Before there are too many replies about how it can't decide what you want to do for you, the article states that the software makes it's decisions based on information from your calendar entries. It will learn what your preferences are for specific types of entries.
The main section about how it works in the article is this:
The software's main focus is to recognise when you have a trip coming up in your diary, and then ask if you want it to check the availability of flights and hotels. In time, Jennings hopes you will decide to trust it to book the entire trip, choosing your preferred seating, route, day trips - and even allowing it to spend cash.
The cellphone agents only offer help if triggered by a diary event or if a definite pattern of behaviour, such as going to the movies every Friday, has been established.
The only thing I can't quite figure out is how it's going to reserve a spot at my favorite steak house given that it doesn't have an electronic reservation system =P. Airlines reservations, etc are all fine and dandy but many of my appointments aren't something software can handle without human intervention and if it was handled by an intermediary person, then we'd have many more privacy issues to worry about.
I just graduated CMU with a degree in CS, I'd take a $10 an hour job if I could find one.
I'm not sure how much you've actually looked but it's not that hard to find a job with our qualifications. I also graduated from CMU last year and every single one of my CS friends were able to find a job (some weren't able to find it immediately but all within a 3-6 month timeframe). You just have to be a little more proactive in the job hunt. Hang in there.
Ok... I bought the 200A5 a while back and I have found it to be a great laptop functionally. I run windows 2003 Server on it and haven't had any problems. The major qualm I had about buying it initially was the keyboard. As I've seen the keyboard fall apart on the display models in bestbuy I was really worried about that. I have found however that it holds up quite well under regular use. I only had one incident when I poped a key out but it simply snaps back into place.
The integrated wireless is nice but lacks signal strength. I'd say it has about half the signal strength/distance of a standard orinoco/wavelan card. The battery life is decent. I get about 2 and a half hours on it after 6 months of use. The performance initially is limited by the harddrive that is in it. The Go420 video card is good for most things but driver support sucks. They haven't updated since the original version and nvidias drivers bluescreen the system given the nonstandard display. I'm not sure how this translates on the linux driver side.
I got so pissed at the harddrive I decided to open the system and add a 5400rpm travelstar to replace the 4200rpm drive in it. It took quite a bit of work to get the casing off (lots of screws - needless to say you can't replace the harddrive easily on this thing) and of course the thing has to support only the 9.5mm drives... There is a sleeve that holds the harddrive in place. I took a dremel to the sucker and was able to hack off the top of it so that a 12.5mm drive would fit.
All is well not... the drive fits inside the casing although the left palm rest runs a little warmer than usual now =P. Performance is much better now though. If you decide to mod your 200A5 be careful after you open it because the molding that covers the cdrw/dvd drive is very thin so the bottom part of the slot can snap off easily (nothing a little epoxy can't repair though)
Last thing of note is that I've been experimenting with using it as a peer to peer bridge between my Toshiba e750 and work lan. It works great. Activesync through 802.11b is so much faster and I can now browse the web/rdp into boxes from my pda.
Don't you dare mod me down for running windows. I work closely with my linux engineering friends and we all have a much more tempered view of both operating systems. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses. Can't we all just get along?
given that they use google for their own searches (www.google.com/microsoft), doesn't that just show that they believe google's search algorithm is better than their own? I assume google has this patented so what makes microsoft think they can make a better search engine without stealing ideas? Or are they thinking of making some sort of AI sentient search engine that can tell us what we are looking for? Seriously though, I can't see any reason for pursuing this course of action unless they come up with some truly revolutionary search algorithm.
Looks like microsoft got mad at the ugly front-end google used for searching all of microsoft's content. Wonder if they'll take it down and force microsoft to use their own crappy search engine again. I know many microsoft people use this google search to find what they're looking for.
They explain the concept on how to disable the enemy with this technology. Take the reverse baby crying sound and crank up the output signal for the speaker. What's to stop someone from buying the speakers in the future and doing the exact same thing to civilians/police? I'd hate to see this type of technology in the hands of terrorists. Imagine sonic bombs taking out city blocks (given that the inventor says 1% output could nauseate the author for hours, what do you think 100% output would do)?
