requires four megawatts, and still has trouble with vision, motion, and 'common sense
I have known many people who have ~100billion or so neurons that consume 20 watts of power, but they also have plenty of trouble with "Common sense". Actually they might be less sensible in some areas than a 100Kb C code running on a puny little Pentium 4.
Yes of course they remain in control. First of all they have the choice of not letting their PC get infected by NOT using Windows. And if they must use it, and were compromised, then please stay off the Internet.
The update was pushed to Automatic Updates and I installed it yesterday. Did a Windows fan-boy got just a bit too excited to see a Linux Vulnerability?
I wonder what will happen to other open source projects that are mainly funded my Nokia. One example that comes to mind is (meta) tracker. AFAIK, most of its development is sponsored by Nokia as part of their Meego platform. and considering Microsoft's relation with OSS, I won't be surprised if Meego was the first to be axed.
Interestingly enough, the news of the supernova's explosion didn't made it to Slashdot, but it fading away was more interesting somehow. Kinda like when George W. Bush left the office I guess.
This makes me wonder, why isn't there a law related to OSS and companies trying to patent or benefit from open code or software without complying with the related license (GNU for most part)?
And if the such a law is not possible, there should be an OSS organization that itself patents some code or ideas, profit from it, and eventually drive development of open code.
Why is it that UK ministers and policy makers keep saying and passing out stupid and lame laws, but EU guys seem to be intelligent and sane when it comes to technology. UK and USA should borrow some people like these from EU.
I hope it will force ISPs to uncap their packages. No point in having a Netstream account and try to steam when you have a pathetic 20GB (or so) limit.
And I hope it's not going to be replaced by a Linux monopoly
Considering the developing model and community orientation (even in corporations) of Linux and variants, a Linux monopoly won't be even close to as terrible as Windows'. As a matter of fact, I would rather expect the OSS developers to work even harder in making their code more secure and stable when more users are migrating.
I don't care who joins the Linux foundation and who doesn't, as long as more corporations are supported OSS in some way. The Windows monopoly needs to end, even if Google develops a Linux based distro and starts selling it for money (Though I don't wish for this to happen)
All the excuses of hardware-compatibility and user-friendliness has been long gone. For example in my very own experience where I had to run a PCMCIA card via a PCI-PCMCIA adapter on my desktop, it took me 3 days to find a solution in Windows, while both the adapter and PCMCIA card worked out of the box on Ubuntu without any further settings.
So I finally got confirmation that I am a M$ basher/hater. As soon as I read the title of the article, I said to myself What a load of crap without reading anything further.
The easiest and most practical organ that can "grown" this way, without stem cells, is liver. It has extreme regenerative properties, higher than most other tissues. From their results it seems they might be able to grow large enough samples that once implanted, they should grow more and start functioning enough to keep the patient alive with some care.
"Sterile neutrinos could also possibly help explain the matter asymmetry of the universe,
Isn't it a bit over confidence when assuming and hoping that a neutrino that only interacts via gravity can explain, or was responsible for Baryonic Asymmetry?. None of the *possible* explanations (CP-violation, more matter somewhere than antimatter, antimatter pushed somewhere else etc) I have read anywhere hinted that a hypothetical neutrino, and especially a sterile one, could explain asymmetry. So I am going to take that as a one scientist opinion and hope.
Well that depends on how much popular Slashdot is among Chinese officials, but not very long I suppose. Maybe a new saying will get popularized there: They were slashdotted before they could enjoy their freedom
I am sure for a lot people, having an annual $500+ billion Defence budget is overkill, while others whine about spending fraction of that on science and education. It depends on which context and purpose you take it in, and if it is benefiting some people in power in some disguised way.
ACPI features? Best of luck then
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I hope they didn't break something when adding the ACPI features. From my experience, it is one devil of a specification. Just half an hour ago, I couldn't browse anything on my Ubuntu Lucid because I had changed one ACPI related setting in Bios, and XP failed to boot at all. I wonder how far-reaching and bizarre effects it has on other OSs, and in other scenarios.
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How much are the babies retailing at? And can I get one with brown eyes please.
800+ comments on an article asking why Blu-ray hadn't caught up, and none modded as Funny 4+ ? Damn, talk about all Sony-haters talking business!
I have a feeling at least 5% of these must be behind some proxy servers which mask the User-agent string with IE one.
Ok I admit that the feeling is not speculation, but more like hope.
I have known many people who have ~100billion or so neurons that consume 20 watts of power, but they also have plenty of trouble with "Common sense". Actually they might be less sensible in some areas than a 100Kb C code running on a puny little Pentium 4.
