Having worked with Tandem, I can tell you that a bullet stopping the system would have to be very, very well fired. In our Tandem systems EVERYTHING was at least redundant. Often put in two mirrored cabinets with internal redundancy. This meant that if you shot a bullet into one of the cabinets, it would probably function on the internal redundancy. If not, the other cabinet would take over. The system I know did not have a single unplanned second of downtime in 13 years. Actually, it did not have any downtime in that time, since the dual cabinet layout made it possible to do large scale updates of hardware and software without bringing the system down.
I would rather explain this as a "Glitch in the Matrix", eh, "Glitch in the legal system". We have a law protecting the religions from slander. The conflicts somewhat with the right of free speech but not not more than if I lied publically about a person.
BTW: The film was perfectly legal to view, buy and show for any private citizen. Just not for the state controlled media, because the are not supposed to fuck around with any religion.
OK, let's see why he should put up a Linux (Or MacOS X) box.
Updates: W2k: Can be updated semiautomatically, must reinstall whole system and reinstall when system hits the One Year Hosing.
Linux: RedHat Update is automagical and features rollback. Apt-get demands som typing, can be scripted
MacOSX: Update is semiautomatical
Software snags: W2K: Outlook is a global pain in the ass with 4 year old security problems STILL not taken properly care of. Word is prone to crashing etc.
Linux: Openoffvce a bit slow but functions otherwise quite well, Evolution is everything Outlook is minus the VirusEngine.
MacOS: Mail, cool. Phone/PDA integragion, cool. Word, crashes.
This article is mislead in so many ways. People here have covered the fact that BT and WIFI are ment to co-exist, so I'll skip that.
Anyone who have seen an Apple intergrate with an Ericsson t68i will be convinced that BT is a killer app. It works seamlessly and is so beautifully integrated that I could cry with joy when I get to send an SMS on-screen "just like that".
BT suffers from ONE thing only. Bastard companies that love proprietary devices. Like Nokia. Nokias BT headset twists the BT regulations by transmitting the audio through data profiles, not audio profiles like it is supposed to. So you can't get cheat headsets for Nokia until someone makes a data-only headset. This is killing BT, not lack of usage. BT along with Airport is a marriage made in heaven.
Visit us in Europe, and see that BT is in daily usage mr. Frankston.
BONUS: Try the Bluetooth pic-swap-game! The rules are simple. Be sure to have a cool picture of yourself on your fancy-schmancy phone. Nudeness optional, but recommended. Keep Bluetooth enabled on the phone (Notice how this does not drain your batteries like you were jump-starting an F-16) When bored, search for other phones in public places. When you finde a phone, transmit the picture and it will pop up like a message on the other phone. If the other person is cool and tech-savvy like you, (s)he will transmit a pic back. Yay!
They're accepted as part of the daily dealings with computers.
Aaah, but what happens when people find an alternative? My mom (yeah,yeah...) was shopping for a computer to use in web publishing. Previous OS: Windows 98 SE. She bought an iBook, and as a direct result the support phones to me has gone down from 2 a day to 2 a month. And then it's usually about the web publishing tool.
As a result of switching to MacOS X, life at work becomes unbearable for her. She gets pissed off if a flaky Win2k driver results in a 2-hour work loss, as we should be. The colleauges shrug it off andgo for a smoke while the computer reboots. How did we get used to this? I think we all should use an OS that is more stable than our everyday OS just to expect more.
Sometimes the bugs aren't in the code, but in the infratructure. Let me tell you the Saga of the Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse...
'Twas in the days where the Bluetooth system was in its infancy. XP just reached SP1 and MacOS X ruled the user-friendly skies. I borrowed a Microsoft Bluetooth mouse to test at home. As I read the description on the web page, I looked forward to the " effortless, cable-free connections with Bluetooth compatible devices*, including phones" as advertised on the web page.
