Data requirements are doubling faster than disk storage capabilities. We're needing to find ways of dealing with this, but ideally without simply asking for more money for more disks.
I've just been told a new academic here will need about 200TB in a few months. I can see my (fairly small set) of Bioinformatics researchers needing a PB before the end of next year.
Plenty of people will pirate it though. If they actually want to encourage pirating of games they're doing a pretty good job.
I now rip DVDs to my PC so I can get rid of all the crap at the beginning, and surely that's only a couple of steps away from full-on pirating...
And I predict the standard knee-jerk reactions of people who don't bother to RTFA. In all honesty though, the article's not much good anyway. The book certainly does tempt me, particularly having read a couple of endorsements ( http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262014632 ):
"For anyone who thought the open source movement was a passing fancy, this is the book to read. Written by two experts in innovation and patent policy, it presents important evidence on the scope and complexity of how firms and public authorities have embraced open source software. The reader will learn which nations and which types of firms use open source most heavily, and may be surprised at the extent to which open source code is blended with code and products that are kept proprietary. The authors provide a rich foundation for yet another wave of thinking on the subject."
—Suzanne Scotchmer, University of California, Berkeley, author of Innovation and Incentives
“Unlike much of the writing on open source versus proprietary software, this book offers factual evidence, careful analysis, and evenhanded discussion, while avoiding unsupported opinions, hyperbole, and exaggeration. Everyone who is concerned with open source will want to read this book.”
—Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google
These people aren't idiots, and neither are they MS fanatics.
This is at least partly about playing on a computer, not necessarily anything to do with education. I let her use it with me in the area to help out if needs be, the same way I let her climb trees in the park. I can't always see her (like when she's clambering through the yew and laurel hedges/bushes) but we can both find each other if needs be.
P.S. Yes, my browser of choice (Opera) does help by reducing most popups, but of course IE still works on my PC and that's a different kettle of fish entirely....
Very interesting area. Before people start saying that parents need to take control themselves (instead of letting software do their job for them), I as a parent of a seven year old believe I should do both. Be around to help, as well as give my daughter freedom and independence. She's not daft, but there is always the chance (especially on flash-games type sites) for interesting popups to... diversify her web and life experience. I use k9 filtering to help avoid this sort of thing. Wow, this almost sounds like a customer testimonial, sorry....
"The upgrade process (be it Vista or 7) copies the data out of the current \Users, \Program Files, and \Windows directory to a temporary directory. It then kills those directories and lays down the new OS. After that, it copies all of the data back (well, probably a move operation -- but it still takes a long time).
You can watch it if you do a Ctrl-F10 to bring up a command prompt during the upgrade process."
(Seems it's actaully shift-F10)
Kind of makes sense really, in an ugly sort of way.
Why not just wait until Windows 7 SP2 arrive?
Windows XP is not as good Linux, or OSX, but it's better then any "beta operating system".
As it happens Win7's looking pretty good to me. It's now what I use for my desktop OS (partly because I know I'll have to support it soon enough), and I'd now consider it as an alternative to XP. I understand that Dell will be asked to supply PCs (to my org) with either XP or Win7, (as opposed to XP or Vista) pretty soon...
Oh, yadda yadda yadda my OS is better than yours etc. Do you know how much I care about that sort of argument? Do you know how much the (real) world cares about that sort of artgument?
Please ignore that. I've just read the bottom of the article:
"There's been a lot of commotion about the mention of the upgrade from "Vista SP1 to Vista SP1." This is not a typo: while it is obviously not something that is typically done, but it can be used as a repair method: the upgrade process reinstalls the operating system by replacing any corrupt and modified system files. In this case, the method was used so as to have something to compare against in the benchmarking process. The reason "Vista SP2 to Vista SP2" was not used instead is simple: Vista SP2 wasn't out yet when Windows 7 was in development."
"Microsoft wanted to make sure that an upgrade from Vista SP1 to Windows 7 was within a five percent threshold faster than an upgrade from Vista SP1 to Vista SP1."
