Theoretically possible. Virbrations are a manifestation of kinetic energy, with air (in this case) being the medium. Given enough energy and the right harmonics, it could potentially at least knock someone over. Ever see a glass shattered by the right sound at the right intensity?
A more 'practical' weapons application would be as a type of stun device, though. Hell, they are getting ready to start deploying a sonic based 'non-lethal' weapon, it's already mounted on a destroyer. Supposedly makes it impossible to do anything but clap your hands on your head and cry 'make it stop' over and over.
There has always been tension between engineers and scientists. Scientists theorize and test said theories. Engineers implement stuff. The two don't always mix.
Press releases can't render anything, to the best of my knowledge. I'll reserve judgement until I get my hands on a review unit. However, this can only be a good thing. Competition drives prices down and features up.
Maybe next Microsoft will say that any OS that users a username/password scheme for security is infringing upon their copyrighted access control schemes and thus violating the law too?
When will the madness end? It is good to see people like Tom standing up to the man.
Gee, I hope I didn't give Billie Boy Gates any ideas here.
Philosophically this is nothing new at all. Control the media and you control the people. This is the new media, and they are grasping at ways to control it, it's content, and it's users.
Once the BSA has its sights set on an organization, then that organization had better have either the licenses or the money to pony up FAST to buy them. I have seen cases where the BSA isn't satisfied with responses and comes back with Federal agents (yes, guys armed with subpoenas and guns.)
If you are reasonably sure that your licensing is OK, then you could probably stave them off. It would be a unique Uni that licenses all of the software being used though, based on my experiences.
Basically, you are screwed if you a) don't comply with them and b) don't have your licensing in order.
Let me guess...if AMD had come up with this, you'd be telling us how it was bad for Intel too. What nonsense! AthlonXP's are NOT 'much smaller' at an equal fabircation process (I am assuming you meant the process size).
Don't get religious about your CPU's...it's not only bad form but it's childish too:)
I don't doubt that this could happen, but I would hardly worry about a post on a message board or mailing list. Yes, we need to be vigilant, but let us get some independant verification from a trusted source. Better yet, why doesn't one of you who has Comcast as a service provider write them a letter and ask? CC the FCC and the Better Business Bureau if you feel it necessary.
Um...your comparison is flawed. Threads are atomic units of execution, pipes are means to inter-process communication.
Both Windows and *nix use pipes. Both also support threads, but Windows uses them more extensively. *nix tends to rely on larger units of execution (know as a process).
Because if a major corporation buys a distro like Red Hat, or any other for that matter, it will reduce the elitist factor of Linux users.
Heaven forbid that a company with the clout to get Linux out to the masses get involved. Then Linux might not be just for the computer savvy anymore.
The ongoing hypocricy astounds me. Most Linux users don't seem to really want Linux to succeed. Having used Linux since long before it was 'fashionable' to do so, I for one hope that if this purchase comes to pass, it helps get Linux out to the unwashed masses of computer users out there.
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How can you like the price and performance of a chip that isn't even shipping yet?
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Theoretically possible. Virbrations are a manifestation of kinetic energy, with air (in this case) being the medium. Given enough energy and the right harmonics, it could potentially at least knock someone over. Ever see a glass shattered by the right sound at the right intensity?
A more 'practical' weapons application would be as a type of stun device, though. Hell, they are getting ready to start deploying a sonic based 'non-lethal' weapon, it's already mounted on a destroyer. Supposedly makes it impossible to do anything but clap your hands on your head and cry 'make it stop' over and over.
Nah, it's just his way of taking yet another potshot at Microsoft in a post that has no bearing on their software.
There has always been tension between engineers and scientists. Scientists theorize and test said theories. Engineers implement stuff. The two don't always mix.
That sounds very credible...not...Every HP rep I've ever talked to about it says the same thing; PA-RISC will be phased out in favor of IA-64.
There is a certain sense of poetic justness about using OSS as the engine behind a democratic process.
Shouldn't it be the 'Lack of Privacy Bill' rather than 'Privacy Bill'?
Press releases can't render anything, to the best of my knowledge. I'll reserve judgement until I get my hands on a review unit. However, this can only be a good thing. Competition drives prices down and features up.
I'm going to order 42 copies. I can carry them around in my towel.
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Does that mean that if I change the channel during a commercial, or even get up to go to the bathroom, then I am breaching some mythical 'contract'???
I'd laugh at this, if so many of the uninformed didn't believe this crap.
Is anybody actually surprised that nobody at Best Buy knows how to configure an encrypted wireless network?
You obviously have a sense of humor that is about on par with a rock or some other inanimate object ;)
Maybe next Microsoft will say that any OS that users a username/password scheme for security is infringing upon their copyrighted access control schemes and thus violating the law too?
When will the madness end? It is good to see people like Tom standing up to the man.
Gee, I hope I didn't give Billie Boy Gates any ideas here.
Can geeks use this technology to get into a girl's pants?? Can we do up a Beowulf cluster of rats? Co-eds???
Philosophically this is nothing new at all. Control the media and you control the people. This is the new media, and they are grasping at ways to control it, it's content, and it's users.
Anybody ever consider a Beowulf cluster of Transformers?
Once the BSA has its sights set on an organization, then that organization had better have either the licenses or the money to pony up FAST to buy them. I have seen cases where the BSA isn't satisfied with responses and comes back with Federal agents (yes, guys armed with subpoenas and guns.)
If you are reasonably sure that your licensing is OK, then you could probably stave them off. It would be a unique Uni that licenses all of the software being used though, based on my experiences.
Basically, you are screwed if you a) don't comply with them and b) don't have your licensing in order.
Open Source != GPL
Let me guess...if AMD had come up with this, you'd be telling us how it was bad for Intel too. What nonsense! AthlonXP's are NOT 'much smaller' at an equal fabircation process (I am assuming you meant the process size).
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Don't get religious about your CPU's...it's not only bad form but it's childish too
I don't doubt that this could happen, but I would hardly worry about a post on a message board or mailing list. Yes, we need to be vigilant, but let us get some independant verification from a trusted source. Better yet, why doesn't one of you who has Comcast as a service provider write them a letter and ask? CC the FCC and the Better Business Bureau if you feel it necessary.
Something about this just smells like FUD to me.
Whoever modded the above post as flamebait is a good example of why Slashdot moderation is broken. Kubla2000 makes some very valid points.
Um...your comparison is flawed. Threads are atomic units of execution, pipes are means to inter-process communication.
Both Windows and *nix use pipes. Both also support threads, but Windows uses them more extensively. *nix tends to rely on larger units of execution (know as a process).
Did I say I use Red Hat? I prefer Slackware.
I do have a Red Hat box, but it's a Sparc.
I also use Win2K, WinXP, OS/2, and BeOS. I'm agnostic. Operating Systems are not the stuff that religions are built on.
Because if a major corporation buys a distro like Red Hat, or any other for that matter, it will reduce the elitist factor of Linux users.
Heaven forbid that a company with the clout to get Linux out to the masses get involved. Then Linux might not be just for the computer savvy anymore.
The ongoing hypocricy astounds me. Most Linux users don't seem to really want Linux to succeed. Having used Linux since long before it was 'fashionable' to do so, I for one hope that if this purchase comes to pass, it helps get Linux out to the unwashed masses of computer users out there.