I went home and tried to set up this little blue wonder. I was merrily greeted with a "FUCK YOU go buy XP" message on the screen of my Win2k machine. Oh fiddlesticks, I said to my self and phoned a friend with XP. We went to try the Bluetooth wonder on his machine. I popped the USB dongle in, and by the way it is a LONG dongle. The always-friendly message popped up on the screen: "Your system suck, upgrade to XP SP1 now", wich was fortunlately included on a CD with the mouse. I upgraded the system and half an hour later I rebooted (twice) and popped in the Bluetooth XP stack drivers. It seems that Microsoft shipped the Bluetooth stack in English, French (Probably not anymore), Spanish, Japanese, two types of Chinese, Portugese, Arabic, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, and German but not in Norwegian as the system was installed.It would not install, as I might be exposed to English in some menus and we all know that it could be fatal. So the installation was cancelled and I poured my self a hard drink of vodka on the rocks.
A couple of days later, I was at my mom's chopping down a tree in the garden. The Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth was still in my backpack. I went to the iBook to do some mental meditation when I got a wicked, wicked idea. What if I tried the Bluetooth dongle on the iBook? What could happen??? So I tried it. I popped it in and the blue light went on, and......nothing. Not a driver request, no fretting about shelling out more dough to buy another OS, no nothing. I was a bit disappointed, but then I saw it. The Bluetooth rune symbol went on and the The Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth finally worked. Not on ANY Microsoft product I tried but the iBook. And it worked perfectly from the get-go. When my phone recieved an SMS, it popped automagically up on the screen where I could type in a reply, add the phone # to the address book or make it fetch a cortado from the caffeine dealer down the street.
Now that's good programming.
Disclaimer: I don't own an Apple, but I really like them. My home OS is RedHat 8. So now you know.
I've been looking for a flat-screen (Plasma or other) TV without a tuner for one specific purpose. Here in Norway, we pay an annual fee to the state owned broadcasting system for the priviledge of owning a TV. While I'm not opposed to this, I find that the channels (Both commercial and state) have so much crap on the that I would like to own a tuner-less TV. If the memorystick Duo can give me a TV fix (Mostly BBC World) over the PDA, and not paying any fees, I'm happy.
(Note: You have to pay the fee per TV-capable tuner, so this is just a way of cheating.)
He has been to trial under Norwegian laws, and was aquitted. Even though the trial was pushed forward by the MPAA (As a private part seeking to bring what it think is a crime to trial), it was very correctly aquitted with a crushing verdict in the trial.
The fact remains though that this crash isn't really that big of a deal. Sure it crashes IE, but it's not like most content webpages want their reader's browsers crashing when they reach the page. I (have to (it's a app made for the MS version of java)) use IE for inputting data to the web publishing system at work. I also like to have more than one window open and surf around while researching stories. I have encountered lots and lots of annoying IE errors that either crashes the app or renderes it unsuable. When that happens, I risk losing my work unless I save it whenever I do anything else with the browser. That is really annoying, that is why I don't like IE.
I've never quite seen the SE kick in before I started viewing stories from the "mystrious future". But on this site, I could clearly notice when the Slashdot posting header went from red to green. Wow.
As for the quality perspective, I totally agree to your post. But I think that convergence is a major advantage for many people. At my work (a web newssite), we are constantly looking for the day when a high qualty-pixel PDA phone enters the market. Reason? We want to equip the journalists with these as their image / audio / text inputting platform for professional use. Sure, we could use a PDA, a phone and a camere but this becomes really cumbersome to drag around every day. So for now, a bluetooth camera and phone looks like the best solution.
I agree. I said to the owner that I, personally, will boycott the store as long as they keep up with the ban. Not a second longer. I'ts not like I enjoy taking a kilometer long detour just to buy an extension cord...:/
No, I said what I meant about the actions of the chain, I tried to understand why they did this, and explained what I would do as a consumer.
As for the flaunting part, it wasn't to rub it in the face of the owner, but to prove that I would what I threatened to do. A lot of people voice their opinions but do nothing. E.g.: I seriously don't think you would call me a moron to my face.
