Longhorn Beta 1 does NOT include the major parts of the new longhorn UI, such as Aero. The main graphics stuff isn't to be publically seen until Beta 2 in early '06, and thus it's not too exciting to argue about screenshots of it now.
The best tech I know of anywhere-- online or elsewhere-- comes from the makers of the (now EOL'ed, but availible through other cahnnels) Linux-based Rio Car (formerly Empeg). All questions are personally answered by the people who designed the hardware and software within a few hours. Seriously. They are also very open to third party development and will help anyone with any issues they are having. There is also an incredebly extensive FAQ maintained by a member of the community. The user forums are also frequented by the hardware and software designers as well as massive number of Linux gurus who jump at the opportunity to answer your questions. Its a tech support dream.
John
and it is such a shame that they are bankrupting, because I have been so pleased with their service over the last year. They're instalation and service was excelent. I have no idea what I'm going to do. I have loved my static ip, and I got such a great deal ($30 / month) that i dont know if I will be able to fnd such an offer again. I need a drink. Anyway, there is more info at http://www.ev1dsl.net. My ISP (Everyone's Internet), who is one of the largest customers of Northpoint, sent this e-mail:
You are receiving this message because you have DSL service with Everyones Internet and that DSL service is provided through Northpoint.
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Until early this week, all indications were that there was a buyer that would buy Northpoint and keep the company alive. We have since learned, (from a source deemed reliable but we cannot be sure) that at least one leading bidder plans to purchase the hard assets and shutter the
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I have actually looked into the feasibility of doing something like this before, and I think you may run into some problems. The main problem is that what Microsoft calls SQL in Access is very misleading . . . while it is structured, and is a query language, it isn't SQL. The Access version of SQL really just gives the ability to have text based representation of what can be done using the GUI queries which are needed to compete with Paradox and other proprietary databases.
In addition, Microsoft has extended the MS-SQL language to use its own proprietary extensions. Microsoft has taken the attitude with Access SQL that they take on everything else - they program what they want and the standards be damned.
The major differences between Microsoft Access SQL and ANSI SQL-92 are listed in a table on page 190 of "Access Developer's Handbook" by Litwin, Getz & Gilbert from Sybex.
Here's a quote from the above book, "Access SQL is a hybrid SQL. It differs considerably from each of the SQL standards and doesn't completely support any of the ANSI SQL standards. It lacks large chunks of the standards, particularly in the areas of security and cursors. Sometimes it supports the same functionality found in one of the standards, but with a different syntax... In other cases, similar functionality is provided elsewhere in Access... Finally, Access SQL has some useful extensions that are not present in any of the standards..."
Overall, you may have some difficulty using Access with MySQL. If your boss is making you use MS on the frontend, it really will save you some trouble to use MSSQL on the back. If you do decide to go ahead with MySQL, my only advice is to make sure it is a well-researched decision. If you don't know exactly what you are doing and it doesn't work, it will just bolster your boss's attitude that all linux / open source solutions are problematic.
I have been following this for a year or so now so this is basically what I've discovered: the answer is that little has happened in terms of a marketable product with wireless IEEE 1394. Several companies besides NEC including Zayante and Philips Semiconductor have been researching this recently. In addition, the 1394 Trade Association (over 100 powerful companies like Intel, TI, NEC, Phillips) has announced the formation of a group to promote wireless interconnectivity between the IEEE1394 wired domains and wireless domains for computer and consumer electronics equipment. I think it is only a matter of time before some products appear. A quick search of Firewire World reveals the following up-to-date articles on wireless IEEE 1394:
Re:This could be bad news for manned space travel.
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I'm don't argue that we shouldn't be exploring and advancing scientific research in space. Of course we should. For that matter we could discover tomorrow that a massive asteroid is coming to destroy our planet as we speak. It is your reasoning that is flawed. It is the year 2001. It hasn't even been 100 years since the first airplane. And we have until the year 5000000000 AD before the sun explodes. You can't argue that it is a driving reason to colonize other planets. That's ridiculous.
Re:This could be bad news for manned space travel.
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To say that the sole reason that we should look to colonizing other planets is the eventual exploding of our sun is ridiculous. It is theorized that our earth will become uninhabitable for human as the sun expands to the width of Venus's orbit in approximately 5,000,000,000 years, when in about 50 years our space program has completely developed the technology to land probes on mars and even asteroids and send a man to the moon. Certainly there are many important reasons that we need to look to colonizing other planets and solar systems, such as the exhaustions of out resources here or a catastrophic life ending event, but to single out the end of our sun as a reason is irresponsible. Even if it took us until the year 7000 AD to leave our solar system, one could slow our rate of technological progress by a factor of 1 million and we would still leave before the sun exploded. In short, future space exploration and colonization is necessary and inevitable, but to cite the explosion of our sun as grounds for future research in space is ridiculous.
it worked for any HDTV device. Could you build a device to put between the hdtv box and the tv using what we know today, or would you have to decode the stream?
