Considering the site wasn't linked in the summary or the article, it would make the slashdot effect null, no ? So it looks like the criminal botnets have gone from DNS redirect to DDOS...
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Seriously, it is. Nowdays, any 'smart' phone should be able to do this, and without any weird command line voodoo (i.e. messing with AT commands).
Case in point : My Nokia E61i was really good about it. Here are the steps : 1) plug into Ubuntu, 2) surf web. No drivers to download, no configuration needed, it just works.
There's mo mention of "shifting NASA to military control", simply allowing them to use some rockets normally only used by the military rather than implementing a new design from scratch.
At the Pentagon, there may be support for combining launch vehicles. While NASA hasnâ(TM)t recently approached the Pentagon about using its Delta IV and Atlas V rockets, building them for manned missions could allow for cost sharing, said Steven Huybrechts, the director of space programs and policy in the office of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who is staying on into the new administration.
So it doesn't look like NASA's administration and focus will change much.
It depends on the situation. In some organizations there might be a desire to move to linux/OpenOffice for a variety of economic, practical, or philosophical reasons.
Consider a school computer lab or a small office receptionist's station, for example. The basic functions of both could easily be met by a default Ubuntu install - email, web, chat, MS office documents, printing, etc. But the school may have special educational software, and the receptionist a custom scheduling app, both written long ago, unmaintained, and windows only.
A few or even a single app can completely block a migration away from Windows. If the app(s) work well enough under WINE, then that problem is avoided.
As far as creating any new applications, the trend seems to be either cloud computing where the OS is irrelevant, or with cross platform libraries/frameworks. There is more of a real danger now of losing marketshare by not supporting multiple platforms, and I see this as becoming more important in the next few years.
No disagreement here, but there is also another issue to consider : jobs and the economy.
Most of the incandescent used in the US are also made in the US. Most if not all CF bulbs are made in China. The result is the loss of hundreds of jobs in the US, in rather uncertain times. GE claims that it is not economical for them to manufacture them here, so rather than retool existing factories is now simply buying the bulbs from Chinese suppliers and selling them in the US.
Hardware support in Linux works well if you build your own machines, or happen to get one with supported hardware. How do you find a system that is fully supported and for which distributions?
I agree and have felt that frustration myself, but for graphics (the topic at hand) the vast majority of GPUs out there are Intel integrated chipsets, for which there are good, stable, OS drivers.
I've had cases where executables created with py2exe were triggering virus scanners. A few users reported this to the virus scanning companies, and the problem went away the next time the virus databases were updated.
Yeah I didn't get the big deal about it either, until I read this:
"Obviously many missions before have found iron, but Chandrayaan-1 has reiterated the presence. We believe it is very significant because the mission has already fulfilled one of its objectives, which was to sight minerals."
Yes, what if we had some sort of lane, a track if you will, where we could feed electricity directly to an electric motor moving passengers along in separated wagons, kinda like big carriages (horseless of course).
We could also set these tracks or lanes to be only used by the electric vehicles, so as to limit interference with other, less efficient vehicles. We might even string these carriages or wagons together to make it even more efficient to transport people to their destinations.
Eventually, we could build entrances and exits, or stations if you will, along their path so people could get on board more efficiently, rather than having to stop every 2 minutes to let someone in the lane.
All in all, I think it's a good idea, but with gas prices this cheap -- it'll never get off the ground.
Yeah. It's called the "if y'all get sick we is gonna bash yo head in wit this ere rock" plan.
I, for one, sure as hell ain't taking no sick days. No siree.
When the new agreement is fully implemented, which should happen in 2010, the U.S. automakers would still bear labor costs of about $9 per hour more than Toyota, but that's far better than the current gap.
There is a direct correlation between infant mortality and birth rate, across all living things. This is why reptiles or fish have so many offspring at once compared to mammals. In mammals, the parents protect and educate the young, ensuring lower mortality rates, and therefore don't need to produce as many offspring to have the same number of adults. Even within mammals, species that provide less maternal care will have more young more often (i.e. dogs, cats) compared to those that provide more (i.e. dolphins, apes).
Looking at our species the same law naturally applies, and its effects can be clearly seen.
If you look at the countries with high birth rates, you will see they are also the ones with high mortality rates. In the short term there will be a population increase but in the long term it will stabilize. The initial increase can (and should) be reduced by providing contraceptives, legalizing abortion, teaching sexual education in schools, and minimizing the influence of religion (if it goes against the first 3). These are things that all modern societies have done, I don't see any reason why others would be unable to do so.
