So, it is politics as usual, but this time around, the EU might have started it.
It looks as if only the EU countries think France is the best place to go vs. Japan. I must say, if the EU wants the reactor on their own turf, let them build their own, the rest of the world can concentrate on one in Japan.
It takes a lot for general purpose to do better than specialized devices.
Take TiVo for example. Sure, there are a lot of free and non-free software products to make a general purpose computer behave somewhat similarly. For one, I don't know if any of this software can set the computer to wake up at a particular time slot. There is simply no API to communicate to the BIOS or any other hardware to do this. Being able to sleep and wake up on a timer is important to energy efficiency, I doubt a Tivo has a problem with this.
You can distribute proprietary apps developed on a computer with KDE, it just can't be a Qt- or KDE-based app.
I think it would be good to stay away from an effectively proprietary development system though, particularly for a distribution where they hope will be for mainstream/non-techie users.
say virus scanner writers right? [who probably write the viruses they detect...]
I will grant that there is a possibility, but has there been a proven connection of this, ever? Even just a reasonably credible accusation? Circumstantial evidence?
Most countries have a high tax, but if you are right, your country's taxes on media are the highest I've heard. The final cost per disc is pretty much double or triple the amounts I pay.
I would think using the keyboard without the numlock "acessability feature" mouse would do just as well. ctrl-esc pulls down the start menu, alt-tab, shift-tab and ctrl-tab does a lot of stuff too, often quicker than a keypad-mouse. This is all my opinion. The only exception might be controlling stuff in the system tray.
The problem was that *that* particular pot of coffee was several tens of degrees *hotter* than McDonald's specifies, and that restaurant had had several other complaints before. So it isn't the same coffee that is served for most of the chain. Coffee hot enough to disfigure and burn (most isn't) shouldn't have been served in the first place.
I think BB's tactics is why WB has been trying to use the DVD format and pure sell-through pricing to hurt Blockbuster. WB was one of the earliest proponents of cheap DVDs. OK, I think WB gets a tiny share of every DVD sold, but I don't think that alone is enough.
With these companies trying to hardball each other, I hope it doesn't hurt the consumers in the end.
My understanding of the New Zeeland flight was that getting corroboration was difficult at best. The NZ inventor / pilot didn't get the word out, there weren't a whole lot of witnesses, and the plane doesn't exist anymore. If anything, the Wright brothers were much better publicists.
One can just buy a dual Athlon MP, dual Xeon or even Opteron and have it work stably and without trouble. It is amusing to play with all this but I'd say there is a diminishing return where things are pointlessly overkill.
I'm not sure what the point of going so frigid as most life, power and frequency derating curves start at 25 degrees C. Temperatures below that usually get little benefit of going higher because of limits other than temperature.
The ability to flat-address more memory is nice, but not necessary to take advantage of A64 performance.
Most 32/64 bit hybrid architectures lose speed when going from 32 to 64 bit software due to losing bandwidth to storing pointers.
AMD64 actually has an advantage to offset that in the fact it doubles the number of registers in 64 bit mode, so even code that doesn't break the 4GB barrier has a chance of running better.
I really can't say that CD-RW is that old, and packet writing wasn't available at that time that I remember. I remember 1x and 2x burners going for somewhare around $2k USD circa 1996.
I really don't give a sh!t what Wired says. I really don't distinctly remember any other specific problems, but they were the ones that had an editorial that suggested that we should be willing to give up the right to have a DVD-ROM drive so that Lucas would release his Star Wars Trilogy on DVD.
I really have to ask, what is _really_ stopping China? Given that China is such a massive exporter, losing half their exports could be a significant setback, even if they do manage to "reunite" China.
I think it's sad that the UN can't or won't do jack about anything.
Is it even possible for the EU to perform sanctions against China? The EU has a larger population and I think comparable economic base that a real sanction from EU and US combined could so serious damage.
I can imagine that a lot of people will die as a result of any military clash. Complaining about the lack of accuracy of US weapons in preventing civilian deaths in Iraq is one thing, I really can't say that China's weapons will be a tenth as kind. Add that with _every_ able-bodied Taiwanese male as a member of the Taiwan military, I can see urban war being beyond hell for anyone that is anywhere near there, in the military men fighting on each side and also for the civilians.
I just built an audio stand one using aluminum tubing. It isn't "rack mount" but as you noted, rackmountable stuff was pretty expensive. For older server and workstation computers, rack mount kits are pretty cheap on eBay.
I would have made a rack mount system if it really meant a damn other than just a few "cool" points with select few people, the results I got IMO look much better anyway and non-rack-mount stuff doesn't look out of place.
How true. Six to eight hours? Exactly what kind of beast are they running? I think I can run my m100 with the same set of Alkalines for half a year. Granted, it is a minimal PDA, below this year's standards, it does everything I want, rediculously cheaply.
I apologize, I honestly can't tell if you are serious or sarcastic. I've seen a lot of people praise and dis the various series mentioned in similar ways, so it is hard for me to be sure.
My interpretation of your post really depends on your opinion on whether Roswell, Buffy, B5 or Smallville are any good. Also, whether you think a rethink of Galactica 1980 could be good.
I have a guy that is going to record it for me so hopefully I will get a chance to see it next week.
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The year you gave is the age of the hardware. Is the software as old?
The heat can be used to generate steam, just like coal and nuclear power plants.
So, even if fusion were completely free of radiation, you still have thermal pollution to deal with.
So, it is politics as usual, but this time around, the EU might have started it.
It looks as if only the EU countries think France is the best place to go vs. Japan. I must say, if the EU wants the reactor on their own turf, let them build their own, the rest of the world can concentrate on one in Japan.
