The submitter of this article notes that it could be because of rising ocean levels, but doesn't mention that the article also says this is unlikely. He also doesn't even mention the other, more LIKELY causes that the article reports.
Quit playing chicken little. It's irresponsible, and clouds the issues surrounding our planet's health.
Dr. Wallace seems to hop up on his soapbox during answers to several questions, using some frail link between his point and a plausable answer as an excuse.
His approach to AI also seems a bit illogical at times. Building a machine that has no worth other than to knock back believable answers really doesn't get one that far, if there is no reasoning behind it. That is what I like about the CYC project - the machine will have some "understanding" if you will, about things. Put another way, A.L.I.C.E. is to the Ultimate AI as a phone sex operator is to the Ultimate Lover. "All talk and no action", if that makes any sense:)
That said, Dr. Wallace's answers should be taken in the correct psychological context. Here we have a man that admits to clinical depression - reading this, I felt myself at times very frustrated with his responses and attitudes, but as with other people in my life, I have determined that I will take his soapbox with a grain of salt and sort through it all to find the valuable information. The one question that I'd REALLY be interested in hearing an answer to is, "How do you believe mental illness affects your biases and attitudes toward AI?"
-JT
The funny thing is, WAAAAYYYY back in the day, mebbe 10 years ago, I remember ZDLabs bragging in PC Magazine about how their testing facility had this jury-rigged arm that pressed keys on a laptop to simulate use for battery life tests.
Funny thing is, I remember thinking, why not just use a microprocessor hooked up to a keyboard controller, and plug the thing in thru the external keyboard port??? (yes, most laptops back then had 'em):)
...besides RedHat, might have been SteelEye Technology, Inc.. Their competitive product, LifeKeeper (bought from NCR of all people), is described as follows:
LifeKeeper®, our flagship product, makes it easy to keep business-critical applications, data, servers, and storage running all the time. For over 10 years, LifeKeeper has been a proven solution protecting thousands of servers in Global 1000 companies.
Unlike MCL, however, SteelEye does more than just Linux - they also handle Windows and Solaris products. Also, they have actually managed to get some agreements going with the likes of Compaq, IBM, and Intel.
Nice to have another commercial option besides RH for clustering...
As one involved on the fringes of law enforcement, I find this interesting in many ways. Currently, there are several options should a law enforcement officer wish to disable a single person:
Rubber Bullets / Bean Bag Rounds (can cause permanent damage, although if used properly rarely do)
"Pepperball"-type products. Fabrique Nationale has a new one on the way that is a purpose-built CO2 launcher (not a paintball gun) that shoots chemical mace, a hard-nosed projectile, and my personal favorite, a "malodorant" that causes the target to puke himself into giving up
On the mass-of-people front, there isn't much to do besides tear gas grenades, or making an example out of some with the above options. This gel could prove to be very useful, especially as a deterrent BEFORE riot-type activities start (anyone for slicking down the sidewalk in front of the WTO meeting?) A few skinned knees are MUCH more desirable than broken teeth cause some cop got jostled when he fired the rubber baton launcher.
I'm awfully disappointed that the parent was mod'd 0 - Flamebait, considering that the author has a real point and chose to make it in a logical, reasonable matter. I smell moderator bias...
-JT
The way I see it, if all kinds of near-3rd-world countries around the world can develop the technology required for a nuclear bomb despite all kinds of oversight, then it ought not be too difficult for Americans to make computers that thwart the **AA lobby.
We already have the software technology to rip/encode audio and video without copy-protection strings. When it comes down to it, for copy-protection efforts to stick, congress would literally have to pass a law that says - "ALL HARD DRIVES MUST HAVE UNBREAKABLE COPY PROTECTION BUILT IN AT THE CONTROLLER'S MICROCODE LEVEL". Anything less than that is pretty much circumventable without too much effort, and it's actually questionable how effective that type of measure would be in the first place.
The lesson to all this being, of course, that the RIAA/MPAA should just quit their whining because there's nothing they can do about it anyway:P
So the Bundestag testers don't like KDE's Cut-and-Paste method, and hence recommend Windows for the desktops.
Um.....isn't that why we have source code?
-John
MS Plot to Hobble IA-64?
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Ok, it's conspiracy theory time;)
According to the article, JIT compiling (such as that used extensively by.NET) doesn't work too well with processors that rely upon the compiler to do most of the ordering of instructions. IA-64 happens to be an architecture of this type, by design in fact.
