A world government today gets the same thoughts as a federal government did after the revolution. I think that a world government, which preserves individual countries' rights, will probably do the world a lot of good, as long as every country has equal representation.
While slipping on some issues (like DMCA), the US's system of republic generally works, and I believe that it would be scalable to a global scale.
Create a global constitution, get most of the people (not politicians) to sign off on it, and we should have a world where human rights are better in all countries, pollution is minimized , and the government is still slave to the people (unlike the UN)
That's another thing... Macs don't age nearly as fast as PCs do...
I'm sorry but that is the biggest MYTH.
-- No, actually it is true.
One half of Apple's current lineup of computers, the iMac and the iBook (2 computers that I bet make up the bulk of their sales) have NO expansion slots. No PCI slots on the iMac, and no PCMCIA slots on the laptops.
--...and I would guess that ~90% of mac expansion slots are unused. I have clients using 7100s as a major portion of their computer use because they work. Granted, they have more powerful computers on the desk of those that actually _use_ their computers, but many users just check their e-mail and weather, and a 7100 does fine. BTW, NONE of their expansion slots are used.
-- My father teaches in the homes. He's taken old versions of Word, thrown them on _really_ old macs (read: pre powerPC) He then puts them in the students' home (of injured and kicked-out students). The school system doesn't care, as the computers are worthless, yet to these students, they are a valuable part of their education.
This is nothing more than a stupid, short-sighted attempt by Apple to make the computer not last as long. In essence, your choices become: 1: buy the much more expensive TiBook or G4 tower, or 2: buy the cheap one and it's obsolete, FAST.
-- I agree with your statement, but not in the way that you intended. The expandability of a computer has nothing to do with the obsoleteness. The problem is that Apple is refusing support of computers that were promised to be fully supported in Mac OS X. I realize these machines are not suitable for 3d games, but when the OS _needs_ acceleration, they should at least put basic acceleration in it.
Apple has end-of-lifed the video cards used in the first generation iMac - users of those computers are never going to get accelerated video drivers in OS X. If those were cheapo PCs with slots, you could at least throw a nicer video card in there and solve the problem.
--... and since your processor is too slow, you can get another processor. But then you motherboard's socket isn't right, so you need a new motherboard. You then decide that your case looks old, so you get a new case. And you're sick of running out of space on your HD, so you get a 40 Gig. Now you've spent two weeks getting drivers to co-operate, and end up with an "upgraded" computer (and still have the parts to build your old computer exactly the same.) In this time, I've bought myself a new mac, and billed several hours, which you spent fidgeting.
And don't bother posting that it doesn't matter that there aren't any expansion slots because "everything comes built in". Tell that to first generation iBook or iMac owners who like to use the iPod - "sorry, FireWire only". Those computers are less than two years old, and already becoming obsolete.
-- What world are you in? I think that the iPod probably prices itself out of the market of anyone that is still using a 2 year old laptop (the only 2 year old machines without firewire.) I wouldn't take someone with a bondi iMac as a candidate for an iPod.
Would you like to have USB 2.0?
-- No, not really. Firewire does the job better, as it was designed for speed, not hacked for it.
I will, and I can add it to my 3 year old Dell notebook via a card and it will work fine. The Apple iBook you buy TODAY can't be expanded with a single new tech. beyond what it ships with. Now which comp. is aging faster, the Apple, or the Dell? Even crummy $700 PCs and $1100 laptops have PCI/PCMCIA.
-- I've used mac laptops for over 5 years now, and guess how many PCMCIA cards I've used. _NONE_. That's right, I've never used one. I know others that have due to lack of ethernet/modem, but I've always configured mine with both, as I know that I will need that connectivity somewhere.
PCI and PCMCIA slots let you add all sorts of stuff to your computer, in effect, "future-proofing" it by allowing you to expand rather than buy a new computer. A computer without expansion options hardly qualifies as "a computer that ages slower than PCs."
-- When Mac users talk about the length of usability of a Mac, we are talking from experience. I _know_ of 8-12 year old Macs currently in use on desktops of users. I _know_ of LC2s that _just_ got replaced with iMacs. Apple makes machines that are useful without expandability.
