If you look closely at the equation used to describe time dialation in the theory of reletivity, you will see that it is simply a variation of the famous a^2 + b^2 = c^2, where a is your velocity through space and b is your velocity through time. What it boils down to is that your speed in four dimensions always equals c.
I can imagine 1001 uses for something like this. I think the price is about right, too. (Of course it costs more than a desktop with similar specs, but this isn't meant for the desktop market.)
I got an Apex AD-1000 for Christmas. It's basically the same thing as the AD-1500, but without the built-in display. I've read that you can use the same hack on it as the AD-1500, but I haven't tried it myself.
Whenever you have something that's valuable to you, you should protect it as if it is at least as valuable to someone else. I'm sure that there are plenty of people out there who would love to take control of a satelite. Some people would only want to log in. Some people would want to snoop all of your data. Some people would want to take control of the satellite away from you. I bet that there are even some people who would love to change the orbit so that they could see a fireball from their back yard. Why would people want to do these things? For the same reasons that people indulge in shoplifting, vandalism, espionage, fraud, etc. If enough people think that they can, someone will.
I think that the way this will play out in the next few years is that people will get a form of client-server network in their homes. You don't want to tie up the PC in a single room or working on a single task (such as playing a DVD), so you put inexpensive computers in all your home appliances, devices, etc. Then you have one or more PC's for gaming, centralized management, etc. I guess a more important reason for this is that you don't want the refrigerator to stop working when the PC blue screens. I think it's a good time to buy stock in embedded systems companies.
This is actually a good point. I work for a company that makes gigabit equipment (both fiber and copper). Even a $20,000 server has a hard time using that much bandwidth. Most of our customers are lucky to get 300-500 Mb throughput because the hard drives, processors, RAM, PCI busses, etc. are all bottlenecks. Unless you're creating a backbone for a lot of hardware, stick with 100Mb. It's cheaper and you won't likely gain much by going to gigabit any time soon.
Oh, uh, that and use conduits in key locations, just like everyone else said.
My theory is that a lot of the people teaching Linux classes learned the OS before it had a good GUI. Now they think they need to pass all their knowledge on to the students, regardless of how much the students will use it.
They might have a good reason, but not a good case. The article states that the offending web site "has not been especially nice to KPMG." I think that any company hates web sites that ruin their good name (or bad name as the case may be).
I really don't think that they have any legal grounds for forcing the link removal, but it never hurts to ask.
Just after I posted my last message, I found out that Intel is releasing version 6.5, which will include the multicasting add-on for no additional fee.
Because you're downloading Mandrake, this might not be useful for you. I'm posting this in case it might help some Windows admins out there. Intel makes a product called LANDesk Management Suite that does multicast software distribution. There are two things that I should explain at this point. 1) In the current version (6.4) of the product, multicast software distribution is an add-on that must be purchased seperately. 2) It is mis-named because it doesn't use multicast packets.
The way it works is that the server will send a command to one node on each subnet telling them to fetch the software from a specified location. Then the rest of the nodes will be given a command telling them to fetch the software from the designated computer on their subnet. So it should be called a multi-tiered distribution instead of multicast distribution. It works well and is worth looking into if you have to do this sort of task all the time.
This reminds me of a sermon that I heard. (The complete text of it can be found here.) I know that some of you will be offended by the religous nature of this. If you are among these people, just don't follow the link and you won't have anything to worry about.
This sermon is basically a practical guide to living in an information saturated world.
Here are my definitions:
Art is the product of creativity.
Fine art is art that required extraordinary skill to produce.
By my definitions, your work is art and may be fine art.
The hard part about distinguishing between art and fine art is recognizing the skill that was required to produce the art. This means that there will be a lot of people who are not impressed by your work. The ones most likely to enjoy it are those who have an understanding of the creation process and/or have an understanding of their own perception when they look at the work.
Since most people do not understand the creation of computer art, they will not recognize your skill in that area. They may not even believe that you (instead of the computer) are the artist. But, if you create the proper image, they cannot deny that it is art. (Notice that I am talking about "most people." It is impossible to create a work of art that appeals to everybody, unless you understand absolutely everybody.)
You can prove this by scanning a photo of a popular painting into your computer and then asking people if it is art. Even though it is not presented to them on canvas, most people will still know that it is art. This will work, even if you present it to people that haven't ever seen this particular painting before.
There's no substitute for a really good UPS. Try to get one that has an equipment replacement guarantee. My dad used to work for a computer company. He would go all over the country doing installation and training for businesses. At one credit union, they had a direct lightning strike on the power pole outside the building. The transformer on the pole was blasted into tiny fragments. The UPS in the building did a great job of keeping the surge from entering through the power lines. All of the computers in the building were still running after the strike. There was just one problem. The keyboard cables picked up enough of a charge out of the air, that every computer in the building had a fried keyboard controller chip.
