Give the guy a break. Are they supposed to pull the money for the servers and bandwidth out of their asses?
I actually don't mind the bar (and I haven't disabled it). My comment was based on the observation that taco doesn't want it there. Looks like he should have thought harder about selling out during the good times. I have no doubt that slashdot would be without it if the site wasn't "0wn3d".
They're cute, but considering that Sony's minidiscs never took off and this format is heavily restricted, my guess is that this will fail.
Sony's minidisc failed because Sony wanted royalties from everyone for the technology. This technology will probably be subsidized by the RIAA in order to get people to migrate. For the average Joe Consumer, this would be an ideal technology so I would expect this to take off if executed properly. However, I would not expect the protection mechanisms to last very long.
Two of the suspects picked up in Michigan (Detroit) had Michigan drivers licenses despite the fact that they were illegal aliens. Our system is broken on a number of levels. I say do without the card and live with the fear. At least the fear will cause one to keep their guard up.
It may make you *feel* safe, but when it comes down to it, anyone with a card or a good eBay rating can really screw you over.
By all accounts, many of the terrorists were quiet, neighborly people. An ID card will only allow for these people to be registered. Secuirty is not something that exists. This card is just something to make us think that it does.
I've found that this is the single most effective way to cut down on telemarketeing calls
Get a cell phone. Cut the land line. Marketers have a "do not dial" list and cell phones are part of it (since they would be obligated to pay for the air time).
Since removing my land line and switching to cellular, I have not rec'd ONE lousy marketing call in nearly three years. NOT ONE.
My area isn't *too* bad in terms of service since I am in a relatively urban area. The only time that I have lost service was when the network was overloaded during Monday night football...
The main reason that none of the big makers are running the rotary engine is that it is very unreliable. That is what the big hub-bub is about at Mazda - they keep saying that they've improved reliability when in actuality they've just reduced combustion pressure and increased speed (thus maintaining power at the sacrifice of torque). So they haven't improved reliability - just reduced stress on the unreliable bits.
If the rotary engine *could* become reliable under the context of "American driving styles", then it would be an amazing technology. There are just a few moving parts in the entire damn engine - its VERY cheap to make them.
On the reliability note, the "apex seals" are the problem in the engine. For more info, see Rotary Engine Illustrated.
We've got a million of the Armada M700s which have a poor cover for the ports in the back of the PC. They simply use a piece of rubber to seal these ports and its very easy to lose since it's not affixed to the PC. If you lose this item, the ports are always exposed. A girl at my place of business was unfortunate enough to turn on the PC after a piece of pencil lead (from the bottom of her carrying bag) became wedged in the replicator port. It caught fire and the entire building smelled like burned circuit board.
"You've let the smoke out - we'll have to order some more..."
The ability to read the new Word/Excel 2000/XP formats is the only thing that we need to worry about. It would be nice if Star could make MSOffice97 the default file format as that is what it is really competing with. MSOffice 2000 and XP really hasn't penetrated too much yet.
If it bodes well against 97, then I think that we have a winner. The price of MSOfficeXP and 2000 is just too much.
The race is over. Microsoft is standing at the finish line holding their prize money. Their competitors are catching up quickly. This applies with operating systems as well...
I'm actually surprised that more companies aren't making stuff out of unobtanium. This is a very strong and light weight element but I hear that its hard to get a hold of some.
What we need is an open standard for digital entertainment. Something that everyone can agree upon (consumers, manufacturers, advertisers, etc). It would be nice if I could buy one box and then have the option to hook it up to the cableco or my particular satellite provider. You could then hack in a hard drive for the PVR features and possibly add gaming functionality. Bahhh.... The possibilities are endless but the only company smart enough to put something like this together isn't going to make it "open".
The Travelling Salesman Problem is very computationally intensive. Just picture hundreds (if not thousands) of destinations. Getting everyone to their destination in the most efficient manner is VERY computationally intensive. Take a look at the algorithms in the link above.
Until quantum computing comes around, there will always be methods to encrypt securely. Hell, these terrorists probably have already made their own encrypted mail client. I'm pretty sure that they would *not* put a back door in there for the sake of meeting US encryption guidelines.
The bottom line is that we need quantum computing to decrypt anything and everything.
I do not advocate the use of Nukes either. However, while on the subject of nukes, tell me what happens when "they" get them? These 19 terrorists would turn our largest 19 cities into 19 of the largest holes in the ground.
Without straying too far from the topic at hand, I'd like to know if there is an article or site that has a breakdown of just how stressed the internet was during these events. We all know that most news sites were just not up at all.
What was the hardware/software that came through?
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Give the guy a break. Are they supposed to pull the money for the servers and bandwidth out of their asses?
I actually don't mind the bar (and I haven't disabled it). My comment was based on the observation that taco doesn't want it there. Looks like he should have thought harder about selling out during the good times. I have no doubt that slashdot would be without it if the site wasn't "0wn3d".
I don't like it any more then many of you, so if you log in, there is an option to disable it.
Then why is it there? I assume because of the money involved. Doesn't that make you a whore?