People have a choice. They do not have to buy the game and give it to their kids. I would never let my kids play this game, since I don't believe it is in their best interest. But I want to play it, and buy it. This chain is actively hindering me in buying it and thereby forcing me to take my business elsewhere. But if I just did that, they would not notice. This way, they notice.
BTW: I talked to a friend about the policy, and he agrees. He is in the process of redecorating and will not not buy the kitchen appliances, electrical heaters, TV or anything else from this store. He will, however, present the owner with a reciept for what the store missed of sales. Maybe I'll start a webpage?
A short introduction: My fridge kicked the bucket two weeks ago. I quickly started investigating where to buy a new and cheap fridge fast. The trip went to the Expert chain on the other side of the road and I inquired about the latest Whirpool fridges. I talked to the salesperson on the showroom floor and then went to the checkout to investigate the prices. I also started to look for a stove and a to-piece ceramic plate for later
There I saw a familiar sight. There was a poster of GTA3 along with a printed message saying "This store does not carry the following games: GTA3, GTA: Vice City and BMX XXX. because we don't sell violent games to youngsters. We boycott these games"
The really catered to the asshole in me and I asked exactly why they did not want to sell these games. The clerk stumbled out som answer like "We don't want young people to see graphic contents etc.". I asked her if she had actually read the covre of games like GTA:VC. The cover here is covered with a warning not to distribute to youngsters, approx 1/3 of the front in size. She had not. I asked her if the store prevously had a practise of selling this game to children, thus ignoring the manufacturer's warning. She said no. I then said that if you only sold the game to people 18 years of age, why boycott it? She could not give an answer to that.
I then spoke to the store manager and said: "I disagree to your boycott and have decided to cease all purchases from this store and all Expert stores until you let people think a bit for themselves. This wil cost you the following in lost sales in near future."
The owner really got something to think about then. He looked dumbfounded.
I walked out of that store and went to a mom-and-pop electronics storer that did not carry videogames at all and they were nicer and cheaper. After completing the purchases there I went to the Expert store and showed the manager the 3000USD reciept for sales he missed. I underlined that I would NEVER purchase anything there, but walk a click to the next store.
Again, I believe he started to think about the boycott.
Number portability and virtual networks is the key to a healthy and competitive cell market. I live in Norway, where we have two networks (Telenor (former state monopoly) and Netcom). These companies have the GSM infrastructure and rents out air time to virtual operators such as Chess, Sense, Carrot and You. Combine the vitual networks with law-mandatory number portability and you've got some good competition going on. The prices have gone down a bit after the portability was introduced. When there was only Telenor and Netcom, you had an effective oligopoly.
I have never heard of the "Karoline Prize", even though I went to the second highest rated school in Norway (Based on grades). After doing some googling, I found that the Karoline prize is a prize to a student who accomplishes to combine school and culture / sports activites on a high level. One of these persons is the artist Lene Marlin. There is no mention of Jon Johansen in the three Google pages of Karolineprisen.
Yes, and when I was in the court room they did not even ONCE prove that the DeCSS program was used illegally. Even though they had the stupidly bragging chat logs.
1) The MPAA does not pay for this trial, except for a lawyer sitting on the audience bench watchin the trial and reporting to the MPAA.
2) Repeat after me: THERE IS NO RETRIAL POSSIBILITY IN NORWAY. You CAN'T be trialed twice or more for the same crime + charges. Yes, the people can appeal but so can the defendant.
3) Laywer expenses in a Norwegian penal case IS PAID BY THE STATE. That means that you can get the most l33t lawyer in all of Norway working for you. Usually, these lawyers only take the high-profile cases so you end up with a decent lawyer. Second-rate lawyers end up in companies and minesteries here.
4) Here, you can lose the trial, but the trial expeneses are usually paid by the state because the extra expenses are often viewed as an additional punishment. Wich is illegal.
