The kind of person that writes their own time calculations instead of letting zoneinfo calculate them from its rules database. If you're using zoneinfo then the applications get new rules when that library is updated. Leap years, leap seconds, no problem.
[Remember the suggestion that Daylight Savings Time last longer in the USA west coast on Presidential election years? Zoneinfo could have handled it.]
But how many people would need the restricted information once someone has written a GPLed interface? A properly documented interface should allow people to just talk to the device driver without needing the exact wording of the restricted information. For example, to alter the parity setting on a serial port I only have to do the proper system call without concerning myself with how the device driver author had to chat with the hardware/firmware to perform the change. And the device driver should have its operation documented well enough for others to add more devices with the proper incantations (bus address, configuration settings, buffers...).
If you're having a house built and have to have a contractor install the low-voltage wiring, remember that he'll get the job done very fast when it's done at the proper time. When the wall framing is up but not yet covered, of course.
If it's too difficult to arrange that, the builder's electricians could probably at least install some empty conduits for you to empty boxes.
Where did this "outlet for stress" concept come from anyway? What psychology expert decided that stress is something that accumulates and must be disposed of?
Some tax programs let you import data in several formats. Last time I looked, some of the open tools export in several of the formats which tax programs accept. You'll have to check if the two tools you prefer have a format in common.
I do wonder which tax company (not necessarily one which is presently in the tax software business) will be first in the Linux tax market. The program can be fully open, as what they'd really be selling is a new copy every year with the current forms and tax rules. We can already see that many people are paying for the expertise in such programs rather than making a spreadsheet themselves every year.
IBM only lost business at the low end. Many machines in the old 360 line were basically minicomputers. PC technology overwhelmed what was originally considered a "minicomputer" decades ago...at the same time the "minicomputer" products got more powerful.
Now the desktop/small server products are tremendously powerful (200-900 MHz is a ridiculous amount of processor power) and are often underused because they are so cheap (Hello, SETI@Home!). The "minicomputer" devices have taken over many of the former "mainframe" applications, and many actually use parallel microcomputer designs (ie, Sequent, Stratus). The "mainframe" has fairly fast processors and is surrounded with very fast I/O devices and I/O processors. When dealing with the huge amount of data which global companies produce and manipulate, often parallelization of data handling is more complicated than using big iron.
Remember, IBM also sold a lot of IBM PCs. They lost a lot of PC business to competitors, particularly when they tried to require MicroChannel use. Most PCs just don't use so much data that they needed MicroChannel, and the additional licensing expenses just weren't worth the minor benefits. During the same time period there was a gap in their minicomputers with their old-tech S/36 before the AS/400 was developed. The big iron is flashy, but a lot more people needed the smaller machines. And there was a lot more competition once the microcomputer technology provided engineers with fast processor components for competing designs.
Because the I/O channels on mainframes can handle a lot more data than PC architectures. It's easier to have one extremely fast DB on a mainframe than to have a distributed DB on slow I/O devices with a lot of update conflict resolution to deal with.
Yes, definitely run all cables to a central point. In my house that's the furnace room -- centrally located in the basement, and several cable paths follow vents.
Use keystone-style jacks, those which fit in blank faceplates which can hold several kinds of jacks. Home Depot and many other places now carry them. You'll then have a single place for low-voltage cables such as LAN, phone, audio, and TV.
Get a ball or two of nylon twine. Every time you pull a cable, leave a string tied at both ends of the path. Makes pulling more cable much easier (pull a new string with the new cable).
Notice the plastic flexible conduit available at hardware stores. Even if blue doesn't fit your decor, it's useful in walls and above ceiling for guiding cables through messy areas -- I have one place where I had to cut a hole in a basement ceiling, so I'm installing that conduit to provide a clear cable path and future cable pulls will travel smoothly without having to reopen the ceiling. Spackle does wonders, but I prefer to not have to repaint too often.
Linux is not supported, although Linux may support it.
That is... although there is a Linux device driver which might work, Linux is not listed as an OS which the hardware is claimed to work with.
There are Linux drivers for wireless devices from other companies but those drivers do not work with all the devices from that company. In at least one case, the company is providing development info for some cards but not other similar ones.
Specifications do not mention Linux support. Several other OSes are listed...although one is "Novel" and the "Windows CE" product no longer uses that name.
Good thing I showed my work. Yes, I forgot to square the atom diameter (the area of a square is close enough -- I'm not trying to calculate crystal stacking volumes).
I still think that's pretty good. Using only five-digit numbers of atoms for anything is pretty small. Interesting possibilities for future devices.
There are a lot of other fault-toler ant systems. Most are Unix on redundant hardware, or Unix-like, such as VOS (but that's being replaced by a fault-tolerant HP-UX). It's nice to see Linux acquiring a few more automated capabilities.
VMS has been around a little while and has quite an assortment of abilities.
What do you mean "turn your computer off"? The article claims no power to operate the processor. So it could always be running...as long as you're running within the on-chip cache... [Yes, I'm sure there is a bit of misunderstanding shown in that article...]
