You realize a minecraft instance uses like 700-800 megs ram, maybe 2 cpu max? 1 will probably work fine. The server disk storage is like, 2-3 megs compiled program (bukkit was like 20 megs), maybe like 40 megs for saving the world and backup? You need Java to run it as it's a jar file, so that and the OS. You're also making the assumption that all CPUs all the same wattage. You could run this on a dual core atom with power to spare. I'm thinking the power consumption can be driven down with smart choices about hardware as well as cpu scaling when no one is using the server. You're talking sub 100 watt. Even a quad core, with no video and a hard drive it's barely over 100w. That's 5-8x less than what you're imagining. When someone says server, they're really not talking about a 1/4U rack computer with ample power to spare, they're talking about any old computer that is just run to provide back end services. Hell my Router can be used as a server (RT-ac66u) as it has optware and a 32 gig sd card which i've installed apache and murmur (mumbles server component) and it still has power to spare.
most new bioses have a recovery sector which can be used to boot a very small flash utility. A lot of old bioses do not have this feature. There used to be a age where bioses were socketed and were read/write all the time with no recovery. If you screwed up or the update was faulty, you would have to send at least the chip in to be reburned or the entire board if it wasn't socketed. You're also talking about raid controller bioses which were probably not socketed. Most people don't want to unsolder the bios chip and send it in, especially if the manufacturer is not supporting repair work on them because they're old.
Aren't there a bunch of do it yourself introduction to programming and practical application courses online? That are you know, free? The language isn't important, it's critical thinking, logic, basic and general understanding of computers that is. Syntax and language logic is the last thing you'd want to teach, but actually it's the most helpful when trying to do something to show that you're learning. If language is a consideration, i would recommend something that isn't painful (ADA), has object oriented programming in it (C++, C#, java, etc), can be used in a web based environment (all the rage), an understanding of xml and web apis. But just programming is boring. Get him experience with computer hardware, low level instruction sets, how to fix/put together his own computer, databases (SQL based) and some low level i/o programming. That should be a pretty basic round-a-bout education for starters. Then see what he's really interested in and let it fly. Just please don't get him excited about making video games, he'll be let down later in life or used and abused.
A network torrent where all files are renamed to "metalica - (Insert bad song name here).mp3" and transferred unencrypted? Count me in. It needs to be run by a group of lawyers so they can sue the pants off big content providers who claim DMCA takedowns.
I thought the idea to terraform venus was to provide a solar shade to cool it down. Why not do the same thing for the earth, build a pair of solar plants in space that also act as a shade. Then we should build two and make the earth had some really cool looking sunglasses, to cool it down.
actually.... you know i don't believe you're correct. The arc reactor or whatever has to do with fusion. I would surmise that any micro fusion reactors would deal with alpha particles, not plasma directly. Maybe it creates quark-gluon plasma which is a completely different animal than high density plasma. It could be very low density yet much more highly charged than any high density plasma and could be controlled more easily with magnetic containment fields.
I voted for a third party candidate this year, and will probably every year going forward. Because the two main parties are the same old broken shit and are copies of one another. They pit people against themselves and offer the same exact solution, which is to say, not a solution, but just the same old stuff.
Yeah... I'll go ahead and respond with something that is probably thought of insane but... I don't think that comparing children deaths to children mutilations is at all a reasonable thing to compare and calling one better than the other ignores the fact that both are disgusting and wrong. Why not focus on the cause of both of these events and try and prevent it from happening in the first place? Or do you only look at casualty numbers and tell yourself it's ok because no one died? I'm sure that's of some solace to the children that are horribly disfigured for the rest of their lives. They'll have roughly 70 years to live their lives with missing fingers, scars, psychological trauma which may lead them to commit suicide. I don't like to compare the events in China and think that it's somehow a solution we must all strive for. I'd rather the events not happen at all.
The only problem you don't explain is the following: Once they receive the C&D in writing, they themselves cannot call back. So what do they do? They resell it. And the process happens all over again. And IANAL but i believe this is all perfectly legal and in fact encouraged in their scummy little world. So lets say you're me and follow what you're supposed to do and write a C&D letter. 2 months later, calls calls and more calls from a different place. Another letter sent. 1 month later, lots more calls. About 3 more letters i just gave up. I got my number changed. I just find it ridiculous how this absurd game works.
Your entire post is inflammatory. If you knew anything about radio you would know that there has been some amazing things coming out of amateur radio these past few years.
Fundongle, softrock sdr kits, sdr in general and lots of homebrew on that. You clearly don't have a single clue what you're talking about.
