I disagree; if integrated graphics are now trailing discrete by only 12-16 months, then NVidia has a problem. Not many games require a graphics card less than a year old, and not many people bother to buy one that often. And the integrated solution will be overall cheaper, smaller, and more power efficient.
In what context would this law be bad? It reads "...any person who knowingly and without
consent credibly impersonates another actual person...." The key word here is "credibly." Thus, "Impersonation" in this bill doesn't mean a Saturday Night Live skit. It doesn't mean Fake Steve Jobs. Those aren't credible. It means me taking out a mortgage in your name, or trying to make people actually believe you just said something asinine when it was really me.
If China's per capita GDP were equal to Japan's right now, they would have the world's largest economy by more than a factor of 3.
33828*1331460000 / (47123*307006550)
ans = 3.1133
Right now US defense spending is 6.8 times the next largest competitor (China). Imagine if China out-spent the US by a factor of 3 instead. It would be a different world.
As seen on the local news: "TSA officer kills himself during police shoot out" (after kidnapping his estranged wife and son... he was an anomalous behavior detection specialist.)
Now, I don't think it's fair to rag on TSA officers, particularly. But it is good to remember that, like everybody, they're only human.
Well, the finding is by the Royal Botanic Gardens in London, and other reputable sources. And it seems plausible; before DNA sequencing and the Internet, it would be incredibly hard to prove nobody else had named the species previously.
As for Fox... I think it is worth following, in addition to a number of other sources. They definitely give a different selection of stories than less biased sources , but what they report is rarely flat-out false.
As for the Reader Comments on their story pages, and even the Opinion section, yeah, they're pretty out there.
Then why read Slashdot? The Best Buy circular in the Sunday paper is what you are looking for.
I won't defend the rather confused writeup, but the research itself still sounds like genuine progress in a worthwhile area. Moore's Law, or rather the more general/important version that "computer stuff just keeps getting better," isn't a law of nature. Technology is moved forward a little at a time by just this type of research. And yes, most research goes nowhere. But the exceptions to that rule made the world what it is today.
Nuclear power is the primary source of electricity in France. In 2004, 425.8 TWh out of the country's total production of 540.6 TWh of electricity was from nuclear power (78.8%), the highest percentage in the world.
Areva NC claims that, due to their reliance on nuclear power, France's carbon emissions per kWh are less than 1/10 that of Germany and the UK, and 1/13 that of Denmark, which has no nuclear plants. Its emissions of nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide have been reduced by 70% over 20 years, even though the total power output has tripled in that time.
Are we reading the same article summary? The threshold is based on emissions, not a particular body style, e.g. "is thing X an SUV or not." The conundrums you posed are moot.
Actually, if it happens it will be fairly gradual, the result of ever-improving infrastucture and improved technology at many levels. Just as the Pocket Computer / Smartphone has evolved gradually. For example, the Apple Newton failed, whereas the iPhone was later a blockbuster. Why? Lots and lots of reasons. Some of them, such as faster/cheaper/smaller processors and networking, apply directly to virtualization as well.
Does the GPL consider a corporation or government a "person"? If not, to honor the GPL Russia would have to distribute the code to any of millions of Russian government workers who end up using this version of Linux and request the source. I don't suppose that request would be honored.
And I am certain that the code in theirs own repository will contain some kind of monitoring system of some sort that will report back to today's KGB
We're talking about government-owned computers here. Every US govt.-owned computer I've worked on (mostly Windows) certainly do have monitoring software that can report on any aspect of computer usage to higher-ups. They always put a big notice on the login screen that says you have no expectation of privacy when using it, and you consent to it every time before logging in.
As for Russia putting stealth backdoors into other peoples' OSS repositories, they could be doing that right now, so it's completely irrelevant to their internal adoption of it.
PS. I was referring to modern media (hard drives, flash). Since this thread could reasonably include really sloppy, inefficient old media like audiocasettes with data encoded on them, I admit the possibility for recovering data from them is much greater.
On the other hand if you just delete and overwrite it, who knows it might take a lot of effort but how much effort does it take to restore something casually over written?
Normal OS commands don't enable you to overwrite a file; when you save a file, it might be written over the old one, or somewhere else on the disk (even though it still has the same filename), in which case the old version could still be recovered. Disk wipers, at least simple ones, just keep adding to a file until all free space is full to make sure they got everything.
