Its planned that the new filesystem will make searches easier, faster, and more reliable. Windows will also be less likely to break, and easier to fix when it does.
One would expect that you would only create a new filesystem if you were actually going to improve it. These are good things in a filesystem...
The new technology will cause practically all Microsoft products to be rewritten to take advantage of it.
This doesn't surprise me at all. Compatability is always going to be an issue; who knows to what extent.
Finally, let us say that we are quite surprised by the way this proposal was published. The document contains proposals for change of such fundamental scope, in a field that is of utmost importance to our community, that we wish that you had discussed these with us beforehand.... Seeing that you are proposing fundamental changes to ICANN and the principles behind the ICANN - RIR MoU, signed in 1999, we believe that in the interest of our members, we have to thoroughly re-assess our relationship with ICANN.
We are looking forward to discussing these issues with you at the earliest possible opportunity.
In general, it's a good idea to let the people you're working with know things before you make them public.
ICANN can't like how the note ends... The tone makes it sound like it's buh-bye for ICANN...
When the Simpsons first came on television, my siblings and I weren't allowed to watch it. Mom was afraid we'd start acting like Bart (although I guess it was possible we'd have turned out like Lisa, too, hm?).
I'm okay with this. If the school system is providing free web/email access to all students and teachers, it's probably meant to be used for educational purposes*. If the students and teachers want their porn fix, they'll just have to find another way. I'm okay with that; I don't feel obligated to subsidize someone else's sex life when I can't even get mine going...
* For all of you at a university or college, did you ever read *your* TOS? At my school, your connection is a privilege, not a right, and is not to be used for things other than educational purposes.
In the article they say that the amount of anti-matter that they might have isn't even enough to heat a small cup of coffee.
Down the line, if they manage to generate enough anti-matter to actually do something with, well... Even that would be hard. You need to isolate the anti-matter with magnetic fields so anything anti-stuff you build from anti-matter would have to be isolated.
Honestly, we're so far from that stage anyway that until they can get enough energy going to pop popcorn, I'm not going to worry about it.
From cnn.com...Burton also filed motions to dismiss based on arguments that the law doesn't apply to a foreign company doing business solely on the Internet and that a company can't be charged with conspiracy when it involves communications with an employee.
Yay! I have no idea why US law should apply to a Russian company that's not doing business on US territory. The only reason they got their hands on Dimitri anyway was that he came here for a conference. Hm. I don't like how that bodes. It sounds like something China would do, doesn't it?
Plus, I remember when getting a piece of SPAM was actually funny because it was so rare. Now the SPAM to wanted email is about 1:10. It's just...wrong.
I used to think people were making up the entire SPAM phenomenon just because I never got any. Now, though... Ugh. Spamcop is my friend now.
And I do agree that the whole BS-affair is way overplayed. At some point, he'd go away if we'd just ignore him.
I don't know that OS necessarily is one of the key attributes. I can see why it may help, but I don't know that an OS has to be OS in order for it to be secure. (mmm... dueling abbreviations)
It would be nice if Windows, in addition to being the world's most popular/used OS, also happened to be *secure*. I look forward to that day, but until then... Well, let's just leave it at I won't be holding my breath.
I don't like the attitude of "Well, if there's water, there can be life!" That implies that people think that without water, there is no life.
Just because the life forms we know about need water to live doesn't mean that any life that may or may not be in the rest of the universe needs water.
I mean, really, can we assume that all life in the universe is carbon-based and needs water to live? I don't think so. It's entirely likely that if we were to discover life, we wouldn't actually recognize it as such.
Purdue researchers have come up with a new way to cool chips, in about 2 years . . . Since they don't have magnets, no electromagnetic noise problems. And, of course, super-efficient.
How super-efficient can it be if it takes two years to cool the chip?
Why in the world would you *volunteer* for this no-thanks sort of job? Keep in mind that one-third of the population will think you're doing too much, one-third will think you're not doing enough, and one-third won't care.
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Its planned that the new filesystem will make searches easier, faster, and more reliable. Windows will also be less likely to break, and easier to fix when it does.
One would expect that you would only create a new filesystem if you were actually going to improve it. These are good things in a filesystem...
The new technology will cause practically all Microsoft products to be rewritten to take advantage of it.
This doesn't surprise me at all. Compatability is always going to be an issue; who knows to what extent.
Finally, let us say that we are quite surprised by the way this proposal was published. The document contains proposals for change of such fundamental scope, in a field that is of utmost importance to our community, that we wish that you had discussed these with us beforehand.... Seeing that you are proposing fundamental changes to ICANN and the principles behind the ICANN - RIR MoU, signed in 1999, we believe that in the interest of our members, we have to thoroughly re-assess our relationship with ICANN.
We are looking forward to discussing these issues with you at the earliest possible opportunity.
