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Since we're being nit-picky, you forgot to mention that the previous poster didn't specify a unit (40 degrees below zero... fahrenheit? celcius?) Too bad they didn't just say "40 below". Then we might ask if they meant Kelvin, which is rather fitting considering the "from the... dept" line. Mmmm, 40 degrees below absolute zero, chilly.
After all, one of the nicer things will be that this product is smaller and quieter than your normal PC. And you don't have to mess around with different drivers and such to make sure that it works to your satisfaction. They've (presumably) already gone to the trouble.
However, it is odd that they didn't go with a PPC of some sort, given that they're not limited by the kernel (maybe other A/V software doesn't run well on the PPCs? Nah.(?)).
If you live in an area like I do where it's copper to an Alcatel LiteSpan and then fiber to the CO, you'll be really happy. Then, if you lose your cable/DSL, you'll get to be REALLY pre-historic old-skool as the A>D and then D>A will cut that in half.
Ahh, Ameritech, how I love thee. You brought the wonders of the digital world to our area with your LiteSpan and gave us v.34, as a value-added bonus.
"Oh, your modem connections got really poor? Hey, due to some unrelated *cough* line upgrades, we can now provide you with DSL service that will be up to 50 times faster than a 28.8 modem!"
I always wondered why they compared the DSL speed to a 28.8 modem. Now I know.
Well, I'm not technically a CS student, though CS is looking more tempting (currently in Elec./Comp. Engineering). And I don't really do much coding, so I've rather forgotten the C/C++ that I do know. (The software I need is either already coded, or the work it would need is beyond my ability.)
Thank you, eblake, for the explanation. I guess I really did know what it was, I had just forgotten. And I had always learned it as "modulus" and not "bitwise xor".
That's what I thought. However, I rejected this possibility, as, according to calc.exe, 90^74 = 4.110983167056966365830008693908e+144. And then 16^18 = 4722366482869645213696. However, I'm looking at this again and seeing that 90-74 = 16. And 18-16 = 2.
Hrm. The carat isn't 'modulus', though. Erm, what does the carat mean in C, again?
Sorry, perhaps I'm taking you too literally. However, seeing as how your post has been moderated "funny" and I'm failing to find it funny just staring at it, would some one mind explaining what's so funny about it? Do 'Z' and 'J' refer to certain numbers or something? (Their decimal numbers with the "A=1 B=2 C=3" code would be too high. As would their int values in a computer.) If so, I'm not seeing how raising them to powers would at all be equal to 2. Especially with that 18 in there.
However, I could just be trying too hard to make sense out of it.
Yes, if you don't know it's there, WindowsUpdate can be hard to find. I'm really thinking along the lines of people who think [AOL == Internet == Internet Explorer] and {Outlook == Hotmail == Email]. Generally, the (extremely) non-tech-savvy.
If you've never been around people that never get out of the newbie stage, then you might not understand. Despite all of the good work that Microsoft does to study user habits, these people still have trouble trying to find things.
Consider this: If you remove it from the desktop, you've removed the program. Or, if there's no icon for it on the desktop, it's not installed. Yes, we know that that's not true, but these people have some different way of thinking about these things. They become children when put in front of large, intimidating devices. If it isn't visible, it doesn't exist (See "object permenance". Basically: Even though you can't see it, it's still there.)
For instance: Today at work, I helped a guy fix a problem he was having with his new laptop. The problem was that he could not get to the company mail server from his web browser. He said that it told him that the site was unavailable. I was a little confused since he said that he was able to visit other pages fine. So, I told him to go and get his laptop up and running and I'd be over in a minute. When I went over to help him, he had netscape up (I was a little taken aback at first, since it uses the Mozilla skin...but that's nothing compared to the girl that uses a Linux skin on IE because of the cute penguin:) (dangit! Tux is tough! Not cute! Grrr!)) and had typed in the URL. Then I saw where his problem was coming from. Rather than press [ENTER], he clicked on the "Search" button next to the location bar. So, netscape did a search and said it couldn't find it. He says "See, it says it can't find it." So I pointed out his mistake and he was on his way there. Another thing that I noted was that he was running WinXP. So, I took the opportunity to see what a real non-techie thought of it. I asked him "So, what do you think of XP?" Despite the new colors and pretty buttons, he said "I don't really see all that much that's new."(!) and "but there's a lot of junk on here that I don't need, but can't remove since it's part of the Windows system." So, I told him "Nah, go ahead and delete it if you don't need it!" So he tried dragging the Compuserve (he has MSN) icon to the Recycle Bin and noted that the following dialog box said that dragging the icon to the recycle bin would not remove the program. This time, I just needed to get him through the pretty menus to the Control Panel and then Add/Remove Programs. He never even knew this had existed before. But it will give him something to do while he's out of town using his new spiffy laptop.