Intel makes a server with 11 fans in it. Since most of the fans are there for fault tolerance, they normally run at a slow speed. This reduces noise greatly. When one of the fans dies, the rest automatically speed up to compensate. Also, there are no small fans. They are all around 110mm. (Even the CPU fans.) I seriously doubt that this type of fan system is available for home/office use, but maybe this post will encourage someone to start producing a product like this.
I am looking forward to the Ender's Game movie. I'm not ready yet to guess at how good it will be. The potential is there to produce something on par with Star Wars or 2001, but there is a big difference between potential and accomplishment. I am excited to see how well it turns out and how it affects the world. My secondary source of excitement in this case is the opportunity to enjoy watching the movie myself, if it turns out well.
Now on to the reason I posted in the first place. Has anyone heard any news on a video game version of Ender's Game. I talked to Card at a book signing a few years ago about it. The impression I got is that he is open to the idea, but that he is also being very cautious to make sure that the game is done right.
I'm just glad that I won't be spammed by the candidates any more. At least not until next time. . .
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I have something to say about all this:
If you're going to open a server to the world, at least use your own server.
A little bit of research revealed that this server probably belongs to an ISP and and snowphoton (who submitted the URL to/. in the first place and who is also the administrative, technical, and billing contact for geekflavor.com) is not likely to be in a position of authority at that ISP. Therefore, he/she/it should not have opened the server to us.
How do I know that the server is most likely owned by an ISP? Because it is hosting sites for multiple domains. www.messagerieradidex.com is at the same IP address as www.geekflavor.com.
How do I know that snowphoton is not somebody at the ISP that would be allowed to do whatever he/she/it wants? The ISP in question (WebHosting.com) is in Toronto, ON, CA. Snowphoton is in Mesa, AZ, US. That's a long commute.
Now, even is snowphoton happens to own WebHosting.com, he/she/it should never be so reckless with a server that hosts multiple customers' sites.
I really like NPR. I like it a lot. That's the problem with it. I can listen to it all day and be happy and everything's great except for one little thing: I don't get as much work done when I'm listening to it.
If I want to really crank out the work I need to have silence or listen to something brainless. That way I can easily devote 100% of my brain's cpu time to my work. Of course, after a day of furious work, I get grouchy.
To obtain the optimum blend of high morale and high productivity I have to find a balance of NPR, music, and silence. This doesn't work too well in cube farms unless everyone has headphones.
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If you look closely at the equation used to describe time dialation in the theory of reletivity, you will see that it is simply a variation of the famous a^2 + b^2 = c^2, where a is your velocity through space and b is your velocity through time. What it boils down to is that your speed in four dimensions always equals c.
I can imagine 1001 uses for something like this. I think the price is about right, too. (Of course it costs more than a desktop with similar specs, but this isn't meant for the desktop market.)
I got an Apex AD-1000 for Christmas. It's basically the same thing as the AD-1500, but without the built-in display. I've read that you can use the same hack on it as the AD-1500, but I haven't tried it myself.
Whenever you have something that's valuable to you, you should protect it as if it is at least as valuable to someone else. I'm sure that there are plenty of people out there who would love to take control of a satelite. Some people would only want to log in. Some people would want to snoop all of your data. Some people would want to take control of the satellite away from you. I bet that there are even some people who would love to change the orbit so that they could see a fireball from their back yard. Why would people want to do these things? For the same reasons that people indulge in shoplifting, vandalism, espionage, fraud, etc. If enough people think that they can, someone will.
I think that the way this will play out in the next few years is that people will get a form of client-server network in their homes. You don't want to tie up the PC in a single room or working on a single task (such as playing a DVD), so you put inexpensive computers in all your home appliances, devices, etc. Then you have one or more PC's for gaming, centralized management, etc. I guess a more important reason for this is that you don't want the refrigerator to stop working when the PC blue screens. I think it's a good time to buy stock in embedded systems companies.
This is actually a good point. I work for a company that makes gigabit equipment (both fiber and copper). Even a $20,000 server has a hard time using that much bandwidth. Most of our customers are lucky to get 300-500 Mb throughput because the hard drives, processors, RAM, PCI busses, etc. are all bottlenecks. Unless you're creating a backbone for a lot of hardware, stick with 100Mb. It's cheaper and you won't likely gain much by going to gigabit any time soon.
Oh, uh, that and use conduits in key locations, just like everyone else said.
My theory is that a lot of the people teaching Linux classes learned the OS before it had a good GUI. Now they think they need to pass all their knowledge on to the students, regardless of how much the students will use it.
They might have a good reason, but not a good case. The article states that the offending web site "has not been especially nice to KPMG." I think that any company hates web sites that ruin their good name (or bad name as the case may be).
I really don't think that they have any legal grounds for forcing the link removal, but it never hurts to ask.
Sounds to me like you need a brown '78 station wagon. Not only is it completely hackable, but you won't need any kind of theft deterrent!
Has anybody figured out how to open an Xbox without damaging it?
