The Kennet Liberal Government during the 1990s privatised power generation and distribution in Victoria.
The Kennett Government privatised power in Victoria about the same time as California did, however they were the only state which went down that path. The Victorians were unable to learn from California because much of their privatisation predated California's.
There is a free market for electricity in the eastern states of Australia, but state owned power generators compete with private industry on a spot-price basis.
There has been plenty of discussion about energy production in Australia recently, particularly since NSW is considering privatising now. You can be sure California's experience has been an important topic.
Have you been reading the other comments? How can you patch the stupidity of your users?
Yeah, I've read them. That's just the usual FUD that's been debunked many times.
The reason social-engineering attacks are so successful on Microsoft platforms, especially Microsoft Outlook, is that the kind of thing you need to trick the user into doing is very simple---typically a single mouse-click. True, many installations pop up warning dialogs for "potentially dangerous" actions, but novice users are used to many such dialogs, and probably just dismiss them as a matter of course.
The only real deterrent for Linux right now is the low number of machines and having to get their password so they can set the init scripts
No, the real deterrent for Linux is that any significant malware attack will be patched by the community MUCH faster than with Windows.
There's a significant cost to developing the type of malware that would be capable of building a Linux botnet, and that investment would be lost when the community reacted. The cost/benefit for developing malware on Linux is a long way different than on Windows, where you can be confident that you'll have plenty of time to recoup your investment.
The first PC I worked on was an IBM XT and had a 10MB hard drive.
Well, the first computer I worked on was a CDC Cyber and had a 8.2M hard drive. I still have a ferrite core memory card for that thing somewhere - you can actually see each bit...
The first PC I owned was a TRS80 model 1 with the full 16k of RAM.
Bill Gates Challenges and Strategy Memo (16 May 1991)
I laid out memory so the bottom 640K was general purpose RAM and the upper 384 I reserved for video and ROM, and things like that. That is why they talk about the 640K limit. It is actually a limit, not of the software, in any way, shape, or form, it is the limit of the microprocessor. That thing generates addresses, 20-bits addresses, that only can address a megabyte of memory. And, therefore, all the applications are tied to that limit. It was ten times what we had before. But to my surprise, we ran out of that address base for applications within--oh five or six years people were complaining.
Under the agreement, Microsoft is required to make available and keep current a list of patent numbers it believes are related to the Microsoft implementation of the workgroup server protocols That means Microsoft must tell Samba which patents apply to the protocols, and keep telling them. The developers will be able to avoid any patent traps.
Unless their is a law in place preventing members of the public from illuminating aircraft in operation.
Reckless endangerment FTW.
Having said that, I find it hard to believe a little pen laser could cause significant "pain and discomfort in his eyes for a couple of hours" at 500ft +.
I'm guessing the mechanism would be similar to welding flash, which requires a lot of power, proximity and significant time to occur. Can anyone with laser experience confirm this?
I'd be more than surprised if that would be abandoned for the RTM version of IE 8 after announced on the IEBlog
Abandoned no.
Kludging to pass the test without actually implementing full CSS2 support, yes.
ACID2 is a test of a few of the hardest elements of CSS2, based on the assumption that if you passed the test, you'd have good support for the rest of the standard. If your goal was to just get the tick in the box for marketing purposes, it wouldn't be hard to just kludge it.
That's very much Microsoft's style. Look at how they're hacking ISO instead of fixing MSOOXML for a recent example.
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The Kennett Government privatised power in Victoria about the same time as California did, however they were the only state which went down that path. The Victorians were unable to learn from California because much of their privatisation predated California's.
There is a free market for electricity in the eastern states of Australia, but state owned power generators compete with private industry on a spot-price basis.
There has been plenty of discussion about energy production in Australia recently, particularly since NSW is considering privatising now. You can be sure California's experience has been an important topic.
Do you have any references for that?
My experience with power generation and distribution is that it's a state role and varies widely depending where you live.
When did that happen? I must have blinked.
Or if it had been open-sourced.
It's true!
I've just finished the last glass of Taittinger Prélude. Now I'm depressed.
Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
Yeah, I've read them. That's just the usual FUD that's been debunked many times.
The reason social-engineering attacks are so successful on Microsoft platforms, especially Microsoft Outlook, is that the kind of thing you need to trick the user into doing is very simple---typically a single mouse-click. True, many installations pop up warning dialogs for "potentially dangerous" actions, but novice users are used to many such dialogs, and probably just dismiss them as a matter of course.No, the real deterrent for Linux is that any significant malware attack will be patched by the community MUCH faster than with Windows.
There's a significant cost to developing the type of malware that would be capable of building a Linux botnet, and that investment would be lost when the community reacted. The cost/benefit for developing malware on Linux is a long way different than on Windows, where you can be confident that you'll have plenty of time to recoup your investment.
They may have used the hardware MS was already using (PAE), but they certainly didn't do what MS had done.
For a start, the Linux version works.
Yes it is.
The Linux kernel devs solved this back in 2004.
Yep, that sounds like Vista.
Well, the first computer I worked on was a CDC Cyber and had a 8.2M hard drive. I still have a ferrite core memory card for that thing somewhere - you can actually see each bit...
The first PC I owned was a TRS80 model 1 with the full 16k of RAM.
That's not such a good idea.
The reason PAE mode isn't enabled by default is because it conflicts with DMA. Enabling it may make your Windows system even more unstable.
He may not have said it, but he believed it;
Bill Gates Challenges and Strategy Memo (16 May 1991)
I laid out memory so the bottom 640K was general purpose RAM and the upper 384 I reserved for video and ROM, and things like that. That is why they talk about the 640K limit. It is actually a limit, not of the software, in any way, shape, or form, it is the limit of the microprocessor. That thing generates addresses, 20-bits addresses, that only can address a megabyte of memory. And, therefore, all the applications are tied to that limit. It was ten times what we had before. But to my surprise, we ran out of that address base for applications within--oh five or six years people were complaining.Abiword and KOffice are both fast and light.
Why on earth would you do it by hand?
Automating stuff like that is what computers are designed for. Open Office even has a batch converter built in.
Perhaps.
But her møøse once bit my sister.
Windows doesn't come free with a computer. Or maybe the first hit does - can't remember anymore
You'll be disappointed. They don't use Lisp.
Most importantly though,
Under the agreement, Microsoft is required to make available and keep current a list of patent numbers it believes are related to the Microsoft implementation of the workgroup server protocols That means Microsoft must tell Samba which patents apply to the protocols, and keep telling them. The developers will be able to avoid any patent traps.Reckless endangerment FTW.
Having said that, I find it hard to believe a little pen laser could cause significant "pain and discomfort in his eyes for a couple of hours" at 500ft +.
I'm guessing the mechanism would be similar to welding flash, which requires a lot of power, proximity and significant time to occur. Can anyone with laser experience confirm this?
Abandoned no.
Kludging to pass the test without actually implementing full CSS2 support, yes.
ACID2 is a test of a few of the hardest elements of CSS2, based on the assumption that if you passed the test, you'd have good support for the rest of the standard. If your goal was to just get the tick in the box for marketing purposes, it wouldn't be hard to just kludge it.
That's very much Microsoft's style. Look at how they're hacking ISO instead of fixing MSOOXML for a recent example.
It's been claimed for IE8, but anyone can download the Firefox betas and check for themselves. Big difference.
Wouldn't be the first dose of vapourware to come out of Redmond....
Nah, check out the low UID.
More likely the voice of bitter experience.
It explains why they've switched to the Word rendering engine for Outlook. The fewer places they're standards compliant, the better for their lockin.