Actually, if you fill a car with CD's and drive them from one end of the country to the other
Let's take this into the surreal. You take 10 spindles, each with 100 Blu-Ray disks. You load them into the back seat of your SR-71. You fly coast to coast in 64 min. That's 50 TB transferred, for a bandwidth of 13.02 GB / sec.
For the most part - politicians in the US are lawyers and tend to be from the boomer generation. As such, they tend to have no training and little exposure to technology. Their technological background ranges from ignorance to neo-luddite. Is it any wonder when they turn out absurd policies regarding science and technology. I suppose we should be grateful that they're not still using quill pens.
My experience is that paper based training is relatively ineffective. My better to go outside and use rewards and praise. When I've used newspaper, the puppy either tore it up or just looked confused. What? Never mind...
Not just sys admins, also network admins and random developers running ethereal. Bottom line - if you're not running CTU; simply make sure that you hire good honest people. If you ARE running CTU; install a cell phone jammer and keep a better eye on Chloe.
How did Microsoft go about developing requirements for IE7? (i.e. internal, external developers, focus groups, industry panels, W3C, etc). How did Microsoft go about prioritizing IE7 requirements?
Sounds like a better version of stealth. I recall reading that an early attempt at a stealth ship did TOO good of a job of dispersing microwaves (compared to background reflection of empty ocean) and showed up as a moving 'hole' on surface radar screens. Assuming that this technology could be applied to bending light around an object, it would need to do so without creating obvious distortions.
Excessive over-protection at it's worst. I suspect either a surfeit of political correctness, or fear of legal liability or both. In either case, it's not good for the kids, or for society.
The device is not really practical for the entertainment industry as millions of existing DVD players do not support it and next-gen Blu-ray / HD players are already loaded with all sorts of DRM crap. Could be used for sensitive / classified data - but why not simply encrypt? Might be used for software license management, but it ties up an optical drive, when a separate USB dongle would be just as good (or bad depending on your viewpoint).
Yes, your character may be moving through a dimly lit room where you can't see anything. But, your character is moving through a dimly lit room where you can't see anything at 1080p!!
On the other hand, there are going to be a *lot* of these machines. So I suppose they might make a tempting target "just because" or simply for bulk processing.
(Slightly OT) I wonder if it will be possible to cluster these machines. Might be an interesting way to give groups of older students more processing power (perhaps for a class project).
They figured a way to stop a Supernova, a change on Earth's orbit should be a piece of cake!
You can't stop a supernova, but if you're an action movie star you can outrun it.
If Iraq is a classic example of 'how not to do regime change' then Lybia is a classic example of 'how to do it right'.
Gaddaffi had a change of heart when he saw news videos of the capture of Saddam and figured he could be next. He spoke to Italy's (former) PM Berlusconi and said: "I will do whatever the Americans want, because I saw what happened in Iraq, and I was afraid". He also came clean on his WMD program, and turned over equipment indicating that Libya was a lot farther along in a nuclear program than anyone thought.
There are some reports that his designated political heir - his son, is pro-democracy. I'd take this with a large grain of salt.
Trump: Your team was tasked with setting up a datacenter containing the sales database. So where is the datacenter?? Apprentice: Uhh, Mr. Trump - we read this article that said datacenters were unnecessary. Trump: OK, so where's the database stored? Apprentice: It's stored on fifteen drill bits somewhere in India. Trump: (Angrily) Drill bits!! Apprentice: (Sweating profusely) But we saved a lot of money... Trump: (Looking at laptop) So how come I can't access the sales database. Apprentice: Well, someone used one of the drill bits and it broke... Trump: You're fired!
As long as you're not concerned about minor issues like physical security, data and communications security, maintainability, scalability, and availability.
South Korea is still hoping for re-unification. Of course, given what a basket-case the North is, it would make German re-unification look like a picnic. Nevertheless, it seems a fairly universal desire in the south. If China annexed the North, that would not be viewed positively.
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Actually, if you fill a car with CD's and drive them from one end of the country to the other
Let's take this into the surreal. You take 10 spindles, each with 100 Blu-Ray disks. You load them into the back seat of your SR-71. You fly coast to coast in 64 min. That's 50 TB transferred, for a bandwidth of 13.02 GB / sec.
