That's one thing that has always worried me. I don't feel too comfortable flying in a plane that might go down if someone makes a wireless phone call or turns on their laptop. Do the avionics/flight controls share certain radio frequencies with some phones, or do they use similar frequencies? Seems far-fetched to me. Maybe someone can find supporting data.
Journalist? That's a stretch. He went down there and added one other unnecessary person, and for what? A cynical and abrasive commentary. No, not a story, nothing newsworthy, just one man's comments. What a waste. Indeed, what business did he have there? The only people that belong there are 1) rescue workers, 2) people looking for their loved ones, and 3) REAL journalists. JonKatz didn't mention that a loved one of his was missing, and he apparently doesn't fit into the other categories, so in my book he was simply in the way.
Show me a Presidential speech that doesn't involve teleprompters or the like. IMO the speeches given since the attacks have been rushed, even informal in a sense. Bush is just as shocked as everyone else, and I'm sure it would be difficult for anyone to speak perfectly under the circumstances. Anyway, it's what he had to say that counts, not how perfectly he said it.
Reminds me of watching "Beyond 2000" in the late 80's when they had visions of supersonic flight being common by the mid-to-late 90's. It's been nothing but food for thought ever since the Concorde went into service.
Technology marches on, and to me it seems inevitable that supersonic transport will eventually become available to businesses and individuals. According to the article this technology will be available in 5-10 years' time. Isn't that what people were already thinking 10 years ago? And have we seen it yet? I'll be interested in a story on this technology when it is more than vaporware. After all, it's really easy to idly say that just about _any_ technology is about 5-10 years away from ubiquity.
Yeah, most people would have a very difficult time, since the company is not named "Engenra." The company is actually "Egenera," but if you can't even spell it, and management probably can't spell it, then maybe I see your point.
(Score:2,Funny)? OK, the last sentence was humorous, but this guy's sentiments really echo most people's experiences with cable. It's usually only the dissatisfied customers that speak out (why would satisfied customers give away free endorsements) so the image remains that cable is bad. BTW, @Home service varies greatly from city to city, since service in each city is not much unlike a local ISP, even though the @Home franchise is nationwide. Things like bandwidth caps and port filtering are handled locally, and some localities are handled much more professionally than others. Actually, I think this may be the Achilles heel of @Home. It seems, admin-wise, that there is a lack of central authority, and poorly managed markets may become weak links in the @Home chain unless things are more centralized. As for DSL? Hah! My phone lines are so poor I can only connect by modem at 26,400, and this situation is not as rare as it may seem. AFAIK, DSL is really finicky about line quality, and a lot of folks do NOT have perfect phone lines, so in my case cable is the only broadband choice.
The email says AMD is stopping production, but I wonder if they are altogether scrapping the production lines, or if someone else (maybe in a 3rd-world country) could purchase the lines and resume production. Wasn't production of the Mini passed around similarly? I guess more details will be fleshed out later.
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Heh, sounds like a good use for the 20" sync-on-green workstation monitor I bought for $20.
The headline implies that the whole Code Red experience is over. I know everybody wants it to be over, but it doesn't seem to be over from where I'm sitting, looking at the sheer volume of logged packets hitting my firewall. So Microsoft has released a solution to the Code Red II worm. That's great, but now try to get most of the infected users to use it. I haven't seen any slowdown in probes from infected machines yet, so I'll believe it when I see it.
I saw a television show on (I think) The Learning Channel at least a year ago, and the show was demonstrating a similar effect. They had a very powerful magnet, and they were able to "levitate" a number of various objects, LIVING and non-living. IIRC, they levitated a tarantula in the magnetic field. I hate to say it, but maybe our understanding of very strong magnetic fields is a little lacking. Remember the Philadelphia experiment?
With all the talk of doom and gloom leading up to 12:00 UTC 8/1/01 and the lack of internet meltdown, I think the media is disappointed. They didn't get to say "I told you so" so now they are downplaying the whole thing. This second wave of Code Red activity is indeed worse than the first wave. I've been getting hit by 4-5 unique hosts _per_hour_ with Code Red scans. This is way more than the first wave, just like the objective (i.e. facts and figures) reports are saying. All these probes are not squelching my bandwidth or otherwise affecting me, but it goes to show how ubiquitous these things can get. Just imagine if each of the machine that has probed me was instead set to ping flood my box. Not a pretty thought.
