What more needs to be coded beyond a product code (hint: UPC)?
I'll bet you have to make the "pixels" larger than ordinary barcodes, due to the use of color and the unusual shape. If you assume that each "pixel" is worth one bit, then you only need two (4 values) or three (8 values) black pixels to hold the same number of values as one color "pixel". If the color pixels have to be twice as big in both dimensions, then they will require more space than ordinary black ones.
Then you have to worry about fading. Color dyes fade much faster than black ones, so don't leave your posters out in the sun for very long.
Just using the UPC number, you could tie it to a web site easily: something like http://upcdatabase.com/ which could then re-direct as needed.
Don't forget about dihydrogen monoxide! It's been found in over 50% of all cancers examined! Inhaling excessive amounts has been known to cause death! This substance should be banned world wide!
have triggered widespread issues like garage doors opening and closing by themselves and TV signals being jammed.
That's it! All the missing bees are getting squashed in grage doors when the military open and close them to hide the black helicopters! Or they are getting lost when they have to rush out to find another TV when the military jams their soaps. They really need to know if Jerome is the father of Pamela's baby, or was it the mysterious Doctor Ferral...
Well, you know that they blaim methane from cows for quite a bit of global warming. Think of the quantity of methane a single god-sized horse would generate, let alone a whole chariot team worth of them!
In the EV I'm converting (1998 Saturn SW2 wagon), twelve hours of charging (110V/20A) gets me 85 miles. That's about 25kWh or $3.50. Since the car used to get 28mpg, that's about a third the price of gas for the same distance, even with SoCal's inflated electricity prices (we also have inflated gas prices). For everything up to the occasional road trip, 85 miles per day is more than enough.
At 85 miles, 28 mpg, thats equivelent to approx 3 gallons of gas (85/28). 12 hours to fuel up is approx 4 hours per gallon equivelent. Plus, most people would need a second car for when the distance limitations become a problem. Also, how does the distance fall off over time as the batteries age?
The cost/mile is about 0.04 before additional costs are calculated in.
In that $3.50, do you factor in the periodic replacement batteries? How many charges can you get on a single set of batteries, and how many batteries in the set?
Also, you specify $15k to do the conversion to electric. If you assume 100,000 mile lifetime usage, then that is an additional cost of $0.15 per mile. 100,000 miles / 85 miles per day = 1176 days usage / 365 days = 3 years constant usage to the maximum distance. Assuming days off, and not going the maximum every day, this is probably closer to 6 years life.
It. Them. Return to the Planet of the Apes. Escape from the Planet of the Apes. Yet another Planet of the Apes movie. The recent "Planet of the Apes" remake. Star Trek the Movie (#1,2,3,4,5,6,....) Star Trek the Next Generation (#1,2,3,....) Flintstones, the movie. An Inconvenient Truth. Plan 9 from Outer Space. Earth Girls are Easy.
I think that a better metric to determine the most secure OS, would be to count how many companies earn money by writing code to work around the security problems. Companies like Symantric, Norton Antivirus, etc.
If the OS has enough security problems that a large number of companies can make a profit in this manner, then I wouldn't consider it secure. Or, you can use dollars earned by the antivirus companies for each OS.
Lets make a deal. Take the 4 billion dollar requested by SCO, and split the fine between the two companies based on the percentage of lines of code infringing:
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Where is the "imagine a beowulf cluster os these" comment?
Oh, here it is.
Was the clue the giant wrench floating nearby?
Don't forget the most serious charge:
He uses more that one square of toilet paper per day!
Sorry! They're not talking about the length of time from boot to bluescreen.
What do you mean, slow starter.
They've already sold 244 copies in China!
Third explanation: Linux documentation got substantially better, so people have less need to use Google as a substitute.
Documentation? We don't need no stink'n documentation! Real men don't read documentation!
Have you ever met someone who actually read the documentation before asking questions about a software product? Rare, that is.
Can I run around, spooking the birds out of the trees, so they won't sit still long enough to be photo'd?
If so, will there be anyone actually taking pictures instead of spooking the birds?
So it uses color. Big deal.
What more needs to be coded beyond a product code (hint: UPC)?
I'll bet you have to make the "pixels" larger than ordinary barcodes, due to the use of color and the unusual shape. If you assume that each "pixel" is worth one bit, then you only need two (4 values) or three (8 values) black pixels to hold the same number of values as one color "pixel". If the color pixels have to be twice as big in both dimensions, then they will require more space than ordinary black ones.