Water has one of the best heat transfers, so by having the water evaporate, you cool the surrounding area. This is what happens when you sweat, for example.
The other thing is that clouds are highly reflective, so the sunlight would never even reach the ground in the first place.
So I can see how these two effects would offset the greenhouse effect.
In any case, doing this would be catastrophic for another reason : what goes up must come down. And where will all this water vapor come down as and where, exactly ? Does southern asia really need more rain ? Does buffalo need more snow ? Can an arid region cope with a high increase in rainfall without causing massive mud slides and other nastiness ? What other unforeseen consequences will putting vast amounts water vapor in the atmosphere have ? These are all questions I hope we never have a definite answer for.
As far as major industries go, I can't think of any that operate without any government help.
We all know of the car and banking industry's plight and their huge rescue plans; the aeronautics industry has been the focus of WTO complaints because both sides of the atlantic were giving 'unfair' government subsidies; pharmaceutical and especially biotech corps often get state or city money to fund private research/production centers; IT gets big tax cuts or other incentives to set up data or call centers; farmers get big subsidies; even the oil industry is given tax payer money; I could go on...
Note that these subsidies/tax cuts are usually sold to tax payers as a way of creating jobs in an area, with the expectation that this will generate even more money for the area's economy in the long run. When successful, these incentives can indeed have a very positive effect on a community. But I fail to see the "Plenty of private industries [that] function without government assistance"... even in a so-called "free market" economy like the US.
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Considering the site wasn't linked in the summary or the article, it would make the slashdot effect null, no ? So it looks like the criminal botnets have gone from DNS redirect to DDOS ...
Help Israel Win
Seriously, it is. Nowdays, any 'smart' phone should be able to do this, and without any weird command line voodoo (i.e. messing with AT commands).
Case in point : My Nokia E61i was really good about it. Here are the steps : 1) plug into Ubuntu, 2) surf web. No drivers to download, no configuration needed, it just works.
yeah but how much of it is real?
...
yeah yeah 'whooosh' I know. still, someone had to say it
At the Pentagon, there may be support for combining launch vehicles. While NASA hasnâ(TM)t recently approached the Pentagon about using its Delta IV and Atlas V rockets, building them for manned missions could allow for cost sharing, said Steven Huybrechts, the director of space programs and policy in the office of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who is staying on into the new administration.
So it doesn't look like NASA's administration and focus will change much.
Thank you. This is the article they should've posted.
It depends on the situation. In some organizations there might be a desire to move to linux/OpenOffice for a variety of economic, practical, or philosophical reasons.
Consider a school computer lab or a small office receptionist's station, for example. The basic functions of both could easily be met by a default Ubuntu install - email, web, chat, MS office documents, printing, etc. But the school may have special educational software, and the receptionist a custom scheduling app, both written long ago, unmaintained, and windows only.
A few or even a single app can completely block a migration away from Windows. If the app(s) work well enough under WINE, then that problem is avoided.
As far as creating any new applications, the trend seems to be either cloud computing where the OS is irrelevant, or with cross platform libraries/frameworks. There is more of a real danger now of losing marketshare by not supporting multiple platforms, and I see this as becoming more important in the next few years.
I am assuming costs are allocated by weight.
On ocean freighters, costs are generally allocated by cubic meter.
No disagreement here, but there is also another issue to consider : jobs and the economy.
Most of the incandescent used in the US are also made in the US. Most if not all CF bulbs are made in China. The result is the loss of hundreds of jobs in the US, in rather uncertain times. GE claims that it is not economical for them to manufacture them here, so rather than retool existing factories is now simply buying the bulbs from Chinese suppliers and selling them in the US.
Hardware support in Linux works well if you build your own machines, or happen to get one with supported hardware. How do you find a system that is fully supported and for which distributions?
I agree and have felt that frustration myself, but for graphics (the topic at hand) the vast majority of GPUs out there are Intel integrated chipsets, for which there are good, stable, OS drivers.
I've had cases where executables created with py2exe were triggering virus scanners. A few users reported this to the virus scanning companies, and the problem went away the next time the virus databases were updated.
$9 per hour more than Toyota, but that's far better than the current gap.
Or maybe you just conveniently ignore certain facts when they don't agree with you ?
