Like the old Usenet rule -- The first one to compare the other to a Nazi, automatically loses the argument.
Seriously, posting someone's home address along with photos of their family (not to mention numerous phone calls), could easily be interpreted as stalking. Should Mr. Wales decide to file charges, it might get interesting -- is he obstructing free speech? Or is he protecting his family from a known kook?
I have a friend who is a mainframe COBOL programmer -- knows MVS, DB2, CICS, etc. and hasn't been able to work in his field for over 4 years. And it's not because of a lack of skill -- he's good at it. It's just that the jobs aren't there.
Chip H.
Is Tony happy being back?
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Tony is credited with much of the work done on the orignal Cisco IOS
What does Tony think about being back at Cisco? Presumably he had a reason for leaving for Juniper -- maybe money, maybe technical freedom, who knows? But here he is back at the company he left several years ago.
1. Thou shalt not kill the general public by allowing your mission (or pieces & parts thereof) to land on them
2. Thou shalt not kill your paying passengers
The only question is how zealous will the FAA be in enforcing rule #2. Will they require inflatible slides for the doors (not that reasonable) or require fire-retardant cabin hardware (very reasonable), or maybe require a preflight speech by the pilot: "Insert the metal tab into the buckle" (stupid, but a legal necessity).
I wouldn't doubt that eventually someone will build a RSS caching device & sell it to the corporate market. Given how big a drain as RSS is to the supplier, the corporate market has the money and determination not to permit it to become a problem for them.
I agree, it's an excellent feature to have. Despite trying all the various Windows newsgroup readers, none of them match the functionality that PMINews from Stardock had under OS/2. Fully multi-threaded, you could have 3 or more downloads going simultaneously, and everything stayed responsive.
Apple is famous for their design skills. But since IBM is no longer (or will shortly no longer will be) selling any personal computers, where could that be applied? Giant all-white mainframes?
I loaded their XSD up in XMLSpy, and there are some errors that it reports in the included XSD file:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/forecasts/xml/DWMLgen/sche ma/parameters.xsd
Specifically, there are a number of complexTypes that have attributes that have both default values and their use is required. If you have a default value, you should set the "use" to optional.
Otherwise, a very good effort -- it's easy to understand once you know that weather is 3-dimensional (they have a location which includes a height element). I never saw the previous format, but anyone who can read XML can understand this.
Chip H.
All those who have seen an IMP in person, raise your hand.
{raises hand}
I saw some BBN technicians install an IMP while I was stationed at McClellan AFB in 1985-6. It took up 4 racks (but probably could have fit in 3). At the time, I had no clue what it was for.
Automated armor is almost certainly on it's way. Only it won't be giant mechs, it will be improvments in current designs.
Once you remove the need to house & protect the humans in a tank, you can significantly change it's size & shape, making it lower (with an elevating mount for the main gun), narrower (the better to go through forests), and lighter (only put the heaviest armor on the important parts). You'd still want to use tracks because of how they distribute weight, but you could put helper arms on the front for climbing over obstacles (much like what's on the tracker bot recconaisance units).
Removing the humans from the chassis also leaves room for more computing power. Once the DARPA Grand Challenge results in self-navigation software, you can add on additional software for the vehicles to act in self-organizing swarms, as well as position themselves in formations that maximize their lethality.
Instead of the "A" in UAV standing for "aerial", it would stand for "armored".
AFAIK, the mobile market has actually been Intel's primary strength in the recent years
Actually, I was referring to mobile phones. But on reflection, the article wasn't that clear, and could have easily been referring to laptops, etc., where the Centrino bundle does offer a good blend of features for the price.
Mr. Otellini will tell analysts that he plans to focus on four areas for growth: international markets for desktop personal computers, mobile and wireless applications, the digital home, as well as a new initiative aimed at large corporate computing markets that Intel is calling the Digital Office.
International markets are more price-sensitive than the US, so they'll go with the cheapest CPU they can find, which ain't Intel.
If they think that the PC market is fast moving, wait until they see the mobile market. We're talking a 6-9 month obsolesence cycle and incredible price pressures. There's also lots of established players, so Intel had better offer something special that the others don't have (and can't easily duplicate).
So far as a "digital home" -- most people (meaning non-developers and non/. readers) are happy with a single PC to surf, get email, etc. The gamers are a viable market, but the under-24 folks don't have the money for media-center PCs, as they can barely afford to buy new GForce cards and purple case lamps every few months.
