My neurologist is at Toronto Western (the hospital where this research was done)...and I just really, really cannot see this being true....based on their humourless bedside matter. But you never know;-)
Maybe the cure for cancer might be known as "Zelda"?
Well said. Projects such as LinuxBIOS just prove this even more...and the fact that operating systems like *BSD haven't relied upon any BIOS hooks (other than getting to the initial bootloader) for a long time proves that even more.
I was retained a few years ago to help a company when they needed help with their Ciscos, UNIX boxes, etc. I stress that this was a retainer from which I could be expected to maybe do a few hours work a month, and anything over-and-above that would become a project.
This retainer was a couple of thousand dollars (Canadian). I commented to the VP at the time that this seemed like a lot of money, and was told that it was quite a bit of money to keep someone on call, but that they could also expect/demand that I drop pretty much everything when they needed some help.
He also went on to mention that if he went to President and said "we can retain this really good guy...it's a little pricey, but he's really good" then that was an *easier* sale for him interally.
One thing he reminded me of at the time was that the guy who came to fix their copier/printers at the time was billed out by his company at something like CDN$120/hr....so surely a sh*it hot Cisco/UNIX guy is worth lawyer rates;-)
Quantum mechanics research doesn't necessarily parle into bringing us closer to quantum computing! There is much heavy-lifting required in many, many areas...not just duality/entanglement and other popular areas.
Holy crap! I just uplugged on my 18 month old Powerbook G4, and notice I have 0:45m left!!! Recently I've noticed I'm only getting about 1:30m from this battery, but that's still a shock to see that 10.2.8 halved even that.
The poster seems to insinuate that patching again is a chore...security is, by very nature, a moving target. I'm *glad* they find vulnerabilities and post regular patches...proves to me, at least, that somebody is on-the-ball.
Heck, just be thankful they don't belong to the Microsoft school of security and fixes;-)
If you and Terry Pratchett were to wresetle (in a WWE style tournament), who would win? And why? What would you choose as a your wrestling name and outfit?
64-bits? The vector unit (Altivec) on a Mac has been 128-bits for a long time.
Remember, a lot of supercomputing is vector-based....heck, even Crays were vector machines. Therefore the 128-bit Altivec is a perfect choice for many types of calculations.
Bluetooth is ~30m, this technology is ~4' (feet)...not 4" (inches).
How many times have you seen Bluetooth devices used more than a few feet from the base? I've *never* actually seen anyone doing that in the "real world". Mostly it's people with Bluetooth phone headsets and the phone next to them on the table, on the dash of the car, or strapped to their waist. Ditto for wireless mice and keyboards that use Bluetooth.
Have you maybe also considered they're trying to maintain their common carrier status in the eyes of the law? If you're seen to police your customers legitimate use of your network, then you're not really a common carrier -- no?
And before anyone claims that file trading is not a legitimate use of the network, it within the realm of their UA...
Porn companies aren't allowed to run sites with slightly mispelled names because it's considered unfair practice, but a 'registrar' is allowed to catch anything that might come their way?
MythTV is a PVR software project....it's not cable TV hardware in any shape, way, or form. There's no reason why it can't take advantage of OpenCable if/when there's hardware out there...so I really don't see your point.
My comment stands: why are folk who can't/don't make hardware worried about what's effectively a hardware standard? If XYZ company decides to invest in building an OpenCable "tuner" card for a PC, then that's perfectly do-able, and the software API exposed by that card is irrelavent to the OpenCable standards.
OpenCable is designed to be a standardization amongst cable companies (they all have slightly or widely different standards right now) and equipment manufacturers (head equipment through to televisions). This is good for the consumer.
I'm not sure how or why you think that the "open source community" is ignored...how many OSS guys are going to design their own TV or set-top box?
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It's built for the European market. European satellites, and European TVs (it has SCART sockets). Oh, and it's PAL only....no NTSC here.
-psy
Sorry, 3D wonders does not a great desktop make.
-psy
I've heard a few comments in the media claiming that this is a threat to Windows, and as "slick as OS X". Ahem! Excuse me?!
Anyone that's used OS X and understands its architecture is immediately going to know that Sun's pretty-faced SuSE implementation ain't OS X.
Sure, it's great to see a properly packaged Linux-centric OS, don't get me wrong, but let's all try and remember exactly what this is...it's not
-psy
My neurologist is at Toronto Western (the hospital where this research was done)...and I just really, really cannot see this being true....based on their humourless bedside matter. But you never know ;-)
Maybe the cure for cancer might be known as "Zelda"?
-psy
Well said. Projects such as LinuxBIOS just prove this even more...and the fact that operating systems like *BSD haven't relied upon any BIOS hooks (other than getting to the initial bootloader) for a long time proves that even more.
