They should have saved for retirement better. Even folks on a fixed income have the ability to budget their money for planned purchases. I know a lot of retired folks, btw.
Having lived in CT for quite a while, I can only say, "Hello Foxwoods security!" when you get caught:).
They're not very friendly people, although they are definitely "professional..."
The internet isn't nearly as bulletproof as the DoD would like and there isn't much they can do about it short of laying new fiber that skips over the vulnerable points.
It's a good thing the DoD doesn't rely on the Internet for critical comms.
Being digital, they a generally searcheable, which is fantastic.
Generally, yes. I have, however, encountered a lot of technical documentation in a certain job that was celebrated for being available in PDF format, only to find that the PDFs were composed of full page scans of hard copy documentation (no OCR). Fun times.
I suppose there's some awesome technical issue beyond my comprehension that would explain why I can't just run either OS on either processor. If anybody knows what it is, I'd love to hear about it.
The fact that Windows won't run on the ARM processor?
Since it has a native GCC toolchain, just about anything you'd care to recompile will run on it. Firefox runs on it, for example, as the story summary states.
You just hit the nail on the head with regard to the core problem. Feinstein is a powerful force in Washington, and she'll probably only get better at underhanded manipulative tactics the longer she remains in power. Unfortunately, your voting population is either too stupid or too apathetic to care.
I completely agree. I haven't run Windows on my personal machines (outside of a virtualize instance) in five years. Windows software simply isn't a limiting factor for me, or for a lot of folks who want netbook-style computing devices.
I like the replication features for some tasks, and a lot of common "off the shelf" open source apps are intended for use with MySQL as the backend. Yeah, in a lot of cases you *could* use something else, but I'm already got a few MySQL servers running in virtual machines. It's really just a matter of convenience.
For anything that's going to be really compute-intensive, I don't usually use "any of the above," as I prefer to use a relational database only as a data warehouse, with large chunks of data being loaded into processing programs as big hash tables. In many cases, I'm able to process information many orders of magnitude faster by keeping it all in local memory under the umbrella of the program that's doing the calculations. These are special use cases, however, and don't apply to general database tasks.
I have an odd urge to send mail to that address in your sig, if only to inquire as to how a specimen of defecated material managed to land a gig at Google in these troubled economic times.
I've been a fan of MySQL for several years, using it alongside other database platforms for a huge variety of tasks. I appreciate the hard work that has gone into MySQL, regardless of the never-ending flamewars on this-platform-or-that-is-superior. Yeah, I use Postgresql a lot these days, but I also still use MySQL.
I wish him all the best with his new venture, and look forward to seeing what sort of stuff he comes up with next.
Speakeasy offers a product called "OneLink DSL" which provides up to 6 Mbps on a dedicated data line, and doesn't require phone service. Plans start at $55.95/month, and include a static IP. If you go with their "OneLink SelectPlus" plans, 4 static IPs are provided. All plans have up to 768 Kbps upstream, depending on which one you choose. There are options out there.
I get your point; it just seems like a terribly inefficient way to kickstart a machine intelligence. All those millions of years of biological evolution probably wouldn't translate well to a more efficient medium.
I hope you were trying to be funny, and not simply making an ass of yourself. I find the discussion surrounding this story quite interesting; it causes people to ask questions I haven't seen heavily discussed in a forum as public as Slashdot. This doesn't exactly qualify as a "Slashvertisement," so you can cut the cynicism (if you were being serious).
It would be silly to try to apply the GPL to a protocol anyhow; the GPL is for software, such as a particular implementation of a protocol. Copyright law doesn't cover protocols, while trademark law may.
Yeah I don't understand why you need to file for a patent at all. It's a protocol; once everyone agrees how they expect things to behave, what's there to buy or sell?
Protocols and standards get patented all the time. Let's not forget the nightmare the LZW compression method (think GIF) patent caused. Unfortunately, certain large companies and patent troll firms have a long standing history of attempting to extort^H^H^H^H^H^H enforce such patents, regardless of their validity. It can wind up costing people a *lot* of money to defend themselves in court, and the suing party isn't responsible for paying the legal fees of the accused should the accuser lose in the long run (at least in the U.S., other countries differ).
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Seriously, mod parent up! I don't give a rip if it is a little off-topic; that's the coolest web app I've seen in a very long time.
They should have saved for retirement better. Even folks on a fixed income have the ability to budget their money for planned purchases. I know a lot of retired folks, btw.
