The fact that you apparently feel strongly about this, but couldn't be bothered to do anything but casually think about sending a comment to your representative, is indicative of how likely this "resurrection" you speak of is.
If you really can't be bothered to get off your own ass to even send the comment, you have very little right to complain when things don't go your way.
You conclusion does not follow. Just because Republicans didn't vote for it (in the House, not in the Senate) doesn't mean that no Republican pork was added. They knew it would pass and in committee they DEFINITELY added their own pet projects to the bill under the guise of "improving it so that they could possibly support it".
However, when it came down to the *political* aspect of actually voting for the bill, they chose to make a partisan statement rather than follow up on their previous talk of "possibly supporting it with these changes" (i.e., their pork that was added).
Whatever, it's just politics, and almost none of what the Republicans have said publicly about both the bill itself and their own intentions has ended up being true.
For the record, considering the size of the bill, there is an incredibly small amount of actual pork in it. But you'd have to actually look at some of the provisions to understand, rather than parroting big-mouthed right-wing pundits.
My wife and I had a problem like that once... we solved it by upgrading the hard drive in our TiVo so both of us could keep our shows.
Just like in everything else, it's about creating a solution to keep both people happy. Concerned about merging your blog? How about the two of you just start a new blog together and keep your old ones personal.
Is this really that hard people? This sounds like an author in search of a problem to write about.
802.11 sniffer That's what I've been waiting for in iPhone news. Sure, there's the Oqo and some Axim-type devices that work for this, but very few that can harness the power of a terminal window, which I've been told (by an Apple higher ed employee) we'll be able to do on the iPhone.
I hadn't thought of that. And it makes a lot of sense. But to believe it, you'd have to believe that there are a TON of alien societies, or one huge one, or something where a significant portion of the universe appears to be simply missing because of it.
I'd like to believe that I think, though.
Actually, I talked to our company's Apple rep on Thursday, and he said that we will be able to get to a terminal window on the iPhone. While it will be a closed system and the API's won't be available to developers, I doubt it will take very long for someone to get a compiler running on it. Once we've got a good compiler, installing Unix apps should be too difficult... I'd give it 2 months after wide release until people have got apps like Ethereal and NetStumbler working. Not that I'd put any money on it, but I really don't see this NOT happening.
From what we were told, it's not going to be "closed", just that the API's won't be released. I don't think Apple will go after anyone trying to get stuff running on it, they just won't offer and help or support.
If you think Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed are merely private contractors, you've not been paying attention. They are as integrated into the current system as they can be while still retaining the title of "corporation". This is part of what Eisenhower was warning us about - when the private sector controls and influences the public sector in an industry, they become intermingled in ways that do not inspire greatness. And it becomes dangerous for the autonomy of the state from private control.
NASA, while purportedly a civilian agency, is obviously tremendously influenced by not only the military but also those private contractors. It's pretty amazing that Scaled Composited was able to even get a bid in on the recent manned capsule designs - and they almost didn't. Notice that their proposal wasn't accepted, though. Whether it wasn't as good (doubtful) or whether there are other barriers to entry (probable) is up for debate.
I wrote a this piece on Techworld about it.
Well I hope the article is better edited than your post!
That said, this sounds like an interesting idea if we stick with magneto-optical media, but I'd rather see viable holographic media take shape making the point moot.
Not only would this be a great image dump for memory cards (with a firewire adapter), but think of the possibilities with another add-on:
A digital camera adapter
I could see a 4 MP camera that would attach right to the bottom of the iPod. Now that would be cool, an iPod with photo-taking capabilities. There might just be a good market for that. Plus, 60 GB of photos in your camera would be sweet...
Why doesn't the consumer group go after Napster and OD2, both of which operate in Britain and actually cost up to 20% more than iTunes? Is there some sort of bias in the system here?
And it shouldn't be about market share, since in Britain the competition holds a bit stringer against iTunes than in the States. Where is this group coming from (from a backing standpoint), and why no mention of the others?
And the difference? It isn't often you trip over a Beowulf cluster in the dark. XGrid brings distributed computing to a much larger CONSUMER market than the others could hope to, at least at the moment.
And that's the first time I've ever been compared to a conservative. Hope it never happens again.
Most likely, the other distributed computing entities will analyze XGrid and make their products better by incorporating new Apple technologies. Just like every other industry has done when Apple comes out with something new.