That reminds me, does anyone have an undistorted copy of tape 1 of the Feynman Physics lectures, part of "Six Easy Pieces"? The published tape apologizes for the distortion on the original tape from 1961. It's not only high-density digital media that is having problems...
So a cheater would let their computer play as a few simulated characters each day, building up their trust over several weeks until the cheater needed one for real play. The cheater would simply let these Village Idiots stumble around playing poorly until he needed their identity, one by one...and new ones would be constantly created for future use.
But then, the solution to this might be to simply divert those AI tools into Quake RobotWars games where the purpose is to see who can program the best player...
Slashdot Mirror
This same link was a news item on SecurityFocus days ago. Saw it in their Slashbox...
Are the Imaginary or Invisible Rabbits being banned? There is a difference, even if the difference is not visible to most people.
[Remember the suggestion that Daylight Savings Time last longer in the USA west coast on Presidential election years? Zoneinfo could have handled it.]
But how many people would need the restricted information once someone has written a GPLed interface? A properly documented interface should allow people to just talk to the device driver without needing the exact wording of the restricted information. For example, to alter the parity setting on a serial port I only have to do the proper system call without concerning myself with how the device driver author had to chat with the hardware/firmware to perform the change. And the device driver should have its operation documented well enough for others to add more devices with the proper incantations (bus address, configuration settings, buffers...).
Freud & catharsis
If it's too difficult to arrange that, the builder's electricians could probably at least install some empty conduits for you to empty boxes.
IBM invented it and Microsoft absorbed it. Now Samba has another feature to be added...
Try smbclient
Where did this "outlet for stress" concept come from anyway? What psychology expert decided that stress is something that accumulates and must be disposed of?
I do wonder which tax company (not necessarily one which is presently in the tax software business) will be first in the Linux tax market. The program can be fully open, as what they'd really be selling is a new copy every year with the current forms and tax rules. We can already see that many people are paying for the expertise in such programs rather than making a spreadsheet themselves every year.
Have you considered the Amazon patent issues and your Amazon Affiliate usage?
Now the desktop/small server products are tremendously powerful (200-900 MHz is a ridiculous amount of processor power) and are often underused because they are so cheap (Hello, SETI@Home!). The "minicomputer" devices have taken over many of the former "mainframe" applications, and many actually use parallel microcomputer designs (ie, Sequent, Stratus). The "mainframe" has fairly fast processors and is surrounded with very fast I/O devices and I/O processors. When dealing with the huge amount of data which global companies produce and manipulate, often parallelization of data handling is more complicated than using big iron.
Remember, IBM also sold a lot of IBM PCs. They lost a lot of PC business to competitors, particularly when they tried to require MicroChannel use. Most PCs just don't use so much data that they needed MicroChannel, and the additional licensing expenses just weren't worth the minor benefits. During the same time period there was a gap in their minicomputers with their old-tech S/36 before the AS/400 was developed. The big iron is flashy, but a lot more people needed the smaller machines. And there was a lot more competition once the microcomputer technology provided engineers with fast processor components for competing designs.
Because the I/O channels on mainframes can handle a lot more data than PC architectures. It's easier to have one extremely fast DB on a mainframe than to have a distributed DB on slow I/O devices with a lot of update conflict resolution to deal with.
Use keystone-style jacks, those which fit in blank faceplates which can hold several kinds of jacks. Home Depot and many other places now carry them. You'll then have a single place for low-voltage cables such as LAN, phone, audio, and TV.
Get a ball or two of nylon twine. Every time you pull a cable, leave a string tied at both ends of the path. Makes pulling more cable much easier (pull a new string with the new cable).
Notice the plastic flexible conduit available at hardware stores. Even if blue doesn't fit your decor, it's useful in walls and above ceiling for guiding cables through messy areas -- I have one place where I had to cut a hole in a basement ceiling, so I'm installing that conduit to provide a clear cable path and future cable pulls will travel smoothly without having to reopen the ceiling. Spackle does wonders, but I prefer to not have to repaint too often.
Vent pipes? If they're hot air exhaust, such as from a gas water heater, stay away from them. Too hot for the cable.
That is... although there is a Linux device driver which might work, Linux is not listed as an OS which the hardware is claimed to work with.
There are Linux drivers for wireless devices from other companies but those drivers do not work with all the devices from that company. In at least one case, the company is providing development info for some cards but not other similar ones.
Specifications do not mention Linux support. Several other OSes are listed...although one is "Novel" and the "Windows CE" product no longer uses that name.
I still think that's pretty good. Using only five-digit numbers of atoms for anything is pretty small. Interesting possibilities for future devices.
Just let the heat run a little steam engine that turns a fan that cools it down...
What do you mean "turn your computer off"? The article claims no power to operate the processor. So it could always be running...as long as you're running within the on-chip cache... [Yes, I'm sure there is a bit of misunderstanding shown in that article...]
That reminds me, does anyone have an undistorted copy of tape 1 of the Feynman Physics lectures, part of "Six Easy Pieces"? The published tape apologizes for the distortion on the original tape from 1961. It's not only high-density digital media that is having problems...
But then, the solution to this might be to simply divert those AI tools into Quake RobotWars games where the purpose is to see who can program the best player...