This seemingly harmless substance is a leading theory behind the
Kursk submarine explosion.
Often used to power torpedeos, Great Brittan concluded in 1955 that it was too dangerous for use on subs after the Sidon (a UK sub) exploded from a hydrogen peroxide leak.
Security holes? In a Microsoft product?
Inconceivable!
"You keep-a using that-a word. I don't-a think-a it means-a what you think-a it means."
What a Great Movie. Thanks for the momentary flashback.
I wonder if it is a coincidence? The poster of this article.
There is a Dave Cutler at Microsoft who used to be the lead designer of NT who used to be the lead designer of VMS. There is an interesting Urban Legend about that too.
I think one method is to compare multi-media piracy with something else that already has considerable public debate. As much as I dislike the other topic, I fits because it put the focus where it belongs. That other topic is gun violence.
The pro-gun lobby has for years cited two issues: "Guns don't kill people, criminals kill people" and "there are legitmate uses for guns."
These same arguments, substituting computers for guns, media for people and pirate for kill becomes: "Computers don't pirate media, criminals pirate media" and "there are legitimate uses for computers."
I've personally been anti-gun for years, but I can't help but conceed that their arguments are solid. The put the focus of the discusion on the action and away from the tools.
As we consider file swaping legislation, we need to remember that the public debate need to remain on the action and away from the tool.
There is. However, the Alpha chip actually has a 32bit compatibility mode and Little Endian mode both of which affects its performance.
When running 64bit Linux, I have a 275Mhz Alpha that can out cruch (SSL calculations) a 500Mhz Athlon.
Compaq released Linux versions their C/C++ compiler suite for the Alpha chip a few years ago. A few adopted it for their internal applications. If I recall correctly, I think one of the digital visual effects firms compiled their renderer using it and got a 5% to 10% improvement.
However, GCC is universal. It runs everthing, targets anything and costs nothing. Nothing in terms of both Beer and Speech.
I highly recommend a book by Robert Cross. ISBN 0-7679-0033-2. He used to work for Delta Airlines and developed some of the industries priceing practices.
The airlines tries to segregate customers into different categories by their ability and willingness to pay. They want to make sure that the business traveler who "must fly now" pays more than the vacation traveler. They regulate the inventory to sell enough cheap seats to ensure the inventory doesn't spoil (airline lingo for a flight with empty seats), yet keep enough for travelers with the need to fly and the ability to pay more. The dream is to make sure that every passenger on board a full flight paid as much as their situation supports.
I think, also, that CFO types like to think they get something for their money. Our IT heads would always get the full enclosed rack for servers so they could point to "something big." If the back of the rack was ever opened, you'd find something the size of a tower PC.
Under cold rational thought, does it make sense. No. But it sure make getting six digit purchase orders through.
They whole issue of size is as much a question of psychology as geometry. (Must stay away from Freud jokes)
I completely agree. I don't think it is in anyone's best interests to hide the fact that beneath all the GUI's and other metaphors there is still a computer. A computer has parts: hard drives, RAM, modems, network cards, scanners, printers, sound cards. Hiding this only allows people to think they can get away with knowing less.
In another application, the automotive sector, think unintuitive the Engine Starter is. Why I remember a golf cart that automatically started it's gasoline engine when I pressed the gas pedel. Most people understand that gasoline engines need to be "started" and I think they are better for it.
I know a local educator who I hold in very high regard. He is also a director of local theatre and occational on-screen movie critic. A rather senior fellow, he tends have very high standards for excellence. I was sitting in "Green Room" (where actors wait for the show to start) shooting the breeze. For years I dismissed the Simpsons as "pop trash." You could have picked me up off the floor when I heard him declare that the Simpsons was one of the finest works on television.
How is this different than SourceForge?
Don't get me wrong, I think the more the 800 pound Big Blue gorillia throws its weight the right way is a good thing, but it seems to me to be duplicating effort of SourceForge.
I see a lot of people going on about the Fast Forward section. The suit is about the fact that ReplayTV has an Ethernet jack and some kind of File Server in it.
The actually claim to support "Video sharing with friends and family owning ReplayTV 4000 units."
This is what has everybody freaking out.
I work for a large, US regional carrier. Our flight scheduling system is a 24x7 mission critical system. We have a zero downtime service level agreement with our flight operations department for their critical system. All of them use a brand name version of UNIX.
