> when will they address the problem of the > damage by radiation caused by cell phone > antennas, which are overwhelmingly placed in > poor communities?
Last time I checked, cell towers were placed anywhere people want cell phone service, ... ie: *everywhere*.
You might also want to take a look at Midgard. I just installed it a couple days ago as my first foray into application servers. It runs on top of apache and a patched version of php3. You can check it out at http://www.midgard-project.org
It currently only supports MySQL, but with the forthcoming 2.0 version all ODBC compliant databases will be supported.
As for whether or not the "big boys" would use it, I don't know, you could probably answer that better than me. My guess would be that while it only supports MySQL the answer would be no, but once the ODBC support is integrated the answer might change.
I haven't been able to see the pics yet because the server is apparently already/.ed, but it is very unlikely the areas were removed. It's common in wide-field astronomical photos for the final image to not be rectangular. This is because the final image is composed of several smaller images, not because something was removed.
>So? If you're playing Q3 in single player >mode, you probably aren't logged in anyway. >Most people don't sit logged into their dialup >24hrs a day.
Many of us don't use dialup. My system is always connected, and so are a lot of other people's systems.
>I'm just sick and tired of all the constant >paranoid whining on Slashdot over IPv6, cookies, >Pentium IDs, etc, all features which do more >good than harm to the web.
You don't seem to have an understanding of all these issues. Cookies are a non-issue. I don't hear anybody complaining about them, and they can be disabled anyway. People are not complaining about IPv6, but about some proposed additions which certainly would not do "more good than harm", and would sound the end of privacy on the web. I feel confident in saying that anybody who supports the Pentium ID does not understand the issue. There is more to the PIII ID issues than just privacy concerns. Although the PIII ID was ostensibly created for security reasons, it introduces security problems and doesn't solve any. I think it's unfortunate that the PIII ID issue has dropped out of sight, but perhaps when the EU investigation into it is complete it will be brought back into the spotlight.
>Did you know that whenever you connect to a web >site, most browsers will tell the server what >your IP address is, what OS you are using, and >sometimes your CPU and screen resolution? >Shocking!!!!
You miss the point. The IP address is obviously sent if you plan on getting the web page sent back to you. And all of this info sent is *documented*. It is not kept secret. Also, users are not so surprised to find that a web browser, whose whole reason for being is to connect to networks to exchange info, sends documented info back the other way. Quake, in single user mode, has nothing to do with connecting to networks.
Just a not to everyone out there... not all of us Canadians are as foolish as this guy.
I would suggest you think long and hard about the relative merits of the world we live in today vs. a world in which China outpaces the US as a world superpower. There is a reason Canada can have a huge undefended border with the US. Take a look at China's neighbours... an undefended border didn't turn out so well for Tibet. China routinely reiterates its threats to invade Taiwan.
What about proliferation of nuclear and missile technologies? The US has been a strong advocate of non-proliferation (recent CTBT rejection notwithstanding) in these areas. Compare this to China's record on proliferation: They have provided aid to the weapons of mass detruction and/or missile programs of Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Libya, South Africa, India, Argentina, Algeria, and North Korea.
I really sorry that you are bothered so much by "the US thinking they're all that and a bag of chips", so much so that you believe you can rationalize a second Cold War on that basis. The reason you can voice your opinion on this forum from the comfort of a free country is not the 70,000+ underequipped Candaian troops stationed here, it's the security guarrantees from our friends in the US, from our benevolent juggernaut neighbour. Get your head checked boy.
The print quality is very good. On the memory front, you will likely want to add some memory. I did find that 2MB wasn't enough for complex pages, and slowed the print speed. I upped the memory to 6MB total, and have had no troubles since. Also at 2MB full print speed wasn't achieved, but with 6MB the printer goes full out. Postscript errors are configurable, you can set them to print or not. I think it defaults to not printing. But all setting are stored in flash memory, so you don't have to refresh your configuration each time you power up the printer.
In the laser category, I would recommend the Lexmark Optra E310. It's the best priced PS laser printer I have found. I got one a few months ago, and the output is very nice. Postscript level 2 comes standard as well as PCL 6, 5e. 600dpi, 8ppm, 2MB standard, expandable to 66MB. USB and parallel, with ethernet add-on available I believe. Got mine for about $450CDN.
> I submit Einstein's attempt at an Unified Field > Theory as evidence
Not a very good example. Just because Einstein could not produce a workable UFT during his lifetime does not mean it was in any way a failure. Einstein was a pioneer in UFTs... his work pointed the direction for the next generation of theorists. His inability to produce a correct UFT has more to do with the idea being to far ahead of its time. The mathematical tools required were not mature enough at the time of his attempt.
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> when will they address the problem of the
... ie: *everywhere*.
