According to the numbers given, the old record is exactly 64 times slower. Hmmm. About 50. Right. Even I'm not too lazy to use a calculator. Personally, I would have given a metric like DVDs per second (which in this case is a better approximation of 544).
Rebates are a waste of time because you still pay sales tax for the full amount at the register. i personally refuse to buy something just because it has a rebate. Of course it's better than nothing.
Why not use kelp (seaweed)? Doesn't that stuff grow around a foot a day? Since this new process can use cellulose, and has a net energy gain, just grow kelp in the middle of the ocean. I can think of a few benefits:
- Current agriculture remains unaffected, thereby also unaffecting most food supplies. - Kelp is a weed that grows without any special help: just make sure it gets enough sunlight. - Kelp grows in the ocean where, last time I checked, few people (if any) live. No issues with taking up land. - Maybe some genius can think of a way to create an off-shore kelp platform. - The ocean covers roughly 2/3 of the planet's surface, so there's plenty of room for harvesting.
The only problem is that I do not know what the impact on the marine ecosystem would be. However, if the harvesting is done far out in the middle of the ocean, I can't imagine there would be significant harm. If there is a way to calculate this out, we might just find that there may not even be a need to reduce consumption.
That would remove some overhead if the cars had strong enough magnetic fields, but the end result is still a gasoline tax. A more efficient gasoline tax, but still a gasoline tax.
In fact, any advance in the fight against cancer is a big deal. I applaud the researchers who discovered this. I'm going to make a donation. Nothing prepares you enough for the first time you see the oncologist.
Are currently called gasoline taxes. I don't want (need, care for, encourage, etc.) another tax on automobiles. If more tax revenues are needed, raise the taxes as they stand. Don't involve my privacy!
Very nice troll. Would you be satisfied if I gave you my name, address, how many years I've known my friend, the names of all the members of my friend's family, where his father works, his phone number so you can verify the story personally, and a phone card so you can make the call? I think not.
People seem to lack understanding when it comes to financial fraud, and who perpetrates much of it. I'd like to relate to you something that happened to my friend's father, who works as an administrator at a retirement home. A couple of years ago it was reported to him that checks were being stolen, forged, then cashed. He reported this to the police and called the fraud department at Bank of America. He recieved a reply. They told him to stop getting involved before he got killed. In his area, he was up against the Russian and Armenian mafias.
I only tell you this because banks simply aren't equipped to go up against organized crime. Problems such as these must be dealt with by government authorities. That doesn't mean that banks can't help through better verification procedures, or by better securing customer information, but to lash out in frustration by saying that banks should shoulder complete responsibility is either irresponsible journalism or naivete on the part of Mr. Schneier.
Right now people can be somewhat proactive against fraud. Be careful who you are dealing with. Phony emails often have phony headers and always go back to phony websites, so check those URLs. Don't give personal info over the phone, either. If something does happen, report it to the bank right away and notify all three major credit reporting agencies. Remeber to use change of address forms when you move. Don't just toss documents with critical information in the trash; shred them first. One more thing that you can do: once a year you are entitled to see and review your credit report. Do it. You do not have to pay for it, and you do not have to mess with outfits like freecreditreport.com et. al.
I like to think of this line when it comes to protecting identity, "I may be paranoid, but that doesn't mean that someone isn't out to get me."
Let's change perspective for a minute, and look at this financially. If you look at Autodesk's annual report(caution: pdf), there are some things I would like to bring to attention. First notice that Autodesk's profits are at a five year high (see page 3). Next Autodesk named Alias, directly, as a competitor (see page 21). Some people may be thinking that all that extra profit could make a great round of bonuses, but alas, Autodesk is a corperation and not a coop. There is really only one reason to buy out a competitor, and that is to capture market share. But here's the million dollar question: does Autodesk want to consolidate the market it is currently in, or, just maybe, do they see a trend late in the game and want to expand onto linux?
With the purchase of Alias, Autodesk has a set of engineers immediately able to develop on linux, and by that I mean the infrastructure is already set up. Also, they gain Alias's technology. Basically, Autodesk bought itself some options, and increased market share. Fiscally and competetively speaking, they made a good move.