For the most part - politicians in the US are lawyers and tend to be from the boomer generation. As such, they tend to have no training and little exposure to technology. Their technological background ranges from ignorance to neo-luddite. Is it any wonder when they turn out absurd policies regarding science and technology. I suppose we should be grateful that they're not still using quill pens.
My experience is that paper based training is relatively ineffective. My better to go outside and use rewards and praise. When I've used newspaper, the puppy either tore it up or just looked confused. What? Never mind ...
Not just sys admins, also network admins and random developers running ethereal. Bottom line - if you're not running CTU; simply make sure that you hire good honest people. If you ARE running CTU; install a cell phone jammer and keep a better eye on Chloe.
CBS has been using this technology for their evening news since September 5th. I think that the virtual presenter is named 'Katie'.
dd if=/dev/urandom of=secrets.bin bs=1024 count=1000
How did Microsoft go about developing requirements for IE7? (i.e. internal, external developers, focus groups, industry panels, W3C, etc). How did Microsoft go about prioritizing IE7 requirements?
Sounds like a better version of stealth. I recall reading that an early attempt at a stealth ship did TOO good of a job of dispersing microwaves (compared to background reflection of empty ocean) and showed up as a moving 'hole' on surface radar screens. Assuming that this technology could be applied to bending light around an object, it would need to do so without creating obvious distortions.
... when the Linux port will be available?
When it's ready!
Has anyone checked the math in Mr. Loveless's study?
Excessive over-protection at it's worst. I suspect either a surfeit of political correctness, or fear of legal liability or both. In either case, it's not good for the kids, or for society.
The device is not really practical for the entertainment industry as millions of existing DVD players do not support it and next-gen Blu-ray / HD players are already loaded with all sorts of DRM crap. Could be used for sensitive / classified data - but why not simply encrypt? Might be used for software license management, but it ties up an optical drive, when a separate USB dongle would be just as good (or bad depending on your viewpoint).
... ugly, squat goblin-like creatures
Yet another dire consequence of too much time playing MMORPG's. As if the recent South Park wasn't warning enough.
Why does this remind me of the X-Files episode "Kill Switch" written by William Gibson?
Yes, your character may be moving through a dimly lit room where you can't see anything. But, your character is moving through a dimly lit room where you can't see anything at 1080p!!
Thank goodness I don't have a job spending all day sitting in a chair staring at an LCD screen. Oh, wait!
On the other hand, there are going to be a *lot* of these machines. So I suppose they might make a tempting target "just because" or simply for bulk processing.
(Slightly OT) I wonder if it will be possible to cluster these machines. Might be an interesting way to give groups of older students more processing power (perhaps for a class project).
They figured a way to stop a Supernova, a change on Earth's orbit should be a piece of cake! You can't stop a supernova, but if you're an action movie star you can outrun it.
If Iraq is a classic example of 'how not to do regime change' then Lybia is a classic example of 'how to do it right'. Gaddaffi had a change of heart when he saw news videos of the capture of Saddam and figured he could be next. He spoke to Italy's (former) PM Berlusconi and said: "I will do whatever the Americans want, because I saw what happened in Iraq, and I was afraid". He also came clean on his WMD program, and turned over equipment indicating that Libya was a lot farther along in a nuclear program than anyone thought. There are some reports that his designated political heir - his son, is pro-democracy. I'd take this with a large grain of salt.
We need a cruise missile and 1.5 tons of salt.
What do they have against design patterns? Oh ... never mind.
So assuming you don't have Sony batteries and that you're allowed to take your laptop on a plane, you won't be able to watch a movie on it.
Trump: Your team was tasked with setting up a datacenter containing the sales database. So where is the datacenter?? ... ...
Apprentice: Uhh, Mr. Trump - we read this article that said datacenters were unnecessary.
Trump: OK, so where's the database stored?
Apprentice: It's stored on fifteen drill bits somewhere in India.
Trump: (Angrily) Drill bits!!
Apprentice: (Sweating profusely) But we saved a lot of money
Trump: (Looking at laptop) So how come I can't access the sales database.
Apprentice: Well, someone used one of the drill bits and it broke
Trump: You're fired!
As long as you're not concerned about minor issues like physical security, data and communications security, maintainability, scalability, and availability.
South Korea is still hoping for re-unification. Of course, given what a basket-case the North is, it would make German re-unification look like a picnic. Nevertheless, it seems a fairly universal desire in the south. If China annexed the North, that would not be viewed positively.