Well, our customers know what they want it for. Forgive me if I was a little vague on that point, but it's not developed yet and I can't really say in detail what we're doing.
What we are looking for is an eye-catching way to demonstrate actual working technology. We're not trying to demonstrate that what we're offering is useful - they know that - but were trying to get them interested in it by showing them working prototypes, so they go home knowing we have real hardware.
What I'm looking for is a simple demo - if I'm doing video streaming, what hardware and software could I get that would be relatively cheap and easy to set up that would demonstrate the technology is working? What NIC should I be using? What OS? What sort of memory? What kind of performance could I expect out of an off the shelf PC?
In your story "Linux cyber-battle turns nasty", Stephan Evans make some very serious allegations about the open source community. These allegations are not based on the evidence so far collected by law enforcement, which suggest the targeting of SCO is merely a diversion, and that the virus, which appears to have originated in Russia, has the true purpose of opening back doors on a huge number of computers. The value to criminals of such back doors, including spamming and collection of personal data and credit card numbers, is not in dispute.
Perhaps if Mr. Evans had a better understanding of the reasons professional viruses are written, he would not be so easily deceived.
We do a lot of machining, and use machine screws in a variety of shapes and sizes. When we were first setting up, we thought we'd just buy 100 of all the common types of screws so we'd always have what we needed.
Well, there are seven thread sizes (0-80,2-56,4-40,6-32,8-32,10-24,1/4-20) which we commonly use, five head types (hex cap,socket cap, filister head, flat head, set screws), lengths from 1/4 inch to six inches and more in 1/8" increments.
Let's not be overbroad. Clearly, there is a huge threat of software patents stifling innovation. But when it comes to real hardware, our company would not be funded if we didn't have patent protection on our products.
The irony is that patents were supposed to protect the little guy from exploitation. In the case of software patents, it cuts the wrong way.
push his well-known anti-Republican agenda on the readers of Slashdot.
Are you saying this is not outrageous? Do you think that this consitutes acceptable behavior on the part of lawmakers? Surely the difference between "copying files", as in copying a copyrighted song, is different from "copying files", as in, using unauthorized computer access to find out what your political enemies are talking about.
If you really think this is OK, I guess Bush has failed pretty badly in his attempt to "change the tone in Washington"
Gas is ussually stored compressed - For example, standard compressed gas bottles are about 2500 psi, or about 166 atmospheres. So 1000 cc of storage space would have a value of 166 X $few hundred ~ between 10 and 50 thousand dollars. So perhaps we could make it worthwhile.
This seems to be a golden opportunity for the/. community. This is a call for public comments on how to punish spam offenders, and many people on this board know first hand the various techniques that are used.
A big part of the sentences guidelines is, what is the relative harm? "Hang 'em all", while satisifying, is not realistic. How would you rank the damage done by the various things spammers do? What would you tell the federal government on the relative seriousness of various aspects of spamming?
Consider:
Joe Jobbing
Using viruses to hijack other people's computers
Attacking anti-spam websites
Using spam to sell viagra vs. using it to defraud people out of thousands of dollars
I don't work with the internet on a technical level, but there are many, many people here who do. And rather than griping about spammers or the law, it would be great if this article and discussion could actually provoke some intelligent public comment. If we want the technical community to be taken seriously in the policy world, we need to give them our input when it's asked for.
It's the greek word for beginings. The hebrew name of the book is "Bereshit", which is the first word of the book in hebrew, which means something like "began" (as in, when God Began...)
Benchmark code like this does not represent how these languages are used in practice.
I think this is a really salient point. To do simple arithmetic functions in Java is not necessarily to write good java code. For example, if I wanted to do vector calculations in Java, I'd make a vector class and overload operations for addition, cross product, dot product, etc. Then I'd have a really convenient way to do vector calculations. A C implementation would be messier, but might end up being more efficient.
I think everyone understands that different languages are good at different things (platform independence, performance, parallel execution, speed of development, and easy of GUI development are just a few relevant attributes), but what the language is used for will determine how you structure your program, which will in turn affect how efficiently it will execute a certain task. And this is differnt than attempting to compare a program written in C to a program written in Java as if it were C. That will be as much of a determinant of how fast a program in a given language seems, as the low-level implementation details.
