a Gnutellized hardware sharing network : you put the client on your box (must support TCP/IP, so sorry, no ZX81 online), and it will talk to all other to-be-shared boxen. If someone wants it, he will have to locate you through your IP address, thus proving the lack of privacy of Gnutella-style networks, and then come to your place to pick it up.
Now for the fun : if you really do want to get rid of that box, install a Gnutella servant with Metallica mp3s on it, and simply wait for the lawyers to come to seize it. This way we can convert RIAA and MPAA lawyers into trash pickers, which will make them do some valuable work for public interest.
Re:Small display == good power consumption stats?
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Sorry bud, I use a libretto as my main working tool on a daily basis. The Vaio has in fact a larger screen, and I may be tempted to buy one for the supplemental comfort of it, without a tremendous increase in size...
Note: if there were a transmeta-powered libretto, I think I would buy it immediately.
Good point. Watt is a unit of power, not work. We should read "the new Vaio uses 10 Watts of energy, whereas the previous ones used twice as much for the same functions."
BTW 10 W is still too much for a laptop, because it still take large batteries to run a the computer for a decent time (in that case, it takes a 4-uple size battery to run the Vaio for 8 hours). Keep in mind that ultra portable machines using low-power consumption RISC processors and components achieve a 1W- rate.
What do you call a "proprietary" processor ?
As opposed to a "standard" one ? How do you define a "proprietary" processor ? This statement is simply ridiculous, and has probably been expressed by someone who doesn't know what a processor is.
Nintendo is actually releasing the Game Cube, so of course Micro$oft must use FUD and vaporware. So it multiplies presse releases, rumours, interviews... To try to make consumers refrain from buying non-vapor competitive products.
Yeah, sure. Now what assurance do you have those logs are not a fabrication ? BTW this is _not_ offtopic, since a "solution" to inexistent DDOS attacks would be perfectly ridiculous.
Where is the proof last year's DDOS attacks were real ? All we had was, at the beginning, some reports according to which yahoo.com had been unreachable for a few minutes, which was denied by yahoo, and then that famous media storm... But still no proof a DDOS did really take place.
Using different A records in DNS depending of the location of who is requesting the IP of the name, so that you can send him to a server closer to him.
No big deal. No point of patenting such an evidence.
Something which would be delightful is the possibility of kickstarting a debian.
Also, Suppose I want to install my system using reiserfs, which is not included with the default kernel, currently. Apart from hacking the install disk, there is not much posibility. Hence it would be nice to have the possibility of pre-configuring an install kernel with features not present in the default one.
The void of Space has simply No Temperature.
The problem is to evacuate heat.
Just think that Thermos bottles have a double envelope with void in between, just to keep the coffee hot longer.
It's interesting : United Nations and SETI project are two of the Wonders of the Word in Civilization !
Now We'll have to managed a double-wonder, I wonder if it will take twice a many shields to build it...
Forbes' design of this "computer of the future" just smells an ancient seventies design smell. Of course they avoid mentioning what aoperanding system runs inside their box, and they forget that, by 2010, there will be no more desktop.
In other words, their lack of imagination is blatant.
Call it "Civil Disorder", or whatever way you want, the fact is that the current law set and balance of power is apparently favorable to big conglomerates.
But WE are the real power. There's no way to intimidate the people. They shut down web sites ? Ok, let's develop distributed encrypted networks (FreeNet, Gnutella are the basis of it).
They will disappear, by shutting down the very roots of their meaningless money power. Information must and will remain free.
And if the price for liberty is what they call "prejudice" or "illegality", ok. That's what WE
'll call "Civil Resistance".
I sawed an article about an armed robot guard (with a real fire gun) about 20 years ago, in Europe.
Of course, I do not recall the exact references, but I remember it because it was very impressive. It was able to react to the presence of an intruder, and to fire if the proper answer was not replied.
DNA is the fundamental molecule of Life, it is capable of self-replication. Creating computers with DNA can lead to self-replicating computers ! Amazing ! You buy only one, and you can install the whole range of computers of a big company ! It's like GNU/Linux : you download once, and install as many times as you want... Let's dream !
Geomagnetic Wheather forecast seems to be a difficult art (^_^).
Fabulous ! Great ! Do it !
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Yes, let them do it, so that, as John E. Warnock, the chairman and chief executive of Adobe Systems said : "You're going to have a piece of software that will only work on one machine. It will provide enormous inconvenience."
One word : GREAT !
This way, closed software will simply DISAPPEAR, because much much more inconvenient.
The existence of a 1.2 JDK for BSD will make it easier to make people accept a BSD system in a company, indeed !
Java being cross platform, it makes the host OS irrelevant, but on the other hand, falicitates the penetration of a greater variety of systems. Once BSD is installed for running existing Java apps, the other benefits for having BSD can be discovered, etc. People will tend to be less reluctant to explore new platforms, since they can still use platform-independent ones.
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They will soon need the stuff they allow to offer to run their server, if this goes on...
a Gnutellized hardware sharing network : you put the client on your box (must support TCP/IP, so sorry, no ZX81 online), and it will talk to all other to-be-shared boxen. If someone wants it, he will have to locate you through your IP address, thus proving the lack of privacy of Gnutella-style networks, and then come to your place to pick it up.
