I've used Samba at home for about eight years with a Linux file / print server. The server uses RAID1. The only time it's been down is:
1) Changing hardware (including replacing drives with bigger drives). 2) Changing entire server (replacing with faster box and previous drives). 3) Power failure & UPS battery had died.
Right now it's serving files to four Windows boxes including storing video for a PVR.
Not that a home installation will mean anything to your VP.
Whatever service Jack Bauer is using. Works in cities, deserts, in aircraft at 30,000 ft, anywhere! Never has drop-outs or lost calls and supports hi-speed data. Phones can be re-configured to set off enemy explosives. How cool is that!
Hopefully Lucas Arts will build a game for the Wii that takes full advantage of the motion detection, rumble, and audio capabilities of the WiiMote. Yes, I do mean single and multi-player light-saber duals.
> What about personal security? Am I still allowed to care more about me than 'my' country?
How does free speech threaten your personal security? If someone threatens you, they've committed a crime and the law covers that. If some tells or writes vicious lies about you - that's covered by the law too. If someone offends you - well fortunately that's not a crime yet (at least in the US). But that doesn't effect your personal security.
Of course you're free to care more about yourself than you're country or anyone else. All too many do. Others heed the words of John Kennedy.
> Making statements of fact (i.e. telling the truth) it is not defamation, libel, or slander.
Why does society need to be protected from people making truthful statements? (Aside from issues of trade secrets and national security - which I doubt apply here).
Call Winston Churchill whatever you want. But be aware that for a couple of years he stood alone at the pinnacle of the fight between world civilization and tyranny. I'd call him the greatest leader of the twentieth century.
Looks about the size and shape of a Toshiba Libretto, but a little bit more expensive. Toshiba built these in the early '90's and they were very small, lightweight, but functional laptops. They were also rather pricey. Toshiba discontinued them for a while, but then came out with new models a few years ago. I didn't see them at the Toshiba web site, so they may have been discontinued again.
I've seen pictures of some 'robots' built as research projects in Korea. (Actually more like Disney's animatronics). They look human - but not quite enough. How 'bout a law against creepy looking humanoid robots.:-)
Given the failure to date of Artificial Intelligence, I think it will be a long, long time (if ever) before we need to address the issues of sentient robots. If Korea (or anywhere else) wants to deal with ethical issues presented by technology I think they should address issues related to genetic engineering. I suspect we are closer to Philip K Dick's replicants (Bladerunner) or Brin's uplifted species than Asimov's intelligent robots. Though in any case, we're not talking about the near future.
The recording companies are distributors. Musicians supply them with music that they then sell to retailers like Apple, Wal-Mart, etc. These in turn sell to the public. They've grown used to controlling every aspect of the distribution process and as a result grabbing the bulk of the revenue generated.
If you look at the history of American railroads in the nineteenth century, it was similar. They controlled distribution of goods and in many cases could charge what they wanted. Farmers, manufacturers, retailers, and consumers suffered, but had no alternative. At least till technological development changed things (trucks and highways). Then suppliers and consumers had a way of bypassing the rails, and did so. Eventually the rail companies adapted (mixed mode transport) and even prospered.
Like the railroads, the recording industry is trying to maintain control. And now the environment is changing. Unlike the rails, the recording industry appears to be unable to adapt and determined to shoot themselves in the foot... repeatedly... with large caliber weapons.
Let me get this straight. The recording companies are illegally paying off radio broadcast networks to get exposure for their music. At a time when the number of listeners to broadcast radio is in decline. At the same time, they're trying to kill off Internet radio, satellite radio, and trying to strong-arm their main on-line distributer - Apple. Oh, yeah - and don't forget lawsuits against their customers. Either the heads of marketing in the recording industry have large short positions in their own company, or else there's a serious need to start drug testing.
> I doubt the ATM division would be much different.
Very different problem. There are fewer ATM's and banks pay a lot more for them. The are put in place once and generally not moved. They are serviced by trained technicians rather than volunteers. The technology is much more mature. And banks are more concerned with security than the average politician / bureaucrat who's simply looking for the lowest bidder.