Is it possible that MS saw the inroads the Non-MS OS's were making into IA-64 land and were gladdened at the coincidence (afterthought or no) that their new.NET strategy wouldn't play as nicely, and would possibly slow acceptance of the new architecture?
I was thinking to myself yesterday about how the nature of open-source lends itself to a lack of "talent auditing". Meaning, there **MAY** be a greater chance of bugs being introduced into an open-source project because the programmers are often not hired professionals.
I would like to see a comparison in bugcounts (say, per line of source code) between open-source projects supported by professionals (i.e. people trying to make money off of it, i.e. mySQL) and projects supported by weekend programmers.
I just had an ironic thought. Since most open-source business plans revolve around providing support, would that make those companies want to introduce MORE bugs?:-P
I'm from Columbia, MO - wasn't aware that Thoughtport was running Be, and I'd think that I'd have heard about it if they were 100%. It's likely that they had several there, but I doubt it was a situation where EVERYTHING ran Be.
The most significant thing I remember about Thoughtport? They sucked ass.
Oh, and if anyone's going to this auction and wants to grab one of the BeBoxes for me, shoot me an email:
I have to respectfully disagree with the tone of your recent article covering NAT and CAT. It seems to me that you have made many of the typical errors when considering bandwidth sharing and its consequences.
Your argument seems to be that cable modem subscribers using NAT to attach additional devices to the network are thieves, and CAT will put a stop to all of this. You use words like "illegal", "sin", "steal". While your argument does seem to be shaded towards the people that share with their neighbors, you unfairly focus the spotlight on NAT and completely ignore the fact that in most cases, cable modem subscribers that use NAT within their own households do so without violating any service agreements.
Careful examination of of a typical Acceptable Use Policy (I will use @Home's as an example) shows that sharing your cable modem with the neighbors is not allowed:
"@Home residential customers may not resell, share, or otherwise distribute the Services or any portion thereof to any third party without the written consent of @Home."
However, nowhere in this policy is sharing your cable modem among multiple computers within your own household prohibited.
Your mistaken assumption that the cable modem providers only allow one machine per IP address leads to a VERY irresponsible assessment of the losses involved with this sort of "piracy". You state:
"Let's say one in 10 of the 5 million U.S. cable modem subscribers are usurping IP addresses without paying the $4.95 per month fee that's typically charged (beyond a pre-specified limit, which varies MSO to MSO.) Right off that bat, that's just shy of $30 million lost, annually. "
I can appreciate your attempts to scare cable provider executives into jumping on the CAT bandwagon, but I have to say that the decision makers who believe you will be shooting themselves in their collective foot. You said it yourself - there is no way to detect NAT. Therefore, you're not going to keep people from using it. To try and strong-arm end-users into believing they have to use a big-brotherly technology such as CAT is foolish, and will do nothing more than push them toward other high-speed internet providers.
You also make several assumptions regarding an individual's privacy with respect to network-savvy consumer electronics gear. You say that, "With NAT-based hubs, cable providers won't be able to see into all connected devices, making remote troubleshooting difficult." Has it occured to you that perhaps subscribers don't WANT their cable company examining what television shows they have stored on their TiVO, or what music they have on their MP3 jukeboxes?
In summary - you make many irresponsible and illogical arguments regarding NAT, arguments that belie your misunderstanding of the situation. If you would take more care in formulating your views, you might be a Technology Officer instead of a Technology Analyst.
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The submitter of this article notes that it could be because of rising ocean levels, but doesn't mention that the article also says this is unlikely. He also doesn't even mention the other, more LIKELY causes that the article reports.
Quit playing chicken little. It's irresponsible, and clouds the issues surrounding our planet's health.
-JT
Block "http://www.slashdot.org" at the firewall :)
-JT
Dr. Wallace seems to hop up on his soapbox during answers to several questions, using some frail link between his point and a plausable answer as an excuse. His approach to AI also seems a bit illogical at times. Building a machine that has no worth other than to knock back believable answers really doesn't get one that far, if there is no reasoning behind it. That is what I like about the CYC project - the machine will have some "understanding" if you will, about things. Put another way, A.L.I.C.E. is to the Ultimate AI as a phone sex operator is to the Ultimate Lover. "All talk and no action", if that makes any sense :)
That said, Dr. Wallace's answers should be taken in the correct psychological context. Here we have a man that admits to clinical depression - reading this, I felt myself at times very frustrated with his responses and attitudes, but as with other people in my life, I have determined that I will take his soapbox with a grain of salt and sort through it all to find the valuable information. The one question that I'd REALLY be interested in hearing an answer to is, "How do you believe mental illness affects your biases and attitudes toward AI?"
