I just had an extensive argument on IRC regarding this. Basically I posed this hypothetical situation: A terrorist is using email to plan to nuke Los Angeles. Suppose that a carnivore-like system were able to detect this and avert it. Given that the system is not abused, I repeat, given that its not abused (no fair saying "but it will be") would you give up email privacy in exchange for Los Angeles?
It's a bad *implementation* of a business model. It reminds me of the old joke "theres a whorehouse over a bakery, which one goes out of business? Answer: The bakery, cuz theres too much fsck'ing overhead"
Have you ever browsed through news stories over the past year and heard about dot-bomb.com laying off 50, 100, 200, 500 people and wondered to yourself "how in the world did they employ that many to begin with???" There are many examples of potential successes that were hampered by overspending and poor planning. I have no idea if/. is making any money, but I'll bet that if they hadn't been bought, that the minimal staff could have done quite well. Giving away software and selling service can work fine if you don't staff up before having customers.
I run http://www.freesql.org:27960 to give database newbies a place to play for free, I do it on a shoestring. Obviously if I hired staff I couln't survive.
I hate to say it but perhaps what the tech world needs is a few more MBA's
Suppose I wanted to run my own internet radio station. Suppose also, that I have a collection of music that I purchase legally on CD. If I play an R.E.M. song, I guess some amount of $$$ is supposed to go to the recording label. Does anyone know the approximate cost of playing a single song on the radio?
Can anyone detail how a "real" radio station operates?
I have *very* poor vision and I live in the light polluted southern New England. I have no problem picking out satellites. In fact, its a rare (cloudless) evening that I don't see one. Granted, they are dim and they move pretty fast. Sometimes it helps if you don't quite stare right at them, look away a few degrees.
Maybe you'll get lucky and see the NOSS satellites, there are 3 flying in formation. I've only seen them twice.
I don't think we are too far away from having actual *content* inserted in my page without my consent. I'm quite sure that XML and XLINK supports this. There are no browsers implemented with it of course, but this is certainly a slippery slope.
I know that "cheap" and "embedded" don't usually go together, but there's gotta be an alternative to a $300 uCLinux SIMM. I know that Dallas Semiconductor has a TINI board that is pretty cheap, but its dedicated for Java. So, does anyone know of any alternatives for small and cheap hardware that will run linux?
How do you handle large blocks of users that are forced (often against their will and better judgement) to use a particular operating system? For example, 360,000 Navy users are forced to use Windows 2000.
"oh this food is terrible! and the portions are too small!!".... sheesh....its free....as I've said to my users...double your money back if not completely satisfied.
I guess not all the silos leak. There is a company in my town (Data Vault) that provides offsite data storage using the old NIKE missile bunkers. These were just short range costal defense weapons, so the silos aren't as deep as an ICBM bunker:)
It's been a few years since I worked in this area (about 5) so advanced materials may have changed some. It is often a misconception that carbon fiber is stronger than fiberglass. It is (was) not. Glass fibers (S-glass) have a higher modulus of elasticity than carbon fiber (cheap E-glass is lower). Carbon fiber is primarily used for its stiffness, not its strength.
Ever heard of the Navy/Marine Corps Internet? Pretty soon every sailor and government employee "from the desktop to the warfighter" will be using MS exclusively (at least officially). Desktops are mandated to be Windows 2000 and end users cannot install any software or maintain their machine. This includes laptops and even classified networks and communications. It's a $6B contract to EDS and I think it will either be a dramatic failure or a dramatic flop. I'm not sure there can be a middle ground.
Yeah, there were some cheesy comments, and missing/incorrect detail for the anal, but IMHO the show and the characters had great potential. Cheers, WKRP in Cinnci, Barney Miller and most of the Treks were horrible until they had time to cook (stew? fester?) for a bit.
Hypothetical, perhaps a bit contrived, but you get the general idea
I think this is a very good example. I am 99.99% sure that I read that one of the developers of the mp3 codec at the Faurnhofer (sp?) institute tuned his compression coefficients by ear. He listened over and over to a Susan Vega song (Tom's Diner IIRC) trying to identify audible artifacts while monitoring the effective compression. Had the source material been in a different format, he would have certainly achieved different, possibly sub-optimal, results
There is another numerical analysis challenge thats been around for several years and has only had one winner of the $100 prize. Check out the Weak Signal Challenge. You need to recover a morse code signal embedded in noise. And you don't need to send any $$$ to enter, just download the WAV and start number crunching:)
I think I first read Flatland in High School, and I periodically reread it when the subject of 2d-3d-4d space analogies come up. I love it as much now as I did then. For the few remaining people who have never read the original or don't have their own copy, you can buy it at Amazon for ninety cents! Or you can download it from Project Gutenberg here.
