Yep, that's it I guess, changes to hardware management. I have been running Xvnc X server for years as a normal user since it doesn't need to talk to the hardware.
Yep, they should build cordless mice that beeps when you whistle at them, like those keyrings I have seen that do just that;-) For my cell phone, I just dial the cell's number to make it ring;-))
I use a cordless mouse but a corded one is plugged in the computer as well. Hence I can always use the corded one if I forget to recharge the batteries on the cordless one. Having 2 mice plugged into my computer at the same time doesn't seem to be a problem for me. !;-)
You bet it is !!!;-))) Comment #http://slashdot.org/
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It always takes a while to educate the whole population with regards to technical stuff, after a while, it becomes public knowledge although;-)))
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Is it just me and where I live or have last summer and winter been pretty warm while this current summer seems cooler with the return of the sun's spot ?;-)))
Nope, as the OP explained, judges aren't allowed to use common sense if a law says otherwise. Ultimately, people vote to elect a government that will make laws telling the judges what to do. This is how the system works.
Higher court judges have more discretion at their disposal with regards to using common sense, I would bet she will still be found guilty but the amount to pay could be lowered.
Lower court judges tend to stick to the text of the law. Nothing is worse for a lower court judge career than getting his sentence overruled by a higher court judge because he did not follow the text of the law. As long as he stick to the text of the law, he is safe.
It is easier for higher court judges to establish jurisprudence. It is more risky for lower court judges although it occurs sometimes.
Disclaimer: The above sentence was intentionally left ambiguous if we relate to TFA context. As a hint, by "resistance", "A force that tends to oppose or retard motion." was meant.
I would not try to convince him. Just write a memo describing the issues without sounding alarmist. It is up to the boss to evaluate the risks and to take the decision. Once you have written your memo, you are basically covered.
Now could be a good time to write this memo, just remember not to sound alarmist, just describe the possible issues although the risk is slim. You could say that you have been inspired by recent events in big data centers;-))
As per licensing issues, call your Oracle/MS representatives, they offer special deals for fail-over sites. This will be a good point to mention in your memo (cost).
Best solution for big outfits is to have at least this setup:
1) One party being the main contractor. This party doesn't do ANY hosting per say but only manages the fail-over strategy, doing the relevant testing once in a while.
2) A second party being involved in hosting and managing data centers.
3) A third party, completely independent from party 2, a competitor of 2 is preferable, which also does hosting and manages data centers.
It is the same principle when you bring redundant internet connectivity to a building :
1) Have the fiber from one provider come into the building from, say, the north side of the building.
2) Have a competitor, unrelated business wise, that doesn't use the same upstream providers bring his fibers in from the South side of the building.
Putting all your eggs in the same basket by dealing with only one business entity constitute a less robust solution.
This is not a new concept, it has been covered in one episode of South Park where some guy kills everybody in WOW and the kids get together to defeat him.
I mean, if it has been covered in South Park, I would guess this occurred in other games before. Still interesting to see the similarities with the South Park episode although....
I totally understand your point although I have posted on this thread on the need for a proper backup solution.
Real life example : My father lost his disk some day so the computer wouldn't boot anymore. He told me that he did not mind that much about the data; He just wanted the computer to boot again so he could access his banking site and browse the web.
I set him with raid mirroring just to save him the trouble if a single drive failed again. I offered him a backup solution while asking him what needed to be backed up. He replied that raid was good enough, that there wasn't anything on his computer worth backing up.
In computer science courses, they teach us to understand the customer needs. If the customer can't list a thing to be backed up, then he doesn't need a backup solution. He just needs a computer that will still boot if a single drive fails. e.g. more reliability without backups;-)))
So, if you do not care about your data, yes raid will save you from a single drive failure in most cases;-))
A serious backup solution HAS to include incremental backups where you keep ALL previous copies of a file for a given period of time.
Otherwise, you will quickly get screwed in various scenarios. One of them is your main controller failing so slowly that you won't realize that your data is slightly corrupted before it is too late (e.g. you have already overwritten the copy and you no longer possess any non-corrupted copy)
It also needs to have all components redundant. The cheapest way to achieve this is to have a second computer and use the network to do your backups.
Agreed, RAID prevents from a drive failure, period. If your controller fails you lose data, if your mother board fails you may loose data, if your memory fails, you may loose data, etc...
