Our Barracuda web filters see the site as porn. Whether is its or not doesn't really matter to the management types around here. They see the report and the porn category is flagged. You can guess what happens next
I find the playstation controllers are pretty easy on the hands. Kids these days don't know how good they have it. That old Nintendo Brick Controller was the worst. We all called it Nintendo thumb back in the day
This can only be a good thing for Firefox. First Google is hiring FF developers and now IBM, this means more sites/companies are going to start making pages compliant with standards and this will help move people away from craptiveX for websites. Thus making the world a safer and more happy place(at least online)
Does anyone find the top five reasons to choose Unix over Linux as listed on the SCO page incredibly funny? Especially item number 5.
#1 SCO UNIX® is a Proven, Stable and Reliable Platform #2 SCO UNIX® is backed by a single, experienced vendor #3 SCO UNIX® has a Committed, Well-Defined Roadmap #4 SCO UNIX® is Secure #5 SCO UNIX® is Legally Unencumbered
of having this device even though its half the size of a paperback it is still bigger than your average PDA?
Editorial bias anyone?
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Melting Europa
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/. is really starting to suck with all the editorial bias on these stories. I read the article and it didn't mention anything about raioactive leaks destroying the world or anything like that.
I was under the impression this was a discussion board for tech news. How about we just post stories and then have a discussion about the story instead of pushing some agenda. Or maybe that is too complicated.
Gold's claim isn't merely that solar sails won't work, but that radiation pressure in general is non-existent. This is patently false, since my undergrad physics book has an actual picture of a small sphere being levitated by a powerful laser. So where has he gone wrong?
If you read a little closer in that physics book you would know that the sphere was actually levitated by the superheated air that was exploding due to the laser energy input. It was not simply riding on light.
according to tramsmetazone the thing was running at 500 mhz for the demo
for desktop use with a chip made to run at 2ghtz this would be really impressive.
The lack of sse2 support greatly hindered this chip in any fps demo, where it was brutalized by the p4 (I'm sure even an amd athlon could beat it under those conditions!).
The 'code morphing' technology also uses an astonishing amount of ram, up to 64mb in some cases, so linux users who need all that ram for gnome should steer clear of this chip. I also noticed that compared to a p4 based system, it was quite unstable, requiring a reboot in windows98se after just 2 hours of demonstrations. I have also heard, from reliable sources, that boards using this chip can only run at agp 2x, which again can hinder game performance.
they would obviously overcome these issues with a desktop processor
if they would do this and maintain the low power consumption that would really be impressive. we could all have really fast machines and keep the internal case temps below 100 degrees.
just a thought it would be nice to have a third option for desktop processors.
Besides which, would it even be possible to attack a hub, assuming it was as you say basically a passive bit of hardware; your average hub, i believe, is just a transparent component in most networks. Can they even be assigned IP addresses?
I don't know how they are addressed but they would have to be in some way to be able to participate as a unit in the network i think.
the servers themselves. I am not an expert but surely these servers connect to the net through some sort of router/hub whatever. The servers are made to handle a lot of traffic but what about the connecting hardware. If the routers were attacked directly wouldn't the DDOS attack still be succesful without touching or alerting the dns servers themselves.
Also I doubt that the routers are setup to recognize any kind of attack as they are just relays between the net and the server. Possibly the attack could go on for quite some time before any one realized what was going on.
As I said I am not an expert could some-one enlighten me?
National economies are suffering now that online economies are manipulated through dubious means using real world monies. The value of the EverQuest currency currently exceeds the value of the US dollar. Other markets are experiencing similiar downfalls. One solution proposed by Microsoft Corporation is to alter the virual economies with DRM technology to facilitate fair usage of currency. RIAA sources say that they are also working on a solution but offered no details.
This should be great for med students learning anatomy. Being able to see things from all sides at scale could be a usefull learning tool for all kinds of things.
Just imagine the kinds of computer games that would benefit from this as well.
as good as the original as far as this movie goes.
How about instead of making live action out of cartoons we do cartoon versions of live action movies.
