Aside from looking really cool in action, this thing is supposed to of interest to companies as a productivity enhancing tool.
Ehhh...was that sarcasm? Here in Atlanta I saw one of the "Ambassadors" (or whatever they're calling those guys now) cruising up the sidewalk on one of those things. Damn thing looked like a Fisher-Price toy, and he looked about the farthest thing from cool while standing on it.
Serously, why do you need to ask why? Present a geek with a gadget, and he will find some pointless way to modify it, just for the sake of modifying it.
Me? I think it'd be cool as hell to have a blue LED light under my mouse.
For example, IE, when loading a page, will remain exactly as it is (the current page you're on), until such time that it loads Slashdot, then draws it in one fast swoop.
I'm sure I'll get promptly corrected if I'm wrong, but I believe this is browser-specific. Some browsers will start to render what they've received after some amount of data has transferred, others wait.
It seems like that was a problem when I was coding a previous web application...despite the fact that I would flush the dynamic page to the browser (it had a lot of processing to do), IE wouldn't display it b/c it had a certain threshold before it would display to screen.
I think a case could be made that Microsoft at least drove some of those innovations. When computers started moving beyond the MS-DOS days into Windows (good 'ol 3.1), suddenly using a computer was something that anyone who could handle a mouse could do. Sidenote: It might have been kind to credit Apple with executing the idea first, though Microsoft eventually left them behind (in terms of sales and market share).
Once people started buying these 386's and what not en masse, demand for more powerful software increased, which demands more powerful hardware, etc etc etc.
So no, MS's R&D department didn't figure out how to clock chips up to 3GHz, but they did a whole lot to create the demand for that kind of hardware.
You would see so much persecution, anti-Semitism (up to and including WWII), covering up of atrocities not limited to witch hunts and pedophilia, and countless other horrors.
That's kind of like saying that because a couple of Muslims got together and killed a few thousand innocent citizens, the entire Islamic religion will be discredited. While witch hunts, pedophilia, and God-knows what other atrocities have been committed in the name Christianity (Crusades...), any rational person would attribute that to the zealots who took a good thing and perverted it.
I have strong doubts that exposing historical atrocities commited in the name of Christianity will be the "nail in the coffin." I didn't even realize there was a coffin for that matter...
All the talk of reflective missiles sounds great (even though it sounds like it won't prove that effective)...but what about the issue of making a "chromed" or reflective missile? That would look really cool, but it seems that it would be excessively difficult/expensive to manufacture. Not to mention the fragility of it...it would be next to impossible to keep the coating perfectly reflective over the entire surface. Smudges, scratches, contaminants would be unavoidable since we're talking about weapons that are meant for remote deployment to harsh environments.
One nice thing about referer information is that it helps you to track down and fix 404's on your own site. If you look at all of your 404's and what is referencing them, you can either fix the offending link or get in touch with the site-admin who has an out-of-date link (if its something important).
You can also see which sites are using the images from your site on their own sites...which can sometimes be annoying. Particularly if you are running a college's web site and you have an image of a cheerleader somewhere that is getting linked to by every other cheerleader perv site out there. That's pretty damned annoying. Not that it has happened to my site or anything...
No, everything to do with NT. If its method of handling a divide by zero is to shut down, particularly when it is in as mission-critical of an application as a Navy warship (how much more mission-critical can you get?), then I think that could be considered a very serious flaw in the operating system.
The sight of the text had triggered
bad memories. The glazed look in their
eyes said their text had been cut (and, presumably, not pasted). They were still in the grip of paralysis when we left.
I need to know that I can open and access every single one of those without problems
Interesting point...when people start buying Office 11 and sending you those XML-saved Word documents, you will have no option but to go out and fork over some cash for an upgrade.
Unlike now, I can send an Office XP formatted Word document and older versions can still open it. Of course...older versions can't open newer databases, that's been a wonderful source of headaches.
This article seems to be largely extolling the virtues of a smaller hard-drive cable (yes, I know there's other stuff in there, but you can't deny that they make a really big deal out of those cables).
