I was forced to do something exactly like that just a few days ago.
Started a new job, and my boss had a problem with her computer that her technical support guy (very friendly btw) had been trying to solve for weeks. Basically, every time she loaded up a pdf file in IE, when she closed that particular window, IE would crash completely. Turns out it was the spamblocker toolbar some moron had installed on the machine causing the problem. I disabled it, and IE worked again. Of course I wanted to completely remove the possibility of it happening again, so I uninstalled the spamblocker toolbar. This COMPLETELY broke IE - it couldn't resolve any websites at all, although DNS was still working.
I was a long ways from my tool disks, so once I realized what was going on, I ftp'd firefox down and used it to do some research - although there was no apparent fix (turned out the fix was to download IE6's installer and use it to repair IE - what a clusterfuck) I was damned glad to be able to browse at all at that point.
Incidentally, the google search result that led me to the problem with the toolbar was one that said that MSN's own toolbar could cause problems like that. (http://store1.adobe.com/support/techdocs/327739.h tml)
WTF?
So just a friendly warning, if you uninstall spamblocker toolbar, be prepared for bad things to happen... I wasn't familiar with spamblocker, so my first thought was that it was more crapware like some other ones that used to break DNS resolution in 9x. Anyway, learned something new that day... I don't do support on a regular basis anymore, but my conclusion is that the spamblocker toolbar sucks cat scat. This may be old news to some out there, but maybe it'll help someone...
Can't be infinite, there'd have to be an infinite amount of power being used in an infinitely small amount of time for an infinite amount of computers to have the ability to run an program with infinite parameters in a finite amount of time, even if they used an infinitesimally small amount of power each.
Or something like that. What the heck, I've always wanted to attempt posting that. *shrug*
Have any links to how to set that sort of thing up? I'll spend the money for some new hardware if it'll reduce the amount of space my towers are taking up right now; portable is extremely nice if it's really portable cross OS;-)
OT, but I was thinking today at work how nice it would be to have a bootable linux CD that could virtualize the windows XP system that's on the hard drive of a customer's machine. Might be a useful tool in fixing the more modern/nasty malware.
The system would be totally impractical for earth-bound surgeons to use for Mars trips. Even the moon, with a second and half lag one way, would introduce some bad problems.
But it seems obvious to me, at least, that this would only be usable with dedicated links, and not over the internet, which is what a lot of others seem to be saying here. I doubt very much that any of the engineers involved have even considered using the public internet (at least I hope they haven't!:-)
Well, since the unit is being developed to perform surgery in space, as well, I imagine they'll be using dedicated video/data links. There's no real mention of what exactly they will be using, but I'd bet that "advanced telecommunications technology" doesn't mean internet.
One thing I've noticed is they tend to include subtle but important misdirections. The first two sentences in the post under discussion have one. It's kinda Reaganesque *dons flame retardant suit*
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Someone on an IRC channel I was chatting on once said that this would be a good use for spam/botnets ;-)
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Should be how efficiently one uses the information sources available to one?
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True, but what other course can we take?
Clusterfucked.
Sigh.
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I imagine he could have run to tens or even hundreds of pages of discourse, but that did sum it up pretty well, don't you think?
*grin*
Some things you just have to take for granted at this point...
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I was forced to do something exactly like that just a few days ago.
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;-)
Started a new job, and my boss had a problem with her computer that her technical support guy (very friendly btw) had been trying to solve for weeks. Basically, every time she loaded up a pdf file in IE, when she closed that particular window, IE would crash completely. Turns out it was the spamblocker toolbar some moron had installed on the machine causing the problem. I disabled it, and IE worked again. Of course I wanted to completely remove the possibility of it happening again, so I uninstalled the spamblocker toolbar. This COMPLETELY broke IE - it couldn't resolve any websites at all, although DNS was still working.
I was a long ways from my tool disks, so once I realized what was going on, I ftp'd firefox down and used it to do some research - although there was no apparent fix (turned out the fix was to download IE6's installer and use it to repair IE - what a clusterfuck) I was damned glad to be able to browse at all at that point.
Incidentally, the google search result that led me to the problem with the toolbar was one that said that MSN's own toolbar could cause problems like that. (http://store1.adobe.com/support/techdocs/327739.
WTF?
So just a friendly warning, if you uninstall spamblocker toolbar, be prepared for bad things to happen... I wasn't familiar with spamblocker, so my first thought was that it was more crapware like some other ones that used to break DNS resolution in 9x. Anyway, learned something new that day... I don't do support on a regular basis anymore, but my conclusion is that the spamblocker toolbar sucks cat scat. This may be old news to some out there, but maybe it'll help someone...
Hey, at least I got paid for it
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Intelligent commentary like that will not get you invited to any parties here on Terra.
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Yep, she can expose you to a much more effective vacuum than any mistress here inside our atmosphere.
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Followed by a small army of bureaucrats whose potential for damage is actually greater; and I'm not just talking about the pool ;-)
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Just because a handful of idiots don't know how to use a phrase properly doesn't mean it has "evolved" into a new meaning.
laser surgery, radar array, scuba gear
What?
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(this was about 349 days ago) ...and you know this because it's about the time you rebooted the BSD server last, right?" *g*
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Can't be infinite, there'd have to be an infinite amount of power being used in an infinitely small amount of time for an infinite amount of computers to have the ability to run an program with infinite parameters in a finite amount of time, even if they used an infinitesimally small amount of power each.
Or something like that. What the heck, I've always wanted to attempt posting that. *shrug*
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Because they have an agenda.
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Then there was Robotron, the game that would reward you with callused palms from manipulating the, um, joysticks ;-)
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Have any links to how to set that sort of thing up? I'll spend the money for some new hardware if it'll reduce the amount of space my towers are taking up right now; portable is extremely nice if it's really portable cross OS ;-)
OT, but I was thinking today at work how nice it would be to have a bootable linux CD that could virtualize the windows XP system that's on the hard drive of a customer's machine. Might be a useful tool in fixing the more modern/nasty malware.
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Kudos.
The system would be totally impractical for earth-bound surgeons to use for Mars trips. Even the moon, with a second and half lag one way, would introduce some bad problems.
:-)
But it seems obvious to me, at least, that this would only be usable with dedicated links, and not over the internet, which is what a lot of others seem to be saying here. I doubt very much that any of the engineers involved have even considered using the public internet (at least I hope they haven't!
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Well, since the unit is being developed to perform surgery in space, as well, I imagine they'll be using dedicated video/data links. There's no real mention of what exactly they will be using, but I'd bet that "advanced telecommunications technology" doesn't mean internet.
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I hadn't heard of that (can't keep up :-) so I googled; first link I found here.
Wow. Makes one wonder...
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http://beagleweb.com/personal/boottothehead.html
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Someone with mod points mod this up.
Forks are inevitable
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One thing I've noticed is they tend to include subtle but important misdirections. The first two sentences in the post under discussion have one. It's kinda Reaganesque *dons flame retardant suit*
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Exactly!
Ever read Niven?
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A preset kill limit would mean leaving survivors who could end your existence. It's illogical programming
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I for one welcome our new robotic millipede overlords.
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