It's not the people I was referring to (as much). If you read my post, you may have noticed the line, "If this line ever became critical enough". I would imagine that a terrorist would enjoy attacking the island for the sake of destroying the data. If the data is sensitive enough, it will be not be backed up on the mainland (that would defeat the whole purpose of the sealand venture). I think the Al-Quaeda has bigger fish to fry personally, but there are other groups of terrorists in the world who might consider the island a potential venture.
Resorting to violence a PR blunder? Not if you belong to the Al-Quaeda. If this island ever became critical enough, it would become a major target of terrorism, and this is why I believe it will never suceed. Recognition of sovereignity has nothing to do with it.
um...okay man. If you work and 8 to 5 job with a break and an hour for lunch you must not have a real IT job. Because I've been in this industry for 3 years and I've never worked a 40 hour week. It's getting on 11 PM, I know I'll be here until 3 and have just enough time to collect my personal effects from my hotel, check out and catch an early flight across three time zones to go back home for the first time in three weeks. So, what job do you have? Oh yes, and I am downloading MP3s right now on a corporate net. Bite me.
Surprisingly enough, the governments that are against free speech are the ones that are also the ones responsible for genocides/mass murders:
Japan - Rape of Bejing, other atrocities in China Russia - Stalin was responsible for the deaths of 20 million Hitler - Jewish Genocide
Do the Muslims believe in free speech? Not really, and yet they carry out their atrocious infidatas.
Re:Counterfeiting, Dark Taxis, and National Image
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75% of all counterfeiting is done outside of the US.
The reason we have the most counterfeiting as opposed to any other country, is that the dollar is the strongest and most international currency in the world.
I'd rather have a PM who knows absolutely nothing technical and instead relies on the lead programmer/solution developer to lead the team. The PM in this case would interface with the client and keep the pressure/politics off the programmers, plus keep everyone on task/make sure everyone behaves. I can't think of anything worse than a PM who has a little technical experience because it can get to their heads, and they think they don't need to rely on the decisions of their programmers.
I agree regarding JSP - but the solution is to not put any logic in your JSP. For those who haven't used JSP, the problem is that the JWS has to compile the JSP page into a servlet prior to interpreting it, which of course makes it awfully slow. I think one of the best practices architecture is to do all of your business logic and database calls from a servlet/databean and then have the result set encapsulated inside of a javabean and returned through the session to the JSP page. The JSP page only is responsible for retrieving the JavaBean object from session memory and displaying the values. No heavy processing here.
When you say JSP+EJB, I couldn't agree with you more. Doing a JNDI call from a JSP page is suicidal, but I wouldn't reject webapps for this reason - just build a better architecture:)
I would recommend looking at the Java Pet Store Example from Sun's site. It's their official Enterprise Blueprint for Java Webapps and might help to convince you otherwise.
Personally, for using EJBs, I've found the most efficient implementation is to use (1) using some clever caching design patterns for the lookups (2) cloning design patterns to prevent all method calls from being remote calls and (3) to have the EJBs called from a servlet or other class file. At any rate, Java technnology has its uses in the Enterprise. I've used PostNuke, PHPNuke and done some PHP coding on my own, but I wouldn't consider myself an expert, but I suspect it may not scale quite as well in a large application as a properly designed Java Webapp might.
Does anyone remember the TI-92? That was like the ultimate nerd toy when I was in high school. I remember there was only about three people who had it in our entire school of perhaps 2000 or so.
They were the envy of the entire nerd community and the rest of us couldn't believe anyone could have that much money to buy one (though undoubtedly it was the parents who bought them)... the rest of us just had our cheap 80 series.
I dunno though, it's kind of hard to imagine High School kids with PDA's. I mean, graphing calculators were bad enough, we knew it was a shortcut, but PDAs seem like overkill. Not that I would have turned one down in high school though:)
I don't think this is a matter of "taking-off" or not. If the music companies begin to offer music for ~$10, it won't be easy for them to revert to their old business model of ~$16/CD.
Of course, I'm assuming that they'll still sell the physical CDs in stores for that price, so I could be wrong here.
Still, I'm more optimistic. I think people will buy tracks for 0.99 each. As most CDs only have 3-4 good tracks out of say 12, this will make legal CDs of a group very cheap. Find your favorite tracks from 4 CDs, and make your own mix for about $12. I can't imagine people not going for it (because I think most people do feel guilty about downloading music illegally)
Can you imagine storing the equivalent of 25 DVDs on a device the size of a postage stamp? IBM researchers can. Not only can they imagine doing so, they've created the technology to do it.
IBM scientists have written bits of data on a scale small enough for a storage density of a trillion bits (1 Terabit) per square inch. This extremely high density was achieved in a research project codenamed "Millipede", a nanomechanical concept for a storage device deploying thousands of nano-size "feet" that punch indentations representing individual bits into a thin plastic film. It's similar to a punch card, but on a fantastically smaller scale and re-writable.