You'll be just as disappointed as I was. It doesn't fly at all.
Yes of course they remain in control. First of all they have the choice of not letting their PC get infected by NOT using Windows. And if they must use it, and were compromised, then please stay off the Internet.
The update was pushed to Automatic Updates and I installed it yesterday. Did a Windows fan-boy got just a bit too excited to see a Linux Vulnerability?
Only if Intel had said "thinner than a pancake" about the SSD, I could have sued them after making a petite pancake definitely thinner than that SSD.
I wonder what will happen to other open source projects that are mainly funded my Nokia. One example that comes to mind is (meta) tracker. AFAIK, most of its development is sponsored by Nokia as part of their Meego platform. and considering Microsoft's relation with OSS, I won't be surprised if Meego was the first to be axed.
Interestingly enough, the news of the supernova's explosion didn't made it to Slashdot, but it fading away was more interesting somehow. Kinda like when George W. Bush left the office I guess.
Actually they have already done it 3 times. First in 2004, then with help from MIT folks in 2006 and last being the recent "President's challenge".
This makes me wonder, why isn't there a law related to OSS and companies trying to patent or benefit from open code or software without complying with the related license (GNU for most part)?
And if the such a law is not possible, there should be an OSS organization that itself patents some code or ideas, profit from it, and eventually drive development of open code.
But I would rather die healthy at 60, than live in an old home while being overweight at 80.
Outliving your peers is not a good thing for everyone
Why is it that UK ministers and policy makers keep saying and passing out stupid and lame laws, but EU guys seem to be intelligent and sane when it comes to technology. UK and USA should borrow some people like these from EU.
I hope it will force ISPs to uncap their packages. No point in having a Netstream account and try to steam when you have a pathetic 20GB (or so) limit.
When you name something "Zeus", you gotta be able to plan and code above than normal.
And I hope it's not going to be replaced by a Linux monopoly
Considering the developing model and community orientation (even in corporations) of Linux and variants, a Linux monopoly won't be even close to as terrible as Windows'. As a matter of fact, I would rather expect the OSS developers to work even harder in making their code more secure and stable when more users are migrating.
I don't care who joins the Linux foundation and who doesn't, as long as more corporations are supported OSS in some way. The Windows monopoly needs to end, even if Google develops a Linux based distro and starts selling it for money (Though I don't wish for this to happen)
All the excuses of hardware-compatibility and user-friendliness has been long gone. For example in my very own experience where I had to run a PCMCIA card via a PCI-PCMCIA adapter on my desktop, it took me 3 days to find a solution in Windows, while both the adapter and PCMCIA card worked out of the box on Ubuntu without any further settings.
EngKey can hold scripted conversations with students to help them improve their language skills
Scripted conversations are better compared to normal human conversations in helping young children develop language skills? What a joke.
So I finally got confirmation that I am a M$ basher/hater. As soon as I read the title of the article, I said to myself What a load of crap without reading anything further.
The easiest and most practical organ that can "grown" this way, without stem cells, is liver. It has extreme regenerative properties, higher than most other tissues. From their results it seems they might be able to grow large enough samples that once implanted, they should grow more and start functioning enough to keep the patient alive with some care.
"Sterile neutrinos could also possibly help explain the matter asymmetry of the universe,
Isn't it a bit over confidence when assuming and hoping that a neutrino that only interacts via gravity can explain, or was responsible for Baryonic Asymmetry?. None of the *possible* explanations (CP-violation, more matter somewhere than antimatter, antimatter pushed somewhere else etc) I have read anywhere hinted that a hypothetical neutrino, and especially a sterile one, could explain asymmetry. So I am going to take that as a one scientist opinion and hope.
How long before Kindle traffic is locked down?
Well that depends on how much popular Slashdot is among Chinese officials, but not very long I suppose. Maybe a new saying will get popularized there: They were slashdotted before they could enjoy their freedom
I am sure for a lot people, having an annual $500+ billion Defence budget is overkill, while others whine about spending fraction of that on science and education. It depends on which context and purpose you take it in, and if it is benefiting some people in power in some disguised way.
I hope they didn't break something when adding the ACPI features. From my experience, it is one devil of a specification. Just half an hour ago, I couldn't browse anything on my Ubuntu Lucid because I had changed one ACPI related setting in Bios, and XP failed to boot at all. I wonder how far-reaching and bizarre effects it has on other OSs, and in other scenarios.