what you need for a nice, stable server.
My slack server has been up straight about 8 months, going on 9.
First off, i would not compare rpm to apt-get. Apt-get is more of a high-level thing, while rpm (the program, that is) is more like perl - you can do all kinds of stuff with it, but it's rarely optimal and takes some getting used to.
Apt-get should rather be compared to rhn (red hat network). You have to pay for rhn, while apt-get is totally free. You can choose whether to get your files by ftp, http or nfs. It does all kinds of nice stuff. They are starting to get some good gui clients for apt, too.
The fact that you need to pay for rhn, shows that red hat does NOT take security seriously. I would NEVER put a red hat machine anywhere security critical. Rather, check out security.debian.org. Yup - they post security fixes there. For free.
Anyhow, go slack. You're not linux-nerd until you've got a good slackbox flawlessly running.
Does the source exist? If so, I could grind the internet to a REAL halt. New cycle - infect for five days (no fixed date), bomb random ip's for two days, lather, rinse, repeat.
Whoever made this worm, was only looking to create moderate hacker. A true anarchist would have made a heck of a tougher worm.
At least for correctness. Think about it..
All you have to do, is parse the document, and then spew it back out in a smaller representation. There are lots of booleans in there, and those are as far as i can see what you really need to worry about.
Of course, I'm not gonna bother to do this one...
Anyhow, speed will be the deciding factor on this one. I wouldn't be surprised if the winner is written in plain ole C.
Was he not?
Count on an actor to deceive is all I have to say.
Bush : How can we keep those pesky russians down?
Gates : Don't worry about it. We got you covered. We give them buggy versions of our software. They're spending way too much time working around our bugs to be giving you a hard time on anything significant.
Bush : Thanks. I'll see to it that the antitrust case is closed.
(Gates in a snickering whisper to Ballmer) : Wait 'till he finds the bugs in the software for NMD.
i'll remember that one if i ever get to be BOFH anywhere..
after all, procmail is the basic unix tool of the trade in mail-worm-stopping. so - whoever wants a quick +5 informative should just come up with a nice procmail filter for the rest of us to benefit from..
Would go to a site with shootings, accidents and executions and be shocked by the pr0n. You don't think a read light would go off if you went to rotten.com or somewhere similarily non-sexually offensive?
I'm not quite sure about that one. I suspect that depends on the internals of the cd player.
Anyhow, if you're on *nix, you can make or find a simple interpolating filter, and use that in a pipe between the cd ripper and the audio encoder. Gotta love the *nix idea of "everything is a stream".
It appears that the clicks are actual clicks that are interpolated over by regular cd players. CD rippers don't bother about interpolating. That is how it works - simple and vulnerable.
In Unix terms, we'll just need to run a simple program in our pipe when ripping.. It would probably look something like
cdda2wav <options> | interpolate | <encoder>
and it should work like a charm. i stress the should.
Ehh.. Thanks.. Frankly, I was going for the "funny, but informative" theme..
Anyhow, I ask you to make two mp3 files - one the high quality way, and one the low quality way. 128kpbs encoding. Then play that back at a good soundcard, with a good pair of headphones. I certainly hear a major difference! No hiss, clearer sound, better treble, clearer, punchier bass. (Unless you're using a £400 cd player into a £100 sound card).
Mostly, the limiting factor for sound quality is the soundcard and the earphones. However, if I have a decent pair of earphones along with a decent soundcard, I'll hear a BIG difference between a directly ripped mp3 and a da-ad-brigded signal.
So, again, the ordinary geezer is a total arse for sharing his inferior mp3 files. Not only do they sound like crap, they're also affected by the volume setting on his local computer. The result is the well-known problem of having to continuously adjust your volume when playing back mp3s.
Did anybody with a restricted cd try to encode it with ogg vorbis yet? I suspect the distortions are manipulations that get enhanced by the mp3 encoder/algo/formula. Since Ogg Vorbis is supposed to be fairly disjoint from all the patented stuff, we might see that working. Anybody care to give it a go?
There already exists a service that offers satellite internet access. Up to 500kpbs downlink, and 50-60kbps uplink. Too bad you'll have to carry a dish, though..
So all that fancy, schmanchy spelling I learnt in college was just a waste? Dangit. I hate it when they change the rules just after I finished something!
your time frame is way too long. start reading yourself. i guess there are more indicators than just the temperature that indicate that global warming is happening, and already having an impact.
granted, these are concerned scientists. however, has it ocurred to you that they might be concerned for a reason?
Solar power is really perfect for Air Conditioners. When it's oppressively hot, it's usually sunny too. With a million solar power plants on a million root tops, I think that would REALLY help during the summertime power spikes. It would not be enough by its own of course, but it would kick in when needed the most.
Let's just hope Dubya doesn't find out about this project. I'm sure he'd close it down in a heartbeat.