They really need to do this for the Lehman's catalog. Goodness knows, everyone wants a way to use their computers and the Internet in order to purchase Bag Balm and kerosene lanterns.
Much of Lem's writing was veiled criticism of communist rule, masquerading as fiction. It may be hard for younger generations to truly appreciate the political environment in which he was writing, and the very real personal risk involved in writing anything more pointed than he did.
why do people have to take a technology which is perfectly reasonable and useful within a certain problem domain, and turn it into snake oil?
I read that whole article, just praying I would see the name "Shannon" or the word "congestion" in there, or even TNSTAFL, but nooooo.
What these guys are doing is absolutely wonderful when
- the bandwidth-delay product is greater than the size of the data to be transferred
- upstream bandwidth is far more expensive than downstream bandwidth
- the receiver is stealthed
- the communications link is half-duplex.
- the receiver has cheap, fast*, temporary storage available. (faster than the network, anyway).
- occult knowledge is being transmitted, and the parties wish to have some deniability
What they are doing is absolutely horrible when the network links are shared with other people -- unless they have some other means of congestion control.
That's not unreasonable. Couldn't somebody just say as much?
Why, what's your beef? Don't have a cow -- you're in gravy, man! Just put up a little sign that says "GONER REPAIR: $10". It only takes five minutes to fix. Script it, put it on a floppy and carry it with you, and you can clean it up in two minutes flat.
NASA are using a civilian pretext (and possibly funding, also) as a front for military research and development. It's certainly not the first time -- consider all the scramjet research which they keep pretending is about civilian transport.
Indeed, it's one of the reasons I finally quit IBM. They even acknowledged that the crap only had to be "patentable, not rocket science." And that it "doesn't even matter if the patents stick, nobody challenges them anyway. Just as long as our stack is higher than theirs." This kind of egregious abuse of the patent system just made me sick, so I will no longer contribute to their portfolio. I wonder how much creative talent they're missing out on for the same reason?
what happened to PCDirect? High-speed down, modem uplink, maybe twin modem uplink. Should be plenty of bandwidth for a school, unless you're producing amateur video.
Well, actually, I only do this for stuff I'm making up on the fly.
But that's only for presentations I don't have to give more than once. If I'm making a canned presentation to use repeatedly, I usually do that in HTML. The nice thing about HTML is I can edit it on a PDA. I try not to carry a laptop anymore, too much hassle.
With these and a stack of blank transparencies, I can go anywhere, and present a topic to any size audience, on any topic which I am knowledgeable about.
The only thing this approach lacks is the VERY OCCASIONALLY useful photograph or map.
Another thing to do is never ever do copy-type operations into auto variables (on the stack). Auto variables should only be assigned to with the = operator. Makes it awfully hard to stack-smash.
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Dutchebank, and hundreds of the bigtime names in the financial world had their main offices in that building.
Not their main offices. MWD's main offices are in midtown, though they did maintain a smaller office in the WTC. Deutsche Bank's main offices are, guess where? Deutscheland, tada! And anyway, their main NYC offices are in midtown, over on Park Ave.
I've said it before: a dozen civilians could hijack a plane with their bare hands. The only protection against mass-suicide hijackings like that is to avoid making enemies. Though locking the cockpit door would help.
Actually, you win a war by destroying your enemy's ability to wage war. It has long ago ceased to be about killing soldiers -- sometime around the era of the rifle. Now, war is about being able to spend more than the enemy on weapons, and being able to damage his ability to make more weapons -- usually by harming his industrial production.
Gee, too bad German's not the most popular language in Bouillon, ever since the last 50 years or so. Try French, you'll get a lot farther. English is your next best bet. You'll find people who speak Flemish, but they mayn't be polite.
Up on the hills to the east, it's pretty cool. Otherwise, there's not much to do in Bouillon. It's a washed-up spa town for has-beens. But the castle is cool, and the youth hostel is nicer than average.
Build a satellite for $50K, that is. The article clearly stated that they ignored the cost of a significant amount of labor, as it was provided by individual grants.
Not to diminish the main point that there are sometimes unorthodox inexpensive solutions, it's hardly fair to use these cost comparisons to pick on aerospace firms who don't have labor forces that are willing to work for free.
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They really need to do this for the Lehman's catalog. Goodness knows, everyone wants a way to use their computers and the Internet in order to purchase Bag Balm and kerosene lanterns.
Like all the rest of High School, and most Colleges and Universities, students are only required to attend class -- not to learn anything.
Much of Lem's writing was veiled criticism of communist rule, masquerading as fiction. It may be hard for younger generations to truly appreciate the political environment in which he was writing, and the very real personal risk involved in writing anything more pointed than he did.
why do people have to take a technology which is perfectly reasonable and useful within a certain problem domain, and turn it into snake oil?