But once that physical block is overwritten, the previous data is gone. Assertions to the contrary are nothing but urban legend and speculation. Nobody seems comfortable claiming that one pass with zeroes is sufficient, but I've seen no evidence that it isn't.
If big companies like Microsoft and Motorola ever decide change is needed, it will probably happen - regardless of what the public thinks (or ignores). But here's the problem, if the big boys get together and rewrite patent law, they'll probably find a way for it to entrench companies with thousands of patents while excluding little guys.
Ironically, the most efficient set-up is to have one line feed into several cashiers... However, this is also perceived by customers as the least efficient, psychologically.
That's a shame, since it's obviously the most fair, and eliminates the annoyance of jockeying into different lines to maybe get a faster one. I guess people like the chance of getting lucky occasionally, even at the cost of utility (average wait time) and fairness? Hmmm, our economy makes so much more sense now.
It's hard for me to imagine any security measure economical enough to implement in $20 bills could not be replicated by a really well-funded forger, such as a foreign intelligence agency. If there is any "ultimate" deterrent, it would involve tracking the movement of funds from one individual to another, i.e. marginalizing the use of cash, or making it equivalent to electronic banking, so Big Brother can keep an eye on it.
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And if you follow the link on "contact XBox Support," the only way listed is to call.
I'm surprised anybody would bother to start making insults without bothering to simply supply a link. (Then again we are talking XBox Live here. There would be more incentive for normal people to stick around if there were an easy way to segregate all the morons such as yourself into your own little playpen).
I did it online once too, a few months ago. But last night I spent about 20 minutes searching the menus and searching for help, and I think they removed the function.
Microsoft intentionally makes dealing with XBox Live extremely difficult and time-consuming. You can't unregister to stop their billing charges online - you have to call & wait. Cancel the credit card? They lock the account (stop providing the service) but keep accumulating charges, then hit you with back charges if you ever put in a valid card number. They're jerks.
Newer TVs don't even need a PS3. I have a Sony Bravia set with support for Netflix and Amazon video streaming (plus about 100 others I've hardly looked at). It's slightly harder than changing the channel, but not hard. I upgraded my Comcast service for no other reason than to get better streaming quality, and am very happy with it. Standard-def looks about equivalent to DVD, and high-def even better. (Neither quite as good as broadcast TV, and I haven't tried Blu-Ray).
I also have a homebrew PVR, although I get sick of fiddling with its instability (e.g. linux drivers for HVR 950 that flake out).
So, I guess I'm wondering why this is hard? It seems like a solved problem, other than getting more and more content providers to sign on.
To balance the crazy left-wing nutcase view of huffington post here is the opinion of one of the FCC commissioners who is against the proposal:
If you want to actively counterbalance it, here is how Fox is reporting the same event:
"FCC Approves Plan to Regulate Internet WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved a plan to regulate the Internet despite warnings that it could strangle industry investment and damage an economy that is still struggling to recover. The 3-2 vote fell along partisan lines with Democrats capitalizing on their numerical advantage...
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I disagree; if integrated graphics are now trailing discrete by only 12-16 months, then NVidia has a problem. Not many games require a graphics card less than a year old, and not many people bother to buy one that often. And the integrated solution will be overall cheaper, smaller, and more power efficient.
In what context would this law be bad? It reads "...any person who knowingly and without consent credibly impersonates another actual person...." The key word here is "credibly." Thus, "Impersonation" in this bill doesn't mean a Saturday Night Live skit. It doesn't mean Fake Steve Jobs. Those aren't credible. It means me taking out a mortgage in your name, or trying to make people actually believe you just said something asinine when it was really me.
33828*1331460000 / (47123*307006550)
ans = 3.1133
Right now US defense spending is 6.8 times the next largest competitor (China). Imagine if China out-spent the US by a factor of 3 instead. It would be a different world.
Now, I don't think it's fair to rag on TSA officers, particularly. But it is good to remember that, like everybody, they're only human.
As for Fox... I think it is worth following, in addition to a number of other sources. They definitely give a different selection of stories than less biased sources , but what they report is rarely flat-out false.
As for the Reader Comments on their story pages, and even the Opinion section, yeah, they're pretty out there.
