Sure and you could "just ask a question" about putting ether in your gas tank for better gas mileage. It's stupid.
Just like putting a PC in a fridge. Abysmally stupid.
I was happy to point out the science of why that is, as well as alternatives if you truly want to get good cooling.
If I was a troll I'd have mentioned that getting the cords out the cooling chamber would compromise the cooling, but, hey, I don't think that's of any significance given how much this whole idea sucks.
Air is an insulator, so placing computer parts in an air-mass inside a cooling vehicle (direct gas-expansion refrigerator) creates a built-in inefficiency that makes no good sense fiscally or energy wise.
In contrast oil conducts heat beautifully and a computer immersed in mineral oil offloads heat amazingly well. https://www.pugetsystems.com/s...
Secondly, not all parts of a computer generate heat, so putting the whole case in the air-cooled fridge is just an exercise in inefficiency.
Far better to do what the overclockers do, which is to take the heat-generating parts, [in some case de-lid them and put different thermal-conductive paste on them] and put a coolant directly on the components. You don't need super-custom components that can sit in a mineral-oil bath, have the liquid-cooled setup deskside where you game (or run power apps like booting Windows) and the cost is nonprohibitive.
But hey, if you want to stick a PC in a fridge, go right ahead. People do stupid things all the time. Just take a look at the current POTUS.
1. Determine which TOR-nodes you're talking to. (Netstat or Ethereal) 2. Remove default route through your ISPs router 3. Add specific routes to the/32s the TOR-nodes are on through the ISP router
Traffic routed through TOR will work fine. Traffic going outside of TOR will fail except for the local network (your home or office LAN).
This begs the question (assumes it and ignores it): When a NON-open-source software program is involved in an accident, the responsibility is that of the manufacturer.
That is not true according to current cases dealing specifically with Tesla.
A better question isn't "Hey if an open-source independent vehicle software program causes a crash, who's responsible" but rather: 'Who is responsible when software causes a crash" or better yet "How can people be responsible for their own behavior even if relying on a tool?"
I think it's great that one day we'll live on a planet where we don't have to sit in a plane but instead can sit in a train, although I'm sure TSA will find a way to make it slower and more annoying. However, the original article really quotes some... HYPERBOLE ideas:
"...leave the hyperloop looking like a Hornby set."
Never heard of it. When using a simile try to ensure that the part you're comparing things to is actually known by people. With all due respect to Bruce Hornsby, of whom I have heard. He's got a band, not a set.
"...maglev, a still-new propulsion system..." Only if still-new is 1972 tech. Seriously... this is almost 50-year old technology. It's not "still new". It has its challenges which is why it's not used everywhere... just like any other form of compromise in transportation, shipping logistics, or life.
WiFi Tether without paying extra to the carrier for the same data you're already paying for is a feature. Backup specific apps and their data ("Titanium Backup" or its successors) or the entire device ("NANDROID" backup via TWRP, CWM, PhilZ, etc) Root apps allow flexibility carrier-ROMs don't. Greenify shuts down unused apps. Xposed allows changing almost anything about Android operation (the "framework") with easy installation. See this link for top rooted apps.
None of these are available with locked bootloaders, and stock ROMs. (The NANDROID backup is available with stock ROMs but is if little value).
I'd rather the Hamas terrorists sit around hacking Israeli army enlisted men's smartphones than strap explosives to themselves and go kill innocent civilians in populated cities.
Exploding bus = brutally murdered people and body parts everywhere while the terrorists and their sympathizers dance in the streets and Iran pays them. Hacked smartphone = nobody dead.
This applies to all terrorists, be they Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, French-muslims, etc.
Please, terrorists, do go on and continue your oh-so-super hacking.
It's not a memristor. See this article which does a much better job of explaining it than WikiPedia.
Memristors by definition is not a stateful electronic component, so, to answer your question, no, it's not a 4-state memristor. The original article does talk about "states" but it refers to the ternary numerbing system available in the device. Ternary is better than binary for efficient storage (log base 3 of n vs log base 2 of n) but hopelessly inefficient for actually accessing it or doing anything with it.