Truthfully, the applications are different. SETI and the like are analyzing predetermined/presegmented bits of data, while XGrid is targeted as more of a local (intranet), real-time distributed computing application. Agree/disagree?
If I had one of these, I'd use some sort of uplink (cell, but faster would be nice). That way you could walk around and sniff the traffic of unsuspecting victims.
You see, WinXP joins the network with the best signal. If I'm sitting next to someone, they'll bump onto my open network and may not even know it, leaving me free to sniff away.
Whaddya think? Is there potential for this sort of trick?
Try www.barefeats.com. They're pretty good about keeping their benchmarks clean, and they do some cross-platform benching (although they are primarliy a Mac site).
I think that while MS may be somewhat totalitarian in their practices, a better parallel to the Cold War would be capitalist versus socialist ideals. In this scenario, it is obvious that MS is the pinnacle of capitalist practices, while the Linux community is much closer to socialism - shared effort for shared gain, group ownership, etc. Think about that one...
No, I don't work for HP. I'm a hardware technician at a medium-sized university. I work on HP printers every day - and the reason for it is that we've tried them all, and decided to go with HP.
I guess I shouldn't have said "work on them". I meant maintain them, and when the occassional secretary sticks a piece of gum in the feeder tray, I repair them also. For those of you who said their support is terrible, well, I guess you haven't spent all that much time on the phone with them. Not bad at all - certainly better than Dell or Gateway (for their branded printers/computers). For one thing, their operators speak english fluently. The same CANNOT be said for Dell. Frustration.
Hey, it really doesn't affect most consumers. The "flaws" don't seem to do any damage, so what's the harm? It isn't much different than putting on an asset tag - it just verifies a legitimate product. RTFA.
That said, HP makes some of the most reliable office printers available, and their printer support is excellent. I've worked on hundreds of HP LaserJet printers in the last couple of years, and they are uniformly fantastic to maintain and repair.
Students have known exactly this for years. My own professors used to say that book writers put out new editions every year, just so people have to buy the "newest" one every year.
I wanted to yell at him, "THEN WHY DO YOU MAKE US BUY THE NEW ONES?!"
But I realized that many of my professors used the books they wrote themselves - conflict of interest, anyone?
Slashdot Mirror
The fact that you apparently feel strongly about this, but couldn't be bothered to do anything but casually think about sending a comment to your representative, is indicative of how likely this "resurrection" you speak of is. If you really can't be bothered to get off your own ass to even send the comment, you have very little right to complain when things don't go your way.
You conclusion does not follow. Just because Republicans didn't vote for it (in the House, not in the Senate) doesn't mean that no Republican pork was added. They knew it would pass and in committee they DEFINITELY added their own pet projects to the bill under the guise of "improving it so that they could possibly support it". However, when it came down to the *political* aspect of actually voting for the bill, they chose to make a partisan statement rather than follow up on their previous talk of "possibly supporting it with these changes" (i.e., their pork that was added). Whatever, it's just politics, and almost none of what the Republicans have said publicly about both the bill itself and their own intentions has ended up being true. For the record, considering the size of the bill, there is an incredibly small amount of actual pork in it. But you'd have to actually look at some of the provisions to understand, rather than parroting big-mouthed right-wing pundits.
And when the "terminator" robots go rogue and replicate?
I guess we send in the Governator.
Just like in everything else, it's about creating a solution to keep both people happy. Concerned about merging your blog? How about the two of you just start a new blog together and keep your old ones personal.
Is this really that hard people? This sounds like an author in search of a problem to write about.
That was a different kind of, er, eight ball.
802.11 sniffer
That's what I've been waiting for in iPhone news. Sure, there's the Oqo and some Axim-type devices that work for this, but very few that can harness the power of a terminal window, which I've been told (by an Apple higher ed employee) we'll be able to do on the iPhone.
I hadn't thought of that. And it makes a lot of sense. But to believe it, you'd have to believe that there are a TON of alien societies, or one huge one, or something where a significant portion of the universe appears to be simply missing because of it.
I'd like to believe that I think, though.
Actually, I talked to our company's Apple rep on Thursday, and he said that we will be able to get to a terminal window on the iPhone. While it will be a closed system and the API's won't be available to developers, I doubt it will take very long for someone to get a compiler running on it. Once we've got a good compiler, installing Unix apps should be too difficult ... I'd give it 2 months after wide release until people have got apps like Ethereal and NetStumbler working. Not that I'd put any money on it, but I really don't see this NOT happening.
