In the days of yore, when you could send only a few bits per second down a wire, which is serial, it was noticed that you could lump eight wires side by side, send one part of a byte down each wire, and boom, you've got parallel. Like this:
Serial:
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Parallel:
001100010
Now, however, they've noticed that our ability to send bits down a wire is so improved, you're actually wasting time by trying to synchronize between eight separate wires; it's faster to just blitz the 8 bits down one wire.
Hence, this new ATA is serial, whereas (E)IDE is parallel (those flat ribbon cables give it away nicely, don't they?)
Hell, remember the black/white episode of the original episode?
Kirk: I'm sorry, I don't see a difference; you're both black on one side, white on the other.
Alien: He is black on the LEFT side.
Kirk: So?
Alien: Can't you see? I am black on the RIGHT side. Clearly superior.
Andromeda had so much potential, it was a crying shame when Hercules decided that it was 'too hard for people to get into' and 'it need to be episodic, not story-arced.'
Well, bearing in mind that Iraq is in that whole 'cradle of civilization' area, and supposedly is the site of several Biblical happenings, you'd get lots of Christians.
On the other hand, Iran would love to annex the territiory, and bring the word of Islam to the poor poor muslims suffering under a rather secular Saddam.
Third, as you say, the Kurds would probably like to move south a bit.
Fourth, well, take a look at the map; any country with a shared border might just start claiming land.
Fifth, some country that needs oil might just set up a 'protectorate.'
Well, aye, that's a given, but rest assured that if you were to depopulate Iraq, there'd be many many people, from both surrounding countries and from far away, who'd flock in to re-populate.
The idea here isn't to destroy the Iraqi army; they could do that by pressing a few buttons.
The idea here is that the Iraqi army blinks, and suddenly finds itself surrounded by loaded and cocked weapons. They shake their heads in bemusement, and slowly lift their hands above their heads.
Actually, I speak as a Canadian, proud member of one of the few, if not the only, foreign countries to successfully defeat an American war of conquest.
You mean the American speech didn't specify liberation over conquest?
Could be because the US army isn't designed for conquest; not enough infantry troops to hold ground, and the US has never really went on a major war of conquest, whereas the British Empire was, obviously, built on the concept of conquest.
Not an issue. Encrypt it, then send it out over the unsecure channels.
Kind of like your email client doesn't do any encryption, but who cares if somebody intercepts your PGP-encoded message?
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Aye, you're right. But the UN lacks the force to do anything. Hell, it's fundamentally flawed; what's the point of having a voting council if everybody has veto power?
IN THIS CASE, Bush is simply promulgating UN resolutions; they're doing the UN's job. Next time? Who can say? But the UN needs to either shit, or get off of the pot. We don't need another League of Nations style breakup; we need the UN to have the military power to get things done. We need the Security Council to reflect *current* geopolitics, not fifty year old ones.
And people need to realize that, hey, talking doesn't always work. Violence *does* solve problems; quite handily. Sometimes, you DO need to take the first shot. Sometimes, the best defense IS a good offence. But, as always, the problem is making the decision of when.
But you know what? Oftentimes, making a bad decision is better than making no decision at all.
XBox is an off-the-shelf design and that is normally used for quick and dirty solutions and low numbers. Just face it: If you want to sell millions of units for half a decade and off-the-shelf design is just wrong and a stupid business decision.
The Dreamcast was 'off the shelf' parts, too, and it looked better than a lot of PS2 games; mainly because of the hardware AA in the PowerVR2 system. Unfortunately, it tanked as well.
If there's anything that the Gameboy has taught us, it's that your console's fate rests on how good it's Tetris port is, not how good it looks.
Why is it that 'any nation that funds terrorists is considered a terrorist nation,' and yet the States hasn't invaded themselves over the fact that Sinn Fein would come over to the States and openly solicit funding for terrorist acts?
1) Qualified (i.e. not test taking wonders) MCSE can physically manage about 14 MS Servers... However, a qualified Linux Admin can handle (depending upon variations in OS release) from 50-75. Much lower people cost.
I'm curious; how are you arriving at these conclusions?
Microsoft's own Systems Management Server lets you do this as well; install a piece of software on all your desktops, and the SMS client will keep track of who's running it, and deny once you've maxed out your license count until somebody quits.
Pastor (in a Rev. Lovejoy sort of voice) All of yew should install this softwayre, to keep yewrselves from going astray.
Husband: Oh, well, I don't surf porn, so I don't need to install the software.
Wife: What are you trying to hide?
Husband: Nothing. I just don't see the need to install this software.
Wife: If you had nothing to hide, you'd install it, and let me see the logs.
Husband: What, you've already convicted me!
In other words, aye, in the form the article describes the software; that is, completely voluntary, it's great. But somebody, somewhere, is going to try to inflict it on people.
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In the days of yore, when you could send only a few bits per second down a wire, which is serial, it was noticed that you could lump eight wires side by side, send one part of a byte down each wire, and boom, you've got parallel. Like this:
Serial:
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Parallel:
001100010
Now, however, they've noticed that our ability to send bits down a wire is so improved, you're actually wasting time by trying to synchronize between eight separate wires; it's faster to just blitz the 8 bits down one wire.
Hence, this new ATA is serial, whereas (E)IDE is parallel (those flat ribbon cables give it away nicely, don't they?)
