So too, do I have the ability to tell American currency from other random images. If you have doubts about whether a document with an image on it in your wallet is American currency or not, please send it to me and I will verify whether it is American currency or otherwise.
I do this not for any personal gain, but only as a public service.
Mod me down if you must, but the magnitude of this GNAA crapflood is insane. By the time I refresh the page, there are already 10 new GNAA comments posted, and it only seems to be slowing now.
I know the editors and Slash programmers have gone out of their way to make this site as inhospitable as possible to trolls and crapflooders, but how effective can we say they've been when this kind of thing can still take place in this day and age?
I don't think it's really a good idea to release this kind of tool to the general public when millions of dollars worth of Mars Lander equipment is at stake. I'm not saying that hackers are 'terrorists' (oooohhhh), just that in the hands of certain hackers such a tool can be used for more bad than good.
After a while things start breaking. Maybe the windows don't work, or the transmission starts slipping when switching gears, or the side mirrors stop automatically flagging in and out.
The bottom line is that the more crap you stick in something, the more likely it is that some of those somethings is going to break. I owned an old Mazda Protege that didn't have auto-anything. Manual transmission, crank windows, even the steering was unassisted. Nothing ever went wrong with it.
And so too does this pertain to other things like CPUs. As CPUs get more and more complex, bugs are bound to creep in. Whether it's something obvious like the Pentium off by 1+1=1.9999943 error or something subtle like the 0xCAFEBABE error which stops the CPU in its tracks, their are avenues of processing that are simply not covered by any amount of testing.
One thing that was good for the industry was to move away from the complex instruction set (CISC) towards a reduced set of instructions (RISC), and we have seen the speed improvements as well as a general reduction in hardware bugs since that time.
But to add Hyperthreading, an untested and unproven technology which can guarantee no more than a 12% speed improvement, is folly. Better to amp the CPU clock and deal with a known like heat than to risk your company's livelihood on letting the CPU figure out which thread is which. That is something an OS is much more reliable in handling.
When sales drop for hardware like this, it is clearly the case that people are simply not buying the hardware. Many factors are probably at play here, but the bottom line is that the expected number of units were simply not sold do to less demand.
It's really no surprise that everyone here is quick to point at the PMC and declare that it is useless. What is surprising is that a group of such 'gifted' people can't bring themselves to recognize any reality besides their own.
Millions of people around the world commute by train or bus every day. A PMC is designed almost specifically for these people.
But that's not really where the PMC is headed, if you read between the lines. MS wants to be "the king of all media" and if you could download your TiVo'd shows onto your PMC, you could then watch your shows at your leisure wherever you were. Likewise, as these things grow a video out port, you will be able to playback any saved video on any display device.
The PMC is not an iPod killer. They aren't even competitors.
Star light star bright first star I see tonight I wish I may I wish I might see all spammers and pop-up software writers be sent directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars.
The problem is that the ISS is 'international'
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ISS May Have A Leak
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This kind of problem would never have occurred if a sole space agency was in charge of making sure everything ran right.
I have no doubt that British and Japanese space agencies had their hands in the ISS project, and now they must share the blame for this latest debacle.
A professinal accountant may cost a little more, but they will usually find ways to reduce your tax burden above and beyond what any software could do.
The internet is good for two things: 1) porn, and 2) warez.
I'd rather leave deciding the next leader of the free world to a bunch of morons in tropical climes than to trust the internet to carry voting information.
Though desktop Linux is definitely useful wherever it is found, an embedded Linux system would be very useful in Iran.
Iran, in case you've just crawled out of a hole in the ground, is located in one of the world's most geologically active areas. In fact, a large quake has recently struck a populated area of the country and it is estimated that around 20,000 people may have lost their lives in the quake.
Earthquake recorders based on an embedded Linux operating system could be used to predict and divert deadly earthquakes like that recent one.
Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!
But seriously, using Linux is just one step in the long fight to bring about serious long-term stability to a region racked by tribal warfare and religious persecution. Software freedom is one component of true democracy, and I hope that these inroads made in Iran shine as an example to other dictator-led countries that software Freedom and true Freedom are the fruits of Western ideals. I'm against globalization as much as anyone, but seeing Linux spread in this way just shows what can be done when enlightened globalization is pursued.
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So too, do I have the ability to tell American currency from other random images. If you have doubts about whether a document with an image on it in your wallet is American currency or not, please send it to me and I will verify whether it is American currency or otherwise.
I do this not for any personal gain, but only as a public service.
Real Networks can kiss my hairy, GNU-loving ass. They can lick the clingy shit off there too, if they are so inclined.
Real Networks is the worst example of a bad company dying too slowly.
I find this current crapflood amazing.
Mod me down if you must, but the magnitude of this GNAA crapflood is insane. By the time I refresh the page, there are already 10 new GNAA comments posted, and it only seems to be slowing now.
