I didn't see anything mentioning that Google was going to use these ads on their search results page. Obviously they could, but you have to remember that most of the revenue generated by Google comes from ads served up on the pages of others. If a webmaster has the decency to use text ads instead of flash ads, it's still an option. This just allows Google to break into a market where they had no product to offer previously. Though it should be mentioned that some webmasters will want to switch to flash ads offered by Google now that they are available. End result, Google can keep their uncluttered search results, Webmasters that want flash ads can have them like they always could (but now get them with the benefit of Google's system) and the ones that want text ads can keep the status quo.
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Did it produce "reactions" at a higher rate than those expected for a pure placebo? If so, were the testing methods determined to be sound upon peer review and was it reproduced by others?
Unless you answered yes on all counts, passing it off as a valid treatment *is* fraud
While the issues you mentioned with iTunes are valid, the iPod does not tie you to iTunes the iTunes store at all. You are free to load your own non-DRM tracks in MP3, AAC and wave. You only need the free itunes software to interface with it. The reverse it true however, the DRM'd iTunes tracks will only load on an iPod or play in the software.
Just remember that all wireless access points are not created equally. The Linksys routers that can run DD-WRT and similar are typically locked under 100mW with their stock firmware and can be boosted to 270mW or so once that's gone.
If you're running DSL I'd recommend a 2Wire gateway (1800HG, 1701HG) from eBay, since you can boost the output to 400mW and it has a 3 antenna configuration (pre-mimo) to minimize throughput losses from switching antenna states.
The topography of DSL and Cable really aren't as dissimilar as you make them out to be. Most DSL is being handled through remote terminals, which are essentially a telco rack in a freestanding cabinet with a battery back-up (preferrably non-explosive) and Fiber back to the Telco's network. The fiber may handle voice and data or just voice, but either way, the data link through the fiber is Multiplexed to all the DSL subscribers fed by that cabinet. Provided the total of the link speeds offered to the subscribers is less than the fiber link, you get "guaranteed" bandwidth on your DSL. However there is nothing besides the phone company's own goodwill that prevents them from overselling the total bandwidth from that cabinet. Hell, most DSL providers won't even guarantee the rate your line will sync at and that's only the rate from your modem to the DSLAM. It says nothing of the speed behind it. I know from personal experience that you can sync a customer to a DSLAM at 8mbit/sec when there's only 3mbit behind it.
SATA150 won't change the speed of a file transfer from a hard drive that can only read 40MB/sec at the platter.
With cable, most areas are fed by a residential gateway that's connected back to their network through Fiber. In places that offer digital cable, the video signal is pulled off for transmission and video on demand stuff and the pure data portion is multiplexed to all the cable modems that are served by that gateway. Now I'm not sure how many homes are served by one gateway, but I've been told that they are setup to handle several thousand customers. Just like with DSL they can oversell the available bandwidth, and if they did it would behave exactly the same way.
So in reality, neither offers "guaranteed" bandwidth. One may offer a guaranteed line rate, but that means nothing without the bandwidth to back it up. It just depends on the providers when it comes to deciding which is better. I'm glad Cox has there act together here in Phoenix (my 12Mbit connection pulls over 13 from good servers any time of day)
Pick up a used 2Wire DSL gateway on EBay (or the salvation army), preferably a 1800HG model, and connect that up to your line. Should run you under $20. The usable loop length for those is several thousand feet more than most standard issue DSL modems. Call their tech support and have them get you to the group that actually controls which profile is configured on the DSLAM for your loop and have them try the available profiles to see what rates you can actually sync with. It may not get you to the 3-5MB they're selling at, but I'd bet you get 50-100% higher rate than most of the other modems they'd try to give you.
Also bear in mind that even providers like Cox Communications, who offer packages up to 20MBit in areas where competition from Fiber exists, also have a cheapskate sub 1Mbit offering as well. After seeing what the charge for it though(I'm in Phoenix as well), I decided to stick with the 12MBit I already had going; which actually runs more around 13Mbit.
Several comments are stating that Moore's Law is about transistor density not processor speed. This is correct but I feel I should add something very important.
