So all the stories on/. lately that have appeared several times aren't really dupes, they're just reposting the historic archives of/. as a weblog...sometimes 3 or more times over.
Now however, there's an 8M pdf paper on NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts [NIAC] website that says it may now be possible with existing materials and can be done for about $40 billion.
How about building a webserver that can handle 8M PDF posted on the front page of Slashdot for about $40 billion?
Microsoft's goal is to have a 'competitively compliant' compiler - meaning it won't be 100% compliant. There are a couple of features of the ANSI/ISO standard (for instance the 'export' keyword as applied to template classes) that won't be implemented because they are considered by Microsoft to be obscure and, at this stage, theoretical.
Somebody please explain to me why would somebody consider export templates to be 'obscure' and 'theoretical'? If export templates aren't available, you have to put most of your code in header files (or at least use your.cpp files as header files), and that IMHO is just plain stupid.
On the other hand, aiming for STL, Boost, Blitz and Loki compliance is a Really Good Thing.
Have you tried TightVNC? I don't know about it's CPU usage, but IMHO it is much better and faster than normal WinVNC. It can also do JPEG-encoding on the picture data, so it is really bandwidth-efficient.
Of course you could try to get some _very_ fine grid, but my physics teacher used just laser and one human hair, and got exactly the desired results (he also had some grids to proof the experiment, tho). This is because IIRC, in a double-slit, only the gap in the between matters (at least when using a laser), so any thin enough object will do.
Disclosure of Middleware Interfaces- Microsoft will be required to provide software developers with the interfaces used by Microsoft's middleware to interoperate with the operating system. This will allow developers to create competing products that will emulate Microsoft's integrated functions.
Disclosure of Server Protocols- The Final Judgment also ensures that other non-Microsoft server software can interoperate with Windows on a PC the same way that Microsoft servers do. This is important because it ensures that Microsoft cannot use its PC operating system monopoly to restrict competition among servers. Server support applications, like middleware, could threaten Microsoft's monopoly.
If I understood correctly, they are forcing MS to open the interface specifications and protocols to others. This would be a Very Good Thing for several open source projects, for example Samba. Although I have some doubts about how effectively will this deal project into reality, this is definitely a step into a good direction.
Not too many, i think, at least not on any of the models with only 32MB memory. You could theoretically fit both wince and linux on the same PDA, but nothing else wouldn't fit anymore. (Assuming that both OS's won't fit in the flash ROM at the same time).
100Mbps over wireless network seems pretty cool, but the article doesn't mention anything about the range at which those cards can operate at 100Mbps. IIRC, even the traditional WLAN cards operating at 2.something GHz, were having some problems with thick concrete walls. Now if we double the operating frequency, even the cubicle walls might be enough to block the transmission, on full speed at least.
- All Rage Against The Machine songs
- Dio "Holy Diver"
- Van Halen "Jump"
- Queen "Another One Bites the Dust"
- Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"
- The Beatles "Obla Di, Obla Da" (???)
- Simon And Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
The article fails to mention that how can the sensor tell how many people are in the car, and how many of them are actually drunk? Because if the breathalyzer just measures the level of ethanol fumes inside the vehicle, you are bound to be stopped by a police when you are for example driving home from a party with your friends, who have been drinking.
But again, the thought of hooking up a "modem" to a power outlet is kinda freaky...
USB modems aside, pretty much every single modem hooks up to a power outlet already, in one way or another. Actually, power-line modems probably take both the power and the input from the same socket, so you'll probably end up with a box, that looks darn much like a transformer, with one end going to power outlet and another into your NIC.
Well, in that case, they would also be violating the music's copyright when they for example downsample the original 24bit 48kHz version into 16bit 44.1kHz version. Now everybody together scream copyright violation. Besides, the authors/record company is probably the one asking for the copy protection in the first place.
Slashdot Mirror
Both articles are still valid today, mostly because current processors use the same IEEE floating point format than the ones available in 96 (or 91).
It's called 'duplicate posting'.
/. lately that have appeared several times aren't really dupes, they're just reposting the historic archives of /. as a weblog...sometimes 3 or more times over.
So all the stories on
This is what the regular /. reader sees from the headline:
"****** Chick **** ** Wild"
Sorry, couldn't help myself:
All these worlds are yours - except Europa. Attempt no landings there.
(This should be all caps, damn the lameness filter!)
Now however, there's an 8M pdf paper on NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts [NIAC] website that says it may now be possible with existing materials and can be done for about $40 billion.
