I hope that the FBI doesn't try to make encrypting email illegal or something because it would defeat their Carnivore device. I would think that if they did try to do that, it would be unconstitutional (and if they did that, I would seriously be out of a job right now...considering the company I work for makes a secure email system...) But anyways, I bet that a lot of people who work in large corporations are having their email monitored in some way anyways, so it's slightly the same thing, except on a much larger scale. And I also read something somewhere that they are looking into changing the name..
I personally thought the article was very good at explaining the differences between SRAM and DRAM. I loved the comment that using DRAM is "...trying to make memory work that shouldn't..." Anyways, I unfortunately have had experience trying to get DRAM to work in an embedded system. Yes, it is a royal pain in the ass compared to SRAM. Basically all I had to do for the SRAM was plug it in, and connect up the appropriate address/data bus signals and control signals to the processor and it just worked. DRAM on the other hand is definitely not that simple. Using signals off of the processor, it entailed writing writing/burning my own PLD (programmable logic device) because the timings for DRAM must be generated. For instance the piece of DRAM I was using (which was a piece of crap BTW) was 1MB and 80ns. So its a bitch to write logic that keeps the DRAM refreshing 256 times every second, and then when you want to read/write timing the RAS and CAS appropriately...(the best part was that I was doing this in a system controlled by a 80188...) There's my take on it..
Considering that I am a student at Caltech...I would have first hand knowledge. Yes, the underside of Caltech is riddled with steam tunnels through which you can get access to most buildings. I have been "tunneling" (we don't call it 'hacking') and have played a few pranks.. But probably the best prank is when students at Caltech changed the Rose Bowl scoreboard to show Caltech vs. MIT. And at another Rose Bowl game they changed the card stunts for the University of Washington to spell out Caltech. Some of these pranks are mentioned here.
I currently go to Caltech. I don't think that requring students to purchase a laptop is a good idea because it does weed out the poor..Now if the school gave away Laptops to its students, that would be a different story (I think Grove City College in PA does this..). At Caltech since we are bound by the Honor Code, most exams are take home. This term I just recently had a final exam for my Computer Science class where I could use any reference I could get my hands on including any internet references.. Now this doesn't pose a problem for people taking the exam because they could always go to a computer lab and take it. However, the test couldn't be turned in by email (you still had to write out the answers.)
I know of a lot of people that agree with your viewpoint---that government shouldn't meddle with scientific reason, primarily because if something gets discovered, that the government really wants, it gets classified, and then it is never seen again except on one of those documentaries on PBS or something. However, society doesn't exactly work that way. In order to do research, you need funding. However, a lot of companies that fund scientific research fund things that probably will benefit society in some huge way (cure for AIDS, cancer, etc...), not just because something is cool. But, the government has money to spend on up and coming research and they aren't like a business where they need to turn a profit each year (but I guess if you consider Amazon..never). I'm in favor of less government, but I think that the government is still a damn good source of money.
Oh, I'm also a student at Caltech (where Clinton spoke). Unfortunately I wasn't able to see him live because a select number of student tickets were handed out "semi-randomly" or whatever the hell that means (I think they primarity handed them out to students in student govt. and minorities as just a hunch). And also I was just wondering if anyone saw the huge sign that some students made and unfurled outside the auditorium that had a picture of Clinton, but then said "Impeach Nixon!". I'm out.
Ya know..if I was named a "software executive" by Microsoft I would be absolutely ecstatic:) Come on, this is such a joke. The kid is going to meet with the Indian Ambassador to Thailand and then Bill Gates, when he probably has no idea what in the world is even going on. Its sad that Microsoft is already trying to corrupt this poor kid. I think we should have Linus pay him a visit
You can't blame SlashDot for the unfounded ramblings of people. How in the world can the Slashdot editors predict how people are going to react. They certainly can't control people writing emails on a first impulse basis. I think that is a really unfair statement to make about Slashdot. You can't blame the reporting because somewhere along the line, people themselves have to take it into their own hands to find out everything about the situation and how it impacts them individually. Anyways, I commend Slashdot for bringing these issues to the forefront, and maybe people reading them should take more responsibility instead of pawning it off on someone else.