P.S. I don't want to hear about how you can add all sorts of nifty expansion option via FireWire. I don't want 5 boxes hanging off my computer.
-- Okay, put them in a drawer, and take them out only when you need them. Also note that I haven't used single expansion in my previous explanations (except for as a solution for those that thought they don't need connectivity in a laptop).
Yes, but they are set at over 100 MPH (108 another poster said.) It would be dangerous to physically limit cars to the speed limit. Imagine someone chasing you with road rage, a gun, and a car without a governor, and you'll understand why.
2)GMC DID put those little black boxes in some cars a few years back and people got REALLY pissed(not sure if they are still doing it)
Of course they are. My 98 Malibu specifically says in the manual that, in the event of an airbag deployment, the computer records your speed, braking power, and whether you were wearing your seatbelt.
3)they DO put GPS on 18-wheelers (trucking companies do) to monitor the drivers to see if they are on time, if they are at where they are supposed to be, comparing time/distance traveled to speed (trucking companies don't need the liabilities of unsafe big-rig drivers)
They are tracking their property and keeping cost down. GPS makes it real easy to do this. Whether a driver is where they are supposed to be isn't really an issue, as temporary permits tend to be for specific roads.
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"software which puts Microsoft to shame"
Like a CS freshman's first project in C++?
No, not the freshman that has already programmed a game, the freshman that chose CS because he wants to rake in the big bucks.
Whe I was in the dorms at ISU, I installed timbuktu on a lab computer. I then went to my computer in my room, opened timbuktu, and logged onto the lab computer.
I waited around for a hapless victim to appear, then I got tired of waiting.
There used to be a program called "Mac Jesus Pro Gold" that was _very_ loud, and _very_ sacrilegious.
I opened a shared volume that contained it, turned the volume up on the lab computer, and loaded MacJesus.
It only took seconds for the lab monitor to start playing with the mouse, trying to get to the file menu to quit, then to the restart to have revRDist wipe timbuktu off of the computer. We battled with the mouse for a few minutes before he finally managed to get the mouse to the restart menu.
The interesting thing about timbuktu was that it loads before revRDist. So I waited until the computer reappeared, took control of it, cancelled revRDist, and opened MacJesus.
After that, I got bored and found a different way to not study.
A wireless setup is better for those that cannot use a wired interface. That includes: those that don't know how to run cat 5 cable,
those that don't want to know how to run cat 5 cable, those that physically cannot run cat 5 cable (asbestos home), those that recognize the benefits of wireless (surf anywhere, including the porch.)
Also, to enable a wireless interface on a Mac costs $100. If the iPod had wireless, it would cost $100 to enable the Mac to talk to it.
Why would I want a Airport enabled iPod?
If it was a stereo component, I could put the stereo in another room, connect to my computer wirelessly, and serve the files from there, no HD needed.
If it was a car stereo, I could pull up into my garage, and it would sync with my computer.
If it were a personal player (which it is), I wouldn't need to worry about whether I put the new songs on it, as I run out of my house.
I would have payed $400 for a car stereo that synced with my home computer when I pulled into my garage, but I'll wait for the price to drop on this thing.
Not only does Mac OS X support Chinese, but your signature is completely readable in the ENGLISH version of Mac OS X. Note, I did not install _any_ of the included localizations.
Of course I still have no idea what your signature says.
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This message encoded in the encryption algorithm "English." All unlicensed decryption will be prosecuted as allowed by the DCMA. Also, owning the decryption tool "Dictionary" is punishable under the DCMA.
I submitted an article about the Mac OS X version last week. Big deal if there is a Linux version. The point that makes my post "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." is that I quoted Graeme Devine. The Mac OS X version is three times the framerate as that of the Windows version on the _same MHz machine._
OF course, since it wasn't about linux, it got rejected.
These two changes--which Microsoft says aren't changes at all, but rather a clarification of what the company planned to do all along
- The article
"History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right. I know, or course, that the past is falsified, but it would never be possible for me to prove it, even when I did the falsification myself. After the thing is done, no evidence ever remains. The only evidence is inside my own mind, and I don't know with any certainty that any other human being shares my memories"
You're completely right, as it is our right to complain about this, and boycott clear channel until they remove this list, as it is hindering healing, and those that do not want to hear a given song will change the station, wait for the song to be over, then change it back.