Actually, as an accountant, my primary concern is making sure that the books balance. It's the management types that like cutbacks, mostly because they pocket the savings.
I don't know about the rest of Slashdot, but when I think of The Ultimate Setup, I think of words like grandiose and expansive. So this one is for you, Mr. Slashdot Article submitter: every article is flamebait, and every flamebait is a post!
The first priority for The Ultimate Setup is location. Maybe a place like the entire state of Hawaii, or the Moon. Let's pick one. I like Hawaii. After all, it would be a lot easier to set up a nice fat Internet pipe from Hawaii than from the Moon (never mind breathing). But that can be worked out later.
The second priority would be premises. So ask yourself, why have one building when I can have eight, one for each major island?! Absolute brilliance! You were smarter than everyone else in college and nothing has changed, so now all those dumb 10053R5 can admire your wealth and intelligence.
As for what to put inside your buildings, that's the simplest part. Let's start with the Big Island, or Gentoo, as it is now called. You do java development, and you want to scale your needs modestly, so go with a single Sun Fire E25K with 72 UltraSPARK IVs and 1/2 terabyte of RAM. But there are 7 more islands you say! Easy, just pick a major offering from each of the top vendors, remembering this: if it costs less than a million bucks, it's trash.
Every Ultimate Setup needs to mention some kind of chair. Nothing on the market really fits this peticular setup, so you will have to get one designed special. It should have built-in booby traps and an ejection seat, just in case someone who is not you wants to sit in your chair. Also, this is a must, a moat with sharks with lasers on their heads. Anything less ferocious than Great Whites is unacceptable, certainly not Sea Bass.
There are other "little things" that should be included, like which supermodel would feed you grapes while you type. Also consider who would be doing the job for you. Remember, since your name is attached to the code, you don't want sloppy work.
IMPORTANT! DO NOT FORGET:
Consider island names like BSD (which is dead), AIX, Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat, AS 2003, Solaris, or maybe just Linux (It's never just Linux). It's really your choice. Remember that: it's your choice.
I sympathize with the plight of european motorists, but you guys pay a lot more in gasoline taxes than we do. If your respective governments lowered taxes, you would pay closer to what we pay.
1. Why do they keep adding all these new features? I just want a plain phone.
Hah! Say that when you buy your first cranial implant! I'll bet you change your tune then.
2. Yeah, that's great and all, but when do we get this for our laptops?
When will you silly "consumers" learn the true purpose of cell technology? You won't even need or want a "laptop" when this technology reaches fruition. Confound those obscure touch sensory devices! Now if you'll excuse me, I need to find my hat shaped aluminum antenna.
This gives an entirely new meaning to the word "Blitzkrieg."
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I think you hit that nail right on the head. What so many companies do not understand is that the customer is always right. If it is true that the software and hardware industries are moving inexorably toward this type of DRM, then it creates a tremendous opportunity for the FS community. The time will come when people will wake and say "When did my computer suddenly become the property of company XYZ?" If the FS community is ready with an easy to use alternative (gasp), then that will be the point when Microsoft is replaced.
It is possible that the hardware idustry might strike back with special DRM of their own, crippling any non-conformant software. Perhaps that will give rise to Open Source Hardware. Just a thought.
Palm doesn't seem to be very popular here. Did I ever mention that my palm m515 was just great... Er, I mean, damn Palm! It only fell in the toilet twice! Twice! Khan!
I just checked the address on Mapquest, and there is a 5150 Argus Drive located in LA. I'll go visit the address this next week to see if there really is a Jeff Bellisimo. Just to make sure I have everything:
Jeff Bellisimo AKA jeffyjimmy@*.*
5150 Argus Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90041-1311
And this guy owes Penguin's Advocate's brother $1070 for a computer that was never delivered. Is there anything else that I need to know?
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Sorry, but my engrish is a bit messed up. I meant to compare the new record to the current fastest link available at 40 Gbps. Solly!
According to the numbers given, the old record is exactly 64 times slower. Hmmm. About 50. Right. Even I'm not too lazy to use a calculator. Personally, I would have given a metric like DVDs per second (which in this case is a better approximation of 544).