That seems to be the current trend in society...pawning responsibility off on other people or entities. Just look at the number of frivalous lawsuits that have appeared in the past 3-4 years. Probably the best example is the lawsuit over the McDonalds coffee being too hot..etc. Unfortunately there will always be people like that, and we really can't do anything about it.
I dunno about all these RH dealings lately. I guess I'm just paranoid, but RH thinking about buying up all these dists seems like they want to try and gain exclusive control. It just seems weird to me I guess, but what do I know about RHs corporate strategy?
You are absolutely correct. Quantum computers will never replace the digital machines that we have now. You really can't run "software" on a quantum computer, just basically NP type stuff and the like. However, to switch gears slightly, probably one thing that is up and coming is molecular computing. This has the potential to possibly replace the digital computer because it still involves the same logic gates, but they are so much faster. But alas I think it is still 5-10 years away, so I guess we will just have to live with our gigahertz machines for now...
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If all you need is glibc2.1 and gtk1.2 (I think) then a lot of distros support it. Debian 2.2 (potato) does, albeit it is "unstable" heh, I haven't had a problem with it yet. Well supposedly the 2.1 libs are still unstable.Heh But anyways, I never really liked RedHat, I thought their package management was very cumbersome. I think that dselect is a much more powerful program than Glint is, albeit it doesn't have a pretty GUI.
And I don't know about RedHat. It seems like they are trying to become the Microsoft of the linux world, which we obviously do not want. I mean if Debian or Slackware, or Caldera publicized as much as they did, I'm sure they would be in the same position. It's amazing what a lot of advertising will do. And I personally don't see the need for a program like codewarrior any ways....seems like a VisualStudio like product brought to Linux. All you should need is a text editor and a brain. --James Lamanna CS Student--Caltech
Red Hat has good ideas. I was surprised myself that RH6.0 shipped with the Enlightenment window manager. However, if this is really true, I think that we should just let it go. I mean, so he left Red Hat. It's not the end of the world or anything. RH will still be around, he will still be around, so I don't see what all the hoopla is about.
This seems to be a very interesting move by AOL. I think that AOL is definitely trying to resurrect its "image," as being a real multiservice provider instead of always being associated with "lame AOL" as many people thought when they first started their graphical/user-friendly AOL client. This also lends more to the fact that AOL is bringing itself out of its secluded universe. A couple of years ago, they introduced the AOL instant messager for all internet users, which was conveinient for me since most of my friends at the time happened to be on AOL. But for everyone who is worried about the MP3 format shouldn't be. It has no impact on the format as a whole because neither of these companies "own" the MP3 format. It's just that AOL wants to build in MP3 support to its little Client program. Basically, they are trying to make their client program so that the user never has to leave, so everything is there at their fingertips.
Probably the greatest reason why we dispise AOL is that we are advanced computer/internet users. AOL is not targeted at us. It is more targeted at our parents/grandparents who maybe have never really even used the internet before. They don't have to worry about setting up dialing/PPP options etc.... It seems like the local ISP craze is dying down some, so AOL doesn't have to worry about anything really.
James M Lamanna CS Student--California Institute of Technology
Well according to this website, Keanu Reeves has agreed to a $20mil deal to do the sequel for the Matrix. http://www2.crosswinds.net/san-francisco/~grypho n/matrix/index.html
I personally loved the Matrix. I just thought that it ended a little bit to soon. However, I have read articles dated recently (within the past 2 weeks) that say that the writers actually intended the Matrix to be a Trilogy, and that plans are definitely in the works for at least a sequel. The only problem is that Reeves and Fishbourne are not under contract for a potential sequel.
Aside from that, I still think it was a great movie, even though I am never impressed with Keanu's acting. However, I think he did a better job in this movie that he had previously (i.e. Speed). The special effects were great, but I admit, the plot may have needed a bit more development. Sure, this theme that we all live in a dream world has been used before, but so what? I don't think that anything else using this theme has portrayed it to the level that The Matrix has. I am really hoping that they produce a sequel, because it will be interesting to see how they can warp the plot line further. For instance, will The Matrix evolve and be able to fight Neo? or will everyone be freed? Will the earth in the 22nd century start to thrive again?
I guess we will just wait, and until that point, I will be waiting in anticipation.
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Yeah..its called the Twiddler. Made by HandyKey.
