So what do ya'll think? Does he have a point, or is Bluetooth not quite dead yet?
Well, dead or not dead, it was still marketting gone awry. Bad marketting decisions can be compensated for.
All the conceptual things that users want bluetooth for seem very real, but people are just willing to deal with the cords instead of dealing with the batteries and price. It might come back... Or something better might be created, it's all about need. We don't need blutooth right now. If something better comes along, cool. If bluetooth is the best thing, and we start needing it, we might use it.
People see a person on the street, they match that person's face with information on them: their name, the way their voice sounds and all sorts of info so they can customize a greeting for that person...
I should patent that, then God would have to pay me royalty fees!
Certain parts of the cpu aren't powered on if they aren't used to consume power.
Conservation of Enerergy law states that energy is neither created nor lost, it just changes forms (except in nuclear physics, which this is not).
When you use your CPU, it heats up, that heat has to be generated somehow, in this case through the use of electricity. This is why cpu's tend to shut down components that aren't actively needed.
Same with hard drives, the read/write head generates more friction when it moves, generating more heat from the use of the whatever it is to move the read/write arm. Also, writing to the disk requires electricity to activate the electromagnet.
Reading also requires electricity to amp up the signal generated from the platter onto the electromagnet.
So an increase in heat is a sign that electricity is being used. Since electricity is the only source of energy, we can limit out potential and kinetic energy.
The HDDrive does have kinetic energy, however that is created from the use of electricity.
You almost forgot -- There will be 3 opensource forks of HL2.
1 will bloatware, 1 is bug-ridden, and the last will kick ass, but no one will recognize its existence.
That most geeks say "Lets create yet another crappily designed one!" or "Lets DESIGN yet another one!"
Difference being, one wants to work, but doesn't have a well thought out plan. The other has a good plan, but doesn't want to do work. This guy has thought it out, discussed it with people, and has started work on it. That's the makings of something decent.
Plus it got on slashdot, so it's got a good head start:)
That's also why most desktop environment systems suck in terms of either their a) speed b) reliability c) compatibility with others. IMO, Windows is so successful because it's api is standard.
Remember, this software darwinism works on multiple levels, not just at the widget level (IE - X windows and Y windows).
It's not that the parents need to watch what the kids play. If a kid lacks the ability to tell the difference between reality and a video game, a) the kid is either too young to play or b) there's something more wrong with a kid than a video game. The parents might have been able to make the weapons less easily accessible to kids too.
I mean, it's not that I don't feel sorry for the people getting shot at, but I don't think GTA is soley to be blamed.
So say sco does release the binaries. They are required to release the source? Is that gonna happen?
I'd be down with them modifying the code, but they're breaking the license agreement. They must release the source code and release it under the GPL as well. The GPL doesn't state anything about price, just freedom.
Now in the case that IBM did leak the code, SCO should go after IBM, not Linus, not the end linux user. The only person at fault in this case is IBM. However, SCO has yet to prove jack shit.
It's an obvious last breath to bloat their stocks before they go under. I guess that's what makes america so "great". We don't punish dumb people as much as we should.
"Well if you don't like it, then suit me like a normal person!" -- Some movie quote I think
So is this going to be like Windows NTFS encryption? Yeah, that's really going to keep people away from all of my files, just plug it into another NTFS system...
Think about it SCO, the #1 reason why people use linux on their desktops is because... (drum roll please)
IT'S FREE!
Followed closely by the #2 reason that it's reliable. Corporations look more at the reliable side than desktop tweaking junkies do. But still, linux I don't think linux would have made if off the ground if it wasn't free.
So why pay some random person coming out of no where saying "We won't suit you for something you didn't do wrong if you pay us a lot of money!"
Ok then, so microsoft stole some of my IP. I'll suit everyone using microsoft (legit copies, or pirated) and become a BILLIONAIRE! Then I can buy out SCO and make even more money from their smart business decisions!
The only way to fix a weakness is to reveal it. Once it is revealed then we can take appropriate measures.
I say publish it! if he can figure it out so will Al Queda eventually. Instead of hiding something fix it! I could understand giving appropriate time to fix the situation before publishing the weakness, but to not publish it at all is not healthy.
