I've noticed the nouveau driver previously, but based on the status page I don't think they're ready: "Currently, there is some kind of 2D-support, and a very limited 3D support for extremely lucky developers. Yes, this statement has not changed for a long time, and yes, it is still valid. Also VT switching while X is running is known broken, if it worked for you, you were very lucky."
I've never had a single crash with the nVidia driver in my system, maybe you should check your card
No, it's the buggy drivers. You'll always get people who step up and say, "no, they work great!!" which I suspect is because they don't use all the functions I listed above. Power management in combination with 3d acceleration has always been particularly problematic. I guess it's also possible the drivers do work correctly for some particular chips, though I've never seen it on my laptop or anybody else's.
No, I mean drivers that support 3d acceleration, and docking and undocking, and xrandr, and xv, and suspend to RAM, and power management, all without crashing. I've been waiting for years.
That's why cops are so eager to ticket people from out of town. Want to contest it? Sure, just show up for your court date here in 3 weeks (chuckle chuckle).
It's not the case that all weather satellites are in geostationary orbit.
Anyways, the question isn't whether UAVs can provide more detail than satellites, but rather, whether firefighting requires more detail than existing satellite imagery can provide. (It's not as if you want 1m resolution for firefighting). Apparently there is some extra value in the UAV data, I'm just curious what it is.
It's also purely a matter of how you interpret the question. I'd guess most people who don't think they want the govt. regulating content on the Internet actually do, in one or more of the following cases: copyright and trademark enforcement, libel, child pornography, threats (such as listing a bunch of abortionists with the murdered ones crossed out), spam, intrusions/hacking/data theft.
Most of those cases are already covered by laws not specific to the Internet, but that's besides the point, because those laws do regulate the content of internet data, and most people do support them.
It's hard to know what conclusions to draw from this sort of thing unless they have a very well thought out metric and collect it consistently from year to year. For instance, the US has been gradually moving away from long-term employment with a regular paycheck and benefits (such as a pension and paid vacation) and towards contracting with fewer benefits and stability. I would certainly expect these contractors to receive more cash per hour, but that isn't the whole picture.
Malthus confidently predicted that food generation could never keep up with current population growth...in 1798
Part of the reason people in "first-world" countries don't have many kids any more is because it's so expensive. In other parts of the world, children still starve. So I guess he was right.
"Become too expensive for practical use" is exactly what "run out" means.
For now, the hope that we'll find something else is a leap of faith. Again, if you want to be pedantic, other energy sources are already available, but the point is they're much more expensive than oil, so switching to them would make us all poorer and perhaps cause fighting over whatever oil is left.
In other words, no, the world is not going to end. If we simply burn all the oil until it's gone, through the stages of wars, decreased standard of living, and CO2 pollution (all of which have already happened to some extent), there will still be people. But maybe it would be smarter to proactively invest in alternatives, even *before* they make short-term economic sense.
A few years ago, it seemed email worms were constantly ravaging Outlook. That, I noticed. But that seems to have tapered off. Haven't noticed any panicked patching of zlib or ssh or sendmail lately. What is keeping people busy these days? Spyware-infested zombie boxes? Anything else?
From what I can tell, the settlement doesn't even force Verizon to uphold their end of the bargain by providing unlimited service to those who signed up for it.
I'll be a lot of wireless customers wish they could welch on their service contract and only get hit for $80.
Destroying a few buildings is a ridiculously far cry from overthrowing a nation. We can destroy buildings in other nations with the push of a button - and we have, thousands of times over.
I agree that current policy is hurting science in the US. In a bizarre attempt to keep terrorists from coming into the country, the government has made it very hard for ANYONE to get in.
It's worse than that; it's hard to get in legally, yet easy to get in illegally.
When was the last time a virus jumped out of your computer and ate you? There is no evolutionary pressure involved with such intellectual pursuits.
Wow, it sounds like you're in violent agreement with Schneier; he said evolution didn't prepare us for computer security, you agree, then you call him stupid for saying it.
