That is probably true. I hadn't thought about the French bit. TGV is also nice, but last time I looked (a couple of years ago, so...), it was quite expensive to go by TGV in France. If that has changed, well then things might look better for a tunnel between Spain and Morocco. Still, most projects like this happen because of potentially massive benefits to trade. At present, the business case looks a little skimpy to me, but who knows - this might kick-start something.
Also interesting is the fact that this is one of the very first projects that throws real money at a collaboration effort betw. the African and... well any other continent really.
Whether it will be of much use like the France - Britain connection is maybe less than obvious. I Like going to the UK via the tunnel (I live in Denmark), but only a very limited amount of people outside Spain and Morocco will choose to travel through the tunnel as air travel is much cheaper these days.
Transporting goods will probably be a doodle compared to what's done today. One thing that seems to be working on the otherwise somewhat defunct African continent is the rail infrastructure, so in this respect a tunnel is a very good idea that might increase the cashflow into Africa.
All in all it is probably a good idea that will no doubt be delayed and a lot pricier than projected - but then so are a lot of projects on this scale. Just have a look at the Danish Metro in Copenhagen: twice the price and half the performance!
Right on the money - plus 802.11* is really cool if you play around with it a bit more than what is suggested in your access point manual. I recently succeeded in creating a 2.5km wireless link using some of the ingenious (and very very cheap) antenna designs you can find here. Third world countries will certainly be able to get somewhat more up to speed using affordable technologies like this. I feel bad about having thrown so many Pringles cans away.
That's so very true and that's not what I'm doing - my point is simply this: It is not only Sweden among the Scandinavian countries that is having problems with free speech. Denmark might actually be positioning itself as a frontrunner when it comes to downplaying rights to privacy and so on.
Being a Dane myself, I know that free speech is not that well integrated into Scandinavian constitutions. It is possible, however unlikely, that this completely outrageous violation might actually pass in Sweden. In Denmark, general taxes are already being levied on CD-Rs, which means that the government has to some extent sanctioned a reversal of the burden of evidence: as a user of blank media, you are assumed to be a criminal until you specifically sign a document guaranteeing you won't replicate copyrighted material. Personally, I'm still reeling from that one, but as this Swedish example points out, things might get a lot worse in Scandinavia.
Fortunately, as others have pointed out, free speech is a human right, and issues such as this may ultimately have to be resolved by the Human Rights Tribunal. Interestingly enough, the amount of Danish cases that are being referred to that particular institution is skyrocketing these years, which is good in a sense - people are aware that their rights are being violated. I just think it is infinitely sad that Scandinavian countries that have prevoiusly been shining examples of well-tuned democracies choose to shaft basic human rights For a Few Dollars More.
Living in Denmark, I've been listening to a lot a B&O speakers because they've attained a completely undeserved reputation for being the best. In reality they're crap - especially considering the price tag. If you were to pay the same amount of money for something by System Audio or Linn, you'd be in audio heaven instead of just being a lot poorer.
I think that the game that has affected me most profoundly among the oodles of games I've played is Darklands by Microprose. Thinking about it, I thínk that this game may have actually tipped the scales in favor of Computer Science as opposed to pure Math when I was faced with The Choice.
You could always just pretend to be sharing legal stuff which is a lot easier:
- Add cryptoAPI and cryptoloop to your kernel
- Encrypt your ridiculously large amount of disk space
- Put whatever you like on it
When law enforcement rears its ugly head to pick up your gear for evidence (and it will - always remember that):
- Accidentally cut power
- Claim amnesia
- Claim innocense
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But then again - you would have to be more than an average putz to run unsolicited code like this as root. Running it as a normal user will of course have little effect on most Linux systems, but a few crippled systems exist that allow users to noodle with everything like in WinXX. I think the only real threats to Linux systems are the ones that use clever manipulation of buggy software like BIND to gain unauthorized access to our boxes.
Those of you wondering about expandable servers should have a look at Transmeta's homepage (http://www.transmeta.com)- among their featured products is a server using something called Serverblade - single board servers. I think you can fit 24 of them in a 3u rack enclosure.
Filtering Word or Excel content is actually very difficult because of several format inconsistencies. Hopefully these things will go away one MS stats using XML for content representation. The lack of reliable support for mainstream office apps is the main reason that many Danish companies won't step up to Open Office. Making it work is sure to make all Open Office initiatives go faster!