I personally change the station when I hear Danzig's "mother" as I've always interpreted part of the lyrics to be "If you want to fly to hell with me, I will show you what it's like." I realize that the lyrics are actually different, but this is what I hear.
Put a sock and a pair of pants in the dryer. Have your wife/Girlfriend/SO open it. She will remove a woman's sock that isn't hers, and disappear.
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But there is not a lot of difference between those that created this, and Judas. There are also a lot of innocents that will die if we retaliate, and the crowd that called for the murder of Jesus (an innocent) could definitely be compared to the mob mentality of those calling for revenge.
We haven't even buried our dead, hell, we don't even know the death count, and our leaders are screaming revenge. They need to be calling for strength. They need to be calling for rebuilding. They need to be calling for reasonable security measures that would ensure that this does not happen again. They most definitely should NOT be calling for revenge before we can mourn our dead.
Of course there are already some Cocoa apps that might be a good blend with Linux.
FileMaker Pro Server is the biggest one I can think of.
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It would be interesting to see what would actually happen if a politico called for forgiveness and love rather than revenge and hatred. I would vote for them. I know many people that I know think that this retaliation is not going to be pretty.
This is a letter that I wrote to Dubya. They are christian in nature, but a little religion never hurt anyone, just those that do atrocities in the name of religion...
"The call of the unwelcome bird is heard on the chimney stack. Bushels of wheat will rise so high. As a result man will devour his fellow man."
-- Nostradamus
Christ said, as he was dying on the cross, "Forgive them father, for they know not what they do." Last night, I used those words to ask for prayers for the terrorists, but this are not fitting with the context that Christ called them in. Those words are more fitting for those of us that are calling for revenge, as Christ was referencing the mob that called for his death, and the leader that allowed it.
All someone has to do is bring a modified medicinal oxygen tank onboard. The modification is that it holds two separate gasses. One for the assailant to breathe (air) through the mouthpiece and one for everyone else to breathe through a modified valve. Since they aren't looking for hostages, this gas could either disable or kill through breathing.
Once the gas has spread enough to disable everyone else, the assailant has free reign to shut off the autopilot, and steer the plane into whatever they want, without any need to use a projectile weapon.
Now that I've explained how this could happen, I will introduce one method to reduce hijacking. Lock and seal the cockpit. Allow no communications to enter the cockpit.
This would make it so that no matter what a hijacker would do, the pilot is not able to do anything about it. Also, because of a locked door, the assailant is no longer able to commandeer the plane, even if the pilot's abilities are disabled. With the ability to change the course of an aircraft disabled, there is no reason to hijack it anymore, although they could still try to keep people hostage on the ground.
So what you are saying is that for a cluster, a better TCO equation would compare the amount of performance per dollar.
Considering that this type of installation requires accuracy and resiliency, a home built type system does not fulfill their needs. Then you get into pricing of machines made by the pros (Compaq, HP, etc.) and Apple does not look so expensive anymore, especially when you look at the performance of a Mac vs. a PC.
>Wouldn't it be cheaper to do this with a bunch of
>PC's in stead? Not as pretty but it's someones
>tax dollars that pay for these...
This myth has gone on enough. Every TCO study around shows that Macs are cheaper than PCs. Most of the TCO of a computer is the support time and training, NOT the purchase price of the hardware/software.
Macs require less support staff, for more computers. If I recall correctly, Intel has one IT person for every 30 computers. Except in their graphics dept, where they have 1 support person for all 300 Macs.
Because the Mac's interface is more standard across most applications, when you train on one app, that training can be utilized in other apps. This means that you get better training than if you have to train for every app.
It was recently figured that the difference averages between $400-1000 per machine, per year.
If you want to save your company $, you'd switch to Macs, but noone will do that, because it would cost (at least) half of your IT support their jobs.
With these facts:
1. Solar sails are low acceleration, high top speed system.
2. Rockets are high acceleration, low top speed.
The obvious solution is to start a voyage with a rocket to get speed up, boost the rockets (for more momentum and less mass to push), unfold the sail, and keep accelerating.