In general, it's a good idea to let the people you're working with know things before you make them public.
ICANN can't like how the note ends... The tone makes it sound like it's buh-bye for ICANN...
When the Simpsons first came on television, my siblings and I weren't allowed to watch it. Mom was afraid we'd start acting like Bart (although I guess it was possible we'd have turned out like Lisa, too, hm?).
:-)
Where was this conclusion years ago?
You can look at it as a really really expensive ISP, if you'd like. Some universities have a more liberal TOS. Some... are a little stricter.
Most of the time, they don't care unless you are doing something stupid, like running an mp3 site that sucks up all the bandwidth.
But in general, you agreed to their policies when you plugged your NIC in.
I'm okay with this. If the school system is providing free web/email access to all students and teachers, it's probably meant to be used for educational purposes*. If the students and teachers want their porn fix, they'll just have to find another way. I'm okay with that; I don't feel obligated to subsidize someone else's sex life when I can't even get mine going...
* For all of you at a university or college, did you ever read *your* TOS? At my school, your connection is a privilege, not a right, and is not to be used for things other than educational purposes.
In the article they say that the amount of anti-matter that they might have isn't even enough to heat a small cup of coffee.
Down the line, if they manage to generate enough anti-matter to actually do something with, well... Even that would be hard. You need to isolate the anti-matter with magnetic fields so anything anti-stuff you build from anti-matter would have to be isolated.
Honestly, we're so far from that stage anyway that until they can get enough energy going to pop popcorn, I'm not going to worry about it.
Grammar check...
"... all too true." would be the appropriate way to finish that.
From cnn.com...Burton also filed motions to dismiss based on arguments that the law doesn't apply to a foreign company doing business solely on the Internet and that a company can't be charged with conspiracy when it involves communications with an employee.
Yay! I have no idea why US law should apply to a Russian company that's not doing business on US territory. The only reason they got their hands on Dimitri anyway was that he came here for a conference. Hm. I don't like how that bodes. It sounds like something China would do, doesn't it?
Plus, I remember when getting a piece of SPAM was actually funny because it was so rare. Now the SPAM to wanted email is about 1:10. It's just...wrong.
I used to think people were making up the entire SPAM phenomenon just because I never got any. Now, though... Ugh. Spamcop is my friend now.
And I do agree that the whole BS-affair is way overplayed. At some point, he'd go away if we'd just ignore him.
and I keep dreaming...
I think a death penalty for spammers is a good place to start.
But with that, we'd get no more entertainment from the likes of Bernard Shifman.
I don't know that OS necessarily is one of the key attributes. I can see why it may help, but I don't know that an OS has to be OS in order for it to be secure. (mmm... dueling abbreviations)
It would be nice if Windows, in addition to being the world's most popular/used OS, also happened to be *secure*. I look forward to that day, but until then... Well, let's just leave it at I won't be holding my breath.
It's not so much a complaint about software technology as a complaint about a trademarked product name.
Hm. Interesting. Having an original DOS version'd be a problem for me. It is interesting, though.
Real answers to real questions... On /.?
The games that have been ported (with a few exceptions) are almost all shooters - which I simply don't enjoy playing.
I like RPG's and turn-based strategy, for the most part.
That's how I feel about games. Loki's brought over Heroes of Might and Magic III, but... There's not too much out there for Linux.
There are also a couple of articles over at Nature.
Meteoritics: Life's sweet beginnings?
and
Carbonaceous meteorites as a source of sugar-related organic compounds for the early Earth
I don't like the attitude of "Well, if there's water, there can be life!" That implies that people think that without water, there is no life.
Just because the life forms we know about need water to live doesn't mean that any life that may or may not be in the rest of the universe needs water.
I mean, really, can we assume that all life in the universe is carbon-based and needs water to live? I don't think so. It's entirely likely that if we were to discover life, we wouldn't actually recognize it as such.
Just my random thoughts.
My computer cost a less than $1500, and it has a bigger harddrive
Why do I want this?
I've got it. The actual article itself refers to the possible discovery of *water* on Mars.
In the article they mention how they've known about the polar caps for years.
Good, I'm not misremembering things.
From what I can recall, haven't they known about ice caps on Mars for a while?
Or is it just that they didn't know if it was *water* ice or not?
Purdue researchers have come up with a new way to cool chips, in about 2 years . . . Since they don't have magnets, no electromagnetic noise problems. And, of course, super-efficient.
How super-efficient can it be if it takes two years to cool the chip?
Why in the world would you *volunteer* for this no-thanks sort of job? Keep in mind that one-third of the population will think you're doing too much, one-third will think you're not doing enough, and one-third won't care.
Maybe you should check my link. ;-)
who couldn't figure out at first why Ace Hardware put up information about a new webserver?