>the Americans annoying incapability of telling our countries apart
I can tell you an even better story. I got my US recreational pilots license (rpl) based on my Dutch (that means I'm from The Netherlands aka Holland) license. So I got a temporary license, and the permanent one would be sent to me. When I finally got it, it said: "...only valid with Denmark license #xxxxxxx....". I guess Dutch and Denmark start with the same letter:-)
the future won't hold motherboards because they are too clumsy. Think about it, all it does is connect _usefull_ things (videocard, memory, etc), but in itself it has no value. Designs and silicon, able to connect wirelessly or maybe with a few connectors is going to do the job.
I chose electrical engineering but in a way that was close to computer engineering. I think that knowing what the software runs on makes it easier to adapt to new techniques. Knowing what makes a computer tick (no, not the clock alone) is important (power, operations, parallelism, etc).
When you want to license IP (intellectual property: e.g. a chip design) then often you are not allowed to change it. You are not allowed to make special instructions. That is because IP-makers don't want anyone to be a supplier of cores that they themselves cannot supply. This offers nice possibilities for designhouses to make their own 'special'-only-to-be-obtained-here chip.
Besides that, there often exists steep entry fees to get the technology in the first place. I heard of an example where they 'started off' with about $ 1 million. Barely any support with that. That took another few millions.
FWIW, making a system-on-chip requires numerous parts. Maybe several processors, memory interfaces, bus interfaces, internal buses, specific units, USB/firewire/serial/I20/JTAG and many more. If parts of that are available, then you can start to design without making a big investment. If it works, you can license the rest of the necessary parts, if it doesn't then you drop it.
That the chip isn't tested is a big problem though. That needs to be done beforehand. Trying to solve/debug a design once it is integrated in a SOC then you have problems that take much longer. Believe me, I've done it.
For the people who don't know how System On Chips are being made.
You start of with Intellectual Property (ie, the design, documentation etc) of parts of a system. That means buses, CPU's (ie ARM, MIPS...), memory controllers, peripheral IO. You mungle it together, and voila. Because you have to pay for the IP, the chip costs more. ARM Co., Ltd is waging war against copycats of their instruction sets. An open standard would help, in other words.
Btw, licensing costs of blocks of IP for large numbers are about $1 each (order of).
Now you can actually build a simulator yourself (fi you really don't have a life). Seems fun though, to train your reflexes in the same way that the astronauts did.
This is funny, although I think a lot of people fail to realise the cynical nature of it:-). <rant>for the clueless, use google.com to search for BOFH or bastard operator from hell</rant>
IF (2 million prisoners) AND (600 of 100.000 people are prisoners) THEN (there are 333 million people in the US)
I know that there are 2 million prisoners in the US, but that means that 0.74% of all people are in jail!!! Btw, I TOTALLY agree with the above article. Especially with the Subject: "Prisons are the test"
Yes, it is quite common in reports to put the summary at the top as well... If that biases U, then you are not a tech,.. I read the full article and he knows his stuff.
I think it is a great tech story, and I don't think we should fall for the argument that slashdot has a public function: it doesn't. It has one function: provide a community for techies. News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters
The first paragraph sounds as I felt, although I don't think sports has anything to do with it. I'm pretty good at sports. The difference between me and my peers is about "liking to do things" (me) and "chit-chatting" (others) which I dislike. Also, because I'm smart enough to see through all the BS people are saying to themselves and others.
It is funny that if people actually get to know me through work, study or anything that they start valueing me much higher. That's because I'm a nice guy. And being nice is not what counts in the world (it's about power too, but I don't care about that... my fault).
>I hated them back
I did that too, but I regretted it later on. It broke off contact to nice people who couldn't control themselves at that age (+- 16).
So who is at fault? NO ONE!!! It's the same as asking why a monkey can't get along with an elephant... Because.
I can say a lot more, but I won't @now.
ps I don't think shrinks will help though, because they are good at analysing. That does not solve anything. Besides that, your analysis seems thorough. You also are doing your best to change, within reason. (my background: seen psychologists, done a year and a halve of psychology)
Unfortunately, in my country we don't use CC, paypal (US only, remember) or so. If I want to donate money, it goes through a bank. That costs muchos euro's. As far as I know there is no easy way to donate money across my border (Netherlands).
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>the Americans annoying incapability of telling our countries apart
....". I guess Dutch and Denmark start with the same letter :-)
I can tell you an even better story. I got my US recreational pilots license (rpl) based on my Dutch (that means I'm from The Netherlands aka Holland) license. So I got a temporary license, and the permanent one would be sent to me. When I finally got it, it said: "...only valid with Denmark license #xxxxxxx
the future won't hold motherboards because they are too clumsy. Think about it, all it does is connect _usefull_ things (videocard, memory, etc), but in itself it has no value. Designs and silicon, able to connect wirelessly or maybe with a few connectors is going to do the job.