As a reader and occasional contributer to MySQL and PostgreSQL related newsgroups and as the owner of FreeSQL.org I am constantly amazed at the influx of extremely new database users. This is a good thing. Vast numbers of posts are questions about the most fundamental SQL statements and the clear misunderstanding of key concepts like joins, and normalization. I think the OSS goal overall (not just regarding Oracle) should be to help reduce the barriers of entry to database users not just potential future DBA's.
Gaaah! The instrument has not been invented that can measure how much I disagree with that. The movie failed *miserably* in the final few moments, where the book championed and drove home the exact philosophical conclusion. (spoiler alert if you have not read the book)
The underlying theme of the whole book is Faith (with a capital F), particularly faith in religion. How do you prove the existence of God to a scientist? Ellie is unable to accept the existence of God since she is a scientist and there is no "proof" (remember the pendulum experiment where she challenges her friend to step a bit closer to the huge swinging pendulum to see if his God would protect him?). Then she returns from her voyage and is ironically unable to provide any proof of their existence and everyone will just have to accept her testimony on "faith". Ellie continued to search for "signals" and ultimately found "proof" in the immutable fabric of the universe...in the digits of pi she ultimately finds another signal to decode, but this is a signal from God, not from other beings.
The signal in Pi was left out of the movie completely and totally ruined it for me. YMMV of course.
If you do not have a business plan that details 1) Business Context 2) Business Profile 3) Market Analysis 4) Challenges and Responses 5) Marketing Plan 6) Finances 7) Execution plan 6) Loan amounts then I would say that you are completely doomed to failure and probably rightly so.
Did the contract you signed make any statements about security upgrades? I read over their FAQ and it does not lead me to believe that they would do that. To the contrary, it basically says "we're as secure as any other unix platform but a determined cracker can get in".
I've been a victim of contract assumptions in the past. Never ever ever expect a contractual partner to do something that will cost him money (in material or labor) unless its explicitly stated.
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"The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis" is a great game! Several years old, from Broderbund I believe.
Have you ever browsed through news stories over the past year and heard about dot-bomb.com laying off 50, 100, 200, 500 people and wondered to yourself "how in the world did they employ that many to begin with???" There are many examples of potential successes that were hampered by overspending and poor planning. I have no idea if /. is making any money, but I'll bet that if they hadn't been bought, that the minimal staff could have done quite well. Giving away software and selling service can work fine if you don't staff up before having customers.
I run http://www.freesql.org:27960 to give database newbies a place to play for free, I do it on a shoestring. Obviously if I hired staff I couln't survive.
I hate to say it but perhaps what the tech world needs is a few more MBA's
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Can anyone detail how a "real" radio station operates?
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Maybe you'll get lucky and see the NOSS satellites, there are 3 flying in formation. I've only seen them twice.
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I think this is a very good example. I am 99.99% sure that I read that one of the developers of the mp3 codec at the Faurnhofer (sp?) institute tuned his compression coefficients by ear. He listened over and over to a Susan Vega song (Tom's Diner IIRC) trying to identify audible artifacts while monitoring the effective compression. Had the source material been in a different format, he would have certainly achieved different, possibly sub-optimal, results
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The underlying theme of the whole book is Faith (with a capital F), particularly faith in religion. How do you prove the existence of God to a scientist? Ellie is unable to accept the existence of God since she is a scientist and there is no "proof" (remember the pendulum experiment where she challenges her friend to step a bit closer to the huge swinging pendulum to see if his God would protect him?). Then she returns from her voyage and is ironically unable to provide any proof of their existence and everyone will just have to accept her testimony on "faith". Ellie continued to search for "signals" and ultimately found "proof" in the immutable fabric of the universe...in the digits of pi she ultimately finds another signal to decode, but this is a signal from God, not from other beings.
The signal in Pi was left out of the movie completely and totally ruined it for me. YMMV of course.
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I use Heavens-above to get times for sightings in my area.
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If you do not have a business plan that details 1) Business Context 2) Business Profile 3) Market Analysis 4) Challenges and Responses 5) Marketing Plan 6) Finances 7) Execution plan 6) Loan amounts then I would say that you are completely doomed to failure and probably rightly so.
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So Will Nike pay Nintendo who pays ID for Ash to wear a "Swoosh"(tm) hat on a billboard ad for Pokemon Stadium II in Doom 3?
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Did the contract you signed make any statements about security upgrades? I read over their FAQ and it does not lead me to believe that they would do that. To the contrary, it basically says "we're as secure as any other unix platform but a determined cracker can get in".
I've been a victim of contract assumptions in the past. Never ever ever expect a contractual partner to do something that will cost him money (in material or labor) unless its explicitly stated.
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