From a person who builds his computers still from components instead of ordering from prebuilt systems, I used to buy the lowest cost cases. After many a times where the cases were made shoddy, sharp edges, bays that had screw holes that didn't line up, etc, i opted to try out the more expensive cases (70-120$) and boy was i impressed. Anyone who's had to deal with the no brand name cases, and then put together a antec p182 or antec 900 is in a world of difference. Cable management, fan filters, vibration gromits, extra airflow from properly designed and positioned case fans, etc. Not to mention they use thumbscrews as much as possible, are pleasing to look at, come with extra cables. My own p183 came with a special ssd bay when ssds were just started to be made and getting popular. Sure it's a niche market and artsy cases aren't usually worth it, but don't knock well made cases that are reasonable until you actually put together computers and experience the difference.
They're accountable? By what evidence do you speak of? Show me cases where police screwed up and were held accountable. I'll show you countless more where they were given paid vacations and a raise.
video games has been the new rock and roll for the past 20 years. The video game generation is just finally becoming old enough to run for office and win. Until the previous generation gets replaced it will be a scapegoat for all the modern problems of the world while ignoring the more obvious but difficult to fix issues. The main issue is that the older generation can't live up to their failures of fixing problems that have existed since the dawn of time, shifts the blame on things they don't understand that they deem subversive, then circle jerks each other trying to be a hero that provides a solution that fails in almost every way, then they jump over themselves trying to out do themselves. The problems are clear: mental health issues have taken a huge backseat and that needs to be addresses. Fear of guns is out of control when banning weapons leads to more violence. Social inequality and income disparity leads to crime. School systems are broken, jails are broken, justice is broken. Fear rules our world now, media plays into this for ratings and we spend so much on pointless junk instead of the things we really need (both personal and on the government side of things). No one is fixing anything.
Look they're not even tech people. They're entrepreneurs who started a business and hired themselves effectively. Unless your plan is to work for yourself you've effectively shut yourself out of many work opportunities unless you have a degree. I'm sure there are a few people who got jobs by networking and knowing/meeting people, or someone who got lucky in an interview and the hiring person(s) took a chance. In small companies you might see more of this, but with large organizations, HR/recruiting manages who will get past their desk. Even the companies mentioned will auto-reject people who are not qualified. I'm selfishly glad people are mistaken about this and are happy they write articles about it. If they can convince others not to be qualified for my job, then my job has more value. On the other hand i disagree that a college education is worth the money now a days. There is no way any college education these days are worth 50-100k. That however is a completely different subject.
Even microsoft calls it the surface pro tablet. It has the word tablet in it's name, yet it doesn't compare to other tablets? What exactly is a full-blown desktop OS? Android has a lot in common with linux. Hardware keyboard? I guess you've never heard of the asus transformer. What exactly is an ultrabook? It's just a small laptop, it's a marketing gimmick that apparently intel has sold you on. What benefit does a surface RT has over android tablets? What benefit does the pro version have over the RT version? as far as i know the only pro is that it runs native x86 applications. That's the only benefit. At double the cost of android tablets? no thank you.
should read, why the surface pro will fail. 1000$ is way too high. Hit the 500$ and then it will compete with high end tablets. Until then there is nothing new with it. They made touch tablets back in the early 2000s that ran x86 chips that never got off the ground either. Too expensive, poor battery life and bulky. Too bad intel is not competitive with lightweight arm chips. The longer microsoft and intel won't compete the more and more people will start using them as their main computers.
No actually i didn't miss the point. I already know anything can be used to create a viewpoint. I don't think it was media's fault that the riots occurred, i think it was the police's fault as well as the rioter's fault it occurred. I don't believe that comparing Rodney King's video to reality tv in terms of how real it was is a very strong comparison. The concern is not valid. You yourself said that any video can be edited to show a number of viewpoints. If that's already a known factor then why concern yourself with that? If the response is to only allow police record themselves, then somehow given the history of police losing tapes and key evidence that points out wrongdoing of themselves seem like you're placing your trust in the wrong party. Public things like this needs to be recorded by multiple parties from different viewpoints and be made public.
Yes, because 13 seconds of lunging requires a 68 second response of multiple people beating someone. Your premise is that if they showed the first 13 seconds people would of regarded the reaction as reasonable. I think you may want to reconsider that premise. Regardless of how it looks it should be made public if it took place in a public area. Having police harass you and break/confiscate your equipment and arrest you while recording a public event is mind boggling. If they're not doing anything wrong then they have nothing to hide.