Can you back up the accusation that France harbors support for terrorism?
Also, can you consider that there is no "need" to adapt fusion power to weapons, it is called the H-bomb and I'm pretty sure France already has them.
It takes a lot for general purpose to do better than specialized devices.
Take TiVo for example. Sure, there are a lot of free and non-free software products to make a general purpose computer behave somewhat similarly. For one, I don't know if any of this software can set the computer to wake up at a particular time slot. There is simply no API to communicate to the BIOS or any other hardware to do this. Being able to sleep and wake up on a timer is important to energy efficiency, I doubt a Tivo has a problem with this.
You can distribute proprietary apps developed on a computer with KDE, it just can't be a Qt- or KDE-based app.
I think it would be good to stay away from an effectively proprietary development system though, particularly for a distribution where they hope will be for mainstream/non-techie users.
say virus scanner writers right? [who probably write the viruses they detect...]
I will grant that there is a possibility, but has there been a proven connection of this, ever? Even just a reasonably credible accusation? Circumstantial evidence?
Ouch!
Most countries have a high tax, but if you are right, your country's taxes on media are the highest I've heard. The final cost per disc is pretty much double or triple the amounts I pay.
I would think using the keyboard without the numlock "acessability feature" mouse would do just as well. ctrl-esc pulls down the start menu, alt-tab, shift-tab and ctrl-tab does a lot of stuff too, often quicker than a keypad-mouse. This is all my opinion. The only exception might be controlling stuff in the system tray.
The problem was that *that* particular pot of coffee was several tens of degrees *hotter* than McDonald's specifies, and that restaurant had had several other complaints before. So it isn't the same coffee that is served for most of the chain. Coffee hot enough to disfigure and burn (most isn't) shouldn't have been served in the first place.
What you describe really isn't that much different than a hypothetical Martha Stewart Channel.
I think BB's tactics is why WB has been trying to use the DVD format and pure sell-through pricing to hurt Blockbuster. WB was one of the earliest proponents of cheap DVDs. OK, I think WB gets a tiny share of every DVD sold, but I don't think that alone is enough.
With these companies trying to hardball each other, I hope it doesn't hurt the consumers in the end.
My understanding of the New Zeeland flight was that getting corroboration was difficult at best. The NZ inventor / pilot didn't get the word out, there weren't a whole lot of witnesses, and the plane doesn't exist anymore. If anything, the Wright brothers were much better publicists.
One can just buy a dual Athlon MP, dual Xeon or even Opteron and have it work stably and without trouble. It is amusing to play with all this but I'd say there is a diminishing return where things are pointlessly overkill.
I'm not sure what the point of going so frigid as most life, power and frequency derating curves start at 25 degrees C. Temperatures below that usually get little benefit of going higher because of limits other than temperature.
The ability to flat-address more memory is nice, but not necessary to take advantage of A64 performance.
Most 32/64 bit hybrid architectures lose speed when going from 32 to 64 bit software due to losing bandwidth to storing pointers.
AMD64 actually has an advantage to offset that in the fact it doubles the number of registers in 64 bit mode, so even code that doesn't break the 4GB barrier has a chance of running better.
I really can't say that CD-RW is that old, and packet writing wasn't available at that time that I remember. I remember 1x and 2x burners going for somewhare around $2k USD circa 1996.
Let's hope politicians [] wait to notice it until a true emergency happens...
I assume that there is a don't where I inserted the brackets?
Interesting list.
I really don't give a sh!t what Wired says. I really don't distinctly remember any other specific problems, but they were the ones that had an editorial that suggested that we should be willing to give up the right to have a DVD-ROM drive so that Lucas would release his Star Wars Trilogy on DVD.
I really have to ask, what is _really_ stopping China? Given that China is such a massive exporter, losing half their exports could be a significant setback, even if they do manage to "reunite" China.
I think it's sad that the UN can't or won't do jack about anything.
Is it even possible for the EU to perform sanctions against China? The EU has a larger population and I think comparable economic base that a real sanction from EU and US combined could so serious damage.
I can imagine that a lot of people will die as a result of any military clash. Complaining about the lack of accuracy of US weapons in preventing civilian deaths in Iraq is one thing, I really can't say that China's weapons will be a tenth as kind. Add that with _every_ able-bodied Taiwanese male as a member of the Taiwan military, I can see urban war being beyond hell for anyone that is anywhere near there, in the military men fighting on each side and also for the civilians.
I forgot to close the href. I need a nap. Sorry folks.
I just built an audio stand one using aluminum tubing. It isn't "rack mount" but as you noted, rackmountable stuff was pretty expensive. For older server and workstation computers, rack mount kits are pretty cheap on eBay.
My audio stand project.
I would have made a rack mount system if it really meant a damn other than just a few "cool" points with select few people, the results I got IMO look much better anyway and non-rack-mount stuff doesn't look out of place.
How true. Six to eight hours? Exactly what kind of beast are they running? I think I can run my m100 with the same set of Alkalines for half a year. Granted, it is a minimal PDA, below this year's standards, it does everything I want, rediculously cheaply.
The people complained the opposite for 2001. Sadly, few people really appreciate silence, although I think the space scenes were a bit long.
I apologize, I honestly can't tell if you are serious or sarcastic. I've seen a lot of people praise and dis the various series mentioned in similar ways, so it is hard for me to be sure.
My interpretation of your post really depends on your opinion on whether Roswell, Buffy, B5 or Smallville are any good. Also, whether you think a rethink of Galactica 1980 could be good.
I have a guy that is going to record it for me so hopefully I will get a chance to see it next week.