Push for the development of a standardized, low-cost computer, and you can ensure that whatever hardware you want goes into that computer. Like hardware-level access controls. (TCPA comes to mind.)
It's not the low-cost that would prevent piracy, it's the design. Otherwise, they'd strip down their XBox design and market it as a computer.
Neat. I'd definately take advantage of it for traveling, but I don't see it becoming popular for short distances. Who wants to go to work on someone else's schedule?
I doubt people would be willing to give up the comfort of having their own driveway...unless you plan on having such switching systems go all the way to peoples' homes.
Plus, there's important versatility of a vehicle with normal tires. In Jurassic Park (the book, not so much the movie), there was emphasis that the jeeps were much more useful than the tour cars, even if they weren't as cheap and convienient.
You said they were measuring the "predicted value"... you don't measure predicted values. You take measurements, and compare them to predicted values. The predicted values are known before hand; they're theoretical.
Thinking of time travel...anyone know of a place where I could debate things like the effects, or even the possibility, of going back in time and eliminating an ancestor before they procreate?
It sounds to me like you're confusing American people with American leaders. Popular vote vs electoral college aside, once a President is elected, he's stuck there for four years, unless he's convicted in an impeachment. So a candidate's running platform can have little to do with what he actually does in office.
Don't blame me, I wasn't old enough to vote. (I first voted in 2001.)
There are a few things I've learned that I'd rather forget. And a few things I've seen that I'd rather forget. Like photographs of mutilated children from Rwanda and a video of a girl getting shot in the head.
It's been a couple years since I've seen either of those things, and the memory still makes me queazy.
I'd ammend the saying to read, "Ignorance is bliss, for those items one would prefer to forget."
Another saying, with another meaning, could be, "Ignorance is bliss, for those items one would wish to ignore."
For AMD CPUs, the only thing in common between the two cores will be the HyperTransport link to the rest of the system, and the link from the memory controllers to the system RAM.
For Intel CPUs, there's even less in common.
AFAIK, neither company's system includes the two cores sharing functional units ala HyperThreading.
I'm curious if BPL would allow investigative agencies to bypass wiretapping laws. After all, your browsing habits will be somewhere in that interference signal...
Every PC has a small amount of writable NVRAM...it's where my CMOS settings are stored. If you look at the Linux kernel configuration, there's an option to allow writing to this area of memory.
However, it goes away if your CMOS battery dies. (I believe it's SRAM based.)
I suspect you're thinking of FLASH memory, which isn't as fast as SRAM, or, generally, even DRAM.
Here's a good overview on DRAM and SRAM, if you're interested.
Parrot is a virtual machine intended to be flexible enough to be used as a target for Perl 5/6, Java, Ruby, Python, Forth, Z-code...just about anything.
IIRC, it's expected to be primarily used for Perl 6.
The popular notion of terrorists deals with foreigners who hate the West for some reason or another. The FBI has a different notion of terrorists: Rapists, murderers, robbers, sex-offenders and gang members, plus anything they can sell to the media or through a lawyer.
I imagine the databases the FBI and CIA will find most interesting are owned by financial institutions and travel companies (like airlines, Amtrak, bus companies and possibly taxi services.). Maybe store chains like Walgreens, Rite-Aid, Wal-Mart, Meijers, (and on and on)
Need to find out who bought pepper spray a few hours before a carjacking? Query Visa and Mastercard for purchases in that time frame, limiting your results to the area you're interested in. Then query the databases of those stores for transaction details for those purchases.
Was pepper spray sold by any of those stores? Yes? You've now got a suspect who you already know was in the area at the time, and had a similar weapon.
Sure, there are people who believe it. My (otherwise technically in-tune) dad, for example.
All you need is for someone to picture Linux fans as computer-addict pro-commune hippies, and SCO's (and Microsoft's) descriptions of Linux and its community make sense.
(Despite the fact my dad has longer hair than I do.:) )
And that's only evidence gathered by scientists within those hundred years. There's geological samples (ice and otherwise) dating back much, much longer than that.
(opinion)
Besides, using the age of the Earth as a comparison is senseless, because the Earth hasn't had a biosphere like today's for most of it. As a species residing here, we're more interested in the Earth's behavior after the point where it began supporting life like us. (i.e. mammals.)
Sure...when your POV has already been explained in countless scientific (and non-scientific) circles using evidence that's been collected for over one hundred years.
The real problem is human nature; Most people don't have any sort of reliable memory for things they don't understand...which is why it's frequently necessary to reiterate valid scientific positions.
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Amen. I've got two gigs of MODs, ITs, XMs, STMs and S3Ms...all of it legal.
Push for the development of a standardized, low-cost computer, and you can ensure that whatever hardware you want goes into that computer. Like hardware-level access controls. (TCPA comes to mind.)
It's not the low-cost that would prevent piracy, it's the design. Otherwise, they'd strip down their XBox design and market it as a computer.
Neat. I'd definately take advantage of it for traveling, but I don't see it becoming popular for short distances. Who wants to go to work on someone else's schedule?