I could say the same, there's potentially trillions of dollars at stake if people don't pay me 1$ for every website they go to. I might have to start call a lawyer to see if it's possible to mandate this.
It's also extremely easy for me to point out that you didn't read the article(s) and understand why she objects to wearing it. As a fellow amateur radio "expert" I'd like to point out that the badge's transmit capability was never in question. Let alone you forget that the reader is the part that's plugged into the outlet pumping out any discernible wattage which you didn't take into consideration. Even that withstanding, it's not about radio transmissions at all. It's about privacy, the invisible man in the sky, and first amendment rights, and an overreaching school board.
I think the bigger part of that story is basically, it's easy and not very costly to set up your own at home biolab if you want to, and if you have the know how. It can be used for all nefarious purposes, so why hasn't one yet? Because it's probably a) hard to do b) hard to do and not kill yourself c) just plain dumb
Having a open lab willing to educate and accept students and others who have a knack for using their equipment can be both rewarding, educational and lucrative. If you leave paranoia at home, you'll see it's all perfectly reasonable.
.... I don't think having a camera in someone's face is reason to assault them. Maybe since you see celebrities assaulting paparazzi makes you think it's ok. In this day and age, cell phone tracking, video taping, drone surveillance, wiretapping, packet snooping, credit card purchases, gps tracking, browser history, etc. etc etc there is literally no way you can escape being watched and monitored. Some people are fooled to think they have the illusion of privacy, but shatter that reality and they freak out, like their rights are being trampled. But all along they were on public display (semi-public, but the information is out there and people do use it). If you don't want to be video taped by a strange man, then all public video taping should be illegal, not just some. Everyone uses the excuse about safety. Show me a case where surveillance prevented crime? It's always an after thought to catch people sometimes. Criminals know where the cameras are and just avoid them anyways.
I don't really understand this sentiment. Soldiers accept the risk of being killed in combat. That is practically the entire definition of being a soldier. They're allowed to kill other soldiers legally in return and also are supposedly guaranteed rights afforded via the Geneva convention and rules of engagement. Apparently drones are the new missile strikes. I expect that most suspected terrorists are also only guilty of thought crime. Combine the ability to murder at will from a remote location and this is what you get.
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You realize a minecraft instance uses like 700-800 megs ram, maybe 2 cpu max? 1 will probably work fine. The server disk storage is like, 2-3 megs compiled program (bukkit was like 20 megs), maybe like 40 megs for saving the world and backup? You need Java to run it as it's a jar file, so that and the OS.
You're also making the assumption that all CPUs all the same wattage. You could run this on a dual core atom with power to spare. I'm thinking the power consumption can be driven down with smart choices about hardware as well as cpu scaling when no one is using the server. You're talking sub 100 watt. Even a quad core, with no video and a hard drive it's barely over 100w. That's 5-8x less than what you're imagining.
When someone says server, they're really not talking about a 1/4U rack computer with ample power to spare, they're talking about any old computer that is just run to provide back end services. Hell my Router can be used as a server (RT-ac66u) as it has optware and a 32 gig sd card which i've installed apache and murmur (mumbles server component) and it still has power to spare.
woah woah, what kind of server draws 800W continuous? And how many minecraft instances will you be running on your monster machine?
most new bioses have a recovery sector which can be used to boot a very small flash utility.
A lot of old bioses do not have this feature. There used to be a age where bioses were socketed and were read/write all the time with no recovery. If you screwed up or the update was faulty, you would have to send at least the chip in to be reburned or the entire board if it wasn't socketed.
You're also talking about raid controller bioses which were probably not socketed. Most people don't want to unsolder the bios chip and send it in, especially if the manufacturer is not supporting repair work on them because they're old.
Aren't there a bunch of do it yourself introduction to programming and practical application courses online? That are you know, free? The language isn't important, it's critical thinking, logic, basic and general understanding of computers that is. Syntax and language logic is the last thing you'd want to teach, but actually it's the most helpful when trying to do something to show that you're learning.
If language is a consideration, i would recommend something that isn't painful (ADA), has object oriented programming in it (C++, C#, java, etc), can be used in a web based environment (all the rage), an understanding of xml and web apis.
But just programming is boring. Get him experience with computer hardware, low level instruction sets, how to fix/put together his own computer, databases (SQL based) and some low level i/o programming. That should be a pretty basic round-a-bout education for starters. Then see what he's really interested in and let it fly.
Just please don't get him excited about making video games, he'll be let down later in life or used and abused.
who the hell buys steam games at full retail price?
Have you never heard of sales? do you live under a rock?
