There's more detail on what he's doing with Patent 6,917,154. It's definately not a hack, it's just a new (and obviously expensive) process. Interesting quote:
The after-glow phosphor of the scotopic after-glow lamp of the present invention is selected with a hyperbolic decay rate dropping to approximately ten (10%) percent of its initial brightness in about six minutes and to one-tenth that in an hour.
Anyway, read up, interesting stuff.
RTFA, and you'll see they cost 5 times what standard tubs cost. I don't see how they could justify that expense. Especially since most people can't reach the ceiling where they are normally mounted. (Though I'm 6'5", I could.)
I wonder how deadly the chemicals in these are compared to normal tubes as well.
I RTFA earlier today and I believe this is a huge mistake. I realize that all the media companies are converging on a single device that will fit into a home entertainment capacity, but the successful part of consoles is that they are focused on one task: games. Look how well other fusion devices have done such as the N-Gage.
The more you focus on trying to be everything to everyone, the more you start to fail everyone in everything. Focus on your core, the stuff you're good at, and you will have those interested in that core beating a path to your door.
Also, the codec comment is a little disturbing. Codecs do matter. If you have unlimited processing power, you still cannot convert a privately held codec due to the DMCA. Also, converting things to the PSP format is what it seems to imply, but I think that's a very small feature in the big picture.
What's worse is that basically 'infects' word and excel using the plugin system, and will 'reinstall' itself if it disappears, but if it's in there but broken, it will just spam errors to the users.
We have licenses for 7.0 standard, but I've uninstalled and gone back to just reader. But I had to do a complete reinstall to get rid of entirely. (didn't hurt that I have a new laptop so... heh)
Good news though: Reader does not do the plugin stuff, nor does it do it on my Solaris workstation.
I pointed this out YEARS ago. I just don't understand why the updated winsock didn't get used in 2k when they overhauled the tcp stack. (and wow is that an old email addy. heh)
How much of the skits on "Knowing is half the hastle" is based on your high school years or what you imagined happening? Because that is pretty raw stuff.
(You write great stuff, keep it up!)
Yeah, I know we're used to this FUD but let's take a bit closer look.
One is that as someone pointed out earlier, the 'linux enthusist' has accepted research grants from Microsoft before. That's a little suspect.
Two is the data they present as 'proof' that windows is more secure, the delay between announcement and patch. "the Windows setup had just over 30 days of risk versus 71 days for the Red Hat setup". Besides the point that it doesn't prove one more secure than the other, Microsoft has released patches the same day they announced the exploit because they've kept it supressed.
Three, if your server is behind a firewall (as all web servers should be!), you need to protect two ports and the software associated with them. Did they limit the study to just those details? Or was this a stock install of these machines directly on the internet?
And fourth, there was no demonstration, this was simply an announcement by two guys who ran some numbers against an undisclosed exploit database. Which thing was it that ran 71 days or stretched everything that long? How many total exploits was it? If I had 2 exploits on redhat, one at one day and one at 141 days, but 10 exploits on windows varying from 1 day to how many days for the ASN exploit... which is more secure again?
Stock install, no patches, then yes, I would say the windows server is more 'secure' than the linux server, dispite vulnerabilities in each. But that's like saying that this screen door is more secure than this paper door.
There are other networked varients out there which are neat. Like Mangband ( Mulitplayer Angband, a spin off of moria, which is a spin off of hack), and TomeNet (there is another site but it's slow right now.)
I run a server for both games on wckg.net. The main server for tomenet is europe.tomenet.net. They are both fun. `8r)
The idea of levels is just stupid. People can have machines with a vast array of different equipment. I might have a P4 with 128 meg of RAM and a Geforce 2 MX. How would that compare with a P4 with 128 meg of RAM and a Radeon 9800? It's really hard to make that comparison because they are both limited by the RAM.
It would be easier to designate a computer by a year when it was top of the line. For instance, if I put 'PC1999 compatible' means that it would be compatible with a computer that's 5 years old. A brand new game requiring a P4 3.0 with a gig of ram might be a PC2004+ or something. Most people can figure out what year their computer came from, once it's in general use.
A good example of the different requirements for games is the Sims 2. You need more hardware if you have a non-T&L card, but less if you get a better card. So it's video card dependant.
I hate this direction he is considering. Because I think he's just pushing it so that eventually you'd have Xbox 3 using a rating system on their games. 'Xbox 3 level 5 required' and such. ugh.
yeah, my down is only half of yours (most likely) but my upload is actually 4x yours. So on slow torrents, I will usually go faster than you.