What I mean to point out by that anecdote is that these people really do see things differently (or they just don't see them at all). Whereas we would think "Oh, there must be a way to set [name of nifty, hidden feature] around here somewhere.", they would think "Hmm, that feature doesn't seem to be included." They're oblivious to the fact that something can be included but turned off.
Or, to put it another way: "Do you run Windows 95/98/XP ?" "Ummm, hmm, lemme see...where can I check that?" (Us: "Uhhh, I'm running Debian 2.3 with Xfree 4.0.1+NiftyFeaturePatch on Linux 2.4.13ac. Is that enough information?";) )
Ha! According to the bulletin, the people that should be reading this are:
Customers using Microsoft® Internet Explorer
That's quite a few people. And consider the link you have to click on. Most users of IE probably don't consider themselves IT Professionals. Heck, some of them are afraid to remove icons from their desktop because it might break Windows.
You expect these people to:
1) Visit www.microsoft.com. That's the boring site. They want www.msn.com or www.hotmail.com (these would be much better places to put bulletins.)
2) Consider themselves IT Professionals. That means they have to be REALLY smart (yeah, sure).
Basically, it IS hidden, especially for people to don't think to look for these security vulnerabilities. Microsoft may consider posting these bulletins in more prominent places. However, as someone above pointed out, there are probably battles between Marketing and the Developers (developers developers developers developers....) about what to make easily available.
Uh, I remember playing ping-pong in Z-Shell 4.0 in stereo (*right speaker* blip *left speaker* blip *right speaker* blip) and listening to audio files on it ("Ah ah ah, you didn't say the magic word"). You had to go to RadioShack and get an adapter to go from the calc's comport to the 3.5mm (?) that your headphones used, but it worked. I also remember seeing grey-scale images on it. Mmmm 8-bit, 128x64 pixel porn.
I guess it would be nice if the TI85s had IR ports and more memory (28k is a little weak) but it was neat at the time.
It shouldn't matter since the DeltaTRAK ThermoTrace thermometers he used were infrared, non-contact thermometers. I'm not sure, but, I'm guessing (makes me an expert here:) ) that it uses some EM wave magic to determine the temp from the reflected wave of IR light. Perhaps someone else could, ahem, shed some more light on this matter?
***OT***
While I'm at it... Mitnick, don't go into acting. consulting for tech-related television/movies, maybe, but not acting. It was a nice chance to work on the set with Jennifer Garner, though, so not a total waste of time.
***/OT***
there's really no reason NOT to expect it to be just as good.
Apparently, you're underestimating the capabilities of users to stress test the stability of any system. Especially when they are able to install goofy spyware.
Either the FCC will have to open more bands, or we'll have to get really creative with our wireless technology.
I'd say let's get creative until we just can't stand it anymore. That way, we'll be able to get a lot more out of any more resources that might be given to us.
My ears rang, even though my fingers were in them.
In the chemistry class I took where the professor blew up a balloon of H2 and 02, we were told to cup our ears (closed at the front, open at the back) rather than stick our fingers in them.
..it will hunt its users to extinction before it notices anything wrong.
and
But time is running out.
I say we should stop wasting our valuable time and energy trying to tell people how bad Microsoft is (whether they are evil or not). Microsoft makes a drug, and lots of people are addicted. Microsoft wants to suck as much out of it's addictees as it can. Eventually, they will try something that will make a useful number of people say "Okay, I've had it! No more Mr. Niceguy!!" and go looking for alternatives. It's already happening in small numbers.
I'd predict that the popularity of opensource/free software will go something like that of the internet. First, the internet was only for academics. Then, for a VERY small number of "regular" people (hah, they had to have a computer and modem, which weren't that prevelant at the time). Now, getting online can be grunt-and-drool easy. I say that free software is somewhere between being for "regular" people and "grunt-and-drool easy" (closer to "regular people"). In, maybe 20 years (okay, maybe less, we'll see) it could be REALLY popular.
That is, unless Microsoft or it's monopolistic successor gets in there and decides to try that "playing nice and fair" thing.
(Ironic... that I would waste my time saying that HERE.)
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For the daring...
HP Server bc1100 (front)
HP Server bc1100 (back)
HP Blade Server bh7800 (single)
HP Blade Server bh7800 (rack)
Management Blade
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Bwahahaha! Someone please moderate this +1, Funny, or -1, Troll. Or maybe IHBT IWHAND IHL
r cels.html to see for yourself.
Thanks a lot, now I have to go figure out the conversion...
Visit http://www.athena.ivv.nasa.gov/curric/weather/fah
(though heat isn't involved in creating the linear motion, there)
Actually, it is. Wind is caused by changes in air pressure. Changes in air pressure are caused by heat.
