I remember reading about a hypothetical computer where the processor sends the completed operation's results back in time to when it was first asked for. Since the processor would then already have the data it would not actually have to process it. Thus the processor could be as fast as anything.
That's easy to answer: time. The GP didn't have the patience and/or time to RTFA, but thought he knew enough about the Cell processor to make a remark. How about cutting him some slack instead of making a personal attack. Putz.
I'd be very surprised if this thing actually decodes/decrypts any of the private parts of the cell signal. Instead what would do is use each cell as a sort of fingerprint. By knowing that a given customer is the same one as last time, they can build pretty effective databases. GIS for example can analyze how much time a customer spends looking at each section of the store and help determine where the most profitable investments can be made.
For example, if the same people visit the sporting goods section as pause at the canned goods section, it might be deemed profitable to put the two closer together, so the customers spends more time looking at items they want, rather than walking past items they're not interested in.
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That's awesome. That's what we should always do to trolls.
Unfortunately, when you respond to trolls, it makes them show up on people's browsing threshold, unless you get modded down. So, basically, if you respond to a troll, either you get the troll modded up or you get modded down, even if you're very imaginative and funny (I LOL'd at this).
Posted anonymously to keep myself from getting modded down.
I've found a way around the "zOMG you can't cite Wikipedia! ANYONE CAN EDIT IT!!1111eleven!" mentality of some professors: simply use Wikipedia's citations (after reading them and deciding they're worthy). That way you can still take advantage of Wikipedia's usefulness but have a supposedly more reliable source (and without the stigma of Wikipedia on your "works cited" section).
Yes it does. As someone who installed XP from scratch on a machine intended for Vista, I can definitely say that XP has really poor support for things out-of-the-box. E.g. wireless AND ethernet were non-functioning, as was my camera, decent monitor resolution, 3D acceleration, touchpad scrolling, multimedia buttons, monitor gamma correction, and even sound.
VLC does leave much to be desired in the way of music (I too have encountered that playlist crash). For playing large complex playlists, bar none, Amarok the the BEST. Amarok is a QT (KDE) app, but it works great in Gnome too. It is my favorite audio player, and indeed, one of my very favorite apps. Highly recommended.
On the other hand, if I were being terrorized by a robot I wouldn't be worried about the its family when I blew it away. Robotic infantry is probably not so bad, but I imagine the landscape of warfare will be changed once again.
I'm far from a Linux know-it-all but I may be able to help.
(1)/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist is a text file that modprobe (a part of the main system that loads modules, such as drivers, into the kernel) reads to find out what modules should not be loaded. You need to blacklist the module that it attempts to load when you plug in the device (it's not stated which module it is, so I assume it's usb-storage). To do that simply append "blacklist usb-storage", without quotes, to the end of the file (in its own line) (you need to be root to edit the file).
(2) To check if usb-storage is running, use "lsmod | grep usb-storage" (meaning list module, and "pipe it through grep" to show only usb-storage). It will be blank if the module is not loaded. If it is loaded you must "sudo rmmod usb-storage" (without quotes of course).
(3)I don't know how to disable connections from the CLI, but in Ubuntu there is a handy GUI for it: network-manager. It resides in the task tray and it looks like a pair of computers. Right click on it and uncheck "enable networking". Then follow the rest of instructions provided by the kind poster.
I thought quantum entanglement is specifically what made faster than light (or at least so fast it arrives before it was sent) information exchange impossible. FTL communication sure would be incredibly useful though--it would obsolete those light-based computers before they finally become feasible.
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But it's a car analogy! I, for one, welcome our lightweight racing overlords.
Wouldn't that be murder to battery life?
I remember reading about a hypothetical computer where the processor sends the completed operation's results back in time to when it was first asked for. Since the processor would then already have the data it would not actually have to process it. Thus the processor could be as fast as anything.
That's easy to answer: time. The GP didn't have the patience and/or time to RTFA, but thought he knew enough about the Cell processor to make a remark. How about cutting him some slack instead of making a personal attack. Putz.