I hope that the FBI doesn't try to make encrypting email illegal or something because it would defeat their Carnivore device. I would think that if they did try to do that, it would be unconstitutional (and if they did that, I would seriously be out of a job right now...considering the company I work for makes a secure email system...)
But anyways, I bet that a lot of people who work in large corporations are having their email monitored in some way anyways, so it's slightly the same thing, except on a much larger scale.
And I also read something somewhere that they are looking into changing the name..
I personally thought the article was very good at explaining the differences between SRAM and DRAM. I loved the comment that using DRAM is "...trying to make memory work that shouldn't..."
Anyways, I unfortunately have had experience trying to get DRAM to work in an embedded system. Yes, it is a royal pain in the ass compared to SRAM. Basically all I had to do for the SRAM was plug it in, and connect up the appropriate address/data bus signals and control signals to the processor and it just worked.
DRAM on the other hand is definitely not that simple. Using signals off of the processor, it entailed writing writing/burning my own PLD (programmable logic device) because the timings for DRAM must be generated.
For instance the piece of DRAM I was using (which was a piece of crap BTW) was 1MB and 80ns. So its a bitch to write logic that keeps the DRAM refreshing 256 times every second, and then when you want to read/write timing the RAS and CAS appropriately...(the best part was that I was doing this in a system controlled by a 80188...)
There's my take on it..
Considering that I am a student at Caltech...I would have first hand knowledge.
Yes, the underside of Caltech is riddled with steam tunnels through which you can get access to most buildings. I have been "tunneling" (we don't call it 'hacking') and have played a few pranks..
But probably the best prank is when students at Caltech changed the Rose Bowl scoreboard to show Caltech vs. MIT. And at another Rose Bowl game they changed the card stunts for the University of Washington to spell out Caltech.
Some of these pranks are mentioned here.
I currently go to Caltech. I don't think that requring students to purchase a laptop is a good idea because it does weed out the poor..Now if the school gave away Laptops to its students, that would be a different story (I think Grove City College in PA does this..). At Caltech since we are bound by the Honor Code, most exams are take home. This term I just recently had a final exam for my Computer Science class where I could use any reference I could get my hands on including any internet references.. Now this doesn't pose a problem for people taking the exam because they could always go to a computer lab and take it. However, the test couldn't be turned in by email (you still had to write out the answers.)
I know of a lot of people that agree with your viewpoint---that government shouldn't meddle with scientific reason, primarily because if something gets discovered, that the government really wants, it gets classified, and then it is never seen again except on one of those documentaries on PBS or something. However, society doesn't exactly work that way. In order to do research, you need funding. However, a lot of companies that fund scientific research fund things that probably will benefit society in some huge way (cure for AIDS, cancer, etc...), not just because something is cool. But, the government has money to spend on up and coming research and they aren't like a business where they need to turn a profit each year (but I guess if you consider Amazon..never). I'm in favor of less government, but I think that the government is still a damn good source of money.
Oh, I'm also a student at Caltech (where Clinton spoke). Unfortunately I wasn't able to see him live because a select number of student tickets were handed out "semi-randomly" or whatever the hell that means (I think they primarity handed them out to students in student govt. and minorities as just a hunch). And also I was just wondering if anyone saw the huge sign that some students made and unfurled outside the auditorium that had a picture of Clinton, but then said "Impeach Nixon!". I'm out.
Ya know..if I was named a "software executive" by Microsoft I would be absolutely ecstatic :)
Come on, this is such a joke.
The kid is going to meet with the Indian Ambassador to Thailand and then Bill Gates, when he probably has no idea what in the world is even going on.
Its sad that Microsoft is already trying to corrupt this poor kid.
I think we should have Linus pay him a visit
You can't blame SlashDot for the unfounded ramblings of people. How in the world can the Slashdot editors predict how people are going to react. They certainly can't control people writing emails on a first impulse basis.
I think that is a really unfair statement to make about Slashdot. You can't blame the reporting because somewhere along the line, people themselves have to take it into their own hands to find out everything about the situation and how it impacts them individually.
Anyways, I commend Slashdot for bringing these issues to the forefront, and maybe people reading them should take more responsibility instead of pawning it off on someone else.