I don't think Serial ATA is the monstrous revolution they'd like for it to be. I think solid state storage will represent that...when we no longer have to rely on precision mechanical components that become royally fscked with the introduction of 1 speck of dust...THAT will be a revolution.
Conversely, I thought that was one of the worst aspects of Spider-man. While the scenes of him flipping between the buildings were pretty damned cool, I still think he looked way too rubbery, and most of the (non-techie) people I've talked to agreed. It was kind of "Yeah, I don't know what it was, but those web-slinging scenes just didn't look real."
You're right...but that's the psychological/sociological aspect of identity security.
It sounds like this network at least secures the technological aspects of privacy. If you post messages describing what kind of car you drive, what your house looks like, and where you hang out on Friday nights...well, that's your problem if someone pieces that together.
Why would you use an SGI machine for running an Oracle database anyhow? Of course memory throughput isn't going to be as essential to running a database as thread/process management.
It's like saying my Miata is horrible for towing the boat. It's not made for that.
I agree that the attitude of "foreign students should be curtailed" can be narrow-minded and dangerous, but there is a certain degree of merit to the idea that the USA should support its own.
This is under the assumption that America has qualified students who have the potential to succeed and make significant contributions to the CS field. If there are foreign students who are more qualified, then we're dumbing down our own nation by refusing them for less qualified local students.
I just feel that as we import more students, educate them, and then subsequently export them back to their country we have just devalued our own country a little bit more by shifting knowledge and skills to foreign lands.
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passed overwhelmingly by a fearful and gutless congress
It was beautifully structured....what power-loving congressman is going to vote against something called the Patriot Act when half the people in this country have 2-dozen American flags flying off their car and a sign posted in their front yard proclaiming "United we stand"?!?
I noticed some strange stuff a week or two ago in my Apache logs, watch out for this stuff in your ssl_engine_log file:
[27/Aug/2002 20:02:19 23525] [error] OpenSSL: error:1406B458:SSL routines:GET_CLIENT_
MASTER_KEY:key arg too long
[27/Aug/2002 20:02:22 24087] [error] OpenSSL: error:1406B458:SSL routines:GET_CLIENT_
MASTER_KEY:key arg too long
Thing is though, that "key arg too long" error is part of the July patch to OpenSSL, so you won't see it if you aren't patched.
Hopefully this log signature doesn't become as familiar as nimda scans.
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At the expense of the poor bloke standing on the sidewalk outside your building window.
Ehhh...was that sarcasm? Here in Atlanta I saw one of the "Ambassadors" (or whatever they're calling those guys now) cruising up the sidewalk on one of those things. Damn thing looked like a Fisher-Price toy, and he looked about the farthest thing from cool while standing on it.
It's not funny anymore!!!!!!!!
$*@!!*!# slashdot lameness filter won't let me do that in all caps
Step 1: [insert topic here]
Step 2: ???
Step 3: PROFIT!!!
and
What about a Beowulf cluster of [insert topic here]
I think you can gain a strong insight into the sense of humor (or lack thereof) of your typical Slashodotter
Serously, why do you need to ask why? Present a geek with a gadget, and he will find some pointless way to modify it, just for the sake of modifying it.
Me? I think it'd be cool as hell to have a blue LED light under my mouse.
I'm sure I'll get promptly corrected if I'm wrong, but I believe this is browser-specific. Some browsers will start to render what they've received after some amount of data has transferred, others wait.
It seems like that was a problem when I was coding a previous web application...despite the fact that I would flush the dynamic page to the browser (it had a lot of processing to do), IE wouldn't display it b/c it had a certain threshold before it would display to screen.
Once people started buying these 386's and what not en masse, demand for more powerful software increased, which demands more powerful hardware, etc etc etc.
So no, MS's R&D department didn't figure out how to clock chips up to 3GHz, but they did a whole lot to create the demand for that kind of hardware.
Poor bastard....