Hell, most of the best episodes of any Trek haven't involved technology, but simple human drama.
See: The Inner Light.
Or, technology is used as the metaphor, not the story device, to get back to that simple human drama.
See: The Best of Both Worlds.
Hell, remember the black/white episode of the original episode?
Kirk: I'm sorry, I don't see a difference; you're both black on one side, white on the other.
Alien: He is black on the LEFT side.
Kirk: So?
Alien: Can't you see? I am black on the RIGHT side. Clearly superior.
Andromeda had so much potential, it was a crying shame when Hercules decided that it was 'too hard for people to get into' and 'it need to be episodic, not story-arced.'
Well, bearing in mind that Iraq is in that whole 'cradle of civilization' area, and supposedly is the site of several Biblical happenings, you'd get lots of Christians.
On the other hand, Iran would love to annex the territiory, and bring the word of Islam to the poor poor muslims suffering under a rather secular Saddam.
Third, as you say, the Kurds would probably like to move south a bit.
Fourth, well, take a look at the map; any country with a shared border might just start claiming land.
Fifth, some country that needs oil might just set up a 'protectorate.'
Well, aye, that's a given, but rest assured that if you were to depopulate Iraq, there'd be many many people, from both surrounding countries and from far away, who'd flock in to re-populate.
The idea here isn't to destroy the Iraqi army; they could do that by pressing a few buttons.
The idea here is that the Iraqi army blinks, and suddenly finds itself surrounded by loaded and cocked weapons. They shake their heads in bemusement, and slowly lift their hands above their heads.
Actually, I speak as a Canadian, proud member of one of the few, if not the only, foreign countries to successfully defeat an American war of conquest.
You mean the American speech didn't specify liberation over conquest?
Could be because the US army isn't designed for conquest; not enough infantry troops to hold ground, and the US has never really went on a major war of conquest, whereas the British Empire was, obviously, built on the concept of conquest.
Not an issue. Encrypt it, then send it out over the unsecure channels.
Kind of like your email client doesn't do any encryption, but who cares if somebody intercepts your PGP-encoded message?
Aye, you're right. But the UN lacks the force to do anything. Hell, it's fundamentally flawed; what's the point of having a voting council if everybody has veto power?
IN THIS CASE, Bush is simply promulgating UN resolutions; they're doing the UN's job. Next time? Who can say? But the UN needs to either shit, or get off of the pot. We don't need another League of Nations style breakup; we need the UN to have the military power to get things done. We need the Security Council to reflect *current* geopolitics, not fifty year old ones.
And people need to realize that, hey, talking doesn't always work. Violence *does* solve problems; quite handily. Sometimes, you DO need to take the first shot. Sometimes, the best defense IS a good offence. But, as always, the problem is making the decision of when.
But you know what? Oftentimes, making a bad decision is better than making no decision at all.
That's the point; suddenly it becomes a question of hiring on the merits, rather than hiring the cheapest guys you can find.
Actually, take a look at palmamp; control winamp from your cradled palmpilot.
Actually, it's probably more that it uses a 'national wireless network' to get it's info from, and that network doesn't exist outside of the States.
Will a DVD-Audio disc play in a standard DVD-Video pc drive?
I've a Creative Labs 6x PC-DVD drive, and I'm thinking it just might be time to upgrade my workhorse Aureal 2 sound card....
The Dreamcast was 'off the shelf' parts, too, and it looked better than a lot of PS2 games; mainly because of the hardware AA in the PowerVR2 system. Unfortunately, it tanked as well.
If there's anything that the Gameboy has taught us, it's that your console's fate rests on how good it's Tetris port is, not how good it looks.
Why is it that 'any nation that funds terrorists is considered a terrorist nation,' and yet the States hasn't invaded themselves over the fact that Sinn Fein would come over to the States and openly solicit funding for terrorist acts?
Hmmmmm. Interesting.
Alright, thanks. I'll see what I can find.
To buy...ever? Or to buy with the 2.4 million?
In any event, as with pretty much ANY ultimatum, the answer should be 'No, thank you.'
I'm curious; how are you arriving at these conclusions?
Microsoft's own Systems Management Server lets you do this as well; install a piece of software on all your desktops, and the SMS client will keep track of who's running it, and deny once you've maxed out your license count until somebody quits.
At one party, she wore a brestplate made of gold, with a diamond nipple.
Thusly.
Actually, I mean more like this:
Pastor (in a Rev. Lovejoy sort of voice) All of yew should install this softwayre, to keep yewrselves from going astray.
Husband: Oh, well, I don't surf porn, so I don't need to install the software.
Wife: What are you trying to hide?
Husband: Nothing. I just don't see the need to install this software.
Wife: If you had nothing to hide, you'd install it, and let me see the logs.
Husband: What, you've already convicted me!
In other words, aye, in the form the article describes the software; that is, completely voluntary, it's great. But somebody, somewhere, is going to try to inflict it on people.
Sure...as a voluntary form of self-nudging, it's probably great.
What happens, though, when your church decides that you should have it installed just because?
Or your very religous spouse?
Aye, it's Catholicism that's fueled by guilt and fear. They do often use the term 'shame.'
That having been said, ever hear the term 'God-fearing Christian?' They mean it.
There is no such thing, actually, as Christianity or catholicism, these days; everybody seems to have their own version.