"The number of transistors on an integrated circuit for minimum component cost doubles every 24 months"
Weather you keep the original 2 years or drop to 18 months, we're specifically referencing low cost components, which would map directly to the hardware they're trying to put in a $100 laptop.
So in short, no, a cheap laptop just helps to confirm Moore's Law, not derail it.
If we actually buckled down and started the project, we could do it for about 3Bn a year for about a decade, using current tech. As far away as mars is, it's actually much easier to have a sustainable hands off mission when that little bit of atmosphere is present, as compared to the moon or ISS. While we could have 200 of the "Better, faster, cheaper" probes sent to mars for the same amount, having 4 or 5 people there that can actually cover more than 100 meters of ground in a day or seek out interesting geological features without waiting for someone else to suggest it, can translate into a lot more useful science being done. Beyond that, if the Mars Direct approach is used, we won't have to stop working if there's a dust storm blocking 99% of the sunlight.
You do make good points, but there are some things that are cheaper and easier to do using fragile expensive humans.
Quick summary: Doctors and scientists are finding that the cells of the heart and brain are still alive after clinical death, but they go into a dormant state. Jolting them back with oxygen and adrenaline after 4-5 minutes seems to kill the otherwise still living cells. A trial run on 34 cardiac patients indicates a significant increase in CPR success when done in a very gradual and controlled manner after that 4-5 minute mark (about 80% success opposed to around 15% for traditional CPR techniques)
Wal-Mart has been selling 12-packs of 16oz cans of cane sugar Dr. Pepper. It's listed as being canned in Texas but not in Dublin. Apparently it's a limited release, mentioned in the Wikipedia entry for Dr. Pepper
While I wholly agree that there is always an equal reaction opposite to teh bullet being fired, there are a few things that can be done to drastically reduce the instantaneous force that has to be sustained by someone firing a weapon, that don't really have a counterpart on the body armor side of the equation. Aside from "shock absorbing" the main assemblies of the gun so the force is spread out over time (which is accomplished by allowing the armor to compress or shift inward while catching the bullet), there's also recoiless guns and ammo that actually use the gasses of the round exhausting out the back to counter the force pushing against the bullet. It's similar to a rocket being fired from a launcher, but differs in that the structure of the barrel is still being used to compress against by the gasses when fired.
Though most are much too ungainly to use against a person wearing body armor;)
I find it hilarious that Ballmer suggests that there's no advantage to selling subsidized hardware (which it may be, but likely not by Apple) when that was SOP for the original XBox
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simply (in XP and Vista alike) set the Windows Update client to only auto-download updates, not install them
I thought the same thing until I found out that Microsoft has a class of critical updates that sidestep that setting. There's a way to disable it in the system policies but I can't recall how off hand.
After killing explorer and the wuauclt processes I ran things from task manager for about 3 days, until I was ready to reboot.
Since then I've disabled automatic updating and just do it via autopatcher and by hand.
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Or if you're like me, after you tell it later and the dialog pops up again in 5 minutes, Kill the explorer and wuauclt processes. wuauclt.exe will try to relaunch but without explorer running it fails.
I launched executables from the applications tab of task manager for about 3 days before I finally decided I was willing to reboot *on my terms*
Prism Based 802.11b adapters (sold under Lucent, Orinoco, Conexant, 2wire, Dell, ZCom and several other names) support WPA with a proper driver. I'm not sure if it's the full AES WPA or if it's just TKIP. TKIP may be subject to a similar attack as mentioned by a previous poster. It is my understanding that unless the adapter was built with a fair amount of extra capability, WPA AES is not an option.
I had a '90 Geo Metro 4 door hatchback that allowed you to lock the ignition and remove the key with the motor still running, provided you held the hazard light flasher button down halfway.
For the life of me I couldn't figure out how that worked.
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It sounds like it's a related concept to this older concept but much less risky and invasive.
Fixed that for ya.
These Guys mentioned in a Previous Slashdot article were able to install XP on hardware that was much slower than that.
I'm not saying it would be at a usable speed, but you *can* run it to check.