Imagine, if you will, the old "sort the coins with the balance-scale" problem. Given n coins you CAN do it in log(3)n+2 instead of log(2)n+1 which is "better" except there's an algorithmic cost to have to identify discrete coins and move them around. In the log(2)n solution you just put half on one scale, half on the other, and see which side goes up and which side goes down.
Computationally intensive algorithms make a ternary system less efficient than a binary system for FAR MORE than the cost that one saves in storage or having different 'states' as they call it.
As to the comment that you can do logic gates, that is not in the original article. All the article purports to claim is that the memory chip can do operations on the data in the memory chip so you don't need a CPU. Put more simplistically it means that the memory chip can do CPU-like functions without the transfer back and forth of memory. In-place ops are significantly less computationally expensive than those requiring memory-mapping, DMA, or whatever transfer mechanism is used.
A memory chip is not a processor. The *summary of* the article didn't say what the article did. Nothing the summary says is close to what is true.
NO MEMORY UNIT WILL PERFORM CPU FUNCTIONS at less than 2 orders of magnitude worse (that's 1/100 performance/power) today.
There's no "discovery" here. You can use stones and sticks to compute. Using a memory chip is far more advanced. And just as stupid.
Slow day on slashdot?
Yes. I signed this post. Because I'm in the industry. I'm not a troll. I get to call out when people put out stupid articles where they summarize stupid research papers that have nothing to do with reality land. Like this one.
Scott Greenfield from simplejustice gives his take on Ms. Wu's whole-hearted attempt to represent *HER* desires and *HER* feelz and not anyone else in her failure run for Congress.
It's a good read. Scott is a lawyer who blogs daily... and he doesn't pull any punches. Unlike Ms. Wu he is able to view things objectively.
Before asking for "how do I figure out what to do?" (spec) you should define what's up (problem) and determine how to handle it (solution) and then come up with the specification.
"Trench CAT6"???? No, you are unclear on the concept of a)trench b)concuit, and c)CAT-6. Before you ask me why I'm dissing your plan see above about Problem/Solution/Spec. In short, copper bad, fiber-optics provide opto-isolation, CAT-6 won't get you anything CAT-5 won't since you stupidly rely on *one* commodity ISP, and you have nothing to trench for. Short answer: inner-duct with multi-mode fiber will carry 1G, 10G with no electrical connection nor ground issues.
UPS? No. LOL. That's good for your kitchen. If you want solid power get a -48VDC battery pack, a rectifier/charger, and an inverter for AC operations.
Whiteboard walls? How is "what I do with my walls" part of any IT strategy? Do whatever you want with your walls. You want IT advice? See above. You want interior decorations advice, see an interior decorator.
Your concepts of physical security (double up the wall beams and which lock should I supply) are absurd.
Let us know when you have your fortress done.
I'd like the opportunity to drive my car through your front door in 15 seconds and see how great your $3.75 works.
I did try to be helpful... but as other posters have pointed out... SERIOUSLY???
Any employer can donate the gifts (or funds) they would have spent on employees, or any amount for that matter, to charity. That part of the story is clear and good on Alphabet for helping out needy schools to the tune of more money than I'll ever make in my lifetime.
What is not accurate is the phrase "on its employees behalf" and other posters have already indicated that if the employees don't get the tax advantage, then the donation is not "on their behalf." Indeed the incentive is for Alphabet to get the deduction, effectively providing a $30M gift which costs them probably half that.
However, unlike other posters who say "If I'm not getting the benefit then F*** them" I think on it this way: If I were an employee and was told "This year instead of giving YOU a gift we're giving one to a poor child in need" then I would think about whether I was ENTITLED to a gift (no), or whether I just got spoilt and greedy and want want wanted a gift, and now I'm crying my big head to sleep on my big pillow.
Good on Alphabet. Good on everybody who supports helping out those in need.
E P.S. I'm not a tax expert, lawyer, nor doctor. But I do write my opinions on the Internet.
If the IRS had evidence of a crime, they're allowed to get information to further identify the person who committed it.
If Coinbase had committed a crime, they're allowed to get information as to who else was involved in it.