Which is why I'm partial to poker.
Having lived in CT for quite a while, I can only say, "Hello Foxwoods security!" when you get caught :).
They're not very friendly people, although they are definitely "professional..."
Right right say no more say no more
The internet isn't nearly as bulletproof as the DoD would like and there isn't much they can do about it short of laying new fiber that skips over the vulnerable points.
It's a good thing the DoD doesn't rely on the Internet for critical comms.
Being digital, they a generally searcheable, which is fantastic.
Generally, yes. I have, however, encountered a lot of technical documentation in a certain job that was celebrated for being available in PDF format, only to find that the PDFs were composed of full page scans of hard copy documentation (no OCR). Fun times.
The improvement would be at least 20% in Atlanta.
I suppose there's some awesome technical issue beyond my comprehension that would explain why I can't just run either OS on either processor. If anybody knows what it is, I'd love to hear about it.
The fact that Windows won't run on the ARM processor?
What's the price of our civil liberties these days?
Since it has a native GCC toolchain, just about anything you'd care to recompile will run on it. Firefox runs on it, for example, as the story summary states.
No one's debating the length of "service" of any particular senator. It's just that Feinstein is so damned *awful* and somehow keeps getting elected.
You just hit the nail on the head with regard to the core problem. Feinstein is a powerful force in Washington, and she'll probably only get better at underhanded manipulative tactics the longer she remains in power. Unfortunately, your voting population is either too stupid or too apathetic to care.
I completely agree. I haven't run Windows on my personal machines (outside of a virtualize instance) in five years. Windows software simply isn't a limiting factor for me, or for a lot of folks who want netbook-style computing devices.
I prefer Schon cues. Here's a few nice ones.
I like the replication features for some tasks, and a lot of common "off the shelf" open source apps are intended for use with MySQL as the backend. Yeah, in a lot of cases you *could* use something else, but I'm already got a few MySQL servers running in virtual machines. It's really just a matter of convenience.
For anything that's going to be really compute-intensive, I don't usually use "any of the above," as I prefer to use a relational database only as a data warehouse, with large chunks of data being loaded into processing programs as big hash tables. In many cases, I'm able to process information many orders of magnitude faster by keeping it all in local memory under the umbrella of the program that's doing the calculations. These are special use cases, however, and don't apply to general database tasks.
I have an odd urge to send mail to that address in your sig, if only to inquire as to how a specimen of defecated material managed to land a gig at Google in these troubled economic times.
I've been a fan of MySQL for several years, using it alongside other database platforms for a huge variety of tasks. I appreciate the hard work that has gone into MySQL, regardless of the never-ending flamewars on this-platform-or-that-is-superior. Yeah, I use Postgresql a lot these days, but I also still use MySQL.
I wish him all the best with his new venture, and look forward to seeing what sort of stuff he comes up with next.
Speakeasy offers a product called "OneLink DSL" which provides up to 6 Mbps on a dedicated data line, and doesn't require phone service. Plans start at $55.95/month, and include a static IP. If you go with their "OneLink SelectPlus" plans, 4 static IPs are provided. All plans have up to 768 Kbps upstream, depending on which one you choose. There are options out there.
That depends on what your definition of "is" is.
All this whooshing is really blowing my mind.
I get your point; it just seems like a terribly inefficient way to kickstart a machine intelligence. All those millions of years of biological evolution probably wouldn't translate well to a more efficient medium.
I hope you were trying to be funny, and not simply making an ass of yourself. I find the discussion surrounding this story quite interesting; it causes people to ask questions I haven't seen heavily discussed in a forum as public as Slashdot. This doesn't exactly qualify as a "Slashvertisement," so you can cut the cynicism (if you were being serious).
It would be silly to try to apply the GPL to a protocol anyhow; the GPL is for software, such as a particular implementation of a protocol. Copyright law doesn't cover protocols, while trademark law may.
Yeah I don't understand why you need to file for a patent at all. It's a protocol; once everyone agrees how they expect things to behave, what's there to buy or sell?
Protocols and standards get patented all the time. Let's not forget the nightmare the LZW compression method (think GIF) patent caused. Unfortunately, certain large companies and patent troll firms have a long standing history of attempting to extort^H^H^H^H^H^H enforce such patents, regardless of their validity. It can wind up costing people a *lot* of money to defend themselves in court, and the suing party isn't responsible for paying the legal fees of the accused should the accuser lose in the long run (at least in the U.S., other countries differ).