I agree with this. If the method hadn't worked, the doctor would probably be sued for malpractice even though the kid would have died anyway. I love that this worked. If you try this in the US and it works, great, but if it failed, the doctor is so screwed.
That extra profit from the concerts goes to the artist instead of the RIAA. Of course, the RIAA isn't happy about that because they think the money should go to them instead. In other words, piracy is bad for the RIAA profits, but good for the artists profits, hence the RIAA hates piracy because it hurts their bottom line, while they don't care about the artist.
A cluster is worth it in the unoptimized case because it is still a shared resource and can be used by everyone. A cluster can be used by the parallel jobs and the unoptimized jobs. It's easier and more productive to the department to continuously upgrade a cluster than buy high-end workstations for everyone which aren't shared. That said, I have done both cases, but I prefer to have standard desktops with a high-end cluster than no cluster and half a department of high-performance desktops. It's cheaper and more productive to have 20 normal desktops and 5 shared high-performance machines in a cluster than 20 high performance desktops with no shared resources. Yes, there is a third option of having the 20 high-performance machines be shared, but researchers tend to be territorial. There is some voluntary sharing, but when the resource is maxed out, then non-owners will get kicked out.
Sadly, I have also seen waste like this. I know of a cluster that can only be 75% of the nodes can be turned on, because the building to house it was delayed a year and it's in a temporary space, but the money was allocated and had to be spent before the space was ready. If the money wasn't spent, the money would be taken away. I've been a cluster admin for a cluster that barely had 10% usage and I almost cried. Interestingly, this ties in with the "parallel programming is hard" problem. Some researchers don't bother to parallelize or optimize their applications because after the paper is written, the code isn't run any more. If you only need to run a few times to confirm your hypothesis, then why bother optimizing if the time between runs isn't terrible.
Let's hope that Cable companies throttling will piss off the movie companies with their stream everything DRM tactics. If the two fight, then hopefully we will win.
Why are you moving? It sounds like you are moving without a job prospect in mind. I recommend having a job offer from a canadian firm before moving so that they can help streamline the paperwork, if that's possible. I wouldn't recommend that someone move within a country without a job offer and that goes double for between countries. I understand that other factors may play into it, like having a spouse from another country, but I wouldn't suggest moving without at least one of you having a job offer. It may delay you plans, but it's probably the safer choice.
And now we have a new excuse for the bureaucracy: "Our web site is down because agency XYZ won't let us use the Internet we subcontracted from them." I've worked in a bureaucracy for a few years. The main reason for proliferation is because of disputes between departments, whether for poor service or arrogant management or both.
Maybe each company would ban non-standard keyboards. I mean your typing rhythm is definitely off if you're using a keyboard that is very different from what you're used to. (ergonomic split keyboards vs standard)
Please vote with your wallet. Buy a Nokia N800/N810 which is more open than the iPhone/iPod Touch and has few, if any, restrictions imposed by Nokia. If you don't like Apple's ToS, then don't write for it! Put your code where mouth is, support the more open platform!
For a filesystem, I would recommend openafs. For printing, I recommend setting up CUPS servers. AFS lets you have distributed servers that are centrally maintained. AFS is location agnostic. The filesystem is split into volumes, which can be located on any server and seamlessly moved between servers without needing to change the file path. Check it out at http://www.openafs.org/
It also has manual read-only replication so that you can have a local read-only copy of frequently accessed files.
This is what I don't understand. Apple is clearly hostile to hackers on the iPhone/iPod Touch. Why bother? Vote with your wallet. Go out and buy a device like the Nokia N800 or N810 which is the most open handheld device I've seen. It lets you install third-party apps without even using the command-line! Browse to a 3rd party maemo app link, tap install, and agree to the "This is not a Nokia app" warning screen. There are very few programs on the Nokia that aren't open source, of which the wireless driver is closed.
I'm all for hacking devices, but Apple isn't doing the "no warranty, your on your own" thing; they are actively thwarting any efforts to tweak the device. DON'T BUY IT! If a device does not do what you want, including being hackable, then don't buy it.
Support Nokia with its Internet Tablet devices! Show vendors that we want more open hardware!
Make absolutely sure that the datacenter has enough cooling capacity and power. add 50% to the heat capacity you project and buy enough AC for that. have a separate AC unit if possible. Redundant would be better. Be sure to have UPS power. Get a generator depending on your needs.
A significant chunk of college freshmen enter as "undecided" majors. I vaguely recall that something like one-third of all college students change majors at least once. If college students don't even know what they want to do, how can you expect high-school kids to know. Give them interesting electives and concentrations or magnet schools, but don't lock people into "majors".
It's not so bad on Mac OS X. The menubar and dock still remain visible, so I could still gracefully close Firefox if I wanted. If any windows in XP or Linux were set to always be on top, then that might do the same as Mac OS X.
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Isn't that what SMIL, ECMAscript and SVG are supposed to be ... open standards to replace Flash animations? Flash video could be replaced by Ogg Theora
I agree with this. If the method hadn't worked, the doctor would probably be sued for malpractice even though the kid would have died anyway. I love that this worked. If you try this in the US and it works, great, but if it failed, the doctor is so screwed.
That extra profit from the concerts goes to the artist instead of the RIAA. Of course, the RIAA isn't happy about that because they think the money should go to them instead. In other words, piracy is bad for the RIAA profits, but good for the artists profits, hence the RIAA hates piracy because it hurts their bottom line, while they don't care about the artist.
