On of my gripes with Linux is that one cannot spin down the disks to lessen their wear and tear.
Ive been told that the kernel constantly needs to access the disk...
Is this the reason of something else prevents the disks from spinning down?
Ive had this question in my mind since a loong time, but is it possible legally for any one country to claim things in space as part of their country?
For example can the US claim the Moon or Mars (in future) just because they landed their countrymen on the body, and planted some flags?
Are there any legal guidelines for this?
This is all very fancy, but wont viewing from sides reduce the surface amount you are watching? A 1024x768 from front wont be the same at 45 degree angle - loss of resolution - and compressed faces/picture etc.? How is that solved?
Before you bang on the table demanding cool animation while voting and the face of the person youre voting for - thats not the core purpose of the machine.
Adding more stuff in there makes it complex and breakable, especially people really want to break it.
MacWorld summarizes an article published in the U.K., stating that Apple's iPods are made in China by women who work 15 hours/day, make $50/month, and have to pay half of that right back to the company for housing and food. The article also claims the workers live in dormitories where they are housed 100 per room, and are not allowed visitors.
Ok, people are still POOR in the world incase someone forgot. They can do it for cheap and thats the bottom line - and its not like they are being trapped in chains and made to work. Did anyone answer that? Maybe this is their heaven compared to other alternatives. If they are not being forced, and they want to - who are you to set their standards? I am sure they can determine whats best for them without your help.
>I mean, I'm all for computers for the poor, but first things first... clean water and electric power.
This is a classic view of computer people where EVERYTHING has to be JUST right to go on to the next step - without 1 and 2 dont even think of 3. Agreed basic water and electricity would be a comfortable thing to have, but people are still living there and things like computers make them think a step ahead of where they should logically be. For the poor street kids it gives some hope - some accomplishment - even if it means playing minefield or using notepad! sure they would go back to their sweaty mud houses, but i bet they would line up for a better score the next day.
Ive been searching for a CMS/Groupware software for a long time. Dabbled in a lot of wiki's, finally went on to tikiwiki. Now that this professional server is released cant wait to try it out. User management, access control, calendars etc. - a great thing for web based content management - truly makes my personal data management needs easier!
I heard that SPF breaks forwarding - is this true? When the receiving mail server gets the mail at his port, does he check the client who is sending the packets against the SPF record?
Its amazing how effective a fine is on these people who call - i once received a call from some credit card company - and i didnt even say my name - i just asked 'how did you get my number?' - and - 'could you please remove my number from your list and not call me again?'. Those are the only two statements i spoke - and viola!
the thing which pissed me off is that the only phone number i have is my cell - and very few people have it - credit people calling me during day results in minute usage.. an absolute no-no.
Correct me if I am wrong, but looking at the code online, it looks like it is only a GUI placement specification - is it possible to say connect a button to a VB/JavaScript ? If more intelligence is not provided with the controls, whats the use of the controls ?
When horizontal space is at a premium, do what
most downtowns do - stack em up - and as many
wise/.ers have testified above. Transparent
bins also helps a bit.
So this glider functions exactly as a normal
glider - make use of up and down moving air
currents to gain altitude-and maybe also speed.
The question I had is that, are water currents
more predictable than air currents? (Maybe due
to their viscosity?) This could really help in
transporting goods from one region to other if
predictable under-water currents could be used.
Come to think of it - these would be of no use
Land-locked countries !
Spam is mostly about business - about keeping an ad in your face when you dont want it. Just because you impose a tax on it doesnt mean it will deter a person who wants to sell something - For Example, if someone wanted to sell used cars which go for $10000 a pop, what is a $500 email-spam tax for him ?
Basic point is that there will always be something which will ultimately be profitable by spamming. Sure, it might stop the average sunday spammer, but i thought my yahoo spam guard already did that.
So will other mobo makers follow intel footsteps and make up to this formfactor, or will they fork off to make their own FormFactors ? Does anyone see any of this happening and by whom ?
OK, Considering that they do incoporate this 'necessity of the customers' into the OS, who is going to pay for all this ?
MS Patches arent a dll replacement or anything simple like that - so, one would have to account for the bandwidth costs for the *MB worth of download, and also, who will support, if like a user above pointed out that, a patch would break the OS - call MS Support ? (Wait - I need your credit card # please).
To understand the needs of another person is a difficult thing indeed.
It could become lucurative business to sell such information
Remember TIVO which now dishes key press information out to bidders at a zip code level - they could do something like that...
A lot of other people have it too --
IBM for one has this 'trackpoint' which can be used to scroll anydirection on a plane
So does the 'Scratchpad' invention - what new does this thing offer?
I was watching tv the other day and there were showing three/four spammers, and all of them were saying that spamming is an instance of free speech, and that it should be upto the individual recipient to filter out what should/shouldnt be got. They were also discussing about how ISPs contain monopolies of adware, and spammers are fighting against that. How valid a point is it do you think ?
I just wanted to figure this thing out - when SCO claims its code was improperly lifted into linux, is this code written by SCO, or is this code written by someone before SCO contracted it from Novell ?
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On of my gripes with Linux is that one cannot spin down the disks to lessen their wear and tear.
Ive been told that the kernel constantly needs to access the disk...
Is this the reason of something else prevents the disks from spinning down?
Ive had this question in my mind since a loong time, but is it possible legally for any one country to claim things in space as part of their country?
For example can the US claim the Moon or Mars (in future) just because they landed their countrymen on the body, and planted some flags?
Are there any legal guidelines for this?