Bottom Line: If you are not encrypting work to which you own the copyright then the DMCA does not apply to you.
If this is the bottom line, then the MPAA is breaking the law by going after DeCSS. If I burn a home DVD with my shiny new G4, I own the copyright. CSS is encrypting my work. Since CSS has encrypted a work that the MPAA do not own the copyright for, they cannot block the reverse engineering of CSS, which means that DeCSS is legal.
Now listen to what Mr. Jobs said in his Keynote address at MWSF. Basically, he said that he envisions the finder (read the mac OS file management GUI) being downplayed.
Click on a pencil & paper icon, and you get a new document. Click on an envelope, and you get your e-mail. Click on the stupid IE 'e' and you get Internet Explorer. Saving a document gives you a very simple dialog asking where you want to save it.
It is fairly apparent that Apple is trying to minimize the importance of a File Management UI. They want the dock to be where you access your apps. They want the toolbar to be how you access your docs. I think that they'll get much closer to a _very_ simple, yet _very_ powerful OS than has ever been seen before. A system that Users will never need to access, but power users (both GUI power users and CL power users) will feel right at home.
This is an easy problem to solve. All bugtraq needs to do is "review" the security announcements. They then are legally entitled to quote the material that is being used.
That's what a short-sighted company wants. A company that intends on being in business for a good long while wants to sell products that last so long that the user wishes it would break (as an excuse to buy a new one:)
We have 5-6 year old macs that I wish would break, so that I could replace them with G3/G4s. Of course they won't, and OS 8.6 runs fine on them, crashing only 1-2 times per week, so the owner of the company dosen't understand why I want to put OS X on them, even though everyone complains that they are so damn slow (We even have one guy that insists on calling his computer "Columbus", because he is sure it arrived in the Americas on the mayflower.)
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A world government today gets the same thoughts as a federal government did after the revolution. I think that a world government, which preserves individual countries' rights, will probably do the world a lot of good, as long as every country has equal representation.
While slipping on some issues (like DMCA), the US's system of republic generally works, and I believe that it would be scalable to a global scale.
Create a global constitution, get most of the people (not politicians) to sign off on it, and we should have a world where human rights are better in all countries, pollution is minimized , and the government is still slave to the people (unlike the UN)
Of course, I could be, and probably am, wrong.
That's another thing... Macs don't age nearly as fast as PCs do...
...and I would guess that ~90% of mac expansion slots are unused. I have clients using 7100s as a major portion of their computer use because they work. Granted, they have more powerful computers on the desk of those that actually _use_ their computers, but many users just check their e-mail and weather, and a 7100 does fine. BTW, NONE of their expansion slots are used.
... and since your processor is too slow, you can get another processor. But then you motherboard's socket isn't right, so you need a new motherboard. You then decide that your case looks old, so you get a new case. And you're sick of running out of space on your HD, so you get a 40 Gig. Now you've spent two weeks getting drivers to co-operate, and end up with an "upgraded" computer (and still have the parts to build your old computer exactly the same.) In this time, I've bought myself a new mac, and billed several hours, which you spent fidgeting.
I'm sorry but that is the biggest MYTH.
-- No, actually it is true.
One half of Apple's current lineup of computers, the iMac and the iBook (2 computers that I bet make up the bulk of their sales) have NO expansion slots. No PCI slots on the iMac, and no PCMCIA slots on the laptops.
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-- My father teaches in the homes. He's taken old versions of Word, thrown them on _really_ old macs (read: pre powerPC) He then puts them in the students' home (of injured and kicked-out students). The school system doesn't care, as the computers are worthless, yet to these students, they are a valuable part of their education.
This is nothing more than a stupid, short-sighted attempt by Apple to make the computer not last as long. In essence, your choices become: 1: buy the much more expensive TiBook or G4 tower, or 2: buy the cheap one and it's obsolete, FAST.
-- I agree with your statement, but not in the way that you intended. The expandability of a computer has nothing to do with the obsoleteness. The problem is that Apple is refusing support of computers that were promised to be fully supported in Mac OS X. I realize these machines are not suitable for 3d games, but when the OS _needs_ acceleration, they should at least put basic acceleration in it.
