Not that I necessarily aree with the grand parent post. I believe he was saying that getting out of hardware in general is a smart move. I believe the following statement:
Part of IBM is smart; they're getting out of the hardware business and morphing into a service provider, where they can make big $$$. The stupid part of IBM (the mini/mainframe side) is still trying to charge $200k for an AS/400 --- sorry, "iServer" --- that is comparable to a $5k HP Linux box.
means that part of ibm is smart (the part getting out of the laptop business). The stupid part he is referring to is the part that continues to sell their server hardware.
Not that I agree with him. I believe there are organizations who require the stability and robustness that IBM's servers provide. I also believe IBM's servers in part fuel their service side of the business.
I tend to think that these services shouldn't be paid for by the government. It's not that there isn't a need, It's just that I don't feel it is the governments place. People who are interested should start a wireless cooperative or some such. This way the people who are using this service are paying for it in terms of money and support.
Start putting up flyers, get people interested and setup a network of hotspots. If you get enough people interested then you can bargin with verizon for cheap prices and such.
So my guess is it won't be affected. There is nothing in the universe that spontaneously organizes and orders itself. Entropy and chaos are the default states.
This topic is addressed quite clearly by MC Steven Hawking:
Creationists always try to use the second law, to disprove evolution, but their theory has a flaw. The second law is quite precise about where it applies, only in a closed system must the entropy count rise. The earth's not a closed system' it's powered by the sun, so fuck the damn creationists, Doomsday get my gun!
Me, oh I'm the master of google. Honestly if I were in the field and the market, I'd probably send you my resume... then again. You aren't looking for phd's in chemical engineering around May are you? I'm more of a math person though.
FWIW, I actually remember reading the review King Rat and liking it.
Here you go, email him away. If you want to know what kind of people his company is looking for, you can check out what Im guessing is CrankyFool's resume. The resume also has a more spamable email address;).
While most government contracts do go to the lowest bidder, they are typically grouped together such that software is only a part of the bid (e.g. hardware, software, support, etc.), or the software might even be specified (150 computers with at least 512 mb of ram,...., running windows xp, with ms office and 2 years of support). I dont think they would take a bid for "100 license of an operating system" since the end use will probably dictate the operating system being used.
So most bids will include that fancy "total cost of ownership" thing microsoft touts. Still I think linux and other free and open alternatives will outshine their proprietary counterparts in many instances.
Not only does it not ablate, but the titanium will melt and scram the reactor long before the reactor itself experiences meltdown.
In other words, this is an extremely safe reactor design.:-)
Not to sound paranoid, but when the reactor overheats and falls off where does it go? What happens if the reactor falls off over a populated area? Say the reactor falls off on the way to mars. Unless there is a shift in the momentum of the ship or the reactor it'll just melt down beside the ship. Then imagine the case where the ship can separate itself from the reactor. Now how do they get back?
While this is probably an improvement, I'd hardly consider it safe. I'm not saying we should abandon the use of nuclear propulsion. I'm just not convinced it's necessarily safer than current methods of propulsion.
"Van Hollen did not oppose Sadam paying suicide bomber families $25,000 for murdering innocent citizens in Israel"
What is the context for this? Did someone say "hey Van Hollen, do you think it's ok that Sadam pays suicide bomber families?"
Just because someone votes against a bill, It doesn't mean they are against everything that bill supported. I could say "George Bush thinks it ok to torture people inlcuding boiling them alive." I can say this since Uzbekistan is part of our "Coalition of the Willing" and Bush touts them as allies. I could say this, but that would be dishonest. You could probably find similar arguments for most people in Washington and say they all "vote fore terrorists" --- This argument is ridiculous.
Let me get this straight. We both saw the same site
Van Hollen votes for:
His party (99%) Trial lawyers Himself Special Interests Tax Increases More Regulations Terrorists
And you think this is informing people of his past actions? How do you vote for terrorists? This page doesn't enumerate issues with this guy. Instead, it just makes unsubstantiated claims. I'm not saying the domain should be taken from it's owner. Any reasonable perspective voter looking at this tripe would feel insulted and assume Van Hollens' opponent is childish (you saw the chicken picture).
Trying to simplify issues down to "he voted against our troups" when they are much more complicated that that is downright dishonest.
The amount of data generated by indymedia is really quite impressive. That coupled with a quite limited budget is a major part of the problem. Some peole do mirror sites to their home computers. Of courseif there are off site backups, why would you come out and say "hey i've got a backup" only to have your computer confiscated.
But I'm sure that the people who run Indymedia do know the reasons behind the seizure.
I work with the pittsburgh indymedia center and to the best of my knowlege the court papaers were served to the _ISP_ and not to indymedia directly. Of course, you did read the article.
Talk Abstract: Cost savings is something every business looks to do. Incorporating VoIP using the open source PBX software Asterisk allows someone to easily purchase telephone termination service from a low cost provider anywhere in the world rather than being forced into using your local telephone service provider such as Verizon or AT&T. Asterisk, is very flexible, allowing individuals or large corporations a complete solution in running their own home voicemail or corporate PBX system.