-JT
The funny thing is, WAAAAYYYY back in the day, mebbe 10 years ago, I remember ZDLabs bragging in PC Magazine about how their testing facility had this jury-rigged arm that pressed keys on a laptop to simulate use for battery life tests.
:)
Funny thing is, I remember thinking, why not just use a microprocessor hooked up to a keyboard controller, and plug the thing in thru the external keyboard port??? (yes, most laptops back then had 'em)
LOL I see the point you were trying to make there, but in a sense it's F'ing hilarious...
SLASHDOT GET TOGETHER
Please bring the following items:
- Trollbot
- Know-it-all Attitude
- Socialist Mindset
- Secret piggy-bank where you keep that big karma horde
- "I love/hate Linus" Flag
- e-Book version of the Bible, preprocessed to replace "God" and "Lord" with "Richard Stallman" and "Eric Raymond", respectively.
- Outrageously Customized Computer Case (Laboratory Eyeshades optional)
- Anti-Editorial-Censorship SLASH backdoor
- Photoshopped picture of you and a beautiful woman (woman stolen, of course from OMM's coverage of QuakeCon)
- Editors: Your favorite foot (for insertion into your collective mouth)
Come one come all!!!Pop up like toast? Sure - buy an Apple G4 Cube :)
From this: (.)(.) \ / To this? (xxxx) \ /
Unlike MCL, however, SteelEye does more than just Linux - they also handle Windows and Solaris products. Also, they have actually managed to get some agreements going with the likes of Compaq, IBM, and Intel.
Nice to have another commercial option besides RH for clustering...
- Rubber Bullets / Bean Bag Rounds (can cause permanent damage, although if used properly rarely do)
- "Pepperball"-type products. Fabrique Nationale has a new one on the way that is a purpose-built CO2 launcher (not a paintball gun) that shoots chemical mace, a hard-nosed projectile, and my personal favorite, a "malodorant" that causes the target to puke himself into giving up
On the mass-of-people front, there isn't much to do besides tear gas grenades, or making an example out of some with the above options. This gel could prove to be very useful, especially as a deterrent BEFORE riot-type activities start (anyone for slicking down the sidewalk in front of the WTO meeting?) A few skinned knees are MUCH more desirable than broken teeth cause some cop got jostled when he fired the rubber baton launcher.For why asian toilets make you squat:
Here we have a country that has made an industry out of filtering out evil western thought, yet complains when we filter out their evil spam.
Perhaps they install their toilets the same way they do their firewalls - backwards.
-JT
I'm awfully disappointed that the parent was mod'd 0 - Flamebait, considering that the author has a real point and chose to make it in a logical, reasonable matter. I smell moderator bias... -JT
And I don't even want to start thinking about the $$$'s involved... -JT
...gives us a perverted version of this, complete with futuristic pseudo-prophetic babble that is characteristic of this journal.
./'ers frown upon the sometimes-Enquirer-like nature of this magazine's reporting...
This isn't a troll, I am just curious to hear how many other
-JT
The way I see it, if all kinds of near-3rd-world countries around the world can develop the technology required for a nuclear bomb despite all kinds of oversight, then it ought not be too difficult for Americans to make computers that thwart the **AA lobby.
:P
We already have the software technology to rip/encode audio and video without copy-protection strings. When it comes down to it, for copy-protection efforts to stick, congress would literally have to pass a law that says - "ALL HARD DRIVES MUST HAVE UNBREAKABLE COPY PROTECTION BUILT IN AT THE CONTROLLER'S MICROCODE LEVEL". Anything less than that is pretty much circumventable without too much effort, and it's actually questionable how effective that type of measure would be in the first place.
The lesson to all this being, of course, that the RIAA/MPAA should just quit their whining because there's nothing they can do about it anyway
-JT
How can /. publish an article on Pioneer 10 one day, then muck it all up by calling it "Voyager 10" the next?