Or mix the two. The movie Final Fantasy has amazing graphics and to a casual movie goer who didn't know ahead of time that it was an animated might have been fooled
Curious ailment for older gamers
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I am sure everyone knows what "Nintendo Thumb" is. Playing so long that you form blisters on top of blisters.
What kind of health hazards do we need to watch out for in the future.
Chronic arthritis of the thumbs is one thing but what happens when we all start gaming in VR?
what if the guy your trying to track is a complete nutcase. Not every sniper is gonna follow a pattern. And I imagine an intelligent sniper will take precautions to avoid doing anything to draw attention to any kind of pattern.
is the fact that something like this is needed in the first place. An international id is not going to be a fix for the lack of security we have in the world today. The only true solution is for people to start being honest. This system will be abused just like any other no matter how secure they try to make it.
to do with a system like this. In the USA most everyone has a social security number or dl number that you can be tracked by. A lot of people us the ss number as the dl number anyways. (I don't). It seems that there is already in place a sort of digital id since the afore mentioned keep there databases on computers anyways. Now we are going to have to deal with the DMV the social security office and the international id office. Who will have access to the new database that will be created? Where will it be located? Will there be anything put in place to stop abuse of this system? Any finally is there really a need for this?
GM is the only US automaker developing its own fuel cell in-house: at the company's Warren, Michigan, research facility; at a 300-engineer skunk works near Rochester, New York, that recently expanded by 80,000 square feet; and at a third center in Mainz-Kastel, Germany.... Um wrong, just because Ford and Chrysler didn't say anything about it doesn't mean they are not working on similar projects. Do you really think they would let GM jump ahead on the market if they could help it.
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Our Barracuda web filters see the site as porn. Whether is its or not doesn't really matter to the management types around here. They see the report and the porn category is flagged. You can guess what happens next
I find the playstation controllers are pretty easy on the hands. Kids these days don't know how good they have it. That old Nintendo Brick Controller was the worst. We all called it Nintendo thumb back in the day
This can only be a good thing for Firefox. First Google is hiring FF developers and now IBM, this means more sites/companies are going to start making pages compliant with standards and this will help move people away from craptiveX for websites. Thus making the world a safer and more happy place(at least online)
Like Anime Pron
Actually Microsoft is planning on calling the security/critical updates Antivirus software, and it will be updated via Windows update.
/. crowd what was really going on.
no-one would notice except the
Does anyone find the top five reasons to choose Unix over Linux as listed on the SCO page incredibly funny? Especially item number 5.
#1 SCO UNIX® is a Proven, Stable and Reliable Platform
#2 SCO UNIX® is backed by a single, experienced vendor
#3 SCO UNIX® has a Committed, Well-Defined Roadmap
#4 SCO UNIX® is Secure
#5 SCO UNIX® is Legally Unencumbered
of having this device even though its half the size of a paperback it is still bigger than your average PDA?
/. is really starting to suck with all the editorial bias on these stories. I read the article and it didn't mention anything about raioactive leaks destroying the world or anything like that.
I was under the impression this was a discussion board for tech news.
How about we just post stories and then have a discussion about the story instead of pushing some agenda. Or maybe that is too complicated.
That sounds reassuring except for one thing you seem to have overlooked:
Hawking Radiation is an untested theory. It sure would be a shame if it turned out the Hawking Radiation didn't work.
To say there is no real risk based on the assumption of an untested theory seems kinda risky to me.
Here is a link to the real source code(no really).
Check it out and lots of laughs.
www.albinoblacksheep.com
Gold's claim isn't merely that solar sails won't work, but that radiation pressure in general is non-existent. This is patently false, since my undergrad physics book has an actual picture of a small sphere being levitated by a powerful laser. So where has he gone wrong?
If you read a little closer in that physics book you would know that the sphere was actually levitated by the superheated air that was exploding due to the laser energy input. It was not simply riding on light.
they concentrated on a desktop processor?
according to tramsmetazone the thing was running at 500 mhz for the demo
for desktop use with a chip made to run at 2ghtz this would be really impressive.
The lack of sse2 support greatly hindered this chip in any fps demo, where it was brutalized by the p4 (I'm sure even an amd athlon could beat it under those conditions!).