However, to subpoena a list of all clients in a certain geographical area over a three year period is to presume them guilty and then look for the innocent. That's a classic fishing expedition, and the courts should disallow it.
I am not a lawyer. Consult lawyers for legal advice. This is simple common sense.
E P.S. I know the IRS is powerful... but not ALL powerful.
Both Peter Thiel and Donald Trump are thin-skinned rich white guys who bully anyone that they think insults their thin-skinned specialness.
Both have shown clearly they are FOR free speech when that speech is FOR them, and AGAINST free speech when that speech is against them. That means they are neither pro free speech, the first amendment, or basic human rights.
It is not surprising that a narcissistic misogynist xenophobic racist bully would enlist others like him to a transition team.
Trump's history is full of contracts where he refuses to pay and unilaterally changes how much he'll pay after he gets the product. If this sounds familiar it's the same as what Darth Vader did with Lando Calrissian when he took Han Solo's carbomite-frozen body to Jabba the Hutt.
Those who voted for Trump for President are in for a few nasty surprises when he does the same things to our allies, to our treaties, to his own campaign promises, and to the people of this land. Unfortunately, so are the rest of us.
This says it all about how awesome the Macbook pro and apple are for any use whatsoever, which of course includes video striping: https://youtu.be/-XSC_UG5_kU
If CSIRO is involved you can bet whatever they find they'll coat it with so many layers of "intellectual property" nobody will be able to get it without paying through the nose. CSIRO is pure evil.
These are ten year old laptops going from $60-$200 on eBay depending on condition and options. They will run Mint or Ubuntu with nothing customized, and support a built in RJ45 network port, lots of USB ports, up to 8GB RAM, SSD, etc.
I give them out at Christmas to friends struggling with Windows.
Note: They come with two graphic adapter options... one of which is Nvidia. If you get the one with Nvidia you *must* install the proprietary "blob" driver from Nvidia, as the open source Nouveau driver does not (didn't?) support it.
Pros: for non graphics intensive stuff it's a heck of a workhorse. Cons: for graphics stuff it really can't keep up with a 4K movie stream.
You have a right to have a wallet/purse, right? You have a right to belt/buckle, shoes, etc., right?
Don't make up things because you want to be argumentative. Cite some law.
What is on your person is your right unless lawfully prohibited (such as firearms when lawfully prohibited).
Cellphones unless lawfully prohibited* are allowed.
E * Lawfully prohibited means prohibited by LAW, not because some halfwit said "NO you can't bring that in here!" If posted that's half the part. If prior informed to the ticket purchaser that's enough for me... but still not law.
This is already spiraling... so pardon me for going on a tangent.
If it says on the TICKET THAT I PURCHASE that I'll be required to surrender/bag my cellphone then that's fine. I can choose to go or not go.
If it does not say so and I show up, the ITEMS ON MY PERSON are NOT SUBJECT TO SEARCH OR SEIZURE by agents of the government (4th am) or private parties without my agreement.
If they'll play fair (say so ahead of time)... I'm fine with this. People who are willing to give up their rights are always happy and welcome to be the sheeple they are to go see awesome shows (Dave Chapelle, etc.). I'd rather keep my phone (silent, screen off, thanks).
Local mall. Local police. Why is the FBI in on this gig?
Yeah for sure they shouldn't get another bite at the [encryption debate] Apple... but why are they even involved and why won't someone say "Hey they have no standing here. This was a simple case of a stabbing and a shooting and it's all local and the FBI has NO JURISmyDICTION here!!!" ?
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Futurama already did it.
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Sure and you could "just ask a question" about putting ether in your gas tank for better gas mileage.
It's stupid.
Just like putting a PC in a fridge. Abysmally stupid.
I was happy to point out the science of why that is, as well as alternatives if you truly want to get good cooling.
If I was a troll I'd have mentioned that getting the cords out the cooling chamber would compromise the cooling, but, hey, I don't think that's of any significance given how much this whole idea sucks.
E
Air is an insulator, so placing computer parts in an air-mass inside a cooling vehicle (direct gas-expansion refrigerator) creates a built-in inefficiency that makes no good sense fiscally or energy wise.