Then you have to worry about fading. Color dyes fade much faster than black ones, so don't leave your posters out in the sun for very long.
Just using the UPC number, you could tie it to a web site easily: something like http://upcdatabase.com/ which could then re-direct as needed.
That's gross + 100.
Don't forget about dihydrogen monoxide! It's been found in over 50% of all cancers examined! Inhaling excessive amounts has been known to cause death! This substance should be banned world wide!
Does this mean we can use our cell phones again?
If a house built with this manages to collapse, will the rubble glue itself together making any chance of rescue moot?
have triggered widespread issues like garage doors opening and closing by themselves and TV signals being jammed.
That's it! All the missing bees are getting squashed in grage doors when the military open and close them to hide the black helicopters! Or they are getting lost when they have to rush out to find another TV when the military jams their soaps. They really need to know if Jerome is the father of Pamela's baby, or was it the mysterious Doctor Ferral...
Ok. Enough stories about using three PS3's in a beowulf cluster as a supercomputer.
Well, you know that they blaim methane from cows for quite a bit of global warming. Think of the quantity of methane a single god-sized horse would generate, let alone a whole chariot team worth of them!
We know much more about earth's climate than the sun and would be making a large leap given the limited amount of data.
Yet, with even less data, we have absolute proof that Global Warming is caused by man (excluding Algore, he bought a deferral from himself).
Just remember to park it in a sunny spot for two weeks every time you want to drive it for 15 minutes.
There's gotta be another reason that nobody's talking about.
Lawsuits. Better to just ban them, than spending millions on stupid lawsuits.
"Having lost both wings and the tail to a meteorite, the plane was obviously unable to land safely due to the use of a cell phone by one passenger."
And to think, it all started with a broken cursor...
In the EV I'm converting (1998 Saturn SW2 wagon), twelve hours of charging (110V/20A) gets me 85 miles. That's about 25kWh or $3.50. Since the car used to get 28mpg, that's about a third the price of gas for the same distance, even with SoCal's inflated electricity prices (we also have inflated gas prices). For everything up to the occasional road trip, 85 miles per day is more than enough.
At 85 miles, 28 mpg, thats equivelent to approx 3 gallons of gas (85/28). 12 hours to fuel up is approx 4 hours per gallon equivelent. Plus, most people would need a second car for when the distance limitations become a problem. Also, how does the distance fall off over time as the batteries age?
The cost/mile is about 0.04 before additional costs are calculated in.
In that $3.50, do you factor in the periodic replacement batteries? How many charges can you get on a single set of batteries, and how many batteries in the set?
Also, you specify $15k to do the conversion to electric. If you assume 100,000 mile lifetime usage, then that is an additional cost of $0.15 per mile. 100,000 miles / 85 miles per day = 1176 days usage / 365 days = 3 years constant usage to the maximum distance. Assuming days off, and not going the maximum every day, this is probably closer to 6 years life.
Well, more fun with numbers anyway.
Don't forget:
It.
Them.
Return to the Planet of the Apes.
Escape from the Planet of the Apes.
Yet another Planet of the Apes movie.
The recent "Planet of the Apes" remake.
Star Trek the Movie (#1,2,3,4,5,6,....)
Star Trek the Next Generation (#1,2,3,....)
Flintstones, the movie.
An Inconvenient Truth.
Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Earth Girls are Easy.
I think that a better metric to determine the most secure OS, would be to count how many companies earn money by writing code to work around the security problems. Companies like Symantric, Norton Antivirus, etc.
If the OS has enough security problems that a large number of companies can make a profit in this manner, then I wouldn't consider it secure. Or, you can use dollars earned by the antivirus companies for each OS.
There's a typo in the original article. Should read:
Don't bother wiping your hard disk. Just run the in-place upgrade from your previous infestation.
Is that your tire going flat, or is your tank leaking?
Lets make a deal. Take the 4 billion dollar requested by SCO, and split the fine between the two companies based on the percentage of lines of code infringing:
IBM = 326 * 4,000,000,000 / (700,000 + 326) = 1,861,989
SCO = 700,000 * 4,000,000,000 / (700,000 + 326) = 3,998,138,010
I'm sure SCO will think this is a fair deal.
I wish I could get $5711 per line of code.