Or something like it? The last Great Computing Hope was truly photorealistic graphics in games. I remember reading this in 1990. Well, 13 years have gone, and in-game images still don't fool me one bit.
Or will we be getting to this sentient office in our flying cars, eating a full course lunch that comes in a pill, and going back to our houses under the sea? Maybe I'll get my robot maid to make me a martini, for retro's sake.
Hopefully there won't be robot kids. My god, what if they multiply._.
But honestly, technology has always been overestimated in the short run and underestimated in the long run. You know what the answer to "Why would someone want a PC in their house?" was? A recipe manager. I know no one who uses it for that.
I think assistant robots aren't going to be the future. I think it's going to be more specialized like voice activated directions in cars (which I beleive may exist already). People are way to slow to adopt such radical innovations. It's a slower process than many people think. Technology comes in tiny gifts, not huge ones.
Where is that robot I saw on tv 5 years ago that took out the trash for you? No where, but most likely they learned a lot from it. They could have adapted some of that in adaptive cruise control (cruise control that will slow down if there's a car going slower in front of you). In general technology takes small steps. Not huge leaps (like the internet, which really spoiled everyone).
Get some tools on the servers that can show traffic usage per IP possibly.
Then incase someone gets the bright idead to start DOSing the server, you can find their MAC, set the dhcp server up to give him/her an ip on a completely different subnet that's not in use. That or block his/her IP or something to get rid of him/her. And depending on the switches you use, you can quite possibly track them down.
The likely hood of that happening is slim, but just incase.
One other thing, make sure you have a few people who know how to admin the server/maintain everything else around the room so you can get decent playing time in. I ran a lan party for our computer club at school, and the janitors got the bright idea to turn of the A/C that night. So I was busy running around the school most of the time trying to find fans and ways to keep the room cool. That night I didn't get in nearly as much playing time as I would have liked.
If they made me pay SCO the royalties on the linux code, I'd go ahead. But then I'd let the rocket crash and collect money from SCO for the rocket because their code sucked and it crashed the rocket.
It's not like the kernel is caching data and maintaining a huge database.
All it is doing is simple pattern matching on a session and attaching an identifier on it so the traffic shaper can identify it. Nothing more, nothing less. Simple pattern matching and id'ing sessions.
If it is bloating the kernel, many of the kernel developers will realize this and it won't get merged. What's the worry?
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Well, dead or not dead, it was still marketting gone awry. Bad marketting decisions can be compensated for.
All the conceptual things that users want bluetooth for seem very real, but people are just willing to deal with the cords instead of dealing with the batteries and price. It might come back... Or something better might be created, it's all about need. We don't need blutooth right now. If something better comes along, cool. If bluetooth is the best thing, and we start needing it, we might use it.
People see a person on the street, they match that person's face with information on them: their name, the way their voice sounds and all sorts of info so they can customize a greeting for that person...
I should patent that, then God would have to pay me royalty fees!
Certain parts of the cpu aren't powered on if they aren't used to consume power.
Conservation of Enerergy law states that energy is neither created nor lost, it just changes forms (except in nuclear physics, which this is not).
When you use your CPU, it heats up, that heat has to be generated somehow, in this case through the use of electricity. This is why cpu's tend to shut down components that aren't actively needed.
Same with hard drives, the read/write head generates more friction when it moves, generating more heat from the use of the whatever it is to move the read/write arm. Also, writing to the disk requires electricity to activate the electromagnet.
Reading also requires electricity to amp up the signal generated from the platter onto the electromagnet.
So an increase in heat is a sign that electricity is being used. Since electricity is the only source of energy, we can limit out potential and kinetic energy.
The HDDrive does have kinetic energy, however that is created from the use of electricity.
HOpe that helps you understand it a bit more.
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You almost forgot -- There will be 3 opensource forks of HL2. 1 will bloatware, 1 is bug-ridden, and the last will kick ass, but no one will recognize its existence.