Apple has end-of-lifed the video cards used in the first generation iMac - users of those computers are never going to get accelerated video drivers in OS X. If those were cheapo PCs with slots, you could at least throw a nicer video card in there and solve the problem.
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And don't bother posting that it doesn't matter that there aren't any expansion slots because "everything comes built in". Tell that to first generation iBook or iMac owners who like to use the iPod - "sorry, FireWire only". Those computers are less than two years old, and already becoming obsolete.
-- What world are you in? I think that the iPod probably prices itself out of the market of anyone that is still using a 2 year old laptop (the only 2 year old machines without firewire.) I wouldn't take someone with a bondi iMac as a candidate for an iPod.
Would you like to have USB 2.0?
-- No, not really. Firewire does the job better, as it was designed for speed, not hacked for it.
I will, and I can add it to my 3 year old Dell notebook via a card and it will work fine. The Apple iBook you buy TODAY can't be expanded with a single new tech. beyond what it ships with. Now which comp. is aging faster, the Apple, or the Dell? Even crummy $700 PCs and $1100 laptops have PCI/PCMCIA.
-- I've used mac laptops for over 5 years now, and guess how many PCMCIA cards I've used. _NONE_. That's right, I've never used one. I know others that have due to lack of ethernet/modem, but I've always configured mine with both, as I know that I will need that connectivity somewhere.
PCI and PCMCIA slots let you add all sorts of stuff to your computer, in effect, "future-proofing" it by allowing you to expand rather than buy a new computer. A computer without expansion options hardly qualifies as "a computer that ages slower than PCs."
-- When Mac users talk about the length of usability of a Mac, we are talking from experience. I _know_ of 8-12 year old Macs currently in use on desktops of users. I _know_ of LC2s that _just_ got replaced with iMacs. Apple makes machines that are useful without expandability.
P.S. I don't want to hear about how you can add all sorts of nifty expansion option via FireWire. I don't want 5 boxes hanging off my computer.
-- Okay, put them in a drawer, and take them out only when you need them. Also note that I haven't used single expansion in my previous explanations (except for as a solution for those that thought they don't need connectivity in a laptop).
1)they DO put governors in cars
Yes, but they are set at over 100 MPH (108 another poster said.) It would be dangerous to physically limit cars to the speed limit. Imagine someone chasing you with road rage, a gun, and a car without a governor, and you'll understand why.
2)GMC DID put those little black boxes in some cars a few years back and people got REALLY pissed(not sure if they are still doing it)
Of course they are. My 98 Malibu specifically says in the manual that, in the event of an airbag deployment, the computer records your speed, braking power, and whether you were wearing your seatbelt.
3)they DO put GPS on 18-wheelers (trucking companies do) to monitor the drivers to see if they are on time, if they are at where they are supposed to be, comparing time/distance traveled to speed (trucking companies don't need the liabilities of unsafe big-rig drivers)
They are tracking their property and keeping cost down. GPS makes it real easy to do this. Whether a driver is where they are supposed to be isn't really an issue, as temporary permits tend to be for specific roads.
"software which puts Microsoft to shame"
Like a CS freshman's first project in C++?
No, not the freshman that has already programmed a game, the freshman that chose CS because he wants to rake in the big bucks.
Whe I was in the dorms at ISU, I installed timbuktu on a lab computer. I then went to my computer in my room, opened timbuktu, and logged onto the lab computer.
I waited around for a hapless victim to appear, then I got tired of waiting.
There used to be a program called "Mac Jesus Pro Gold" that was _very_ loud, and _very_ sacrilegious.
I opened a shared volume that contained it, turned the volume up on the lab computer, and loaded MacJesus.
It only took seconds for the lab monitor to start playing with the mouse, trying to get to the file menu to quit, then to the restart to have revRDist wipe timbuktu off of the computer. We battled with the mouse for a few minutes before he finally managed to get the mouse to the restart menu.
The interesting thing about timbuktu was that it loads before revRDist. So I waited until the computer reappeared, took control of it, cancelled revRDist, and opened MacJesus.
After that, I got bored and found a different way to not study.