The corporate market is the one place that Intel has a chance of succeeding. Most IT departments won't buy anything unless it has "Intel Inside" because they're so conservative. The areas for Intel to focus on there are increasing power density, reducing heat, and improving system managability.
So, the USAF orders up a custom version of Windows. I hope someone tells all the suppliers of Windows-based software to them, otherwise a fair portion of it will not function: "Whaddya mean none of your PCs have option X installed? It's part of Windows!"
This will serve no purpose other than driving up the price of future work done for them.
Since the CNT fabric is conductive -- imagine if you could have a jersey for running or cycling that had an embedded heartrate monitor. No more stupid straps digging into your chest!
My question was why do they need 100 satellites?
They should be able to accomplish what they want with 30 or 40. Even Iridium only needs 66 satellites, and that's mostly because they're in LEO. If China is launching 100 single-purpose satellites, that seems like a waste of launchers & orbits, when they could combine functionality and save a lot of money.
Another question - who allocates orbital space for them? I wouldn't want their satellites to be colliding with mine. :-)
So, when do they plan to send the teleoperated bulldozers and other construction equipment? Our Guys will need somewhere to stay below the lunra surface to avoid excessive radiation doses, so they'll want a lunar base that's ready for occupancy when they arrive.
Why aren't they working with Caterpillar and John Deere on this?
180,000 players is lot of people -- obviously, not all of them are online at the same time. But even so, what's the backend of the game like to handle that number of players?
Do you have redundant servers to handle systems failure? Are they geographically dispersed to avoid "backhoe" cable cuts? What are some of the operational challenges involved with running a Massive Multiplayer game?
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See above reply wrt: Godwins Law
Chip H.
Like the old Usenet rule -- The first one to compare the other to a Nazi, automatically loses the argument.
Seriously, posting someone's home address along with photos of their family (not to mention numerous phone calls), could easily be interpreted as stalking. Should Mr. Wales decide to file charges, it might get interesting -- is he obstructing free speech? Or is he protecting his family from a known kook?
Chip H.
I have a friend who is a mainframe COBOL programmer -- knows MVS, DB2, CICS, etc. and hasn't been able to work in his field for over 4 years. And it's not because of a lack of skill -- he's good at it. It's just that the jobs aren't there.
Chip H.
Tony is credited with much of the work done on the orignal Cisco IOS
What does Tony think about being back at Cisco? Presumably he had a reason for leaving for Juniper -- maybe money, maybe technical freedom, who knows? But here he is back at the company he left several years ago.
Chip H.
I think what the intent of the law is:
1. Thou shalt not kill the general public by allowing your mission (or pieces & parts thereof) to land on them
2. Thou shalt not kill your paying passengers
The only question is how zealous will the FAA be in enforcing rule #2. Will they require inflatible slides for the doors (not that reasonable) or require fire-retardant cabin hardware (very reasonable), or maybe require a preflight speech by the pilot: "Insert the metal tab into the buckle" (stupid, but a legal necessity).
Chip H.
Ambasador Kosh comes out of the closet
I wouldn't doubt that eventually someone will build a RSS caching device & sell it to the corporate market. Given how big a drain as RSS is to the supplier, the corporate market has the money and determination not to permit it to become a problem for them.
Chip H.
I agree, it's an excellent feature to have. Despite trying all the various Windows newsgroup readers, none of them match the functionality that PMINews from Stardock had under OS/2. Fully multi-threaded, you could have 3 or more downloads going simultaneously, and everything stayed responsive.
Chip H.
Apple is famous for their design skills. But since IBM is no longer (or will shortly no longer will be) selling any personal computers, where could that be applied? Giant all-white mainframes?
Chip H.
I loaded their XSD up in XMLSpy, and there are some errors that it reports in the included XSD file: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/forecasts/xml/DWMLgen/sche ma/parameters.xsd
Specifically, there are a number of complexTypes that have attributes that have both default values and their use is required. If you have a default value, you should set the "use" to optional.
Otherwise, a very good effort -- it's easy to understand once you know that weather is 3-dimensional (they have a location which includes a height element). I never saw the previous format, but anyone who can read XML can understand this.
Chip H.
All those who have seen an IMP in person, raise your hand.
{raises hand}
I saw some BBN technicians install an IMP while I was stationed at McClellan AFB in 1985-6. It took up 4 racks (but probably could have fit in 3). At the time, I had no clue what it was for.