Sure the planed schedule is done weeks in advance, but that's only half the story. A pilot will fly six flights a day. If that pilot get fogged in Boston and can't do the 11:00am Boston to Cincinnati flight just before he was supposed to do your 1:30pm Cincinnati to Toronto flight, a last minute replacement must be found or your flight gets fouled up. Flight crews a typically scheduled close to the contractual and legal limits. The flight scheduling systems must ensure that during the day, a crew member doesn't exceed those limits due to delays or re-routes.
They could use a black Trans Am, add a cheesy light effect in the front and get actor William Daniels to do the voice.
Detroit should have no problems finding plenty of Insecure Men willing to drive it!
Diesel locomotives use a generator motor combination because you could never create a clutch to handle the low RPM torque required to get one going. DC electric motors excel at low RPM torque.
Cheers
IBM Lexington mega facility had that for years. Basically it's a big motor generator set. It also makes for one hell of a surge protector. The motor laughs at anything less than a direct lightning strike. For blackouts, The flywheel keeps going long enough to crank up the Diesel.
Cheers
I work for an airline. A big one. It doesn't have any Airbus aircraft in its fleet. Airbus has a philosophy that the airplane is smarter than the pilot.
There's a very famous incident at an airshow where the pilot got a little too close to the ground going a little too slow. Sure getting into trouble was the pilots problem, but the aircraft wouldn't let him get out of trouble.
Now and again, you can catch footage of the crash on Discovery Channel or similar programs.
I've often felt, more for intuition that fact, that DNA is a very large computer program and the protiens that crawl those ladders is the CPU.
I would also venture to say that the CPU isn't like the CPU in our computers which are imutable, but change as the cells specialize. The "Stem Cells" are virgin cells which haven't specialized yet, thus the same DNA strands would produce different results in different cells after they specialize.
We know that DNA is very vulerable to coruption from all kinds of bad things like radiation, carcinigans, lab research on rats. I think the best comparison might be memory leaks, inadquate bounds checking, or pointer errors in our world.
The cell self-destruction might be safe guard against bigger problems. Kind of like a like rebooting your system every so often.
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This seemingly harmless substance is a leading theory behind the Kursk submarine explosion. Often used to power torpedeos, Great Brittan concluded in 1955 that it was too dangerous for use on subs after the Sidon (a UK sub) exploded from a hydrogen peroxide leak.
Security holes? In a Microsoft product?
Inconceivable!
"You keep-a using that-a word. I don't-a think-a it means-a what you think-a it means."
What a Great Movie. Thanks for the momentary flashback.
I wonder if it is a coincidence? The poster of this article. There is a Dave Cutler at Microsoft who used to be the lead designer of NT who used to be the lead designer of VMS. There is an interesting Urban Legend about that too.
The pro-gun lobby has for years cited two issues: "Guns don't kill people, criminals kill people" and "there are legitmate uses for guns."
These same arguments, substituting computers for guns, media for people and pirate for kill becomes: "Computers don't pirate media, criminals pirate media" and "there are legitimate uses for computers."
I've personally been anti-gun for years, but I can't help but conceed that their arguments are solid. The put the focus of the discusion on the action and away from the tools.
As we consider file swaping legislation, we need to remember that the public debate need to remain on the action and away from the tool.
Anyone else find it ironic that I visit the site and and a popup ad appears?
There is. However, the Alpha chip actually has a 32bit compatibility mode and Little Endian mode both of which affects its performance.
When running 64bit Linux, I have a 275Mhz Alpha that can out cruch (SSL calculations) a 500Mhz Athlon.
Soon to be a #11 at a fast food restaurant neat you!
Compaq released Linux versions their C/C++ compiler suite for the Alpha chip a few years ago. A few adopted it for their internal applications. If I recall correctly, I think one of the digital visual effects firms compiled their renderer using it and got a 5% to 10% improvement.
However, GCC is universal. It runs everthing, targets anything and costs nothing. Nothing in terms of both Beer and Speech.
I highly recommend a book by Robert Cross. ISBN 0-7679-0033-2. He used to work for Delta Airlines and developed some of the industries priceing practices.
The airlines tries to segregate customers into different categories by their ability and willingness to pay. They want to make sure that the business traveler who "must fly now" pays more than the vacation traveler. They regulate the inventory to sell enough cheap seats to ensure the inventory doesn't spoil (airline lingo for a flight with empty seats), yet keep enough for travelers with the need to fly and the ability to pay more. The dream is to make sure that every passenger on board a full flight paid as much as their situation supports.