Does anyone know of a comparative review of the Archos, Nomad, and NEO 25/35, and other type devices? I would prefer one that has at least a 4-6 GB hard drive, good quality contruction and sound, and can play both to headphones and rca outs for my car stereo inputs (I could use a 3.5mm -> rca converter, but that would lose quality, wouldn't it?). Thanks,
I'm no environmental freak either, but I think you've missed the point out the article.
I've always argued this point, and I'm glad to see one more argument to back me up. Given time, the earth gradually heals itself, and even adjusts to human intervention and polution.
Professor O'Neill's point was that ozone levels are being "reduced by concerted action," not by the earth correcting itself. I agree that the earth does act the way you describe to some extent, for example, in response to the growing ozone hole the number of instances of skin cancer has increased, how ever deaths due to skin cancer clearly has not adjusted the amount of polution produced to the effect the the ozone hole is being closed, nor has anything else the earth has done.
As the article states, global cooperation has been by far the greatest factor in helping fix the problem. From 1987 to the present the United States, the 12 nations that were then members of the European Union, and Japan have cut their annual output of ozone depletion potential tonnes (ODP tonnes) from 725,000 to 6,800. Thats over a 99% reduction among major nations.
While the earth is certianly resilient, the total apathy you suggest would clearly lead to a more rapid destruction of the world we live in.
"Her nerves are not providing any function. They are serving as conduits, pathways to direct the child's own nerves to grow back together."
It is important to note that the mother's nerves are not actually growing into the child's nervous system. When that occurs it will substantually more impressive, as we will be much closer to repairing more substantial injuries, such as those to the spinal cord. That could also lead to more controvertial future operations like brain transplantation.
Due to a slew of recent difficulties, in 2.5 we've decided to concentrate our efforts into improving the usablity of the copy and paste functions. We hope it will put an end mysterious slashdot stories like this one.
To those who doubt, I affix the soundclip here:
www.geocities.com/johnmcd_3/english.wav
I have most other classic Simpsons quotes on my archived hard drive (~500).
Slashdot Mirror
Longhorn Beta 1 does NOT include the major parts of the new longhorn UI, such as Aero. The main graphics stuff isn't to be publically seen until Beta 2 in early '06, and thus it's not too exciting to argue about screenshots of it now.
Empeg Ltd. is about 10 people with a user base of around 4000.
The best tech I know of anywhere-- online or elsewhere-- comes from the makers of the (now EOL'ed, but availible through other cahnnels) Linux-based Rio Car (formerly Empeg). All questions are personally answered by the people who designed the hardware and software within a few hours. Seriously. They are also very open to third party development and will help anyone with any issues they are having. There is also an incredebly extensive FAQ maintained by a member of the community. The user forums are also frequented by the hardware and software designers as well as massive number of Linux gurus who jump at the opportunity to answer your questions. Its a tech support dream. John
but stuff that matters?
This article and specifically this comment was referenced in an e-zine article located here
In case you were interested, the isp's security cameras can be accessed here.
and it is such a shame that they are bankrupting, because I have been so pleased with their service over the last year. They're instalation and service was excelent. I have no idea what I'm going to do. I have loved my static ip, and I got such a great deal ($30 / month) that i dont know if I will be able to fnd such an offer again. I need a drink. Anyway, there is more info at http://www.ev1dsl.net. My ISP (Everyone's Internet), who is one of the largest customers of Northpoint, sent this e-mail:
I have actually looked into the feasibility of doing something like this before, and I think you may run into some problems. The main problem is that what Microsoft calls SQL in Access is very misleading . . . while it is structured, and is a query language, it isn't SQL. The Access version of SQL really just gives the ability to have text based representation of what can be done using the GUI queries which are needed to compete with Paradox and other proprietary databases.
In addition, Microsoft has extended the MS-SQL language to use its own proprietary extensions. Microsoft has taken the attitude with Access SQL that they take on everything else - they program what they want and the standards be damned.
The major differences between Microsoft Access SQL and ANSI SQL-92 are listed in a table on page 190 of "Access Developer's Handbook" by Litwin, Getz & Gilbert from Sybex.
Here's a quote from the above book, "Access SQL is a hybrid SQL. It differs considerably from each of the SQL standards and doesn't completely support any of the ANSI SQL standards. It lacks large chunks of the standards, particularly in the areas of security and cursors. Sometimes it supports the same functionality found in one of the standards, but with a different syntax... In other cases, similar functionality is provided elsewhere in Access... Finally, Access SQL has some useful extensions that are not present in any of the standards..."