If so, feel free to take issue with any part of it here. We can then debate the issues and come to some sort of a resolution. Simply saying: "They have a {liberal|conservative} bias, you cannot trust anything you read." is the easy way to evade addressing any issue and doesn't lead to a very informed public.
to head up the follow up comment about why they would need anodized coatings on the tubes if they were just for rockets:
The inspectors solved another mystery. The tubes intercepted in Jordan had been anodized, given a protective coating. The Iraqis had a simple explanation: they wanted the new tubes protected from the elements. Sure enough, the inspectors found that many thousands of the older tubes, which had no special coating, were corroded because they had been stored outside.
The inspectors found no trace of a clandestine centrifuge program. On Jan. 10, 2003, The Times reported that the international agency was challenging "the key piece of evidence" behind "the primary rationale for going to war." The article, on Page A10, also reported that officials at the Energy Department and State Department had suggested the tubes might be for rockets.
Why order tubes with such tight tolerances? An Iraqi engineer said they wanted to improve the rocket's accuracy without making major design changes. Design documents and procurement records confirmed his account
Well since I'm a citizen of the United States, I'm only able to hold my own government accountable directly. When our vice president says "There is no doubt that Iraq has reconsitituted it's nuclear weapons program", he has made a very strong statement.
It is our governments job to guide the country. When they are guiding the country into an unpopular direction, they need to justify this. I think it is irresponsable to make statements like the one above when there is in fact much doubt.
Lied is a bit strong, but I believe misled is an understatement. It's only right to hold our leadership accountable.
If Google is blocking results that are behind the Great Firewall, how is this affecting the end-user? They can't see the site anyway.
By listing the blocked results, Chinese people will have a better idea of how oppressive their government is.
Is a porn link listing worth getting someone put in a gulag?
I don't seriously think people here concerned with google filtering results are concerned with porn listings not getting through. While porn may be a subset of the items blocked, I think people here are more concerned with websites being blocked which, for example, take exception to the Chinese governments horrible human rights record.
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Not that I necessarily aree with the grand parent post. I believe he was saying that getting out of hardware in general is a smart move. I believe the following statement:
Part of IBM is smart; they're getting out of the hardware business and morphing into a service provider, where they can make big $$$. The stupid part of IBM (the mini/mainframe side) is still trying to charge $200k for an AS/400 --- sorry, "iServer" --- that is comparable to a $5k HP Linux box.
means that part of ibm is smart (the part getting out of the laptop business). The stupid part he is referring to is the part that continues to sell their server hardware.
Not that I agree with him. I believe there are organizations who require the stability and robustness that IBM's servers provide. I also believe IBM's servers in part fuel their service side of the business.
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And if you click on the '8 more' there are some adult links. Hey it's something for everyone
There is no browsable hierarchy of "groups"
They have dumbed this down a bit, but if you are looking for a specific group it's not hard to find what you're looking for.
Search for 'latex', and there are links to the right to TeX specific news groups.
no real message threading
Click the "view as tree" link above the postings. This gives you the same type of two pain threading the old interface had.
I will miss the search by date stuff though.
I tend to think that these services shouldn't be paid for by the government. It's not that there isn't a need, It's just that I don't feel it is the governments place. People who are interested should start a wireless cooperative or some such. This way the people who are using this service are paying for it in terms of money and support.
Start putting up flyers, get people interested and setup a network of hotspots. If you get enough people interested then you can bargin with verizon for cheap prices and such.
I think he was joking. The whole BSD is dead thing.
This topic is addressed quite clearly by MC Steven Hawking:
Me, oh I'm the master of google. Honestly if I were in the field and the market, I'd probably send you my resume... then again. You aren't looking for phd's in chemical engineering around May are you? I'm more of a math person though.
FWIW, I actually remember reading the review King Rat and liking it.
Here you go, email him away. If you want to know what kind of people his company is looking for, you can check out what Im guessing is CrankyFool's resume. The resume also has a more spamable email address ;).
While most government contracts do go to the lowest bidder, they are typically grouped together such that software is only a part of the bid (e.g. hardware, software, support, etc.), or the software might even be specified (150 computers with at least 512 mb of ram,...., running windows xp, with ms office and 2 years of support). I dont think they would take a bid for "100 license of an operating system" since the end use will probably dictate the operating system being used.
So most bids will include that fancy "total cost of ownership" thing microsoft touts. Still I think linux and other free and open alternatives will outshine their proprietary counterparts in many instances.
Not only does it not ablate, but the titanium will melt and scram the reactor long before the reactor itself experiences meltdown.
:-)
In other words, this is an extremely safe reactor design.
Not to sound paranoid, but when the reactor overheats and falls off where does it go? What happens if the reactor falls off over a populated area? Say the reactor falls off on the way to mars. Unless there is a shift in the momentum of the ship or the reactor it'll just melt down beside the ship. Then imagine the case where the ship can separate itself from the reactor. Now how do they get back?
While this is probably an improvement, I'd hardly consider it safe. I'm not saying we should abandon the use of nuclear propulsion. I'm just not convinced it's necessarily safer than current methods of propulsion.