"Obviously many missions before have found iron, but Chandrayaan-1 has reiterated the presence. We believe it is very significant because the mission has already fulfilled one of its objectives, which was to sight minerals."
... Ok so now what was the big deal again ?
the submitter of the story wants us all to live in urban environments, but alas, this is not the case for most of India.
TFTFY
79 % of the US's population lives in urban environments, versus 27% for India.
BTW, India does have a well developed passenger rail infrastructure - one of the longest and most used in the world.
Yes, what if we had some sort of lane, a track if you will, where we could feed electricity directly to an electric motor moving passengers along in separated wagons, kinda like big carriages (horseless of course).
...
We could also set these tracks or lanes to be only used by the electric vehicles, so as to limit interference with other, less efficient vehicles. We might even string these carriages or wagons together to make it even more efficient to transport people to their destinations.
Eventually, we could build entrances and exits, or stations if you will, along their path so people could get on board more efficiently, rather than having to stop every 2 minutes to let someone in the lane.
All in all, I think it's a good idea, but with gas prices this cheap -- it'll never get off the ground.
Sorry couldn't resist
Henry V ? More like Henry VIII ...
Yeah. It's called the "if y'all get sick we is gonna bash yo head in wit this ere rock" plan.
I, for one, sure as hell ain't taking no sick days. No siree.
When the new agreement is fully implemented, which should happen in 2010, the U.S. automakers would still bear labor costs of about $9 per hour more than Toyota, but that's far better than the current gap.
Oh and ...
Labor Costs Aren't the Same as Wages Earned
How does that invalidate the GP's claim ?
Why thank you for that, that was very "the inside of Hellwig's head".
There is a direct correlation between infant mortality and birth rate, across all living things. This is why reptiles or fish have so many offspring at once compared to mammals. In mammals, the parents protect and educate the young, ensuring lower mortality rates, and therefore don't need to produce as many offspring to have the same number of adults. Even within mammals, species that provide less maternal care will have more young more often (i.e. dogs, cats) compared to those that provide more (i.e. dolphins, apes).
Looking at our species the same law naturally applies, and its effects can be clearly seen. If you look at the countries with high birth rates, you will see they are also the ones with high mortality rates. In the short term there will be a population increase but in the long term it will stabilize. The initial increase can (and should) be reduced by providing contraceptives, legalizing abortion, teaching sexual education in schools, and minimizing the influence of religion (if it goes against the first 3). These are things that all modern societies have done, I don't see any reason why others would be unable to do so.
What is the rule that you're using? What I have as a test is:
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p udp --sport 68 --dport 67 -j DROP
Assuming that your firewall runs dhcpd (67) and a client requests for an IP (68) and it works for me (the client doesn't get any IP assigned).
Ramin
source.
What was the security hole ? Just wondering.
The other solution is to use asshole seeking missiles ...
Hum, not sure that's a good idea, I don't think the species would survive that.
You have my vote.
Water has one of the best heat transfers, so by having the water evaporate, you cool the surrounding area. This is what happens when you sweat, for example.
The other thing is that clouds are highly reflective, so the sunlight would never even reach the ground in the first place.
So I can see how these two effects would offset the greenhouse effect.
In any case, doing this would be catastrophic for another reason : what goes up must come down. And where will all this water vapor come down as and where, exactly ? Does southern asia really need more rain ? Does buffalo need more snow ? Can an arid region cope with a high increase in rainfall without causing massive mud slides and other nastiness ? What other unforeseen consequences will putting vast amounts water vapor in the atmosphere have ? These are all questions I hope we never have a definite answer for.
As far as major industries go, I can't think of any that operate without any government help. ...
... even in a so-called "free market" economy like the US.
We all know of the car and banking industry's plight and their huge rescue plans; the aeronautics industry has been the focus of WTO complaints because both sides of the atlantic were giving 'unfair' government subsidies; pharmaceutical and especially biotech corps often get state or city money to fund private research/production centers; IT gets big tax cuts or other incentives to set up data or call centers; farmers get big subsidies; even the oil industry is given tax payer money; I could go on
Note that these subsidies/tax cuts are usually sold to tax payers as a way of creating jobs in an area, with the expectation that this will generate even more money for the area's economy in the long run. When successful, these incentives can indeed have a very positive effect on a community. But I fail to see the "Plenty of private industries [that] function without government assistance"