The biggest difference? Well, there're a couple. First, it's flexible.
Second, you can register contact at more than one point at a time. Most touchpads use an XY coordinate system for determining the point where the pad is touched; if you have more than one active row or column region, you no longer know for certain which, or even how many, points are making contact.
You can secure a machine against a cracker by installing an OS that the cracker doesn't know much about, ergo the reference to logging to an OS/2 machine.
Excellent point, but remember you're not babysitting everyone, just the guy in question. (Unless you expect him to convince somebody else to run his little trojan for him.)
The number of chips did strike me as a bit much. I figure this is just their proof-of-concept, though.
We'll probably see wider such chips before we get to the 16GB DIMM stage. Remember that the actual die is normally much smaller than the ceramic (or plastic) package the pins stick out of.
I doubt the internal circuitry will have changed all that much, aside from the move to an external power supply. The circuitry to support the hard drive will probably still be there, so people with a little experience with a soldering iron will probably still be able to add in a hard drive.
Then let subscribers view not-yet-rejected story submissions. It wouldn't eliminate dupes, but it'd improve the situation. (And give me more to read.:)
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Naw...what matters is the compression algorithm you use to transport data.
The biggest difference? Well, there're a couple. First, it's flexible.
Second, you can register contact at more than one point at a time. Most touchpads use an XY coordinate system for determining the point where the pad is touched; if you have more than one active row or column region, you no longer know for certain which, or even how many, points are making contact.
On the bright side, you could use strong sterilization methods; less risk of STDs.
No, that'd be Radu Radu.
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KITT: "You know, Mike, we need to talk about how you're doing on your diet."
You can secure a machine against a cracker by installing an OS that the cracker doesn't know much about, ergo the reference to logging to an OS/2 machine.
Excellent point, but remember you're not babysitting everyone, just the guy in question. (Unless you expect him to convince somebody else to run his little trojan for him.)
A Windows crackmaster may not have the skills to crack an OS/2 box, a BeOS box, or even a Linux box.
Cracking skills come with some degree of specialization. You hired the guy to audit your Windows workstations, not your UNIX-clone servers.
Hire him, but log his activities to a machine he doesn't have the skills to crack. Periodic reviews of those logs would then be appropriate.
Of course, what do you use to keep an eye on him that he can't disable?
A modernized Streets of SimCity. :)
The number of chips did strike me as a bit much. I figure this is just their proof-of-concept, though.
We'll probably see wider such chips before we get to the 16GB DIMM stage. Remember that the actual die is normally much smaller than the ceramic (or plastic) package the pins stick out of.
(groan) Sorry...replied to the wrong comment. :(
Actually, increasing the RAM reduces the significance of other bottlenecks in a PC.
For example, you can buffer transfers that would otherwise go to or from the hard drive, so you spend less time waiting on I/O.
RTFA...they're talking about using the chips to fit 16 gigabytes on one DIMM.
One gigabit is 128MB. Assuming a 64-bit memory bus width, one chip per bus bit, and 2 gigabits of storage per chip, you're talking about a 16GB DIMM.
So the the terminology inclined, it is a significant advancement.
A good summary of memory technology is here.
The cat in the hat? I heard he was poisoned...
There's gotta be basis for a poem somewhere in there...
That's frequently the case...I wish more people would at least prepend a "Quoth the article."
...being a l337 hax0r isn't good enough for some people.
I doubt the internal circuitry will have changed all that much, aside from the move to an external power supply. The circuitry to support the hard drive will probably still be there, so people with a little experience with a soldering iron will probably still be able to add in a hard drive.
I can see them possibly considering building an OS based on Linux or a BSD variant. But that's still a pretty tight market to try to squeeze into.
Firefox already does that. (Well, it doesn't exactly track you, and it only displays relevant ads if you want it to.)
Then let subscribers view not-yet-rejected story submissions. It wouldn't eliminate dupes, but it'd improve the situation. (And give me more to read. :)
I'm looking forward to the return of April Dupes Day.
Just remember, behind every dupe article is a submitter who didn't see it posted the first time.
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