Good point, it doesn't usually snow in a desert. Think it has something to do with moisture. In Tibet, where it gets really cold and there's moisture during the winter, it can snow a lot.
Software Patents - Don't think it's right to patent non-physical devices. Hopefully we can someday we can fix this horrible innovation-stifling law.
Lindows - Don't think anyone ever confused Lindows with Windows.
Old dates on information - I was trying to show a long standing pattern of attacks. You went through many of the items essentially saying that the attacks were justified. Don't wish to put words in your mouth but I think that's the gist of your opinion.
Whether the attacks were justified or not it does show that 1) Linux was/is a threat, as indicated by Microsoft. 2) Linux is not a "ghost" that no one can sue or strong arm.
The last few paragraphs seem to be irrelevant to what I wrote so I'll let others comment on the pros and cons of FOSS.
You forgot some other somewhat cold and dead things: MCA, EISA, PCMCIA, PCI-X. And ESDI, parallel SCSI, ST-506 MFM, and the similar RLL.
I didn't forget anything I left them out.
Why should I assume that 4k sectors won't just be a small and dismal blip on the technological radar like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Channel_architecture>Microchannel or EISA was, as just another seemingly good idea that nobody ever actually wanted badly enough to buy it?
Don't assume anything, see what the market decides like other intelligent shoppers. Tell me you didn't buy an EISA or Microchannel system. lol
In Colorado there is a county tax that is different in every county. In NJ they have enterprise zones where the tax is half unless your a business in NJ then you need to pay full tax. See, it is unbelievably simple.
On taxes in general... they have already been paid. The manufacturer paid tax on the raw goods, tax was paid by the distributors, and income tax was collected from the people who work for these organizations. Have I left out anything? Please add it in if so. Do we get any more representation in Congress for the items that have been taxed three or more times? Please, if it is taxed in the EU, let's not do it here.
That is a better way to evaluate costs. Money is not lost if you learn how to implement things better. If the mistakes are repeated then yes the company is wasting its time. Usually, on implementing version 1 of software, we learn basically how not to do it. We take those mistakes and learn how to make version 2 much better. Version 3 further refines the product and development procedures into something that can be used again and again.
New development processes try to smash the above three versions into a repeating process. Agile development comes to mind. But even this has to be learned and adapted to what fits best for a project. The assumption is that assumptions will be wrong, mistakes will be made, learning will occur, and more correct goals will be set and implemented.
Effective IT is learning from your mistakes whereas bad IT is repeating them. Certainly some of that $6.2T is the cost of learning.
This is news, but not because of the potential problems that could arise.
XP is a huge installed base of computers. A new high capacity device that won't work on them is big news. It may be big enough to embarrass MS to do something about it. Both Vista and Windows 7 have forced MS to keep XP going for netbooks. Neither of the new OSes will run with any decent speed on a 10inch netbook. Even XP is a bit sluggish.
It's interesting from a technological standpoint. Why/how would changing the sector size effect performance? What are the downsides - why wasn't it done before?
Those questions were covered quite well by other posters.
Why is it now chosen at 4k, why not something even larger?
In addition to what other posters wrote, I would add that, it, sector size, will get larger as drives increase capacity. When we see 128Tbyte drives become common watch for another change to reduce total sectors to something more manageable. We don't know what the limit will be because research continues. Currently, work progresses on storing bits in the state of a single electron.
Those questions are what make it news (for nerds). It doesn't have to break something to be newsworthy.
Sure sure. But, for the millions of XP users this is news.
4k sectors are logical when you look at increased drive capacity, especially with multi-bit per position technology. New stuff is coming, you can't stop it. We had ISA, VESA, PCI, and ePCI. We had IDE, EIDE, SATA1, 2 and 3. I won't mention all the different types of memory we've gone through. Hardware is a moving target of innovation.
Eventually XP users will be forced to do something like the Win9x'ers had to do. Ether you can get a new box that supports the latest MS OS or you can install a version of Linux that works on your current hardware and implements the new features.
