I was under the impression that a 128 bit addressing scheme was enough to directly address every molecule in the Universe with some bits left over. Why then is IPv6 limited to 60 thousand million addresses? I understand that some addresses cannot be used because of multicast addresses and some other things like that, but what other sort of limits reduces the available range down to such a (relatively) small number?
You are right, painting with one big brush was a little clumsy. But remember that a small and very vocal minority can negatively impact the way their group is perceived. A couple of years ago in Utah there was a referendum on the storage of low level radioactive waste by a private company. The pro side was trying to tax the storage company into non-existance. Their argument went a little like this - Radioactive waste is similar to nuclear waste and we all know how bad that is for the environment so vote yes so your children won't glow green. This was only the opinion of a small group, but because this small group put forward the same sort of hasty generalization that you called me on, it very negatively impacted the chances of a lot of people voting for the referendum. Yes fission waste is bad, but it can be stored safely if propper care is taken. This fact is lost on a few small but very vocal environmental groups who scream at the tops of their lungs that any sort of human action from breathing to looking at a tree will cause ecological damage leading global disaster in the next 20 minutes. That said I do agree with you that we need to be careful and make sure that we are not being short sighted how we use the resources of this planet.
I think the correct plea is please, please, please, nobody tell the environmentalists about it. This has the word nuclear in it. The nuclear boogieman will derail this a lot faster than anything else. For example, the correct term for and MRI is Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The nuclear here has nothing to do with nuclear power, it just means that the magnets make the nuclei of the atoms move in certain ways and that the images are created by iterpreting those movements. The Nuclear part was dropped because people were worried about radiation. It really won't matter to the fanatic environmentalist how safe this is, it has the word nuclear in it, and thus is to be fought.
This is Barcelona. The place where there are theme days such as (and I have not made this one up) 1/2 price if you show up at the door in just your underwear.
I sure that 80% of the bacteria in your intestines are from the same families of bacteria that infect wounds. But if you kill all of them off you are asking for some serious health problems.
I cannot remember the last time Windows detected and installed the correct driver for all of my hardware. I always assume that I am going to have to install the video, sound and network drivers after installing Windows. Some of the most annoying days of my life were spent trying to figure out what drivers I needed, and then finding them, when installing Windows 98 on a Compaq laptop that only came with a Windows 2000 restore disk. The sound and video drivers were very difficult to come by, and since Compaq did not support Windows 98 on this machine, there was no help from them. One of the things that most Windows users do not realize is that the disk that they "reinstall" from on most computers sold in the last few years does not contain the operating system, but a disk image that restores everything back to the way it was when it was baught. The drivers and such are already installed and configured before this disk image is made.
Another difference is that the songs in the iTunes store is that you can legally get them out of iTunes. You can even convert them into any other audio format you want. I'm not sure MS would be that kind.
It probably has something to do with the actuator being installed backwards once, then when it was redone, the second person just put in the new one exactly like the old one that he had just taken out.
This is more along the lines of how a lot of people understood the Software Assurance plan when it was introduced - MS : Our new upgrade cycle is 3 years. If you pay now you get the upgrade when it comes out as long as you are paid up. Customer : So in the next 3 years I am guaranteed brand new software. MS : Yes. If I am guaranteed that I am going to be in an accident in the next 3 years it looks more like buying car insurance, and the person that I am going to have the accident with is an employee of the insurance company. Now he rams me after 4 years because he was not able to get around to it for the first 3. If I don't pay twice for that accident I am uncovered. The car insurance is not a super accurate example because of the fact that I was told when I paid for the insurance the first time that there would be an accident and I would need it. What was the origional launch date for Yukon, Longhorn, and Whidbey? 2004. Inside my 3 year coverage period. Now the guy who is supposed to crash into me is without a car, my accident will not happen, but the insurance company gets to keep my money because I paid for something in advance that I am not going to get. Now I have to pay twice for the same accident. I'm sure the bean counters hate to pay twice for the same thing.
My question is where does this leave people who bought the 3 year Software Assurance packages from MS. They have already paid for this update, but it will not be available for them until their contract is up. This will also happen to those who have also paid for updates to Windows and Visual Studio. Do they get an extention to their contract to include these products that they have paid for, or are they just screwed?
Just remember that 2/3 of common English vocabulary comes from 11th and 12th centry French. We just borrowed words from them 900 years ago and are now giving them back.
If Linux 2.2.XX had security holes they would say upgrade. The upgrade is to 2.2.XX+1 or the patch that fixes the problem. I don't have to spend $X00+ to get a more secure system.
> Microsoft has been convicted of being a monopoly, and has not appealed it; Microsoft thereby admits to being a monopoly.
You need to add one word - illegal. Microsoft has been convicted of being a[n illegal] monopoly, and has not appealed it; Microsoft thereby admits to being a monopoly.
There is a difference between a monopoly and and illegal monopoly. An illegal monopoly uses its monopoly status to either rip off their customers or expand into new markets using their monopoly as leverage.
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How much money is he going to make off the deal with Virgin? The X-Prize is just the first step toward other money making opporunities.
Would anyone actually notice the slowdown? This is the DMV after all.
"Somedays we don't let the lines move at all. We call those days weekdays."
I was under the impression that a 128 bit addressing scheme was enough to directly address every molecule in the Universe with some bits left over. Why then is IPv6 limited to 60 thousand million addresses? I understand that some addresses cannot be used because of multicast addresses and some other things like that, but what other sort of limits reduces the available range down to such a (relatively) small number?