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Having worked with Tandem, I can tell you that a bullet stopping the system would have to be very, very well fired. In our Tandem systems EVERYTHING was at least redundant. Often put in two mirrored cabinets with internal redundancy. This meant that if you shot a bullet into one of the cabinets, it would probably function on the internal redundancy. If not, the other cabinet would take over. The system I know did not have a single unplanned second of downtime in 13 years. Actually, it did not have any downtime in that time, since the dual cabinet layout made it possible to do large scale updates of hardware and software without bringing the system down.
BTW: The film was perfectly legal to view, buy and show for any private citizen. Just not for the state controlled media, because the are not supposed to fuck around with any religion.
OK, let's see why he should put up a Linux (Or MacOS X) box.
/PDA integragion, cool. Word, crashes.
Updates:
W2k: Can be updated semiautomatically, must reinstall whole system and reinstall when system hits the One Year Hosing.
Linux: RedHat Update is automagical and features rollback. Apt-get demands som typing, can be scripted
MacOSX: Update is semiautomatical
Software snags:
W2K: Outlook is a global pain in the ass with 4 year old security problems STILL not taken properly care of. Word is prone to crashing etc.
Linux: Openoffvce a bit slow but functions otherwise quite well, Evolution is everything Outlook is minus the VirusEngine.
MacOS: Mail, cool. Phone
Here it is!
This article is mislead in so many ways. People here have covered the fact that BT and WIFI are ment to co-exist, so I'll skip that.
Anyone who have seen an Apple intergrate with an Ericsson t68i will be convinced that BT is a killer app. It works seamlessly and is so beautifully integrated that I could cry with joy when I get to send an SMS on-screen "just like that".
BT suffers from ONE thing only. Bastard companies that love proprietary devices. Like Nokia. Nokias BT headset twists the BT regulations by transmitting the audio through data profiles, not audio profiles like it is supposed to. So you can't get cheat headsets for Nokia until someone makes a data-only headset. This is killing BT, not lack of usage. BT along with Airport is a marriage made in heaven.
Visit us in Europe, and see that BT is in daily usage mr. Frankston.
BONUS: Try the Bluetooth pic-swap-game! The rules are simple. Be sure to have a cool picture of yourself on your fancy-schmancy phone. Nudeness optional, but recommended. Keep Bluetooth enabled on the phone (Notice how this does not drain your batteries like you were jump-starting an F-16) When bored, search for other phones in public places. When you finde a phone, transmit the picture and it will pop up like a message on the other phone. If the other person is cool and tech-savvy like you, (s)he will transmit a pic back. Yay!
Aaah, but what happens when people find an alternative? My mom (yeah,yeah...) was shopping for a computer to use in web publishing. Previous OS: Windows 98 SE. She bought an iBook, and as a direct result the support phones to me has gone down from 2 a day to 2 a month. And then it's usually about the web publishing tool.
As a result of switching to MacOS X, life at work becomes unbearable for her. She gets pissed off if a flaky Win2k driver results in a 2-hour work loss, as we should be. The colleauges shrug it off andgo for a smoke while the computer reboots. How did we get used to this? I think we all should use an OS that is more stable than our everyday OS just to expect more.
Sometimes the bugs aren't in the code, but in the infratructure. Let me tell you the Saga of the Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse...
'Twas in the days where the Bluetooth system was in its infancy. XP just reached SP1 and MacOS X ruled the user-friendly skies. I borrowed a Microsoft Bluetooth mouse to test at home. As I read the description on the web page, I looked forward to the " effortless, cable-free connections with Bluetooth compatible devices*, including phones" as advertised on the web page.
I went home and tried to set up this little blue wonder. I was merrily greeted with a "FUCK YOU go buy XP" message on the screen of my Win2k machine. Oh fiddlesticks, I said to my self and phoned a friend with XP. We went to try the Bluetooth wonder on his machine. I popped the USB dongle in, and by the way it is a LONG dongle. The always-friendly message popped up on the screen: "Your system suck, upgrade to XP SP1 now", wich was fortunlately included on a CD with the mouse. I upgraded the system and half an hour later I rebooted (twice) and popped in the Bluetooth XP stack drivers. It seems that Microsoft shipped the Bluetooth stack in English, French (Probably not anymore), Spanish, Japanese, two types of Chinese, Portugese, Arabic, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, and German but not in Norwegian as the system was installed.It would not install, as I might be exposed to English in some menus and we all know that it could be fatal. So the installation was cancelled and I poured my self a hard drink of vodka on the rocks.