I've found that the amount of transition-to-Linux pain is dependent on the peripherals you use. For instance, my scanner gives me a hard time whenever I upgrade, but my digital camera never does.
I didn't spend any money on the OS, been running versions of Fedora since Win98se. If you want brand new hardware with free OSes, contact System76 or ZAreason or even Dell.
I don't do much calling so I use Virgin Mobil pay as you go. My bills are under $100 for the year. It's $0.18/minute to call anyone in the U.S. and they cover large metro areas. I've used it all along the Frontrange in Colorado and anywhere in NJ. It makes a good low usage inexpensive phone if you live in a coverage area(map).
Any of these services has the potential to provide tracking on your usage of the web if they really catch on. Sometimes a bit of paranoia isn't a bad thing.
Find out what the music Nazi's favorite CD is, buy them a CD player with headphones to go with it, and wrap it all up nice. Ah, to see the glow in their eyes when they open that special present. Oh yeah, don't put your name on it.
Joe Satriani, Dregs, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Shadowfax, Lunatic Calm, Jeff Beck, Chick Corea, Ozric Tentacles, Tool, Incubus, BB King, John Lee Hooker, Fripp, etc. So how do I check Classical, Jazz, Rock, Heavy Metal, Techno, New Age, Blues, and Folk on the survey? And, where do Nepalli Monk chants fit in?
Don't listen to rap, country, or especially, country rap.
Have to agree with the poster at the poll with the subject: "Worst Poll Ever"
In the test department I was able to test 8 hours worth of units in 4 hours while listening to Hendrix. In engineering, programming speed was not increased significantly, but I was able to concentrate better. In this completely unscientific comparison I'd say music increases productivity more with mechanical activities.
If Linux is compiled for ARM that means GCC and G++ have been built, which means that ever other app can be built. Therefore, every app for Gnome, KDE, and all the other desktops should be available. You'll probably see a netbook friendly desktop like XFCE or BusyBox, to reduce hardware requirements, but either will allow you to run OpenOffice. OO includes a Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Database, and Drawing apps. There are thousands of other free apps. You could run a web server, an SQL database, Internet clients for browsing, blogging, email, ftp, bit torrent, twitter, IM, etc. You could run a PIM app, several calculators, video and sound apps, hundreds of games. You could make programs in almost any language you like PERL, C, C++, Python, PHP, Ruby, TCL, Basic, multiple shell scripts, etc.
Above is a subset of what is installed on my laptop with the exception of KDE, XFCE, and BusyBox, but I have KDE apps. You couldn't install everything I have on this laptop to an ARM netbook, because it probably wouldn't fit on the storage device included, but I bet you could pick subset you find useful.
To the Linux crowd: I apologize in advance for leaving out your favorite app off the list. To be fair their are thousands.
Police need communication and data to do their job. How does this compare with texting your girlfriend, checking sport scores, or gossiping on the phone? To have a double standard you need a comparable situation and normal drivers can do all of their calling while NOT driving.
As a motorcyclist who has nearly been run over a couple of times by cell phone users I would propose similar punishment to what is given to drunk drivers. Studies have shown similar reaction times for cell phone users and drunk drivers, both of which threaten the lives of the rest of us on the road.
Do you think the President cares about embarrassment? You've pointed out the tax cheat, who actually never completely paid all the money he owes, but what about...
communists
lobbists
pro-terrorists
pro-child-porn
He seems to appoint whomever he wants, sometimes in spite of FBI background checks.
You know, I was reading the post you replied to and was wondering what the point was. Then I read your response and I knew I was right, there is no point. lol That was great, thanks.
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He taught the principles of Saul Alinsky in college... the "ends justify means" guy. Check your morals at the door.
Ever looked at a precipitation map of Antarctica? Most of the continent is a desert.
Good point, it doesn't usually snow in a desert. Think it has something to do with moisture. In Tibet, where it gets really cold and there's moisture during the winter, it can snow a lot.
Couple of things... (just opinions)
Software Patents - Don't think it's right to patent non-physical devices. Hopefully we can someday we can fix this horrible innovation-stifling law.
Lindows - Don't think anyone ever confused Lindows with Windows.