Depending on how they use it - it could be a really good idea. If the military wants to use it to record movement around a North Korean (or Iranian) nuclear site and store it for later playback and analysis great. If they want to use it to record some geek picking his nose outside a StarBucks in Seattle, not so much. I suspect the military is a lot more interested in the former, than the later.
UAV's like the Predator and Global Hawk are capable of transmitting a lot of real time video. Why not store it for later analysis, or study given that cheap storage technology is easily available.
When I was introduced to Unix at Bell Labs in 1980 (cbunix 2.3) - it was pronounced "etcetera" (as in "etcetera password file"). If it was turned into a acronym, that was after the fact.
Yesterday we learned that "correlation is not equal to causation" (Give back that Oscar, Al). Today's lesson is on the folly of linear extrapolation. A new-born baby often triples it's weight in the first year. At what age does the kid have an event-horizon?
We know that the Earth has warmed and cooled in cycles. During the "Medieval Warm Period" (MWP) Greenland was warmer than it is today. The Vikings had a productive settlement there. It was evacuated as a consequence of the end of MWP and the start of the "Little Ice Age". Why should be assume that the current warming trend will continue indefinitely?
Clearly we need to continue to monitor the warming trend. But it's premature to assume that trend will continue indefinitely, the ice caps will melt, the oceans will rise, and the wolves will attack.
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I've used Samba at home for about eight years with a Linux file / print server. The server uses RAID1. The only time it's been down is:
1) Changing hardware (including replacing drives with bigger drives).
2) Changing entire server (replacing with faster box and previous drives).
3) Power failure & UPS battery had died.
Right now it's serving files to four Windows boxes including storing video for a PVR.
Not that a home installation will mean anything to your VP.
Whatever service Jack Bauer is using. Works in cities, deserts, in aircraft at 30,000 ft, anywhere! Never has drop-outs or lost calls and supports hi-speed data. Phones can be re-configured to set off enemy explosives. How cool is that!
There goes the remaining landfill space in New Mexico.
AT&T (now Cingular, soon AT&T) - didn't work in THREE AIRPORTS, poor coverage in SE Ohio.
Verizon - billing problems, poor coverage in SE Ohio.
Sprint - billing problems, poor coverage in SE Ohio.
T-Mobile - billing problems, poor coverage in SE Ohio.
YMMV
Adams could just switch his support to Steve Jobs. Jobs could run on a platform to:
1) Change the name of the US to 'iCountry'.
2) Ban Thanksgiving
3) Replace ballistic missile defense with a national reality distortion field.
Hopefully Lucas Arts will build a game for the Wii that takes full advantage of the motion detection, rumble, and audio capabilities of the WiiMote. Yes, I do mean single and multi-player light-saber duals.
> What about personal security? Am I still allowed to care more about me than 'my' country?
How does free speech threaten your personal security? If someone threatens you, they've committed a crime and the law covers that. If some tells or writes vicious lies about you - that's covered by the law too. If someone offends you - well fortunately that's not a crime yet (at least in the US). But that doesn't effect your personal security.
Of course you're free to care more about yourself than you're country or anyone else. All too many do. Others heed the words of John Kennedy.
> Making statements of fact (i.e. telling the truth) it is not defamation, libel, or slander.
Why does society need to be protected from people making truthful statements? (Aside from issues of trade secrets and national security - which I doubt apply here).
You'll need to be able to run fast, after you tell developers that you've just sold their prototype to a customer.
There are laws that deal with free speech going too far - they're called 'libel' and 'slander'. You'd think law students would know about this.
> It sounds like some game developers take themselves way to seriously
Clearly he doesn't view himself as a mere game developer, he's an artiste!
Call Winston Churchill whatever you want. But be aware that for a couple of years he stood alone at the pinnacle of the fight between world civilization and tyranny. I'd call him the greatest leader of the twentieth century.
It's been done - with a Linux OS. The bad news: 1) it was only released in Japan and the whole line has been discontinued.
