Because by the time you take something that is "cutting edge" and test, debug it, redesign it, retest it, certify it, and release it as "reliable", it's not longer "cutting edge".
"By God, I think this is rather very unlikely. This is merely a prattle. The fact is that as soon as they land on the moon, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Wherever they go they will find themselves encircled." - Lunar Information Minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, on NASA forces
And who makes sure a tap ends when it's supposed to? Wouldn't it be ironic to have hundreds or thousands of taps installed in your router. If nobody knows they are there and can't detect them, how can anybody make sure they are removed when they are supposed to be.
"I've disconnected every computer and every device on my network. I just can't figure out what's eating all my bandwidth..."
And as far as being invisible, they have to send data somehow. THAT must be detectable - or nobody could get the data. Wouldn't there be some way to trace packets coming out of the router and compare them to what's going in?
I wonder, though... the cellphone will encounter many vibrations throughout the day, and most of them don't come from it's own ringing. If I carry it around, every step I take will cause some vibration. If it's sitting in my car as I drive, there are vibrations there too.
I imagine, though, that the problem is that cellphones can suck up a lot of energy when you're talking that these transducers wouldn't really add much talk time. But they might help improve the idle time.
You're probably better off just using that space and weight to make bigger batteries.
You're right that Christian scholars and monks preserved a lot. But they also gained a lot from their translations of Arabic works of science and literature. And yes, some of that had been translated into Arabic from Greek and Latin.
And just as there were "supposedly" Christian rulers committing non-christian acts, there were also "supposedly" Muslim rulers committing non-Islamic acts. People in power often like to use things like religion as justification for their own acts of ego-gratification.
But it is true that many Muslim scholars were making wonderful advances in medicine, math, science, and philosopy when Europe was "dark".
I don't think it was because they were Muslim - they merely happened to be born to Muslim parents...
The original post implied that the mere fact that the West is dominantly Christian is the reason for scientific advances, and that simply is not an exclusive case. The Islamic world had advances that were just as great.
Another poster implied that Islam was the cause for poverty in the middle east, while not considering really considering problems of geographic determinism. Climate, water, and land are definitely working against the people in the region. It also didn't help that much of the region was falling under empire after empire (mongol, persian, turk) while Europe "got lucky" and managed to set up fairly stable states that weren't dominated by foreign empires.
Let us not forget that while Europe was plunged into ignorance because of the Christian Church's suppression, the Islamic world was making amazing advances in math, science, and medicine.
Al-Khwarizmi invented algebra around 780 (both "algebra" and "algorithm" are arabic words).The Bagdad physician, al-Razi, (865-925) produced a medical textbook that was the standard throughout the Islamic world. And Avicenna (Ibn Sina) was like the Isaac Newton of the Islamic world, who in 980 was making advances in medicine, physics and philosophy.
Many agree that many of the advances made in the Western World during the renaissance owe their beginnings to the science, math, and rational thought of the Islamic World.
In one of my favorite scenes from Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence is talking with Prince Feisal of (Saudi) Arabia, the point is made:
Feisal: Do you know, Lieutenant, in the Arab city of Cordoba were two miles of public lighting in the streets when London was a village?
And don't forget useful information like how much my basket of tomatoes sells for in the city. If I don't know, then the middleman gives me as little as possible and I have no way to know how much I'm being ripped off.
I read something about this happening in India when cellphones were distributed to villages. The farmers started getting more for their crops because they could check the rates at the market and demand more from the middle-men.
And to the bit about giving them food, water, and literacy first. Well, I don't know how to grow food, nor purify water, and I don't know if I could teach them how to read. But I do know how to build a computer and a network. Do what you can to help those you can in the ways you know how.
I wouldn't discount it just because it's related to a more benign virus.
In the world of cats, there is a disease called FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis). It's caused by a corona virus. Some cats survive it fine (like a cold), but most (I think around 90% at least) die because their immune system starts to break down the lining of their abdomen and their nervous system. Their bellies swell up terribly (with pus) and they start to have seizures.
