Assumably, machine dying means it's main/only hard drive failed, thus the questions about redundant storage.
No, RAID is not backup- but RAID does let you not need your backup (read this carefully before you flame me for saying you don't need backups; if your computer explodes and takes out all the drives in your RAID array, you're SOL without backups, but if you are reverting to backups because one hard drive failed, RAID will/would have fixed your problem.)
The missing element here is that most flash drives, especially something in a hard-drive form factor, will have more than one flash chip. The news here is the new (much?) higher density flash chips.
According to TFA (I forgive you for not reading it.. this is slashdot, after all), they server admins noticed a slowdown and caught on.
FWIW, for everyone lambasting assuming that "connected to" means "linked to," it's possible that the kid's web page loaded the school's in fifteen hundred IFRAMES (and if the school's website is set to no-cache, which is probably likely, this could be trouble), and also that their hit counter only registers unique IP addresses.
/Devil's Advocate //Are these allowed on slashdot?
Just a short lesson in processor speed: The throughput of a processor is related to the number of pipeline stages (think of a laundry room; you have three "stages"- washer, dryer, folding table. You can have three "loads" ("instructions") in the laundry room ("pipeline") at one time). When you shorten the clock time (i.e., increase the 'speed' to a higher number of Hz), you usually do this by adding more stages to the pipeline. This results in a longer pipeline (a given instruction takes more cycles to complete, AKA longer latency), but also gives you greater throughput (some instruction finishes every N seconds). Recently, additions such as dual core changed all of this. Instead of fscking with the pipeline (in general), you just add a second pipeline. You double your throughput without affecting latency or timing. Other changes, such as reducing the number of pipeline stages while maintaining the same clock cycle, also result in an increase in speed. As well as greater on-die L1/L2 cache, since it significantly speeds up memory accesses. This is why Intel is trying to get away from the association of GHz == performance, and why AMD a long time ago started using numbers (e.g., 4800) instead of clock speed.
So, the bottom line is that a 3.5GHz processor is not faster than a 3.1GHz processor or a 100Hz processor (well, probably the last one) because it has a higher clock speed; the clock speed is one symptom of some of the techniques used to increase performance. It's a lot like looking at a car and determining it's max speed by its MPG; sure, all other things equal (aerodynamics, etc.), a lower fuel efficiency means a higher powered engine means top speed- but this doesn't work if you're comparing a Motorcycle to a Hummer.
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A firewire card and an Orange Micro iBot is a pretty good deal. No integrated microphone, but firewire web cams give excellent quality and the iBot is pretty reasonably priced. Unfortunately, it's still at the high end of pricing (You're looking at around $100 for the camera, plus say $20 for the firewire card), but well worth the money. An equivalently priced USB webcam usually won't be anywhere near as good.
You make it sound like this is something rare and dangerous. It's common and everyday, even when the reports go against Linux.
I'd just like to point out the fact that just because something is commona and everyday doesn't mean it's not dangerous or doesn't merit fighting against.
GP has a valid question that doesn't really imply one way or another that his findings were bad, or wrong; merely that many people will view them as both things, and (as the prompt seems to imply) since Dr. Thompson seems to be pretty above-board, why he would consent to expose himself to such an attitude.
If anything, the only assumption GP makes is that any reasonable and well-informed computer "expert" would choose Linux / FOSS over Windows / MS.
To be fair, pine doesn't do the whole job. You also need an MTA, at least, and probably a good IMAP server. So, sendmail/exim/qmail and dovecot/courier/UW-IMAP and then you can effectively use pine. Oh, you'll probably also want ClamAV, qsf, bogofilter, and procmail in the mix.
They said it's a 15-20 hour game. That's a week, maybe two, at most. And that's not two weeks of constant entertainment- that's two weeks of being entertained for about an hour and a half. That's not worth $50; not to me, anyway.
I dunno... Doc Brown could barely build a working super-guitar-amplifier, I don't know if I'd trust him to implement a rigorous mass data encryption scheme.
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Is the high-hanging fruit reserved only for those who can reach it?
Certainly not. If you can reach the high-hanging fruit, feel free.
Assumably, machine dying means it's main/only hard drive failed, thus the questions about redundant storage.
No, RAID is not backup- but RAID does let you not need your backup (read this carefully before you flame me for saying you don't need backups; if your computer explodes and takes out all the drives in your RAID array, you're SOL without backups, but if you are reverting to backups because one hard drive failed, RAID will/would have fixed your problem.)
Because it will be half the (marginal, for the manufacturer) cost.
The missing element here is that most flash drives, especially something in a hard-drive form factor, will have more than one flash chip. The news here is the new (much?) higher density flash chips.
Haali Reader, a PocketPC app for reading books (highly recommended!) allows you to annotate your documents.
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Perhaps they were trying to get a couple thousand to do an experiment on scaled-up liquid physics?