Looks about the size and shape of a Toshiba Libretto, but a little bit more expensive. Toshiba built these in the early '90's and they were very small, lightweight, but functional laptops. They were also rather pricey. Toshiba discontinued them for a while, but then came out with new models a few years ago. I didn't see them at the Toshiba web site, so they may have been discontinued again.
I've seen pictures of some 'robots' built as research projects in Korea. (Actually more like Disney's animatronics). They look human - but not quite enough. How 'bout a law against creepy looking humanoid robots. :-)
Given the failure to date of Artificial Intelligence, I think it will be a long, long time (if ever) before we need to address the issues of sentient robots. If Korea (or anywhere else) wants to deal with ethical issues presented by technology I think they should address issues related to genetic engineering. I suspect we are closer to Philip K Dick's replicants (Bladerunner) or Brin's uplifted species than Asimov's intelligent robots. Though in any case, we're not talking about the near future.
The recording companies are distributors. Musicians supply them with music that they then sell to retailers like Apple, Wal-Mart, etc. These in turn sell to the public. They've grown used to controlling every aspect of the distribution process and as a result grabbing the bulk of the revenue generated.
... repeatedly ... with large caliber weapons.
If you look at the history of American railroads in the nineteenth century, it was similar. They controlled distribution of goods and in many cases could charge what they wanted. Farmers, manufacturers, retailers, and consumers suffered, but had no alternative. At least till technological development changed things (trucks and highways). Then suppliers and consumers had a way of bypassing the rails, and did so. Eventually the rail companies adapted (mixed mode transport) and even prospered.
Like the railroads, the recording industry is trying to maintain control. And now the environment is changing. Unlike the rails, the recording industry appears to be unable to adapt and determined to shoot themselves in the foot
Let me get this straight. The recording companies are illegally paying off radio broadcast networks to get exposure for their music. At a time when the number of listeners to broadcast radio is in decline. At the same time, they're trying to kill off Internet radio, satellite radio, and trying to strong-arm their main on-line distributer - Apple. Oh, yeah - and don't forget lawsuits against their customers. Either the heads of marketing in the recording industry have large short positions in their own company, or else there's a serious need to start drug testing.
Why does it seem like the only effect of the '06 election is that the payoffs go into a different set of pockets?
> 30 million Canadians
> $30 Billion per year
> $1000 per Canadian
> Seems a little excessive!
Hmmm, Canadian cable / DSL bandwidth must be a whole lot better than in the US.
> I doubt the ATM division would be much different.
Very different problem. There are fewer ATM's and banks pay a lot more for them. The are put in place once and generally not moved. They are serviced by trained technicians rather than volunteers. The technology is much more mature. And banks are more concerned with security than the average politician / bureaucrat who's simply looking for the lowest bidder.
Depending on how they use it - it could be a really good idea. If the military wants to use it to record movement around a North Korean (or Iranian) nuclear site and store it for later playback and analysis great. If they want to use it to record some geek picking his nose outside a StarBucks in Seattle, not so much. I suspect the military is a lot more interested in the former, than the later.
UAV's like the Predator and Global Hawk are capable of transmitting a lot of real time video. Why not store it for later analysis, or study given that cheap storage technology is easily available.
When I was introduced to Unix at Bell Labs in 1980 (cbunix 2.3) - it was pronounced "etcetera" (as in "etcetera password file"). If it was turned into a acronym, that was after the fact.
> heretics like him should be burned at the stake
No, that would produce carbon dioxide. Heretics must be composted.
Yesterday we learned that "correlation is not equal to causation" (Give back that Oscar, Al). Today's lesson is on the folly of linear extrapolation. A new-born baby often triples it's weight in the first year. At what age does the kid have an event-horizon?
We know that the Earth has warmed and cooled in cycles. During the "Medieval Warm Period" (MWP) Greenland was warmer than it is today. The Vikings had a productive settlement there. It was evacuated as a consequence of the end of MWP and the start of the "Little Ice Age". Why should be assume that the current warming trend will continue indefinitely?
Clearly we need to continue to monitor the warming trend. But it's premature to assume that trend will continue indefinitely, the ice caps will melt, the oceans will rise, and the wolves will attack.