Guess it's easier to type "Voyager" than "Pioneer" when you've got you've got your left thumb stuck up your butt...
-JT
Farmers have been using GPS regularly for just this described purpose since about 1995. Why is it just now making headlines? -JT
So the Bundestag testers don't like KDE's Cut-and-Paste method, and hence recommend Windows for the desktops. Um... ..isn't that why we have source code?
-John
...with M$'s "Computational Clustering Technical Preview":
* PLAPACK package (open source software)
heh.
-JT
yay! congrats!
Ok, it's conspiracy theory time ;)
.NET) doesn't work too well with processors that rely upon the compiler to do most of the ordering of instructions. IA-64 happens to be an architecture of this type, by design in fact.
.NET strategy wouldn't play as nicely, and would possibly slow acceptance of the new architecture?
According to the article, JIT compiling (such as that used extensively by
Is it possible that MS saw the inroads the Non-MS OS's were making into IA-64 land and were gladdened at the coincidence (afterthought or no) that their new
Just a thought...
-johnthorensen
I was thinking to myself yesterday about how the nature of open-source lends itself to a lack of "talent auditing". Meaning, there **MAY** be a greater chance of bugs being introduced into an open-source project because the programmers are often not hired professionals.
:-P
I would like to see a comparison in bugcounts (say, per line of source code) between open-source projects supported by professionals (i.e. people trying to make money off of it, i.e. mySQL) and projects supported by weekend programmers.
I just had an ironic thought. Since most open-source business plans revolve around providing support, would that make those companies want to introduce MORE bugs?
I'm from Columbia, MO - wasn't aware that Thoughtport was running Be, and I'd think that I'd have heard about it if they were 100%. It's likely that they had several there, but I doubt it was a situation where EVERYTHING ran Be.
The most significant thing I remember about Thoughtport? They sucked ass.
Oh, and if anyone's going to this auction and wants to grab one of the BeBoxes for me, shoot me an email:
johnthorensenATcfswebmail.com
-John
Dear Mrs. Ellis:
I have to respectfully disagree with the tone of your recent article covering NAT and CAT. It seems to me that you have made many of the typical errors when considering bandwidth sharing and its consequences.
Your argument seems to be that cable modem subscribers using NAT to attach additional devices to the network are thieves, and CAT will put a stop to all of this. You use words like "illegal", "sin", "steal". While your argument does seem to be shaded towards the people that share with their neighbors, you unfairly focus the spotlight on NAT and completely ignore the fact that in most cases, cable modem subscribers that use NAT within their own households do so without violating any service agreements.
Careful examination of of a typical Acceptable Use Policy (I will use @Home's as an example) shows that sharing your cable modem with the neighbors is not allowed:
"@Home residential customers may not resell, share, or otherwise distribute the Services or any portion thereof to any third party without the written consent of @Home."
However, nowhere in this policy is sharing your cable modem among multiple computers within your own household prohibited.
Your mistaken assumption that the cable modem providers only allow one machine per IP address leads to a VERY irresponsible assessment of the losses involved with this sort of "piracy". You state:
"Let's say one in 10 of the 5 million U.S. cable modem subscribers are usurping IP addresses without paying the $4.95 per month fee that's typically charged (beyond a pre-specified limit, which varies MSO to MSO.) Right off that bat, that's just shy of $30 million lost, annually. "
I can appreciate your attempts to scare cable provider executives into jumping on the CAT bandwagon, but I have to say that the decision makers who believe you will be shooting themselves in their collective foot. You said it yourself - there is no way to detect NAT. Therefore, you're not going to keep people from using it. To try and strong-arm end-users into believing they have to use a big-brotherly technology such as CAT is foolish, and will do nothing more than push them toward other high-speed internet providers.
You also make several assumptions regarding an individual's privacy with respect to network-savvy consumer electronics gear. You say that, "With NAT-based hubs, cable providers won't be able to see into all connected devices, making remote troubleshooting difficult." Has it occured to you that perhaps subscribers don't WANT their cable company examining what television shows they have stored on their TiVO, or what music they have on their MP3 jukeboxes?
In summary - you make many irresponsible and illogical arguments regarding NAT, arguments that belie your misunderstanding of the situation. If you would take more care in formulating your views, you might be a Technology Officer instead of a Technology Analyst.
Sincerely,
John Thorensen