It sucks. If your cat gets it, I hihgly recommend giving them a merciful end. I wish I had for my two cats who got it.
So, just because it's a corona virus, and many corona virii are mostly harmless, don't assume that all corona virii are.
McDLT. I don't remember what the D stood for. This was the burger that came in a double-sized styrofoam box. On one side was the bottom of the bun with the burger and cheese. The other side had the top of the bun with mayo, lettuce & tomato. YOU get to put them together for "maximum freshness".
It was basically a quarter-pounder with lettuce & tomato.
You're partly mistaken. The article points out that the governments subpoenas large amounts of data from private corps in the search for suspects. It then keeps ALL the data - even on the "innocent" people - and even after they have found the suspects.
In the search for terrorists, they might get ALL of equifax's records -not just those of suspects. Then, even when the investigations are done, and the cases are settled, the government keeps the data. This is clearly an end-run around the controls that keep the government from spying on its citizens.
What is to keep the department of Homeland Security from simply periodically issuing subpoenas to any large corporation for their data, in the name of "protecting the homeland".
Isn't that the whole point of the "PE"? It's a mark of true certification, like MD, or DD?
I think anyone can say they are "Doctor Jones", but to put "MD on your business card, you legally need to be an "MD". It should be the same with Engineering... anyone can put "Engineer" on their letterhead, but they had better be a real "PE" if they put that on as well.
It all comes down to the public. You get more credibility just by saying you're a doctor or an engineer. The public is just too dumb to know they need to see a "PE" or an "MD", for it to have any legal meaning.
This is just a case of the Texas legislature try to protect dumb citizens from themselves. This always leads to dumb laws.
It's been years since I saw any of them, but the Deathstalker series was pretty funny. The first one was kind of a like a Conan-comedy. In the 2nd one, they had a really small guy playing the part. In one of them, I remember he had to fight the WWF Queen Kong.
Super cheesy and super dumb, just the way I like them!
Your story about starting AlJazeera matches what I've heard.
The interesting thing is how popular it is among the people of the middle east and how unpopular it is among the governments in the middle east. This, IMO, is a great thing! If we're to ever see real democracies and real change in the middle east, it MUST come from the people - just like it has everywhere else. A free press is the first step - when the people have ways to get information and to share opinions and debate, it sets the stage for greater political discourse.
While AlJazeera isn't the most popular news agency for Americans and the west (even I was quite bothered to see the tape of the killed American soldiers and the POWs) but, I think they are on the right track. Al Jazeera, and the networks like it (LBC, Dubai TV, etc) will be the true catalysts for change in the Middle East.
Al-Jazeera's pretty interesting. I've been watching it for about 3 years now. My Arabic isn't stellar, but I'm able to keep up with it pretty well.
Before the current war, it was a lot like a cross between CNN, with news & comentary, and Discovery, with documentaries.
It has an interesting history. As I understand it, the prince of Qatar funds it, but leaves it in the hands of the station to do all their own editorial control.
It definitely had an Arab point of view, but to me that makes sense. Looking at it from that point of view, I would almost say that it is fairly balanced. Just as an American would probably find CNN fairly balanced.
They don't hesitate to put Americans on (translated - unless you're former embassador Dennis Ross - he showed up on a debate show and handled it all in BEATUFIUL Arabic!). Rice and Powell have both been on there, but so has Saddam, and Tariq Aziz.
Is there an anti-American slant? Well, even though few Arabs like Saddam and his regime, very few are very keen on the idea of a superpower coming in and taking out an Arab regime. The whole region has an unpleasant history of colonialism and occupation, and for many, this just appears to be another chapter in it. A lot will depend on how we handle the post-Saddam iraq.
Another thing that is interesting... it's not a new thing that they're showing dead bodies and such. For as long as I've watched, they've not had a probelm with showing dead Palestinians or dead Israelis in that conflict. They don't talk over it either - sometimes just several minutes of showing what is going on or what has happened.