Back in my day they had a bank of switches. You entered everything by flipping those switches. And we were greatful to have them.
You are right, painting with one big brush was a little clumsy. But remember that a small and very vocal minority can negatively impact the way their group is perceived.
A couple of years ago in Utah there was a referendum on the storage of low level radioactive waste by a private company. The pro side was trying to tax the storage company into non-existance. Their argument went a little like this - Radioactive waste is similar to nuclear waste and we all know how bad that is for the environment so vote yes so your children won't glow green. This was only the opinion of a small group, but because this small group put forward the same sort of hasty generalization that you called me on, it very negatively impacted the chances of a lot of people voting for the referendum.
Yes fission waste is bad, but it can be stored safely if propper care is taken. This fact is lost on a few small but very vocal environmental groups who scream at the tops of their lungs that any sort of human action from breathing to looking at a tree will cause ecological damage leading global disaster in the next 20 minutes. That said I do agree with you that we need to be careful and make sure that we are not being short sighted how we use the resources of this planet.
I think the correct plea is please, please, please, nobody tell the environmentalists about it.
This has the word nuclear in it. The nuclear boogieman will derail this a lot faster than anything else.
For example, the correct term for and MRI is Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The nuclear here has nothing to do with nuclear power, it just means that the magnets make the nuclei of the atoms move in certain ways and that the images are created by iterpreting those movements. The Nuclear part was dropped because people were worried about radiation.
It really won't matter to the fanatic environmentalist how safe this is, it has the word nuclear in it, and thus is to be fought.
They tried that, but since they were on the endangered species list the red tape would have made it difficult.
This is Barcelona. The place where there are theme days such as (and I have not made this one up) 1/2 price if you show up at the door in just your underwear.
Won't sue you when you leave to a competing product
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I sure that 80% of the bacteria in your intestines are from the same families of bacteria that infect wounds. But if you kill all of them off you are asking for some serious health problems.
I cannot remember the last time Windows detected and installed the correct driver for all of my hardware. I always assume that I am going to have to install the video, sound and network drivers after installing Windows.
Some of the most annoying days of my life were spent trying to figure out what drivers I needed, and then finding them, when installing Windows 98 on a Compaq laptop that only came with a Windows 2000 restore disk. The sound and video drivers were very difficult to come by, and since Compaq did not support Windows 98 on this machine, there was no help from them.
One of the things that most Windows users do not realize is that the disk that they "reinstall" from on most computers sold in the last few years does not contain the operating system, but a disk image that restores everything back to the way it was when it was baught. The drivers and such are already installed and configured before this disk image is made.
>Their claims against Linux are pure science fiction.
No it's just fiction.
Another difference is that the songs in the iTunes store is that you can legally get them out of iTunes. You can even convert them into any other audio format you want. I'm not sure MS would be that kind.
Janus was a god with two faces. What a great mascot for a two faced company.
It probably has something to do with the actuator being installed backwards once, then when it was redone, the second person just put in the new one exactly like the old one that he had just taken out.
This is more along the lines of how a lot of people understood the Software Assurance plan when it was introduced -
MS : Our new upgrade cycle is 3 years. If you pay now you get the upgrade when it comes out as long as you are paid up.
Customer : So in the next 3 years I am guaranteed brand new software.
MS : Yes.
If I am guaranteed that I am going to be in an accident in the next 3 years it looks more like buying car insurance, and the person that I am going to have the accident with is an employee of the insurance company. Now he rams me after 4 years because he was not able to get around to it for the first 3. If I don't pay twice for that accident I am uncovered. The car insurance is not a super accurate example because of the fact that I was told when I paid for the insurance the first time that there would be an accident and I would need it. What was the origional launch date for Yukon, Longhorn, and Whidbey? 2004. Inside my 3 year coverage period. Now the guy who is supposed to crash into me is without a car, my accident will not happen, but the insurance company gets to keep my money because I paid for something in advance that I am not going to get. Now I have to pay twice for the same accident. I'm sure the bean counters hate to pay twice for the same thing.
I tried that once and my pc got really quiet.
My question is where does this leave people who bought the 3 year Software Assurance packages from MS. They have already paid for this update, but it will not be available for them until their contract is up. This will also happen to those who have also paid for updates to Windows and Visual Studio. Do they get an extention to their contract to include these products that they have paid for, or are they just screwed?
This is something we call a joke.
It jumps across over to the other partition and beats it senseless with any loose cables that are around inside the computer.
Just remember that 2/3 of common English vocabulary comes from 11th and 12th centry French. We just borrowed words from them 900 years ago and are now giving them back.
If Linux 2.2.XX had security holes they would say upgrade. The upgrade is to 2.2.XX+1 or the patch that fixes the problem. I don't have to spend $X00+ to get a more secure system.
It's the hamsters that write the music and the monkies write the lyrics.
> Microsoft has been convicted of being a monopoly, and has not appealed it; Microsoft thereby admits to being a monopoly.
You need to add one word - illegal.
Microsoft has been convicted of being a[n illegal] monopoly, and has not appealed it; Microsoft thereby admits to being a monopoly.
There is a difference between a monopoly and and illegal monopoly. An illegal monopoly uses its monopoly status to either rip off their customers or expand into new markets using their monopoly as leverage.
They want some concrete court tested proof that the claims are false. After SCO loses to IBM you will see a lot of lawsuits against SCO.