Yeah, like the cordless phone you have sitting on the charger at home.
Both the summary and the article claim that it makes an itouch into an iphone. A cordless phone at home is not an iphone. A highly inaccurate headline designed to garner clicks.
I know people are concerned about speed penalties, but isn't that the whole reason for using modern hardware in the first place. You didn't mention what the use case was for these machines, so maybe you do need every last megahertz. But for most business users, the machine is mostly idle as it is, and no amount of megahertz is going to let you type your documents any faster. So why not put it to use, like for encryption.
Not to dismiss what he's done, but for being the chief scientist in a storage startup, it seems like he is a bit underqualified compared to what the cutting edge of storage looks like nowadays.
It seems that it may be more likely they brought him in in order to impress investors, i.e. an investor is more likely to put money into something where they have a big name of an entrepeneur that's struck it big. And it doesn't get much bigger than Wozniak.
is one of the Rites of Ascension. While it is inevitable that a boy becomes a man, what is not inevitable is whether a man becomes a warrior. That is, until he robs a 7-eleven.
If only someone could invent a way to create and transmit mail and documents electronically, so that computers can talk to each other and eliminate wasteful PAPER instead of ink.
I think that my core duo running at standard clock speeds is keeping up with everything I need to do with the computer. I still have headroom to overclock it later if there is something I need to do in the future.
Unless some real pig of an application comes along in the future, I expect that I'll be keeping my current C2D configuration for at least 3 years or more.
Wouldn't it have been a lot more fun for the author to do the benchmarks on an Intel 915 chipset? We all know that Intel 915 was claimed to be Vista certified, so if Windows 7 is indeed faster, shouldn't it work as well.
And wouldn't a great benchmark be "UAC dialog boxes per hour" instead?
I am surprised he was able to publish the benchmarks, usually there are a lot of license restriction on what you can do with pre release code. Perhaps in this case, since it was favorable to 7, maybe he got permission.
I don't think this is a slap in the face of Apple. AT&T needs to hedge its bets - the iPhone exclusivity deal isn't forever, it's until 2010. And when the contract expires, if Apple goes multi carrier or drops AT&T entirely, then AT&T better have the backup plan well in the works. And given that it's almost 2009, it's probably a good idea to get the backup plan done now.
The problem with USB keys is that you have to install a client to handle the PKCS #11 with the browser. No bank wants to get in the business of telling customers to install software (and all the help desk problems that come with it).
OTP tokens have been the preferred method for consumer strong authentication, but only consumers in Europe have seem to taken to them. I don't really see people lining up to get the paypal OTP token.
I think your theory works for preventing the majority of issues, but it doesn't solve the problem. Just because you're careful, all it takes is one click to the wrong site, whether it be from a link in a forum, a search result, or clicking a known good server that has been owned, and you're infected. The problem is that the security of the browser should prevent somone from taking over your machine.
You can avoid walking down dark alleys at night, and you significantly cut down on your chances of getting mugged. But that doesn't make you mugging-proof.
"With the release of HPC Server 2008 a few weeks ago, Microsoft also offered an academic version priced at $15 per node to generate interest. By comparison, a commercial license runs $450 per node"
make a point of saying "was never really a fan of the original show"? Maybe they really never saw it, but arent' they taking the fans for granted then? They don't know how important it is for us "TO NOT SCREW IT UP"?
I understand a reboot of the series is sometimes necessary to make it fit contemporary audiences. But for every BSG, there are a hundred ruined series that chose to do something so out of character of the canon that it appeals to neither fans nor new audiences.
Microsoft's launch of Azure as their cloud computing OS and the Geneva identity backbone clearly defines the direction they're going. Why would they want to change out a portion of IE, which will be the defacto client for apps running on the Microsoft cloud? They have full control over it now and they have market share, I doubt they will just switch out the rendering engine when they have a big unknown on how well their cloud applications will run on it.
Google came in from the complete opposite direction, jumping in the browser fray because they needed to build a browser that would work best with their intended cloud applications.
I found the book Andromeda Strain entertaining, it was something that was easy reading and there was a puzzle to unravel. Then I reached the end of the book and thought, "That's it?". Usually the protagonists are somewhat involved in the solution to the problem.
I'm somewhat confused by why his books spend so much time writing about science (or at least science fiction) when he appears to have been personally bent on the unscientific new-age mysticism activities. Travels talks extensively about his beliefs in fortune tellers, auras, astral planes, and spending two weeks talking to a cactus. It seems contradictory to build a career on science and not approach mysticism with a more cynical eye.
Then again, the science in Critons' books usually end up trying to kill man, so perhaps it's not his love of science that drove him to write, but rather his belief that science with have its retribution on man.
Statistically you should be able to guess the right letter/number in half the keyspace. But in practice, it will always be the very last character you need to try.
So take the character that you were going to start with, and take the very opposite character in order to improve your chances of getting the correct entry faster.
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Yeah, like the cordless phone you have sitting on the charger at home.
Both the summary and the article claim that it makes an itouch into an iphone. A cordless phone at home is not an iphone. A highly inaccurate headline designed to garner clicks.
in other words, a defective phone, only useful in areas where you trust the wifi connection.