So, I've rambled on, not really answering your question, but I don't often get to talk about Al-Jazeera.
I think learning general concepts about sysadmin is good, though. I'm astounded by the CS guys who have no clue what goes on, hardware-wise and OS-wise in a computer.
At the university I used to work for, they held a class on computer security - focusing on how to protect a box from being broken into. They used Linux for the OS, but only one of the students in the class had a clue how to even install linux, let alone administer it.
I'm not sure what was needed to fix it, but somekind of pre-req on systems would have been helpful.
It's for the oil? Oh come on. This thing is going to cost more than $70billion, plus many american lives, and even more Iraqi lives. (and probably a lot more money in the long run)
That $70bil could buy a lot of oil, and without all the turmoil of war. Our American system has better ways to embezzle money from the taxpayers and into the hands of corporations and individuals than going to war.
Just by the money alone, there has to be more to this than oil.
Yeah, but that was only because they didn't like the British, not because they wanted the insurrectionists to be free. If they had known the effect it would have on their own populace, they never would have done it.
What does C14 break down into? Don't a lot of radioactive elements break down into other radioactive things - until it finally settles on something stable. I realize you only have 13 "smaller" elements to break into...
My ISP filters its mail through a service Called Postini - www.postini.com.
I don't know what they pay for it, but it's been very effective for blocking spam and virus-laden e-mails. You can also put in a "always accept" and and "always reject" list as well for certain addresses (and I think, domains).
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Because by the time you take something that is "cutting edge" and test, debug it, redesign it, retest it, certify it, and release it as "reliable", it's not longer "cutting edge".
I had heard once that the CIA now does not permit its employees order pizzas on such late night sessions.
My guess is they have enough money to build their own pizza hut or dominos right in the building if they really wanted one.
You mean to say that you and your spouse have never wanted to "get it on", but the kids are full of energy and it's only 10 minutes from bedtime?
That's what it means to want to "ditch the kids"
Why do you think they invented Saturday morning cartoons? It ain't for the kiddies!
"By God, I think this is rather very unlikely. This is merely a prattle. The fact is that as soon as they land on the moon, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Wherever they go they will find themselves encircled." - Lunar Information Minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, on NASA forces
And who makes sure a tap ends when it's supposed to? Wouldn't it be ironic to have hundreds or thousands of taps installed in your router. If nobody knows they are there and can't detect them, how can anybody make sure they are removed when they are supposed to be.
"I've disconnected every computer and every device on my network. I just can't figure out what's eating all my bandwidth..."
And as far as being invisible, they have to send data somehow. THAT must be detectable - or nobody could get the data. Wouldn't there be some way to trace packets coming out of the router and compare them to what's going in?
I wonder, though... the cellphone will encounter many vibrations throughout the day, and most of them don't come from it's own ringing. If I carry it around, every step I take will cause some vibration. If it's sitting in my car as I drive, there are vibrations there too.
I imagine, though, that the problem is that cellphones can suck up a lot of energy when you're talking that these transducers wouldn't really add much talk time. But they might help improve the idle time.
You're probably better off just using that space and weight to make bigger batteries.
You're right that Christian scholars and monks preserved a lot. But they also gained a lot from their translations of Arabic works of science and literature. And yes, some of that had been translated into Arabic from Greek and Latin.
And just as there were "supposedly" Christian rulers committing non-christian acts, there were also "supposedly" Muslim rulers committing non-Islamic acts. People in power often like to use things like religion as justification for their own acts of ego-gratification.
But it is true that many Muslim scholars were making wonderful advances in medicine, math, science, and philosopy when Europe was "dark".
I don't think it was because they were Muslim - they merely happened to be born to Muslim parents...
The original post implied that the mere fact that the West is dominantly Christian is the reason for scientific advances, and that simply is not an exclusive case. The Islamic world had advances that were just as great.
Another poster implied that Islam was the cause for poverty in the middle east, while not considering really considering problems of geographic determinism. Climate, water, and land are definitely working against the people in the region. It also didn't help that much of the region was falling under empire after empire (mongol, persian, turk) while Europe "got lucky" and managed to set up fairly stable states that weren't dominated by foreign empires.
