I've looked on Google, Yahoo!, and even tried to find the information from other sites containing news from the source AFP (which the site credits the information from) and there is literally no other even mention of this robot on the web. I can't help but wonder about the credibility of this article.
A robotic kitchen assistant will help you with the Christmas meal preparations while you recieve instructions and monitoring assistance in real time from information systems for the cooking.
This isn't really possible. Many devices that use the PCI 2.1 specification require a certain speed to transmit the data they process. ISA simply doesn't not have the ability to transmit the data at that rate. This would lead to system crashes, lockups and even a degration in your system performance.
Why has an IDE to SCSI adapter taken so long to come out? Because now IDE can transmit data at the same rate - if it would have come out any sooner it would just have created more headaches.
It seems to me (I may be wrong) that the only market for something like this would be for some backwards compatibility and perhaps the odd person that just wants a 10,000 RPM drive.
If someone buys a SCSI drive, chances are they have a SCSI connector. I don't know why anyone would purchase a SCSI drive when they had IDE. IDE is just as fast now, plus much less expensive. So who is this really directed at?
The only logical group I can honestly think of would be people that have SCSI on one machine but just want to switch the drive over to another one without SCSI. But why do that? For the price of $109 for the connector you could just buy another IDE hard drive.
Once again, the only reason why someone would need this is if they are super hardcore and wanted a 10,000 RPM SCSI drive and just wanted to interface it with IDE since those (to my knowledge) are not available yet. However, people with that kind of money probably already have motherboards that support SCSI. That's a fairly narrow audience.
I'm not trying to be a troll, I'm trying to get some Slashdot people to tell me why this is a useful thing. Any thoughts?
I'd say the title of this article (Is the New Microsoft Office Really Open?) is extrmely misleading. Microsoft isn't even trying to be open, they're just adding support for another opensource language. A true open program would have its source code available. What this article is about has nothing to do with that. Microsoft Office is closed. Period.
But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect
Remember, you can also save a Word document as an HTML file, however the HTML is so digusting, so non-standard that the only things that could possibly read it are more Microsoft products. The same, I would presume, will be happening to their XML feature.
Additionally, its not too far fetched that Microsoft would make their own DTD (Document Type Definition).
...just as long as they don't go effect happy and start making lens flares and drop shadows and start saying "l00k 47 my 31337 gr4ph1x" during court room proceedings.
The thought that many people consider, like this article, that Big Brother was just the government watching everything you do really goes to show the author probably never read the book. Big Brother is much more than monitoring...actually the monitoring plays a very minor role.
Big Brother's scariest tactic was the use of DoubleThink - and it's rampant today. DoubleThink meant you could see something one way, but you would willingly force yourself and thereby *believe* the opposite to be true, if the government requested it of you. In the book by George Orwell this was common regarding rations of chocolate, war with Eurasia or Eastasia, etc.
In today's society it's Nike saying they free people to achieve their dreams while running sweatshops in Asia. It's McDonalds saying "My McDonalds" when really they're the ones dictating what I can and cannot eat. Its the Gap saying "People of the world, join hands" in their newest commercial while they're, once again, utilizing sweatshops in Asia. Its Microsoft saying "Where do you want to go today" while basically saying "This is where we're going to take you today".
Big Brother is not just monitoring - it's an entire way a society thinks. Sure, prevent people from possibly taking over your data, but I believe that should be the least of your concerns. The first priority should be to stop people from taking over your mind.
Slashdot receives a wide range of visitors from every country. Therefore, here's an international list of release dates in each country TTT will be showing (believe it or not, TTT just doesn't come out on Dec. 18):
For those of you who are interested, here is a link to the Gollum Song Video. This song will be played at the end of The Two Towers during the credits. Its really creepy, starring Emiliana Torrini for the voice. It's extremely well done and makes you feel a deep sense of pity for the tortured soul that is Gollum. (There are no spoilers in this video, just recycled images from already released previews).