Anyways, these days mortal combat is now primarily an intellectual pursuit, because technology dominates. Usually nowadays we wage war by economic sanctions, which can kill just as many people as bombs. When we do apply violence, those without technology die like flies. Look at Vietnam and the Iraq war: the fact that we're angry and surprised when we achieve only a 5:1 or even 50:1 kill ratio only confirms the primary role technology plays. Disagree? Wake me up when the tables turn and low-tech nations from half way around the world paddle over the pacific ocean and conquer Washington DC with swords and spears. Nope, it's (still) all about technology.
people make sure they at least rescue their laptops and PDAs.
What do you own with a higher density of value than your laptop? It's as small as a book, costs thousands of dollars, holds all your most important information, and allows you to make arrangements and gather information... how stupid would you be to leave that behind?
"Lead has also been associated directly with delinquent, criminal, and aggressive behavior.
Denno [1990] finds that lead poisoning is the most significant predictor of disciplinary problems
and one of the most significant predictors of delinquency, adult criminality, and the number and
severity of offenses. Needleman et al. [1996] find a significant relationship between the amount
of lead in bone (a good measure of past exposure) and antisocial, delinquent, and aggressive
behaviors. Dietrich et al. [2001] followed a cohort of 195 inner-city youths from birth through
adolescence, and found a clear linear relationship between childhood blood lead levels and the
number of delinquent acts. In addition, Needleman et al [2002] showed that adjudicated
delinquents were four times as likely to have high lead levels than non-delinquents, and several
studies have shown that violent criminals exhibit higher levels of lead in their bodies than nonviolent
criminals or the general population.25"
It seems to me that this environmental hypothesis is testable (and confirmed) far beyond what is attainable for most theories in the social sciences.
He must not be alone in his opinions, I wish I had founded three wildly successful enterprises (Pong, Atari, Chuck E Cheese).
From the article:
We used to have families sit down and play a game together. A lot of video games today are very isolated. You don't see mom and dad, sister and brother, sitting down like they used to play, say, Monopoly," says Bushnell. "That represented good mentoring time for families that just isn't happening now."
So, yes, he has a certain vision in mind. He thinks family members enjoying a game together is better than sitting alone in a darkened room for hours on end pretending to slaughter people. What a lunatic.
Some might argue that Slashdot is just as guilty as Greenpeace of using Apple's success to grab headlines / make money.
It's this blog that's trying to grab headlines by slamming Greenpeace. I kept reading and reading the GreenPeace response looking for the outrageous part, and all I saw was them standing by their analysis of the iPhone and concern over bromine.
Finally, in the last sentence of the article, I read "While it might not make as many headlines as the iPhone it doesn't mean that we are not focusing on all manufacturers to remove toxic chemicals from their products."
THAT'S IT!??
Come off it. Apple is the poster child for high-tech consumerism right now, and has invested heavily to reach that status - so they get the brunt of the criticism as well. BFD.
I just hate to see such a humble, unassuming company as Apple, content to attend modestly to their own private matters, dragged out into public scrutiny. This kind of thing can ruin a quiet little family company like Apple Computer.
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I've noticed the nouveau driver previously, but based on the status page I don't think they're ready: "Currently, there is some kind of 2D-support, and a very limited 3D support for extremely lucky developers. Yes, this statement has not changed for a long time, and yes, it is still valid. Also VT switching while X is running is known broken, if it worked for you, you were very lucky."
No, I mean drivers that support 3d acceleration, and docking and undocking, and xrandr, and xv, and suspend to RAM, and power management, all without crashing. I've been waiting for years.
That's why cops are so eager to ticket people from out of town. Want to contest it? Sure, just show up for your court date here in 3 weeks (chuckle chuckle).
Anyways, the question isn't whether UAVs can provide more detail than satellites, but rather, whether firefighting requires more detail than existing satellite imagery can provide. (It's not as if you want 1m resolution for firefighting). Apparently there is some extra value in the UAV data, I'm just curious what it is.
I'm surprised weather satellites can't provide any information needed for firefighting?