A cluster is worth it in the unoptimized case because it is still a shared resource and can be used by everyone. A cluster can be used by the parallel jobs and the unoptimized jobs. It's easier and more productive to the department to continuously upgrade a cluster than buy high-end workstations for everyone which aren't shared. That said, I have done both cases, but I prefer to have standard desktops with a high-end cluster than no cluster and half a department of high-performance desktops. It's cheaper and more productive to have 20 normal desktops and 5 shared high-performance machines in a cluster than 20 high performance desktops with no shared resources. Yes, there is a third option of having the 20 high-performance machines be shared, but researchers tend to be territorial. There is some voluntary sharing, but when the resource is maxed out, then non-owners will get kicked out.
Sadly, I have also seen waste like this. I know of a cluster that can only be 75% of the nodes can be turned on, because the building to house it was delayed a year and it's in a temporary space, but the money was allocated and had to be spent before the space was ready. If the money wasn't spent, the money would be taken away. I've been a cluster admin for a cluster that barely had 10% usage and I almost cried. Interestingly, this ties in with the "parallel programming is hard" problem. Some researchers don't bother to parallelize or optimize their applications because after the paper is written, the code isn't run any more. If you only need to run a few times to confirm your hypothesis, then why bother optimizing if the time between runs isn't terrible.
Let's hope that Cable companies throttling will piss off the movie companies with their stream everything DRM tactics. If the two fight, then hopefully we will win.
Why are you moving? It sounds like you are moving without a job prospect in mind. I recommend having a job offer from a canadian firm before moving so that they can help streamline the paperwork, if that's possible. I wouldn't recommend that someone move within a country without a job offer and that goes double for between countries. I understand that other factors may play into it, like having a spouse from another country, but I wouldn't suggest moving without at least one of you having a job offer. It may delay you plans, but it's probably the safer choice.
News flash: screeners go blind from seeing people that no one wants to see naked!
And now we have a new excuse for the bureaucracy: "Our web site is down because agency XYZ won't let us use the Internet we subcontracted from them."
I've worked in a bureaucracy for a few years. The main reason for proliferation is because of disputes between departments, whether for poor service or arrogant management or both.
conet = community-owned network
Maybe each company would ban non-standard keyboards. I mean your typing rhythm is definitely off if you're using a keyboard that is very different from what you're used to. (ergonomic split keyboards vs standard)
Hmmmm. Microsoft Tax vs Music Tax. Which one is more evil? I'd say the Music Tax. At least I can opt-out of the MS tax.
Please vote with your wallet. Buy a Nokia N800/N810 which is more open than the iPhone/iPod Touch and has few, if any, restrictions imposed by Nokia. If you don't like Apple's ToS, then don't write for it! Put your code where mouth is, support the more open platform!
Um, don't we already do this? I mean hydroelectric dams harness the power of rain as it flows from higher elevations to lower elevations.
* cables fixed *
Ah, thank you aziz.
hmmm, even better, have the inductance coils dump their energy into the railgun capacitors. That would give more energy.
Try out Miro. It's a TV like app for the computer that even has a channel guide. It downloads the shows you want. http://www.getmiro.com/
For a filesystem, I would recommend openafs. For printing, I recommend setting up CUPS servers. AFS lets you have distributed servers that are centrally maintained. AFS is location agnostic. The filesystem is split into volumes, which can be located on any server and seamlessly moved between servers without needing to change the file path. Check it out at http://www.openafs.org/
It also has manual read-only replication so that you can have a local read-only copy of frequently accessed files.
This is what I don't understand. Apple is clearly hostile to hackers on the iPhone/iPod Touch. Why bother? Vote with your wallet. Go out and buy a device like the Nokia N800 or N810 which is the most open handheld device I've seen. It lets you install third-party apps without even using the command-line! Browse to a 3rd party maemo app link, tap install, and agree to the "This is not a Nokia app" warning screen. There are very few programs on the Nokia that aren't open source, of which the wireless driver is closed.
I'm all for hacking devices, but Apple isn't doing the "no warranty, your on your own" thing; they are actively thwarting any efforts to tweak the device. DON'T BUY IT! If a device does not do what you want, including being hackable, then don't buy it.
Support Nokia with its Internet Tablet devices! Show vendors that we want more open hardware!
Having your office be the walk-through to the datacenter has some pros:
* no one will want your office
and cons:
* strangers walking through your office
* more likely to be claims for extra server space
Make absolutely sure that the datacenter has enough cooling capacity and power. add 50% to the heat capacity you project and buy enough AC for that. have a separate AC unit if possible. Redundant would be better. Be sure to have UPS power. Get a generator depending on your needs.
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Oh cool, now all of the secret info will already be collected in the copier for any bad guy to harvest! how marvelous
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I highly recommend reading the book 7 habits of highly effective people"
A significant chunk of college freshmen enter as "undecided" majors. I vaguely recall that something like one-third of all college students change majors at least once. If college students don't even know what they want to do, how can you expect high-school kids to know. Give them interesting electives and concentrations or magnet schools, but don't lock people into "majors".
It's not so bad on Mac OS X. The menubar and dock still remain visible, so I could still gracefully close Firefox if I wanted. If any windows in XP or Linux were set to always be on top, then that might do the same as Mac OS X.