Then again, I don't have a poorly designed network that does drops when I start exceeding my upstream! heh (I have a cable modem at home and damn do I hate it...)
There are many linux distributions and gaming videos that are using torrents for fast distribution. A great example was the doom 3 video that came out shortly before the release. I was getting 180KB on my T1 on download.
However, I don't think corporate america will embrace it entirely until another major corporation uses it. I suspect that the revamp of Steam to use bittorrent like behavior might be a great example of a bad system being replaced with a good system. Though I'm sure a few people will be upset that their bandwidth is being used without their expressed permission. (The guy who made BitTorrent got hired by value to help them out.)
Either way, I think it's a bright future for us gamers. `8r) That is, assuming technology problems are treated as technology problems, rather than criminal problems. Just because someone can use a BetaMAX machine to copy a tape doesn't mean they will...
Actually, I'm talking about the source install, not the subscribing based system. And yes, I thought they were looking at replacing 10 journals, not just one. It's not the best system for small groups, but great for large groups due to the scalability...
Thanks for more features, I was just getting burned out trying to find stuff I barely knew anything about... heh
Here's a break down of the two options of Livejournal. I'm a permenant member, so there's that bias, but I'm not a developer...
Current Version: 1.1?
Home URL: http://livejournal.org/
Trial URL: http://www.livejournal.com/
License: GPL
Cost(US$): Free
Minimum Server Requestments: Perl 5.6.1, MySQL 3.23.57, Apache 1.3.28, mod_perl 1.28
Localization: Almost all, I think!
Multilingual: Yes
Data Storage: Database
Max Weblogs: Unlimited
Multiple Sites: Yes
Post Ordering: Descending, Ascending
categories: Yes (memories)
Subcatagories: No
Keywords: No
Default Post Fields: 5 (Subject, Mood, Music, Picture, Post body)
Max Post Fields: 5
Post Editor: Textarea, Plugin, custom editors availalbe
Draft Mode: Yes (Private)
Post API Support: LiveJournal API
Post Moderation: Yes (Screening)
Post Pings: unsure
Bookmarklets: unsure
RSS: Yes
Atom Output: unsure
Comments: Threaded
Comment Spam: multiple
Comment RSS: unsure
Template Storage: Unsure
and the rest i'm sure i'm unsure, but I have things to do, sorry. I'm sure someone can complete this list.
That would 1997, when I was forced to call AOL and get support for a guy who needed to use it for work. (yeah don't get me started). The guy, Chauncy, eventually found out that the guy had an ethernet card and said 'Yeah, we don't support networks'. I was dumbfounded. 'Um, but isn't the Internet a network? Isn't AOL a Network?' 'Yeah, but we don't support networks.'
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There's more detail on what he's doing with Patent 6,917,154. It's definately not a hack, it's just a new (and obviously expensive) process. Interesting quote:
The after-glow phosphor of the scotopic after-glow lamp of the present invention is selected with a hyperbolic decay rate dropping to approximately ten (10%) percent of its initial brightness in about six minutes and to one-tenth that in an hour.
Anyway, read up, interesting stuff.
I wonder how deadly the chemicals in these are compared to normal tubes as well.
No, why do you ask?
The more you focus on trying to be everything to everyone, the more you start to fail everyone in everything. Focus on your core, the stuff you're good at, and you will have those interested in that core beating a path to your door.
Also, the codec comment is a little disturbing. Codecs do matter. If you have unlimited processing power, you still cannot convert a privately held codec due to the DMCA. Also, converting things to the PSP format is what it seems to imply, but I think that's a very small feature in the big picture.
Dear 0110011001110101,
No, fu.
Love,
gonzo
We have licenses for 7.0 standard, but I've uninstalled and gone back to just reader. But I had to do a complete reinstall to get rid of entirely. (didn't hurt that I have a new laptop so... heh)
Good news though: Reader does not do the plugin stuff, nor does it do it on my Solaris workstation.
I pointed this out YEARS ago. I just don't understand why the updated winsock didn't get used in 2k when they overhauled the tcp stack. (and wow is that an old email addy. heh)
How much of the skits on "Knowing is half the hastle" is based on your high school years or what you imagined happening? Because that is pretty raw stuff. (You write great stuff, keep it up!)
One is that as someone pointed out earlier, the 'linux enthusist' has accepted research grants from Microsoft before. That's a little suspect.