> damage by radiation caused by cell phone
> antennas, which are overwhelmingly placed in
> poor communities?
Last time I checked, cell towers were placed anywhere people want cell phone service,
You might also want to take a look at Midgard. I just installed it a couple days ago as my first foray into application servers. It runs on top of apache and a patched version of php3. You can check it out at http://www.midgard-project.org
It currently only supports MySQL, but with the forthcoming 2.0 version all ODBC compliant databases will be supported.
As for whether or not the "big boys" would use it, I don't know, you could probably answer that better than me. My guess would be that while it only supports MySQL the answer would be no, but once the ODBC support is integrated the answer might change.
I haven't been able to see the pics yet because the server is apparently already /.ed, but it is very unlikely the areas were removed. It's common in wide-field astronomical photos for the final image to not be rectangular. This is because the final image is composed of several smaller images, not because something was removed.
>So? If you're playing Q3 in single player
>mode, you probably aren't logged in anyway.
>Most people don't sit logged into their dialup
>24hrs a day.
Many of us don't use dialup. My system is always connected, and so are a lot of other people's systems.
>I'm just sick and tired of all the constant
>paranoid whining on Slashdot over IPv6, cookies,
>Pentium IDs, etc, all features which do more
>good than harm to the web.
You don't seem to have an understanding of all these issues. Cookies are a non-issue. I don't hear anybody complaining about them, and they can be disabled anyway. People are not complaining about IPv6, but about some proposed additions which certainly would not do "more good than harm", and would sound the end of privacy on the web. I feel confident in saying that anybody who supports the Pentium ID does not understand the issue. There is more to the PIII ID issues than just privacy concerns. Although the PIII ID was ostensibly created for security reasons, it introduces security problems and doesn't solve any. I think it's unfortunate that the PIII ID issue has dropped out of sight, but perhaps when the EU investigation into it is complete it will be brought back into the spotlight.
>Did you know that whenever you connect to a web >site, most browsers will tell the server what >your IP address is, what OS you are using, and >sometimes your CPU and screen resolution? >Shocking!!!!
You miss the point. The IP address is obviously sent if you plan on getting the web page sent back to you. And all of this info sent is *documented*. It is not kept secret. Also, users are not so surprised to find that a web browser, whose whole reason for being is to connect to networks to exchange info, sends documented info back the other way. Quake, in single user mode, has nothing to do with connecting to networks.
Just a not to everyone out there... not all of us Canadians are as foolish as this guy.
I would suggest you think long and hard about the relative merits of the world we live in today vs. a world in which China outpaces the US as a world superpower. There is a reason Canada can have a huge undefended border with the US. Take a look at China's neighbours... an undefended border didn't turn out so well for Tibet. China routinely reiterates its threats to invade Taiwan.
What about proliferation of nuclear and missile technologies? The US has been a strong advocate of non-proliferation (recent CTBT rejection notwithstanding) in these areas. Compare this to China's record on proliferation: They have provided aid to the weapons of mass detruction and/or missile programs of Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Libya, South Africa, India, Argentina, Algeria, and North Korea.
I really sorry that you are bothered so much by "the US thinking they're all that and a bag of chips", so much so that you believe you can rationalize a second Cold War on that basis. The reason you can voice your opinion on this forum from the comfort of a free country is not the 70,000+ underequipped Candaian troops stationed here, it's the security guarrantees from our friends in the US, from our benevolent juggernaut neighbour. Get your head checked boy.
The print quality is very good. On the memory front, you will likely want to add some memory. I did find that 2MB wasn't enough for complex pages, and slowed the print speed. I upped the memory to 6MB total, and have had no troubles since. Also at 2MB full print speed wasn't achieved, but with 6MB the printer goes full out. Postscript errors are configurable, you can set them to print or not. I think it defaults to not printing. But all setting are stored in flash memory, so you don't have to refresh your configuration each time you power up the printer.
In the laser category, I would recommend the Lexmark Optra E310. It's the best priced PS laser printer I have found. I got one a few months ago, and the output is very nice. Postscript level 2 comes standard as well as PCL 6, 5e. 600dpi, 8ppm, 2MB standard, expandable to 66MB. USB and parallel, with ethernet add-on available I believe. Got mine for about $450CDN.
No, you've got it backwards... RMS is cooler than I thought :-)
> I submit Einstein's attempt at an Unified Field
> Theory as evidence
Not a very good example. Just because Einstein could not produce a workable UFT during his lifetime does not mean it was in any way a failure. Einstein was a pioneer in UFTs... his work pointed the direction for the next generation of theorists. His inability to produce a correct UFT has more to do with the idea being to far ahead of its time. The mathematical tools required were not mature enough at the time of his attempt.