That's kind of like saying that because a couple of Muslims got together and killed a few thousand innocent citizens, the entire Islamic religion will be discredited. While witch hunts, pedophilia, and God-knows what other atrocities have been committed in the name Christianity (Crusades...), any rational person would attribute that to the zealots who took a good thing and perverted it.
I have strong doubts that exposing historical atrocities commited in the name of Christianity will be the "nail in the coffin." I didn't even realize there was a coffin for that matter...
All the talk of reflective missiles sounds great (even though it sounds like it won't prove that effective)...but what about the issue of making a "chromed" or reflective missile? That would look really cool, but it seems that it would be excessively difficult/expensive to manufacture. Not to mention the fragility of it...it would be next to impossible to keep the coating perfectly reflective over the entire surface. Smudges, scratches, contaminants would be unavoidable since we're talking about weapons that are meant for remote deployment to harsh environments.
You can also see which sites are using the images from your site on their own sites...which can sometimes be annoying. Particularly if you are running a college's web site and you have an image of a cheerleader somewhere that is getting linked to by every other cheerleader perv site out there. That's pretty damned annoying. Not that it has happened to my site or anything...
No, everything to do with NT. If its method of handling a divide by zero is to shut down, particularly when it is in as mission-critical of an application as a Navy warship (how much more mission-critical can you get?), then I think that could be considered a very serious flaw in the operating system.
The sight of the text had triggered bad memories. The glazed look in their eyes said their text had been cut (and, presumably, not pasted). They were still in the grip of paralysis when we left.
</mangled movie quote>
Interesting point...when people start buying Office 11 and sending you those XML-saved Word documents, you will have no option but to go out and fork over some cash for an upgrade.
Unlike now, I can send an Office XP formatted Word document and older versions can still open it. Of course...older versions can't open newer databases, that's been a wonderful source of headaches.
I don't think Serial ATA is the monstrous revolution they'd like for it to be. I think solid state storage will represent that...when we no longer have to rely on precision mechanical components that become royally fscked with the introduction of 1 speck of dust...THAT will be a revolution.
Conversely, I thought that was one of the worst aspects of Spider-man. While the scenes of him flipping between the buildings were pretty damned cool, I still think he looked way too rubbery, and most of the (non-techie) people I've talked to agreed. It was kind of "Yeah, I don't know what it was, but those web-slinging scenes just didn't look real."
Wow...I can see why that has been moderated as "insightful" because boy was it.
It sounds like this network at least secures the technological aspects of privacy. If you post messages describing what kind of car you drive, what your house looks like, and where you hang out on Friday nights...well, that's your problem if someone pieces that together.
You should too.
It's like saying my Miata is horrible for towing the boat. It's not made for that.
(*disclaimer -- I don't actually drive a Miata)
This is under the assumption that America has qualified students who have the potential to succeed and make significant contributions to the CS field. If there are foreign students who are more qualified, then we're dumbing down our own nation by refusing them for less qualified local students.
I just feel that as we import more students, educate them, and then subsequently export them back to their country we have just devalued our own country a little bit more by shifting knowledge and skills to foreign lands.
It was beautifully structured....what power-loving congressman is going to vote against something called the Patriot Act when half the people in this country have 2-dozen American flags flying off their car and a sign posted in their front yard proclaiming "United we stand"?!?
150 years from now I doubt much at all will surprise you.
(petty...I know)
[27/Aug/2002 20:02:19 23525] [error] OpenSSL: error:1406B458:SSL routines:GET_CLIENT_ MASTER_KEY:key arg too long
[27/Aug/2002 20:02:22 24087] [error] OpenSSL: error:1406B458:SSL routines:GET_CLIENT_ MASTER_KEY:key arg too long
Thing is though, that "key arg too long" error is part of the July patch to OpenSSL, so you won't see it if you aren't patched. Hopefully this log signature doesn't become as familiar as nimda scans.
Observations made in Europe have failed to see any variations in brightness that might be expected from a slowly spinning metallic object.