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That is probably true. I hadn't thought about the French bit. TGV is also nice, but last time I looked (a couple of years ago, so...), it was quite expensive to go by TGV in France. If that has changed, well then things might look better for a tunnel between Spain and Morocco. Still, most projects like this happen because of potentially massive benefits to trade. At present, the business case looks a little skimpy to me, but who knows - this might kick-start something.
Also interesting is the fact that this is one of the very first projects that throws real money at a collaboration effort betw. the African and ... well any other continent really.
Whether it will be of much use like the France - Britain connection is maybe less than obvious. I Like going to the UK via the tunnel (I live in Denmark), but only a very limited amount of people outside Spain and Morocco will choose to travel through the tunnel as air travel is much cheaper these days.
Transporting goods will probably be a doodle compared to what's done today. One thing that seems to be working on the otherwise somewhat defunct African continent is the rail infrastructure, so in this respect a tunnel is a very good idea that might increase the cashflow into Africa.
All in all it is probably a good idea that will no doubt be delayed and a lot pricier than projected - but then so are a lot of projects on this scale. Just have a look at the Danish Metro in Copenhagen: twice the price and half the performance!
Perhaps he i Dr. Evil - saying 'giant "laser"' or maybe '"tractor beam"' while tracing ""s with his fingers in the air.
Right on the money - plus 802.11* is really cool if you play around with it a bit more than what is suggested in your access point manual. I recently succeeded in creating a 2.5km wireless link using some of the ingenious (and very very cheap) antenna designs you can find here. Third world countries will certainly be able to get somewhat more up to speed using affordable technologies like this. I feel bad about having thrown so many Pringles cans away.
That's so very true and that's not what I'm doing - my point is simply this:
It is not only Sweden among the Scandinavian countries that is having problems with free speech. Denmark might actually be positioning itself as a frontrunner when it comes to downplaying rights to privacy and so on.
Being a Dane myself, I know that free speech is not that well integrated into Scandinavian constitutions. It is possible, however unlikely, that this completely outrageous violation might actually pass in Sweden. In Denmark, general taxes are already being levied on CD-Rs, which means that the government has to some extent sanctioned a reversal of the burden of evidence: as a user of blank media, you are assumed to be a criminal until you specifically sign a document guaranteeing you won't replicate copyrighted material. Personally, I'm still reeling from that one, but as this Swedish example points out, things might get a lot worse in Scandinavia.
Fortunately, as others have pointed out, free speech is a human right, and issues such as this may ultimately have to be resolved by the Human Rights Tribunal. Interestingly enough, the amount of Danish cases that are being referred to that particular institution is skyrocketing these years, which is good in a sense - people are aware that their rights are being violated. I just think it is infinitely sad that Scandinavian countries that have prevoiusly been shining examples of well-tuned democracies choose to shaft basic human rights For a Few Dollars More.
Living in Denmark, I've been listening to a lot a B&O speakers because they've attained a completely undeserved reputation for being the best. In reality they're crap - especially considering the price tag. If you were to pay the same amount of money for something by System Audio or Linn, you'd be in audio heaven instead of just being a lot poorer.
I think that the game that has affected me most profoundly among the oodles of games I've played is Darklands by Microprose. Thinking about it, I thínk that this game may have actually tipped the scales in favor of Computer Science as opposed to pure Math when I was faced with The Choice.
You could always just pretend to be sharing legal stuff which is a lot easier:
- Add cryptoAPI and cryptoloop to your kernel
- Encrypt your ridiculously large amount of disk space
- Put whatever you like on it
When law enforcement rears its ugly head to pick up your gear for evidence (and it will - always remember that):
- Accidentally cut power
- Claim amnesia
- Claim innocense
But then again - you would have to be more than an average putz to run unsolicited code like this as root. Running it as a normal user will of course have little effect on most Linux systems, but a few crippled systems exist that allow users to noodle with everything like in WinXX. I think the only real threats to Linux systems are the ones that use clever manipulation of buggy software like BIND to gain unauthorized access to our boxes.
Those of you wondering about expandable servers should have a look at Transmeta's homepage (http://www.transmeta.com)- among their featured products is a server using something called Serverblade - single board servers. I think you can fit 24 of them in a 3u rack enclosure.
Filtering Word or Excel content is actually very difficult because of several format inconsistencies. Hopefully these things will go away one MS stats using XML for content representation. The lack of reliable support for mainstream office apps is the main reason that many Danish companies won't step up to Open Office. Making it work is sure to make all Open Office initiatives go faster!