I read that whole article, just praying I would see the name "Shannon" or the word "congestion" in there, or even TNSTAFL, but nooooo.
What these guys are doing is absolutely wonderful when
- the bandwidth-delay product is greater than the size of the data to be transferred
- upstream bandwidth is far more expensive than downstream bandwidth
- the receiver is stealthed
- the communications link is half-duplex.
- the receiver has cheap, fast*, temporary storage available. (faster than the network, anyway).
- occult knowledge is being transmitted, and the parties wish to have some deniability
What they are doing is absolutely horrible when the network links are shared with other people -- unless they have some other means of congestion control.
That's not unreasonable. Couldn't somebody just say as much?
Lord help me...
Why, what's your beef? Don't have a cow -- you're in gravy, man! Just put up a little sign that says "GONER REPAIR: $10". It only takes five minutes to fix. Script it, put it on a floppy and carry it with you, and you can clean it up in two minutes flat.
NASA are using a civilian pretext (and possibly funding, also) as a front for military research and development. It's certainly not the first time -- consider all the scramjet research which they keep pretending is about civilian transport.
And in other news, shorting a NiCd battery creates a hell of a fire. I guess the Lithium batteries would probably burn well, too.
Interesting. Any idea how much they cost?
I found it to be pathetic.
Indeed, it's one of the reasons I finally quit IBM. They even acknowledged that the crap only had to be "patentable, not rocket science." And that it "doesn't even matter if the patents stick, nobody challenges them anyway. Just as long as our stack is higher than theirs." This kind of egregious abuse of the patent system just made me sick, so I will no longer contribute to their portfolio. I wonder how much creative talent they're missing out on for the same reason?
Do they legally have the right to download these files? It would be so sweet to sue the RIAA for copyright infringement.
what happened to PCDirect? High-speed down,
modem uplink, maybe twin modem uplink. Should be plenty of bandwidth for a school, unless you're producing amateur video.
Well, actually, I only do this for stuff I'm making up on the fly.
But that's only for presentations I don't have to give more than once. If I'm making a canned presentation to use repeatedly, I usually do that in HTML. The nice thing about HTML is I can edit it on a PDA. I try not to carry a laptop anymore, too much hassle.
magic markers.
Three colors: red, black, and green.
With these and a stack of blank transparencies, I can go anywhere, and present a topic to any size audience, on any topic which I am knowledgeable about.
The only thing this approach lacks is the VERY OCCASIONALLY useful photograph or map.
these things can tell a dead finger - blood, pulse, rigor mortis etc
Some do. The question is, can Acer's?
The specific rumor, back in Feb2K, when this whole hysteria started, cited EBay. That's why.
Another thing to do is never ever do copy-type operations into auto variables (on the stack). Auto variables should only be assigned to with the = operator. Makes it awfully hard to stack-smash.
And as others have pointed out, there is no means of distinguishing encrypted data from random numbers.
use a random number, go to jail.
it's the 'date' that's indicative, as the anniversary of the Camp David Peace Accord.
Ohmigod, it's September 18 already? Where does the time go?
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Dutchebank, and hundreds of the bigtime names in the financial world had their main offices in that building.
Not their main offices. MWD's main offices are in midtown, though they did maintain a smaller office in the WTC. Deutsche Bank's main offices are, guess where? Deutscheland, tada! And anyway, their main NYC offices are in midtown, over on Park Ave.
I've said it before: a dozen civilians could hijack a plane with their bare hands. The only protection against mass-suicide hijackings like that is to avoid making enemies. Though locking the cockpit door would help.
Actually, you win a war by destroying your enemy's ability to wage war. It has long ago ceased to be about killing soldiers -- sometime around the era of the rifle. Now, war is about being able to spend more than the enemy on weapons, and being able to damage his ability to make more weapons -- usually by harming his industrial production.
Land is not the issue.
Gee, too bad German's not the most popular language in Bouillon, ever since the last 50 years or so. Try French, you'll get a lot farther. English is your next best bet. You'll find people who speak Flemish, but they mayn't be polite.
Up on the hills to the east, it's pretty cool. Otherwise, there's not much to do in Bouillon. It's a washed-up spa town for has-beens. But the castle is cool, and the youth hostel is nicer than average.
I would give my eye teeth for a trip to Mars, and so would any NASA astronaut.
Clear the technological hurdles -- if the bone loss problem isn't solved by then, well, screw it. Take volunteers.
Build a satellite for $50K, that is.
The article clearly stated that they ignored the cost of a significant amount of labor, as it was provided by individual grants.
Not to diminish the main point that there are sometimes unorthodox inexpensive solutions, it's hardly fair to use these cost comparisons to pick on aerospace firms who don't have labor forces that are willing to work for free.