1. You are allowed to make a copy of the stuff you've bought legally: (a) for archival purposes, as long as you destroy any such copies when you no longer legally own the work, or (b) in order to "perform or display" the work, as long as it is not a public performance or display.
2. If a work is distributed subject to a non-negotiable license, that license is not enforceable to the extent that it infringes on fair use rights.
3. You are allowed to make a copy of a work and sell the copy, if you destroy the original and all copies you kept.
4. It is not illegal to circumvent copy protection if you need to do so in order to make any use of the work that is not copyright infringment, and if the copyright owners did not provide a method for such use "without additional cost or burden."
5. It is not illegal to manufacture, distribute, or market means of circumventing copy protection for purposes of enabling non-infringing uses of the work if the copyright owners did not provide such a means themselves.
You can just use httptunnel or any of the commercial products (www.loopholesoftware.com) out there to do all your secure browsing, chatting etc. It shows up as encrypted ssl web traffic so you don't have to worry about people watching everything you do. At my place of work, all web, phone and chat access is monitored through proxies. During the times when I need to unwind from the stress at work, it's good to be able to chat or browse/., etc. and then get back on track. I think people need diversions during the day to keep productive.
What steps could I follow to prevent the control from being silently re-introduced onto my system?
The simplest way is to make sure you have no trusted publishers, including Microsoft. If you do that, any attempt by either a web page or an HTML mail to download an ActiveX control will generate a warning message. Here's how to empty the Trusted Publishers list:
1. In Internet Explorer, choose Tools, then Internet Options. 2. Select the Content tab. In the Certificates section of the page, click on Publishers. 3. In the Certificates dialog, click on the Trusted Publishers tab. 4. For each certificate in the list, click on the certificate and then select Remove. Confirm that you want to remove the entry. 5. When you've removed all entries from the list, select Close to close the Certificates dialog, then click on OK to close the Internet Options dialog.
Service is already available on the windows side
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Ok... for the people that still use Outlook, this exact service is provided by a company called CloudMark. The address is Spamnet.com. I've been using it for some time and it seems pretty robust. A community basically earmarks spam messages and based on votes a piece of spam gets moved to a spam folder on retrieval. Nothing is ever deleted.
A router connects two computers to the internet. It sends out an arp packet to find out what mac address is to the first ip. It receives one machines mac address. another user comes along and changes their mac address. Although they receive a different ip address arp requests will resolve to the same mac address. The router then has two entries pointing to the same mac address. that is the issue.
I was referring to people on the same segment. Hardcore gamers in localities generally use the same provider to minimize latency issues. That is when the issue would crop up.
>Uh, no you won't. The only time MAC addresses make a difference is in ARP packets, and the only place MAC addresses make a difference is on your local LAN segment. The fact that two people in different cities have the same MAC address matters not a whit to the routers between them.
Don't go telling the general public MAC addresses are changeable. If someone creates a program to easily do the change, we could have some major routing issues should people choose the same MAC addresses.
I have a Sony DSC-F707. It takes beautiful pictures but only has enough buffer memory for 3 burst pictures. With higher resolution images (akin to film level quality) you'd need way more memory and throughput than can be supported with traditional flash memory. A external drive mechanism won't work either (i.e. bluetooth) because of the throughput necessary to sustain something at the rate discussed. I mean camera's today can't even do mpeg compression decently.
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Before there are too many replies about how it can't decide what you want to do for you, the article states that the software makes it's decisions based on information from your calendar entries. It will learn what your preferences are for specific types of entries.
The main section about how it works in the article is this:
The software's main focus is to recognise when you have a trip coming up in your diary, and then ask if you want it to check the availability of flights and hotels. In time, Jennings hopes you will decide to trust it to book the entire trip, choosing your preferred seating, route, day trips - and even allowing it to spend cash.