A network torrent where all files are renamed to "metalica - (Insert bad song name here).mp3" and transferred unencrypted? Count me in. It needs to be run by a group of lawyers so they can sue the pants off big content providers who claim DMCA takedowns.
I thought the idea to terraform venus was to provide a solar shade to cool it down. Why not do the same thing for the earth, build a pair of solar plants in space that also act as a shade. Then we should build two and make the earth had some really cool looking sunglasses, to cool it down.
actually.... you know i don't believe you're correct. The arc reactor or whatever has to do with fusion. I would surmise that any micro fusion reactors would deal with alpha particles, not plasma directly. Maybe it creates quark-gluon plasma which is a completely different animal than high density plasma. It could be very low density yet much more highly charged than any high density plasma and could be controlled more easily with magnetic containment fields.
I voted for a third party candidate this year, and will probably every year going forward. Because the two main parties are the same old broken shit and are copies of one another. They pit people against themselves and offer the same exact solution, which is to say, not a solution, but just the same old stuff.
Yeah... I'll go ahead and respond with something that is probably thought of insane but...
I don't think that comparing children deaths to children mutilations is at all a reasonable thing to compare and calling one better than the other ignores the fact that both are disgusting and wrong.
Why not focus on the cause of both of these events and try and prevent it from happening in the first place? Or do you only look at casualty numbers and tell yourself it's ok because no one died? I'm sure that's of some solace to the children that are horribly disfigured for the rest of their lives. They'll have roughly 70 years to live their lives with missing fingers, scars, psychological trauma which may lead them to commit suicide.
I don't like to compare the events in China and think that it's somehow a solution we must all strive for. I'd rather the events not happen at all.
The only problem you don't explain is the following:
Once they receive the C&D in writing, they themselves cannot call back. So what do they do?
They resell it. And the process happens all over again.
And IANAL but i believe this is all perfectly legal and in fact encouraged in their scummy little world.
So lets say you're me and follow what you're supposed to do and write a C&D letter.
2 months later, calls calls and more calls from a different place.
Another letter sent.
1 month later, lots more calls.
About 3 more letters i just gave up. I got my number changed. I just find it ridiculous how this absurd game works.
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Your entire post is inflammatory. If you knew anything about radio you would know that there has been some amazing things coming out of amateur radio these past few years. Fundongle, softrock sdr kits, sdr in general and lots of homebrew on that. You clearly don't have a single clue what you're talking about.
From a person who builds his computers still from components instead of ordering from prebuilt systems, I used to buy the lowest cost cases. After many a times where the cases were made shoddy, sharp edges, bays that had screw holes that didn't line up, etc, i opted to try out the more expensive cases (70-120$) and boy was i impressed. Anyone who's had to deal with the no brand name cases, and then put together a antec p182 or antec 900 is in a world of difference. Cable management, fan filters, vibration gromits, extra airflow from properly designed and positioned case fans, etc. Not to mention they use thumbscrews as much as possible, are pleasing to look at, come with extra cables. My own p183 came with a special ssd bay when ssds were just started to be made and getting popular.
Sure it's a niche market and artsy cases aren't usually worth it, but don't knock well made cases that are reasonable until you actually put together computers and experience the difference.
They're accountable? By what evidence do you speak of? Show me cases where police screwed up and were held accountable. I'll show you countless more where they were given paid vacations and a raise.
video games has been the new rock and roll for the past 20 years. The video game generation is just finally becoming old enough to run for office and win. Until the previous generation gets replaced it will be a scapegoat for all the modern problems of the world while ignoring the more obvious but difficult to fix issues. The main issue is that the older generation can't live up to their failures of fixing problems that have existed since the dawn of time, shifts the blame on things they don't understand that they deem subversive, then circle jerks each other trying to be a hero that provides a solution that fails in almost every way, then they jump over themselves trying to out do themselves.
The problems are clear: mental health issues have taken a huge backseat and that needs to be addresses. Fear of guns is out of control when banning weapons leads to more violence. Social inequality and income disparity leads to crime. School systems are broken, jails are broken, justice is broken. Fear rules our world now, media plays into this for ratings and we spend so much on pointless junk instead of the things we really need (both personal and on the government side of things). No one is fixing anything.
Look they're not even tech people. They're entrepreneurs who started a business and hired themselves effectively. Unless your plan is to work for yourself you've effectively shut yourself out of many work opportunities unless you have a degree. I'm sure there are a few people who got jobs by networking and knowing/meeting people, or someone who got lucky in an interview and the hiring person(s) took a chance. In small companies you might see more of this, but with large organizations, HR/recruiting manages who will get past their desk. Even the companies mentioned will auto-reject people who are not qualified.