Overall, you may have some difficulty using Access with MySQL. If your boss is making you use MS on the frontend, it really will save you some trouble to use MSSQL on the back. If you do decide to go ahead with MySQL, my only advice is to make sure it is a well-researched decision. If you don't know exactly what you are doing and it doesn't work, it will just bolster your boss's attitude that all linux / open source solutions are problematic.
I have been following this for a year or so now so this is basically what I've discovered: the answer is that little has happened in terms of a marketable product with wireless IEEE 1394. Several companies besides NEC including Zayante and Philips Semiconductor have been researching this recently. In addition, the 1394 Trade Association (over 100 powerful companies like Intel, TI, NEC, Phillips) has announced the formation of a group to promote wireless interconnectivity between the IEEE1394 wired domains and wireless domains for computer and consumer electronics equipment. I think it is only a matter of time before some products appear. A quick search of Firewire World reveals the following up-to-date articles on wireless IEEE 1394:
I'm don't argue that we shouldn't be exploring and advancing scientific research in space. Of course we should. For that matter we could discover tomorrow that a massive asteroid is coming to destroy our planet as we speak. It is your reasoning that is flawed. It is the year 2001. It hasn't even been 100 years since the first airplane. And we have until the year 5000000000 AD before the sun explodes. You can't argue that it is a driving reason to colonize other planets. That's ridiculous.
To say that the sole reason that we should look to colonizing other planets is the eventual exploding of our sun is ridiculous. It is theorized that our earth will become uninhabitable for human as the sun expands to the width of Venus's orbit in approximately 5,000,000,000 years, when in about 50 years our space program has completely developed the technology to land probes on mars and even asteroids and send a man to the moon. Certainly there are many important reasons that we need to look to colonizing other planets and solar systems, such as the exhaustions of out resources here or a catastrophic life ending event, but to single out the end of our sun as a reason is irresponsible. Even if it took us until the year 7000 AD to leave our solar system, one could slow our rate of technological progress by a factor of 1 million and we would still leave before the sun exploded. In short, future space exploration and colonization is necessary and inevitable, but to cite the explosion of our sun as grounds for future research in space is ridiculous.
Here's a de-spagettified link to CNN's best of EROS picture gallery with little descriptions. Some of them are very cool.
ah ha! Someone else has found it; read about it here: http://www.dvdchanger.com/
I think a company called Escient makes a similar device. It a dvd changer w/ firewire output, but i can't find their website.
it worked for any HDTV device. Could you build a device to put between the hdtv box and the tv using what we know today, or would you have to decode the stream?
Usually airports have a post office branch that is open 24 hours. I've had to drive an hour out to IAH (Houston) to get a postmark for a college app.
Does anyone know of a comparative review of the Archos, Nomad, and NEO 25/35, and other type devices? I would prefer one that has at least a 4-6 GB hard drive, good quality contruction and sound, and can play both to headphones and rca outs for my car stereo inputs (I could use a 3.5mm -> rca converter, but that would lose quality, wouldn't it?). Thanks,
John
If you haven't already, go check out the empeg. It's superior in just about every way. It even runs linux!
Here is a link to the web site of the scientist at IBM who developed the flexible transistor, Cherie Kagan.
I've always argued this point, and I'm glad to see one more argument to back me up. Given time, the earth gradually heals itself, and even adjusts to human intervention and polution.
Professor O'Neill's point was that ozone levels are being "reduced by concerted action," not by the earth correcting itself. I agree that the earth does act the way you describe to some extent, for example, in response to the growing ozone hole the number of instances of skin cancer has increased, how ever deaths due to skin cancer clearly has not adjusted the amount of polution produced to the effect the the ozone hole is being closed, nor has anything else the earth has done.
As the article states, global cooperation has been by far the greatest factor in helping fix the problem. From 1987 to the present the United States, the 12 nations that were then members of the European Union, and Japan have cut their annual output of ozone depletion potential tonnes (ODP tonnes) from 725,000 to 6,800. Thats over a 99% reduction among major nations.
While the earth is certianly resilient, the total apathy you suggest would clearly lead to a more rapid destruction of the world we live in.
- John McDowell
Taken form the article:
"Her nerves are not providing any function. They are serving as conduits, pathways to direct the child's own nerves to grow back together."
It is important to note that the mother's nerves are not actually growing into the child's nervous system. When that occurs it will substantually more impressive, as we will be much closer to repairing more substantial injuries, such as those to the spinal cord. That could also lead to more controvertial future operations like brain transplantation.
Due to a slew of recent difficulties, in 2.5 we've decided to concentrate our efforts into improving the usablity of the copy and paste functions. We hope it will put an end mysterious slashdot stories like this one.
Linus
Doh! Wrong clip. Guess I should have listened to it first. Here's the real one:
. wav
http://www.geocities.com/johnmcd_3/ralphenglish
To those who doubt, I affix the soundclip here: www.geocities.com/johnmcd_3/english.wav I have most other classic Simpsons quotes on my archived hard drive (~500).