In contrast oil conducts heat beautifully and a computer immersed in mineral oil offloads heat amazingly well. https://www.pugetsystems.com/s...
Secondly, not all parts of a computer generate heat, so putting the whole case in the air-cooled fridge is just an exercise in inefficiency.
Far better to do what the overclockers do, which is to take the heat-generating parts, [in some case de-lid them and put different thermal-conductive paste on them] and put a coolant directly on the components. You don't need super-custom components that can sit in a mineral-oil bath, have the liquid-cooled setup deskside where you game (or run power apps like booting Windows) and the cost is nonprohibitive.
But hey, if you want to stick a PC in a fridge, go right ahead. People do stupid things all the time. Just take a look at the current POTUS.
E
1. Determine which TOR-nodes you're talking to. (Netstat or Ethereal) /32s the TOR-nodes are on through the ISP router
2. Remove default route through your ISPs router
3. Add specific routes to the
Traffic routed through TOR will work fine.
Traffic going outside of TOR will fail except for the local network (your home or office LAN).
E
This begs the question (assumes it and ignores it): When a NON-open-source software program is involved in an accident, the responsibility is that of the manufacturer.
That is not true according to current cases dealing specifically with Tesla.
A better question isn't "Hey if an open-source independent vehicle software program causes a crash, who's responsible" but rather: 'Who is responsible when software causes a crash" or better yet "How can people be responsible for their own behavior even if relying on a tool?"
E
...then clearly they don't need all those cameras.
E
I think it's great that one day we'll live on a planet where we don't have to sit in a plane but instead can sit in a train, although I'm sure TSA will find a way to make it slower and more annoying. However, the original article really quotes some... HYPERBOLE ideas:
"...leave the hyperloop looking like a Hornby set."
Never heard of it. When using a simile try to ensure that the part you're comparing things to is actually known by people. With all due respect to Bruce Hornsby, of whom I have heard. He's got a band, not a set.
"...maglev, a still-new propulsion system..."
Only if still-new is 1972 tech. Seriously... this is almost 50-year old technology. It's not "still new". It has its challenges which is why it's not used everywhere... just like any other form of compromise in transportation, shipping logistics, or life.
E
WiFi Tether without paying extra to the carrier for the same data you're already paying for is a feature.
Backup specific apps and their data ("Titanium Backup" or its successors) or the entire device ("NANDROID" backup via TWRP, CWM, PhilZ, etc)
Root apps allow flexibility carrier-ROMs don't. Greenify shuts down unused apps. Xposed allows changing almost anything about Android operation (the "framework") with easy installation. See this link for top rooted apps.
None of these are available with locked bootloaders, and stock ROMs. (The NANDROID backup is available with stock ROMs but is if little value).
MotoG4 using Silesh Nair xt16xx 7.1.1 Lineage OS 20170113 ROM
Ehud Gavron
I'd rather the Hamas terrorists sit around hacking Israeli army enlisted men's smartphones than strap explosives to themselves and go kill innocent civilians in populated cities.
Exploding bus = brutally murdered people and body parts everywhere while the terrorists and their sympathizers dance in the streets and Iran pays them.
Hacked smartphone = nobody dead.
This applies to all terrorists, be they Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, French-muslims, etc.
Please, terrorists, do go on and continue your oh-so-super hacking.
Swords to plowshares indeed.
E
The tips will be great. Ok, they'll be ok. Well, you'll get tipped every now and then.
Also you can work on your real estate license. One day you'll be a broker.
Did you get that CS degree framed? If so you'll have trouble digging glass shards out of your ass when you wipe.
E
It's not a memristor. See this article which does a much better job of explaining it than WikiPedia.
Memristors by definition is not a stateful electronic component, so, to answer your question, no, it's not a 4-state memristor. The original article does talk about "states" but it refers to the ternary numerbing system available in the device. Ternary is better than binary for efficient storage (log base 3 of n vs log base 2 of n) but hopelessly inefficient for actually accessing it or doing anything with it.