From what we were told, it's not going to be "closed", just that the API's won't be released. I don't think Apple will go after anyone trying to get stuff running on it, they just won't offer and help or support.
If you think Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed are merely private contractors, you've not been paying attention. They are as integrated into the current system as they can be while still retaining the title of "corporation". This is part of what Eisenhower was warning us about - when the private sector controls and influences the public sector in an industry, they become intermingled in ways that do not inspire greatness. And it becomes dangerous for the autonomy of the state from private control.
NASA, while purportedly a civilian agency, is obviously tremendously influenced by not only the military but also those private contractors. It's pretty amazing that Scaled Composited was able to even get a bid in on the recent manned capsule designs - and they almost didn't. Notice that their proposal wasn't accepted, though. Whether it wasn't as good (doubtful) or whether there are other barriers to entry (probable) is up for debate.
AHEM! I believe you forgot Stargate (both SG-1 and Atlantis). Brigadier General O'Neill thanks you.
Before it's asked-
The A380's "8,000 nautical miles" equals about 9,200 statute (ground) miles. For comparison.
I wrote a this piece on Techworld about it.
Well I hope the article is better edited than your post!
That said, this sounds like an interesting idea if we stick with magneto-optical media, but I'd rather see viable holographic media take shape making the point moot.
A digital camera adapter
I could see a 4 MP camera that would attach right to the bottom of the iPod. Now that would be cool, an iPod with photo-taking capabilities. There might just be a good market for that. Plus, 60 GB of photos in your camera would be sweet ...
Why doesn't the consumer group go after Napster and OD2, both of which operate in Britain and actually cost up to 20% more than iTunes? Is there some sort of bias in the system here? And it shouldn't be about market share, since in Britain the competition holds a bit stringer against iTunes than in the States. Where is this group coming from (from a backing standpoint), and why no mention of the others?
And the difference? It isn't often you trip over a Beowulf cluster in the dark. XGrid brings distributed computing to a much larger CONSUMER market than the others could hope to, at least at the moment.
And that's the first time I've ever been compared to a conservative. Hope it never happens again.
Most likely, the other distributed computing entities will analyze XGrid and make their products better by incorporating new Apple technologies. Just like every other industry has done when Apple comes out with something new.
Truthfully, the applications are different. SETI and the like are analyzing predetermined/presegmented bits of data, while XGrid is targeted as more of a local (intranet), real-time distributed computing application. Agree/disagree?
If I had one of these, I'd use some sort of uplink (cell, but faster would be nice). That way you could walk around and sniff the traffic of unsuspecting victims.
You see, WinXP joins the network with the best signal. If I'm sitting next to someone, they'll bump onto my open network and may not even know it, leaving me free to sniff away.
Whaddya think? Is there potential for this sort of trick?
It will be even more interesting to see the effect of the monopoly's entrance. And how that will affect the rest of the market. /stickler
Try www.barefeats.com. They're pretty good about keeping their benchmarks clean, and they do some cross-platform benching (although they are primarliy a Mac site).
I think that while MS may be somewhat totalitarian in their practices, a better parallel to the Cold War would be capitalist versus socialist ideals. In this scenario, it is obvious that MS is the pinnacle of capitalist practices, while the Linux community is much closer to socialism - shared effort for shared gain, group ownership, etc. Think about that one ...
I guess I shouldn't have said "work on them". I meant maintain them, and when the occassional secretary sticks a piece of gum in the feeder tray, I repair them also. For those of you who said their support is terrible, well, I guess you haven't spent all that much time on the phone with them. Not bad at all - certainly better than Dell or Gateway (for their branded printers/computers). For one thing, their operators speak english fluently. The same CANNOT be said for Dell. Frustration.
That said, HP makes some of the most reliable office printers available, and their printer support is excellent. I've worked on hundreds of HP LaserJet printers in the last couple of years, and they are uniformly fantastic to maintain and repair.
I wanted to yell at him, "THEN WHY DO YOU MAKE US BUY THE NEW ONES?!"
But I realized that many of my professors used the books they wrote themselves - conflict of interest, anyone?
Yes. But you have to upgrade the motherboard and CPU to a PPC 68020 (not hard at all).