There's another aspect to this, which is contractual. If you're outsourcing something sensitive or proprietary, or paying for the development of something you don't want a competitor to get for cheap, you write a contract with strict non-disclosure clauses and strong penalties for violating that. Once you leave the US, enforcing these contracts becomes prohibitivly expensive and difficult.
Ozbek advises users to replace lithium-ion batteries every two to three years. Two years is the safest time period, as constant recharging weakens the battery.
So if you buy something where you can't change the battery, expect a finite life out of it!
It's certainly true that it couldn't be done as it is in paycheck. The disturbing question is, given the existing technology, what could be done? Especially if the health of the "subject" were not treated as important?
With magnetic brain imaging using SQUIDs (which can located brain activity in real time) and gamma knife technology, which can destroy specific pieces of brain tissue without opening up a person's head, why wouldn't this be possible? We're still at the blunt intrument stage from both the sensor point of view and the neuron destruction point of view, but we're a lot closer than many people may think.
I've been looking for a cheap digital camera for my 4 year old (who likes to use my $400 one, which makes me nervous). I don't care if the picture is really low resolution, but it needs to work and be less than $100. I haven't gotten one because I've been unable to convince myself that the cameras I've found online would work at all.
The real question is: what else could you use it for? If you want a calculator, buy a calculator. If you want to figure out a novel use for hardware, get an open OS for it.
When I buy cold medicine at the CVS, there are two brands on the shelf - Triaminic, a well known brand, and "Tri-acting" the CVS brand. Both have the exact same active ingredients, as well as the same color and flavor. On the CVS brand, there's a big "CVS", as well as a line that says something like "Compare to Triaminic".
The point is, CVS is selling the same formulation, and want you to know you are getting the same stuff as if you paid more for the brand name. They are NOT trying to fool you into thinking there stuff is Triaminic, or made by the same company. It's very clearly labeled as not being labeled.
Clearly, they are trying to benefit from the Triaminic branding, but they are not trying to pass their product off as being Triaminic - only as being the same as Triaminic.
As to Lindows, the few ads I've seen (mostly in the TigerDirect catalog, some of my favorite bathroom reading), do not appear to be attempting to confuse the customer into thinking it's Microsoft Windows. Indeed, they explicit state that they are not. Sure, their product name is a rip-off of Windows, but it seems from their ads that the point of that is to convince people that Lindows will act like Windows, not that it is Windows.
So from the "Triaminic" point of view, their use of Lindows seems morally and legally legit, at least in the U.S.
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What we are looking for is an eye-catching way to demonstrate actual working technology. We're not trying to demonstrate that what we're offering is useful - they know that - but were trying to get them interested in it by showing them working prototypes, so they go home knowing we have real hardware.
What I'm looking for is a simple demo - if I'm doing video streaming, what hardware and software could I get that would be relatively cheap and easy to set up that would demonstrate the technology is working? What NIC should I be using? What OS? What sort of memory? What kind of performance could I expect out of an off the shelf PC?
Perhaps if Mr. Evans had a better understanding of the reasons professional viruses are written, he would not be so easily deceived.
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You forgot Titanium - we used some for a high temperature application. They were $4 a screw.
Well, there are seven thread sizes (0-80,2-56,4-40,6-32,8-32,10-24,1/4-20) which we commonly use, five head types (hex cap,socket cap, filister head, flat head, set screws), lengths from 1/4 inch to six inches and more in 1/8" increments.
So we just buy them as we need them, now.
What about plastic guns, whose only advantage over standard guns is the ability to avoid metal detectors?
Let's not be overbroad. Clearly, there is a huge threat of software patents stifling innovation. But when it comes to real hardware, our company would not be funded if we didn't have patent protection on our products.
The irony is that patents were supposed to protect the little guy from exploitation. In the case of software patents, it cuts the wrong way.
Are you saying this is not outrageous? Do you think that this consitutes acceptable behavior on the part of lawmakers? Surely the difference between "copying files", as in copying a copyrighted song, is different from "copying files", as in, using unauthorized computer access to find out what your political enemies are talking about.