How about building a webserver that can handle 8M PDF posted on the front page of Slashdot for about $40 billion?
Mandatory triple-whisky at entrance should do the trick =)
You don't get to see a link to a pr0n site on the front page of Slashdot everyday =)
Repeat after me:
I Just Work Here
(this works only if you don't happen to own the company you work for)
Microsoft's goal is to have a 'competitively compliant' compiler - meaning it won't be 100% compliant. There are a couple of features of the ANSI/ISO standard (for instance the 'export' keyword as applied to template classes) that won't be implemented because they are considered by Microsoft to be obscure and, at this stage, theoretical.
.cpp files as header files), and that IMHO is just plain stupid.
Somebody please explain to me why would somebody consider export templates to be 'obscure' and 'theoretical'? If export templates aren't available, you have to put most of your code in header files (or at least use your
On the other hand, aiming for STL, Boost, Blitz and Loki compliance is a Really Good Thing.
Have you tried TightVNC? I don't know about it's CPU usage, but IMHO it is much better and faster than normal WinVNC. It can also do JPEG-encoding on the picture data, so it is really bandwidth-efficient.
Here's another comparison: Joy Of Tech (and the next 6 pages as well)
Of course you could try to get some _very_ fine grid, but my physics teacher used just laser and one human hair, and got exactly the desired results (he also had some grids to proof the experiment, tho). This is because IIRC, in a double-slit, only the gap in the between matters (at least when using a laser), so any thin enough object will do.
At least these two points caught my attention:
Disclosure of Middleware Interfaces- Microsoft will be required to provide software developers with the interfaces used by Microsoft's middleware to interoperate with the operating system. This will allow developers to create competing products that will emulate Microsoft's integrated functions.
Disclosure of Server Protocols- The Final Judgment also ensures that other non-Microsoft server software can interoperate with Windows on a PC the same way that Microsoft servers do. This is important because it ensures that Microsoft cannot use its PC operating system monopoly to restrict competition among servers. Server support applications, like middleware, could threaten Microsoft's monopoly.
If I understood correctly, they are forcing MS to open the interface specifications and protocols to others. This would be a Very Good Thing for several open source projects, for example Samba. Although I have some doubts about how effectively will this deal project into reality, this is definitely a step into a good direction.
Have you tried A.R.S.E.W.I.P.E? Maybe it's your head that's blocking the signal.
How about "World's Most Slashdotted Chemistry Movies" ?
Here's a mirror to the .zip file. Hope it helps.
Not too many, i think, at least not on any of the models with only 32MB memory. You could theoretically fit both wince and linux on the same PDA, but nothing else wouldn't fit anymore. (Assuming that both OS's won't fit in the flash ROM at the same time).
How do I feel that this is already posted (perhaps here?) Oh well, must be one of those Deja vu-thingies, I guess.
100Mbps over wireless network seems pretty cool, but the article doesn't mention anything about the range at which those cards can operate at 100Mbps. IIRC, even the traditional WLAN cards operating at 2.something GHz, were having some problems with thick concrete walls. Now if we double the operating frequency, even the cubicle walls might be enough to block the transmission, on full speed at least.
- All Rage Against The Machine songs
- Dio "Holy Diver"
- Van Halen "Jump"
- Queen "Another One Bites the Dust"
- Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"
- The Beatles "Obla Di, Obla Da" (???)
- Simon And Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Oh please.
The article fails to mention that how can the sensor tell how many people are in the car, and how many of them are actually drunk? Because if the breathalyzer just measures the level of ethanol fumes inside the vehicle, you are bound to be stopped by a police when you are for example driving home from a party with your friends, who have been drinking.
But again, the thought of hooking up a "modem" to a power outlet is kinda freaky...
USB modems aside, pretty much every single modem hooks up to a power outlet already, in one way or another. Actually, power-line modems probably take both the power and the input from the same socket, so you'll probably end up with a box, that looks darn much like a transformer, with one end going to power outlet and another into your NIC.
That's easy, but how about building a webserver that can survive the Slashdot Effect for $5000?
Well, in that case, they would also be violating the music's copyright when they for example downsample the original 24bit 48kHz version into 16bit 44.1kHz version. Now everybody together scream copyright violation. Besides, the authors/record company is probably the one asking for the copy protection in the first place.
At the current journalistic level of /. editors, the title should be "Afganistan Bans Slashdot"