Just a side comment about Verizon, but we have a full T1 through Verizon and we have had good service from them. Only once has our T1 went down and we had a tech here within an hour working on it and we were up and running shortly thereafter (some sort of battery or something needed to be replaced). Granted, Qwest provides our local line and the dispatched tech was a Qwest tech, so I'm not sure if it speaks to Verizon's response or Qwest's response.
Video cards don't have 128 processors exactly, but each processor can have 128 separate instruction pipelines (SIMD 'stream' processors) which can run in parallel http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_8800.html. The programmer just loads a small amount of code into each of these stream processors and lets it crank away at the data. In graphics processing, these stream processors are used for per-pixel and per-vertex shading.
customers would throw a fit if it was blocked And go where? Dialup? If you only have one or maybe two high-speed internet providers in your area, all it takes is that one or two to block it, and there is nothing you can do besides 1) Take it, or 2) Go back to dialup.
If you don't have a memtest tool on you, you just have to make your best guess. Of course, if you don't have a memtest tool on you, you shouldn't really be calling yourself a diagnostic tech. A memtest tool is a staple of any computer tech, and at the very least, you shouldn't be saying the problem is memory without using the correct tool to diagnose it. That would be like a doctor saying you have a heart murmur without using a stethoscope to listen to your heart.
A Linux version of the Amazon MP3 Downloader is under development, and when released will allow entire album purchases. Why do they need a special downloader for albums? Are they struggling to master the concept of a.zip file?
I am unclear whether we have the potential to expand facilities in those appropriate areas enough that they could power the entire country well into the future. Yes, but we don't need a whole lot of solar plants placed everywhere. This map has just a handful of locations marked that if they had solar panels it would provide enough energy for the whole world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Solar_land_area .png
Granted, those locations are huge, but consider all the empty spaces in the deserts of the world that get tons of sunlight but are otherwise useless. I have seen updated maps with smaller locations that assume a higher efficiency solar cell, since this map only assumes 8% efficiency, and normal panels have about 15% with research being done in the 30-40% efficient range.
In the example of giving back $12 something instead of $2 something, I think the best thing to do is give the extra $10 back. Namely because the cashier will be responsible if her drawer comes up short, so by keeping the money you're really ripping off the employee, not the business. Ripping off the employee just seems too personal for me.
Of course, as you say, if the items ring up less than they are supposed to, I don't say anything, since this would rip off the business. Ripping off the business, however, is what this ATM/Slot machine issues is doing. So the question becomes how much do you have to rip off the business due to their own mistakes before it's illegal?
How big must the 'windfall' be before we report it? When you're checking out at the supermarket and you notice your item rang up for $2.99 instead of $3.99 that it was supposed to, do you say something? Most of us probably wouldn't say anything, but would raise hell if it was supposed to be $3.99 and it rang up for $4.99. If it's just a $1 difference in our favor, we don't report and let it slide even though we know it's an error in their system. Is that now a crime? If not, then where do we draw the line? If $1 in our favor is not a crime, but say $100 in our favor is, what's the cutoff? Does this just apply to ATM/Slot machines? What if I bought ten items that were $1 off, do I report it then? How about fifty of those items?
From what I read, yes. It only exposes passwords for the site you're visiting. The most common case of this is on myspace, where visiting a malicious website will transfer your myspace username/password to the website owner. This vulnerability exists on sites that allow users to post custom html and javascript and will expose your username and password for that site.
This does not expose all your passwords, so if you have you bank password stored, it's safe, unless your bank has pages that allow users to post custom html and javascript.
If this guy will open random e-mail attachments, there is a good chance he already has tons of spyware/adware/viruses on his machine anyways. I doubt he would have noticed one more.
But when it comes to voting, American students think that their vote doesn't count, whereas Japanese students think their vote shouldn't count. Big difference, but ultimately, the same outcome: they don't vote.
Illegal wiretaps for cameramen? I can recall nothing of that nature. You haven't been paying attention, it was on slashdot a few days ago: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/29/188 221&tid=172 Quote: "A city man is charged with violating state wiretap laws by recording a detective on his home security camera"
Quick searching turned up a few other cases: http://wcbstv.com/keefe/local_blogentry_251081231. html Quote: "Before releasing Lee, the police allegedly told him he needed a permit to photograph on New York City streets."
Oops, I accidently modded you Overrated instead of Funny. With the stupid new one-click moderation system, I didn't have a chance to change it. Hopefully, replying in the same thread will take it off.
If they listed some kind of time constraint, as well as what type of distance the dirt was being moved... The articles seem to make it sound like there is a 30 minute time limit. As for the distance, it looks like the machines only lift it out of the ground into a collection bin close by (you can probably assume a meter or two).
If we assume a 30 minute time limit, we could move 150kg on the moon (with gravity of 1.6m/s^2), a max of 225m high, on earth it would be a max of 36.7m high. Of course, that is with 100% efficiency. This could obviously be moved a lot further horizontally and the numbers will probably have to be cut in half since we would only be carrying a load for half the time (the other half would be going back to dig).