Imagine, if you will, the old "sort the coins with the balance-scale" problem. Given n coins you CAN do it in log(3)n+2 instead of log(2)n+1 which is "better" except there's an algorithmic cost to have to identify discrete coins and move them around. In the log(2)n solution you just put half on one scale, half on the other, and see which side goes up and which side goes down.
Computationally intensive algorithms make a ternary system less efficient than a binary system for FAR MORE than the cost that one saves in storage or having different 'states' as they call it.
As to the comment that you can do logic gates, that is not in the original article. All the article purports to claim is that the memory chip can do operations on the data in the memory chip so you don't need a CPU. Put more simplistically it means that the memory chip can do CPU-like functions without the transfer back and forth of memory. In-place ops are significantly less computationally expensive than those requiring memory-mapping, DMA, or whatever transfer mechanism is used.
E
A memory chip is not a processor.
The *summary of* the article didn't say what the article did.
Nothing the summary says is close to what is true.
NO MEMORY UNIT WILL PERFORM CPU FUNCTIONS at less than 2 orders of magnitude worse (that's 1/100 performance/power) today.
There's no "discovery" here. You can use stones and sticks to compute. Using a memory chip is far more advanced. And just as stupid.
Slow day on slashdot?
Yes. I signed this post. Because I'm in the industry. I'm not a troll. I get to call out when people put out stupid articles where they summarize stupid research papers that have nothing to do with reality land. Like this one.
E
Scott Greenfield from simplejustice gives his take on Ms. Wu's whole-hearted attempt to represent *HER* desires and *HER* feelz and not anyone else in her failure run for Congress.
It's a good read. Scott is a lawyer who blogs daily... and he doesn't pull any punches. Unlike Ms. Wu he is able to view things objectively.
E
Before asking for "how do I figure out what to do?" (spec) you should define what's up (problem) and determine how to handle it (solution) and then come up with the specification.
"Trench CAT6"???? No, you are unclear on the concept of a)trench b)concuit, and c)CAT-6. Before you ask me why I'm dissing your plan see above about Problem/Solution/Spec. In short, copper bad, fiber-optics provide opto-isolation, CAT-6 won't get you anything CAT-5 won't since you stupidly rely on *one* commodity ISP, and you have nothing to trench for. Short answer: inner-duct with multi-mode fiber will carry 1G, 10G with no electrical connection nor ground issues.
UPS? No. LOL. That's good for your kitchen. If you want solid power get a -48VDC battery pack, a rectifier/charger, and an inverter for AC operations.
Whiteboard walls? How is "what I do with my walls" part of any IT strategy? Do whatever you want with your walls. You want IT advice? See above. You want interior decorations advice, see an interior decorator.
Your concepts of physical security (double up the wall beams and which lock should I supply) are absurd.
Let us know when you have your fortress done.
I'd like the opportunity to drive my car through your front door in 15 seconds and see how great your $3.75 works.
I did try to be helpful... but as other posters have pointed out... SERIOUSLY???
E
" DHS takes the trust of our public ..."
Yes, because the public doesn't GIVE it our trust.
E
Any employer can donate the gifts (or funds) they would have spent on employees, or any amount for that matter, to charity. That part of the story is clear and good on Alphabet for helping out needy schools to the tune of more money than I'll ever make in my lifetime.
What is not accurate is the phrase "on its employees behalf" and other posters have already indicated that if the employees don't get the tax advantage, then the donation is not "on their behalf." Indeed the incentive is for Alphabet to get the deduction, effectively providing a $30M gift which costs them probably half that.
However, unlike other posters who say "If I'm not getting the benefit then F*** them" I think on it this way: If I were an employee and was told "This year instead of giving YOU a gift we're giving one to a poor child in need" then I would think about whether I was ENTITLED to a gift (no), or whether I just got spoilt and greedy and want want wanted a gift, and now I'm crying my big head to sleep on my big pillow.
Good on Alphabet. Good on everybody who supports helping out those in need.
E
P.S. I'm not a tax expert, lawyer, nor doctor. But I do write my opinions on the Internet.
Powershell is no different than any other Microsoft product. Security is not a consideration. Consumer lock-in and revenue is.
