From the RFC it looks like it's getting there. Definitely better than NFS 1,2 and 3 but it didn't appear to specify the replication method or a single heirarchy which both lead to a bunch of extra administration.
AFS for instance, single heirarchy which is the same on all machines doesn't sound important but in reality it makes a huge difference when you can rely on the location of a file no matter which computer you are on, which site you are on or which country you are in.
Though it supports replicated filesystems, automatic replication doesn't seem to be part of the RFC which means we'll end up with dozens of incompatible replication technologies being used. With AFS it really just works.
In the datacenter for a good while yet. Several years, at least 3 and probably longer. Basically the hardware is better than Intel for the non sparcified PC clones anyway. Bigger caches, more I/O, more memory bandwidth etc. Linux isn't yet trusted on this stuff and it won't kill Solaris off until 3-5 years after it is trusted on the big iron.
I have no problem with Solaris and Linux side by side and neither do the management. We are actively and with prejudice trying to kill off HP-UX as soon as possible though.
Early in the morning CDE suffered a fatal heart attack and died during the night. It has finally been laid to rest. Nobody turned up to the funeral.
That's CDE on Solaris 8 -> Gnome Solaris 9 and the users love it. Needs a bit of stability tweaking though it isn't bad. Also a current revision would be nice.
5 days eh? The human body has this stuff it distributes about itself, called fat. It's an energy storage system the body has developed over, well, hundreds of thousands of years.
Or maybe they could phone up the guys in the SAS and ask them how they do it. How much does a phonecall cost?
This is just one of those technology vs human nature things that stupid politicians come up with on occasion.
So far, technology hasn't got any points on the board. Technological solutions just don't work when it comes to beating determined individuals. The success (or lack of it rather) of security products for cars is testament to the fact that if someone wants something, they'll have it.
I predict that within a month of these devices being fitted, there will be alcohol/acetone scrubbers, software modifications, detector bypasses and a host of other techniques which will allow anyone to bypass, switch off or remove the systems.
I love all this profit through debt stuff. It's great till someone says "Eh yeah, sorry, it didn't work", or in the case of a number of 3rd world countries "Haha, fuck you, we're not paying you back". Debt is risk.
She was the stunt double for Gena Lee Nolin and plays the Darak'na in most of the Sheena episodes. See if you can get a photograph of her sans makeup.
I wanted to see what she looked like under the makeup once, happened to have the laptop running at the time and fully expected to find a picture in seconds through Google. Nope. Eventually using other search engines turned up her photo and stunt information.
I've said this before but it's good that there's competition, Google isn't the be all and end all of search engines. It looks fairly wide but shallow.
OK, so it's a bit pricey at the moment but on the bright side, you get to shoot real people while flying over trouble spots and it'll hone the military skills of thousands of teens ready for the big world domination push.
Since when did bigger == innovation?
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It just means bigger. There may well be innovation in the technology which allows bigger, that might have been news for nerds, but bigger itself isn't innovative.
How does a German and a French person talk? They speak English. How does a Hindi and Urdu speaker talk? They speak English.
As the world begins talking to one another, it turns out there's only one language they all speak. English, and like TCP/IP, it'll replace all of the other protocols.
A couple of hundred years ago, Scotland, Ireland, Wales all had different languages. The primary language in all three countries is now English.
Now we have TV and the Internet, communication is much much faster. I don't believe it'll take another 200 years to become the primary language everywhere.
People who speak different languages, *think differently*.
Tables and chairs have gender? WTF? Yes they do in other languages. Reverse Polish Notation, is that backwards or what? But you get the picture, people from different cultures and especially languages think differently, different algorithms and structures come more naturally.
It isn't just programming languages which will lose out when English takes over the world, it's much more fundamental than that, some thoughts, concepts will be easier, some will be harder, maybe even impossible to formulate simply because of the language.
You could only put film and music with small titles on it. Anything too long and it will be too small to read. I mean, you couldn't put "Master And Commander: The Far Side of the World" on it.
I've got that problem with MMC cards already. I've got dozens of the buggers and I always end up listening to AC/DC all day because I have no idea what's on the others. Too small to write on you see.
Keep away from doctors and hospitals
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I'll bet hypochondriacs do get ill more often than normal. When anyone gets sick, catches a disease or even thinks they have, they go and see their doctor or go to their hospital. That makes doctors waiting rooms and hospitals ideal exchange points for many many communicable diseases.
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Each bit is encoded as a 10Mb video of a zero or a one. Isn't it obvious?
From the RFC it looks like it's getting there. Definitely better than NFS 1,2 and 3 but it didn't appear to specify the replication method or a single heirarchy which both lead to a bunch of extra administration.
AFS for instance, single heirarchy which is the same on all machines doesn't sound important but in reality it makes a huge difference when you can rely on the location of a file no matter which computer you are on, which site you are on or which country you are in.
