Twins are separate organisms; there's no point of confusion *unless* they are conjoined, which I would consider to be a boundary case. Fair?
Ouch! What the GP was mentioning with twins though, is that your sig "Human being (n.): A genetically human, genetically distinct, functioning organism." (emphisis mine)
According to that definition, maternal twins (triplets, etc) would not qualify as a Human Being since each one is not genetically distinct... on the other hand perhaps we can look at it as a "Human Being" with Reduntant Backup.:)
Depending on the user load and the services, its amazing what 'old' hardware can do.
I'm running a Pentium File and Print server that was first set up in 1999. The hardware itself dates from 1996 but has been upgraded a bit.
Its a Pentium 166 (thats MHz, remember:) ), with 64MB of RAM (recently upgraded to 96MB), a 100MB NIC, and a PATA 100 Interface card... so its sporting a 100GB hard-drive. Its been very happy running RedHat 7.2 for the past few years, and the department has been very happy about their service.
Granted its now being replaced by a 'young upstart' of a Celeron 400MHz, with 256MB of RAM, and 2x 200GB hard drives (via a PATA 133 Interface Card), running RedHat ES4, but it still seems a shame to retire a valiant machine that has been plugging along, serving in different capacities, for close to 10 years.
One of the secrets we've found for dealing with small budgets is to figure out what we can upgrade to get a bit more bang for our buck. We've got an older desktop that was running Windows XP with a 1GHz CPU and 512MB of RAM, for $150 we're upgrading it to a 1.8GHz machine and 1GB of RAM. While this can't address the inherent limitations in any given architecture, most companies rarely purchase the most expensive componenets for a computer that would max out its configuration. A couple of years down the road, it may be possible to get those same components for a much more reasonable sum, and they can help breath a bit more life into an older machine, extending its usability quite a bit (this machine is going to be taking over Database duties "Real Soon Now", just as soon as the hard-drives get ordered).
Getting kicked in the balls by an army of midgets in steeltoed boots is "slightly more friendly" than ASN.1
Only if you've had to compile a bay networks MIB out of its pieces on a less than "robust" compiler (doubly so if the mib is for a device they from a company that they 'aquired').
Absolutely... on the other hand my PSP along with the 512MB card my brother graciously got me for graduation, means that I can lug about 2 hours worth of video on my PSP.
All the content I watch on it is time-shifted. I record it on my TiVo, transfer the files to my PC (about 30 minutes per hour of video at Medium quality), strip the file to an unencrypted format (about 3-5 minutes per hour), transcode the video using "PSP Video 9" (about an hour per half hour of video on a 1.1Ghz Athlon), and then transfer to the PSP to watch on my comute.
Yes, it is a bit more time intensive then I would like, and yes I drewl over the new 2GB memory stick for the PSP, but this is something that is not too difficult to do for the average tech savy user now.
The hardest part was finding the right tools to do what I wanted, I'm tempted to write a short article about it now though, because it is so easy once you've set it up.
The PSP is moving in the direction of becoming a portable media center... which might hint at some of the direction for the PS3, and is exactly what Sony has in mind. (that part of Sony that is dealing with hardware... probably not the distribution mechanisms).
On the other hand, I have yet to buy a UMD video, and I have very little inclination to buy one. The only way I would buy them is either if they were rediculously cheap, or were bundled with a DVD when I bought it.
Hmmm if the suspended ice is high enough and breaks off instead of melting in, it probably stands a decent chance of triggering a mini-tsunami also. (yet another cheery thought to think about)
With the exception of milk and fruit, everything we eat was a creature or plant that had other ideas.
Actually, considering that we breed cows (and other animals) for milk production, and we breed plants for larger/more resistant/tastier fruit production, I'm not sure there is any "Foodstuff" that we (humans), haven't "tampered with/modified/etc." at some point.
As another moral vegitarian (i.e. different from the grandparent), I'd have to say that sounds about right to me.:)
God knows my wife would be happy for me to eat meat and fish (and, since I do most of the cooking around here, cook it for us both:D ). The one thing she misses since we got married is more meat and fish and home (though she eats it out and at her parents whenever she wants)
Liked your comment but don't get me started on Battlestar Gallactica and their concept of a network.
