Way to fail at reading comprehension. I said nothing about logging. In fact, I have probably done more work in involving it (in law enforcement and several aerospace companies) than you can imagine. You have no need to question my technical ability. No, I was pointing out that because this had to do with MIT it made the front page. Anytime anyone at MIT so much as farts it makes the front page of Slashdot; its downright silly. But thanks for writing a huge comment about an assumption that you made, it was entertaining.
News Flash: The Fiesta never went out of production in Europe, and has been constantly refined for the last three decades. In its current version, it is safer than a Volvo (thanks to Volvo technology), can come with a Mazda designed Diesel engine, and can storm a beach with the British Royal Navy. Seriously, watch the Top Gear review of the Fiesta; Ford could not buy a better review.
If there was a high-speed rail service that went from Kansas City to Wichita, that would be awesome. There is such a strong desire out here for better public transportation that the Johnson County, Kansas bus system actually runs a bus to Lawrence (in Douglas County) via state highway. That's a 20 mile drive serviced by the "K-10 Connector" bus line. That bus is usually packed. Lawrence is right between Topeka and KC, and a lot of people that work in those cities live in Lawrence. It would be fantastic if there were commuter rail service available between Topeka, Lawrence, and the KC Metro area; there would be a lot of riders.
Don't get an iphone. Seriously. An HTC Apache that is 4 years old is a better phone overall. And if you're posting on slashdot, you're smart enough to be able to play with the phone in ways it wasn't necessarily meant to be played with. For example, my Apache can run Android (though its ugly) and I can watch divx movies on it easily. I'm a huge open source fan, but in the ultimate twist, the Windows Mobile phones really are the most open devices out there.
I worked on a project related to integration design for LLNL's Solid State Heat Capacity Laser (SSHCL) into future aircraft. It is a diode pumped "stackable" laser. The SSHCL is slated to have a maximum output power of 100kW (at 20% efficiency) so even though it is relatively small, you need to be able to generate a lot of electricity. The ABL's output is "megawatt class," but its actual max output is classified. It is a very different creature. Comparing the SSHCL and the ABL is like comparing a Barrett.50cal to a 10" naval gun.
Yeah, I know customer care was hit or miss. Now I walk into the employee store at the Overland Park headquarters and pretend like I work for Sprint and they take care of everything.:)
Back in the day they made some really great phones. I had a few Kyocera 6035s, and only stopped using them when Sprint refused to activate one for me (jerks). I had a 7135 (I think that is the model) which is what came after the 6035. Color screen, Palm OS 3.5, SD card slot, clamshell, it was awesome.
"Don't think that because you CAN use a computer for a heater means that it makes sense."
I beg to differ.
My furnace went out in my apartment a few years ago in December in Kansas, so I went into my spare bedroom (Ye Olde Computer Shoppe) and fired up two AS/400s. I could have gone to a friend's house or a hotel while I waited for the repairman to come, or frozen, but instead I did the sensible thing and fired up two monstrous 300lb. servers.
"The art of the TLA, and the related art of the backronym, are practiced in highly refined form by government agencies and the aerospace industry."
YES. I remember having to work with an insane amount of acronyms when working on a project for Boeing. One of the other engineers introduced me to a program that helped identify acronyms, BLUES: Boeing Look Up Everything System.
"On the matter of speed: If the top-speed of the F-15 of about 2.5 MACH. MACH 3 aint that much faster (relitively speaking) and you don't hear about special fuels and pilots waiting for the jet to cool off after a flight so they can get out."
Look at the size difference between an F-15 and an SR-71. The parasitic drag of an SR-71 is significantly higher, and the associated friction caused immense heating. An F-15 also does not have the service ceiling of an SR-71. Regular jet fuel will not suffice at altitudes and speeds the SR-71 is designed to operate in.
"I am sure the SR-71's that are 'mothballed' are far from retired."
Um, you can go see them. All but a few are on public display. I believe the DoD has kept one, and NASA has at least one.
"Kit car "manufacturers" and even experimental aircraft "manufacturers" regularly develop vehicles for under $50K that do not comply with federal safety standards for production so I don't see the big deal."
There, fixed that for you.
If someone were to tell me they wanted to design and build an airplane for less than $50,000, I'd tell them they were crazy. A single person can't do it alone either. Heck, a single seat of NASTRAN and Fluent so you can do structural and aerodynamic analysis will cost you way more than $50,000 for one year. Yes, I am an aerospace engineer.