I believe the quote: "Try not. Do or do not, there is no try." should be attributed to Yoda and not Dr. Spok
"Van Hollen did not oppose Sadam paying suicide bomber families $25,000 for murdering innocent citizens in Israel"
What is the context for this? Did someone say "hey Van Hollen, do you think it's ok that Sadam pays suicide bomber families?"
Just because someone votes against a bill, It doesn't mean they are against everything that bill supported. I could say "George Bush thinks it ok to torture people inlcuding boiling them alive." I can say this since Uzbekistan is part of our "Coalition of the Willing" and Bush touts them as allies. I could say this, but that would be dishonest. You could probably find similar arguments for most people in Washington and say they all "vote fore terrorists" --- This argument is ridiculous.
Let me get this straight. We both saw the same site
Van Hollen votes for:
His party (99%)
Trial lawyers
Himself
Special Interests
Tax Increases
More Regulations
Terrorists
And you think this is informing people of his past actions? How do you vote for terrorists? This page doesn't enumerate issues with this guy. Instead, it just makes unsubstantiated claims. I'm not saying the domain should be taken from it's owner. Any reasonable perspective voter looking at this tripe would feel insulted and assume Van Hollens' opponent is childish (you saw the chicken picture).
Trying to simplify issues down to "he voted against our troups" when they are much more complicated that that is downright dishonest.
I have their panniers and saddle bag on my bike. I've traded in my jansport back pack for one of their midsized packs. If I had a laptop I'd probably get this pannier.
The amount of data generated by indymedia is really quite impressive. That coupled with a quite limited budget is a major part of the problem. Some peole do mirror sites to their home computers. Of courseif there are off site backups, why would you come out and say "hey i've got a backup" only to have your computer confiscated.
But I'm sure that the people who run Indymedia do know the reasons behind the seizure.
I work with the pittsburgh indymedia center and to the best of my knowlege the court papaers were served to the _ISP_ and not to indymedia directly. Of course, you did read the article.
Come to the wplug's general user meeting:
GUM TOPIC: "VoIP with Asterisk"
Talk Abstract: Cost savings is something every business looks to do. Incorporating VoIP using the open source PBX software Asterisk allows someone to easily purchase telephone termination service from a low cost provider anywhere in the world rather than being forced into using your local telephone service provider such as Verizon or AT&T. Asterisk, is very flexible, allowing individuals or large corporations a complete solution in running their own home voicemail or corporate PBX system.
If so, feel free to take issue with any part of it here. We can then debate the issues and come to some sort of a resolution. Simply saying: "They have a {liberal|conservative} bias, you cannot trust anything you read." is the easy way to evade addressing any issue and doesn't lead to a very informed public.
If you told your wife, "there is no doubt the car is fine" then yes you did lie because there was in fact a doubt.
to head up the follow up comment about why they would need anodized coatings on the tubes if they were just for rockets:
The inspectors solved another mystery. The tubes
intercepted in Jordan had been anodized, given a protective coating. The Iraqis had a simple explanation: they wanted the new tubes protected from the elements. Sure
enough, the inspectors found that many thousands of the older tubes, which had
no special coating, were corroded because they had been stored outside.
The inspectors found no trace of a clandestine centrifuge program. On Jan. 10,
2003, The Times reported that the international agency was challenging "the
key piece of evidence" behind "the primary rationale for going to war." The
article, on Page A10, also reported that officials at the Energy Department
and State Department had suggested the tubes might be for rockets.
I know it's kind of long but:
Why order tubes with such tight tolerances? An Iraqi engineer said they wanted
to improve the rocket's accuracy without making major design changes. Design
documents and procurement records confirmed his account
Why would he need rockets? Oh, that's right, he was a dictator that killed lots of people.
Exactly, just like our ally over in Pakistan.
Well since I'm a citizen of the United States, I'm only able to hold my own government accountable directly. When our vice president says "There is no doubt that Iraq has reconsitituted it's nuclear weapons program", he has made a very strong statement.
It is our governments job to guide the country. When they are guiding the country into an unpopular direction, they need to justify this. I think it is irresponsable to make statements like the one above when there is in fact much doubt.
Lied is a bit strong, but I believe misled is an understatement. It's only right to hold our leadership accountable.
The sad thing is that I wasn't trying to be funny.
If Google is blocking results that are behind the Great Firewall, how is this affecting the end-user? They can't see the site anyway.
By listing the blocked results, Chinese people will have a better idea of how oppressive their government is.
Is a porn link listing worth getting someone put in a gulag?
I don't seriously think people here concerned with google filtering results are concerned with porn listings not getting through. While porn may be a subset of the items blocked, I think people here are more concerned with websites being blocked which, for example, take exception to the Chinese governments horrible human rights record.
Now when a Chinese citizen searches for
Chinese government human rights abuses
and they get a page with a response of:
Of the 184,000 search results only 4 are deemed viewable by your government. Click here for a list of webpages you are not allowed to view.
They will be more informed that if they got:
your search yielded 4 results.