Both drives are NOT available at all times. The switch has 3 modes: 1.) Drive "1" set to master (jumper circuit closed,) drive "2" no jumper; 2.) Both drives open jumpers (i.e. no drives;) 3.) Drive "2" set to master, drive "1" no jumper. Last time I checked, and according to the article, a drive with no jumper just sits there. This is what Tom was saying in the FA when he mentioned that old drives may cause strange behavior if they are not jumpered. Sheesh!
Honestly I don't expect any sort of QOS when I'm paying $40/month for a fairly consistent 2Mbps pipe. If I were paying $60-80/month for DSL (that's what it costs in my area) then I would expect QOS. And it's not in the legalese where they disclose this about cable service, either. Watch @Home's commercials; they clearly mention "Speeds may vary."
I think this is one of the best applications for wireless (at this point in time.) Someone in the neighborhood gets a cable or DSL line, and everybody else surfs for free (or chips in.) As long as you tunnel over SSH and you trust your neighbors, and don't tell the ISP, what could be better? If I didn't live in an old-folks neighborhood, I'd be doing this right now.
Unfortunately, the size of the article would at least double or triple if all of the methodology, test parameters, etc. were disclosed. Tests of this nature have more variables and conditions than even computer hardware or software benchmarks do. That's why Stereophile and Audio (not to mention The Absolute Sound) don't exactly fly off the shelves the way something like People Magazine does. Most people's eyes would glaze over after the first paragraph, with mention of encoding variables alone, as well as what CD transport, DAC, preamp, amplifiers, cables, and speakers were used, plus speaker placement, room variables, testing methodology, you name it. At that point, you're looking at more of a white paper than a news article.
There is very little substance to this story, and it raises more questions than it answers. For one thing, if the resonance of the canoe is 6Hz, how is the input to be supplied to acheive this resonance? You'd have to move your hands pretty fast to hit 6Hz (and as Beavis & Butthead said "If I could move my hands that fast I'd never leave home.") Secondly, even if they do produce a resonance, big deal, the sides of the canoe vibrate. How is this supposed to propel the canoe FORWARD? Finally, this material has no place in space. The idea of using resonance as a means of propulsion may have slight merit, but there are far more flexible, durable, and lighter materials to consider; the cement composite is only used in this canoe because it is a requirement for this competition.
Go to http://www.comprenew.com They have really cheap hardware there, and they are a reputable company. I just bought a 486/66 desktop from them: 40MB RAM, 540MB HD, S3 Trio64, ISA NIC, plus KB & mouse - for $10. Of course I went there and picked it up, but you get the picture. I'm thinking of buying a laptop from them as well - they have a good selection of outdated boxes.
I have to take a skeptical view towards some claims of extinction. Think about it: there are certainly quite a few places where humans have never before set foot (even discounting most of Antarctica.) It seems extremely bold and presumptuous to declare that a certain species no longer exists anywhere on the planet. We are constantly discovering NEW species, both in remote places and common places, so why so quick to dismiss any species? Can someone enlighten me on the process that precedes the declaration of a species as extinct? Is an exhaustive search performed first?
The author was referring to (as you asserted) development COSTS; in other words, how much it might cost to pay programmers to duplicate all of the components of RH 7.1. However, it seems as if the author is speaking in terms of the kernel PLUS all of the userland components (including X,) so the gigabuck figure (and corresponding man-years) is really misleading. Plus, the study assumes one company/group doing all the development, which further separates the study from reality. Don't get me wrong, it was an interesting read, but I think the overall conclusion is a fallacy.
I would like to know how they are connected to the outside world, period. They make absolutely no mention of how their little neighborhood network reaches the internet. If all they're doing is connecting their neighborhood with GigE, well big deal; that's all very nice, but the tough part is connecting to the internet (both cost-wise and complexity-wise.)
Not only is Napster a totally arbitrary benchmark, but you have to realize that the connection listed in Napster is set by the user on the other end. As we all know, many people that do have cable or dsl often list their connection as 56k or less to avoid being targets for other hungry downloaders. For all those guys knew, the person at the other end might have been on dialup or ISDN. If they are that trusting of others in simply establishing benchmarks, I'd hate to see their administration skills.
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That's one thing that has always worried me. I don't feel too comfortable flying in a plane that might go down if someone makes a wireless phone call or turns on their laptop. Do the avionics/flight controls share certain radio frequencies with some phones, or do they use similar frequencies? Seems far-fetched to me. Maybe someone can find supporting data.