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DV Hardware a little article about an aluminium mousepad, called the Steelpad
Wow, and to think all this time I've been using nice, soft gel. Time to throw that out and get me a nice block of steel...that'll do wonders for the 'ol carpal tunnel...
In other news, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a statement outlining that planes, trucks and box cutters are tools for terrorists and therefore will be dissolved out of society. Director of Homeland Security, Steven Martin, is quoted to have called these tools of terrorism "double plus not good".
This is fantastic news (to some), and I really think having all this processing power is...interesting...but think of how large the room for all these servers is going to be. Think about the sheer volumetric capacity required to hold just this much processing power - its unbelievable.
Now think about stuffing all that power into our little heads...what would that be? A sqaure foot? Our brain is the ultimate laptop. This server doesn't even come close.
Sure, we're building a computer with the same processing power - but it'll be decades before we reach the sheer density of the actual human brain.
"64k ought to be enough for anyone." - You know who
Remember, we are living in a day when there are massive amounts of progress. Just because you cannot see any immediate use for the processing power doesn't mean there isn't any anywhere or that you won't need it in the future.
What about 3D animators? Compile times? People in the print field who deal with massive 300DPI images? What about actually being able to have that Microsoft Paperclip run without 100% CPU usage?
Games are certainly pushing the CPU mark along one area, but remember computing isn't just limited to home use as well.
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Note the prominent sticker ;)
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Doesn't he mean "snicker"?
...because we all know the people who are huge into 50's music, seniors, are also massive pirators.
I've looked on Google, Yahoo!, and even tried to find the information from other sites containing news from the source AFP (which the site credits the information from) and there is literally no other even mention of this robot on the web. I can't help but wonder about the credibility of this article.
A robotic kitchen assistant will help you with the Christmas meal preparations while you recieve instructions and monitoring assistance in real time from information systems for the cooking.
But will he look like Robin Williams?
This isn't really possible. Many devices that use the PCI 2.1 specification require a certain speed to transmit the data they process. ISA simply doesn't not have the ability to transmit the data at that rate. This would lead to system crashes, lockups and even a degration in your system performance.
Why has an IDE to SCSI adapter taken so long to come out? Because now IDE can transmit data at the same rate - if it would have come out any sooner it would just have created more headaches.
It seems to me (I may be wrong) that the only market for something like this would be for some backwards compatibility and perhaps the odd person that just wants a 10,000 RPM drive.
If someone buys a SCSI drive, chances are they have a SCSI connector. I don't know why anyone would purchase a SCSI drive when they had IDE. IDE is just as fast now, plus much less expensive. So who is this really directed at?
The only logical group I can honestly think of would be people that have SCSI on one machine but just want to switch the drive over to another one without SCSI. But why do that? For the price of $109 for the connector you could just buy another IDE hard drive.
Once again, the only reason why someone would need this is if they are super hardcore and wanted a 10,000 RPM SCSI drive and just wanted to interface it with IDE since those (to my knowledge) are not available yet. However, people with that kind of money probably already have motherboards that support SCSI. That's a fairly narrow audience.
I'm not trying to be a troll, I'm trying to get some Slashdot people to tell me why this is a useful thing. Any thoughts?
I'd say the title of this article (Is the New Microsoft Office Really Open?) is extrmely misleading. Microsoft isn't even trying to be open, they're just adding support for another opensource language. A true open program would have its source code available. What this article is about has nothing to do with that. Microsoft Office is closed. Period.
But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect
Remember, you can also save a Word document as an HTML file, however the HTML is so digusting, so non-standard that the only things that could possibly read it are more Microsoft products. The same, I would presume, will be happening to their XML feature.
Additionally, its not too far fetched that Microsoft would make their own DTD (Document Type Definition).
...just as long as they don't go effect happy and start making lens flares and drop shadows and start saying "l00k 47 my 31337 gr4ph1x" during court room proceedings.
Great! Now I'll have a growth on my arm from my ZIA wristwatch to go along with my brain tumor from my cell phone!
I opened up my Inbox this morning and had like 50 emails about this conference...