I know the editors and Slash programmers have gone out of their way to make this site as inhospitable as possible to trolls and crapflooders, but how effective can we say they've been when this kind of thing can still take place in this day and age?
Or can we control NASA's?
I don't think it's really a good idea to release this kind of tool to the general public when millions of dollars worth of Mars Lander equipment is at stake. I'm not saying that hackers are 'terrorists' (oooohhhh), just that in the hands of certain hackers such a tool can be used for more bad than good.
I meant to say the 0xF00F bug which freezes the Pentium.
The 0xCAFEBABE bug just slows it down to a crawl.
After a while things start breaking. Maybe the windows don't work, or the transmission starts slipping when switching gears, or the side mirrors stop automatically flagging in and out.
The bottom line is that the more crap you stick in something, the more likely it is that some of those somethings is going to break. I owned an old Mazda Protege that didn't have auto-anything. Manual transmission, crank windows, even the steering was unassisted. Nothing ever went wrong with it.
And so too does this pertain to other things like CPUs. As CPUs get more and more complex, bugs are bound to creep in. Whether it's something obvious like the Pentium off by 1+1=1.9999943 error or something subtle like the 0xCAFEBABE error which stops the CPU in its tracks, their are avenues of processing that are simply not covered by any amount of testing.
One thing that was good for the industry was to move away from the complex instruction set (CISC) towards a reduced set of instructions (RISC), and we have seen the speed improvements as well as a general reduction in hardware bugs since that time.
But to add Hyperthreading, an untested and unproven technology which can guarantee no more than a 12% speed improvement, is folly. Better to amp the CPU clock and deal with a known like heat than to risk your company's livelihood on letting the CPU figure out which thread is which. That is something an OS is much more reliable in handling.
When sales drop for hardware like this, it is clearly the case that people are simply not buying the hardware. Many factors are probably at play here, but the bottom line is that the expected number of units were simply not sold do to less demand.
All the better to track you, my dear.
And they'll know we are Muslims by our lopped off fingertips.
It's really no surprise that everyone here is quick to point at the PMC and declare that it is useless. What is surprising is that a group of such 'gifted' people can't bring themselves to recognize any reality besides their own.
Millions of people around the world commute by train or bus every day. A PMC is designed almost specifically for these people.
But that's not really where the PMC is headed, if you read between the lines. MS wants to be "the king of all media" and if you could download your TiVo'd shows onto your PMC, you could then watch your shows at your leisure wherever you were. Likewise, as these things grow a video out port, you will be able to playback any saved video on any display device.
The PMC is not an iPod killer. They aren't even competitors.
Environment affects behavior. If you provide no balance to the violence of video games, the outcome can only be violent behavior.
Star light
star bright
first star I see tonight
I wish I may
I wish I might
see all spammers and pop-up software writers be sent directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars.
This kind of problem would never have occurred if a sole space agency was in charge of making sure everything ran right.
I have no doubt that British and Japanese space agencies had their hands in the ISS project, and now they must share the blame for this latest debacle.
So it will boot Linux.
Loyal, strong, tough as an English bulldog.
I'm glad to have them on the Free Software side.
I'd buy that for a dollar!
If you qualify for the 1040-EZ, you really ought to save the thirty bucks and just do it yourself.
A professinal accountant may cost a little more, but they will usually find ways to reduce your tax burden above and beyond what any software could do.
ARPA was an American military project.
About time to get those flags out and start waving them, gents.
So America is ready to best the world again in space technology. Let's all beat the drums and bang the gongs.
If this site could get any more U.S.-patriotic, they'd have to fly the Stars and Stripes.
The internet is good for two things: 1) porn, and 2) warez.
I'd rather leave deciding the next leader of the free world to a bunch of morons in tropical climes than to trust the internet to carry voting information.
Shopping
Driving
Geocaching
Spying
It is impossible to be completely private. This is not a bad thing.
Though desktop Linux is definitely useful wherever it is found, an embedded Linux system would be very useful in Iran.
Iran, in case you've just crawled out of a hole in the ground, is located in one of the world's most geologically active areas. In fact, a large quake has recently struck a populated area of the country and it is estimated that around 20,000 people may have lost their lives in the quake.
Earthquake recorders based on an embedded Linux operating system could be used to predict and divert deadly earthquakes like that recent one.
Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!
But seriously, using Linux is just one step in the long fight to bring about serious long-term stability to a region racked by tribal warfare and religious persecution. Software freedom is one component of true democracy, and I hope that these inroads made in Iran shine as an example to other dictator-led countries that software Freedom and true Freedom are the fruits of Western ideals. I'm against globalization as much as anyone, but seeing Linux spread in this way just shows what can be done when enlightened globalization is pursued.
I find that Funk & Wagnalls makes a pretty good encyclopedia set.