FTFA: "Red Hat Global Desktop Linux is targeted for sale in developing countries where government agencies and small businesses cannot afford to pay for Microsoft's Windows operating system."
The development team at Hamilton have recently developed a set of drivers which counteract the strange effect named after the German physicist who first wrestled with the problem. The Heisenberg principle was once a major restriction which prevented people from calculating both the position and velocity of electrons. Now that this obstruction is out of the way, you too can use the individual electrons circling the silicon on your RAM. Current estimates show four 30-pin SIMMS or two 72-pin SIMMS may hold up to 1.5 * 10^23 bytes.
((6.022 * 10^23) * 2) / 8
Avagadro's # * 2 cubic centimeters / bits per byte
This technology is currently only a special-case equation for silicon atoms, but has the potential of offering 14x the current memory if enhanced to a per electron, as opposed to a per atom, basis. Research is also currently underway to develop equations to control atoms found in common magnetic media, such a hard drives and floppies, but one researcher interviewed said:
Actually, I am the lead developer of the original Anti-heisenberg
drivers. Those were child's play compared with magnetic media! The
strong magnetic fields just throw out previous work into chaos, not
to mention the complexity of the molecules we are working with.
Currently, our best efforts require so much redundancy that the gain
can be achieved through other methods. The silicon-based drivers
are much better, requiring only 14x redundancy. But we have researchers
working on that, too. Hopefully, everything will move to RAM, which is
faster and less complex for us to deal with.
So, keep your eyes open for it! It sounds like they are working hard, and may be close to a breakthrough.
Are there any side effects?
The only side effect which we know of are small eddies in the space-time continuum. Speculation leads us to believe this is reason all data is redundantly stored 14 times. One user claimed his version of Hamilton 95 spontaneously upgraded to Hamilton 2043, but that is still unconfirmed.
Sub-bit Compression
Sub-bit compression is a mis-nomer. Recent posts have implied that use of Hamilton 95 will allow you to compress data to less than one bit. While not entirely true, the use of the anti-heisenberg drivers allows most programs to fit in less than what used to be one byte. Therefore, it is improper to use this as a feature, in itself, even though it is technically true. Note that this is _only_ while the program is in RAM. Another person posted that, upon installation, all memory was overwritten with the hexadecimal value FF. This is totally normal since Hamilton 95 doesn't use standard bits, but only the silicon atoms themselves. Don't be alarmed, as you can easily see that the data on the hard drive is still in 'normal' form.
Check it out!
My Favorite bit:
The rovers Spirit and Opportunity were proposed, authorized, announced, designed, launched and successfully landed upon Mars within the timeframe of Duke Nukem Forever's development.
I was there. He was demoing how easy it was to set up a USB device. whoops. What a classic moment though.
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I've used a Tivo daily for about 3 years, and couldn't live without it. How do these alternatives compare? Are either of them mature products? Or will I be needing to use nightly builds to get essential features?
My Tivo's getting old, and I know at somepoint it will fail. I'd love to get one of those shuttle mini cases and roll my own PVR if the usability and ease of use were up there.
Extra features like xvid, mp3/ogg, etc support are nice, but do these programs really have the same level of functionality as a Tivo's most essential function: watching and recording TV?
I saw a bit about Mary Bono wanting the job a few days ago. Here's a link to the wired story
This can't be a good thing considernig the 1998 copyright extension bill bares her late husbands name.
One cypherpunk going by the handle "mystery_inc" has posted the results and some analysis of the decoding to the PoeCipher mailling list at egroups. You can read his entire message here.
He believes it says:
it was early spring warm and sultry
glowed the afternoon the very breezes
seemed to share the delicious languor of
universal nature as laden the various
and mingled perfumes of the rose and the jessamine the too dense abatis wildflower
they slowly wafted their fragrant offering
to the open window where sat the lovers
the ardent sun shone full upon her blushing
face and its gentle beauty was more like the
treetop of side wind romance of flirt
inspiration of a dream than the actual
reality of earth tenderly her lover gazed
upon her as her glittering ringlets
were eased by amorous and sportive
zephyrs and when he permitted the rude
intrusion of the sunlight he sprang to
draw the curtain and she gently stayed
him no no dear charles she softly said
much rather would i have a little sun than
no sun at all
OK, It's great that Anime has it's own category now, that means I can choose not to see it, right?
The problem is the edit home page, has no option to select the anime category! Every other category is there....But I'm forced to view Anime news against my wishes. I'm sure others feel the same way.
Please update that page! Anime is nice and all, but I really don't care that much about it.
Cash had done a ton of really impressive stuff before he got to id. He certainly wasn't a "new programmer", or a newbie by any stretch of the imagination.
Your right about id having more than their share of the great progarmmers though.
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Now behave children.....
(Forgot to login....oldage--)
Hi There! Thanks for playing!
Now behave children.
We were lucky to have onions! And belts? Luxury. But you try telling that to the kids today and they'll never believe you.
get offa my lawn!
Start with "Norby, the Mixed Up Robot". I remember reading these when I was pretty young and loved them.