I'm selfishly glad people are mistaken about this and are happy they write articles about it. If they can convince others not to be qualified for my job, then my job has more value.
On the other hand i disagree that a college education is worth the money now a days. There is no way any college education these days are worth 50-100k. That however is a completely different subject.
Even microsoft calls it the surface pro tablet. It has the word tablet in it's name, yet it doesn't compare to other tablets?
What exactly is a full-blown desktop OS? Android has a lot in common with linux. Hardware keyboard? I guess you've never heard of the asus transformer. What exactly is an ultrabook? It's just a small laptop, it's a marketing gimmick that apparently intel has sold you on.
What benefit does a surface RT has over android tablets? What benefit does the pro version have over the RT version? as far as i know the only pro is that it runs native x86 applications. That's the only benefit. At double the cost of android tablets? no thank you.
should read, why the surface pro will fail.
1000$ is way too high. Hit the 500$ and then it will compete with high end tablets. Until then there is nothing new with it. They made touch tablets back in the early 2000s that ran x86 chips that never got off the ground either. Too expensive, poor battery life and bulky. Too bad intel is not competitive with lightweight arm chips. The longer microsoft and intel won't compete the more and more people will start using them as their main computers.
No actually i didn't miss the point. I already know anything can be used to create a viewpoint. I don't think it was media's fault that the riots occurred, i think it was the police's fault as well as the rioter's fault it occurred. I don't believe that comparing Rodney King's video to reality tv in terms of how real it was is a very strong comparison.
The concern is not valid. You yourself said that any video can be edited to show a number of viewpoints. If that's already a known factor then why concern yourself with that? If the response is to only allow police record themselves, then somehow given the history of police losing tapes and key evidence that points out wrongdoing of themselves seem like you're placing your trust in the wrong party. Public things like this needs to be recorded by multiple parties from different viewpoints and be made public.
Yes, because 13 seconds of lunging requires a 68 second response of multiple people beating someone. Your premise is that if they showed the first 13 seconds people would of regarded the reaction as reasonable. I think you may want to reconsider that premise.
Regardless of how it looks it should be made public if it took place in a public area. Having police harass you and break/confiscate your equipment and arrest you while recording a public event is mind boggling. If they're not doing anything wrong then they have nothing to hide.
People want free money. More at 11.
I could say the same, there's potentially trillions of dollars at stake if people don't pay me 1$ for every website they go to. I might have to start call a lawyer to see if it's possible to mandate this.
It's also extremely easy for me to point out that you didn't read the article(s) and understand why she objects to wearing it. As a fellow amateur radio "expert" I'd like to point out that the badge's transmit capability was never in question. Let alone you forget that the reader is the part that's plugged into the outlet pumping out any discernible wattage which you didn't take into consideration. Even that withstanding, it's not about radio transmissions at all. It's about privacy, the invisible man in the sky, and first amendment rights, and an overreaching school board.
I think the bigger part of that story is basically, it's easy and not very costly to set up your own at home biolab if you want to, and if you have the know how. It can be used for all nefarious purposes, so why hasn't one yet? Because it's probably
a) hard to do
b) hard to do and not kill yourself
c) just plain dumb
Having a open lab willing to educate and accept students and others who have a knack for using their equipment can be both rewarding, educational and lucrative. If you leave paranoia at home, you'll see it's all perfectly reasonable.
....
I don't think having a camera in someone's face is reason to assault them. Maybe since you see celebrities assaulting paparazzi makes you think it's ok.
In this day and age, cell phone tracking, video taping, drone surveillance, wiretapping, packet snooping, credit card purchases, gps tracking, browser history, etc. etc etc there is literally no way you can escape being watched and monitored. Some people are fooled to think they have the illusion of privacy, but shatter that reality and they freak out, like their rights are being trampled. But all along they were on public display (semi-public, but the information is out there and people do use it). If you don't want to be video taped by a strange man, then all public video taping should be illegal, not just some.
Everyone uses the excuse about safety. Show me a case where surveillance prevented crime? It's always an after thought to catch people sometimes. Criminals know where the cameras are and just avoid them anyways.
I don't really understand this sentiment.
Soldiers accept the risk of being killed in combat. That is practically the entire definition of being a soldier. They're allowed to kill other soldiers legally in return and also are supposedly guaranteed rights afforded via the Geneva convention and rules of engagement.
Apparently drones are the new missile strikes. I expect that most suspected terrorists are also only guilty of thought crime. Combine the ability to murder at will from a remote location and this is what you get.