A wireless setup is better for those that cannot use a wired interface. That includes: those that don't know how to run cat 5 cable,
those that don't want to know how to run cat 5 cable, those that physically cannot run cat 5 cable (asbestos home), those that recognize the benefits of wireless (surf anywhere, including the porch.)
Also, to enable a wireless interface on a Mac costs $100. If the iPod had wireless, it would cost $100 to enable the Mac to talk to it.
Why would I want a Airport enabled iPod?
If it was a stereo component, I could put the stereo in another room, connect to my computer wirelessly, and serve the files from there, no HD needed.
If it was a car stereo, I could pull up into my garage, and it would sync with my computer.
If it were a personal player (which it is), I wouldn't need to worry about whether I put the new songs on it, as I run out of my house.
I would have payed $400 for a car stereo that synced with my home computer when I pulled into my garage, but I'll wait for the price to drop on this thing.
Not only does Mac OS X support Chinese, but your signature is completely readable in the ENGLISH version of Mac OS X. Note, I did not install _any_ of the included localizations.
Of course I still have no idea what your signature says.
--
This message encoded in the encryption algorithm "English." All unlicensed decryption will be prosecuted as allowed by the DCMA. Also, owning the decryption tool "Dictionary" is punishable under the DCMA.
I submitted an article about the Mac OS X version last week. Big deal if there is a Linux version. The point that makes my post "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." is that I quoted Graeme Devine. The Mac OS X version is three times the framerate as that of the Windows version on the _same MHz machine._
OF course, since it wasn't about linux, it got rejected.
Idiots.
These two changes--which Microsoft says aren't changes at all, but rather a clarification of what the company planned to do all along
- The article
"History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right. I know, or course, that the past is falsified, but it would never be possible for me to prove it, even when I did the falsification myself. After the thing is done, no evidence ever remains. The only evidence is inside my own mind, and I don't know with any certainty that any other human being shares my memories"
- Orwell "1984"
You're completely right, as it is our right to complain about this, and boycott clear channel until they remove this list, as it is hindering healing, and those that do not want to hear a given song will change the station, wait for the song to be over, then change it back.
I personally change the station when I hear Danzig's "mother" as I've always interpreted part of the lyrics to be "If you want to fly to hell with me, I will show you what it's like." I realize that the lyrics are actually different, but this is what I hear.
Of course you missed the last bit of it.
Put a sock and a pair of pants in the dryer. Have your wife/Girlfriend/SO open it. She will remove a woman's sock that isn't hers, and disappear.
But there is not a lot of difference between those that created this, and Judas. There are also a lot of innocents that will die if we retaliate, and the crowd that called for the murder of Jesus (an innocent) could definitely be compared to the mob mentality of those calling for revenge.
We haven't even buried our dead, hell, we don't even know the death count, and our leaders are screaming revenge. They need to be calling for strength. They need to be calling for rebuilding. They need to be calling for reasonable security measures that would ensure that this does not happen again. They most definitely should NOT be calling for revenge before we can mourn our dead.
Of course there are already some Cocoa apps that might be a good blend with Linux.
FileMaker Pro Server is the biggest one I can think of.
It would be interesting to see what would actually happen if a politico called for forgiveness and love rather than revenge and hatred. I would vote for them. I know many people that I know think that this retaliation is not going to be pretty.
This is a letter that I wrote to Dubya. They are christian in nature, but a little religion never hurt anyone, just those that do atrocities in the name of religion...
"The call of the unwelcome bird is heard on the chimney stack. Bushels of wheat will rise so high. As a result man will devour his fellow man."
-- Nostradamus
Christ said, as he was dying on the cross, "Forgive them father, for they know not what they do." Last night, I used those words to ask for prayers for the terrorists, but this are not fitting with the context that Christ called them in. Those words are more fitting for those of us that are calling for revenge, as Christ was referencing the mob that called for his death, and the leader that allowed it.
All someone has to do is bring a modified medicinal oxygen tank onboard. The modification is that it holds two separate gasses. One for the assailant to breathe (air) through the mouthpiece and one for everyone else to breathe through a modified valve. Since they aren't looking for hostages, this gas could either disable or kill through breathing.
Once the gas has spread enough to disable everyone else, the assailant has free reign to shut off the autopilot, and steer the plane into whatever they want, without any need to use a projectile weapon.