Since we're being nit-picky, you forgot to mention that the previous poster didn't specify a unit (40 degrees below zero... fahrenheit? celcius?) Too bad they didn't just say "40 below". Then we might ask if they meant Kelvin, which is rather fitting considering the "from the ... dept" line. Mmmm, 40 degrees below absolute zero, chilly.
Not a good deal unless you're going to mount it on the wall!
Case: $75 (needs a power supply. ~$47 shipped)
After all, one of the nicer things will be that this product is smaller and quieter than your normal PC. And you don't have to mess around with different drivers and such to make sure that it works to your satisfaction. They've (presumably) already gone to the trouble.
However, it is odd that they didn't go with a PPC of some sort, given that they're not limited by the kernel (maybe other A/V software doesn't run well on the PPCs? Nah.(?)).
Oh well, the dancing penguin is nice.
If you live in an area like I do where it's copper to an Alcatel LiteSpan and then fiber to the CO, you'll be really happy. Then, if you lose your cable/DSL, you'll get to be REALLY pre-historic old-skool as the A>D and then D>A will cut that in half.
Ahh, Ameritech, how I love thee. You brought the wonders of the digital world to our area with your LiteSpan and gave us v.34, as a value-added bonus.
"Oh, your modem connections got really poor? Hey, due to some unrelated *cough* line upgrades, we can now provide you with DSL service that will be up to 50 times faster than a 28.8 modem!"
I always wondered why they compared the DSL speed to a 28.8 modem. Now I know.
Funny. They seem to do the same thing (to me).
Are there cases where bitwise xor and modulus give different answers for the same number?
Well, I'm not technically a CS student, though CS is looking more tempting (currently in Elec./Comp. Engineering). And I don't really do much coding, so I've rather forgotten the C/C++ that I do know. (The software I need is either already coded, or the work it would need is beyond my ability.)
Thank you, eblake, for the explanation. I guess I really did know what it was, I had just forgotten. And I had always learned it as "modulus" and not "bitwise xor".
That's what I thought. However, I rejected this possibility, as, according to calc.exe, 90^74 = 4.110983167056966365830008693908e+144. And then 16^18 = 4722366482869645213696. However, I'm looking at this again and seeing that 90-74 = 16. And 18-16 = 2.
Hrm. The carat isn't 'modulus', though. Erm, what does the carat mean in C, again?
Sorry, perhaps I'm taking you too literally. However, seeing as how your post has been moderated "funny" and I'm failing to find it funny just staring at it, would some one mind explaining what's so funny about it? Do 'Z' and 'J' refer to certain numbers or something? (Their decimal numbers with the "A=1 B=2 C=3" code would be too high. As would their int values in a computer.) If so, I'm not seeing how raising them to powers would at all be equal to 2. Especially with that 18 in there.
However, I could just be trying too hard to make sense out of it.
You'd be taken down by the kind people at asswipe.com for typo-squatting.
Yes, if you don't know it's there, WindowsUpdate can be hard to find. I'm really thinking along the lines of people who think [AOL == Internet == Internet Explorer] and {Outlook == Hotmail == Email]. Generally, the (extremely) non-tech-savvy.
:) (dangit! Tux is tough! Not cute! Grrr!)) and had typed in the URL. Then I saw where his problem was coming from. Rather than press [ENTER], he clicked on the "Search" button next to the location bar. So, netscape did a search and said it couldn't find it. He says "See, it says it can't find it." So I pointed out his mistake and he was on his way there. Another thing that I noted was that he was running WinXP. So, I took the opportunity to see what a real non-techie thought of it. I asked him "So, what do you think of XP?" Despite the new colors and pretty buttons, he said "I don't really see all that much that's new."(!) and "but there's a lot of junk on here that I don't need, but can't remove since it's part of the Windows system." So, I told him "Nah, go ahead and delete it if you don't need it!" So he tried dragging the Compuserve (he has MSN) icon to the Recycle Bin and noted that the following dialog box said that dragging the icon to the recycle bin would not remove the program. This time, I just needed to get him through the pretty menus to the Control Panel and then Add/Remove Programs. He never even knew this had existed before. But it will give him something to do while he's out of town using his new spiffy laptop.
;) )
If you've never been around people that never get out of the newbie stage, then you might not understand. Despite all of the good work that Microsoft does to study user habits, these people still have trouble trying to find things.
Consider this: If you remove it from the desktop, you've removed the program. Or, if there's no icon for it on the desktop, it's not installed. Yes, we know that that's not true, but these people have some different way of thinking about these things. They become children when put in front of large, intimidating devices. If it isn't visible, it doesn't exist (See "object permenance". Basically: Even though you can't see it, it's still there.)