That most geeks say "Lets create yet another crappily designed one!" or "Lets DESIGN yet another one!" Difference being, one wants to work, but doesn't have a well thought out plan. The other has a good plan, but doesn't want to do work. This guy has thought it out, discussed it with people, and has started work on it. That's the makings of something decent. Plus it got on slashdot, so it's got a good head start :)
That's also why most desktop environment systems suck in terms of either their a) speed b) reliability c) compatibility with others. IMO, Windows is so successful because it's api is standard. Remember, this software darwinism works on multiple levels, not just at the widget level (IE - X windows and Y windows).
It's not that the parents need to watch what the kids play. If a kid lacks the ability to tell the difference between reality and a video game, a) the kid is either too young to play or b) there's something more wrong with a kid than a video game. The parents might have been able to make the weapons less easily accessible to kids too.
I mean, it's not that I don't feel sorry for the people getting shot at, but I don't think GTA is soley to be blamed.
So say sco does release the binaries. They are required to release the source? Is that gonna happen? I'd be down with them modifying the code, but they're breaking the license agreement. They must release the source code and release it under the GPL as well. The GPL doesn't state anything about price, just freedom. Now in the case that IBM did leak the code, SCO should go after IBM, not Linus, not the end linux user. The only person at fault in this case is IBM. However, SCO has yet to prove jack shit. It's an obvious last breath to bloat their stocks before they go under. I guess that's what makes america so "great". We don't punish dumb people as much as we should. "Well if you don't like it, then suit me like a normal person!" -- Some movie quote I think
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So is this going to be like Windows NTFS encryption? Yeah, that's really going to keep people away from all of my files, just plug it into another NTFS system...
Think about it SCO, the #1 reason why people use linux on their desktops is because... (drum roll please) IT'S FREE! Followed closely by the #2 reason that it's reliable. Corporations look more at the reliable side than desktop tweaking junkies do. But still, linux I don't think linux would have made if off the ground if it wasn't free. So why pay some random person coming out of no where saying "We won't suit you for something you didn't do wrong if you pay us a lot of money!" Ok then, so microsoft stole some of my IP. I'll suit everyone using microsoft (legit copies, or pirated) and become a BILLIONAIRE! Then I can buy out SCO and make even more money from their smart business decisions!
C'mon, lets get creative, instead of blocking out boring TV, lets replace it with eppisodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 or something.
Think creative!e
The only way to fix a weakness is to reveal it. Once it is revealed then we can take appropriate measures.
I say publish it! if he can figure it out so will Al Queda eventually. Instead of hiding something fix it! I could understand giving appropriate time to fix the situation before publishing the weakness, but to not publish it at all is not healthy.
I need to patent my ip before someone steals it: 127.0.0.1
Get some tools on the servers that can show traffic usage per IP possibly.
Then incase someone gets the bright idead to start DOSing the server, you can find their MAC, set the dhcp server up to give him/her an ip on a completely different subnet that's not in use. That or block his/her IP or something to get rid of him/her. And depending on the switches you use, you can quite possibly track them down.
The likely hood of that happening is slim, but just incase.
One other thing, make sure you have a few people who know how to admin the server/maintain everything else around the room so you can get decent playing time in. I ran a lan party for our computer club at school, and the janitors got the bright idea to turn of the A/C that night. So I was busy running around the school most of the time trying to find fans and ways to keep the room cool. That night I didn't get in nearly as much playing time as I would have liked.
If they made me pay SCO the royalties on the linux code, I'd go ahead. But then I'd let the rocket crash and collect money from SCO for the rocket because their code sucked and it crashed the rocket.
About your signature, it's article.pl, not articles.pl ;)
It's not like the kernel is caching data and maintaining a huge database. All it is doing is simple pattern matching on a session and attaching an identifier on it so the traffic shaper can identify it. Nothing more, nothing less. Simple pattern matching and id'ing sessions. If it is bloating the kernel, many of the kernel developers will realize this and it won't get merged. What's the worry?
I think it's rather fitting that my new spamassassin installation blocked my slashdot news letter containing this article.
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Microsoft doesn't have this problem because they don't follow standards.
The drug dealers of the world should suit microsoft for stealing their business model. They might be the only ones with the wallet to take them M$ :p