As the poster said, I would go first with a proper backup strategy, it is more important in order to secure your data. Then, go with RAID if you evaluate that you still need it. Heck, as the other poster mentioned, you may find out that you do not need RAID anywhere although I always like to add RAID AFTER my strategy is made-up. RAID doesn't really count when you calculate how safe your data is. It's only a "nice to have".
A proper backup strategy involves a second computer that makes everything redundant (memory, controller, MB, etc..) or very expensive business grade devices (+5000 $) with components that are orders of magnitude more reliable than the ones in a cheap PC and that often have those components installed in pairs to insure redundancy within the device !!! Go with a second computer to save.
Java-interpreters are so 1996. Nowadays, JVM all have one form or another of "Just In time Compilers". This means the Java byte code is compiled once and that the x86 machine code is then cached so the next time it is used, the Java byte code doesn't have to be re-interpreted .
This is 20 to 30 times faster than a 1996 interpreter and this is the only reason why Java applications now comes to par with C++ applications in terms of speed. Often Java applications can be faster because JITs usually also do run-time optimization of the code, similar to the following link, only it occurs at run-time in Java :
It seems to me like GPS provides other features than mileage tracking which the government could use.
If we are only concerned about tracking the mileage, there is already nice tool that does just this, couldn't it be used to also display how much it costs us in real time ?;-)))
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> messenger that has your phone number is online
Doesn't messenger allow you to give your number to anybody that doesn't have it ??? ;-))
> But running apps remotely and having them display on a local X server _NEVER_ required root access of any kind on the remote server....
entirely correct, the X server is the component talking to the video card.
> This seems to be entirely a local security gain for users who will be interacting with local graphics hardware.
correct !!!
Yep, that's it I guess, changes to hardware management. I have been running Xvnc X server for years as a normal user since it doesn't need to talk to the hardware.
Yep, they should build cordless mice that beeps when you whistle at them, like those keyrings I have seen that do just that ;-) For my cell phone, I just dial the cell's number to make it ring ;-))
I use a cordless mouse but a corded one is plugged in the computer as well. Hence I can always use the corded one if I forget to recharge the batteries on the cordless one. Having 2 mice plugged into my computer at the same time doesn't seem to be a problem for me. ! ;-)
You bet it is !!! ;-))) Comment
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It always takes a while to educate the whole population with regards to technical stuff, after a while, it becomes public knowledge although ;-)))
Is it just me and where I live or have last summer and winter been pretty warm while this current summer seems cooler with the return of the sun's spot ? ;-)))
Nope, as the OP explained, judges aren't allowed to use common sense if a law says otherwise. Ultimately, people vote to elect a government that will make laws telling the judges what to do. This is how the system works.
Higher court judges have more discretion at their disposal with regards to using common sense, I would bet she will still be found guilty but the amount to pay could be lowered.
Lower court judges tend to stick to the text of the law. Nothing is worse for a lower court judge career than getting his sentence overruled by a higher court judge because he did not follow the text of the law. As long as he stick to the text of the law, he is safe.
It is easier for higher court judges to establish jurisprudence. It is more risky for lower court judges although it occurs sometimes.
Resistance is futile in some cases ;-))
Disclaimer: The above sentence was intentionally left ambiguous if we relate to TFA context. As a hint, by "resistance",
"A force that tends to oppose or retard motion." was meant.
done !! oups, posting seems to have voided my mod ;-((
>> "morons are building logically centralized systems"
I have worked with such a moron doing architecture on a big government project ;-)) unbelievable...
His argument was that "The government likes centralized systems" ;-))
I would not try to convince him. Just write a memo describing the issues without sounding alarmist. It is up to the boss to evaluate the risks and to take the decision. Once you have written your memo, you are basically covered.
Now could be a good time to write this memo, just remember not to sound alarmist, just describe the possible issues although the risk is slim. You could say that you have been inspired by recent events in big data centers ;-))
As per licensing issues, call your Oracle/MS representatives, they offer special deals for fail-over sites. This will be a good point to mention in your memo (cost).
Best solution for big outfits is to have at least this setup:
1) One party being the main contractor. This party doesn't do ANY hosting per say but only manages the fail-over strategy, doing the relevant testing once in a while.
2) A second party being involved in hosting and managing data centers.