That seems to be the current trend in society...pawning responsibility off on other people or entities. Just look at the number of frivalous lawsuits that have appeared in the past 3-4 years. Probably the best example is the lawsuit over the McDonalds coffee being too hot..etc.
Unfortunately there will always be people like that, and we really can't do anything about it.
I'm out..
I dunno about all these RH dealings lately.
I guess I'm just paranoid, but RH thinking about buying up all these dists seems like they want to try and gain exclusive control.
It just seems weird to me I guess, but what do I know about RHs corporate strategy?
You are absolutely correct.
Quantum computers will never replace the digital machines that we have now. You really can't run "software" on a quantum computer, just basically NP type stuff and the like.
However, to switch gears slightly, probably one thing that is up and coming is molecular computing.
This has the potential to possibly replace the digital computer because it still involves the same logic gates, but they are so much faster.
But alas I think it is still 5-10 years away, so I guess we will just have to live with our gigahertz machines for now...
If all you need is glibc2.1 and gtk1.2 (I think) then a lot of distros support it.
Debian 2.2 (potato) does, albeit it is "unstable" heh, I haven't had a problem with it yet.
Well supposedly the 2.1 libs are still unstable.Heh
But anyways, I never really liked RedHat, I thought their package management was very cumbersome. I think that dselect is a much more powerful program than Glint is, albeit it doesn't have a pretty GUI.
And I don't know about RedHat. It seems like they are trying to become the Microsoft of the linux world, which we obviously do not want.
I mean if Debian or Slackware, or Caldera publicized as much as they did, I'm sure they would be in the same position. It's amazing what a lot of advertising will do.
And I personally don't see the need for a program like codewarrior any ways....seems like a VisualStudio like product brought to Linux.
All you should need is a text editor and a brain.
--James Lamanna
CS Student--Caltech
Red Hat has good ideas.
I was surprised myself that RH6.0 shipped with the Enlightenment window manager. However, if this is really true, I think that we should just let it go.
I mean, so he left Red Hat. It's not the end of the world or anything. RH will still be around, he will still be around, so I don't see what all the hoopla is about.
This seems to be a very interesting move by AOL.
I think that AOL is definitely trying to resurrect its "image," as being a real multiservice provider instead of always being associated with "lame AOL" as many people thought when they first started their graphical/user-friendly AOL client.
This also lends more to the fact that AOL is bringing itself out of its secluded universe. A couple of years ago, they introduced the AOL instant messager for all internet users, which was conveinient for me since most of my friends at the time happened to be on AOL.
But for everyone who is worried about the MP3 format shouldn't be. It has no impact on the format as a whole because neither of these companies "own" the MP3 format. It's just that AOL wants to build in MP3 support to its little Client program. Basically, they are trying to make their client program so that the user never has to leave, so everything is there at their fingertips.
Probably the greatest reason why we dispise AOL is that we are advanced computer/internet users. AOL is not targeted at us. It is more targeted at our parents/grandparents who maybe have never really even used the internet before. They don't have to worry about setting up dialing/PPP options etc....
It seems like the local ISP craze is dying down some, so AOL doesn't have to worry about anything really.
James M Lamanna
CS Student--California Institute of Technology
Well according to this website, Keanu Reeves has agreed to a $20mil deal to do the sequel for the Matrix.o n/matrix/index.html
http://www2.crosswinds.net/san-francisco/~gryph
I personally loved the Matrix. I just thought that it ended a little bit to soon.
However, I have read articles dated recently (within the past 2 weeks) that say that the writers actually intended the Matrix to be a Trilogy, and that plans are definitely in the works for at least a sequel. The only problem is that Reeves and Fishbourne are not under contract for a potential sequel.
Aside from that, I still think it was a great movie, even though I am never impressed with Keanu's acting. However, I think he did a better job in this movie that he had previously (i.e. Speed).
The special effects were great, but I admit, the plot may have needed a bit more development. Sure, this theme that we all live in a dream world has been used before, but so what? I don't think that anything else using this theme has portrayed it to the level that The Matrix has.
I am really hoping that they produce a sequel, because it will be interesting to see how they can warp the plot line further. For instance, will The Matrix evolve and be able to fight Neo? or will everyone be freed? Will the earth in the 22nd century start to thrive again?
I guess we will just wait, and until that point, I will be waiting in anticipation.