Most of those cases are already covered by laws not specific to the Internet, but that's besides the point, because those laws do regulate the content of internet data, and most people do support them.
We're supposed to be surprised that Mr. Bean's an EE? Sheesh, I would have assumed that all along :)
I hate the local telco so much I went "vonage only." Through these lawsuits I'll still be paying the local telco anyways. You just can't escape.
Actually prices of milk and grain are soaring lately: Skyrocketing milk prices hit families just in time for school.
As much as the dollar has fallen, it's odd that inflation in the US isn't higher (except for gas, where we are feeling the weak dollar).
It's hard to know what conclusions to draw from this sort of thing unless they have a very well thought out metric and collect it consistently from year to year. For instance, the US has been gradually moving away from long-term employment with a regular paycheck and benefits (such as a pension and paid vacation) and towards contracting with fewer benefits and stability. I would certainly expect these contractors to receive more cash per hour, but that isn't the whole picture.
For now, the hope that we'll find something else is a leap of faith. Again, if you want to be pedantic, other energy sources are already available, but the point is they're much more expensive than oil, so switching to them would make us all poorer and perhaps cause fighting over whatever oil is left.
In other words, no, the world is not going to end. If we simply burn all the oil until it's gone, through the stages of wars, decreased standard of living, and CO2 pollution (all of which have already happened to some extent), there will still be people. But maybe it would be smarter to proactively invest in alternatives, even *before* they make short-term economic sense.
A few years ago, it seemed email worms were constantly ravaging Outlook. That, I noticed. But that seems to have tapered off. Haven't noticed any panicked patching of zlib or ssh or sendmail lately. What is keeping people busy these days? Spyware-infested zombie boxes? Anything else?
(*everybody except politicians and rich people, since they're vital to national security and economic welfare).
I'll be a lot of wireless customers wish they could welch on their service contract and only get hit for $80.
Anyways, these days mortal combat is now primarily an intellectual pursuit, because technology dominates. Usually nowadays we wage war by economic sanctions, which can kill just as many people as bombs. When we do apply violence, those without technology die like flies. Look at Vietnam and the Iraq war: the fact that we're angry and surprised when we achieve only a 5:1 or even 50:1 kill ratio only confirms the primary role technology plays. Disagree? Wake me up when the tables turn and low-tech nations from half way around the world paddle over the pacific ocean and conquer Washington DC with swords and spears. Nope, it's (still) all about technology.
"Lead has also been associated directly with delinquent, criminal, and aggressive behavior. Denno [1990] finds that lead poisoning is the most significant predictor of disciplinary problems and one of the most significant predictors of delinquency, adult criminality, and the number and severity of offenses. Needleman et al. [1996] find a significant relationship between the amount of lead in bone (a good measure of past exposure) and antisocial, delinquent, and aggressive behaviors. Dietrich et al. [2001] followed a cohort of 195 inner-city youths from birth through adolescence, and found a clear linear relationship between childhood blood lead levels and the number of delinquent acts. In addition, Needleman et al [2002] showed that adjudicated delinquents were four times as likely to have high lead levels than non-delinquents, and several studies have shown that violent criminals exhibit higher levels of lead in their bodies than nonviolent criminals or the general population.25"
It seems to me that this environmental hypothesis is testable (and confirmed) far beyond what is attainable for most theories in the social sciences.
From the article:
So, yes, he has a certain vision in mind. He thinks family members enjoying a game together is better than sitting alone in a darkened room for hours on end pretending to slaughter people. What a lunatic.Finally, in the last sentence of the article, I read "While it might not make as many headlines as the iPhone it doesn't mean that we are not focusing on all manufacturers to remove toxic chemicals from their products."
THAT'S IT!??
Come off it. Apple is the poster child for high-tech consumerism right now, and has invested heavily to reach that status - so they get the brunt of the criticism as well. BFD.
I just hate to see such a humble, unassuming company as Apple, content to attend modestly to their own private matters, dragged out into public scrutiny. This kind of thing can ruin a quiet little family company like Apple Computer.