This is all very fancy, but wont viewing from sides reduce the surface amount you are watching? A 1024x768 from front wont be the same at 45 degree angle - loss of resolution - and compressed faces/picture etc.? How is that solved?
All thats needed to be solved here is to count votes fast and accurately without errors.
The creators seems to be more worried about what technology to use (wi-fi, encryption, yada, yada) than how to solve the problem.
Look at how India has already successfully used electronic voting machines across many elections - http://www.eci.gov.in/EVM/slide.asp
Before you bang on the table demanding cool animation while voting and the face of the person youre voting for - thats not the core purpose of the machine.
Adding more stuff in there makes it complex and breakable, especially people really want to break it.
MacWorld summarizes an article published in the U.K., stating that Apple's iPods are made in China by women who work 15 hours/day, make $50/month, and have to pay half of that right back to the company for housing and food. The article also claims the workers live in dormitories where they are housed 100 per room, and are not allowed visitors.
Ok, people are still POOR in the world incase someone forgot. They can do it for cheap and thats the bottom line - and its not like they are being trapped in chains and made to work. Did anyone answer that? Maybe this is their heaven compared to other alternatives. If they are not being forced, and they want to - who are you to set their standards? I am sure they can determine whats best for them without your help.
>I mean, I'm all for computers for the poor, but first things first... clean water and electric power.
This is a classic view of computer people where EVERYTHING has to be JUST right to go on to the next step - without 1 and 2 dont even think of 3. Agreed basic water and electricity would be a comfortable thing to have, but people are still living there and things like computers make them think a step ahead of where they should logically be. For the poor street kids it gives some hope - some accomplishment - even if it means playing minefield or using notepad! sure they would go back to their sweaty mud houses, but i bet they would line up for a better score the next day.
Never underestimate the capability of hope.
Ive been searching for a CMS/Groupware software for a long time.
Dabbled in a lot of wiki's, finally went on to tikiwiki.
Now that this professional server is released cant wait to try it out.
User management, access control, calendars etc. - a great thing for
web based content management - truly makes my personal data
management needs easier!
I heard that SPF breaks forwarding - is this true? When the receiving mail server gets the mail at his port, does he check the client who is sending the packets against the SPF record?
Its amazing how effective a fine is on these people who call - i once received a call from some credit card company - and i didnt even say my name - i just asked 'how did you get my number?' - and - 'could you please remove my number from your list and not call me again?'. Those are the only two statements i spoke - and viola!
the thing which pissed me off is that the only phone number i have is my cell - and very few people have it - credit people calling me during day results in minute usage.. an absolute no-no.
As Einstein once said 'Never underestimate the power of stupidity' !
If(obvious){
patent();
wait(infringer);
}
Its becoming a more and more common trend in that software is allowed to develop freely - and then come out with a patent and start suing.
I agree that Roxio should have looked at this patent, but an interesting trend nonetheless.
Correct me if I am wrong, but looking at the code online, it looks like it is only a GUI placement specification - is it possible to say connect a button to a VB/JavaScript ? If more intelligence is not provided with the controls, whats the use of the controls ?
When horizontal space is at a premium, do what /.ers have testified above. Transparent
most downtowns do - stack em up - and as many
wise
bins also helps a bit.
Sorry - no ports - no uw gliders - but please have a look at our sleek aviation gliders !
So this glider functions exactly as a normal
glider - make use of up and down moving air
currents to gain altitude-and maybe also speed.
The question I had is that, are water currents
more predictable than air currents? (Maybe due
to their viscosity?) This could really help in
transporting goods from one region to other if
predictable under-water currents could be used.
Come to think of it - these would be of no use
Land-locked countries !
Spam is mostly about business - about keeping an ad in your face when you dont want it. Just because you impose a tax on it doesnt mean it will deter a person who wants to sell something - For Example, if someone wanted to sell used cars which go for $10000 a pop, what is a $500 email-spam tax for him ? Basic point is that there will always be something which will ultimately be profitable by spamming. Sure, it might stop the average sunday spammer, but i thought my yahoo spam guard already did that.
So will other mobo makers follow intel footsteps and make up to this formfactor, or will they fork off to make their own FormFactors ? Does anyone see any of this happening and by whom ?
OK, Considering that they do incoporate this 'necessity of the customers' into the OS, who is going to pay for all this ?
MS Patches arent a dll replacement or anything simple like that - so, one would have to account for the bandwidth costs for the *MB worth of download, and also, who will support, if like a user above pointed out that, a patch would break the OS - call MS Support ? (Wait - I need your credit card # please).
To understand the needs of another person is a difficult thing indeed.
It could become lucurative business to sell such information
Remember TIVO which now dishes key press information out to bidders at a zip code level - they could do something like that...
A lot of other people have it too --
IBM for one has this 'trackpoint' which can be used to scroll anydirection on a plane
So does the 'Scratchpad' invention - what new does this thing offer?
I was watching tv the other day and there were showing three/four spammers, and all of them were saying that spamming is an instance of free speech, and that it should be upto the individual recipient to filter out what should/shouldnt be got. They were also discussing about how ISPs contain monopolies of adware, and spammers are fighting against that. How valid a point is it do you think ?
I just wanted to figure this thing out - when SCO claims its code was improperly lifted into linux, is this code written by SCO, or is this code written by someone before SCO contracted it from Novell ?
Would the hall of fame also include non-existant popular robots which have added so much to the subject - like R2D2, R.Daneel (Asimov) etc.. ?
It might be pure coincidence but I got like 100% more spam today in my yahoo account - someone venting thier frsutration?