The cellphone agents only offer help if triggered by a diary event or if a definite pattern of behaviour, such as going to the movies every Friday, has been established.
The only thing I can't quite figure out is how it's going to reserve a spot at my favorite steak house given that it doesn't have an electronic reservation system =P. Airlines reservations, etc are all fine and dandy but many of my appointments aren't something software can handle without human intervention and if it was handled by an intermediary person, then we'd have many more privacy issues to worry about.
I just graduated CMU with a degree in CS, I'd take a $10 an hour job if I could find one.
I'm not sure how much you've actually looked but it's not that hard to find a job with our qualifications. I also graduated from CMU last year and every single one of my CS friends were able to find a job (some weren't able to find it immediately but all within a 3-6 month timeframe). You just have to be a little more proactive in the job hunt. Hang in there.
Ok... I bought the 200A5 a while back and I have found it to be a great laptop functionally. I run windows 2003 Server on it and haven't had any problems. The major qualm I had about buying it initially was the keyboard. As I've seen the keyboard fall apart on the display models in bestbuy I was really worried about that. I have found however that it holds up quite well under regular use. I only had one incident when I poped a key out but it simply snaps back into place.
The integrated wireless is nice but lacks signal strength. I'd say it has about half the signal strength/distance of a standard orinoco/wavelan card. The battery life is decent. I get about 2 and a half hours on it after 6 months of use. The performance initially is limited by the harddrive that is in it. The Go420 video card is good for most things but driver support sucks. They haven't updated since the original version and nvidias drivers bluescreen the system given the nonstandard display. I'm not sure how this translates on the linux driver side.
I got so pissed at the harddrive I decided to open the system and add a 5400rpm travelstar to replace the 4200rpm drive in it. It took quite a bit of work to get the casing off (lots of screws - needless to say you can't replace the harddrive easily on this thing) and of course the thing has to support only the 9.5mm drives... There is a sleeve that holds the harddrive in place. I took a dremel to the sucker and was able to hack off the top of it so that a 12.5mm drive would fit.
All is well not... the drive fits inside the casing although the left palm rest runs a little warmer than usual now =P. Performance is much better now though. If you decide to mod your 200A5 be careful after you open it because the molding that covers the cdrw/dvd drive is very thin so the bottom part of the slot can snap off easily (nothing a little epoxy can't repair though)
Last thing of note is that I've been experimenting with using it as a peer to peer bridge between my Toshiba e750 and work lan. It works great. Activesync through 802.11b is so much faster and I can now browse the web/rdp into boxes from my pda.
Don't you dare mod me down for running windows. I work closely with my linux engineering friends and we all have a much more tempered view of both operating systems. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses. Can't we all just get along?
Sasha's last response went like this:
Hi Lance
I am going to forward your request to my managers. Please stay tuned, I will get back at you ASAP.
Sounds like he's gonna sic the ms lawyers on you for messing with him. =)
given that they use google for their own searches (www.google.com/microsoft), doesn't that just show that they believe google's search algorithm is better than their own? I assume google has this patented so what makes microsoft think they can make a better search engine without stealing ideas? Or are they thinking of making some sort of AI sentient search engine that can tell us what we are looking for? Seriously though, I can't see any reason for pursuing this course of action unless they come up with some truly revolutionary search algorithm.
Looks like microsoft got mad at the ugly front-end google used for searching all of microsoft's content. Wonder if they'll take it down and force microsoft to use their own crappy search engine again. I know many microsoft people use this google search to find what they're looking for.
Offtopic, I know, but it has to be mentioned =P. I think OSDN fired everyone but CmdrTaco given that he seems to be making all the posts.
They explain the concept on how to disable the enemy with this technology. Take the reverse baby crying sound and crank up the output signal for the speaker. What's to stop someone from buying the speakers in the future and doing the exact same thing to civilians/police? I'd hate to see this type of technology in the hands of terrorists. Imagine sonic bombs taking out city blocks (given that the inventor says 1% output could nauseate the author for hours, what do you think 100% output would do)?