A couple of days later, I was at my mom's chopping down a tree in the garden. The Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth was still in my backpack. I went to the iBook to do some mental meditation when I got a wicked, wicked idea. What if I tried the Bluetooth dongle on the iBook? What could happen??? So I tried it. I popped it in and the blue light went on, and... ...nothing. Not a driver request, no fretting about shelling out more dough to buy another OS, no nothing. I was a bit disappointed, but then I saw it. The Bluetooth rune symbol went on and the The Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth finally worked. Not on ANY Microsoft product I tried but the iBook. And it worked perfectly from the get-go. When my phone recieved an SMS, it popped automagically up on the screen where I could type in a reply, add the phone # to the address book or make it fetch a cortado from the caffeine dealer down the street.
Now that's good programming.
Disclaimer: I don't own an Apple, but I really like them. My home OS is RedHat 8. So now you know.
It's the same here, as long as the TV (Or more correct; monitor) is without a tuner. That's why you have to pay the fee for owning a VCR.
Mr. Ray M. Dolby would probably disagree to that... ;)
I've been looking for a flat-screen (Plasma or other) TV without a tuner for one specific purpose. Here in Norway, we pay an annual fee to the state owned broadcasting system for the priviledge of owning a TV. While I'm not opposed to this, I find that the channels (Both commercial and state) have so much crap on the that I would like to own a tuner-less TV. If the memorystick Duo can give me a TV fix (Mostly BBC World) over the PDA, and not paying any fees, I'm happy.
(Note: You have to pay the fee per TV-capable tuner, so this is just a way of cheating.)
Duo has a smaller footprint...
I agree. I use Opera for surfing now. Crash-proof... :)
He has been to trial under Norwegian laws, and was aquitted. Even though the trial was pushed forward by the MPAA (As a private part seeking to bring what it think is a crime to trial), it was very correctly aquitted with a crushing verdict in the trial.
The fact remains though that this crash isn't really that big of a deal. Sure it crashes IE, but it's not like most content webpages want their reader's browsers crashing when they reach the page.
I (have to (it's a app made for the MS version of java)) use IE for inputting data to the web publishing system at work. I also like to have more than one window open and surf around while researching stories. I have encountered lots and lots of annoying IE errors that either crashes the app or renderes it unsuable. When that happens, I risk losing my work unless I save it whenever I do anything else with the browser. That is really annoying, that is why I don't like IE.
I've never quite seen the SE kick in before I started viewing stories from the "mystrious future". But on this site, I could clearly notice when the Slashdot posting header went from red to green. Wow.
As for the quality perspective, I totally agree to your post. But I think that convergence is a major advantage for many people. At my work (a web newssite), we are constantly looking for the day when a high qualty-pixel PDA phone enters the market. Reason? We want to equip the journalists with these as their image / audio / text inputting platform for professional use. Sure, we could use a PDA, a phone and a camere but this becomes really cumbersome to drag around every day. So for now, a bluetooth camera and phone looks like the best solution.
Really mature. No, really. This explains your friend / foe list I guess. And the first 50% of your postings.
This is the last posting I make in this matter.
I agree. I said to the owner that I, personally, will boycott the store as long as they keep up with the ban. Not a second longer. I'ts not like I enjoy taking a kilometer long detour just to buy an extension cord... :/
Just for the record. You are now on my Foe-list because you do little more than harassing others and ranting without source disclosure.
All others; sorry for the OT posting.
No, I said what I meant about the actions of the chain, I tried to understand why they did this, and explained what I would do as a consumer.
As for the flaunting part, it wasn't to rub it in the face of the owner, but to prove that I would what I threatened to do. A lot of people voice their opinions but do nothing. E.g.: I seriously don't think you would call me a moron to my face.