For instance: Today at work, I helped a guy fix a problem he was having with his new laptop. The problem was that he could not get to the company mail server from his web browser. He said that it told him that the site was unavailable. I was a little confused since he said that he was able to visit other pages fine. So, I told him to go and get his laptop up and running and I'd be over in a minute. When I went over to help him, he had netscape up (I was a little taken aback at first, since it uses the Mozilla skin...but that's nothing compared to the girl that uses a Linux skin on IE because of the cute penguin
What I mean to point out by that anecdote is that these people really do see things differently (or they just don't see them at all). Whereas we would think "Oh, there must be a way to set [name of nifty, hidden feature] around here somewhere.", they would think "Hmm, that feature doesn't seem to be included." They're oblivious to the fact that something can be included but turned off.
Or, to put it another way: "Do you run Windows 95/98/XP ?" "Ummm, hmm, lemme see...where can I check that?" (Us: "Uhhh, I'm running Debian 2.3 with Xfree 4.0.1+NiftyFeaturePatch on Linux 2.4.13ac. Is that enough information?"
You don't need to worry about being "someone who knows something about computers" as long as you've got the right attire.
"For IT Professionals"?
Ha! According to the bulletin, the people that should be reading this are:
Customers using Microsoft® Internet Explorer
That's quite a few people. And consider the link you have to click on. Most users of IE probably don't consider themselves IT Professionals. Heck, some of them are afraid to remove icons from their desktop because it might break Windows.
You expect these people to:
1) Visit www.microsoft.com. That's the boring site. They want www.msn.com or www.hotmail.com (these would be much better places to put bulletins.)
2) Consider themselves IT Professionals. That means they have to be REALLY smart (yeah, sure).
Basically, it IS hidden, especially for people to don't think to look for these security vulnerabilities. Microsoft may consider posting these bulletins in more prominent places. However, as someone above pointed out, there are probably battles between Marketing and the Developers (developers developers developers developers....) about what to make easily available.
Uh, I remember playing ping-pong in Z-Shell 4.0 in stereo (*right speaker* blip *left speaker* blip *right speaker* blip) and listening to audio files on it ("Ah ah ah, you didn't say the magic word"). You had to go to RadioShack and get an adapter to go from the calc's comport to the 3.5mm (?) that your headphones used, but it worked. I also remember seeing grey-scale images on it. Mmmm 8-bit, 128x64 pixel porn.
I guess it would be nice if the TI85s had IR ports and more memory (28k is a little weak) but it was neat at the time.
Now I just use my calc for doing math, blah.
No, watch it on ABC.
Whoops!
It shouldn't matter since the DeltaTRAK ThermoTrace thermometers he used were infrared, non-contact thermometers. I'm not sure, but, I'm guessing (makes me an expert here :) ) that it uses some EM wave magic to determine the temp from the reflected wave of IR light. Perhaps someone else could, ahem, shed some more light on this matter?
***OT***
While I'm at it... Mitnick, don't go into acting. consulting for tech-related television/movies, maybe, but not acting. It was a nice chance to work on the set with Jennifer Garner, though, so not a total waste of time.
***/OT***
there's really no reason NOT to expect it to be just as good.
Apparently, you're underestimating the capabilities of users to stress test the stability of any system. Especially when they are able to install goofy spyware.
Com-who?
Maxtor makes WD drives? That's odd. I've heard that IBM licenses tech to WD. *Shrug* They're all in on it, in the end, I guess.
Either the FCC will have to open more bands, or we'll have to get really creative with our wireless technology.
I'd say let's get creative until we just can't stand it anymore. That way, we'll be able to get a lot more out of any more resources that might be given to us.
My ears rang, even though my fingers were in them.
In the chemistry class I took where the professor blew up a balloon of H2 and 02, we were told to cup our ears (closed at the front, open at the back) rather than stick our fingers in them.
Yes, Webster!, addicts. :)
Thanks.
(Or maybe I meant "slaves". Ohh! Or "bitches"!)
Two nice quotes...
..it will hunt its users to extinction before it notices anything wrong.
and
But time is running out.
I say we should stop wasting our valuable time and energy trying to tell people how bad Microsoft is (whether they are evil or not). Microsoft makes a drug, and lots of people are addicted. Microsoft wants to suck as much out of it's addictees as it can. Eventually, they will try something that will make a useful number of people say "Okay, I've had it! No more Mr. Niceguy!!" and go looking for alternatives. It's already happening in small numbers.
I'd predict that the popularity of opensource/free software will go something like that of the internet. First, the internet was only for academics. Then, for a VERY small number of "regular" people (hah, they had to have a computer and modem, which weren't that prevelant at the time). Now, getting online can be grunt-and-drool easy. I say that free software is somewhere between being for "regular" people and "grunt-and-drool easy" (closer to "regular people"). In, maybe 20 years (okay, maybe less, we'll see) it could be REALLY popular.
That is, unless Microsoft or it's monopolistic successor gets in there and decides to try that "playing nice and fair" thing.
(Ironic... that I would waste my time saying that HERE.)