You do realize if your peer group is primarily guys, this may turn out to have negative consequences (read - porn swapping engine). =P
1. You are allowed to make a copy of the stuff you've bought legally: (a) for archival purposes, as long as you destroy any such copies when you no longer legally own the work, or (b) in order to "perform or display" the work, as long as it is not a public performance or display.
2. If a work is distributed subject to a non-negotiable license, that license is not enforceable to the extent that it infringes on fair use rights.
3. You are allowed to make a copy of a work and sell the copy, if you destroy the original and all copies you kept.
4. It is not illegal to circumvent copy protection if you need to do so in order to make any use of the work that is not copyright infringment, and if the copyright owners did not provide a method for such use "without additional cost or burden."
5. It is not illegal to manufacture, distribute, or market means of circumventing copy protection for purposes of enabling non-infringing uses of the work if the copyright owners did not provide such a means themselves.
Uh....can someone translate this translation?
I've just lost all the respect I had for Tufts University.
Granted that's not saying much.
I'm sure he needs more time to look at pr0n, so that's why he actually built the LCD.
I don't think that LCD can show very good pr0n at all during the interval between stops.
You can just use httptunnel or any of the commercial products (www.loopholesoftware.com) out there to do all your secure browsing, chatting etc. It shows up as encrypted ssl web traffic so you don't have to worry about people watching everything you do. At my place of work, all web, phone and chat access is monitored through proxies. During the times when I need to unwind from the stress at work, it's good to be able to chat or browse /., etc. and then get back on track. I think people need diversions during the day to keep productive.
It's Neo Project, not New Project... How can you get it right is one part of the post and not another?
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What steps could I follow to prevent the control from being silently re-introduced onto my system?
The simplest way is to make sure you have no trusted publishers, including Microsoft. If you do that, any attempt by either a web page or an HTML mail to download an ActiveX control will generate a warning message. Here's how to empty the Trusted Publishers list:
1. In Internet Explorer, choose Tools, then Internet Options.
2. Select the Content tab. In the Certificates section of the page, click on Publishers.
3. In the Certificates dialog, click on the Trusted Publishers tab.
4. For each certificate in the list, click on the certificate and then select Remove. Confirm that you want to remove the entry.
5. When you've removed all entries from the list, select Close to close the Certificates dialog, then click on OK to close the Internet Options dialog.
Ok... for the people that still use Outlook, this exact service is provided by a company called CloudMark. The address is Spamnet.com. I've been using it for some time and it seems pretty robust. A community basically earmarks spam messages and based on votes a piece of spam gets moved to a spam folder on retrieval. Nothing is ever deleted.
Just install 1100 emulators.
You're kidding me!
A router connects two computers to the internet. It sends out an arp packet to find out what mac address is to the first ip. It receives one machines mac address. another user comes along and changes their mac address. Although they receive a different ip address arp requests will resolve to the same mac address. The router then has two entries pointing to the same mac address. that is the issue.
I was referring to people on the same segment. Hardcore gamers in localities generally use the same provider to minimize latency issues. That is when the issue would crop up.
>Uh, no you won't. The only time MAC addresses make a difference is in ARP packets, and the only place MAC addresses make a difference is on your local LAN segment. The fact that two people in different cities have the same MAC address matters not a whit to the routers between them.
Don't go telling the general public MAC addresses are changeable. If someone creates a program to easily do the change, we could have some major routing issues should people choose the same MAC addresses.
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Might as well hang a sign around your head labeled "Corporate Whore"
I have a Sony DSC-F707. It takes beautiful pictures but only has enough buffer memory for 3 burst pictures. With higher resolution images (akin to film level quality) you'd need way more memory and throughput than can be supported with traditional flash memory. A external drive mechanism won't work either (i.e. bluetooth) because of the throughput necessary to sustain something at the rate discussed. I mean camera's today can't even do mpeg compression decently.
now if only MySQL would finish adding subquery support, I'd be a happy man.