If you really think this is OK, I guess Bush has failed pretty badly in his attempt to "change the tone in Washington"
Gas is ussually stored compressed - For example, standard compressed gas bottles are about 2500 psi, or about 166 atmospheres. So 1000 cc of storage space would have a value of 166 X $few hundred ~ between 10 and 50 thousand dollars. So perhaps we could make it worthwhile.
At the bottom of the article, they give you an opportunity to comment on the article. I say we all go and comment there!
A big part of the sentences guidelines is, what is the relative harm? "Hang 'em all", while satisifying, is not realistic. How would you rank the damage done by the various things spammers do? What would you tell the federal government on the relative seriousness of various aspects of spamming?
Consider:
Joe Jobbing
Using viruses to hijack other people's computers
Attacking anti-spam websites
Using spam to sell viagra vs. using it to defraud people out of thousands of dollars
I don't work with the internet on a technical level, but there are many, many people here who do. And rather than griping about spammers or the law, it would be great if this article and discussion could actually provoke some intelligent public comment. If we want the technical community to be taken seriously in the policy world, we need to give them our input when it's asked for.
It's actually pronounced "Ba-Ray-Sheet", not "Ba-Ray-Shit"...
It's the greek word for beginings. The hebrew name of the book is "Bereshit", which is the first word of the book in hebrew, which means something like "began" (as in, when God Began...)
I think this is a really salient point. To do simple arithmetic functions in Java is not necessarily to write good java code. For example, if I wanted to do vector calculations in Java, I'd make a vector class and overload operations for addition, cross product, dot product, etc. Then I'd have a really convenient way to do vector calculations. A C implementation would be messier, but might end up being more efficient.
I think everyone understands that different languages are good at different things (platform independence, performance, parallel execution, speed of development, and easy of GUI development are just a few relevant attributes), but what the language is used for will determine how you structure your program, which will in turn affect how efficiently it will execute a certain task. And this is differnt than attempting to compare a program written in C to a program written in Java as if it were C. That will be as much of a determinant of how fast a program in a given language seems, as the low-level implementation details.
I'm building one, but you need to bring 100,000 quarters to ride in it.
A link would be nice.
But I am! I am clever! Really! I'll even show you my SAT scores!
So if you buy something where you can't change the battery, expect a finite life out of it!
It's certainly true that it couldn't be done as it is in paycheck. The disturbing question is, given the existing technology, what could be done? Especially if the health of the "subject" were not treated as important?
With magnetic brain imaging using SQUIDs (which can located brain activity in real time) and gamma knife technology, which can destroy specific pieces of brain tissue without opening up a person's head, why wouldn't this be possible? We're still at the blunt intrument stage from both the sensor point of view and the neuron destruction point of view, but we're a lot closer than many people may think.
Grab your cheap amplifiers and start hacking!
I've been looking for a cheap digital camera for my 4 year old (who likes to use my $400 one, which makes me nervous). I don't care if the picture is really low resolution, but it needs to work and be less than $100. I haven't gotten one because I've been unable to convince myself that the cameras I've found online would work at all.
The real question is: what else could you use it for? If you want a calculator, buy a calculator. If you want to figure out a novel use for hardware, get an open OS for it.
The point is, CVS is selling the same formulation, and want you to know you are getting the same stuff as if you paid more for the brand name. They are NOT trying to fool you into thinking there stuff is Triaminic, or made by the same company. It's very clearly labeled as not being labeled.
Clearly, they are trying to benefit from the Triaminic branding, but they are not trying to pass their product off as being Triaminic - only as being the same as Triaminic.
As to Lindows, the few ads I've seen (mostly in the TigerDirect catalog, some of my favorite bathroom reading), do not appear to be attempting to confuse the customer into thinking it's Microsoft Windows. Indeed, they explicit state that they are not. Sure, their product name is a rip-off of Windows, but it seems from their ads that the point of that is to convince people that Lindows will act like Windows, not that it is Windows.
So from the "Triaminic" point of view, their use of Lindows seems morally and legally legit, at least in the U.S.
Geez, I only stick my two cents in... damn rich people.