Though it supports replicated filesystems, automatic replication doesn't seem to be part of the RFC which means we'll end up with dozens of incompatible replication technologies being used. With AFS it really just works.
Sun V120s vs Dell PE650. Hey, thanks for subsidising our machine room. You need a new buyer.
Just configure it to perform and XDMCP query on your login servers.
In the datacenter for a good while yet. Several years, at least 3 and probably longer. Basically the hardware is better than Intel for the non sparcified PC clones anyway. Bigger caches, more I/O, more memory bandwidth etc. Linux isn't yet trusted on this stuff and it won't kill Solaris off until 3-5 years after it is trusted on the big iron.
I have no problem with Solaris and Linux side by side and neither do the management. We are actively and with prejudice trying to kill off HP-UX as soon as possible though.
Early in the morning CDE suffered a fatal heart attack and died during the night. It has finally been laid to rest. Nobody turned up to the funeral.
That's CDE on Solaris 8 -> Gnome Solaris 9 and the users love it. Needs a bit of stability tweaking though it isn't bad. Also a current revision would be nice.
Something like AFS which can scale across an entire enterprise.
5 days eh? The human body has this stuff it distributes about itself, called fat. It's an energy storage system the body has developed over, well, hundreds of thousands of years.
Or maybe they could phone up the guys in the SAS and ask them how they do it. How much does a phonecall cost?
Yeah baybee, SUV bearing down on you, lets see how fast you can get the tube, and don't forget to hum that little tune they taught you.
This is just one of those technology vs human nature things that stupid politicians come up with on occasion.
So far, technology hasn't got any points on the board. Technological solutions just don't work when it comes to beating determined individuals. The success (or lack of it rather) of security products for cars is testament to the fact that if someone wants something, they'll have it.
I predict that within a month of these devices being fitted, there will be alcohol/acetone scrubbers, software modifications, detector bypasses and a host of other techniques which will allow anyone to bypass, switch off or remove the systems.
Looks like the site has been crawled since I looked. Vicki Phillips stunt stunts sheena stuntwoman among others were all tried in many combinations.
I love all this profit through debt stuff. It's great till someone says "Eh yeah, sorry, it didn't work", or in the case of a number of 3rd world countries "Haha, fuck you, we're not paying you back". Debt is risk.
She was the stunt double for Gena Lee Nolin and plays the Darak'na in most of the Sheena episodes. See if you can get a photograph of her sans makeup.
I wanted to see what she looked like under the makeup once, happened to have the laptop running at the time and fully expected to find a picture in seconds through Google. Nope. Eventually using other search engines turned up her photo and stunt information.
I've said this before but it's good that there's competition, Google isn't the be all and end all of search engines. It looks fairly wide but shallow.
"Open Office, if it is to succeed MS Office, must be of better quality."
No it doesn't. Not at all. The only thing it must be is good enough and cheaper. That's all it takes.
Realtime UAV control.
OK, so it's a bit pricey at the moment but on the bright side, you get to shoot real people while flying over trouble spots and it'll hone the military skills of thousands of teens ready for the big world domination push.
It just means bigger. There may well be innovation in the technology which allows bigger, that might have been news for nerds, but bigger itself isn't innovative.
How does a German and a French person talk? They speak English. How does a Hindi and Urdu speaker talk? They speak English.
As the world begins talking to one another, it turns out there's only one language they all speak. English, and like TCP/IP, it'll replace all of the other protocols.
A couple of hundred years ago, Scotland, Ireland, Wales all had different languages. The primary language in all three countries is now English.
Now we have TV and the Internet, communication is much much faster. I don't believe it'll take another 200 years to become the primary language everywhere.
People who speak different languages, *think differently*.
Tables and chairs have gender? WTF? Yes they do in other languages. Reverse Polish Notation, is that backwards or what? But you get the picture, people from different cultures and especially languages think differently, different algorithms and structures come more naturally.
It isn't just programming languages which will lose out when English takes over the world, it's much more fundamental than that, some thoughts, concepts will be easier, some will be harder, maybe even impossible to formulate simply because of the language.
Whereas MultiMediaCards which are basically identical have been limited to 128Mb.
You could only put film and music with small titles on it. Anything too long and it will be too small to read. I mean, you couldn't put "Master And Commander: The Far Side of the World" on it.
I've got that problem with MMC cards already. I've got dozens of the buggers and I always end up listening to AC/DC all day because I have no idea what's on the others. Too small to write on you see.
I'll bet hypochondriacs do get ill more often than normal. When anyone gets sick, catches a disease or even thinks they have, they go and see their doctor or go to their hospital. That makes doctors waiting rooms and hospitals ideal exchange points for many many communicable diseases.
"The real problem as far as the jewellery industry is concerned is that unscrupulous people try and sell these as real,"
They *ARE* real. A daimond is a diamond is a diamond.
So lets not use that as a measuring stick. Malaria isn't, but the only reason is the temperature and lack of Mosquitos.
New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania. Or maybe you were talking about California.