3) A third party, completely independent from party 2, a competitor of 2 is preferable, which also does hosting and manages data centers.
It is the same principle when you bring redundant internet connectivity to a building :
1) Have the fiber from one provider come into the building from, say, the north side of the building.
2) Have a competitor, unrelated business wise, that doesn't use the same upstream providers bring his fibers in from the South side of the building.
Putting all your eggs in the same basket by dealing with only one business entity constitute a less robust solution.
This is not a new concept, it has been covered in one episode of South Park where some guy kills everybody in WOW and the kids get together to defeat him.
I mean, if it has been covered in South Park, I would guess this occurred in other games before. Still interesting to see the similarities with the South Park episode although....
I totally understand your point although I have posted on this thread on the need for a proper backup solution.
Real life example : My father lost his disk some day so the computer wouldn't boot anymore. He told me that he did not mind that much about the data; He just wanted the computer to boot again so he could access his banking site and browse the web.
I set him with raid mirroring just to save him the trouble if a single drive failed again. I offered him a backup solution while asking him what needed to be backed up. He replied that raid was good enough, that there wasn't anything on his computer worth backing up.
In computer science courses, they teach us to understand the customer needs. If the customer can't list a thing to be backed up, then he doesn't need a backup solution. He just needs a computer that will still boot if a single drive fails. e.g. more reliability without backups ;-)))
So, if you do not care about your data, yes raid will save you from a single drive failure in most cases ;-))
I am switching to windows right now thanks to you and your very clever way to find out the truth :
Results 1 - 10 of about 28,500,000 for linux is better than windows.
Results 1 - 10 of about 232,000,000 for windows is better than linux.
A serious backup solution HAS to include incremental backups where you keep ALL previous copies of a file for a given period of time.
Otherwise, you will quickly get screwed in various scenarios. One of them is your main controller failing so slowly that you won't realize that your data is slightly corrupted before it is too late (e.g. you have already overwritten the copy and you no longer possess any non-corrupted copy)
It also needs to have all components redundant. The cheapest way to achieve this is to have a second computer and use the network to do your backups.
Agreed, RAID prevents from a drive failure, period. If your controller fails you lose data, if your mother board fails you may loose data, if your memory fails, you may loose data, etc...
As the poster said, I would go first with a proper backup strategy, it is more important in order to secure your data. Then, go with RAID if you evaluate that you still need it. Heck, as the other poster mentioned, you may find out that you do not need RAID anywhere although I always like to add RAID AFTER my strategy is made-up. RAID doesn't really count when you calculate how safe your data is. It's only a "nice to have".
A proper backup strategy involves a second computer that makes everything redundant (memory, controller, MB, etc..) or very expensive business grade devices (+5000 $) with components that are orders of magnitude more reliable than the ones in a cheap PC and that often have those components installed in pairs to insure redundancy within the device !!! Go with a second computer to save.
Hints on a backup solutions:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1277921&cid=28429713&art_pos=37
I used:
export CFLAGS="-O2 -march=circa -pipe"
export CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=circa -pipe"
export CHOST="Teletype-circa"
export MAKEOPTS="-j0.01"
Java-interpreters are so 1996. Nowadays, JVM all have one form or another of "Just In time Compilers". This means the Java byte code is compiled once and that the x86 machine code is then cached so the next time it is used, the Java byte code doesn't have to be re-interpreted .
This is 20 to 30 times faster than a 1996 interpreter and this is the only reason why Java applications now comes to par with C++ applications in terms of speed. Often Java applications can be faster because JITs usually also do run-time optimization of the code, similar to the following link, only it occurs at run-time in Java :
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/07/03/0143233/IBM-Releases-Open-Source-Machine-Learning-Compiler?art_pos=12
Here you go:
http://adservices.zango.com/
http://corporate.zango.com/ ;-))
Where this projector would be adapted on a car to project an autobahn lane with no speed limit while driving on the highway ;-)) ?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Zeichen_330.svg/100px-Zeichen_330.svg.png
Anyway, would this type of device be legal everywhere even for bikes ?
It seems to me like GPS provides other features than mileage tracking which the government could use.
If we are only concerned about tracking the mileage, there is already nice tool that does just this, couldn't it be used to also display how much it costs us in real time ? ;-)))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taximeter