I think, also, that CFO types like to think they get something for their money. Our IT heads would always get the full enclosed rack for servers so they could point to "something big." If the back of the rack was ever opened, you'd find something the size of a tower PC.
Under cold rational thought, does it make sense. No. But it sure make getting six digit purchase orders through.
They whole issue of size is as much a question of psychology as geometry. (Must stay away from Freud jokes)
The future just isn't what it used to be.
I completely agree. I don't think it is in anyone's best interests to hide the fact that beneath all the GUI's and other metaphors there is still a computer. A computer has parts: hard drives, RAM, modems, network cards, scanners, printers, sound cards. Hiding this only allows people to think they can get away with knowing less.
In another application, the automotive sector, think unintuitive the Engine Starter is. Why I remember a golf cart that automatically started it's gasoline engine when I pressed the gas pedel. Most people understand that gasoline engines need to be "started" and I think they are better for it.
I know a local educator who I hold in very high regard. He is also a director of local theatre and occational on-screen movie critic. A rather senior fellow, he tends have very high standards for excellence. I was sitting in "Green Room" (where actors wait for the show to start) shooting the breeze. For years I dismissed the Simpsons as "pop trash." You could have picked me up off the floor when I heard him declare that the Simpsons was one of the finest works on television.
Hmm. More trafic going to Seatle than comming from Seatle. I knew it -- Seatle does suck.
How is this different than SourceForge?
Don't get me wrong, I think the more the 800 pound Big Blue gorillia throws its weight the right way is a good thing, but it seems to me to be duplicating effort of SourceForge.
I see a lot of people going on about the Fast Forward section. The suit is about the fact that ReplayTV has an Ethernet jack and some kind of File Server in it.
The actually claim to support "Video sharing with friends and family owning ReplayTV 4000 units."
This is what has everybody freaking out.
Supported == Known to Work
Not Supported != Does not Work
I work for a large, US regional carrier. Our flight scheduling system is a 24x7 mission critical system. We have a zero downtime service level agreement with our flight operations department for their critical system. All of them use a brand name version of UNIX.
Sure the planed schedule is done weeks in advance, but that's only half the story. A pilot will fly six flights a day. If that pilot get fogged in Boston and can't do the 11:00am Boston to Cincinnati flight just before he was supposed to do your 1:30pm Cincinnati to Toronto flight, a last minute replacement must be found or your flight gets fouled up. Flight crews a typically scheduled close to the contractual and legal limits. The flight scheduling systems must ensure that during the day, a crew member doesn't exceed those limits due to delays or re-routes.
They could use a black Trans Am, add a cheesy light effect in the front and get actor William Daniels to do the voice.
Detroit should have no problems finding plenty of Insecure Men willing to drive it!
I think I've figured it out! Welcome to Whitehouse.gov login: jennabush password: budlight Login accepted yada, yada ...
Diesel locomotives use a generator motor combination because you could never create a clutch to handle the low RPM torque required to get one going. DC electric motors excel at low RPM torque.
Cheers
IBM Lexington mega facility had that for years. Basically it's a big motor generator set. It also makes for one hell of a surge protector. The motor laughs at anything less than a direct lightning strike. For blackouts, The flywheel keeps going long enough to crank up the Diesel.
Cheers
I suddenly feel like I'm ridding an ICBM nuke!
I work for an airline. A big one. It doesn't have any Airbus aircraft in its fleet. Airbus has a philosophy that the airplane is smarter than the pilot.
There's a very famous incident at an airshow where the pilot got a little too close to the ground going a little too slow. Sure getting into trouble was the pilots problem, but the aircraft wouldn't let him get out of trouble.
Now and again, you can catch footage of the crash on Discovery Channel or similar programs.
I would also venture to say that the CPU isn't like the CPU in our computers which are imutable, but change as the cells specialize. The "Stem Cells" are virgin cells which haven't specialized yet, thus the same DNA strands would produce different results in different cells after they specialize.
We know that DNA is very vulerable to coruption from all kinds of bad things like radiation, carcinigans, lab research on rats. I think the best comparison might be memory leaks, inadquate bounds checking, or pointer errors in our world.
The cell self-destruction might be safe guard against bigger problems. Kind of like a like rebooting your system every so often.
Cheers