I chose electrical engineering but in a way that was close to computer engineering. I think that knowing what the software runs on makes it easier to adapt to new techniques. Knowing what makes a computer tick (no, not the clock alone) is important (power, operations, parallelism, etc).
for that alone, RIP
Sorry, but you can't do this. I already patented this program. You will receive the appropriate letters from my lawyers soon...
When you want to license IP (intellectual property: e.g. a chip design) then often you are not allowed to change it. You are not allowed to make special instructions. That is because IP-makers don't want anyone to be a supplier of cores that they themselves cannot supply. This offers nice possibilities for designhouses to make their own 'special'-only-to-be-obtained-here chip.
Besides that, there often exists steep entry fees to get the technology in the first place. I heard of an example where they 'started off' with about $ 1 million. Barely any support with that. That took another few millions.
FWIW, making a system-on-chip requires numerous parts. Maybe several processors, memory interfaces, bus interfaces, internal buses, specific units, USB/firewire/serial/I20/JTAG and many more. If parts of that are available, then you can start to design without making a big investment. If it works, you can license the rest of the necessary parts, if it doesn't then you drop it.
That the chip isn't tested is a big problem though. That needs to be done beforehand. Trying to solve/debug a design once it is integrated in a SOC then you have problems that take much longer. Believe me, I've done it.
uhmm, please don't. I'm not 100% convinced of your singing abilities. Stick to writing on slashdot/other.
Why doesn't slashdot link in there... ??
For the people who don't know how System On Chips are being made.
You start of with Intellectual Property (ie, the design, documentation etc) of parts of a system. That means buses, CPU's (ie ARM, MIPS...), memory controllers, peripheral IO. You mungle it together, and voila. Because you have to pay for the IP, the chip costs more. ARM Co., Ltd is waging war against copycats of their instruction sets. An open standard would help, in other words.
Btw, licensing costs of blocks of IP for large numbers are about $1 each (order of).
Now you can actually build a simulator yourself (fi you really don't have a life). Seems fun though, to train your reflexes in the same way that the astronauts did.
fwiw: the page is owned by Walt Disney :-)
just thought it was funny that the greatest storytellers on the earth are making it up
SDMI is not going to take off. The partners are struggling among themselves. People left, .... Look at eetimes.com for more info.
This is funny, although I think a lot of people fail to realise the cynical nature of it :-). <rant>for the clueless, use google.com to search for BOFH or bastard operator from hell</rant>
I guess iNTel is the only one who hires smart kids... Not.
IF (2 million prisoners) AND (600 of 100.000 people are prisoners) THEN (there are 333 million people in the US)
I know that there are 2 million prisoners in the US, but that means that 0.74% of all people are in jail!!! Btw, I TOTALLY agree with the above article. Especially with the Subject: "Prisons are the test"
Yes, it is quite common in reports to put the summary at the top as well... If that biases U, then you are not a tech, .. I read the full article and he knows his stuff.
I think it is a great tech story, and I don't think we should fall for the argument that slashdot has a public function: it doesn't. It has one function: provide a community for techies. News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters
You are not getting it. They are talking about themselves, the five year old kiddies... Not about the website. They are nearly six though :-)
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The first paragraph sounds as I felt, although I don't think sports has anything to do with it. I'm pretty good at sports. The difference between me and my peers is about "liking to do things" (me) and "chit-chatting" (others) which I dislike. Also, because I'm smart enough to see through all the BS people are saying to themselves and others.
It is funny that if people actually get to know me through work, study or anything that they start valueing me much higher. That's because I'm a nice guy. And being nice is not what counts in the world (it's about power too, but I don't care about that... my fault).
>I hated them back
I did that too, but I regretted it later on. It broke off contact to nice people who couldn't control themselves at that age (+- 16).
So who is at fault? NO ONE!!! It's the same as asking why a monkey can't get along with an elephant... Because.
I can say a lot more, but I won't @now.
ps I don't think shrinks will help though, because they are good at analysing. That does not solve anything. Besides that, your analysis seems thorough. You also are doing your best to change, within reason. (my background: seen psychologists, done a year and a halve of psychology)
And I'm not gonna tell why. Let them make the disks first etc etc, and then we'll break it.
Finally, if the honeypot is equal in security to the real server
You could try out a new service that isn't put on the server yet. You could think of it as a testbench.
Funny thing is, that uSoft also warned against literally copying their own text. It wasn't permitted. I don't think liability is it...
I guess there is a difference between you and Theo :-)
Unfortunately, in my country we don't use CC, paypal (US only, remember) or so. If I want to donate money, it goes through a bank. That costs muchos euro's. As far as I know there is no easy way to donate money across my border (Netherlands).
to be Dutch at the moment.