I had something like this (but far less automated) going back in my one-man-IT department days. I also had good responses from admins who generally felt bad and wanted things fixed up on their end ASAP. My employer told me it was a waste of my time and to stop because I wasn't "the Internet police." He looked stupid after I was gone and my incompetent replacement managed to get them hacked. He actually allowed someone to set a password to "password" because they complained that my old password requirements were too difficult. I didn't shed a tear.
You have no idea what one complete floating license of CATIA costs. The price tag is best expressed in scientific notation. I used to do a lot of work in Unigraphics/NX and CATIA, including beta testing. For a very limited license with only solid and surface modelers, assemblies, and translations, you could blow $20,000 for one seat.
The thing with acquisitions though is that one company has to have something the other wants. Chrysler had nothing that *the inventor of the automobile* wanted. Mercedes on the other hand had a lot of things Chrysler wanted, including engine technology, safety concepts, ergonomics, and reliability. The crap flowed from Chrysler to Mercedes, there is no doubt about it. Chrysler *tried* using Mercedes technology to their advantage (Crossfire) and it didn't go over as well as they hoped. Chrysler innovation is an oxymoron; they've done nothing and shown no advances. They even have to rely on the "HEMI" badges they put on their cars to sell them. It pissed me off to no end when they tried a stunt like that with Mercedes by bringing back the "6.3" label and slapping it on cars across the entire product line. No. A 6.3 is a full size sedan, sorry; anyone who knows what it means and its history knows where a 6.3 engine belongs.
Chrysler did the opposite of what Ford did. Ford realized they were dying and turned to their subsidiary Volvo. Ford successfully integrated Volvo technology into their cars and they have done an excellent job regaining respect. They've even gone so far as to have a Volvo T5 engine as an option for the 2010 Mondeo. Fusions are selling very well here in the US, put one next to a Volvo S60 and the family resemblance is striking.
FYI, the Chevy Cobalt includes parts from some of GM's European parts bins. The SS for example has the manual transmission from Saab. The new Ford Focus is now a shared platform car using international parts. The Saturn Astra is actually the Opel Astra, but unfortunately the engine, transmission, and options they are selling in the US are crap compared to what Europe gets. Chrysler just builds crap in general, I will never forgive them for what they did to Mercedes.
I wouldn't buy any of the American cars you mentioned either. But they are heading in the right direction. They very much need a forceful push though. Diesel engines would be a good "forceful push."
I certainly hope to run into these fine people on the highway. Too bad they probably are going to stay really far west. I'm equipped with 40 mile radar, satellite weather imagery, and a very fast station wagon it all goes in.
A real American should have the following step between 3 and 4, possibly negating the rest:
3.5) Lock inspector in server room, turn off lights, announce over intercom into server room you are going to turn on the halon to demonstrate he is non-compliant with your halon-survival procedures.
Up until last year I was *still* supporting IRIX customers of my employer's software, and I used an Iris Indigo R3000 and an Octane to do it. The scientific, engineering, and academic worlds of computing still routinely uses old SGI hardware. At the local university, they still have an 8-node Origin2000 in the datacenter, but I think it has outlived the IT staff that was supposed to run it.
Also, the Iris Indigo I used was bought in 1991 and still works great, the only repair needed was to replace it's battery, which I got for $4 at the local battery store. Tell me, do you think your super-duper laptop is going to be alive in 18 years? I'll take not *needing* to replace a computer for nearly 20 years over a slightly cheaper energy cost any day.
SMS does not run over high bandwidth links. On GSM based systems, SMS runs over GSM or GPRS, not HSDPA. On CDMA based systems, SMS runs over a 1xRTT paging channel. These are low bandwidth connections. Its an old protocol that the carriers have no desire to update so long as they can keep charging ridiculous rates.
There won't be any sort of data transfer over SMS, its just not possible given the infrastructure for SMS.
"you need a GPU. Or two. Have they found a way to virtualize that? Or do they have multiple GPUs per server? How the hell are they gonna cool it and power it?"
