The above description was slightly vague, so I went out and did a googling for those that would like a little more info. A couple USENETposts turned up the following:
This feature provides more flexible interface allowing to setup various memory cache modes on a page-by-page bases. It is much easier to program than MTRRs and does not suffer from their size/alignment limitations.
and
The Page Attribute Table (PAT) is an extension to the x86 page table format that lets you enable Write Combining on a per-page basis. Details can be found in chapter 9.13 of the Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 3 (System Programming).
Well, I have to admit it's quite a pie-in-the-sky idea, and it would be wonderful if it could actually happen, but I wouldn't be on it anytime soon, and even so, I'd probably opt to pay. The two biggest problems with this potential idea stem from reliability and security.
Would you entrust your internet connection to the guy with a laptop and a wi-fi card in the apartment below you that comes and goes, connected to the guy with the gateway in the next building? Would you entrust the vital link that connects your business to the internet to a myriad of unknown, untrusted, insecure wireless devices to save $40/month on a DSL line? The security is terrible--virtually no way to keep your data private.
Shirky had an excellent write-up on something a little similar to this that Slashdot did a story on awhile back detailing the limitations of 802.11, contrasting "Nearlynets" vs. "Permanets."
Another problem: Global links? I doubt that there are too many people out there with their own satellites or trans-oceanic fiber lines that they'd be willing to leave open to the continent. Oh well. That, and it'd be supporting terrorism...:-)
802.11 Specification letter suffix:O What it does:Not being used, because it looks confusing.
In all seriousness, this would be an incredibly useful technology--802.11b at it's current real speed is quite unusable for transferring files of significant size. However, I have to admit that I'm tired of seeing a Baskin-Robbins offering of wireless flavors...802.11g is a noble effort at standardization, but backwards-compatible technology is a must. I can't afford to have twenty 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11-whatever cards sticking out the side of my notebook/PDA/random useless all-in-one wireless device of the week.
Flamebait...oh well.
Sure, you're paying for your connection, but what about everyone else piggybacking off of it over WiFi? Sounds quite a bit like the one-apartment-stealing-cable-for-the-building situation to me. Sure, Time-Warner or whomever is paid $40 or so a month for the service, but what about the $1200 from the other 30 apartments that get it for free?
Excerpt from CNN.
Pledge of Allegiance ruled unconstitutional
June 26, 2002 Posted: 3:04 PM EDT (1904 GMT)
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SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- For the first time ever, a federal appeals court declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional Wednesday because of the words "under God" added by Congress in 1954.
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This offends me as a Christian, but putting that aside, it's just stupid! This is a pledge that has been recited in schools everywhere for decades. It is simply a pledge of loyalty to our nation and what it stands for. While our country was founded upon Christian principles, our forefathers thought it best to separate the Church from the State based on the persecution separatists faced in Great Britain.
Even if you do not subscibe to Judeo-Christian theology, "Under God" could mean anything you want it to--you could even let it mean what it means to just about everybody else, the idea of a greater power, or even the power of good. May the force be with you.
At the moment, I'm looking at the back of a $20 bill. Above the picture of White House, the words "IN GOD WE TRUST" appear. Does this mean that my money should no longer be legal because it is offensive to society? Should I not be able to use it because of someone's personal convictions? Wouldn't it just be much easier to implant a biochip encoded with my credit card number in my right hand or forehead, offending no one (purely a joke)?
Or should I be able to practice religious freedom, whether that be in a mono, poly, or a-theistic faith?
Yeah, mWave is pretty good. I've done about $8,000 worth of business with them (personal/sys building). Two tips: If you need to return something, ask for Janesha. Nobody else knows how to get anything done, it seems. Also, if you order a case, do *not* ship it UPS Ground, the front panel will come in cracked. Took me about 4 times to learn that one. </mWave plug>
If my memory serves me right, Bill Gates wrote page after page about a system such as this in his book The Road Ahead. He described a Tivo-like interface used to connect to a file server via set-top box to select programming. However, he described it more as a digital broadcast receiver (There were extensive references to programs being aired every 5 minutes allowing one to tune in [almost] as they pleased). When I read that several years ago, I thought it was an interesting idea and would still love to see a variant of the technology implemented today. Of course, I don't feel too inclined to 'activate' my TV or sign up for a Passport to change channels....