Ah, there you are enry... be a good lad and fetch my coffee!
FTFA:
"Red Hat Global Desktop Linux is targeted for sale in developing countries where government agencies and small businesses cannot afford to pay for Microsoft's Windows operating system."
Mr. Enry,
I expect your report on my desk within the next 30 minutes.
kthxbai.
I knew I'd see you posting on this article :P
:)
When you go to Brown Sugar today, eat some for me!
Anti-Heisenberg Drivers (Memory Compression)
The development team at Hamilton have recently developed a set of drivers which counteract the strange effect named after the German physicist who first wrestled with the problem. The Heisenberg principle was once a major restriction which prevented people from calculating both the position and velocity of electrons. Now that this obstruction is out of the way, you too can use the individual electrons circling the silicon on your RAM. Current estimates show four 30-pin SIMMS or two 72-pin SIMMS may hold up to 1.5 * 10^23 bytes. ((6.022 * 10^23) * 2) / 8 Avagadro's # * 2 cubic centimeters / bits per byte This technology is currently only a special-case equation for silicon atoms, but has the potential of offering 14x the current memory if enhanced to a per electron, as opposed to a per atom, basis. Research is also currently underway to develop equations to control atoms found in common magnetic media, such a hard drives and floppies, but one researcher interviewed said:
So, keep your eyes open for it! It sounds like they are working hard, and may be close to a breakthrough. Are there any side effects? The only side effect which we know of are small eddies in the space-time continuum. Speculation leads us to believe this is reason all data is redundantly stored 14 times. One user claimed his version of Hamilton 95 spontaneously upgraded to Hamilton 2043, but that is still unconfirmed. Sub-bit Compression Sub-bit compression is a mis-nomer. Recent posts have implied that use of Hamilton 95 will allow you to compress data to less than one bit. While not entirely true, the use of the anti-heisenberg drivers allows most programs to fit in less than what used to be one byte. Therefore, it is improper to use this as a feature, in itself, even though it is technically true. Note that this is _only_ while the program is in RAM. Another person posted that, upon installation, all memory was overwritten with the hexadecimal value FF. This is totally normal since Hamilton 95 doesn't use standard bits, but only the silicon atoms themselves. Don't be alarmed, as you can easily see that the data on the hard drive is still in 'normal' form.At least they haven't changed the name in a few weeks!
Check it out! My Favorite bit: The rovers Spirit and Opportunity were proposed, authorized, announced, designed, launched and successfully landed upon Mars within the timeframe of Duke Nukem Forever's development.
I was there. He was demoing how easy it was to set up a USB device. whoops. What a classic moment though.
I've used a Tivo daily for about 3 years, and couldn't live without it. How do these alternatives compare? Are either of them mature products? Or will I be needing to use nightly builds to get essential features?
My Tivo's getting old, and I know at somepoint it will fail. I'd love to get one of those shuttle mini cases and roll my own PVR if the usability and ease of use were up there.
Extra features like xvid, mp3/ogg, etc support are nice, but do these programs really have the same level of functionality as a Tivo's most essential function: watching and recording TV?
And that's not a good thing.
I saw a bit about Mary Bono wanting the job a few days ago. Here's a link to the wired story This can't be a good thing considernig the 1998 copyright extension bill bares her late husbands name.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
God help us.
Perhaps he meant Canada is planning a trip to the town of Mars in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania?
It's a small town northwest of Pittsburgh PA.
We can only hope.
This license applies only to certain test releases releases etc, that the author posts for testing purposes doesn't want in general distribution.
Information from Darren Reed on this appears at this URL:
http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0458.html
Link to above URL
One cypherpunk going by the handle "mystery_inc" has posted the results and some analysis of the decoding to the PoeCipher mailling list at egroups. You can read his entire message here.
He believes it says:
it was early spring warm and sultry
glowed the afternoon the very breezes
seemed to share the delicious languor of
universal nature as laden the various
and mingled perfumes of the rose and the
jessamine the too dense abatis wildflower
they slowly wafted their fragrant offering
to the open window where sat the lovers
the ardent sun shone full upon her blushing
face and its gentle beauty was more like the
treetop of side wind romance of flirt
inspiration of a dream than the actual
reality of earth tenderly her lover gazed
upon her as her glittering ringlets
were eased by amorous and sportive
zephyrs and when he permitted the rude
intrusion of the sunlight he sprang to
draw the curtain and she gently stayed
him no no dear charles she softly said
much rather would i have a little sun than
no sun at all
This artcile at Salon gives a good explanation of how it works.
(In the voice of the comic store guy)
OK, It's great that Anime has it's own category now, that means I can choose not to see it, right?
The problem is the edit home page, has no option to select the anime category! Every other category is there....But I'm forced to view Anime news against my wishes. I'm sure others feel the same way.
Please update that page! Anime is nice and all, but I really don't care that much about it.
Cash had done a ton of really impressive stuff before he got to id. He certainly wasn't a "new programmer", or a newbie by any stretch of the imagination.
Your right about id having more than their share of the great progarmmers though.
It does say "Meatless" right on the box.