-psy
I was retained a few years ago to help a company when they needed help with their Ciscos, UNIX boxes, etc. I stress that this was a retainer from which I could be expected to maybe do a few hours work a month, and anything over-and-above that would become a project.
;-)
This retainer was a couple of thousand dollars (Canadian). I commented to the VP at the time that this seemed like a lot of money, and was told that it was quite a bit of money to keep someone on call, but that they could also expect/demand that I drop pretty much everything when they needed some help.
He also went on to mention that if he went to President and said "we can retain this really good guy...it's a little pricey, but he's really good" then that was an *easier* sale for him interally.
One thing he reminded me of at the time was that the guy who came to fix their copier/printers at the time was billed out by his company at something like CDN$120/hr....so surely a sh*it hot Cisco/UNIX guy is worth lawyer rates
-psy
Quantum mechanics research doesn't necessarily parle into bringing us closer to quantum computing! There is much heavy-lifting required in many, many areas...not just duality/entanglement and other popular areas.
-psy
That the Darleks will all have effeminate voices and run around suggesting to the Doctor that he "chase them big boy"? ;-)
-psy
"I couldn't get agreed with my colleagues"
You may work at a college, but did you actually bother to attend one?!
-psy
I totally agree. So much in their webpage just makes me think "have you guys actualyl developed or run a commercial database?".
-psy
Holy crap! I just uplugged on my 18 month old Powerbook G4, and notice I have 0:45m left!!! Recently I've noticed I'm only getting about 1:30m from this battery, but that's still a shock to see that 10.2.8 halved even that.
Yikes. Thanks for the heads-up.
-psy
I was pointing out that MS patches are few and far between....I'd actually prefer more regular patches from MS!
;-)
ssh is way more secure, than say, PC Nowhere
-psy
So, if I drop $30k/year in schooling costs at Dartmouth, I get free local and long distance calls? Wow. What a deal ;-)
-psy
The poster seems to insinuate that patching again is a chore...security is, by very nature, a moving target. I'm *glad* they find vulnerabilities and post regular patches...proves to me, at least, that somebody is on-the-ball.
;-)
Heck, just be thankful they don't belong to the Microsoft school of security and fixes
-psy
Atari had a better logo. I was wearing a t-shirt with it on as I typed that ;-)
-psy
No, GEM was on the Atari ST ;-)
-psy
If you and Terry Pratchett were to wresetle (in a WWE style tournament), who would win? And why? What would you choose as a your wrestling name and outfit?
-psy
64-bits? The vector unit (Altivec) on a Mac has been 128-bits for a long time.
Remember, a lot of supercomputing is vector-based....heck, even Crays were vector machines. Therefore the 128-bit Altivec is a perfect choice for many types of calculations.
-psy
Bluetooth is ~30m, this technology is ~4' (feet)...not 4" (inches).
How many times have you seen Bluetooth devices used more than a few feet from the base? I've *never* actually seen anyone doing that in the "real world". Mostly it's people with Bluetooth phone headsets and the phone next to them on the table, on the dash of the car, or strapped to their waist. Ditto for wireless mice and keyboards that use Bluetooth.
-psy
Have you maybe also considered they're trying to maintain their common carrier status in the eyes of the law? If you're seen to police your customers legitimate use of your network, then you're not really a common carrier -- no?
And before anyone claims that file trading is not a legitimate use of the network, it within the realm of their UA...
-marc
Bluetooth is built-in to a lot of the current Apple laptops already....with wireless mice, you need a USB-based "base station" or dongle.
;-)
And if you think Bluetooth has 'more bandwidth', you might want to look at the specs
-psy
Porn companies aren't allowed to run sites with slightly mispelled names because it's considered unfair practice, but a 'registrar' is allowed to catch anything that might come their way?
-psy
...out of Lego as I type this! ;-)
-psy
MythTV is a PVR software project....it's not cable TV hardware in any shape, way, or form. There's no reason why it can't take advantage of OpenCable if/when there's hardware out there...so I really don't see your point.
My comment stands: why are folk who can't/don't make hardware worried about what's effectively a hardware standard? If XYZ company decides to invest in building an OpenCable "tuner" card for a PC, then that's perfectly do-able, and the software API exposed by that card is irrelavent to the OpenCable standards.
-psy
OpenCable is designed to be a standardization amongst cable companies (they all have slightly or widely different standards right now) and equipment manufacturers (head equipment through to televisions). This is good for the consumer.
I'm not sure how or why you think that the "open source community" is ignored...how many OSS guys are going to design their own TV or set-top box?
-psy