The thought that many people consider, like this article, that Big Brother was just the government watching everything you do really goes to show the author probably never read the book. Big Brother is much more than monitoring...actually the monitoring plays a very minor role.
Big Brother's scariest tactic was the use of DoubleThink - and it's rampant today. DoubleThink meant you could see something one way, but you would willingly force yourself and thereby *believe* the opposite to be true, if the government requested it of you. In the book by George Orwell this was common regarding rations of chocolate, war with Eurasia or Eastasia, etc.
In today's society it's Nike saying they free people to achieve their dreams while running sweatshops in Asia. It's McDonalds saying "My McDonalds" when really they're the ones dictating what I can and cannot eat. Its the Gap saying "People of the world, join hands" in their newest commercial while they're, once again, utilizing sweatshops in Asia. Its Microsoft saying "Where do you want to go today" while basically saying "This is where we're going to take you today".
Big Brother is not just monitoring - it's an entire way a society thinks. Sure, prevent people from possibly taking over your data, but I believe that should be the least of your concerns. The first priority should be to stop people from taking over your mind.
Slashdot receives a wide range of visitors from every country. Therefore, here's an international list of release dates in each country TTT will be showing (believe it or not, TTT just doesn't come out on Dec. 18):
Release Dates
For those of you who are interested, here is a link to the Gollum Song Video. This song will be played at the end of The Two Towers during the credits. Its really creepy, starring Emiliana Torrini for the voice. It's extremely well done and makes you feel a deep sense of pity for the tortured soul that is Gollum. (There are no spoilers in this video, just recycled images from already released previews).
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(Note: these are in Quicktime)
Oops, nearly forgot the frame by frame analysis link of the preview:
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For the new LOTR:TTT Trailer seen on TV with MAJOR SPOILERS (ents, winged nazgul, ending of Battle of Helms Deep), head here (quicktime):
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DV Hardware a little article about an aluminium mousepad, called the Steelpad
Wow, and to think all this time I've been using nice, soft gel. Time to throw that out and get me a nice block of steel...that'll do wonders for the 'ol carpal tunnel...
This entire 'landing on the moon' thing was all just a conspiracy. Proof:
...and probably the most important single piece of evidence, this clearly genuine movie of the moon landing.
Moontruth
Moon Landing Hoax
Moon Landings Faked
1. Can your computer play MP3's on your stereo in the living room, which just happens to be hooked up to your TiVo?
Ever heard of Audio Out?
2. Can your computer display photos on your big TV in the living room for the entire family to see?
Ever heard of Video Out?
So an answer to your question, yes, I can do all of the above. Hey, why mark me as a troll? I'm trying to save you money!
Users will be able to play MP3s and view photos that come from their computer
I don't know about you, but my computer can already play MP3's and view photos. Why pay $250 to do that again?
In other news, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a statement outlining that planes, trucks and box cutters are tools for terrorists and therefore will be dissolved out of society. Director of Homeland Security, Steven Martin, is quoted to have called these tools of terrorism "double plus not good".
This is fantastic news (to some), and I really think having all this processing power is...interesting...but think of how large the room for all these servers is going to be. Think about the sheer volumetric capacity required to hold just this much processing power - its unbelievable.
Now think about stuffing all that power into our little heads...what would that be? A sqaure foot? Our brain is the ultimate laptop. This server doesn't even come close.
Sure, we're building a computer with the same processing power - but it'll be decades before we reach the sheer density of the actual human brain.
Looks like NASA has finally declassified it's old 1960's reconnaissance techniques...
"64k ought to be enough for anyone." - You know who
Remember, we are living in a day when there are massive amounts of progress. Just because you cannot see any immediate use for the processing power doesn't mean there isn't any anywhere or that you won't need it in the future.
What about 3D animators? Compile times? People in the print field who deal with massive 300DPI images? What about actually being able to have that Microsoft Paperclip run without 100% CPU usage?
Games are certainly pushing the CPU mark along one area, but remember computing isn't just limited to home use as well.
Hope this helps.
until this site is Slashdotted...