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Way to fail at reading comprehension. I said nothing about logging. In fact, I have probably done more work in involving it (in law enforcement and several aerospace companies) than you can imagine. You have no need to question my technical ability. No, I was pointing out that because this had to do with MIT it made the front page. Anytime anyone at MIT so much as farts it makes the front page of Slashdot; its downright silly. But thanks for writing a huge comment about an assumption that you made, it was entertaining.
What is it with Slashdot's raging hardon for MIT and the apologists who think that if MIT does something it must be rainbows and puppies and unicorns?
News Flash: The Fiesta never went out of production in Europe, and has been constantly refined for the last three decades. In its current version, it is safer than a Volvo (thanks to Volvo technology), can come with a Mazda designed Diesel engine, and can storm a beach with the British Royal Navy. Seriously, watch the Top Gear review of the Fiesta; Ford could not buy a better review.
"rail doesn't make sense in kansas or nebraska."
If there was a high-speed rail service that went from Kansas City to Wichita, that would be awesome. There is such a strong desire out here for better public transportation that the Johnson County, Kansas bus system actually runs a bus to Lawrence (in Douglas County) via state highway. That's a 20 mile drive serviced by the "K-10 Connector" bus line. That bus is usually packed. Lawrence is right between Topeka and KC, and a lot of people that work in those cities live in Lawrence. It would be fantastic if there were commuter rail service available between Topeka, Lawrence, and the KC Metro area; there would be a lot of riders.
Don't get an iphone. Seriously. An HTC Apache that is 4 years old is a better phone overall. And if you're posting on slashdot, you're smart enough to be able to play with the phone in ways it wasn't necessarily meant to be played with. For example, my Apache can run Android (though its ugly) and I can watch divx movies on it easily. I'm a huge open source fan, but in the ultimate twist, the Windows Mobile phones really are the most open devices out there.
I worked on a project related to integration design for LLNL's Solid State Heat Capacity Laser (SSHCL) into future aircraft. It is a diode pumped "stackable" laser. The SSHCL is slated to have a maximum output power of 100kW (at 20% efficiency) so even though it is relatively small, you need to be able to generate a lot of electricity. The ABL's output is "megawatt class," but its actual max output is classified. It is a very different creature. Comparing the SSHCL and the ABL is like comparing a Barrett .50cal to a 10" naval gun.
Yeah, I know customer care was hit or miss. Now I walk into the employee store at the Overland Park headquarters and pretend like I work for Sprint and they take care of everything. :)
Back in the day they made some really great phones. I had a few Kyocera 6035s, and only stopped using them when Sprint refused to activate one for me (jerks). I had a 7135 (I think that is the model) which is what came after the 6035. Color screen, Palm OS 3.5, SD card slot, clamshell, it was awesome.
"Don't think that because you CAN use a computer for a heater means that it makes sense."
I beg to differ.
My furnace went out in my apartment a few years ago in December in Kansas, so I went into my spare bedroom (Ye Olde Computer Shoppe) and fired up two AS/400s. I could have gone to a friend's house or a hotel while I waited for the repairman to come, or frozen, but instead I did the sensible thing and fired up two monstrous 300lb. servers.
Its just someone trying to relive the glory days of SGI.
"The art of the TLA, and the related art of the backronym, are practiced in highly refined form by government agencies and the aerospace industry."
YES. I remember having to work with an insane amount of acronyms when working on a project for Boeing. One of the other engineers introduced me to a program that helped identify acronyms, BLUES: Boeing Look Up Everything System.
"On the matter of speed:
If the top-speed of the F-15 of about 2.5 MACH. MACH 3 aint that much faster (relitively speaking) and you don't hear about special fuels and pilots waiting for the jet to cool off after a flight so they can get out."
Look at the size difference between an F-15 and an SR-71. The parasitic drag of an SR-71 is significantly higher, and the associated friction caused immense heating. An F-15 also does not have the service ceiling of an SR-71. Regular jet fuel will not suffice at altitudes and speeds the SR-71 is designed to operate in.
"I am sure the SR-71's that are 'mothballed' are far from retired."
Um, you can go see them. All but a few are on public display. I believe the DoD has kept one, and NASA has at least one.
Sorry, my sarcasmometer was broken yesterday.
"Kit car "manufacturers" and even experimental aircraft "manufacturers" regularly develop vehicles for under $50K that do not comply with federal safety standards for production so I don't see the big deal."
There, fixed that for you.