If you caught the episode a few weeks back where they needed some serious computing power to speed up a calculation and networked several key computers together *USING CABLES* and were supposedly fighting off a hacking attempt by the Cylons, you'll see what I mean. If all the connections are hardwired, you can't hack into the system without a gateway. If Galactica had a gateway between a wireless system and one of those computers, then that computer would be compromised on a regular basis and would be useless/rebooting regularly. I assume all external communication is therefore "dumb" without a gateway interface, so, unless the Cylons planted one (in which case they wouldn't necessarily need to hack the system), they shouldn't be able to do squat to that network.
Sorry. After 8 years working in Networking things like that got my goat a little.
Gee, and here I thought that the person using the hardware would be the one liable for violating the FCC rules, comparable to someone with a hammer, while smashing a window, would be liable for vandalism, not the maker of the hammer.
I'm not sure where I would draw the line for something like this, but probably Press Releases and Legal Documents.
Take the case that is influencing this discussion.
SCO made the claim in court that the GPL is invalid. Okay, so, to solve the problem they should either make a legal document, or press release that says that they now consider the GPL to be valid.
It might not scare people, but it might be a basis to seek an injunction against use and/or distribution.
well then we're in luck. The way the economy is going, they'll only be able to stay happy for about another 30 years or so...... the fat and stupid part is probably going to still be in effect though.
Absolutely true. I try to encourage people to vote for the candidate they want to win, and I inevitably hear "But if I don't vote Democrat or Republican I'm just throwing my vote away", and this is from that percentage that actually go to the polls.
While most people notice that ours is basically a two party system, they seem to forget that the "two parties" have changed quite a bit since the two party system took hold. It is quite possible for a current "third party" to upgrade its status and become a major player.
It is certainly unlikely if all people do is complain that they have no choices and can't make a difference, and so don't vote.
Heck, wether you like him or not, take a look at the election of Jesse "The Body" Ventura as Governor of Minnesota. Whatever else, it showed that when the majority of the non-voters come out to the polls, the unexpected can happen.
I hope it happens real soon. In the meantime I keep telling people that if they don't want to "waste their votes" (their words, not mine), by voting for the parties they want in the major elections, at least try to support the third party candidates in the local elections. Heck, the parties might actually be able to get a foothold and a little momentum going.
Exactly. I remember my English teacher in High School tell me that I couldn't just make up my own words because they helped fit the meter. She said I wasn't E.E.Cummings yet (although she did smile and didn't take off any points for it).
Yeah... there are alot of versions of MS, but not as many as there seem to be.
Win2K should be hitting EOL soon (if it hasn't already), WinXP Home/Pro are just different flavors of the same OS (different packages installed and a few registry bits flipped), and Win2003 Server is the next itteration of the same OS (which is nice for them since they at least are down to one "supported" path instead of dealing with Win3.1/9x/ME and NT). WinCE I'm not as familliar with, but werent they moving to a version of WinXP that would only load the pieces it needed into memory? Not sure but I seem to remember that being the plan for embedded devices, but I'm not sure if they kept to it. If they HAVE done what they claimed, then they have essentially three versions of XP to support (Home/Pro/WinCE), and 2003 Server which should be an updated platform, but is building on XP, so relatively speaking supporting XP and it at the same time should be less resource draining than supporting NT and Win3.1/9x/ME at the same time.
As for the XBox, as a console it may have its roots in Win2K, but considering its limited need for hardware support, and its use of specialized hardware, there is no need to keep it in sync with anything but itself. I would be surprised if it didn't have its own development team, with their own set of priorities, that can focus on getting the most out of the hardware they know they will have, rather than decent performance off of who-knows-what underlying system.
I agree with your feelings, but I think the feeling that "CGI is Dead" which seems to be bandied about is more a feeling that.Net, and Java (servlets/applets) are the "wave of the current and future"... not that I neccesarily agree.
I think that too many people, from C*Os to programmers tend to look at technology as a series of shiny things and assume that each new one is the be all and end all of creation (instead of just a tool with its own set of pros and cons in every situation).
'Course enough are also reactionary ludites that assume that everything they come across must be a nail since they know how to use a hammer... but thats another issue:)
Slashdot Mirror
Yup ...
d ex.php?x=articles&id=26 for a coral cache of the page.
and I'm not sure if this will help, but:
http://www.thinkcomputers.org.nyud.net:8090/v2/in
This being slashdot and all, we're likely to get to the Bottom of things and come out on Top ... if we don't go Down the wrong path.
I thought it had something to do with the rumors of Futurerama being picked up by either CN or SciFi (at the time).
