Knowing CSI, I doubt that they're going to devote much airtime into exploring the social and moral issues surrounding the debate.
Knowing CSI, I think that they'll devote more time exploring the intricacies involved in the "reverse algorithmic" required to make that 320x200 security camera zoom in 3000x with perfect clarity.
If nothing else, CSI is good for scaring criminals into thinking that this kind of technology actually exists.
I don't know how to feel about the US keeping control.
It comes down to one thing:
Where would you like the corruption to be?
It is that simple. Someone wants to make some money somewhere. If you hand it over to the UN, then we'll have an "oil for bandwidth" scandal. If you keep it here, then... well... then all of the historic political battles will continue and those who are lining their pockets will continue to line their pockets.
Does anyone know when these things will be down to the thickness of a standard pad o' paper? They're impossible to write on, otherwise. So, unless you specifically need to walk and write, these are pretty much useless.
Or is it just me who has trouble writing on something so thick?
Not much to do with oil prices; more to do with infrastructure. I can't imagine getting by in the US without a car, unless I was based entirely in one of the larger cities, say New York. Otherwise, how are you to get to the mall to buy food and clothing?
My point is that if, historically, oil prices in Europe had been identical to those of the US, Europe would have similar infrastructure (i.e. - more malls).
But you never addressed my real point - why do these Europeans buy *SUVs* when they could have remained "environmentally responsible" and purchased a compact or subcompact as they would have in Europe? I'll tell you why - the selection of a vehicle has more to do with the fixed percentage of disposable income that a person is willing to spend on a vehicle and related expenditures. Coming to the US and purchasing an SUV actually decreases the total cost of owning a vehicle relative to Europe in most cases.
Again - I don't believe that the US has done it correctly. However, I don't believe that taxing the hell out of the most basic element of an economoy is the roght method, either.
Fortunately in Europe we also have a system of public transport which most environment minded people (like myself) prefer to use rather than pretend we are doing our bit through the purchase of a new car.
You do realize that the situation in Europe would be identical to that of the US if gasoline/petrol was priced similarly, right? I know several Europeans who came to the US with this attitude only to eventually find themselves purchasing a gas-guzzling SUV.
Don't get me wrong - I don't believe that either side has it right. The US is correct in that everything should be done in order to lower the cost of energy. Europe has it correct in that moderation should also play a role. IMHO, the best middle ground is to place only a small tax on nonrenewables and use that to develop sustainable energy resources/infrastructure.
Unfortunately, it is probably a bit too late for that. There's just too much money in it for money-grubbing politicians.
The first step will be in the home office. Have you taken a look at the rat's nest under most desks? Most of it is AC/DC conversion. If the industry could just arrive at a DC power standard, we could start with a single AC/DC "box" under the desk with a standard plug end for all DC peripheraps. Add daisy chaining and wireless USB or Bluetooth, and that nest is largely eliminated.
At this point, we could start to build it into houses and other buildings.
At the time, Michael Dell was right on - Apple was an uninspiring company that lacked an innovative and compelling product. But now the tables have turned and Dell is the company that now sells these uninspiring products. Sure, Dell is still profitable, but everyone knows that one can't rest on their laurels in a market like this - there needs to be continuous innovation.
What's to keep Dell from "pulling an Apple" and investing their own cash into a Unix-based operating system and otherwise innovative products? They could do it, but they are afraid to take the risk. They need to be backed into a corner before that can happen. There's been a rumor that Apple could license their OSX for Intel to companies like Dell. I'd previously been an advocate of this since it is my current opinion that I will never buy Apple's overpriced, proprietary hardware BUT... I think that Dell will ultimately find themselves backed into this corner and a battle of innovation will be the result.
Maybe they'll even use AMD processors, for a change (though I still think that Intel has an ace up their sleeve). Regardless, the next five years should be interesting to watch.
Better yet, why should we continue to subsidize a dying business? First, you bitch when municpalities try to install subsidized internet for the masses, then you bitch when people try to use a monopoly connection to eliminate your services.
Stop whining and change your dying business model.
The refresh rate still applies to LCDs and any other display. Basically, instead of "refresh rate", think "frame rate". The best LCDs of today will only refresh at 60 to 75 times per second. For a monitor that runs at 75Hz, this means that the monitor can only display "75 frames per second".
I seem to recall some controversy about how response is measured.
There's really no need for the controversy when the stinking refresh rate is well above the pixel response time. Everyone is babbling about how they have great pixel response but then they go and run the monitor at 75Hz (=13ms). When I can run a 3ms monitor at 300Hz, then I will be impressed.
Even if the software is free it seems to me that the most expensive thing is always the developers, training, implementation, etc.