Two is the data they present as 'proof' that windows is more secure, the delay between announcement and patch. "the Windows setup had just over 30 days of risk versus 71 days for the Red Hat setup". Besides the point that it doesn't prove one more secure than the other, Microsoft has released patches the same day they announced the exploit because they've kept it supressed.
Three, if your server is behind a firewall (as all web servers should be!), you need to protect two ports and the software associated with them. Did they limit the study to just those details? Or was this a stock install of these machines directly on the internet?
And fourth, there was no demonstration, this was simply an announcement by two guys who ran some numbers against an undisclosed exploit database. Which thing was it that ran 71 days or stretched everything that long? How many total exploits was it? If I had 2 exploits on redhat, one at one day and one at 141 days, but 10 exploits on windows varying from 1 day to how many days for the ASN exploit... which is more secure again?
Stock install, no patches, then yes, I would say the windows server is more 'secure' than the linux server, dispite vulnerabilities in each. But that's like saying that this screen door is more secure than this paper door.
I run a server for both games on wckg.net. The main server for tomenet is europe.tomenet.net. They are both fun. `8r)
I love your work. But will you be getting an editor anytime soon? Please?
Love,
Gonzo
Should the internet be regulated, and if so, in what way?
Excellent point! `8r) I know I upgraded mine before the last one I went to! heh
ah, okay, thanks, fixed. But I wouldn't always trust IMDB for exact quotes.
It would be easier to designate a computer by a year when it was top of the line. For instance, if I put 'PC1999 compatible' means that it would be compatible with a computer that's 5 years old. A brand new game requiring a P4 3.0 with a gig of ram might be a PC2004+ or something. Most people can figure out what year their computer came from, once it's in general use.
A good example of the different requirements for games is the Sims 2. You need more hardware if you have a non-T&L card, but less if you get a better card. So it's video card dependant.
I hate this direction he is considering. Because I think he's just pushing it so that eventually you'd have Xbox 3 using a rating system on their games. 'Xbox 3 level 5 required' and such. ugh.
And of course, no google cache yet. Good times.
Because I don't think the sequel can be stopped by any other three words.
yeah, my down is only half of yours (most likely) but my upload is actually 4x yours. So on slow torrents, I will usually go faster than you. Then again, I don't have a poorly designed network that does drops when I start exceeding my upstream! heh (I have a cable modem at home and damn do I hate it...)
However, I don't think corporate america will embrace it entirely until another major corporation uses it. I suspect that the revamp of Steam to use bittorrent like behavior might be a great example of a bad system being replaced with a good system. Though I'm sure a few people will be upset that their bandwidth is being used without their expressed permission. (The guy who made BitTorrent got hired by value to help them out.)
Either way, I think it's a bright future for us gamers. `8r) That is, assuming technology problems are treated as technology problems, rather than criminal problems. Just because someone can use a BetaMAX machine to copy a tape doesn't mean they will...
good deal, yeah that's where I tried to start it originally.. heh
Put this on a webpage: what a <a href="http://www.riaa.com/">bunch of pricks</a>
Actually, I'm talking about the source install, not the subscribing based system. And yes, I thought they were looking at replacing 10 journals, not just one. It's not the best system for small groups, but great for large groups due to the scalability... Thanks for more features, I was just getting burned out trying to find stuff I barely knew anything about... heh
Current Version: 1.1?
Home URL: http://livejournal.org/
Trial URL: http://www.livejournal.com/
License: GPL
Cost(US$): Free
Minimum Server Requestments: Perl 5.6.1, MySQL 3.23.57, Apache 1.3.28, mod_perl 1.28
Localization: Almost all, I think!
Multilingual: Yes
Data Storage: Database
Max Weblogs: Unlimited
Multiple Sites: Yes
Post Ordering: Descending, Ascending
categories: Yes (memories)
Subcatagories: No
Keywords: No
Default Post Fields: 5 (Subject, Mood, Music, Picture, Post body)
Max Post Fields: 5
Post Editor: Textarea, Plugin, custom editors availalbe
Draft Mode: Yes (Private)
Post API Support: LiveJournal API
Post Moderation: Yes (Screening)
Post Pings: unsure
Bookmarklets: unsure
RSS: Yes
Atom Output: unsure
Comments: Threaded
Comment Spam: multiple
Comment RSS: unsure
Template Storage: Unsure
and the rest i'm sure i'm unsure, but I have things to do, sorry. I'm sure someone can complete this list.
Just a little overstated... heh
What is in the box? Nothing! YOU SO STUPID!