Now that I've explained how this could happen, I will introduce one method to reduce hijacking. Lock and seal the cockpit. Allow no communications to enter the cockpit.
This would make it so that no matter what a hijacker would do, the pilot is not able to do anything about it. Also, because of a locked door, the assailant is no longer able to commandeer the plane, even if the pilot's abilities are disabled. With the ability to change the course of an aircraft disabled, there is no reason to hijack it anymore, although they could still try to keep people hostage on the ground.
I would suggest a martial art, such as Hapkido. There is nothing like getting thrown on the floor to make your back feel better.
So what you are saying is that for a cluster, a better TCO equation would compare the amount of performance per dollar.
Considering that this type of installation requires accuracy and resiliency, a home built type system does not fulfill their needs. Then you get into pricing of machines made by the pros (Compaq, HP, etc.) and Apple does not look so expensive anymore, especially when you look at the performance of a Mac vs. a PC.
>Wouldn't it be cheaper to do this with a bunch of
>PC's in stead? Not as pretty but it's someones
>tax dollars that pay for these...
This myth has gone on enough. Every TCO study around shows that Macs are cheaper than PCs. Most of the TCO of a computer is the support time and training, NOT the purchase price of the hardware/software.
Macs require less support staff, for more computers. If I recall correctly, Intel has one IT person for every 30 computers. Except in their graphics dept, where they have 1 support person for all 300 Macs.
Because the Mac's interface is more standard across most applications, when you train on one app, that training can be utilized in other apps. This means that you get better training than if you have to train for every app.
It was recently figured that the difference averages between $400-1000 per machine, per year.
If you want to save your company $, you'd switch to Macs, but noone will do that, because it would cost (at least) half of your IT support their jobs.
With these facts:
1. Solar sails are low acceleration, high top speed system.
2. Rockets are high acceleration, low top speed.
The obvious solution is to start a voyage with a rocket to get speed up, boost the rockets (for more momentum and less mass to push), unfold the sail, and keep accelerating.
If I were recording my brother's Jazz band performance, which his school allows, I own the copyright to that work. This is what I'm talking about.
But another user says that the G4's superdrive dosen't write CSS DVDs, so the point is null.
Bottom Line: If you are not encrypting work to which you own the copyright then the DMCA does not apply to you.
If this is the bottom line, then the MPAA is breaking the law by going after DeCSS. If I burn a home DVD with my shiny new G4, I own the copyright. CSS is encrypting my work. Since CSS has encrypted a work that the MPAA do not own the copyright for, they cannot block the reverse engineering of CSS, which means that DeCSS is legal.
Now listen to what Mr. Jobs said in his Keynote address at MWSF. Basically, he said that he envisions the finder (read the mac OS file management GUI) being downplayed.
Click on a pencil & paper icon, and you get a new document. Click on an envelope, and you get your e-mail. Click on the stupid IE 'e' and you get Internet Explorer. Saving a document gives you a very simple dialog asking where you want to save it.
It is fairly apparent that Apple is trying to minimize the importance of a File Management UI. They want the dock to be where you access your apps. They want the toolbar to be how you access your docs. I think that they'll get much closer to a _very_ simple, yet _very_ powerful OS than has ever been seen before. A system that Users will never need to access, but power users (both GUI power users and CL power users) will feel right at home.
This is an easy problem to solve. All bugtraq needs to do is "review" the security announcements. They then are legally entitled to quote the material that is being used.
That's what a short-sighted company wants. A company that intends on being in business for a good long while wants to sell products that last so long that the user wishes it would break (as an excuse to buy a new one :)
We have 5-6 year old macs that I wish would break, so that I could replace them with G3/G4s. Of course they won't, and OS 8.6 runs fine on them, crashing only 1-2 times per week, so the owner of the company dosen't understand why I want to put OS X on them, even though everyone complains that they are so damn slow (We even have one guy that insists on calling his computer "Columbus", because he is sure it arrived in the Americas on the mayflower.)
Its hard to keep interest and funding up for these old guys, but it is well worth the effort.
I can imagine the costs of these old guys are a bitch. "Jones, Voyager 2 needs its motherboard replaced. Make sure to bill your travel time"