But how many years ahead were the predictions? This study says three years. Weren't flying cars predicted for fifty?
In terms of maturity, the technology behind household robots is a lot closer to producing affordable units than that behind flying cars.
I doubt people would be willing to give up the comfort of having their own driveway...unless you plan on having such switching systems go all the way to peoples' homes.
Plus, there's important versatility of a vehicle with normal tires. In Jurassic Park (the book, not so much the movie), there was emphasis that the jeeps were much more useful than the tour cars, even if they weren't as cheap and convienient.
I missed the "of" ...
My bad. Sorry.
You said they were measuring the "predicted value" ... you don't measure predicted values. You take measurements, and compare them to predicted values. The predicted values are known before hand; they're theoretical.
/pedantic
Sorry.
Pedantic:
Er...you mean "actual value," since it's not a given that the actual value and predicted value will be the same.
Thinking of time travel...anyone know of a place where I could debate things like the effects, or even the possibility, of going back in time and eliminating an ancestor before they procreate?
It's a fun topic to debate.
IIRC, Apple ships OS X with their rackmount systems, which have been used in clusters. So there is an HPC link. I won't say it's emphasized, though.
It sounds to me like you're confusing American people with American leaders. Popular vote vs electoral college aside, once a President is elected, he's stuck there for four years, unless he's convicted in an impeachment. So a candidate's running platform can have little to do with what he actually does in office.
Don't blame me, I wasn't old enough to vote. (I first voted in 2001.)
There are a few things I've learned that I'd rather forget. And a few things I've seen that I'd rather forget. Like photographs of mutilated children from Rwanda and a video of a girl getting shot in the head.
It's been a couple years since I've seen either of those things, and the memory still makes me queazy.
I'd ammend the saying to read, "Ignorance is bliss, for those items one would prefer to forget."
Another saying, with another meaning, could be, "Ignorance is bliss, for those items one would wish to ignore."
Er...you mean LCARS, right?
(ducks)
I might be mistaken, but you don't need a license to listen, do you? I thought you only needed a license to transmit...
Not that I'm doing either without a license, mind you. (I wouldn't have the time.)
A loud one.
But I can't help but agree with a shirt button I saw once..."Loud Pipes Save Lives"
For AMD CPUs, the only thing in common between the two cores will be the HyperTransport link to the rest of the system, and the link from the memory controllers to the system RAM.
For Intel CPUs, there's even less in common.
AFAIK, neither company's system includes the two cores sharing functional units ala HyperThreading.
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"The cow's name is Norman, and you were..."
I'm curious if BPL would allow investigative agencies to bypass wiretapping laws. After all, your browsing habits will be somewhere in that interference signal...
Every PC has a small amount of writable NVRAM...it's where my CMOS settings are stored. If you look at the Linux kernel configuration, there's an option to allow writing to this area of memory.
However, it goes away if your CMOS battery dies. (I believe it's SRAM based.)
I suspect you're thinking of FLASH memory, which isn't as fast as SRAM, or, generally, even DRAM.
Here's a good overview on DRAM and SRAM, if you're interested.
Parrot is a virtual machine intended to be flexible enough to be used as a target for Perl 5/6, Java, Ruby, Python, Forth, Z-code...just about anything.
IIRC, it's expected to be primarily used for Perl 6.
The popular notion of terrorists deals with foreigners who hate the West for some reason or another. The FBI has a different notion of terrorists: Rapists, murderers, robbers, sex-offenders and gang members, plus anything they can sell to the media or through a lawyer.
I imagine the databases the FBI and CIA will find most interesting are owned by financial institutions and travel companies (like airlines, Amtrak, bus companies and possibly taxi services.). Maybe store chains like Walgreens, Rite-Aid, Wal-Mart, Meijers, (and on and on)
Need to find out who bought pepper spray a few hours before a carjacking? Query Visa and Mastercard for purchases in that time frame, limiting your results to the area you're interested in. Then query the databases of those stores for transaction details for those purchases.
Was pepper spray sold by any of those stores? Yes? You've now got a suspect who you already know was in the area at the time, and had a similar weapon.
Sure, there are people who believe it. My (otherwise technically in-tune) dad, for example.
:) )
All you need is for someone to picture Linux fans as computer-addict pro-commune hippies, and SCO's (and Microsoft's) descriptions of Linux and its community make sense.
(Despite the fact my dad has longer hair than I do.
Great...now I'm going to watch "Wild West Tech" looking for analogies in the IP business.
And that's only evidence gathered by scientists within those hundred years. There's geological samples (ice and otherwise) dating back much, much longer than that.
(opinion)
Besides, using the age of the Earth as a comparison is senseless, because the Earth hasn't had a biosphere like today's for most of it. As a species residing here, we're more interested in the Earth's behavior after the point where it began supporting life like us. (i.e. mammals.)
(/opinion)
Sure...when your POV has already been explained in countless scientific (and non-scientific) circles using evidence that's been collected for over one hundred years.
The real problem is human nature; Most people don't have any sort of reliable memory for things they don't understand...which is why it's frequently necessary to reiterate valid scientific positions.