Old dates on information - I was trying to show a long standing pattern of attacks. You went through many of the items essentially saying that the attacks were justified. Don't wish to put words in your mouth but I think that's the gist of your opinion.
Whether the attacks were justified or not it does show that 1) Linux was/is a threat, as indicated by Microsoft. 2) Linux is not a "ghost" that no one can sue or strong arm.
The last few paragraphs seem to be irrelevant to what I wrote so I'll let others comment on the pros and cons of FOSS.
Wasting resources trying to attack a ghost like Linux, where there is no one corp they can go after...
But they keep attacking, don't they? TomTom, Novell, Lindows, other attacks from 1998 to 2007.
And, since 2003 MS has considered Linux their number two threat.
Microsoft disagrees with you.
Oh no a troll! What should I do now?
Spend a little time on LOGO to show some basic concepts and then onto Python.
You forgot some other somewhat cold and dead things: MCA, EISA, PCMCIA, PCI-X. And ESDI, parallel SCSI, ST-506 MFM, and the similar RLL.
I didn't forget anything I left them out.
Why should I assume that 4k sectors won't just be a small and dismal blip on the technological radar like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Channel_architecture>Microchannel or EISA was, as just another seemingly good idea that nobody ever actually wanted badly enough to buy it?
Don't assume anything, see what the market decides like other intelligent shoppers. Tell me you didn't buy an EISA or Microchannel system. lol
Yes I'd rather not pay tax on goods shipped from internet sales, or failing that at least have a single tax everywhere, ...
I totally agree, let's elect people to do that.
In Colorado there is a county tax that is different in every county. In NJ they have enterprise zones where the tax is half unless your a business in NJ then you need to pay full tax. See, it is unbelievably simple.
On taxes in general... they have already been paid. The manufacturer paid tax on the raw goods, tax was paid by the distributors, and income tax was collected from the people who work for these organizations. Have I left out anything? Please add it in if so. Do we get any more representation in Congress for the items that have been taxed three or more times? Please, if it is taxed in the EU, let's not do it here.
That is a better way to evaluate costs. Money is not lost if you learn how to implement things better. If the mistakes are repeated then yes the company is wasting its time. Usually, on implementing version 1 of software, we learn basically how not to do it. We take those mistakes and learn how to make version 2 much better. Version 3 further refines the product and development procedures into something that can be used again and again.
New development processes try to smash the above three versions into a repeating process. Agile development comes to mind. But even this has to be learned and adapted to what fits best for a project. The assumption is that assumptions will be wrong, mistakes will be made, learning will occur, and more correct goals will be set and implemented.
Effective IT is learning from your mistakes whereas bad IT is repeating them. Certainly some of that $6.2T is the cost of learning.
This is news, but not because of the potential problems that could arise.
XP is a huge installed base of computers. A new high capacity device that won't work on them is big news. It may be big enough to embarrass MS to do something about it. Both Vista and Windows 7 have forced MS to keep XP going for netbooks. Neither of the new OSes will run with any decent speed on a 10inch netbook. Even XP is a bit sluggish.
It's interesting from a technological standpoint. Why/how would changing the sector size effect performance? What are the downsides - why wasn't it done before?
Those questions were covered quite well by other posters.
Why is it now chosen at 4k, why not something even larger?
In addition to what other posters wrote, I would add that, it, sector size, will get larger as drives increase capacity. When we see 128Tbyte drives become common watch for another change to reduce total sectors to something more manageable. We don't know what the limit will be because research continues. Currently, work progresses on storing bits in the state of a single electron.
Those questions are what make it news (for nerds). It doesn't have to break something to be newsworthy.
Sure sure. But, for the millions of XP users this is news.
I love the Linux policy of free upgrades forever. Have not paid a penny for pre-broken in a box software since Win98se.
4k sectors are logical when you look at increased drive capacity, especially with multi-bit per position technology. New stuff is coming, you can't stop it. We had ISA, VESA, PCI, and ePCI. We had IDE, EIDE, SATA1, 2 and 3. I won't mention all the different types of memory we've gone through. Hardware is a moving target of innovation.