Just after I posted my last message, I found out that Intel is releasing version 6.5, which will include the multicasting add-on for no additional fee.
Because you're downloading Mandrake, this might not be useful for you. I'm posting this in case it might help some Windows admins out there. Intel makes a product called LANDesk Management Suite that does multicast software distribution. There are two things that I should explain at this point. 1) In the current version (6.4) of the product, multicast software distribution is an add-on that must be purchased seperately. 2) It is mis-named because it doesn't use multicast packets.
The way it works is that the server will send a command to one node on each subnet telling them to fetch the software from a specified location. Then the rest of the nodes will be given a command telling them to fetch the software from the designated computer on their subnet. So it should be called a multi-tiered distribution instead of multicast distribution. It works well and is worth looking into if you have to do this sort of task all the time.
This reminds me of a sermon that I heard. (The complete text of it can be found here.) I know that some of you will be offended by the religous nature of this. If you are among these people, just don't follow the link and you won't have anything to worry about.
This sermon is basically a practical guide to living in an information saturated world.
Here are my definitions: Art is the product of creativity. Fine art is art that required extraordinary skill to produce. By my definitions, your work is art and may be fine art. The hard part about distinguishing between art and fine art is recognizing the skill that was required to produce the art. This means that there will be a lot of people who are not impressed by your work. The ones most likely to enjoy it are those who have an understanding of the creation process and/or have an understanding of their own perception when they look at the work. Since most people do not understand the creation of computer art, they will not recognize your skill in that area. They may not even believe that you (instead of the computer) are the artist. But, if you create the proper image, they cannot deny that it is art. (Notice that I am talking about "most people." It is impossible to create a work of art that appeals to everybody, unless you understand absolutely everybody.) You can prove this by scanning a photo of a popular painting into your computer and then asking people if it is art. Even though it is not presented to them on canvas, most people will still know that it is art. This will work, even if you present it to people that haven't ever seen this particular painting before.
There's no substitute for a really good UPS. Try to get one that has an equipment replacement guarantee. My dad used to work for a computer company. He would go all over the country doing installation and training for businesses. At one credit union, they had a direct lightning strike on the power pole outside the building. The transformer on the pole was blasted into tiny fragments. The UPS in the building did a great job of keeping the surge from entering through the power lines. All of the computers in the building were still running after the strike. There was just one problem. The keyboard cables picked up enough of a charge out of the air, that every computer in the building had a fried keyboard controller chip.
Intel makes a server with 11 fans in it. Since most of the fans are there for fault tolerance, they normally run at a slow speed. This reduces noise greatly. When one of the fans dies, the rest automatically speed up to compensate. Also, there are no small fans. They are all around 110mm. (Even the CPU fans.) I seriously doubt that this type of fan system is available for home/office use, but maybe this post will encourage someone to start producing a product like this.
Novell uses XFree86 as part of NetWare versions 5.0 and 5.1.
I am looking forward to the Ender's Game movie. I'm not ready yet to guess at how good it will be. The potential is there to produce something on par with Star Wars or 2001, but there is a big difference between potential and accomplishment. I am excited to see how well it turns out and how it affects the world. My secondary source of excitement in this case is the opportunity to enjoy watching the movie myself, if it turns out well.
Now on to the reason I posted in the first place. Has anyone heard any news on a video game version of Ender's Game. I talked to Card at a book signing a few years ago about it. The impression I got is that he is open to the idea, but that he is also being very cautious to make sure that the game is done right.
I'm just glad that I won't be spammed by the candidates any more. At least not until next time. . .
I have something to say about all this:
If you're going to open a server to the world, at least use your own server.
A little bit of research revealed that this server probably belongs to an ISP and and snowphoton (who submitted the URL to /. in the first place and who is also the administrative, technical, and billing contact for geekflavor.com) is not likely to be in a position of authority at that ISP. Therefore, he/she/it should not have opened the server to us.
How do I know that the server is most likely owned by an ISP? Because it is hosting sites for multiple domains. www.messagerieradidex.com is at the same IP address as www.geekflavor.com.
How do I know that snowphoton is not somebody at the ISP that would be allowed to do whatever he/she/it wants? The ISP in question (WebHosting.com) is in Toronto, ON, CA. Snowphoton is in Mesa, AZ, US. That's a long commute.
Now, even is snowphoton happens to own WebHosting.com, he/she/it should never be so reckless with a server that hosts multiple customers' sites.
I really like NPR. I like it a lot. That's the problem with it. I can listen to it all day and be happy and everything's great except for one little thing: I don't get as much work done when I'm listening to it.
If I want to really crank out the work I need to have silence or listen to something brainless. That way I can easily devote 100% of my brain's cpu time to my work. Of course, after a day of furious work, I get grouchy.
To obtain the optimum blend of high morale and high productivity I have to find a balance of NPR, music, and silence. This doesn't work too well in cube farms unless everyone has headphones.