My roommate and I have got an NES a few months back... Didn't really play much til he got Super Mario Bros off of eBay... Well, that cartridge had some difect or something, so it took a whole lot of blowing on the contacts to get it working.
I have to say we didn't turn the machine off ever since for the fear that the cart would go dead. It's pretty much been on for the past two months. (How's that for an uptime?)
I wish they still made 2-D games like that. I mean there's nothing wrong with today's crop of 3-D stuff, but one does yearn for a bit of hand-drawn cartoonish animation from time to time...
As much as those people can be considered tyrants (though I like Bill Clinton personally, and that's a whole other debate), they have nations standing behind them, nations whose well-being is in their interest. Now you and I may not agree with these people's definition of "well being", but i think it will be genrally agreed by all that having your country nuked is a bad thing.
These people will refrain from using mass destruction technology for the fear of having it used against them in retaliation. A small group of terrorists that is fanatical enough to be willing to sacrifice their lives for a cause will not fear such retaliation, and there is therefore nothing to stop them from using such technology were they to have access to it.
Even a government you do not trust is a better repository of such knoweledge than a small group independent whose ideas you agree with.
The baddies as you call them, would have to go about aquiring nano tech through complex intelligence networks if the technology is held by companies and governments. Any entity large enough to posess such resources would unavoidably have more responsibility and caution with application of such technology.
Even though Soviet Union was able to steal the atomic bomb plans, because it was a large country that had to fear retribution it never used the bomb against the US.
Making such nano technology open source removes the "entry barrier" into the field, and therefore is dangerous.
Imagine if everyone had access to it. The good that can potentially be done is pretty staggering (if you think medicine, manufacturing, etc). But what about the bad?
Imagine biological warfare, etc. Engineering viruses using tiny particles.
The reason that Open Source workse so well for Linux and Apache is that you cannot hurt anyone with Linux and Apache, so even if some militant terrorist organization sets up a Linux box and strats serving up pages, the dangers are few and indirect.
Having nano go open source might be a bigger problem. I think the chances of a corporation turning it to "evil" uses are much slimmer than terrorists doing so given unrestricted access.
I disagree. I think a first spacewalk on a space station that took three years to get to where it is now (and who knows hoe much longer in planning) is an important milestone.
It shows that after all those delays with the russian components, and cost overruns the station's development is still progressing.
Now if you are not interested in such stories, you don't really need to go and read about it. So is it really worth complaining about the fact that your browser had to load a few bytes of HTML that didn't interest you? I'm sure that there's quite a few people on Slashdot who look at ISS's development with sufficient interest to find the link helpful.
I don't think anyone is questioning the practicality of fully developed nano-technology as an industry. There are some concerns over the fact that a university is offering a degree in a field in which very little practical headway has been made. Are we not still at the stage where we are merely developing building blocks to use in any advancements that are to follow?
However those who question the wisdom of having such a program should keep in mind that this is not an undergraduate course, but a high level degree program for a select few, that are to be the leaders in the field.
I just dout that there is a high possiblility of a big company exec agreeing to put a program that doesn't work out of the box onto a production server.
"We *CAN* use it sir, we just need to recompile the whole kernel!
But then, that's just my opinion. Might be wrong...
Has there not been a bunch of talk lately, about how linux is not suited for the Big Iron in its current form? If that is indeed true, then this bundle may end up hurting linux in the long run (companies may decide not to use linux on their lower end machines after seeing it not scale well on the maineframes), unless they are releasing a specific version designed to run on powerful machines. In which case how far away are we from the dreaded kernel fork?
I think to get regular gameboy speed after all of that you'd need to start out with a Beowulf cluster:) Some Gameboy emulators right now don't even give you full speed on today's mid-range machines.
The whole point is that it's NOT nonsense. Some people may be willing to pay more for th same internet access, which is precisely what the article says.
And some people would pay less with a metered plan. Byt a lot of people (includeing me) don't like the restrictions of those, where you will be charged extra if you go over a certain limit. It's nice to no there's no such limit, even if I would have never gone over in the first place. And they always make it seem like it's only a few bucks more...