When I go on holiday it's a holiday. No email, no web, and my mobile's only used as a timepiece (although it's generally turned off as I seem to end up in places with no signal and this drains my battery...)
I don't imagine I'm so important I need to be in touch with the office.
"I think I can reveal this much: an EX IT guy didn't do something he was supposed to have done. This wasn't discovered until AFTER the disks crashed. So, there were probably other reasons for this guy being an EX, too. Anyway, the crash happened, the mistake was discovered but now too late to fix."
(Sorry, meant to keep editing, pressed submit instead)
What I was trying (and failing) to say was that the survey appeared to show that "the people" do indeed seem to want some control of the internet, to make it more usable and reliable, and that the state would be the only body able to provide it. This isn't the spirit of the Chinese government's censorship, and the survey can't be used to support the its current actions.
The government want to censor what it deems "illegal content" (such as references to Taiwan as a country).
What do the people seem to want (according to the quoted survey)? A more reliable source of information, and who should ensure the internet is "more reliable" other than the state? "Since the only legitimate source of authority in many aspects of Chinese life is the state, when
Chinese citizens are of the opinion that some aspects of the internet should be controlled, it is natural for them to assume that the state should take the lead in doing the controlling."
The censorship we're seeing is (IMO) wrong. The survey seems to be being misrepresented in this context. Or rather, the people's wishes are not being reflected in the way the censorship is being condected...
If a newspaper lets you submit comments then your login could be used to commit libel - in your name. Granted, having a widely known password (like yours is now) could be a defense, it's a PITA all the same to *have* to defend yourself!
I have a couple of old web identities I've used for registration in the past, but now I just use bugmenot (http://www.bugmenot.com/) wherever I can to get into newspaper (et al) sites.
Slashdot Mirror
You need to see a doctor about that.
Oh god, for mod points here and now.....
Data requirements are doubling faster than disk storage capabilities. We're needing to find ways of dealing with this, but ideally without simply asking for more money for more disks. I've just been told a new academic here will need about 200TB in a few months. I can see my (fairly small set) of Bioinformatics researchers needing a PB before the end of next year.
Mod this up funny! Oh... hang on... he's serious?
Plenty of people will pirate it though. If they actually want to encourage pirating of games they're doing a pretty good job. I now rip DVDs to my PC so I can get rid of all the crap at the beginning, and surely that's only a couple of steps away from full-on pirating...
"For anyone who thought the open source movement was a passing fancy, this is the book to read. Written by two experts in innovation and patent policy, it presents important evidence on the scope and complexity of how firms and public authorities have embraced open source software. The reader will learn which nations and which types of firms use open source most heavily, and may be surprised at the extent to which open source code is blended with code and products that are kept proprietary. The authors provide a rich foundation for yet another wave of thinking on the subject."
—Suzanne Scotchmer, University of California, Berkeley, author of Innovation and Incentives
“Unlike much of the writing on open source versus proprietary software, this book offers factual evidence, careful analysis, and evenhanded discussion, while avoiding unsupported opinions, hyperbole, and exaggeration. Everyone who is concerned with open source will want to read this book.”
—Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google
These people aren't idiots, and neither are they MS fanatics.
Try an open mind, maybe....?
By that stage I'd hope my daughter would be kind enough to cut me in on the proceeds...
This is at least partly about playing on a computer, not necessarily anything to do with education. I let her use it with me in the area to help out if needs be, the same way I let her climb trees in the park. I can't always see her (like when she's clambering through the yew and laurel hedges/bushes) but we can both find each other if needs be.
P.S. Yes, my browser of choice (Opera) does help by reducing most popups, but of course IE still works on my PC and that's a different kettle of fish entirely....
Very interesting area. Before people start saying that parents need to take control themselves (instead of letting software do their job for them), I as a parent of a seven year old believe I should do both. Be around to help, as well as give my daughter freedom and independence. She's not daft, but there is always the chance (especially on flash-games type sites) for interesting popups to... diversify her web and life experience. I use k9 filtering to help avoid this sort of thing. Wow, this almost sounds like a customer testimonial, sorry....