Now for the fun : if you really do want to get rid of that box, install a Gnutella servant with Metallica mp3s on it, and simply wait for the lawyers to come to seize it. This way we can convert RIAA and MPAA lawyers into trash pickers, which will make them do some valuable work for public interest.
Sorry bud, I use a libretto as my main working tool on a daily basis. The Vaio has in fact a larger screen, and I may be tempted to buy one for the supplemental comfort of it, without a tremendous increase in size...
Note: if there were a transmeta-powered libretto, I think I would buy it immediately.
Small is convenient.
Sure, the StrongARM processor sucks about 1W.
But the StrongARM is only one branch in the huge ARM tree. StrongARM is in fact the ARM-based processor which consumes the most.
Typical ARM processors power consumption is much more like a few milliWatts ! Hundreds times less than the Crusoe.
If you want to know more go and visit the ARM site, it's well worth the look : http://www.arm.com
Good technology for embedded, ultraportatives, and even wearables.
Good point. Watt is a unit of power, not work. We should read "the new Vaio uses 10 Watts of energy, whereas the previous ones used twice as much for the same functions."
BTW 10 W is still too much for a laptop, because it still take large batteries to run a the computer for a decent time (in that case, it takes a 4-uple size battery to run the Vaio for 8 hours). Keep in mind that ultra portable machines using low-power consumption RISC processors and components achieve a 1W- rate.
With code morphing, programs run faster when run a second time. Does it mean that the linux kernel will be faster if rebooted ?
What do you call a "proprietary" processor ?
As opposed to a "standard" one ? How do you define a "proprietary" processor ? This statement is simply ridiculous, and has probably been expressed by someone who doesn't know what a processor is.
Nintendo is actually releasing the Game Cube, so of course Micro$oft must use FUD and vaporware. So it multiplies presse releases, rumours, interviews... To try to make consumers refrain from buying non-vapor competitive products.
Yeah, sure. Now what assurance do you have those logs are not a fabrication ? BTW this is _not_ offtopic, since a "solution" to inexistent DDOS attacks would be perfectly ridiculous.
Where is the proof last year's DDOS attacks were real ? All we had was, at the beginning, some reports according to which yahoo.com had been unreachable for a few minutes, which was denied by yahoo, and then that famous media storm... But still no proof a DDOS did really take place.
At first I read "interview of the AMD chipset" :-)
Using different A records in DNS depending of the location of who is requesting the IP of the name, so that you can send him to a server closer to him.
No big deal. No point of patenting such an evidence.
Something which would be delightful is the possibility of kickstarting a debian.
Also, Suppose I want to install my system using reiserfs, which is not included with the default kernel, currently. Apart from hacking the install disk, there is not much posibility. Hence it would be nice to have the possibility of pre-configuring an install kernel with features not present in the default one.
The void of Space has simply No Temperature.
The problem is to evacuate heat.
Just think that Thermos bottles have a double envelope with void in between, just to keep the coffee hot longer.
It's interesting : United Nations and SETI project are two of the Wonders of the Word in Civilization !
Now We'll have to managed a double-wonder, I wonder if it will take twice a many shields to build it...
Forbes' design of this "computer of the future" just smells an ancient seventies design smell. Of course they avoid mentioning what aoperanding system runs inside their box, and they forget that, by 2010, there will be no more desktop.
In other words, their lack of imagination is blatant.
Isn't there already a NW-compatible free server, which is Mars NWE ?
Call it "Civil Disorder", or whatever way you want, the fact is that the current law set and balance of power is apparently favorable to big conglomerates.
But WE are the real power. There's no way to intimidate the people. They shut down web sites ? Ok, let's develop distributed encrypted networks (FreeNet, Gnutella are the basis of it).
They will disappear, by shutting down the very roots of their meaningless money power. Information must and will remain free.
And if the price for liberty is what they call "prejudice" or "illegality", ok. That's what WE
'll call "Civil Resistance".
Ijou.
I sawed an article about an armed robot guard (with a real fire gun) about 20 years ago, in Europe.
Of course, I do not recall the exact references, but I remember it because it was very impressive. It was able to react to the presence of an intruder, and to fire if the proper answer was not replied.
*Samuel* is just not a good name for a processor. It will fail, for bad marketing reasons.
DNA is the fundamental molecule of Life, it is capable of self-replication. Creating computers with DNA can lead to self-replicating computers ! Amazing ! You buy only one, and you can install the whole range of computers of a big company ! It's like GNU/Linux : you download once, and install as many times as you want... Let's dream !
If you think 3 main packaging ways are too much, then why do you want to add one more ?
Geomagnetic Wheather forecast seems to be a difficult art (^_^).
Yes, let them do it, so that, as John E. Warnock, the chairman and chief executive of Adobe Systems said : "You're going to have a piece of software that will only work on one machine. It will provide enormous inconvenience."
One word : GREAT !
This way, closed software will simply DISAPPEAR, because much much more inconvenient.
That's all.
The existence of a 1.2 JDK for BSD will make it easier to make people accept a BSD system in a company, indeed !
Java being cross platform, it makes the host OS irrelevant, but on the other hand, falicitates the penetration of a greater variety of systems. Once BSD is installed for running existing Java apps, the other benefits for having BSD can be discovered, etc. People will tend to be less reluctant to explore new platforms, since they can still use platform-independent ones.
It's very good for everybody, finally !