Damn! If the last 18 I've seen are any indication, I do *NOT* want to be the one to take on 12 legions
"God's In His Heaven... All's Right With The World"
Didn't think you were trying to be cold hearted. I actually thought you were trying to make a pun about co-joined twins being a 'boundry case'. :)
Ouch! What the GP was mentioning with twins though, is that your sig "Human being (n.): A genetically human, genetically distinct, functioning organism." (emphisis mine)
According to that definition, maternal twins (triplets, etc) would not qualify as a Human Being since each one is not genetically distinct
No, but the mandatory brain wipes as you exit the building are getting a bit time consuming.
Depending on the user load and the services, its amazing what 'old' hardware can do.
:) ), with 64MB of RAM (recently upgraded to 96MB), a 100MB NIC, and a PATA 100 Interface card ... so its sporting a 100GB hard-drive. Its been very happy running RedHat 7.2 for the past few years, and the department has been very happy about their service.
I'm running a Pentium File and Print server that was first set up in 1999. The hardware itself dates from 1996 but has been upgraded a bit.
Its a Pentium 166 (thats MHz, remember
Granted its now being replaced by a 'young upstart' of a Celeron 400MHz, with 256MB of RAM, and 2x 200GB hard drives (via a PATA 133 Interface Card), running RedHat ES4, but it still seems a shame to retire a valiant machine that has been plugging along, serving in different capacities, for close to 10 years.
One of the secrets we've found for dealing with small budgets is to figure out what we can upgrade to get a bit more bang for our buck. We've got an older desktop that was running Windows XP with a 1GHz CPU and 512MB of RAM, for $150 we're upgrading it to a 1.8GHz machine and 1GB of RAM. While this can't address the inherent limitations in any given architecture, most companies rarely purchase the most expensive componenets for a computer that would max out its configuration. A couple of years down the road, it may be possible to get those same components for a much more reasonable sum, and they can help breath a bit more life into an older machine, extending its usability quite a bit (this machine is going to be taking over Database duties "Real Soon Now", just as soon as the hard-drives get ordered).
Only if you've had to compile a bay networks MIB out of its pieces on a less than "robust" compiler (doubly so if the mib is for a device they from a company that they 'aquired').
Absolutely ... on the other hand my PSP along with the 512MB card my brother graciously got me for graduation, means that I can lug about 2 hours worth of video on my PSP.
... which might hint at some of the direction for the PS3, and is exactly what Sony has in mind. (that part of Sony that is dealing with hardware ... probably not the distribution mechanisms).
All the content I watch on it is time-shifted. I record it on my TiVo, transfer the files to my PC (about 30 minutes per hour of video at Medium quality), strip the file to an unencrypted format (about 3-5 minutes per hour), transcode the video using "PSP Video 9" (about an hour per half hour of video on a 1.1Ghz Athlon), and then transfer to the PSP to watch on my comute.
Yes, it is a bit more time intensive then I would like, and yes I drewl over the new 2GB memory stick for the PSP, but this is something that is not too difficult to do for the average tech savy user now.
The hardest part was finding the right tools to do what I wanted, I'm tempted to write a short article about it now though, because it is so easy once you've set it up.
The PSP is moving in the direction of becoming a portable media center
On the other hand, I have yet to buy a UMD video, and I have very little inclination to buy one. The only way I would buy them is either if they were rediculously cheap, or were bundled with a DVD when I bought it.
Hadn't thought about the suspended Ice.
Hmmm if the suspended ice is high enough and breaks off instead of melting in, it probably stands a decent chance of triggering a mini-tsunami also. (yet another cheery thought to think about)
Actually, considering that we breed cows (and other animals) for milk production, and we breed plants for larger/more resistant/tastier fruit production, I'm not sure there is any "Foodstuff" that we (humans), haven't "tampered with/modified/etc." at some point.
As another moral vegitarian (i.e. different from the grandparent), I'd have to say that sounds about right to me. :)
:D ). The one thing she misses since we got married is more meat and fish and home (though she eats it out and at her parents whenever she wants)
God knows my wife would be happy for me to eat meat and fish (and, since I do most of the cooking around here, cook it for us both
Liked your comment but don't get me started on Battlestar Gallactica and their concept of a network.