I didn't see anything mentioning that Google was going to use these ads on their search results page. Obviously they could, but you have to remember that most of the revenue generated by Google comes from ads served up on the pages of others. If a webmaster has the decency to use text ads instead of flash ads, it's still an option. This just allows Google to break into a market where they had no product to offer previously. Though it should be mentioned that some webmasters will want to switch to flash ads offered by Google now that they are available. End result, Google can keep their uncluttered search results, Webmasters that want flash ads can have them like they always could (but now get them with the benefit of Google's system) and the ones that want text ads can keep the status quo.
Did it produce "reactions" at a higher rate than those expected for a pure placebo?
If so, were the testing methods determined to be sound upon peer review and was it reproduced by others?
Unless you answered yes on all counts, passing it off as a valid treatment *is* fraud
While the issues you mentioned with iTunes are valid, the iPod does not tie you to iTunes the iTunes store at all. You are free to load your own non-DRM tracks in MP3, AAC and wave. You only need the free itunes software to interface with it. The reverse it true however, the DRM'd iTunes tracks will only load on an iPod or play in the software.
Just remember that all wireless access points are not created equally. The Linksys routers that can run DD-WRT and similar are typically locked under 100mW with their stock firmware and can be boosted to 270mW or so once that's gone.
If you're running DSL I'd recommend a 2Wire gateway (1800HG, 1701HG) from eBay, since you can boost the output to 400mW and it has a 3 antenna configuration (pre-mimo) to minimize throughput losses from switching antenna states.
The topography of DSL and Cable really aren't as dissimilar as you make them out to be. Most DSL is being handled through remote terminals, which are essentially a telco rack in a freestanding cabinet with a battery back-up (preferrably non-explosive) and Fiber back to the Telco's network. The fiber may handle voice and data or just voice, but either way, the data link through the fiber is Multiplexed to all the DSL subscribers fed by that cabinet. Provided the total of the link speeds offered to the subscribers is less than the fiber link, you get "guaranteed" bandwidth on your DSL. However there is nothing besides the phone company's own goodwill that prevents them from overselling the total bandwidth from that cabinet. Hell, most DSL providers won't even guarantee the rate your line will sync at and that's only the rate from your modem to the DSLAM. It says nothing of the speed behind it. I know from personal experience that you can sync a customer to a DSLAM at 8mbit/sec when there's only 3mbit behind it.
SATA150 won't change the speed of a file transfer from a hard drive that can only read 40MB/sec at the platter.
With cable, most areas are fed by a residential gateway that's connected back to their network through Fiber. In places that offer digital cable, the video signal is pulled off for transmission and video on demand stuff and the pure data portion is multiplexed to all the cable modems that are served by that gateway. Now I'm not sure how many homes are served by one gateway, but I've been told that they are setup to handle several thousand customers. Just like with DSL they can oversell the available bandwidth, and if they did it would behave exactly the same way.
So in reality, neither offers "guaranteed" bandwidth. One may offer a guaranteed line rate, but that means nothing without the bandwidth to back it up. It just depends on the providers when it comes to deciding which is better. I'm glad Cox has there act together here in Phoenix (my 12Mbit connection pulls over 13 from good servers any time of day)
It was done in Italy more than 2 years ago to gauge the number of actual users against survey data.
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/28659.ph
Pick up a used 2Wire DSL gateway on EBay (or the salvation army), preferably a 1800HG model, and connect that up to your line. Should run you under $20. The usable loop length for those is several thousand feet more than most standard issue DSL modems. Call their tech support and have them get you to the group that actually controls which profile is configured on the DSLAM for your loop and have them try the available profiles to see what rates you can actually sync with. It may not get you to the 3-5MB they're selling at, but I'd bet you get 50-100% higher rate than most of the other modems they'd try to give you.
Also bear in mind that even providers like Cox Communications, who offer packages up to 20MBit in areas where competition from Fiber exists, also have a cheapskate sub 1Mbit offering as well. After seeing what the charge for it though(I'm in Phoenix as well), I decided to stick with the 12MBit I already had going; which actually runs more around 13Mbit.
Several comments are stating that Moore's Law is about transistor density not processor speed. This is correct but I feel I should add something very important.