I'm really in a devil's advocate mood today, it seems.
What if I break your arm by inciting you to stand behind me while I'm moving a heavy piece of furniture by asking you for help?
// Worst case, a crappy attempt at a DDoS
How do you know what my intent is, unless I tell you? How do you know I'm not lying?
Yes, intent matters. But until we start putting psychics in the DA's office, appearances are the only things that are useful.
/ Still think the kid is getting over-punished
According to TFA (I forgive you for not reading it.. this is slashdot, after all), they server admins noticed a slowdown and caught on.
/Devil's Advocate
//Are these allowed on slashdot?
FWIW, for everyone lambasting assuming that "connected to" means "linked to," it's possible that the kid's web page loaded the school's in fifteen hundred IFRAMES (and if the school's website is set to no-cache, which is probably likely, this could be trouble), and also that their hit counter only registers unique IP addresses.
Non geeks have no business impressing geek grrrls. There are already few enough of them as it is for us tried-and-true.
What does current have to do with anything?
We need a new mod category, -1, Hypocrite.
Not that I necessarilly disagree... just sayin'.
Just a short lesson in processor speed:
The throughput of a processor is related to the number of pipeline stages (think of a laundry room; you have three "stages"- washer, dryer, folding table. You can have three "loads" ("instructions") in the laundry room ("pipeline") at one time). When you shorten the clock time (i.e., increase the 'speed' to a higher number of Hz), you usually do this by adding more stages to the pipeline. This results in a longer pipeline (a given instruction takes more cycles to complete, AKA longer latency), but also gives you greater throughput (some instruction finishes every N seconds).
Recently, additions such as dual core changed all of this. Instead of fscking with the pipeline (in general), you just add a second pipeline. You double your throughput without affecting latency or timing. Other changes, such as reducing the number of pipeline stages while maintaining the same clock cycle, also result in an increase in speed. As well as greater on-die L1/L2 cache, since it significantly speeds up memory accesses.
This is why Intel is trying to get away from the association of GHz == performance, and why AMD a long time ago started using numbers (e.g., 4800) instead of clock speed.
So, the bottom line is that a 3.5GHz processor is not faster than a 3.1GHz processor or a 100Hz processor (well, probably the last one) because it has a higher clock speed; the clock speed is one symptom of some of the techniques used to increase performance. It's a lot like looking at a car and determining it's max speed by its MPG; sure, all other things equal (aerodynamics, etc.), a lower fuel efficiency means a higher powered engine means top speed- but this doesn't work if you're comparing a Motorcycle to a Hummer.
A firewire card and an Orange Micro iBot is a pretty good deal. No integrated microphone, but firewire web cams give excellent quality and the iBot is pretty reasonably priced. Unfortunately, it's still at the high end of pricing (You're looking at around $100 for the camera, plus say $20 for the firewire card), but well worth the money. An equivalently priced USB webcam usually won't be anywhere near as good.
What's with the caps? Java and Linux are names, not acronyms.
If his coursework is anything like mine, it's just one class and they tell you "choose Java or C#"- personally, I'd choose C++ given that choice. ;)
...A well designed...
Sorry, pal. This is a Microsoft product.
Not $10 per disc bought.. $10 per disc pressed.
Sorry, this only applies to a fixed cost.
Sell enough and the per-unit loss for a per-unit cost approaches infinity.
Clearly, sir, it is because I am a Base-defender.
Maybe that's because you spelled 'pedophile' wrong?
Anyway, try this search.
You make it sound like this is something rare and dangerous. It's common and everyday, even when the reports go against Linux.
I'd just like to point out the fact that just because something is commona and everyday doesn't mean it's not dangerous or doesn't merit fighting against.
GP has a valid question that doesn't really imply one way or another that his findings were bad, or wrong; merely that many people will view them as both things, and (as the prompt seems to imply) since Dr. Thompson seems to be pretty above-board, why he would consent to expose himself to such an attitude.
If anything, the only assumption GP makes is that any reasonable and well-informed computer "expert" would choose Linux / FOSS over Windows / MS.
And of course the well-known mechanics analogy of the perfectly spherical cow...
To be fair, pine doesn't do the whole job. You also need an MTA, at least, and probably a good IMAP server. So, sendmail/exim/qmail and dovecot/courier/UW-IMAP and then you can effectively use pine. Oh, you'll probably also want ClamAV, qsf, bogofilter, and procmail in the mix.
Weeks, not months?
They said it's a 15-20 hour game. That's a week, maybe two, at most. And that's not two weeks of constant entertainment- that's two weeks of being entertained for about an hour and a half. That's not worth $50; not to me, anyway.
I dunno... Doc Brown could barely build a working super-guitar-amplifier, I don't know if I'd trust him to implement a rigorous mass data encryption scheme.