Rebates are a waste of time because you still pay sales tax for the full amount at the register. i personally refuse to buy something just because it has a rebate. Of course it's better than nothing.
Why not use kelp (seaweed)? Doesn't that stuff grow around a foot a day? Since this new process can use cellulose, and has a net energy gain, just grow kelp in the middle of the ocean. I can think of a few benefits:
- Current agriculture remains unaffected, thereby also unaffecting most food supplies.
- Kelp is a weed that grows without any special help: just make sure it gets enough sunlight.
- Kelp grows in the ocean where, last time I checked, few people (if any) live. No issues with taking up land.
- Maybe some genius can think of a way to create an off-shore kelp platform.
- The ocean covers roughly 2/3 of the planet's surface, so there's plenty of room for harvesting.
The only problem is that I do not know what the impact on the marine ecosystem would be. However, if the harvesting is done far out in the middle of the ocean, I can't imagine there would be significant harm. If there is a way to calculate this out, we might just find that there may not even be a need to reduce consumption.
And why should I care? A better headline would be "Nutjob does crazy shit to stalk Take-Two CEO."
That would remove some overhead if the cars had strong enough magnetic fields, but the end result is still a gasoline tax. A more efficient gasoline tax, but still a gasoline tax.
In fact, any advance in the fight against cancer is a big deal. I applaud the researchers who discovered this. I'm going to make a donation. Nothing prepares you enough for the first time you see the oncologist.
Are currently called gasoline taxes. I don't want (need, care for, encourage, etc.) another tax on automobiles. If more tax revenues are needed, raise the taxes as they stand. Don't involve my privacy!
Very nice troll. Would you be satisfied if I gave you my name, address, how many years I've known my friend, the names of all the members of my friend's family, where his father works, his phone number so you can verify the story personally, and a phone card so you can make the call? I think not.
People seem to lack understanding when it comes to financial fraud, and who perpetrates much of it. I'd like to relate to you something that happened to my friend's father, who works as an administrator at a retirement home. A couple of years ago it was reported to him that checks were being stolen, forged, then cashed. He reported this to the police and called the fraud department at Bank of America. He recieved a reply. They told him to stop getting involved before he got killed. In his area, he was up against the Russian and Armenian mafias.
I only tell you this because banks simply aren't equipped to go up against organized crime. Problems such as these must be dealt with by government authorities. That doesn't mean that banks can't help through better verification procedures, or by better securing customer information, but to lash out in frustration by saying that banks should shoulder complete responsibility is either irresponsible journalism or naivete on the part of Mr. Schneier.
Right now people can be somewhat proactive against fraud. Be careful who you are dealing with. Phony emails often have phony headers and always go back to phony websites, so check those URLs. Don't give personal info over the phone, either. If something does happen, report it to the bank right away and notify all three major credit reporting agencies. Remeber to use change of address forms when you move. Don't just toss documents with critical information in the trash; shred them first. One more thing that you can do: once a year you are entitled to see and review your credit report. Do it. You do not have to pay for it, and you do not have to mess with outfits like freecreditreport.com et. al.
I like to think of this line when it comes to protecting identity, "I may be paranoid, but that doesn't mean that someone isn't out to get me."
Let's change perspective for a minute, and look at this financially. If you look at Autodesk's annual report(caution: pdf), there are some things I would like to bring to attention. First notice that Autodesk's profits are at a five year high (see page 3). Next Autodesk named Alias, directly, as a competitor (see page 21). Some people may be thinking that all that extra profit could make a great round of bonuses, but alas, Autodesk is a corperation and not a coop. There is really only one reason to buy out a competitor, and that is to capture market share. But here's the million dollar question: does Autodesk want to consolidate the market it is currently in, or, just maybe, do they see a trend late in the game and want to expand onto linux?
With the purchase of Alias, Autodesk has a set of engineers immediately able to develop on linux, and by that I mean the infrastructure is already set up. Also, they gain Alias's technology. Basically, Autodesk bought itself some options, and increased market share. Fiscally and competetively speaking, they made a good move.
Must resist ... beating the dead horse...
