But his kids are used to living in luxury. Therefore, they require a lot of money in order to continue living a happy life. I'm sure only having 10 mil would feel like poverty to them.
There is no way to do this using just a computer hidden in your pocket. A computer small enough to hide would not have enough power to compress the video stream very well. However, you could have a device in your pocket that simply broadcasts the movie at low power on a frequency that no one is likely to notice. You could then hide a device outside the theatre that picks it up and records it. I doubt that it would be possible to send it out realtime, since you would need a fast internet connection to do that, and I have never seen ethernet ports in the bushes outside theatres.
If people were allowed to register TLDs, then the top-level name space would become crowded very quickly. It would create a low of new possible domains at first, but soon it would become just like *.com and *.net.
It would be good for new TLDs to be added, but opening it so any idiot can register a TLD is not good.
Other people have pointed out that capturing power from keystrokes would not generate much power, but you need to remember that most people aren't going to actually do those calculations, and a commercial advertising a computer that captures power from your keystrokes would sound ``cool'' and ``hi-tech''. It's good marketing.
Besides, they should be generating power from the movement of a trackball, not the keyboard. After all, most people are mouse-pushers who have never seen a command-line.
According to the article, the company claimed that, because that platform was new, it has no viruses or bugs. I agree that it has no viruses, but all nontrivial software has bugs. The company needs to recognize this and work to fix the bugs, or else the platform will end up like windows.
That guy has a good idea, but he seems to have overlooked that if he removes a card, a thin layer of insulating oil would form over the connections, and it would be near impossible to clean it off.
If you just wanted to overclock the CPU, you could mount a peltier on the CPU, put a thermistor (sp?) on another part of the CPU, and built a simple thermostat that keeps the CPU at just the right temperator. That way you don't have to worry about condensation if the CPU halts for some reason and the peltier supercools it.
How about inserting the motherboard into a freezer with some kind of humidity control to eliminate condensation. That way you could overclock the entire system bus.
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HURD is not "much like the Linux kernel." It is a microkernel; Linux is a monolithic kernel. How much more different could you get?
But his kids are used to living in luxury. Therefore, they require a lot of money in order to continue living a happy life. I'm sure only having 10 mil would feel like poverty to them.
There is no way to do this using just a computer hidden in your pocket. A computer small enough to hide would not have enough power to compress the video stream very well. However, you could have a device in your pocket that simply broadcasts the movie at low power on a frequency that no one is likely to notice. You could then hide a device outside the theatre that picks it up and records it. I doubt that it would be possible to send it out realtime, since you would need a fast internet connection to do that, and I have never seen ethernet ports in the bushes outside theatres.
If people were allowed to register TLDs, then the top-level name space would become crowded very quickly. It would create a low of new possible domains at first, but soon it would become just like *.com and *.net.
It would be good for new TLDs to be added, but opening it so any idiot can register a TLD is not good.
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You must have one hell of a big superconducting coil. Superconductors quit superconducting if you exceed their critical current density.
Just put the energy in a really big Tesla Coil.
Other people have pointed out that capturing power from keystrokes would not generate much power, but you need to remember that most people aren't going to actually do those calculations, and a commercial advertising a computer that captures power from your keystrokes would sound ``cool'' and ``hi-tech''. It's good marketing.
Besides, they should be generating power from the movement of a trackball, not the keyboard. After all, most people are mouse-pushers who have never seen a command-line.
What speed?
Username: cypherpunk
Password: cypherpunk
NSI: Uh oh, it looks like the government isn't too happy with our monopoly.
ICANN: The government has appointed us to manage names and numbers. Give us control of the root servers.
NSI: But... aren't you going to open up domain name registration to competition?
ICANN: That's right. We're going to break up your monopoly.
NSI: But then other companies would offer better service for lower prices. How can we survive?
ICANN: Just improve your services as well.
NSI: We don't know how to do that. Don't you dare take control of the Internet from us.
ICANN: That's exactly what we're going to do.
NSI: No! We won't give is back! It's mine! Mine mine mine!
According to the article, the company claimed that, because that platform was new, it has no viruses or bugs. I agree that it has no viruses, but all nontrivial software has bugs. The company needs to recognize this and work to fix the bugs, or else the platform will end up like windows.
That guy has a good idea, but he seems to have overlooked that if he removes a card, a thin layer of insulating oil would form over the connections, and it would be near impossible to clean it off.
If you just wanted to overclock the CPU, you could mount a peltier on the CPU, put a thermistor (sp?) on another part of the CPU, and built a simple thermostat that keeps the CPU at just the right temperator. That way you don't have to worry about condensation if the CPU halts for some reason and the peltier supercools it.
How about inserting the motherboard into a freezer with some kind of humidity control to eliminate condensation. That way you could overclock the entire system
bus.