The ultra-high storage density has been achieved by an individual tip creating densely packed indentations of 10 nanometers (millionths of a millimeter) in diameter. These dimensions allow 20 times higher density than most advanced magnetic recording technology available on the market today. According to Nobel laureate Gerd Binnig, one of the drivers of the Millipede project at Zurich Research lab, "since it is possible to address individual atoms with a nanometer-scale tip, there is room for improvements far beyond this milestone of Terabit density."
A functional storage system prototype now under development and planned to be operational early next year will deploy more than 4,000 tips working simultaneously in a field of 7 mm by 7 mm (a quarter inch across). This would make it possible to pack a complete data storage system into the size of a small flash memory card like the ones used in digital cameras, MP3 players and PDAs. While common flash memory technologies are not expected to surpass capacities in the 1 - 2 GB range in the near term, Millipede technology may well lead to a capacity range five times higher or even more, without extending the size of the device.
The scientists also believe that Millipede devices can be manufactured cost-effectively because they are based on well-known silicon technology making use of VLSI (very large scale integration) fabrication.
"Small storage systems that can be operated at low power - yet another crucial feature of the Millipede concept - could bring tremendous data capacity to mobile devices such as personal digital assistants, cellular phones, video cameras, and multifunctional watches," says Peter Vettiger, Millipede project leader at IBM's Zurich Research Laboratory. "However, Millipede is still in a research stage, and while a storage device for the mobile arena is our first target, the versatility of the concept may well lead to a variety of other applications, such as large-area microscopic imaging, nanoscale lithography, or atomic and molecular manipulation."
Why is it any different than a "family movie" night? Or school often had those, and though the flicks were at most PG-13, they still featured profanity, nudity and adult situations.
I guess my major gripe is that parents who whine about the video game industry are the same parents who have raised their children on "R" rated films and uncensored TV. What's the difference?
I know that parents who would have a problem with this video game night, but the hypocrisy(sp?) bothers me...
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I can't remember how many cups of coffee I've had today.
I can't believe it...a slashdot editor actually spelled "medieval" correctly.
It's not the people I was referring to (as much). If you read my post, you may have noticed the line, "If this line ever became critical enough". I would imagine that a terrorist would enjoy attacking the island for the sake of destroying the data. If the data is sensitive enough, it will be not be backed up on the mainland (that would defeat the whole purpose of the sealand venture).
I think the Al-Quaeda has bigger fish to fry personally, but there are other groups of terrorists in the world who might consider the island a potential venture.
Resorting to violence a PR blunder?
Not if you belong to the Al-Quaeda.
If this island ever became critical enough, it would become a major target of terrorism, and this is why I believe it will never suceed.
Recognition of sovereignity has nothing to do with it.
um...okay man. If you work and 8 to 5 job with a break and an hour for lunch you must not have a real IT job. Because I've been in this industry for 3 years and I've never worked a 40 hour week.
It's getting on 11 PM, I know I'll be here until 3 and have just enough time to collect my personal effects from my hotel, check out and catch an early flight across three time zones to go back home for the first time in three weeks.
So, what job do you have?
Oh yes, and I am downloading MP3s right now on a corporate net. Bite me.
And they needed the FBI for this??
Was I the only person who saw this movie and was disturbed by the scene where Tom Cruise takes a pre-cog to the Gap?
Philip K Dick must be turning in his grave...
The above poster is a Nazi.
How many people know about google labs? It's got a lot of other cool stuff like sets, voice search, and my favorite, the keyboard shortcuts :)
Gandalf did die. PJ didn't really spoil it...
yup...
Surprisingly enough, the governments that are against free speech are the ones that are also the ones responsible for genocides/mass murders:
Japan - Rape of Bejing, other atrocities in China
Russia - Stalin was responsible for the deaths of 20 million
Hitler - Jewish Genocide
Do the Muslims believe in free speech? Not really, and yet they carry out their atrocious infidatas.
75% of all counterfeiting is done outside of the US.
The reason we have the most counterfeiting as opposed to any other country, is that the dollar is the strongest and most international currency in the world.
I'd rather have a PM who knows absolutely nothing technical and instead relies on the lead programmer/solution developer to lead the team. The PM in this case would interface with the client and keep the pressure/politics off the programmers, plus keep everyone on task/make sure everyone behaves.
I can't think of anything worse than a PM who has a little technical experience because it can get to their heads, and they think they don't need to rely on the decisions of their programmers.
well emacs is better
dude...this is consulting. a**hole clients and unethical consultants.
Thanks to your comments, slashdot is now clamoring about that fact.
I agree regarding JSP - but the solution is to not put any logic in your JSP. For those who haven't used JSP, the problem is that the JWS has to compile the JSP page into a servlet prior to interpreting it, which of course makes it awfully slow. I think one of the best practices architecture is to do all of your business logic and database calls from a servlet/databean and then have the result set encapsulated inside of a javabean and returned through the session to the JSP page. The JSP page only is responsible for retrieving the JavaBean object from session memory and displaying the values. No heavy processing here.