Let us not forget that while Europe was plunged into ignorance because of the Christian Church's suppression, the Islamic world was making amazing advances in math, science, and medicine.
Al-Khwarizmi invented algebra around 780 (both "algebra" and "algorithm" are arabic words).The Bagdad physician, al-Razi, (865-925) produced a medical textbook that was the standard throughout the Islamic world. And Avicenna (Ibn Sina) was like the Isaac Newton of the Islamic world, who in 980 was making advances in medicine, physics and philosophy.
Many agree that many of the advances made in the Western World during the renaissance owe their beginnings to the science, math, and rational thought of the Islamic World.
In one of my favorite scenes from Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence is talking with Prince Feisal of (Saudi) Arabia, the point is made:
Feisal: Do you know, Lieutenant, in the Arab city of Cordoba were two miles of public lighting in the streets when London was a village?
Lawrence: Yes, you were great.
Feisal: Nine centuries ago.
And don't forget useful information like how much my basket of tomatoes sells for in the city. If I don't know, then the middleman gives me as little as possible and I have no way to know how much I'm being ripped off.
I read something about this happening in India when cellphones were distributed to villages. The farmers started getting more for their crops because they could check the rates at the market and demand more from the middle-men.
And to the bit about giving them food, water, and literacy first. Well, I don't know how to grow food, nor purify water, and I don't know if I could teach them how to read. But I do know how to build a computer and a network. Do what you can to help those you can in the ways you know how.
I wouldn't discount it just because it's related to a more benign virus.
In the world of cats, there is a disease called FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis). It's caused by a corona virus. Some cats survive it fine (like a cold), but most (I think around 90% at least) die because their immune system starts to break down the lining of their abdomen and their nervous system. Their bellies swell up terribly (with pus) and they start to have seizures.
It sucks. If your cat gets it, I hihgly recommend giving them a merciful end. I wish I had for my two cats who got it.
So, just because it's a corona virus, and many corona virii are mostly harmless, don't assume that all corona virii are.
I only remember it because I got to make the damn things for a few months. Ah, the joys of working in fast food!
McDLT. I don't remember what the D stood for. This was the burger that came in a double-sized styrofoam box. On one side was the bottom of the bun with the burger and cheese. The other side had the top of the bun with mayo, lettuce & tomato. YOU get to put them together for "maximum freshness".
It was basically a quarter-pounder with lettuce & tomato.
You're partly mistaken. The article points out that the governments subpoenas large amounts of data from private corps in the search for suspects. It then keeps ALL the data - even on the "innocent" people - and even after they have found the suspects.
In the search for terrorists, they might get ALL of equifax's records -not just those of suspects. Then, even when the investigations are done, and the cases are settled, the government keeps the data. This is clearly an end-run around the controls that keep the government from spying on its citizens.
What is to keep the department of Homeland Security from simply periodically issuing subpoenas to any large corporation for their data, in the name of "protecting the homeland".
Well, using binary, you only need 7 bits to encode the integer value 42. That fits into one byte, with a bit to spare.
Isn't that the whole point of the "PE"? It's a mark of true certification, like MD, or DD?
I think anyone can say they are "Doctor Jones", but to put "MD on your business card, you legally need to be an "MD". It should be the same with Engineering... anyone can put "Engineer" on their letterhead, but they had better be a real "PE" if they put that on as well.
It all comes down to the public. You get more credibility just by saying you're a doctor or an engineer. The public is just too dumb to know they need to see a "PE" or an "MD", for it to have any legal meaning.
This is just a case of the Texas legislature try to protect dumb citizens from themselves. This always leads to dumb laws.
So, I agree with you.
Hear! Hear!
And while we're at it, why don't we change all the street signs so they start driving on the left side of the street too!
And just for grins, we'll change their power grid to run at 50hz, but 110v.