Journalist? That's a stretch. He went down there and added one other unnecessary person, and for what? A cynical and abrasive commentary. No, not a story, nothing newsworthy, just one man's comments. What a waste. Indeed, what business did he have there? The only people that belong there are 1) rescue workers, 2) people looking for their loved ones, and 3) REAL journalists. JonKatz didn't mention that a loved one of his was missing, and he apparently doesn't fit into the other categories, so in my book he was simply in the way.
Show me a Presidential speech that doesn't involve teleprompters or the like. IMO the speeches given since the attacks have been rushed, even informal in a sense. Bush is just as shocked as everyone else, and I'm sure it would be difficult for anyone to speak perfectly under the circumstances. Anyway, it's what he had to say that counts, not how perfectly he said it.
Reminds me of watching "Beyond 2000" in the late 80's when they had visions of supersonic flight being common by the mid-to-late 90's. It's been nothing but food for thought ever since the Concorde went into service.
Technology marches on, and to me it seems inevitable that supersonic transport will eventually become available to businesses and individuals. According to the article this technology will be available in 5-10 years' time. Isn't that what people were already thinking 10 years ago? And have we seen it yet? I'll be interested in a story on this technology when it is more than vaporware. After all, it's really easy to idly say that just about _any_ technology is about 5-10 years away from ubiquity.
Yeah, most people would have a very difficult time, since the company is not named "Engenra." The company is actually "Egenera," but if you can't even spell it, and management probably can't spell it, then maybe I see your point.
Uhh... pulse jets put the buzz in buzz bombs. I don't think anyone is interested in hearing those awful noises in the sky again.
(Score:2,Funny)? OK, the last sentence was humorous, but this guy's sentiments really echo most people's experiences with cable. It's usually only the dissatisfied customers that speak out (why would satisfied customers give away free endorsements) so the image remains that cable is bad. BTW, @Home service varies greatly from city to city, since service in each city is not much unlike a local ISP, even though the @Home franchise is nationwide. Things like bandwidth caps and port filtering are handled locally, and some localities are handled much more professionally than others. Actually, I think this may be the Achilles heel of @Home. It seems, admin-wise, that there is a lack of central authority, and poorly managed markets may become weak links in the @Home chain unless things are more centralized. As for DSL? Hah! My phone lines are so poor I can only connect by modem at 26,400, and this situation is not as rare as it may seem. AFAIK, DSL is really finicky about line quality, and a lot of folks do NOT have perfect phone lines, so in my case cable is the only broadband choice.
The email says AMD is stopping production, but I wonder if they are altogether scrapping the production lines, or if someone else (maybe in a 3rd-world country) could purchase the lines and resume production. Wasn't production of the Mini passed around similarly? I guess more details will be fleshed out later.
Heh, sounds like a good use for the 20" sync-on-green workstation monitor I bought for $20.
The headline implies that the whole Code Red experience is over. I know everybody wants it to be over, but it doesn't seem to be over from where I'm sitting, looking at the sheer volume of logged packets hitting my firewall. So Microsoft has released a solution to the Code Red II worm. That's great, but now try to get most of the infected users to use it. I haven't seen any slowdown in probes from infected machines yet, so I'll believe it when I see it.
I saw a television show on (I think) The Learning Channel at least a year ago, and the show was demonstrating a similar effect. They had a very powerful magnet, and they were able to "levitate" a number of various objects, LIVING and non-living. IIRC, they levitated a tarantula in the magnetic field. I hate to say it, but maybe our understanding of very strong magnetic fields is a little lacking. Remember the Philadelphia experiment?
With all the talk of doom and gloom leading up to 12:00 UTC 8/1/01 and the lack of internet meltdown, I think the media is disappointed. They didn't get to say "I told you so" so now they are downplaying the whole thing. This second wave of Code Red activity is indeed worse than the first wave. I've been getting hit by 4-5 unique hosts _per_hour_ with Code Red scans. This is way more than the first wave, just like the objective (i.e. facts and figures) reports are saying. All these probes are not squelching my bandwidth or otherwise affecting me, but it goes to show how ubiquitous these things can get. Just imagine if each of the machine that has probed me was instead set to ping flood my box. Not a pretty thought.
... for the love of Pete what kind of friends do you have? You must know a _lot_ of people that fell for the old 'open the attachment' trick.