:)
When you say JSP+EJB, I couldn't agree with you more. Doing a JNDI call from a JSP page is suicidal, but I wouldn't reject webapps for this reason - just build a better architecture
I would recommend looking at the Java Pet Store Example from Sun's site. It's their official Enterprise Blueprint for Java Webapps and might help to convince you otherwise.
Personally, for using EJBs, I've found the most efficient implementation is to use (1) using some clever caching design patterns for the lookups (2) cloning design patterns to prevent all method calls from being remote calls and (3) to have the EJBs called from a servlet or other class file.
At any rate, Java technnology has its uses in the Enterprise. I've used PostNuke, PHPNuke and done some PHP coding on my own, but I wouldn't consider myself an expert, but I suspect it may not scale quite as well in a large application as a properly designed Java Webapp might.
yes... beneath its mean, callous exterior, there is just a plane that wants to be loved.
Does anyone remember the TI-92? That was like the ultimate nerd toy when I was in high school. I remember there was only about three people who had it in our entire school of perhaps 2000 or so.
:)
They were the envy of the entire nerd community and the rest of us couldn't believe anyone could have that much money to buy one (though undoubtedly it was the parents who bought them)... the rest of us just had our cheap 80 series.
I dunno though, it's kind of hard to imagine High School kids with PDA's. I mean, graphing calculators were bad enough, we knew it was a shortcut, but PDAs seem like overkill. Not that I would have turned one down in high school though
I don't think this is a matter of "taking-off" or not. If the music companies begin to offer music for ~$10, it won't be easy for them to revert to their old business model of ~$16/CD.
Of course, I'm assuming that they'll still sell the physical CDs in stores for that price, so I could be wrong here.
Still, I'm more optimistic. I think people will buy tracks for 0.99 each. As most CDs only have 3-4 good tracks out of say 12, this will make legal CDs of a group very cheap. Find your favorite tracks from 4 CDs, and make your own mix for about $12. I can't imagine people not going for it (because I think most people do feel guilty about downloading music illegally)
What kind of car did you get? Just wondered...
Millipede: high-density storage
This new data storage idea has legs
Can you imagine storing the equivalent of 25 DVDs on a device the size of a postage stamp? IBM researchers can. Not only can they imagine doing so, they've created the technology to do it.
IBM scientists have written bits of data on a scale small enough for a storage density of a trillion bits (1 Terabit) per square inch. This extremely high density was achieved in a research project codenamed "Millipede", a nanomechanical concept for a storage device deploying thousands of nano-size "feet" that punch indentations representing individual bits into a thin plastic film. It's similar to a punch card, but on a fantastically smaller scale and re-writable.
The ultra-high storage density has been achieved by an individual tip creating densely packed indentations of 10 nanometers (millionths of a millimeter) in diameter. These dimensions allow 20 times higher density than most advanced magnetic recording technology available on the market today. According to Nobel laureate Gerd Binnig, one of the drivers of the Millipede project at Zurich Research lab, "since it is possible to address individual atoms with a nanometer-scale tip, there is room for improvements far beyond this milestone of Terabit density."
A functional storage system prototype now under development and planned to be operational early next year will deploy more than 4,000 tips working simultaneously in a field of 7 mm by 7 mm (a quarter inch across). This would make it possible to pack a complete data storage system into the size of a small flash memory card like the ones used in digital cameras, MP3 players and PDAs. While common flash memory technologies are not expected to surpass capacities in the 1 - 2 GB range in the near term, Millipede technology may well lead to a capacity range five times higher or even more, without extending the size of the device.
The scientists also believe that Millipede devices can be manufactured cost-effectively because they are based on well-known silicon technology making use of VLSI (very large scale integration) fabrication.
"Small storage systems that can be operated at low power - yet another crucial feature of the Millipede concept - could bring tremendous data capacity to mobile devices such as personal digital assistants, cellular phones, video cameras, and multifunctional watches," says Peter Vettiger, Millipede project leader at IBM's Zurich Research Laboratory. "However, Millipede is still in a research stage, and while a storage device for the mobile arena is our first target, the versatility of the concept may well lead to a variety of other applications, such as large-area microscopic imaging, nanoscale lithography, or atomic and molecular manipulation."
are you sure that's the name spelled backwards? spelling it 'djupedal' looks more backwards to me
Why is it any different than a "family movie" night? Or school often had those, and though the flicks were at most PG-13, they still featured profanity, nudity and adult situations.
I guess my major gripe is that parents who whine about the video game industry are the same parents who have raised their children on "R" rated films and uncensored TV. What's the difference?
I know that parents who would have a problem with this video game night, but the hypocrisy(sp?) bothers me...