If you caught the episode a few weeks back where they needed some serious computing power to speed up a calculation and networked several key computers together *USING CABLES* and were supposedly fighting off a hacking attempt by the Cylons, you'll see what I mean. If all the connections are hardwired, you can't hack into the system without a gateway. If Galactica had a gateway between a wireless system and one of those computers, then that computer would be compromised on a regular basis and would be useless/rebooting regularly. I assume all external communication is therefore "dumb" without a gateway interface, so, unless the Cylons planted one (in which case they wouldn't necessarily need to hack the system), they shouldn't be able to do squat to that network.
Sorry. After 8 years working in Networking things like that got my goat a little.
Gee, and here I thought that the person using the hardware would be the one liable for violating the FCC rules, comparable to someone with a hammer, while smashing a window, would be liable for vandalism, not the maker of the hammer.
Are you kidding? Have you seen the way the U.S. Patent Office is being run now-a-days?
Yes ... but those generations weren't raised on music videos and Blip-Verts.
I'm not sure where I would draw the line for something like this, but probably Press Releases and Legal Documents.
Take the case that is influencing this discussion.
SCO made the claim in court that the GPL is invalid. Okay, so, to solve the problem they should either make a legal document, or press release that says that they now consider the GPL to be valid.
It might not scare people, but it might be a basis to seek an injunction against use and/or distribution.
well then we're in luck. The way the economy is going, they'll only be able to stay happy for about another 30 years or so ... ... the fat and stupid part is probably going to still be in effect though.
Absolutely true. I try to encourage people to vote for the candidate they want to win, and I inevitably hear "But if I don't vote Democrat or Republican I'm just throwing my vote away", and this is from that percentage that actually go to the polls.
:D
While most people notice that ours is basically a two party system, they seem to forget that the "two parties" have changed quite a bit since the two party system took hold. It is quite possible for a current "third party" to upgrade its status and become a major player.
It is certainly unlikely if all people do is complain that they have no choices and can't make a difference, and so don't vote.
Heck, wether you like him or not, take a look at the election of Jesse "The Body" Ventura as Governor of Minnesota. Whatever else, it showed that when the majority of the non-voters come out to the polls, the unexpected can happen.
I hope it happens real soon. In the meantime I keep telling people that if they don't want to "waste their votes" (their words, not mine), by voting for the parties they want in the major elections, at least try to support the third party candidates in the local elections. Heck, the parties might actually be able to get a foothold and a little momentum going.
Imagine a Libertarian Congress
Exactly. I remember my English teacher in High School tell me that I couldn't just make up my own words because they helped fit the meter. She said I wasn't E.E.Cummings yet (although she did smile and didn't take off any points for it).
Lets not forget that Win 2003 Server is NT 5.2 (I believe).
Yeah ... there are alot of versions of MS, but not as many as there seem to be.
Win2K should be hitting EOL soon (if it hasn't already), WinXP Home/Pro are just different flavors of the same OS (different packages installed and a few registry bits flipped), and Win2003 Server is the next itteration of the same OS (which is nice for them since they at least are down to one "supported" path instead of dealing with Win3.1/9x/ME and NT). WinCE I'm not as familliar with, but werent they moving to a version of WinXP that would only load the pieces it needed into memory? Not sure but I seem to remember that being the plan for embedded devices, but I'm not sure if they kept to it. If they HAVE done what they claimed, then they have essentially three versions of XP to support (Home/Pro/WinCE), and 2003 Server which should be an updated platform, but is building on XP, so relatively speaking supporting XP and it at the same time should be less resource draining than supporting NT and Win3.1/9x/ME at the same time.
As for the XBox, as a console it may have its roots in Win2K, but considering its limited need for hardware support, and its use of specialized hardware, there is no need to keep it in sync with anything but itself. I would be surprised if it didn't have its own development team, with their own set of priorities, that can focus on getting the most out of the hardware they know they will have, rather than decent performance off of who-knows-what underlying system.
Next thing you know someone will start trying to distribute the stuff on some website
I agree with your feelings, but I think the feeling that "CGI is Dead" which seems to be bandied about is more a feeling that .Net, and Java (servlets/applets) are the "wave of the current and future" ... not that I neccesarily agree.
... but thats another issue :)
I think that too many people, from C*Os to programmers tend to look at technology as a series of shiny things and assume that each new one is the be all and end all of creation (instead of just a tool with its own set of pros and cons in every situation).
'Course enough are also reactionary ludites that assume that everything they come across must be a nail since they know how to use a hammer