Author of "Soul of a New Machine" It's a tense 300 page read about custom homes from the builder's point of view. An excellent read, review here: http://architecture.about.com/library/weekly/aafpr house.htm
Analog cell phones transmit on one frequency band and receive on another, making it impossible to receive a signal from another cell phone directly. It's done this way so that the phone can receive and transmit at the same time without interfering with itself. I don't know how PCS phones work, but this scheme will never work with analog phones.
I think that Wal-Mart just wanted a throwaway OS to mount on these machines. I predict that 80 percent of them will be running a pirated copy of Win within 48 hours of purchase.
Not everyone has a double standard here. There's plenty of negative comments about Wal-Mart and I, for one, do not see this thing as being a victory of any sort for Linux. Wal-Mart is simply using the cheapest (as in beer) product that is available. There's no regard to the actual useability of the product. Chances are that 80 percent of these machines will be running a bootlegged copy of Win within 48 hours of purchase.
"The location-tracking software itself, developed by a 15-year-old student at the university, draws upon triangulation technology used by global positioning system (GPS) devices. The PDAs figure out their locations by comparing the strength levels of signals traveling from the devices to various Wi-Fi antennas."
GPS does not do triangulation via signal strength. It does it via time measurement. Someone needs to buy a clue.
I come here to read about tech-related stuff, not to see a soapbox for political trolling and argument. This piece of news is available in the mainline media and has no place at Slashdot.
I suggest that K-12 schools get together and lobby congress for a software exemption similar the the following one for sheet music. Problem solved. I can just imagine the tightened sphincters at M$
"[T]he following are not infringements of copyright: (1)performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution... (2) performance of a nondramatic literary or musical work or display of a work, by or in the course of a transmission,..." 17 USC 110
Now it's my personal opinion that dropping the roadrunner would be a disaster. I mean, who would Wile e. Coyote have to chase if they get rid of the bird? And what about all the ACME stuff that would go to waste?
Here's the solution:
The state people get fired
Oracle gets a 20 year ban on sales to the state
Logicon's sales people get hired by Microsoft
I, for one, will not read it.
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Yourdon's early books were great, but now it's just a bunch of whiny garbage. It's rather sad that a once-talented CS writer is now reduced to jumping on the latest potential-tragedy-of-the-day for a subject.
They expect some very rich fart to shell out 78Meg USD for an untested submarine design? Here's a free clue - submarines are not the most safe mode of tranportation. Lots of energy in those batteries and lots of water looking to get in at 300 meters depth. I'll bet it will stay on the drawering board for awhile.
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We don't ban anonymous letters because they might contain anthrax, at least not yet. Being anonymous should not equate to criminal activity.
What has ICANN done in 4 years that actually trickled down to internet end users?
No
You misspelt "Whoreable"
Don't break them, sell them to a used record store and use the money to by indys.
Author of "Soul of a New Machine" It's a tense 300 page read about custom homes from the builder's point of view. An excellent read, review here: http://architecture.about.com/library/weekly/aafpr house.htm
Analog cell phones transmit on one frequency band and receive on another, making it impossible to receive a signal from another cell phone directly. It's done this way so that the phone can receive and transmit at the same time without interfering with itself. I don't know how PCS phones work, but this scheme will never work with analog phones.
I think that Wal-Mart just wanted a throwaway OS to mount on these machines. I predict that 80 percent of them will be running a pirated copy of Win within 48 hours of purchase.
Not everyone has a double standard here. There's plenty of negative comments about Wal-Mart and I, for one, do not see this thing as being a victory of any sort for Linux. Wal-Mart is simply using the cheapest (as in beer) product that is available. There's no regard to the actual useability of the product. Chances are that 80 percent of these machines will be running a bootlegged copy of Win within 48 hours of purchase.
"The location-tracking software itself, developed by a 15-year-old student at the university, draws upon triangulation technology used by global positioning system (GPS) devices. The PDAs figure out their locations by comparing the strength levels of signals traveling from the devices to various Wi-Fi antennas."
GPS does not do triangulation via signal strength. It does it via time measurement. Someone needs to buy a clue.
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I come here to read about tech-related stuff, not to see a soapbox for political trolling and argument. This piece of news is available in the mainline media and has no place at Slashdot.
I read Slashdot for tech-related stuff, not political posturing. This stuff is freely available in the mainline media and has no place here.
A morning without skin cancer
A morning without cat shit on the carpet
A morning without a dead car battery
A morning without a premenstral female
Feel free to add your own.
You get the picture. Why, on a Monday morning no less do we get subjected to his mindless drivel.
rapidly plundered historical texts"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if they've already been plundered, isn't it too late?
I suggest that K-12 schools get together and lobby congress for a software exemption similar the the following one for sheet music. Problem solved. I can just imagine the tightened sphincters at M$
..." 17 USC 110
"[T]he following are not infringements of copyright:
(1)performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution...
(2) performance of a nondramatic literary or musical work or display of a work, by or in the course of a transmission,
All the trollers of the world.
Red, Yellow, Black or White,
They are precious in His sight,
Jesus loves the little trollers of the world.
Is an Aibo humping someone's leg.
Appears to be what your're getting at. And it seems that they can...
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http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj15n2-3-4.htm
Now it's my personal opinion that dropping the roadrunner would be a disaster. I mean, who would Wile e. Coyote have to chase if they get rid of the bird? And what about all the ACME stuff that would go to waste?
First post and biggest fscking troll in one.
Here's the solution:
The state people get fired
Oracle gets a 20 year ban on sales to the state
Logicon's sales people get hired by Microsoft
Yourdon's early books were great, but now it's just a bunch of whiny garbage. It's rather sad that a once-talented CS writer is now reduced to jumping on the latest potential-tragedy-of-the-day for a subject.
A good question. I'm guessing that since there's no money to be made, they won't keep any more data than is needed for their site security.
They expect some very rich fart to shell out 78Meg USD for an untested submarine design? Here's a free clue - submarines are not the most safe mode of tranportation. Lots of energy in those batteries and lots of water looking to get in at 300 meters depth. I'll bet it will stay on the drawering board for awhile.