Exactly... here's an easy way to largely eliminate Windows Server:
1) Build an open source LDAP directory controller that can be installed on any box (i.e. - Windows workstation, Linux, *BSD, et cetera) 2) Build management tools for that directory implementation 3) Finish it (i.e. - polish, usability, et cetera) 4) Give it away for free
Certainly, there's all this stuff in the open source world that can be duct taped together in order to create a substitute for some Microsoft products. But that's what it feels like when you use it - a bunch of cool stuff that's been duct taped together. I can't believe that OSS hasn't created a "plug n' chug" Active Directory replacement. Too bad Novell hasn't opened Netware complete with the integrated Windows client. You want to talk about polish? That's something to shoot for (heck, even Microsoft targetted Netware when they built Active Directory).
I've always liked the "MM" unit. Not to be confused with the "millimeter" unit of length, the "MM" stands for "MacMini" and is used as a unit of volume. For example, one might say that their PC is "1.5 MMs in volume".
Intel is notorious for "Unnouncements". They will simply unnounce some strange new technology that is "coming real soon now" but they will leave out all of the details. This might just keep Dell from leaving them.
Ugh.. yes... my sample was misleading. If I had RTFA, I could have done better. In any event, though your sample is more representative of 4 color 100dpi, it probably doesn't represent the average content that will find itself on this paper.
Umm... no... Fax machines have crummy quality scanners and lossy compression techniques so they do not represent 100dpi well. Go scan a quality pic at 100dpi on a good scanner and let me know what you think of the quality.
There's NOTHING stopping the OpenOffice crew from adding a little PRINT TO function (ala Adobe Acrobat) that will cause a document to print into an OpenDoc format. I don't understand why they just don't do this.
Now that Postgres has a pretty easy to use Windows installer, the benefits of MySQL are gone (though it befuddles me that *Windows*, of all things is what made MySQL successful in the first place).
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Knowing CSI, I doubt that they're going to devote much airtime into exploring the social and moral issues surrounding the debate.
Knowing CSI, I think that they'll devote more time exploring the intricacies involved in the "reverse algorithmic" required to make that 320x200 security camera zoom in 3000x with perfect clarity.
If nothing else, CSI is good for scaring criminals into thinking that this kind of technology actually exists.
I don't know how to feel about the US keeping control.
It comes down to one thing:
Where would you like the corruption to be?
It is that simple. Someone wants to make some money somewhere. If you hand it over to the UN, then we'll have an "oil for bandwidth" scandal. If you keep it here, then... well... then all of the historic political battles will continue and those who are lining their pockets will continue to line their pockets.
Does anyone know when these things will be down to the thickness of a standard pad o' paper? They're impossible to write on, otherwise. So, unless you specifically need to walk and write, these are pretty much useless.
Or is it just me who has trouble writing on something so thick?
Not much to do with oil prices; more to do with infrastructure. I can't imagine getting by in the US without a car, unless I was based entirely in one of the larger cities, say New York. Otherwise, how are you to get to the mall to buy food and clothing?
My point is that if, historically, oil prices in Europe had been identical to those of the US, Europe would have similar infrastructure (i.e. - more malls).
But you never addressed my real point - why do these Europeans buy *SUVs* when they could have remained "environmentally responsible" and purchased a compact or subcompact as they would have in Europe? I'll tell you why - the selection of a vehicle has more to do with the fixed percentage of disposable income that a person is willing to spend on a vehicle and related expenditures. Coming to the US and purchasing an SUV actually decreases the total cost of owning a vehicle relative to Europe in most cases.
Again - I don't believe that the US has done it correctly. However, I don't believe that taxing the hell out of the most basic element of an economoy is the roght method, either.
Fortunately in Europe we also have a system of public transport which most environment minded people (like myself) prefer to use rather than pretend we are doing our bit through the purchase of a new car.
You do realize that the situation in Europe would be identical to that of the US if gasoline/petrol was priced similarly, right? I know several Europeans who came to the US with this attitude only to eventually find themselves purchasing a gas-guzzling SUV.
Don't get me wrong - I don't believe that either side has it right. The US is correct in that everything should be done in order to lower the cost of energy. Europe has it correct in that moderation should also play a role. IMHO, the best middle ground is to place only a small tax on nonrenewables and use that to develop sustainable energy resources/infrastructure.
Unfortunately, it is probably a bit too late for that. There's just too much money in it for money-grubbing politicians.
Sorry, that last one should have a DC-DC conversion after the battery.