Anway, the article sadly has a duff link in it. The report's *really* at:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/sip/projects/filter_label/sip_bench2/index_en.htm
The full report PDF is:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/sip/docs/sip_bench2_results/report_jan11.pdf
See also:
http://www.yprt.eu/sip/
I love the irony of your current .sig "Never underestimate the potential of Human stupidity"
Okay, this guy's obviously trolling, just ignore....
Whereas I reportedly have a massive Ferrari and two sex organs. I'm available for weddings, church fetes, funerals and bar mitzvahs.
"The upgrade process (be it Vista or 7) copies the data out of the current \Users, \Program Files, and \Windows directory to a temporary directory. It then kills those directories and lays down the new OS. After that, it copies all of the data back (well, probably a move operation -- but it still takes a long time). You can watch it if you do a Ctrl-F10 to bring up a command prompt during the upgrade process."
(Seems it's actaully shift-F10)
Kind of makes sense really, in an ugly sort of way.
Hush, don't try to introduce reality, it only makes him cry.
Why not just wait until Windows 7 SP2 arrive? Windows XP is not as good Linux, or OSX, but it's better then any "beta operating system".
As it happens Win7's looking pretty good to me. It's now what I use for my desktop OS (partly because I know I'll have to support it soon enough), and I'd now consider it as an alternative to XP. I understand that Dell will be asked to supply PCs (to my org) with either XP or Win7, (as opposed to XP or Vista) pretty soon...
Oh, yadda yadda yadda my OS is better than yours etc. Do you know how much I care about that sort of argument? Do you know how much the (real) world cares about that sort of artgument?
"There's been a lot of commotion about the mention of the upgrade from "Vista SP1 to Vista SP1." This is not a typo: while it is obviously not something that is typically done, but it can be used as a repair method: the upgrade process reinstalls the operating system by replacing any corrupt and modified system files. In this case, the method was used so as to have something to compare against in the benchmarking process. The reason "Vista SP2 to Vista SP2" was not used instead is simple: Vista SP2 wasn't out yet when Windows 7 was in development."
Live and learn...
What does that mean?
When I go on holiday it's a holiday. No email, no web, and my mobile's only used as a timepiece (although it's generally turned off as I seem to end up in places with no signal and this drains my battery...)
I don't imagine I'm so important I need to be in touch with the office.
It's petaflops, not petaflop. That s means something.
"I think I can reveal this much: an EX IT guy didn't do something he was supposed to have done. This wasn't discovered until AFTER the disks crashed. So, there were probably other reasons for this guy being an EX, too. Anyway, the crash happened, the mistake was discovered but now too late to fix."
From: http://dorrie.de/F1/viewtopic.php?t=194&start=375&sid=a65b1d9b0fbcc3c3e8df874fc167d495
What I was trying (and failing) to say was that the survey appeared to show that "the people" do indeed seem to want some control of the internet, to make it more usable and reliable, and that the state would be the only body able to provide it. This isn't the spirit of the Chinese government's censorship, and the survey can't be used to support the its current actions.
What do the people seem to want (according to the quoted survey)? A more reliable source of information, and who should ensure the internet is "more reliable" other than the state?
"Since the only legitimate source of authority in many aspects of Chinese life is the state, when Chinese citizens are of the opinion that some aspects of the internet should be controlled, it is natural for them to assume that the state should take the lead in doing the controlling."
The censorship we're seeing is (IMO) wrong. The survey seems to be being misrepresented in this context. Or rather, the people's wishes are not being reflected in the way the censorship is being condected...
Dammit, I read "..active manga chamber...". Confused, yes.
I have a couple of old web identities I've used for registration in the past, but now I just use bugmenot (http://www.bugmenot.com/) wherever I can to get into newspaper (et al) sites.