People have a choice. They do not have to buy the game and give it to their kids. I would never let my kids play this game, since I don't believe it is in their best interest. But I want to play it, and buy it. This chain is actively hindering me in buying it and thereby forcing me to take my business elsewhere. But if I just did that, they would not notice. This way, they notice.
BTW: I talked to a friend about the policy, and he agrees. He is in the process of redecorating and will not not buy the kitchen appliances, electrical heaters, TV or anything else from this store. He will, however, present the owner with a reciept for what the store missed of sales. Maybe I'll start a webpage?
Really, it is! Just like yesterday's PVP...
A short introduction: My fridge kicked the bucket two weeks ago. I quickly started investigating where to buy a new and cheap fridge fast. The trip went to the Expert chain on the other side of the road and I inquired about the latest Whirpool fridges. I talked to the salesperson on the showroom floor and then went to the checkout to investigate the prices. I also started to look for a stove and a to-piece ceramic plate for later
There I saw a familiar sight. There was a poster of GTA3 along with a printed message saying "This store does not carry the following games: GTA3, GTA: Vice City and BMX XXX. because we don't sell violent games to youngsters. We boycott these games"
The really catered to the asshole in me and I asked exactly why they did not want to sell these games. The clerk stumbled out som answer like "We don't want young people to see graphic contents etc.". I asked her if she had actually read the covre of games like GTA:VC. The cover here is covered with a warning not to distribute to youngsters, approx 1/3 of the front in size. She had not.
I asked her if the store prevously had a practise of selling this game to children, thus ignoring the manufacturer's warning. She said no.
I then said that if you only sold the game to people 18 years of age, why boycott it? She could not give an answer to that.
I then spoke to the store manager and said: "I disagree to your boycott and have decided to cease all purchases from this store and all Expert stores until you let people think a bit for themselves. This wil cost you the following in lost sales in near future."
The owner really got something to think about then. He looked dumbfounded.
I walked out of that store and went to a mom-and-pop electronics storer that did not carry videogames at all and they were nicer and cheaper. After completing the purchases there I went to the Expert store and showed the manager the 3000USD reciept for sales he missed. I underlined that I would NEVER purchase anything there, but walk a click to the next store.
Again, I believe he started to think about the boycott.
Number portability and virtual networks is the key to a healthy and competitive cell market. I live in Norway, where we have two networks (Telenor (former state monopoly) and Netcom). These companies have the GSM infrastructure and rents out air time to virtual operators such as Chess, Sense, Carrot and You. Combine the vitual networks with law-mandatory number portability and you've got some good competition going on. The prices have gone down a bit after the portability was introduced. When there was only Telenor and Netcom, you had an effective oligopoly.
I have never heard of the "Karoline Prize", even though I went to the second highest rated school in Norway (Based on grades). After doing some googling, I found that the Karoline prize is a prize to a student who accomplishes to combine school and culture / sports activites on a high level. One of these persons is the artist Lene Marlin. There is no mention of Jon Johansen in the three Google pages of Karolineprisen.
Yes, and when I was in the court room they did not even ONCE prove that the DeCSS program was used illegally. Even though they had the stupidly bragging chat logs.
1) The MPAA does not pay for this trial, except for a lawyer sitting on the audience bench watchin the trial and reporting to the MPAA.
2) Repeat after me: THERE IS NO RETRIAL POSSIBILITY IN NORWAY. You CAN'T be trialed twice or more for the same crime + charges. Yes, the people can appeal but so can the defendant.
3) Laywer expenses in a Norwegian penal case IS PAID BY THE STATE. That means that you can get the most l33t lawyer in all of Norway working for you. Usually, these lawyers only take the high-profile cases so you end up with a decent lawyer. Second-rate lawyers end up in companies and minesteries here.
4) Here, you can lose the trial, but the trial expeneses are usually paid by the state because the extra expenses are often viewed as an additional punishment. Wich is illegal.