Eventually XP users will be forced to do something like the Win9x'ers had to do. Ether you can get a new box that supports the latest MS OS or you can install a version of Linux that works on your current hardware and implements the new features.
I've found that the amount of transition-to-Linux pain is dependent on the peripherals you use. For instance, my scanner gives me a hard time whenever I upgrade, but my digital camera never does.
I didn't spend any money on the OS, been running versions of Fedora since Win98se. If you want brand new hardware with free OSes, contact System76 or ZAreason or even Dell.
That's Grey Code. 000, 001, 011, 010, 110, 111 and the joke should read...
There are only 11 types of old timer geeks... :-)
I don't do much calling so I use Virgin Mobil pay as you go. My bills are under $100 for the year. It's $0.18/minute to call anyone in the U.S. and they cover large metro areas. I've used it all along the Frontrange in Colorado and anywhere in NJ. It makes a good low usage inexpensive phone if you live in a coverage area(map).
Any of these services has the potential to provide tracking on your usage of the web if they really catch on. Sometimes a bit of paranoia isn't a bad thing.
I'm getting in my time machine right now... I'm back. The cowboy aliens, I ran into, said large scale matter transporters were used. Who knew?
Find out what the music Nazi's favorite CD is, buy them a CD player with headphones to go with it, and wrap it all up nice. Ah, to see the glow in their eyes when they open that special present. Oh yeah, don't put your name on it.
Joe Satriani, Dregs, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Shadowfax, Lunatic Calm, Jeff Beck, Chick Corea, Ozric Tentacles, Tool, Incubus, BB King, John Lee Hooker, Fripp, etc. So how do I check Classical, Jazz, Rock, Heavy Metal, Techno, New Age, Blues, and Folk on the survey? And, where do Nepalli Monk chants fit in?
Don't listen to rap, country, or especially, country rap.
Have to agree with the poster at the poll with the subject: "Worst Poll Ever"
In the test department I was able to test 8 hours worth of units in 4 hours while listening to Hendrix. In engineering, programming speed was not increased significantly, but I was able to concentrate better. In this completely unscientific comparison I'd say music increases productivity more with mechanical activities.
If Linux is compiled for ARM that means GCC and G++ have been built, which means that ever other app can be built. Therefore, every app for Gnome, KDE, and all the other desktops should be available. You'll probably see a netbook friendly desktop like XFCE or BusyBox, to reduce hardware requirements, but either will allow you to run OpenOffice. OO includes a Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Database, and Drawing apps. There are thousands of other free apps. You could run a web server, an SQL database, Internet clients for browsing, blogging, email, ftp, bit torrent, twitter, IM, etc. You could run a PIM app, several calculators, video and sound apps, hundreds of games. You could make programs in almost any language you like PERL, C, C++, Python, PHP, Ruby, TCL, Basic, multiple shell scripts, etc.
Above is a subset of what is installed on my laptop with the exception of KDE, XFCE, and BusyBox, but I have KDE apps. You couldn't install everything I have on this laptop to an ARM netbook, because it probably wouldn't fit on the storage device included, but I bet you could pick subset you find useful.
To the Linux crowd: I apologize in advance for leaving out your favorite app off the list. To be fair their are thousands.
What app do you need for your netbook?
Police need communication and data to do their job. How does this compare with texting your girlfriend, checking sport scores, or gossiping on the phone? To have a double standard you need a comparable situation and normal drivers can do all of their calling while NOT driving.
As a motorcyclist who has nearly been run over a couple of times by cell phone users I would propose similar punishment to what is given to drunk drivers. Studies have shown similar reaction times for cell phone users and drunk drivers, both of which threaten the lives of the rest of us on the road.
Do you think the President cares about embarrassment? You've pointed out the tax cheat, who actually never completely paid all the money he owes, but what about...
He seems to appoint whomever he wants, sometimes in spite of FBI background checks.
You know, I was reading the post you replied to and was wondering what the point was. Then I read your response and I knew I was right, there is no point. lol That was great, thanks.