I won't defend the rather confused writeup, but the research itself still sounds like genuine progress in a worthwhile area. Moore's Law, or rather the more general/important version that "computer stuff just keeps getting better," isn't a law of nature. Technology is moved forward a little at a time by just this type of research. And yes, most research goes nowhere. But the exceptions to that rule made the world what it is today.
Are we reading the same article summary? The threshold is based on emissions, not a particular body style, e.g. "is thing X an SUV or not." The conundrums you posed are moot.
Actually, if it happens it will be fairly gradual, the result of ever-improving infrastucture and improved technology at many levels. Just as the Pocket Computer / Smartphone has evolved gradually. For example, the Apple Newton failed, whereas the iPhone was later a blockbuster. Why? Lots and lots of reasons. Some of them, such as faster/cheaper/smaller processors and networking, apply directly to virtualization as well.
Somebody got a little too creative with the infographics though. Call me old-fashioned, but I like simple graphs I already know how to read.
My wife and I saw True Grit today and both really enjoyed it. Great storytelling - dialogue, acting, and drama.
C'mon, War Games? That's a quality movie. Anyways you couldn't say it's about eye candy.
Does the GPL consider a corporation or government a "person"? If not, to honor the GPL Russia would have to distribute the code to any of millions of Russian government workers who end up using this version of Linux and request the source. I don't suppose that request would be honored.
We're talking about government-owned computers here. Every US govt.-owned computer I've worked on (mostly Windows) certainly do have monitoring software that can report on any aspect of computer usage to higher-ups. They always put a big notice on the login screen that says you have no expectation of privacy when using it, and you consent to it every time before logging in.
As for Russia putting stealth backdoors into other peoples' OSS repositories, they could be doing that right now, so it's completely irrelevant to their internal adoption of it.
If that were real, there would be companies offering it as a service. Where are they?
PS. I was referring to modern media (hard drives, flash). Since this thread could reasonably include really sloppy, inefficient old media like audiocasettes with data encoded on them, I admit the possibility for recovering data from them is much greater.
Normal OS commands don't enable you to overwrite a file; when you save a file, it might be written over the old one, or somewhere else on the disk (even though it still has the same filename), in which case the old version could still be recovered. Disk wipers, at least simple ones, just keep adding to a file until all free space is full to make sure they got everything.
But once that physical block is overwritten, the previous data is gone. Assertions to the contrary are nothing but urban legend and speculation. Nobody seems comfortable claiming that one pass with zeroes is sufficient, but I've seen no evidence that it isn't.
If big companies like Microsoft and Motorola ever decide change is needed, it will probably happen - regardless of what the public thinks (or ignores). But here's the problem, if the big boys get together and rewrite patent law, they'll probably find a way for it to entrench companies with thousands of patents while excluding little guys.
That's a shame, since it's obviously the most fair, and eliminates the annoyance of jockeying into different lines to maybe get a faster one. I guess people like the chance of getting lucky occasionally, even at the cost of utility (average wait time) and fairness? Hmmm, our economy makes so much more sense now.
It's hard for me to imagine any security measure economical enough to implement in $20 bills could not be replicated by a really well-funded forger, such as a foreign intelligence agency. If there is any "ultimate" deterrent, it would involve tracking the movement of funds from one individual to another, i.e. marginalizing the use of cash, or making it equivalent to electronic banking, so Big Brother can keep an eye on it.
Also this:
And if you follow the link on "contact XBox Support," the only way listed is to call.
I'm surprised anybody would bother to start making insults without bothering to simply supply a link. (Then again we are talking XBox Live here. There would be more incentive for normal people to stick around if there were an easy way to segregate all the morons such as yourself into your own little playpen).
I did it online once too, a few months ago. But last night I spent about 20 minutes searching the menus and searching for help, and I think they removed the function.
Microsoft intentionally makes dealing with XBox Live extremely difficult and time-consuming. You can't unregister to stop their billing charges online - you have to call & wait. Cancel the credit card? They lock the account (stop providing the service) but keep accumulating charges, then hit you with back charges if you ever put in a valid card number. They're jerks.
I also have a homebrew PVR, although I get sick of fiddling with its instability (e.g. linux drivers for HVR 950 that flake out).
So, I guess I'm wondering why this is hard? It seems like a solved problem, other than getting more and more content providers to sign on.
If you want to actively counterbalance it, here is how Fox is reporting the same event: