Ok, so maybe every 90 days AWS adds enough capacity to run Amazon.com. Either way, the amount of computing capacity that Amazon.com uses is a trivial part of AWS.
Amazon.com is a trivial part of AWS. “Every day, AWS adds enough new server capacity to support all of Amazon’s global infrastructure when it was a $7 billion annual revenue enterprise,” said James Hamilton, Distinguished Engineer at Amazon, who described the AWS infrastructure at the Re:Invent conference in 2015.
I have really enjoyed these books from Olan Thorensen, based on a man from the modern Earth who is sent to another world populated by humans but with 17th century technology:
We need laws and treaties against allowing autonomous robots use lethal force. If we don't put a stop to it now, it will escalate until we have something like the Terminator. This can and will become much worse than nuclear proliferation. The world should get together and sign treaties now.
The analysis concluded that there were 4759 votes cast (http://www.dcboee.org/pdf_files/nr_172.pdf) 326 were correct. 4759 is a PRIME number!! If that's not a conspiracy, what is? Furthermore, 4759-326=4433. 4433 is also an interesting number - it is the product of 11x13x31 - 4 ones and two 3s. I am pretty sure this is someone's idea of a joke. Can anyone figure out what the hidden message is?
It was not 1500 votes but 4759 cast, while only 326 were correct. 4759 is a PRIME number!! If that's not a conspiracy, what is? Furthermore, 4759-326=4433. 4433 is also an interesting number - it is the product of 11x13x31 - seems like lots of threes and ones, this smells to me like someone's idea of a joke.
Burning 1 gallon of gasoline produces 18 pounds of CO2. It only takes 111 gallons to equal a ton, or almost $500 of gas. For their 126M, they are going to sequester 100M tons, so they are paying over 1M per ton of CO2 sequestered. Are they completely frigging nuts???
According to the article, Greenland has 630,000 cubic miles of ice. If all of it melted it will raise ocean levels by 23 feet, but the article also says we are losing only 80 cubic miles per year. At that rate it will take over 300 years to raise sea levels by a foot. This is reason for concern, but don't buy that inland beachfront yet!
This ship sounds suspiciously like the Phoenix from Larry Niven's Fallen Angels. Here is a passage from the book describing it:
Phoenix stood in the center of the enormous room. It looked like a giant ice cream cone, sixty feet high, standing on its big end. At the slightly rounded base it was half as big across as it was high. It stood alone, with no scaffolding around it.
Don't show them a calculator until they master the slide rule. A calculator can't tell you when you are a factor of magnitude or two off. A slide rule forces you to think about it.
I have to disagree with you. I worked in a pub kitchen flipping burgers as a kid and loved the job. You come in, you feed people, and you leave knowing that your job is done. I liked the people I worked with and felt like I could do a good job every day.
Now that I am in IT, I toil away at projects that can drag on for years only to be cancelled and called failures. I will be happy to flip burgers any day compared to that.
Of course, in the long term a career job is more rewarding, but short term there is nothing wrong with labor.
There will be more and more of this all over the internet. Soon it will be almost impossible to do anything without it being publicly available. This can be good or bad, but if everyone is subjected to it equally, it will be good.
I gave away at least 100 CDs with Linux on them over the past year. Can I take a tax deduction on each one?
What will the UK value each copy at? I would say a complete distribution with software should be valued at $50,000US. So my charitable contributions are easily worth a few million.
Open Source version of Oracle?
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This is great news:
Last summer, Oracle released an open-source version of its database to run on clusters of Linux servers--a popular way for CIOs to transition big, power-hungry applications and databases from expensive hardware like supercomputers and high-end Unix servers to groups of cheap Intel servers running Linux
Where are they getting this 400 Km/s number? I think they are making this up and this whole thing is a hoax. The speed would depend on the speed of the particle relative to where it came from and the speed of the earth relative to it, and would be somewhere between 0 and C. 400Km/s is awfully precice.
Clause 2: No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
States can tax sales within their borders, but interstate commerce is up to the federal government. States have no right to do this.
Not nearly as complete as Visio, but it gets the job done nicely and saves in an open xml based format to boot. Does not crash as much as Visio either and sure costs less.
I just read a great book that talks about "Inappropriate Technology" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The book is available for free at the Baen Free Library. It is a great read and was very enjoyable. Really puts a different perspective on "good" and "bad" technology. Funny that they used the same term for the show.
How about bringing it back??
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I have an idea - if these things are so great, how about making a new one with PalmOS. It could be very thin, color screen, still run on 4 AAs... I might even buy one! It could probably sell for under $200.
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Ok, so maybe every 90 days AWS adds enough capacity to run Amazon.com. Either way, the amount of computing capacity that Amazon.com uses is a trivial part of AWS.
Amazon.com is a trivial part of AWS. “Every day, AWS adds enough new server capacity to support all of Amazon’s global infrastructure when it was a $7 billion annual revenue enterprise,” said James Hamilton, Distinguished Engineer at Amazon, who described the AWS infrastructure at the Re:Invent conference in 2015.
I have really enjoyed these books from Olan Thorensen, based on a man from the modern Earth who is sent to another world populated by humans but with 17th century technology:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D3Z3QC3?ref=series_rw_dp_labf
Asimov's ZZ-1, ZZ-2, and ZZ-3 now have a companion! Can we call it ZZ-4?
Hmm, water ice that is stable at a higher temperature than liquid water? Can anyone say ice-9?
I use Crossloop.com. It is free and easy for your friends to install. And hey, if you want to bill your family, you can do that through the service!
We need laws and treaties against allowing autonomous robots use lethal force. If we don't put a stop to it now, it will escalate until we have something like the Terminator. This can and will become much worse than nuclear proliferation. The world should get together and sign treaties now.
The analysis concluded that there were 4759 votes cast (http://www.dcboee.org/pdf_files/nr_172.pdf) 326 were correct. 4759 is a PRIME number!! If that's not a conspiracy, what is? Furthermore, 4759-326=4433. 4433 is also an interesting number - it is the product of 11x13x31 - 4 ones and two 3s. I am pretty sure this is someone's idea of a joke. Can anyone figure out what the hidden message is?
It was not 1500 votes but 4759 cast, while only 326 were correct. 4759 is a PRIME number!! If that's not a conspiracy, what is? Furthermore, 4759-326=4433. 4433 is also an interesting number - it is the product of 11x13x31 - seems like lots of threes and ones, this smells to me like someone's idea of a joke.
Burning 1 gallon of gasoline produces 18 pounds of CO2. It only takes 111 gallons to equal a ton, or almost $500 of gas. For their 126M, they are going to sequester 100M tons, so they are paying over 1M per ton of CO2 sequestered. Are they completely frigging nuts???
I see lots of comments slamming M$ while our beloved FireFox still can't pass the test. WTF??
According to the article, Greenland has 630,000 cubic miles of ice. If all of it melted it will raise ocean levels by 23 feet, but the article also says we are losing only 80 cubic miles per year. At that rate it will take over 300 years to raise sea levels by a foot. This is reason for concern, but don't buy that inland beachfront yet!
Phoenix stood in the center of the enormous room. It looked like a giant ice cream cone, sixty feet high, standing on its big end. At the slightly rounded base it was half as big across as it was high. It stood alone, with no scaffolding around it.
The book is available online from the Baen Free Library at: http://www.baen.com/library/
Don't show them a calculator until they master the slide rule. A calculator can't tell you when you are a factor of magnitude or two off. A slide rule forces you to think about it.
A similar hack actually works with your monitor to take a picture of whatever is in front of your computer. There is a demo at this site:
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3072/cam
I have to disagree with you. I worked in a pub kitchen flipping burgers as a kid and loved the job. You come in, you feed people, and you leave knowing that your job is done. I liked the people I worked with and felt like I could do a good job every day.
Now that I am in IT, I toil away at projects that can drag on for years only to be cancelled and called failures. I will be happy to flip burgers any day compared to that.
Of course, in the long term a career job is more rewarding, but short term there is nothing wrong with labor.
I can't find any referrence to the actual amount of the effect that is affecting the space craft. How far are they off?
There will be more and more of this all over the internet. Soon it will be almost impossible to do anything without it being publicly available. This can be good or bad, but if everyone is subjected to it equally, it will be good.
What will the UK value each copy at? I would say a complete distribution with software should be valued at $50,000US. So my charitable contributions are easily worth a few million.
Last summer, Oracle released an open-source version of its database to run on clusters of Linux servers--a popular way for CIOs to transition big, power-hungry applications and databases from expensive hardware like supercomputers and high-end Unix servers to groups of cheap Intel servers running Linux
Where can I get my copy?
Where are they getting this 400 Km/s number? I think they are making this up and this whole thing is a hoax. The speed would depend on the speed of the particle relative to where it came from and the speed of the earth relative to it, and would be somewhere between 0 and C. 400Km/s is awfully precice.
States can tax sales within their borders, but interstate commerce is up to the federal government. States have no right to do this.
The home page is at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/
I just read a great book that talks about "Inappropriate Technology" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The book is available for free at the Baen Free Library. It is a great read and was very enjoyable. Really puts a different perspective on "good" and "bad" technology. Funny that they used the same term for the show.
I have an idea - if these things are so great, how about making a new one with PalmOS. It could be very thin, color screen, still run on 4 AAs... I might even buy one! It could probably sell for under $200.