"The number of transistors on an integrated circuit for minimum component cost doubles every 24 months"
Weather you keep the original 2 years or drop to 18 months, we're specifically referencing low cost components, which would map directly to the hardware they're trying to put in a $100 laptop.
So in short, no, a cheap laptop just helps to confirm Moore's Law, not derail it.
If we actually buckled down and started the project, we could do it for about 3Bn a year for about a decade, using current tech. As far away as mars is, it's actually much easier to have a sustainable hands off mission when that little bit of atmosphere is present, as compared to the moon or ISS. While we could have 200 of the "Better, faster, cheaper" probes sent to mars for the same amount, having 4 or 5 people there that can actually cover more than 100 meters of ground in a day or seek out interesting geological features without waiting for someone else to suggest it, can translate into a lot more useful science being done. Beyond that, if the Mars Direct approach is used, we won't have to stop working if there's a dust storm blocking 99% of the sunlight.
You do make good points, but there are some things that are cheaper and easier to do using fragile expensive humans.
They should probably have a related reading link for the story posted in May regarding the discovered consequences of oxygen reperfusion in the human body.
Quick summary: Doctors and scientists are finding that the cells of the heart and brain are still alive after clinical death, but they go into a dormant state. Jolting them back with oxygen and adrenaline after 4-5 minutes seems to kill the otherwise still living cells. A trial run on 34 cardiac patients indicates a significant increase in CPR success when done in a very gradual and controlled manner after that 4-5 minute mark (about 80% success opposed to around 15% for traditional CPR techniques)
Wal-Mart has been selling 12-packs of 16oz cans of cane sugar Dr. Pepper. It's listed as being canned in Texas but not in Dublin. Apparently it's a limited release, mentioned in the Wikipedia entry for Dr. Pepper
While I wholly agree that there is always an equal reaction opposite to teh bullet being fired, there are a few things that can be done to drastically reduce the instantaneous force that has to be sustained by someone firing a weapon, that don't really have a counterpart on the body armor side of the equation. Aside from "shock absorbing" the main assemblies of the gun so the force is spread out over time (which is accomplished by allowing the armor to compress or shift inward while catching the bullet), there's also recoiless guns and ammo that actually use the gasses of the round exhausting out the back to counter the force pushing against the bullet. It's similar to a rocket being fired from a launcher, but differs in that the structure of the barrel is still being used to compress against by the gasses when fired.
;)
Though most are much too ungainly to use against a person wearing body armor
...the defendant replied, "This is madness!"
The Judge then responded, "Madness? This! Is! SPARTA!" and then kicked the defendant down a well.
I find it hilarious that Ballmer suggests that there's no advantage to selling subsidized hardware (which it may be, but likely not by Apple) when that was SOP for the original XBox
If it's simply registering the presence of people in a given area, wouldn't "detect" be a much better word than "track"?
If course that makes it sound like decades old tech and not worth the time to write up *wink*
It's not much of a secret anymore
After killing explorer and the wuauclt processes I ran things from task manager for about 3 days, until I was ready to reboot.
Since then I've disabled automatic updating and just do it via autopatcher and by hand.
Or if you're like me, after you tell it later and the dialog pops up again in 5 minutes, Kill the explorer and wuauclt processes. wuauclt.exe will try to relaunch but without explorer running it fails.
I launched executables from the applications tab of task manager for about 3 days before I finally decided I was willing to reboot *on my terms*
Prism Based 802.11b adapters (sold under Lucent, Orinoco, Conexant, 2wire, Dell, ZCom and several other names) support WPA with a proper driver. I'm not sure if it's the full AES WPA or if it's just TKIP. TKIP may be subject to a similar attack as mentioned by a previous poster. It is my understanding that unless the adapter was built with a fair amount of extra capability, WPA AES is not an option.
I had a '90 Geo Metro 4 door hatchback that allowed you to lock the ignition and remove the key with the motor still running, provided you held the hazard light flasher button down halfway.
For the life of me I couldn't figure out how that worked.
They voted for the diebold machine, but they cast that vote *on* a diebold machine.
It's easy to see how things got mixed up from there...