They're cute, but considering that Sony's minidiscs never took off and this format is heavily restricted, my guess is that this will fail.
Sony's minidisc failed because Sony wanted royalties from everyone for the technology. This technology will probably be subsidized by the RIAA in order to get people to migrate. For the average Joe Consumer, this would be an ideal technology so I would expect this to take off if executed properly. However, I would not expect the protection mechanisms to last very long.
Even if you don't want to live with the "quirky guru", they will always exist!
I think that it would be appropriate to queue up:
FRANKIE YANKOVIC - BEER BARREL POLKA.WMA
Roll out the barrel... We'll have a barrel of fun...
Two of the suspects picked up in Michigan (Detroit) had Michigan drivers licenses despite the fact that they were illegal aliens. Our system is broken on a number of levels. I say do without the card and live with the fear. At least the fear will cause one to keep their guard up.
Sure,
It may make you *feel* safe, but when it comes down to it, anyone with a card or a good eBay rating can really screw you over.
By all accounts, many of the terrorists were quiet, neighborly people. An ID card will only allow for these people to be registered. Secuirty is not something that exists. This card is just something to make us think that it does.
I've found that this is the single most effective way to cut down on telemarketeing calls
Get a cell phone. Cut the land line. Marketers have a "do not dial" list and cell phones are part of it (since they would be obligated to pay for the air time).
Since removing my land line and switching to cellular, I have not rec'd ONE lousy marketing call in nearly three years. NOT ONE.
My area isn't *too* bad in terms of service since I am in a relatively urban area. The only time that I have lost service was when the network was overloaded during Monday night football...
The main reason that none of the big makers are running the rotary engine is that it is very unreliable. That is what the big hub-bub is about at Mazda - they keep saying that they've improved reliability when in actuality they've just reduced combustion pressure and increased speed (thus maintaining power at the sacrifice of torque). So they haven't improved reliability - just reduced stress on the unreliable bits.
If the rotary engine *could* become reliable under the context of "American driving styles", then it would be an amazing technology. There are just a few moving parts in the entire damn engine - its VERY cheap to make them.
On the reliability note, the "apex seals" are the problem in the engine. For more info, see Rotary Engine Illustrated.
Darren
I wonder how long it will be before a PC-on-a-strap can be powered kinetically
Jeesh... They are just getting into 8 meg caches on IDE drives. WTF? Why wouldn't they start locading these things up? Are margins *that* thin?
Here is the simplified version of the protocol:
void AOL()
{
while(connected)
{
send_advertisements();
monitor_browsing_habits();
monthly_fee++;
if(bandwith_to_spare)
send_internet_data();
}
return;
}
We've got a million of the Armada M700s which have a poor cover for the ports in the back of the PC. They simply use a piece of rubber to seal these ports and its very easy to lose since it's not affixed to the PC. If you lose this item, the ports are always exposed. A girl at my place of business was unfortunate enough to turn on the PC after a piece of pencil lead (from the bottom of her carrying bag) became wedged in the replicator port. It caught fire and the entire building smelled like burned circuit board.
"You've let the smoke out - we'll have to order some more..."
The ability to read the new Word/Excel 2000/XP formats is the only thing that we need to worry about. It would be nice if Star could make MSOffice97 the default file format as that is what it is really competing with. MSOffice 2000 and XP really hasn't penetrated too much yet.
If it bodes well against 97, then I think that we have a winner. The price of MSOfficeXP and 2000 is just too much.
The race is over. Microsoft is standing at the finish line holding their prize money. Their competitors are catching up quickly. This applies with operating systems as well...
I'm actually surprised that more companies aren't making stuff out of unobtanium. This is a very strong and light weight element but I hear that its hard to get a hold of some.
Darren
What we need is an open standard for digital entertainment. Something that everyone can agree upon (consumers, manufacturers, advertisers, etc). It would be nice if I could buy one box and then have the option to hook it up to the cableco or my particular satellite provider. You could then hack in a hard drive for the PVR features and possibly add gaming functionality. Bahhh.... The possibilities are endless but the only company smart enough to put something like this together isn't going to make it "open".
The Travelling Salesman Problem is very computationally intensive. Just picture hundreds (if not thousands) of destinations. Getting everyone to their destination in the most efficient manner is VERY computationally intensive. Take a look at the algorithms in the link above.
http://www.tolkien-movies.com/media/officialtraile rs.shtml
Until quantum computing comes around, there will always be methods to encrypt securely. Hell, these terrorists probably have already made their own encrypted mail client. I'm pretty sure that they would *not* put a back door in there for the sake of meeting US encryption guidelines.
The bottom line is that we need quantum computing to decrypt anything and everything.
I do not advocate the use of Nukes either. However, while on the subject of nukes, tell me what happens when "they" get them? These 19 terrorists would turn our largest 19 cities into 19 of the largest holes in the ground.
What was the hardware/software that came through?
Its difficult when you see things like this (Islamic News and Information Network). They had this posted at the top of their page earlier but are receiving threats about it.
September is the 9th month... Just as I wrote this date earlier, I realized that the date was 911.
Then we can see how well our God-dammed representatives really represent.