How about 2.4GHz microwave radiation from built-in WiFi cards? Did you know that microwave ovens use almost exactly 2.4GHz? Now put *that* atop your family jewels:)
AFAIK the Smart Dust group simply *projected* that they could build a mote the size of a grain of rice. The motes currently in production are the size of a matchbox, and have a couple of chips, connectors, LEDs, etc.
Well it depends on how we define chaos. In his particular example he is not afraid of buying a book without SSL. Now if SSL is broken, sure, maybe it won't be the end of the world, but if he is suddenly unwilling to buy the same book then his example has a problem. The issue is not so much about the cryptographic security of the connection as much as the rate of attacks.
Go to Amazon.com. Buy a book without using SSL. Watch the total lack of chaos.
Right, but since SSL is not known to be broken, nobody is really trying to exploit the Amazon channel. Let's see him buy that book after an SSL disclosure is made.
Come on, it always refers to Win32 now, and typically means the NT kernel at that.
I know it does, but ask a random person on the street and they will most likely think of the interface.
When you say Linux, you're probably thinking of the ELF-supporting modular kernel, right?
Close-- I think of Linus' tarballs available on kernel.org. No interface or system included at all here.
I really hate to use car analogies, but people don't have a problem with not only different makes, but even all the different models, from a mini to a minivan.
They don't because they all have the same interface. It's like Windows with different themes. To butcher the car analogy further, I'm afraid that Linux distros are more like a car with the steering wheel on the right, one without a brake pedal that you're supposed to stop via engine braking, one that you steer with a joystick, or one with tracks instead of wheels.
Whoever can market best will communicate what their distro's strengths are most effectively, and people will catch on. The market really isn't as stupid as you think.
There is not even a single definition of what "Linux" is, except a bunch of software running on top of a specific kernel.
Good point. The mainstream thinks of computer systems in terms of their interfaces. "Windows" says very little about the kernel, while "Linux" to me refers to a kernel. Here lies a problem for widespread adoption: what word will serve to identify a Linux system to the mainstream? Currently we have: Redhat, Fedora, Debian, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Mandrake, Slackware, KDE, Gnome... I bet MS is laughing their butts off just like they did at the Unix wars of the 80's.
Well either it is pressurized or it is not. Obviously there is a slightly larger pressure. Assuming it doesn't exist just because it is a small number is not acceptable, because it leads to a huge qualitative difference- a balloon that doesn't deflate when untied. Maybe if you wanted to neglect the air friction as you pull the balloon or the electrostatic charge as you rub it I'd let you get away with it, but this is just sloppy thinking!:)
You know, that's an excellent idea! The taxes would ensure that everyone eventually got according to their need, and gave according to their ability.;)
Extreme food shortages exists toady in many parts of the world. (although obviously not your parents basement). People are starving to death every day.
Maybe so, but not because of environmental damage.
The yo-yos all fell apart on me, but I'm still using the cool IBM rain jacket;)
My team didn't do that well either; in hindsight, because of lack of practice both in the types of problems posed, and the mechanics of input (if a solution doesn't conform to the input specs down to a whitespace it fails without any detailed feedback; hard to prepare for without previous years' test cases). Also, having to solve problems on the fly was an automatic no-no; the well-prepared teams were able to read the problem and say, "That's bitonic tours, that's convex hull, etc." and bang out the solution without thinking.
We did awesome in the VisualAge side contest, because we got lucky and managed to find the "compile" button (forget about making it work correctly!). That was one nasty IDE:)
I didn't say using bk was better. I'm just pointing out that it was not necessarily worse, as a lot of the "I told you so's" are implying. You're right, if the switching cost is too great then we lose overall productivity. However, without knowing this cost I don't see how people can make the "I told you so" argument.
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It seems now, after all, it was R.Stallman all along.
Suppose someone lends you a car, and you drive a 1000 miles in a month. That someone shows up and takes the car away because he suddenly stops liking you. Do you say, "Damn, I knew it! We should have kept walking" or "Oh well, at least we made good progress for a month?" How can you ignore the progress the kernel devs made in their process while using bk? Furthermore, it looks like some of the delegation skills that bk forced upon Linus, that sped up kernel development, may actually work with any version control system and thus lead to permanent improvement.
I don't have cable, and the broadcast reception is pretty poor. Fortunately, there is a technology that dramatically improves the signal-to-noise ratio in more ways than just image quality; you can find out more on www.btefnet.org
The states could already enforce the speed limits much more strictly if they only wanted to. Fact is, if they did, there would be a rebellion, not to mention the immense lost productivity due to the traffic slow down.
It's not clear to me how the court can talk about some narrow "P2P" technology without realizing that the whole Internet is based on a peer-to-peer architecture, and that applying any ruling to this set of "P2P" companies really applies to the Internet at large. As long as any node on the network can talk to any other node, information will be exchanged regardless of implementations.
Hopefully cases like this will start the government thinking about what they should do with the copyright system now that near-instant and free distribution via the Internet is available. If the justices followed this reasoning, they would turn down the RIAA since legitimate uses of "P2P" really extend to any use of the Internet.
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How about 2.4GHz microwave radiation from built-in WiFi cards? Did you know that microwave ovens use almost exactly 2.4GHz? Now put *that* atop your family jewels :)
Any idea what kind of power this kind of battery can put out?
Eurasia is now at peace with Oceania, and the harvests of grain improved 20% compared to last year ;)
AFAIK the Smart Dust group simply *projected* that they could build a mote the size of a grain of rice. The motes currently in production are the size of a matchbox, and have a couple of chips, connectors, LEDs, etc.
