I don't necessarily hate the marketing concept of 'The Cloud', but I am fascinated by the business decisions and risk acceptance that organisations are willing to take. ie- the typical: "Demanding high availability and hot failover, instantaneous incident resolution, and 'we are your primary customer'... but also a low cost." I think that Amazon and their competitors *may* get there with their offerings, but until there is a bit more maturity, I expect to see more incidents like this.
My wild guess is that a change triggered this, which of course leads to why has the backout plan failed (and who signed off on the risk)? I can't imagine that this is not change related - otherwise there is a serious architectural design flaw here somewhere.
I'm all for their work, but I think "Captured by Robots" is a fair bit beyond this. I had a chance to see "them" at the University of Houston a couple of years ago, it was a great experience (and quite funny as well).
"Also on Monday, Jobs said the next version of OS X, called Leopard, will be released in late 2006 or early 2007, which he said was the same timeframe as Microsoft's next Windows update, dubbed Longhorn. Microsoft has said Longhorn will be released by late 2006. After Jobs' presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller addressed the issue of running Windows on Macs, saying there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an Intel-based Mac. "That doesn't preclude someone from running it on a Mac. They probably will," he said. "We won't do anything to preclude that."
Basically, at this point, I am really confused. Agreed, this guy is a marketing chump... but what is he suggesting? What does this suggest about BIOS/Open Firmware Issues?
In the end, if OS X is available for non Apple hardware, I will be completely floored.
I wish breathalyzers were much more widespread.
9 months ago I moved from Texas to Australia (Victoria), where the legal blood alcohol level is.05, compared to.08 in Texas (which only recently was lowered from.10).
Basically, without having a way to measure your levels, no one I know will take the risk (which is great). All of my friends simply walk or take a cab. It's impossible to guess if you are too drunk to drive with a.05 limit.
What I found even more surprising is why bars don't simply have breathalyzers installed for their patrons. I've heard some do, but I haven't seen it anyhwere. Perhaps it creates some difficult legal problems for them? You can buy handheld breatholyzers here in Australia for about $150 USD... someday I would love to get one.
On a sidenote, one drunk evening out, I walked/stumbled to the local police station to ask them to test me, and they wouldn't. I was pretty disapointed, lol.
I've used Wordpress ever since it branched off from b2. Unfortunately, its success has made it a good target for comment spam.
The available plugins, such as Farook's WPBlacklist , work really well.
However, the amount of incoming spam attempts is sort of like a DDOS attack on us little guys who have servers running on their home cable lines.
It just disapointing that we have to put up with this.
I thought it was interesting how the NY Post described the incident with Josh and his bike:
"A 35-year-old man was arrested for using a convoluted spray-paint mechanism to deface city streets.
Riding a bike and carrying a laptop computer that was programmed to propel spray-paint on the street, Joshua Kinsberg inked the words "America is a free-speech zone" around downtown.
He was arrested for criminal mischief. "
No where does it say anything about it being water soluble chalk, which I think bascially dictates/spears the legality of what he is doing. When someone says "spray paint", I believe most people would simply imagine permanent spay paint... not chalk. That slant takes him from grey area activist to black ink vandal.
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I don't necessarily hate the marketing concept of 'The Cloud', but I am fascinated by the business decisions and risk acceptance that organisations are willing to take. ie- the typical: "Demanding high availability and hot failover, instantaneous incident resolution, and 'we are your primary customer'... but also a low cost." I think that Amazon and their competitors *may* get there with their offerings, but until there is a bit more maturity, I expect to see more incidents like this.
My wild guess is that a change triggered this, which of course leads to why has the backout plan failed (and who signed off on the risk)? I can't imagine that this is not change related - otherwise there is a serious architectural design flaw here somewhere.
Actually, IBM has been working in this field already. Check this: http://redmonk.com/cote/2006/10/06/redmonk-radio-e pisode-27-games-and-mainframes-hoplon/
and IBM's press release: http://www-03.ibm.com/industries/media/doc/content /news/pressrelease/1551338111.html
Essentially, Z Series Mainframes + Linux + MMORPG. Personally, I've always wondered why more MMORPGs are not run on mainframes, considering all the points you illustrated: Scalable, parallel, huge uptime, etc.
The point is that you can run a unified infrastructure with scalable LPARS for different clients on one box (think p595).
ie - the marketing term: "Power on Demand".
What about the super strength wires to hold it all together?! (Sorry, just finished the audiobook).
I'm all for their work, but I think "Captured by Robots" is a fair bit beyond this. I had a chance to see "them" at the University of Houston a couple of years ago, it was a great experience (and quite funny as well).
http://www.capturedbyrobots.com/
There have been rumours of a Nintendo sanctioned PDA style organizer being released for the DS.
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So far, the only thing we have is a name: "Organizer Plus"
http://www.planetgamecube.com/games.cfm?action=pr
I don't know much about Summitsoft, but from their site it seems they make a bunch of Pocket PC apps.
I found this intersting quote at http://forums.sudhian.com/messageview.cfm?catid=18 &threadid=78260
"Also on Monday, Jobs said the next version of OS X, called Leopard, will be released in late 2006 or early 2007, which he said was the same timeframe as Microsoft's next Windows update, dubbed Longhorn. Microsoft has said Longhorn will be released by late 2006. After Jobs' presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller addressed the issue of running Windows on Macs, saying there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an Intel-based Mac. "That doesn't preclude someone from running it on a Mac. They probably will," he said. "We won't do anything to preclude that."
Basically, at this point, I am really confused. Agreed, this guy is a marketing chump... but what is he suggesting? What does this suggest about BIOS/Open Firmware Issues?
In the end, if OS X is available for non Apple hardware, I will be completely floored.
I wish breathalyzers were much more widespread. 9 months ago I moved from Texas to Australia (Victoria), where the legal blood alcohol level is .05, compared to .08 in Texas (which only recently was lowered from .10).
.05 limit.
Basically, without having a way to measure your levels, no one I know will take the risk (which is great). All of my friends simply walk or take a cab. It's impossible to guess if you are too drunk to drive with a
What I found even more surprising is why bars don't simply have breathalyzers installed for their patrons. I've heard some do, but I haven't seen it anyhwere. Perhaps it creates some difficult legal problems for them? You can buy handheld breatholyzers here in Australia for about $150 USD... someday I would love to get one.
On a sidenote, one drunk evening out, I walked/stumbled to the local police station to ask them to test me, and they wouldn't. I was pretty disapointed, lol.
I am curious to see how this will work out, especially since the Apple+Intel article came out in the Wall Street Journal.
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(Think Secret's take: http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0505itunes49.html
I think this is a better indication for Apple's future processors, as opposed to the Intel rumours.
I've used Wordpress ever since it branched off from b2. Unfortunately, its success has made it a good target for comment spam. The available plugins, such as Farook's WPBlacklist , work really well. However, the amount of incoming spam attempts is sort of like a DDOS attack on us little guys who have servers running on their home cable lines. It just disapointing that we have to put up with this.
I thought it was interesting how the NY Post described the incident with Josh and his bike:
"A 35-year-old man was arrested for using a convoluted spray-paint mechanism to deface city streets.
Riding a bike and carrying a laptop computer that was programmed to propel spray-paint on the street, Joshua Kinsberg inked the words "America is a free-speech zone" around downtown.
He was arrested for criminal mischief. "
No where does it say anything about it being water soluble chalk, which I think bascially dictates/spears the legality of what he is doing. When someone says "spray paint", I believe most people would simply imagine permanent spay paint... not chalk. That slant takes him from grey area activist to black ink vandal.