If I'm forced to limit a new password to eight letters, I generally pick up the nearest book, flip it open randomly. I then spot the first four-letter word I see, flip to another page, repeat, then combine them and change any letters that look like numbers (such as o -> 0, s -> 5, or l -> 1). Certainly works better than "password" written on a Post-It hidden under the keyboard;-).
I still don't see the point in spending millions on drones that always seem to crash/blow up/malfunction/do nothing. There has to be a better use of our tax money than firework funds....
From the looks of their web site, it appears as if the sole purpose of the company is to patent 'inventions' without actually accopmlishing anything. I would feel sorry for anyone losing a court battle to a company such as this.
I work for a local community network. I'll admit, it's a rather small non-profit operation with a 'staff' of about 10 people that meet every several months. The main feature is the forum board in which people sound off about anything and everything around town.
Slashdot it if you really care.
Forgive me for not reading through every post if I missed this, but here's a picture of it...I've gotta get me one of these!
http://www.news.philips.com/mondial/archive/2001/m ay/artikel4_2.html
Even so, that still does not solve a major problem. I honestly won't look at China as a modern nation until I see some real, uh, modernization in their social structures. Sending a man into space is a novelty anymore, it's been done.
Morale can only take a nation so far, it may help their people for a little while, but it will catch up with them. What I am saying is that their money could be much better spent.
It seems to me that China really has no other reason to do this other than to say that they have done it, and they are spending giant amounts of money in the process. Think of what else that could be used for! Even if they succeed, that does not take care of their other problems such as hunger, poverty, etc. This whole plan is reminiscent of Orwell's 1984; It's all just to boost military morale.
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More likely, they are going after a certain person [read: IP address] using the Kazaa Lite user name rather than each and ever person.
;-)
At least I hope
The above description was slightly vague, so I went out and did a googling for those that would like a little more info. A couple USENET posts turned up the following:
and
Yeah, uh, well we'll also have to remove your tattoo.
(pulling out a cheese grater)
But I haven't gotten one yet...
rats....
Well, I have to admit it's quite a pie-in-the-sky idea, and it would be wonderful if it could actually happen, but I wouldn't be on it anytime soon, and even so, I'd probably opt to pay. The two biggest problems with this potential idea stem from reliability and security.
:-)
Would you entrust your internet connection to the guy with a laptop and a wi-fi card in the apartment below you that comes and goes, connected to the guy with the gateway in the next building? Would you entrust the vital link that connects your business to the internet to a myriad of unknown, untrusted, insecure wireless devices to save $40/month on a DSL line? The security is terrible--virtually no way to keep your data private.
Shirky had an excellent write-up on something a little similar to this that Slashdot did a story on awhile back detailing the limitations of 802.11, contrasting "Nearlynets" vs. "Permanets."
Another problem: Global links? I doubt that there are too many people out there with their own satellites or trans-oceanic fiber lines that they'd be willing to leave open to the continent. Oh well. That, and it'd be supporting terrorism...
But wouldn't it be cool if...
A quick Google for LED "reading light" revealed the following:
LumaTech makes a nice one. 100 hours on 4 AAA's...YMMV. $19.95 from here.
LightWedge makes another, $34.95, available through Amazon. Customer reviews available. 100 hours/charge as well.
There are more....Google before posting...seriously. Do your own dirty work.
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Favorite quote from the article:
802.11 Specification letter suffix: O
What it does: Not being used, because it looks confusing.
In all seriousness, this would be an incredibly useful technology--802.11b at it's current real speed is quite unusable for transferring files of significant size. However, I have to admit that I'm tired of seeing a Baskin-Robbins offering of wireless flavors...802.11g is a noble effort at standardization, but backwards-compatible technology is a must. I can't afford to have twenty 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11-whatever cards sticking out the side of my notebook/PDA/random useless all-in-one wireless device of the week.
...Not unlike my laptop ;)
Flamebait...oh well.