I know people are concerned about speed penalties, but isn't that the whole reason for using modern hardware in the first place. You didn't mention what the use case was for these machines, so maybe you do need every last megahertz. But for most business users, the machine is mostly idle as it is, and no amount of megahertz is going to let you type your documents any faster. So why not put it to use, like for encryption.
was when I fire up Outlook and start typing a new email, and nothing shows up on the screen for 10 seconds
Not to dismiss what he's done, but for being the chief scientist in a storage startup, it seems like he is a bit underqualified compared to what the cutting edge of storage looks like nowadays.
It seems that it may be more likely they brought him in in order to impress investors, i.e. an investor is more likely to put money into something where they have a big name of an entrepeneur that's struck it big. And it doesn't get much bigger than Wozniak.
is one of the Rites of Ascension. While it is inevitable that a boy becomes a man, what is not inevitable is whether a man becomes a warrior. That is, until he robs a 7-eleven.
If only someone could invent a way to create and transmit mail and documents electronically, so that computers can talk to each other and eliminate wasteful PAPER instead of ink.
I think that my core duo running at standard clock speeds is keeping up with everything I need to do with the computer. I still have headroom to overclock it later if there is something I need to do in the future.
Unless some real pig of an application comes along in the future, I expect that I'll be keeping my current C2D configuration for at least 3 years or more.
It's completely subject to your interpretation of the conjunction.
It could mean either
(as they are played) and (shared across wireless links between Nintendo DS devices)
or it could mean
(as they are played and shared) across wireless links between Nintendo DS devices
The latter supports your assertion, the former doesn't.
When the Nintendo DS came out, RSA made it well known that its code protected the games Now I don't hear so much from them about this. Maybe it's not their best example of protecting data?
in case if I ever decide to go back to using my Hayes 2400 modem for my online needs.
Wouldn't it have been a lot more fun for the author to do the benchmarks on an Intel 915 chipset? We all know that Intel 915 was claimed to be Vista certified, so if Windows 7 is indeed faster, shouldn't it work as well.
And wouldn't a great benchmark be "UAC dialog boxes per hour" instead?
I am surprised he was able to publish the benchmarks, usually there are a lot of license restriction on what you can do with pre release code. Perhaps in this case, since it was favorable to 7, maybe he got permission.
Looks like I bastardized "eggs in one basket" and "ducks in a row".
I don't think this is a slap in the face of Apple. AT&T needs to hedge its bets - the iPhone exclusivity deal isn't forever, it's until 2010. And when the contract expires, if Apple goes multi carrier or drops AT&T entirely, then AT&T better have the backup plan well in the works. And given that it's almost 2009, it's probably a good idea to get the backup plan done now.
The problem with USB keys is that you have to install a client to handle the PKCS #11 with the browser. No bank wants to get in the business of telling customers to install software (and all the help desk problems that come with it).
OTP tokens have been the preferred method for consumer strong authentication, but only consumers in Europe have seem to taken to them. I don't really see people lining up to get the paypal OTP token.
Let's hope they don't take their research from game AI too literally. Most game AI i've seen is programmed to hunt and kill the player.
I think your theory works for preventing the majority of issues, but it doesn't solve the problem. Just because you're careful, all it takes is one click to the wrong site, whether it be from a link in a forum, a search result, or clicking a known good server that has been owned, and you're infected. The problem is that the security of the browser should prevent somone from taking over your machine.
You can avoid walking down dark alleys at night, and you significantly cut down on your chances of getting mugged. But that doesn't make you mugging-proof.
"With the release of HPC Server 2008 a few weeks ago, Microsoft also offered an academic version priced at $15 per node to generate interest. By comparison, a commercial license runs $450 per node"
make a point of saying "was never really a fan of the original show"? Maybe they really never saw it, but arent' they taking the fans for granted then? They don't know how important it is for us "TO NOT SCREW IT UP"?
I understand a reboot of the series is sometimes necessary to make it fit contemporary audiences. But for every BSG, there are a hundred ruined series that chose to do something so out of character of the canon that it appeals to neither fans nor new audiences.
Microsoft's launch of Azure as their cloud computing OS and the Geneva identity backbone clearly defines the direction they're going. Why would they want to change out a portion of IE, which will be the defacto client for apps running on the Microsoft cloud? They have full control over it now and they have market share, I doubt they will just switch out the rendering engine when they have a big unknown on how well their cloud applications will run on it.
Google came in from the complete opposite direction, jumping in the browser fray because they needed to build a browser that would work best with their intended cloud applications.
Binary only? I'd say that's a draw, not a win.
I found the book Andromeda Strain entertaining, it was something that was easy reading and there was a puzzle to unravel. Then I reached the end of the book and thought, "That's it?". Usually the protagonists are somewhat involved in the solution to the problem.
I'm somewhat confused by why his books spend so much time writing about science (or at least science fiction) when he appears to have been personally bent on the unscientific new-age mysticism activities. Travels talks extensively about his beliefs in fortune tellers, auras, astral planes, and spending two weeks talking to a cactus. It seems contradictory to build a career on science and not approach mysticism with a more cynical eye.
Then again, the science in Critons' books usually end up trying to kill man, so perhaps it's not his love of science that drove him to write, but rather his belief that science with have its retribution on man.
Statistically you should be able to guess the right letter/number in half the keyspace. But in practice, it will always be the very last character you need to try.
So take the character that you were going to start with, and take the very opposite character in order to improve your chances of getting the correct entry faster.
I'm not sure, but a Kaypro has to be lighter than my dell widescreen laptop.