Well it depends on how we define chaos. In his particular example he is not afraid of buying a book without SSL. Now if SSL is broken, sure, maybe it won't be the end of the world, but if he is suddenly unwilling to buy the same book then his example has a problem. The issue is not so much about the cryptographic security of the connection as much as the rate of attacks.
Reminds me of Jabba the H... er, Parry Aftab, a self-proclaimed "privacy lawyer" who can help you manage cybercrime risks.
I have to say, they need to work on their fictitious element names. They got nothing on Trek!
Is it that surprising that a Gentoo user thinks of compiling time as the performance metric? :)
Works just fine for me, despite the fact that it uses two different sound cards for input/output.
Come on, it always refers to Win32 now, and typically means the NT kernel at that.
:)
I know it does, but ask a random person on the street and they will most likely think of the interface.
When you say Linux, you're probably thinking of the ELF-supporting modular kernel, right?
Close-- I think of Linus' tarballs available on kernel.org. No interface or system included at all here.
I really hate to use car analogies, but people don't have a problem with not only different makes, but even all the different models, from a mini to a minivan.
They don't because they all have the same interface. It's like Windows with different themes. To butcher the car analogy further, I'm afraid that Linux distros are more like a car with the steering wheel on the right, one without a brake pedal that you're supposed to stop via engine braking, one that you steer with a joystick, or one with tracks instead of wheels.
Whoever can market best will communicate what their distro's strengths are most effectively, and people will catch on. The market really isn't as stupid as you think.
I hope so.
a couple semi-pro's showing their content before going "big time."
Hah, I read that as "a couple showing their content." Seems like this will be a perfect new outlet for all the porn producers out there.
There is not even a single definition of what "Linux" is, except a bunch of software running on top of a specific kernel.
Good point. The mainstream thinks of computer systems in terms of their interfaces. "Windows" says very little about the kernel, while "Linux" to me refers to a kernel. Here lies a problem for widespread adoption: what word will serve to identify a Linux system to the mainstream? Currently we have: Redhat, Fedora, Debian, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Mandrake, Slackware, KDE, Gnome... I bet MS is laughing their butts off just like they did at the Unix wars of the 80's.
Well either it is pressurized or it is not. Obviously there is a slightly larger pressure. Assuming it doesn't exist just because it is a small number is not acceptable, because it leads to a huge qualitative difference- a balloon that doesn't deflate when untied. Maybe if you wanted to neglect the air friction as you pull the balloon or the electrostatic charge as you rub it I'd let you get away with it, but this is just sloppy thinking! :)
You know, that's an excellent idea! The taxes would ensure that everyone eventually got according to their need, and gave according to their ability. ;)
Extreme food shortages exists toady in many parts of the world. (although obviously not your parents basement). People are starving to death every day.
Maybe so, but not because of environmental damage.
The yo-yos all fell apart on me, but I'm still using the cool IBM rain jacket ;)
:)
My team didn't do that well either; in hindsight, because of lack of practice both in the types of problems posed, and the mechanics of input (if a solution doesn't conform to the input specs down to a whitespace it fails without any detailed feedback; hard to prepare for without previous years' test cases). Also, having to solve problems on the fly was an automatic no-no; the well-prepared teams were able to read the problem and say, "That's bitonic tours, that's convex hull, etc." and bang out the solution without thinking.
We did awesome in the VisualAge side contest, because we got lucky and managed to find the "compile" button (forget about making it work correctly!). That was one nasty IDE
All in all a fun trip.
You convinced me. Let's go camp out at the Lincoln Square Sony and wait for Episode 7!
I didn't say using bk was better. I'm just pointing out that it was not necessarily worse, as a lot of the "I told you so's" are implying. You're right, if the switching cost is too great then we lose overall productivity. However, without knowing this cost I don't see how people can make the "I told you so" argument.
It seems now, after all, it was R.Stallman all along.
Suppose someone lends you a car, and you drive a 1000 miles in a month. That someone shows up and takes the car away because he suddenly stops liking you. Do you say, "Damn, I knew it! We should have kept walking" or "Oh well, at least we made good progress for a month?" How can you ignore the progress the kernel devs made in their process while using bk? Furthermore, it looks like some of the delegation skills that bk forced upon Linus, that sped up kernel development, may actually work with any version control system and thus lead to permanent improvement.
Actually Mapquest used to have aerial photos. I'm not sure why they got rid of it.
:)
Go ahead, split hairs about aerial vs. satellite...
I don't have cable, and the broadcast reception is pretty poor. Fortunately, there is a technology that dramatically improves the signal-to-noise ratio in more ways than just image quality; you can find out more on www.btefnet.org
The states could already enforce the speed limits much more strictly if they only wanted to. Fact is, if they did, there would be a rebellion, not to mention the immense lost productivity due to the traffic slow down.
Tin-foil gloves!
It's not clear to me how the court can talk about some narrow "P2P" technology without realizing that the whole Internet is based on a peer-to-peer architecture, and that applying any ruling to this set of "P2P" companies really applies to the Internet at large. As long as any node on the network can talk to any other node, information will be exchanged regardless of implementations.
Hopefully cases like this will start the government thinking about what they should do with the copyright system now that near-instant and free distribution via the Internet is available. If the justices followed this reasoning, they would turn down the RIAA since legitimate uses of "P2P" really extend to any use of the Internet.