Sure, you're paying for your connection, but what about everyone else piggybacking off of it over WiFi? Sounds quite a bit like the one-apartment-stealing-cable-for-the-building situation to me. Sure, Time-Warner or whomever is paid $40 or so a month for the service, but what about the $1200 from the other 30 apartments that get it for free?
Excerpt from CNN. Pledge of Allegiance ruled unconstitutional June 26, 2002 Posted: 3:04 PM EDT (1904 GMT) --- SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- For the first time ever, a federal appeals court declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional Wednesday because of the words "under God" added by Congress in 1954. -- This offends me as a Christian, but putting that aside, it's just stupid! This is a pledge that has been recited in schools everywhere for decades. It is simply a pledge of loyalty to our nation and what it stands for. While our country was founded upon Christian principles, our forefathers thought it best to separate the Church from the State based on the persecution separatists faced in Great Britain. Even if you do not subscibe to Judeo-Christian theology, "Under God" could mean anything you want it to--you could even let it mean what it means to just about everybody else, the idea of a greater power, or even the power of good. May the force be with you. At the moment, I'm looking at the back of a $20 bill. Above the picture of White House, the words "IN GOD WE TRUST" appear. Does this mean that my money should no longer be legal because it is offensive to society? Should I not be able to use it because of someone's personal convictions? Wouldn't it just be much easier to implant a biochip encoded with my credit card number in my right hand or forehead, offending no one (purely a joke)? Or should I be able to practice religious freedom, whether that be in a mono, poly, or a-theistic faith?
Yeah, mWave is pretty good. I've done about $8,000 worth of business with them (personal/sys building). Two tips: If you need to return something, ask for Janesha. Nobody else knows how to get anything done, it seems. Also, if you order a case, do *not* ship it UPS Ground, the front panel will come in cracked. Took me about 4 times to learn that one.
</mWave plug>
Hehe..."If there is hope, it lies within the proles." -George Orwell, 1984
If my memory serves me right, Bill Gates wrote page after page about a system such as this in his book The Road Ahead. He described a Tivo-like interface used to connect to a file server via set-top box to select programming. However, he described it more as a digital broadcast receiver (There were extensive references to programs being aired every 5 minutes allowing one to tune in [almost] as they pleased). When I read that several years ago, I thought it was an interesting idea and would still love to see a variant of the technology implemented today. Of course, I don't feel too inclined to 'activate' my TV or sign up for a Passport to change channels....
Will my StarBand work there? I can imagine playing Quake with a 41-year ping time...
If I'm forced to limit a new password to eight letters, I generally pick up the nearest book, flip it open randomly. I then spot the first four-letter word I see, flip to another page, repeat, then combine them and change any letters that look like numbers (such as o -> 0, s -> 5, or l -> 1). Certainly works better than "password" written on a Post-It hidden under the keyboard ;-).
I still don't see the point in spending millions on drones that always seem to crash/blow up/malfunction/do nothing. There has to be a better use of our tax money than firework funds....
From the looks of their web site, it appears as if the sole purpose of the company is to patent 'inventions' without actually accopmlishing anything. I would feel sorry for anyone losing a court battle to a company such as this.
I work for a local community network. I'll admit, it's a rather small non-profit operation with a 'staff' of about 10 people that meet every several months. The main feature is the forum board in which people sound off about anything and everything around town. Slashdot it if you really care.
Forgive me for not reading through every post if I missed this, but here's a picture of it...I've gotta get me one of these! http://www.news.philips.com/mondial/archive/2001/m ay/artikel4_2.html
Even so, that still does not solve a major problem. I honestly won't look at China as a modern nation until I see some real, uh, modernization in their social structures. Sending a man into space is a novelty anymore, it's been done. Morale can only take a nation so far, it may help their people for a little while, but it will catch up with them. What I am saying is that their money could be much better spent.
It seems to me that China really has no other reason to do this other than to say that they have done it, and they are spending giant amounts of money in the process. Think of what else that could be used for! Even if they succeed, that does not take care of their other problems such as hunger, poverty, etc. This whole plan is reminiscent of Orwell's 1984; It's all just to boost military morale.