Both drives are NOT available at all times. The switch has 3 modes: 1.) Drive "1" set to master (jumper circuit closed,) drive "2" no jumper; 2.) Both drives open jumpers (i.e. no drives;) 3.) Drive "2" set to master, drive "1" no jumper. Last time I checked, and according to the article, a drive with no jumper just sits there. This is what Tom was saying in the FA when he mentioned that old drives may cause strange behavior if they are not jumpered. Sheesh!
Honestly I don't expect any sort of QOS when I'm paying $40/month for a fairly consistent 2Mbps pipe. If I were paying $60-80/month for DSL (that's what it costs in my area) then I would expect QOS. And it's not in the legalese where they disclose this about cable service, either. Watch @Home's commercials; they clearly mention "Speeds may vary."
I think this is one of the best applications for wireless (at this point in time.) Someone in the neighborhood gets a cable or DSL line, and everybody else surfs for free (or chips in.) As long as you tunnel over SSH and you trust your neighbors, and don't tell the ISP, what could be better? If I didn't live in an old-folks neighborhood, I'd be doing this right now.
Unfortunately, the size of the article would at least double or triple if all of the methodology, test parameters, etc. were disclosed. Tests of this nature have more variables and conditions than even computer hardware or software benchmarks do. That's why Stereophile and Audio (not to mention The Absolute Sound) don't exactly fly off the shelves the way something like People Magazine does. Most people's eyes would glaze over after the first paragraph, with mention of encoding variables alone, as well as what CD transport, DAC, preamp, amplifiers, cables, and speakers were used, plus speaker placement, room variables, testing methodology, you name it. At that point, you're looking at more of a white paper than a news article.
Funny you should mention Stereophile - Lewis Lipnick is (was?) a writer for Stereophile. I'm quite surprised the article didn't mention this tidbit.
There is very little substance to this story, and it raises more questions than it answers. For one thing, if the resonance of the canoe is 6Hz, how is the input to be supplied to acheive this resonance? You'd have to move your hands pretty fast to hit 6Hz (and as Beavis & Butthead said "If I could move my hands that fast I'd never leave home.") Secondly, even if they do produce a resonance, big deal, the sides of the canoe vibrate. How is this supposed to propel the canoe FORWARD? Finally, this material has no place in space. The idea of using resonance as a means of propulsion may have slight merit, but there are far more flexible, durable, and lighter materials to consider; the cement composite is only used in this canoe because it is a requirement for this competition.
Go to http://www.comprenew.com They have really cheap hardware there, and they are a reputable company. I just bought a 486/66 desktop from them: 40MB RAM, 540MB HD, S3 Trio64, ISA NIC, plus KB & mouse - for $10. Of course I went there and picked it up, but you get the picture. I'm thinking of buying a laptop from them as well - they have a good selection of outdated boxes.
I have to take a skeptical view towards some claims of extinction. Think about it: there are certainly quite a few places where humans have never before set foot (even discounting most of Antarctica.) It seems extremely bold and presumptuous to declare that a certain species no longer exists anywhere on the planet. We are constantly discovering NEW species, both in remote places and common places, so why so quick to dismiss any species? Can someone enlighten me on the process that precedes the declaration of a species as extinct? Is an exhaustive search performed first?
The author was referring to (as you asserted) development COSTS; in other words, how much it might cost to pay programmers to duplicate all of the components of RH 7.1. However, it seems as if the author is speaking in terms of the kernel PLUS all of the userland components (including X,) so the gigabuck figure (and corresponding man-years) is really misleading. Plus, the study assumes one company/group doing all the development, which further separates the study from reality. Don't get me wrong, it was an interesting read, but I think the overall conclusion is a fallacy.
I would like to know how they are connected to the outside world, period. They make absolutely no mention of how their little neighborhood network reaches the internet. If all they're doing is connecting their neighborhood with GigE, well big deal; that's all very nice, but the tough part is connecting to the internet (both cost-wise and complexity-wise.)
Not only is Napster a totally arbitrary benchmark, but you have to realize that the connection listed in Napster is set by the user on the other end. As we all know, many people that do have cable or dsl often list their connection as 56k or less to avoid being targets for other hungry downloaders. For all those guys knew, the person at the other end might have been on dialup or ISDN. If they are that trusting of others in simply establishing benchmarks, I'd hate to see their administration skills.