You're right... forcing CDMA on them will only reinforce their beliefs that this is all about American (Economic) Imperialism.
It's been years since I saw any of them, but the Deathstalker series was pretty funny. The first one was kind of a like a Conan-comedy. In the 2nd one, they had a really small guy playing the part. In one of them, I remember he had to fight the WWF Queen Kong.
Super cheesy and super dumb, just the way I like them!
Your story about starting AlJazeera matches what I've heard.
The interesting thing is how popular it is among the people of the middle east and how unpopular it is among the governments in the middle east. This, IMO, is a great thing! If we're to ever see real democracies and real change in the middle east, it MUST come from the people - just like it has everywhere else. A free press is the first step - when the people have ways to get information and to share opinions and debate, it sets the stage for greater political discourse.
While AlJazeera isn't the most popular news agency for Americans and the west (even I was quite bothered to see the tape of the killed American soldiers and the POWs) but, I think they are on the right track. Al Jazeera, and the networks like it (LBC, Dubai TV, etc) will be the true catalysts for change in the Middle East.
Al-Jazeera's pretty interesting. I've been watching it for about 3 years now. My Arabic isn't stellar, but I'm able to keep up with it pretty well.
Before the current war, it was a lot like a cross between CNN, with news & comentary, and Discovery, with documentaries.
It has an interesting history. As I understand it, the prince of Qatar funds it, but leaves it in the hands of the station to do all their own editorial control.
It definitely had an Arab point of view, but to me that makes sense. Looking at it from that point of view, I would almost say that it is fairly balanced. Just as an American would probably find CNN fairly balanced.
They don't hesitate to put Americans on (translated - unless you're former embassador Dennis Ross - he showed up on a debate show and handled it all in BEATUFIUL Arabic!). Rice and Powell have both been on there, but so has Saddam, and Tariq Aziz.
Is there an anti-American slant? Well, even though few Arabs like Saddam and his regime, very few are very keen on the idea of a superpower coming in and taking out an Arab regime. The whole region has an unpleasant history of colonialism and occupation, and for many, this just appears to be another chapter in it. A lot will depend on how we handle the post-Saddam iraq.
Another thing that is interesting... it's not a new thing that they're showing dead bodies and such. For as long as I've watched, they've not had a probelm with showing dead Palestinians or dead Israelis in that conflict. They don't talk over it either - sometimes just several minutes of showing what is going on or what has happened.
So, I've rambled on, not really answering your question, but I don't often get to talk about Al-Jazeera.
I think learning general concepts about sysadmin is good, though. I'm astounded by the CS guys who have no clue what goes on, hardware-wise and OS-wise in a computer.
At the university I used to work for, they held a class on computer security - focusing on how to protect a box from being broken into. They used Linux for the OS, but only one of the students in the class had a clue how to even install linux, let alone administer it.
I'm not sure what was needed to fix it, but somekind of pre-req on systems would have been helpful.
No, you're on the right track.
They're basically saying there are too many sources and too many people working on it to guarantee any kind of accuracy or to fix mistakes.
It's for the oil? Oh come on. This thing is going to cost more than $70billion, plus many american lives, and even more Iraqi lives. (and probably a lot more money in the long run)
That $70bil could buy a lot of oil, and without all the turmoil of war. Our American system has better ways to embezzle money from the taxpayers and into the hands of corporations and individuals than going to war.
Just by the money alone, there has to be more to this than oil.
Yeah, but that was only because they didn't like the British, not because they wanted the insurrectionists to be free. If they had known the effect it would have on their own populace, they never would have done it.
It's been a long time since I've taken chemistry?
What does C14 break down into? Don't a lot of radioactive elements break down into other radioactive things - until it finally settles on something stable. I realize you only have 13 "smaller" elements to break into...
My ISP filters its mail through a service Called Postini - www.postini.com.
I don't know what they pay for it, but it's been very effective for blocking spam and virus-laden e-mails. You can also put in a "always accept" and and "always reject" list as well for certain addresses (and I think, domains).