1. Google received billions from their IPO.
2. Sue Google for infringement.
3. Profit!!!
It felt good to that out of my system.
I don't know about the rest of Slashdot, but when I think of The Ultimate Setup , I think of words like grandiose and expansive. So this one is for you, Mr. Slashdot Article submitter: every article is flamebait, and every flamebait is a post!
The first priority for The Ultimate Setup is location. Maybe a place like the entire state of Hawaii, or the Moon. Let's pick one. I like Hawaii. After all, it would be a lot easier to set up a nice fat Internet pipe from Hawaii than from the Moon (never mind breathing). But that can be worked out later.
The second priority would be premises. So ask yourself, why have one building when I can have eight, one for each major island?! Absolute brilliance! You were smarter than everyone else in college and nothing has changed, so now all those dumb 10053R5 can admire your wealth and intelligence.
As for what to put inside your buildings, that's the simplest part. Let's start with the Big Island, or Gentoo, as it is now called. You do java development, and you want to scale your needs modestly, so go with a single Sun Fire E25K with 72 UltraSPARK IVs and 1/2 terabyte of RAM. But there are 7 more islands you say! Easy, just pick a major offering from each of the top vendors, remembering this: if it costs less than a million bucks, it's trash.
Every Ultimate Setup needs to mention some kind of chair. Nothing on the market really fits this peticular setup, so you will have to get one designed special. It should have built-in booby traps and an ejection seat, just in case someone who is not you wants to sit in your chair. Also, this is a must, a moat with sharks with lasers on their heads. Anything less ferocious than Great Whites is unacceptable, certainly not Sea Bass.
There are other "little things" that should be included, like which supermodel would feed you grapes while you type. Also consider who would be doing the job for you. Remember, since your name is attached to the code, you don't want sloppy work.
IMPORTANT! DO NOT FORGET: Consider island names like BSD (which is dead), AIX, Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat, AS 2003, Solaris, or maybe just Linux (It's never just Linux). It's really your choice. Remember that: it's your choice.
I sympathize with the plight of european motorists, but you guys pay a lot more in gasoline taxes than we do. If your respective governments lowered taxes, you would pay closer to what we pay.
1. Why do they keep adding all these new features? I just want a plain phone.
Hah! Say that when you buy your first cranial implant! I'll bet you change your tune then.
2. Yeah, that's great and all, but when do we get this for our laptops?
When will you silly "consumers" learn the true purpose of cell technology? You won't even need or want a "laptop" when this technology reaches fruition. Confound those obscure touch sensory devices! Now if you'll excuse me, I need to find my hat shaped aluminum antenna.
This gives an entirely new meaning to the word "Blitzkrieg."
I think you hit that nail right on the head. What so many companies do not understand is that the customer is always right. If it is true that the software and hardware industries are moving inexorably toward this type of DRM, then it creates a tremendous opportunity for the FS community. The time will come when people will wake and say "When did my computer suddenly become the property of company XYZ?" If the FS community is ready with an easy to use alternative (gasp), then that will be the point when Microsoft is replaced.
It is possible that the hardware idustry might strike back with special DRM of their own, crippling any non-conformant software. Perhaps that will give rise to Open Source Hardware. Just a thought.
Palm doesn't seem to be very popular here. Did I ever mention that my palm m515 was just great... Er, I mean, damn Palm! It only fell in the toilet twice! Twice! Khan!
That's because it was past most lamers' bedtimes.
So will collars with these new-fangled laser beams be available soon, or will Spot have to fail obedience school a third time?
I'll see what I can arrange ;)
I just checked the address on Mapquest, and there is a 5150 Argus Drive located in LA. I'll go visit the address this next week to see if there really is a Jeff Bellisimo. Just to make sure I have everything:
Jeff Bellisimo AKA jeffyjimmy@*.*
5150 Argus Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90041-1311
And this guy owes Penguin's Advocate's brother $1070 for a computer that was never delivered. Is there anything else that I need to know?
5150 Argus Dr. in LA? Is that downtown LA or a suburb? I might be able to pay Mr. Bellisimo a visit. If you like, I could report him to the cops.
Yippeeeeeee!