Some of us don't even have access to a foosball table, so the break key doesn't help. Now if there was a day off key, maybe that would be enough time to locate one...
This argument is valid for the Windows port of Opera. You have a number of people (I have talked to a few) who don't want to touch any product without a company behind it to offer support. But thos people usually run windows.
I would assume that most of the people who installed linux would not want to buy software for it that is closed source. I wouldn't. I run a dual boot system, and while I have no problem with buying windows apps and games that I find useful or entertaining, I would not buy anything for linux, simply because it seem's "wrong" to me. I know it's not much of a reason, but I guess I got some of that purist spirit:)
I believe that there is a large amount of people that think as I do, and that draw a distinction between buying software for window and buying it for linux. If that is the case, Opera may just be wasting development time on a port of its browser it may never sell enough copies of to make it worthwhile. Channeling those resources into windows development, may at least have worked to break IE monopoly on that platform.
Is it stable on Linux? I have been playing with the Windows version, and there were some really annoying times when it would just crash on me. I mean I loved its speed, and the little internal taskbar let you avoid the crowding on the system taskbar, but I just wish it wouldn't crash intermittently.
How's the linux version measure up when it comes to stability?
I, for one, think that the ESCAPE key, should allow you to escape. Say I'm sitting at work, bored out of my mind with my boss on my ass, and wishing that I could just get the hell out of there. Escape key should really do what it advertises.
Full frontal assault by lawyers. Of all the network attack methods, this is the most slow and painful one. It is immediately obvious, yet nearly impossible to protect yourself against (unless you own a patent for something everyone and their dog already does).
Beware the LOTR (Lawyers On The Rampage) attacks. The perpetrators of these attacks seem to be hitting small to medium sites all over the internet, in a seemingly random pattern.
I take it "JFS" stands for "Journaling File System". I have heard the term throun around for a while now, but I'm not exactly sure how a journaling file system is any different from a regular one. Yes, I'm not really heavy on the *NIX system stuff. I think there may be others on Slashdot who'd like to know what's so special about a JFS.
Somehow, I think that even if they try to keep it serious, there's no avoiding some of that Brittish humor slipping in. I know that's where it shines most. Not when they're trying to be ridiculous with it, but when he's talking about some serious issues, but takes a lighthearted slant on them.
Just my take.
I'm not exactly sure it would work as you think it will. The 3d card wouldn't output stuff to your laptop's LCD. Even if it is possible for the laptop to acces a 3d card in this docking desktop, you'd still need to buy a monitor to plug into the back of the video card. And once you do that, you might have already bought a whole new desktop anyway...
I wonder if someone can train a 660 newral net rat to detect all possible "First Post" variation is Slashdot posting subjects and automatically moderate them down. We can then train it to detect trolls in noisy conditions. Making Slashdot better, one step at a time.
I doubt it can be all that good for open-source...
Especially considering their plans to switch the Qubes to Solaris. This sort of a change will take Linux off a substantial portion of web-server geared boxes, and that means smaller market share. Smaller market share -- less interest in linux development. Less linux development -- less market share yet. A vicious circle.
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I have to say we didn't turn the machine off ever since for the fear that the cart would go dead. It's pretty much been on for the past two months. (How's that for an uptime?)
I wish they still made 2-D games like that. I mean there's nothing wrong with today's crop of 3-D stuff, but one does yearn for a bit of hand-drawn cartoonish animation from time to time...
These people will refrain from using mass destruction technology for the fear of having it used against them in retaliation. A small group of terrorists that is fanatical enough to be willing to sacrifice their lives for a cause will not fear such retaliation, and there is therefore nothing to stop them from using such technology were they to have access to it.
Even a government you do not trust is a better repository of such knoweledge than a small group independent whose ideas you agree with.
Even though Soviet Union was able to steal the atomic bomb plans, because it was a large country that had to fear retribution it never used the bomb against the US.
Making such nano technology open source removes the "entry barrier" into the field, and therefore is dangerous.
Imagine biological warfare, etc. Engineering viruses using tiny particles.
The reason that Open Source workse so well for Linux and Apache is that you cannot hurt anyone with Linux and Apache, so even if some militant terrorist organization sets up a Linux box and strats serving up pages, the dangers are few and indirect.