In any event, the 30W limitation is quite reasonable, assuming the 30 minute time limit and that it doesn't have to be moved too far.
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No, the $35,000 application fee was too expensive:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/11/hes-not-on-the-.html
Just a side comment about Verizon, but we have a full T1 through Verizon and we have had good service from them. Only once has our T1 went down and we had a tech here within an hour working on it and we were up and running shortly thereafter (some sort of battery or something needed to be replaced). Granted, Qwest provides our local line and the dispatched tech was a Qwest tech, so I'm not sure if it speaks to Verizon's response or Qwest's response.
Sorry for replying to my own post, but some more digging turned up this page with details on their HPC products:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/tesla_computing_solutions.html
and this is the card with 128 parallel processors and 1.5GB memory:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/tesla_gpu_processor.html
Video cards don't have 128 processors exactly, but each processor can have 128 separate instruction pipelines (SIMD 'stream' processors) which can run in parallel http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_8800.html. The programmer just loads a small amount of code into each of these stream processors and lets it crank away at the data. In graphics processing, these stream processors are used for per-pixel and per-vertex shading.
You might be on to something there, he could really make the Spock character more hip to appeal to a modern audience. Consider the following changes:
Spock: Facinating.
Keanu: Whoa!
Spock: That would be illogical.
Keanu: That would be most unexcellent!
Spock: Their shields are no match for us.
Keanu: I know kung-fu!
I'm sure there are other obvious changes, feel free to contribute your own.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Solar_land_are
Granted, those locations are huge, but consider all the empty spaces in the deserts of the world that get tons of sunlight but are otherwise useless. I have seen updated maps with smaller locations that assume a higher efficiency solar cell, since this map only assumes 8% efficiency, and normal panels have about 15% with research being done in the 30-40% efficient range.
It's okay, the nice person by the door will collect your geek card on your way out.
So what site do you recommend that nicely consolidates tech news from around the world?
In the example of giving back $12 something instead of $2 something, I think the best thing to do is give the extra $10 back. Namely because the cashier will be responsible if her drawer comes up short, so by keeping the money you're really ripping off the employee, not the business. Ripping off the employee just seems too personal for me.
Of course, as you say, if the items ring up less than they are supposed to, I don't say anything, since this would rip off the business. Ripping off the business, however, is what this ATM/Slot machine issues is doing. So the question becomes how much do you have to rip off the business due to their own mistakes before it's illegal?
How big must the 'windfall' be before we report it? When you're checking out at the supermarket and you notice your item rang up for $2.99 instead of $3.99 that it was supposed to, do you say something? Most of us probably wouldn't say anything, but would raise hell if it was supposed to be $3.99 and it rang up for $4.99. If it's just a $1 difference in our favor, we don't report and let it slide even though we know it's an error in their system. Is that now a crime? If not, then where do we draw the line? If $1 in our favor is not a crime, but say $100 in our favor is, what's the cutoff? Does this just apply to ATM/Slot machines? What if I bought ten items that were $1 off, do I report it then? How about fifty of those items?
It just seems to raise too many questions.
From what I read, yes. It only exposes passwords for the site you're visiting. The most common case of this is on myspace, where visiting a malicious website will transfer your myspace username/password to the website owner. This vulnerability exists on sites that allow users to post custom html and javascript and will expose your username and password for that site.
This does not expose all your passwords, so if you have you bank password stored, it's safe, unless your bank has pages that allow users to post custom html and javascript.
If this guy will open random e-mail attachments, there is a good chance he already has tons of spyware/adware/viruses on his machine anyways. I doubt he would have noticed one more.
But when it comes to voting, American students think that their vote doesn't count, whereas Japanese students think their vote shouldn't count. Big difference, but ultimately, the same outcome: they don't vote.
It's fixed in:
* JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 or later
* JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 or later
* SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and later
From:
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=7664
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/29/18
Quote: "A city man is charged with violating state wiretap laws by recording a detective on his home security camera"
Quick searching turned up a few other cases:
http://wcbstv.com/keefe/local_blogentry_251081231
Quote: "Before releasing Lee, the police allegedly told him he needed a permit to photograph on New York City streets."
http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=13834
Quote: "Cruz said police told him that he broke a new law that prohibits people from taking pictures of police with cell phones."
Oops, I accidently modded you Overrated instead of Funny. With the stupid new one-click moderation system, I didn't have a chance to change it. Hopefully, replying in the same thread will take it off.
The fiscal year for EA begins in April, so this is really April 2008.
I guess that means no Linux or OSX version.
Yep, it was my first thought too, and I was going to post something about it, but it looks like I've been beaten to it.
If we assume a 30 minute time limit, we could move 150kg on the moon (with gravity of 1.6m/s^2), a max of 225m high, on earth it would be a max of 36.7m high. Of course, that is with 100% efficiency. This could obviously be moved a lot further horizontally and the numbers will probably have to be cut in half since we would only be carrying a load for half the time (the other half would be going back to dig).
In any event, the 30W limitation is quite reasonable, assuming the 30 minute time limit and that it doesn't have to be moved too far.