Chip H.
Automated armor is almost certainly on it's way. Only it won't be giant mechs, it will be improvments in current designs.
Once you remove the need to house & protect the humans in a tank, you can significantly change it's size & shape, making it lower (with an elevating mount for the main gun), narrower (the better to go through forests), and lighter (only put the heaviest armor on the important parts). You'd still want to use tracks because of how they distribute weight, but you could put helper arms on the front for climbing over obstacles (much like what's on the tracker bot recconaisance units).
Removing the humans from the chassis also leaves room for more computing power. Once the DARPA Grand Challenge results in self-navigation software, you can add on additional software for the vehicles to act in self-organizing swarms, as well as position themselves in formations that maximize their lethality.
Instead of the "A" in UAV standing for "aerial", it would stand for "armored".
Chip H.
Mod parent up (even if they're AC). Payments were made to the Indian goverment, but they did not pass them onto the affected people.
Chip H.
No "snuck" about it.
A disgruntled employee opened two separate valves to introduce water into the MIC tank.
Chip H.
I'm not too sympathetic to the plight of the spammers, but I think it sets a bad precedent, and will only result in an arms race.
Chip H.
AFAIK, the mobile market has actually been Intel's primary strength in the recent years
Actually, I was referring to mobile phones. But on reflection, the article wasn't that clear, and could have easily been referring to laptops, etc., where the Centrino bundle does offer a good blend of features for the price.
Chip H.
Mr. Otellini will tell analysts that he plans to focus on four areas for growth: international markets for desktop personal computers, mobile and wireless applications, the digital home, as well as a new initiative aimed at large corporate computing markets that Intel is calling the Digital Office.
/. readers) are happy with a single PC to surf, get email, etc. The gamers are a viable market, but the under-24 folks don't have the money for media-center PCs, as they can barely afford to buy new GForce cards and purple case lamps every few months.
International markets are more price-sensitive than the US, so they'll go with the cheapest CPU they can find, which ain't Intel.
If they think that the PC market is fast moving, wait until they see the mobile market. We're talking a 6-9 month obsolesence cycle and incredible price pressures. There's also lots of established players, so Intel had better offer something special that the others don't have (and can't easily duplicate).
So far as a "digital home" -- most people (meaning non-developers and non
The corporate market is the one place that Intel has a chance of succeeding. Most IT departments won't buy anything unless it has "Intel Inside" because they're so conservative. The areas for Intel to focus on there are increasing power density, reducing heat, and improving system managability.
Chip H.
So, the USAF orders up a custom version of Windows. I hope someone tells all the suppliers of Windows-based software to them, otherwise a fair portion of it will not function: "Whaddya mean none of your PCs have option X installed? It's part of Windows!"
This will serve no purpose other than driving up the price of future work done for them.
Chip H.
Since the CNT fabric is conductive -- imagine if you could have a jersey for running or cycling that had an embedded heartrate monitor. No more stupid straps digging into your chest!
Chip H.
...Sending spam to an address that has 24-hour access to nuclear weapons.
Chip H.
My question was why do they need 100 satellites?
:-)
They should be able to accomplish what they want with 30 or 40. Even Iridium only needs 66 satellites, and that's mostly because they're in LEO. If China is launching 100 single-purpose satellites, that seems like a waste of launchers & orbits, when they could combine functionality and save a lot of money.
Another question - who allocates orbital space for them? I wouldn't want their satellites to be colliding with mine.
Chip H.
Why is Fox writing new content ("mopisodes???") when all anyone needs is Moe, Larry & Curly?
Bugs Bunny & Yosemite Sam would be good, too.
Sometimes the classics are the best.
Chip H.
So, when do they plan to send the teleoperated bulldozers and other construction equipment? Our Guys will need somewhere to stay below the lunra surface to avoid excessive radiation doses, so they'll want a lunar base that's ready for occupancy when they arrive.
Why aren't they working with Caterpillar and John Deere on this?
Chip H.
Look! I folded my floppy drive cable into a dinosaur!
Chip H.
180,000 players is lot of people -- obviously, not all of them are online at the same time. But even so, what's the backend of the game like to handle that number of players?
Do you have redundant servers to handle systems failure? Are they geographically dispersed to avoid "backhoe" cable cuts? What are some of the operational challenges involved with running a Massive Multiplayer game?
Chip H.