The 'code morphing' technology also uses an astonishing amount of ram, up to 64mb in some cases, so linux users who need all that ram for gnome should steer clear of this chip. I also noticed that compared to a p4 based system, it was quite unstable, requiring a reboot in windows98se after just 2 hours of demonstrations. I have also heard, from reliable sources, that boards using this chip can only run at agp 2x, which again can hinder game performance.
they would obviously overcome these issues with a desktop processor
if they would do this and maintain the low power consumption that would really be impressive. we could all have really fast machines and keep the internal case temps below 100 degrees.
just a thought it would be nice to have a third option for desktop processors.
From the article
The VPR Matrix 200A5 is the third notebook Best Buy has created, and it's the best.
A few lines further down.
The notebook was designed by Porsche Design GmbH, the Austrian firm founded by F.A. Porsche, grandson of the famous engineer.
Now if Porsche designed it how could Best Buy have created it, or vice versa?
Besides which, would it even be possible to attack a hub, assuming it was as you say basically a passive bit of hardware; your average hub, i believe, is just a transparent component in most networks. Can they even be assigned IP addresses?
I don't know how they are addressed but they would have to be in some way to be able to participate as a unit in the network i think.
the servers themselves. I am not an expert but surely these servers connect to the net through some sort of router/hub whatever. The servers are made to handle a lot of traffic but what about the connecting hardware. If the routers were attacked directly wouldn't the DDOS attack still be succesful without touching or alerting the dns servers themselves.
Also I doubt that the routers are setup to recognize any kind of attack as they are just relays between the net and the server. Possibly the attack could go on for quite some time before any one realized what was going on.
As I said I am not an expert could some-one enlighten me?
National economies are suffering now that online economies are manipulated through dubious means using real world monies. The value of the EverQuest currency currently exceeds the value of the US dollar. Other markets are experiencing similiar downfalls. One solution proposed by Microsoft Corporation is to alter the virual economies with DRM technology to facilitate fair usage of currency. RIAA sources say that they are also working on a solution but offered no details.
condensation won't do anything to damage the board, water has almost zero effect on low- voltage DC systems.
This should be great for med students learning anatomy. Being able to see things from all sides at scale could be a usefull learning tool for all kinds of things.
Just imagine the kinds of computer games that would benefit from this as well.
as good as the original as far as this movie goes.
How about instead of making live action out of cartoons we do cartoon versions of live action movies.
Or mix the two. The movie Final Fantasy has amazing graphics and to a casual movie goer who didn't know ahead of time that it was an animated might have been fooled
I am sure everyone knows what "Nintendo Thumb" is. Playing so long that you form blisters on top of blisters.
What kind of health hazards do we need to watch out for in the future.
Chronic arthritis of the thumbs is one thing but what happens when we all start gaming in VR?
Way back when FF7 first came out I played it for 3 days straight. If it wasn't for my buddies bringing me pizza and beer I might have died too.
what if the guy your trying to track is a complete nutcase. Not every sniper is gonna follow a pattern. And I imagine an intelligent sniper will take precautions to avoid doing anything to draw attention to any kind of pattern.
is the fact that something like this is needed in the first place. An international id is not going to be a fix for the lack of security we have in the world today. The only true solution is for people to start being honest. This system will be abused just like any other no matter how secure they try to make it.
to do with a system like this. In the USA most everyone has a social security number or dl number that you can be tracked by. A lot of people us the ss number as the dl number anyways. (I don't). It seems that there is already in place a sort of digital id since the afore mentioned keep there databases on computers anyways. Now we are going to have to deal with the DMV the social security office and the international id office. Who will have access to the new database that will be created? Where will it be located? Will there be anything put in place to stop abuse of this system? Any finally is there really a need for this?
GM is the only US automaker developing its own fuel cell in-house: at the company's Warren, Michigan, research facility; at a 300-engineer skunk works near Rochester, New York, that recently expanded by 80,000 square feet; and at a third center in Mainz-Kastel, Germany. ...
Um wrong, just because Ford and Chrysler didn't say anything about it doesn't mean they are not working on similar projects. Do you really think they would let GM jump ahead on the market if they could help it.