Having nano go open source might be a bigger problem. I think the chances of a corporation turning it to "evil" uses are much slimmer than terrorists doing so given unrestricted access.
It shows that after all those delays with the russian components, and cost overruns the station's development is still progressing.
Now if you are not interested in such stories, you don't really need to go and read about it. So is it really worth complaining about the fact that your browser had to load a few bytes of HTML that didn't interest you? I'm sure that there's quite a few people on Slashdot who look at ISS's development with sufficient interest to find the link helpful.
However those who question the wisdom of having such a program should keep in mind that this is not an undergraduate course, but a high level degree program for a select few, that are to be the leaders in the field.
"We *CAN* use it sir, we just need to recompile the whole kernel!
But then, that's just my opinion. Might be wrong...
Has there not been a bunch of talk lately, about how linux is not suited for the Big Iron in its current form? If that is indeed true, then this bundle may end up hurting linux in the long run (companies may decide not to use linux on their lower end machines after seeing it not scale well on the maineframes), unless they are releasing a specific version designed to run on powerful machines. In which case how far away are we from the dreaded kernel fork?
I think to get regular gameboy speed after all of that you'd need to start out with a Beowulf cluster :) Some Gameboy emulators right now don't even give you full speed on today's mid-range machines.
And some people would pay less with a metered plan. Byt a lot of people (includeing me) don't like the restrictions of those, where you will be charged extra if you go over a certain limit. It's nice to no there's no such limit, even if I would have never gone over in the first place. And they always make it seem like it's only a few bucks more...
I need that machine. I'm going to use it to devise a new encryption scheme for the output of my :Cue:Cat :barcode :scanner. ::::.
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So then I would need to press the Off key while holding down Day... The ^D-Off mapping...
Some of us don't even have access to a foosball table, so the break key doesn't help. Now if there was a day off key, maybe that would be enough time to locate one...
I would assume that most of the people who installed linux would not want to buy software for it that is closed source. I wouldn't. I run a dual boot system, and while I have no problem with buying windows apps and games that I find useful or entertaining, I would not buy anything for linux, simply because it seem's "wrong" to me. I know it's not much of a reason, but I guess I got some of that purist spirit :)
I believe that there is a large amount of people that think as I do, and that draw a distinction between buying software for window and buying it for linux. If that is the case, Opera may just be wasting development time on a port of its browser it may never sell enough copies of to make it worthwhile. Channeling those resources into windows development, may at least have worked to break IE monopoly on that platform.
How's the linux version measure up when it comes to stability?
And the space bar.
Beware the LOTR (Lawyers On The Rampage) attacks. The perpetrators of these attacks seem to be hitting small to medium sites all over the internet, in a seemingly random pattern.
I take it "JFS" stands for "Journaling File System". I have heard the term throun around for a while now, but I'm not exactly sure how a journaling file system is any different from a regular one. Yes, I'm not really heavy on the *NIX system stuff. I think there may be others on Slashdot who'd like to know what's so special about a JFS.
Not to mention all those colored pieces of paper that keep changing hands. Or bypasses, to get people from point A to point B by way of point C.
What about all those toothbrushes in people's homes? The roots of Hitchhiker culture run deep in most modern societies...
Somehow, I think that even if they try to keep it serious, there's no avoiding some of that Brittish humor slipping in. I know that's where it shines most. Not when they're trying to be ridiculous with it, but when he's talking about some serious issues, but takes a lighthearted slant on them. Just my take.
I'm not exactly sure it would work as you think it will. The 3d card wouldn't output stuff to your laptop's LCD. Even if it is possible for the laptop to acces a 3d card in this docking desktop, you'd still need to buy a monitor to plug into the back of the video card. And once you do that, you might have already bought a whole new desktop anyway...
I wonder if someone can train a 660 newral net rat to detect all possible "First Post" variation is Slashdot posting subjects and automatically moderate them down. We can then train it to detect trolls in noisy conditions. Making Slashdot better, one step at a time.
OK, so I always thought that sattelite dishes were used to RECEIVE stuff, which works fine for downstream. How is upstream handled?
Don't much like it.