Are you saying there are 4 billion Christians? Is that true? I always imagined it was pretty evenly split between Christianity, Muslim, and Buddhism.
I'd be very surprised if this thing actually decodes/decrypts any of the private parts of the cell signal. Instead what would do is use each cell as a sort of fingerprint. By knowing that a given customer is the same one as last time, they can build pretty effective databases. GIS for example can analyze how much time a customer spends looking at each section of the store and help determine where the most profitable investments can be made.
For example, if the same people visit the sporting goods section as pause at the canned goods section, it might be deemed profitable to put the two closer together, so the customers spends more time looking at items they want, rather than walking past items they're not interested in.
I, for one, welcome our new-here overlords.
IMO, yes, because you'd be less human.
Unfortunately, when you respond to trolls, it makes them show up on people's browsing threshold, unless you get modded down. So, basically, if you respond to a troll, either you get the troll modded up or you get modded down, even if you're very imaginative and funny (I LOL'd at this).
Posted anonymously to keep myself from getting modded down.
Uhm no. You must be new here.
Not to mention the age old argument "you can't grep dead trees."
I've found a way around the "zOMG you can't cite Wikipedia! ANYONE CAN EDIT IT!!1111eleven!" mentality of some professors: simply use Wikipedia's citations (after reading them and deciding they're worthy). That way you can still take advantage of Wikipedia's usefulness but have a supposedly more reliable source (and without the stigma of Wikipedia on your "works cited" section).
There's an easy work-around for that: simply use the live-cd in a virtual machine, straight from the ISO.
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Since the software we're talking about in this thread (OpenOffice.org) is licensed under the LGPL, all future ones are free too.
But what if it wasn't explicitly sold? Isn't that what Google Docs does?
Yes it does. As someone who installed XP from scratch on a machine intended for Vista, I can definitely say that XP has really poor support for things out-of-the-box. E.g. wireless AND ethernet were non-functioning, as was my camera, decent monitor resolution, 3D acceleration, touchpad scrolling, multimedia buttons, monitor gamma correction, and even sound.
Yeah like those 235 Microsoft patents! You PIRATES!~
VLC does leave much to be desired in the way of music (I too have encountered that playlist crash). For playing large complex playlists, bar none, Amarok the the BEST. Amarok is a QT (KDE) app, but it works great in Gnome too. It is my favorite audio player, and indeed, one of my very favorite apps. Highly recommended.
On the other hand, if I were being terrorized by a robot I wouldn't be worried about the its family when I blew it away. Robotic infantry is probably not so bad, but I imagine the landscape of warfare will be changed once again.
What about automatic batting machines? Is there any warning before one fires? I know people hit those a lot and I bet it's faster than 500ms.
I'm far from a Linux know-it-all but I may be able to help. (1) /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist is a text file that modprobe (a part of the main system that loads modules, such as drivers, into the kernel) reads to find out what modules should not be loaded. You need to blacklist the module that it attempts to load when you plug in the device (it's not stated which module it is, so I assume it's usb-storage). To do that simply append "blacklist usb-storage", without quotes, to the end of the file (in its own line) (you need to be root to edit the file).
(2) To check if usb-storage is running, use "lsmod | grep usb-storage" (meaning list module, and "pipe it through grep" to show only usb-storage). It will be blank if the module is not loaded. If it is loaded you must "sudo rmmod usb-storage" (without quotes of course).
(3)I don't know how to disable connections from the CLI, but in Ubuntu there is a handy GUI for it: network-manager. It resides in the task tray and it looks like a pair of computers. Right click on it and uncheck "enable networking". Then follow the rest of instructions provided by the kind poster.
I thought quantum entanglement is specifically what made faster than light (or at least so fast it arrives before it was sent) information exchange impossible. FTL communication sure would be incredibly useful though--it would obsolete those light-based computers before they finally become feasible.
Ah shit, I mean seven years ago.
Exactly! They're eight years late, for crying out loud!