If someone were to tell me they wanted to design and build an airplane for less than $50,000, I'd tell them they were crazy. A single person can't do it alone either. Heck, a single seat of NASTRAN and Fluent so you can do structural and aerodynamic analysis will cost you way more than $50,000 for one year. Yes, I am an aerospace engineer.
I had something like this (but far less automated) going back in my one-man-IT department days. I also had good responses from admins who generally felt bad and wanted things fixed up on their end ASAP. My employer told me it was a waste of my time and to stop because I wasn't "the Internet police." He looked stupid after I was gone and my incompetent replacement managed to get them hacked. He actually allowed someone to set a password to "password" because they complained that my old password requirements were too difficult. I didn't shed a tear.
You have no idea what one complete floating license of CATIA costs. The price tag is best expressed in scientific notation. I used to do a lot of work in Unigraphics/NX and CATIA, including beta testing. For a very limited license with only solid and surface modelers, assemblies, and translations, you could blow $20,000 for one seat.
The thing with acquisitions though is that one company has to have something the other wants. Chrysler had nothing that *the inventor of the automobile* wanted. Mercedes on the other hand had a lot of things Chrysler wanted, including engine technology, safety concepts, ergonomics, and reliability. The crap flowed from Chrysler to Mercedes, there is no doubt about it. Chrysler *tried* using Mercedes technology to their advantage (Crossfire) and it didn't go over as well as they hoped. Chrysler innovation is an oxymoron; they've done nothing and shown no advances. They even have to rely on the "HEMI" badges they put on their cars to sell them. It pissed me off to no end when they tried a stunt like that with Mercedes by bringing back the "6.3" label and slapping it on cars across the entire product line. No. A 6.3 is a full size sedan, sorry; anyone who knows what it means and its history knows where a 6.3 engine belongs.
Chrysler did the opposite of what Ford did. Ford realized they were dying and turned to their subsidiary Volvo. Ford successfully integrated Volvo technology into their cars and they have done an excellent job regaining respect. They've even gone so far as to have a Volvo T5 engine as an option for the 2010 Mondeo. Fusions are selling very well here in the US, put one next to a Volvo S60 and the family resemblance is striking.
FYI, the Chevy Cobalt includes parts from some of GM's European parts bins. The SS for example has the manual transmission from Saab. The new Ford Focus is now a shared platform car using international parts. The Saturn Astra is actually the Opel Astra, but unfortunately the engine, transmission, and options they are selling in the US are crap compared to what Europe gets. Chrysler just builds crap in general, I will never forgive them for what they did to Mercedes.
I wouldn't buy any of the American cars you mentioned either. But they are heading in the right direction. They very much need a forceful push though. Diesel engines would be a good "forceful push."
I certainly hope to run into these fine people on the highway. Too bad they probably are going to stay really far west. I'm equipped with 40 mile radar, satellite weather imagery, and a very fast station wagon it all goes in.
Better yet, make the message personal, and send spammers to Jupiter.
A real American should have the following step between 3 and 4, possibly negating the rest:
3.5) Lock inspector in server room, turn off lights, announce over intercom into server room you are going to turn on the halon to demonstrate he is non-compliant with your halon-survival procedures.
Up until last year I was *still* supporting IRIX customers of my employer's software, and I used an Iris Indigo R3000 and an Octane to do it. The scientific, engineering, and academic worlds of computing still routinely uses old SGI hardware. At the local university, they still have an 8-node Origin2000 in the datacenter, but I think it has outlived the IT staff that was supposed to run it.
Also, the Iris Indigo I used was bought in 1991 and still works great, the only repair needed was to replace it's battery, which I got for $4 at the local battery store. Tell me, do you think your super-duper laptop is going to be alive in 18 years? I'll take not *needing* to replace a computer for nearly 20 years over a slightly cheaper energy cost any day.
NO.
SMS does not run over high bandwidth links. On GSM based systems, SMS runs over GSM or GPRS, not HSDPA. On CDMA based systems, SMS runs over a 1xRTT paging channel. These are low bandwidth connections. Its an old protocol that the carriers have no desire to update so long as they can keep charging ridiculous rates.
There won't be any sort of data transfer over SMS, its just not possible given the infrastructure for SMS.
I believe that this is what you are looking for.
News Flash: Aerospace Engineers aren't stupid!