This is no more "news" than "MPAA goes after another movie critic who shared a screener" or "IRAN says it hates the US in a new message."
Nothing to see here. Microsoft has never claimed to, never tried to, and has never made any software product that is resistant to hacks.
E
Coinbase should be able to get this quashed.
If the IRS had evidence of a crime, they're allowed to get information to further identify the person who committed it.
If Coinbase had committed a crime, they're allowed to get information as to who else was involved in it.
However, to subpoena a list of all clients in a certain geographical area over a three year period is to presume them guilty and then look for the innocent. That's a classic fishing expedition, and the courts should disallow it.
I am not a lawyer. Consult lawyers for legal advice. This is simple common sense.
E
P.S. I know the IRS is powerful... but not ALL powerful.
Both Peter Thiel and Donald Trump are thin-skinned rich white guys who bully anyone that they think insults their thin-skinned specialness.
Both have shown clearly they are FOR free speech when that speech is FOR them, and AGAINST free speech when that speech is against them.
That means they are neither pro free speech, the first amendment, or basic human rights.
It is not surprising that a narcissistic misogynist xenophobic racist bully would enlist others like him to a transition team.
Trump's history is full of contracts where he refuses to pay and unilaterally changes how much he'll pay after he gets the product. If this sounds familiar it's the same as what Darth Vader did with Lando Calrissian when he took Han Solo's carbomite-frozen body to Jabba the Hutt.
Those who voted for Trump for President are in for a few nasty surprises when he does the same things to our allies, to our treaties, to his own campaign promises, and to the people of this land. Unfortunately, so are the rest of us.
E
This says it all about how awesome the Macbook pro and apple are for any use whatsoever, which of course includes video striping:
https://youtu.be/-XSC_UG5_kU
E
If CSIRO is involved you can bet whatever they find they'll coat it with so many layers of "intellectual property" nobody will be able to get it without paying through the nose. CSIRO is pure evil.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-po...
E
These are ten year old laptops going from $60-$200 on eBay depending on condition and options.
They will run Mint or Ubuntu with nothing customized, and support a built in RJ45 network port, lots of USB ports, up to 8GB RAM, SSD, etc.
I give them out at Christmas to friends struggling with Windows.
Note: They come with two graphic adapter options... one of which is Nvidia. If you get the one with Nvidia you *must* install the proprietary "blob" driver from Nvidia, as the open source Nouveau driver does not (didn't?) support it.
Pros: for non graphics intensive stuff it's a heck of a workhorse.
Cons: for graphics stuff it really can't keep up with a 4K movie stream.
E
> You don't have a right to a cellphone...
Yeah, you do.
You have a right to have a wallet/purse, right?
You have a right to belt/buckle, shoes, etc., right?
Don't make up things because you want to be argumentative. Cite some law.
What is on your person is your right unless lawfully prohibited (such as firearms when lawfully prohibited).
Cellphones unless lawfully prohibited* are allowed.
E
* Lawfully prohibited means prohibited by LAW, not because some halfwit said "NO you can't bring that in here!" If posted that's half the part. If prior informed to the ticket purchaser that's enough for me... but still not law.
This is already spiraling... so pardon me for going on a tangent.
If it says on the TICKET THAT I PURCHASE that I'll be required to surrender/bag my cellphone then that's fine. I can choose to go or not go.
If it does not say so and I show up, the ITEMS ON MY PERSON are NOT SUBJECT TO SEARCH OR SEIZURE by agents of the government (4th am) or private parties without my agreement.
If they'll play fair (say so ahead of time) ... I'm fine with this. People who are willing to give up their rights are always happy and welcome to be the sheeple they are to go see awesome shows (Dave Chapelle, etc.). I'd rather keep my phone (silent, screen off, thanks).
E
Local mall. Local police. Why is the FBI in on this gig?
Yeah for sure they shouldn't get another bite at the [encryption debate] Apple... but why are they even involved and why won't someone say "Hey they have no standing here. This was a simple case of a stabbing and a shooting and it's all local and the FBI has NO JURISmyDICTION here!!!" ?
E