Conventional system:
AC -> Building -> UPS -> DC converter -> Battery -> AC converter -> Server Power Supply -> Components
DC-only
AC -> High efficiency DC conversion -> Battery -> Server Components
The first step will be in the home office. Have you taken a look at the rat's nest under most desks? Most of it is AC/DC conversion. If the industry could just arrive at a DC power standard, we could start with a single AC/DC "box" under the desk with a standard plug end for all DC peripheraps. Add daisy chaining and wireless USB or Bluetooth, and that nest is largely eliminated.
At this point, we could start to build it into houses and other buildings.
At the time, Michael Dell was right on - Apple was an uninspiring company that lacked an innovative and compelling product. But now the tables have turned and Dell is the company that now sells these uninspiring products. Sure, Dell is still profitable, but everyone knows that one can't rest on their laurels in a market like this - there needs to be continuous innovation.
What's to keep Dell from "pulling an Apple" and investing their own cash into a Unix-based operating system and otherwise innovative products? They could do it, but they are afraid to take the risk. They need to be backed into a corner before that can happen. There's been a rumor that Apple could license their OSX for Intel to companies like Dell. I'd previously been an advocate of this since it is my current opinion that I will never buy Apple's overpriced, proprietary hardware BUT... I think that Dell will ultimately find themselves backed into this corner and a battle of innovation will be the result.
Maybe they'll even use AMD processors, for a change (though I still think that Intel has an ace up their sleeve). Regardless, the next five years should be interesting to watch.
OSPF daemon? That's the name of my dog!
Better yet, why should we continue to subsidize a dying business? First, you bitch when municpalities try to install subsidized internet for the masses, then you bitch when people try to use a monopoly connection to eliminate your services.
Stop whining and change your dying business model.
The refresh rate still applies to LCDs and any other display. Basically, instead of "refresh rate", think "frame rate". The best LCDs of today will only refresh at 60 to 75 times per second. For a monitor that runs at 75Hz, this means that the monitor can only display "75 frames per second".
It is all marketing and people are eating it up.
I seem to recall some controversy about how response is measured.
There's really no need for the controversy when the stinking refresh rate is well above the pixel response time. Everyone is babbling about how they have great pixel response but then they go and run the monitor at 75Hz (=13ms). When I can run a 3ms monitor at 300Hz, then I will be impressed.
Even if the software is free it seems to me that the most expensive thing is always the developers, training, implementation, etc.
Exactly... here's an easy way to largely eliminate Windows Server:
1) Build an open source LDAP directory controller that can be installed on any box (i.e. - Windows workstation, Linux, *BSD, et cetera)
2) Build management tools for that directory implementation
3) Finish it (i.e. - polish, usability, et cetera)
4) Give it away for free
Certainly, there's all this stuff in the open source world that can be duct taped together in order to create a substitute for some Microsoft products. But that's what it feels like when you use it - a bunch of cool stuff that's been duct taped together. I can't believe that OSS hasn't created a "plug n' chug" Active Directory replacement. Too bad Novell hasn't opened Netware complete with the integrated Windows client. You want to talk about polish? That's something to shoot for (heck, even Microsoft targetted Netware when they built Active Directory).
I've always liked the "MM" unit. Not to be confused with the "millimeter" unit of length, the "MM" stands for "MacMini" and is used as a unit of volume. For example, one might say that their PC is "1.5 MMs in volume".
Why are they hitting the database for a static page view? Methinks that caching to HTML would be a much better implementation. Serves them right...
Can someone explain to me why the gang at OpenOffice can't create a printer for windows ala Adobe Acrobat in order to "Print to OpenDocument"?
This seems like the answer to all of the issues.
Umm... Isn't it human nature to root for the underdog? Good vs. Evil? Et cetera?
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Intel is notorious for "Unnouncements". They will simply unnounce some strange new technology that is "coming real soon now" but they will leave out all of the details. This might just keep Dell from leaving them.
Ugh.. yes... my sample was misleading. If I had RTFA, I could have done better. In any event, though your sample is more representative of 4 color 100dpi, it probably doesn't represent the average content that will find itself on this paper.
100dpi = FAX resolution (low-quality)
Umm... no... Fax machines have crummy quality scanners and lossy compression techniques so they do not represent 100dpi well. Go scan a quality pic at 100dpi on a good scanner and let me know what you think of the quality.
Here's a sample at 100dpi.
There's NOTHING stopping the OpenOffice crew from adding a little PRINT TO function (ala Adobe Acrobat) that will cause a document to print into an OpenDoc format. I don't understand why they just don't do this.
Problem solved.
Would you like a portscan with that?
Now that Postgres has a pretty easy to use Windows installer, the benefits of MySQL are gone (though it befuddles me that *Windows*, of all things is what made MySQL successful in the first place).