Well, I looked at your link and I see some ads and a big Flash thingy. (I'm using FlashBlock so I have to click to view Flash. Wonderful!) If I load the Flash, I see some fancily designed animated cruft with a bunch of buttons that may or may not lead to actual information. Much of text is at slightly random skewed angles, and there's no obvious place to find basic facts.
I am deeply sorry you needed an additional click to see the content; you obviously didn't click any of the links or you would have gotten some hints about the show. Oh, that's right: the text was skewed. Try tilting your monitor and/or your head - that might help. I'm using AdBlock so I don't see ads. *shrug*
When I look a the Wikipedia article, on the other hand, I see no ads, no Flash, and some nicely formatted text, written to give quick answers, laid out in tidy sections, all using a standard format that I'm familiar with from a bunch of previous visits.
So your grumbling boils down to a) Flash and b) your comparative lack of familiarity with the Discovery Channel sites. Yes, those are indeed compelling arguments. *rolls eyes*
The original point stands: it is silly to use Wikipedia when there are better/more direct sources. Basic critical thinking skills will allow you to see that.
It's quite annoying, and since it's used by the TV set-top-boxes in the house it's kind of necessary. It's a shame, my 20Mbit connection can't handle Steam.
That's odd: I thought Steam was supposed to travel through a series of tubes...
Try putting a pressure gauge and valve just upstream from your router: if the Steam pressure goes up too much, you can close the valve. Easy peasy!
PS Get a whistle, too: your router will sound like an old train.
The benefit of a 'healthy' full body scan isn't finding current problems. When you do have a problem, already having had a scan when you didn't have that problem, allows a new scan to be much more useful, in as much as you already know what was there ahead of time, and can take a gander at what has changed.
The dinosaurs died out precisely because they were not resilient, i.e. they were incapable of sufficient change.
From M-W.com:
resilient
Main Entry:
resilient Listen to the pronunciation of resilient
Pronunciation:
\-ynt\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Latin resilient-, resiliens, present participle of resilire to jump back, recoil, from re- + salire to leap -- more at sally
Date:
1674
: characterized or marked by resilience: as a: capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture b: tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change (emphasis added)
The biggest drawback to your solution is that you only get a small hard drive on each channel. If 32GB weren't big enough, the pictured 4GB/per channel is pretty pitiful too.
Oh, I'm not saying that it would be 100% equal to the Sony version, but I think you would have to agree that even 8GB of flash with a $22 adapter provides pretty darn good bang for the buck.
What are the technical limitations of buying a bunch of cheap 1-4GB flash drives (anyone else pick a bunch of those up for stocking-stuffers last weekend?) and basically soldering an array of flash memory?
How would you tie the interfaces together? Actually, let's back up: which interface would you use? Would you be attaching the flash memory to an IDE interface or would you be funneling the data (so to speak) through one of the original USB connectors?
From a hardware configuration standpoint, where would you put your newly-soldered creation?
A company called Addonics has a bootable Compact-Flash-to-2.5"-IDE adapter for sale here.
The Dual-CF model is $21.99. The page shows the adapter populated with CF and installed in a laptop.
I have no connection to Addonics except as a soon-to-be customer.
Wait! Wait! We're still relevant. x86 BIOS is still useful for some things!
The Sun 4[c,m,u] workstations had a very useful OpenBoot PROM. I've not seen the same sort of functionality in an X86 BIOS, even in machines from the last year or two. I haven't tried any of the X86 Apple hardware, though.
I've read that it's also happening to non-hacked phones too.
Yes, that was covered in the linked article. From TFA:
1) There are also reports of the update causing issues with unaltered iPhones.
2) Some owners are reporting on technology blogs and Apple's own forums that the update is deleting contacts information, as well as photos and music, on iPhones that have not been modified in any way.
IIRC, the goal of the municipal wi-fi deployments was usually to provide free Internet access to people working in and passing through downtown areas. This idea was loudly and vigorously shouted down by the organizations that provide for-pay Internet access.
The roadblocks to the municipal projects were not technical; they were political.
It seems a bit disingenuous to compare a free-to-the-end-user project* (municipal wi-fi) with a fee-paid-by-the-end-user project (wi-max service).
* Yes, municipal services are paid for with taxes. However, there remains a distinction between this and paying directly for a specific service: think of driving on a typical interstate vice driving on a toll road.
A decent alternative has nothing to do with the OS or the BIOS.
There are a number of security devices available, but I like this method:
- The laptop (or laptop bag) has a module on/in it.
- There is a another module that fits e.g. in your pocket.
- If the distance between Module A and Module B exceeds N meters (configurable, and/or varies by product), the modules generate a loud and piercing alarm.
The idea is that the thief will become unnerved and will drop the stolen item.
The gods know how many office conference rooms I have walked into where there are two power/data/phone outlets on the far ends of the room behind heavy credenzas, instead of in the middle of the room accessible from the table top.
Conference rooms are often populated by guests. I would not be surprised if your local security policy states that guests are not permitted to connect to the company network: having no easily-accessible jacks can be a decent physical security measure. Of course, this requires that guests not be left unattended, etc.
The placement of the credenza is either a calculated security move or a blunder of forehead-slapping magnitude, depending on your outlook.:-)
I'd lead with the project and just leave everything else as resume filler.
Look at the other side: the [alleged] excessive involvement in the OSS project shows that the candidate has some genuine difficulty concentrating on the task at hand. It looks like he has trouble prioritizing appropriately.
(Yes, I know he was working a project, not playing games. However, the point stands.)
I don't know if we should take the word of someone who runs a site called 'Bad Astronomy'...
*checks TFA*
The blue part is an optical image from Hubble, and shows the bipolar lobes of gas ejected when Eta Car had a coughing fit back in the 1840s. That's 20 octillion tons of gas (20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) it ejected at about a million miles per hour, in case you're not getting enough awesome in your diet.
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It's a little unnerving to think about how long Unix has been part of my career. Thanks, dmr.
Well, I looked at your link and I see some ads and a big Flash thingy. (I'm using FlashBlock so I have to click to view Flash. Wonderful!) If I load the Flash, I see some fancily designed animated cruft with a bunch of buttons that may or may not lead to actual information. Much of text is at slightly random skewed angles, and there's no obvious place to find basic facts.
I am deeply sorry you needed an additional click to see the content; you obviously didn't click any of the links or you would have gotten some hints about the show. Oh, that's right: the text was skewed. Try tilting your monitor and/or your head - that might help. I'm using AdBlock so I don't see ads. *shrug*
When I look a the Wikipedia article, on the other hand, I see no ads, no Flash, and some nicely formatted text, written to give quick answers, laid out in tidy sections, all using a standard format that I'm familiar with from a bunch of previous visits.
So your grumbling boils down to a) Flash and b) your comparative lack of familiarity with the Discovery Channel sites. Yes, those are indeed compelling arguments. *rolls eyes*
The original point stands: it is silly to use Wikipedia when there are better/more direct sources. Basic critical thinking skills will allow you to see that.
You know, it's been a long and winding road, etc, etc, etc.
What is the point of linking to the Dirty Jobs entry on Wikipedia? What's wrong with the actual Discovery Channel site ??
That's an easy idea in retrospect, but growing up did you ever bug your parents over and over about something until they decided to let you do it?
No, because if my parents said 'no', they said so for a reason and they meant 'no'.
Perhaps parents should stop giving in to the whining and show some backbone once in a while. Just a thought.
It's quite annoying, and since it's used by the TV set-top-boxes in the house it's kind of necessary. It's a shame, my 20Mbit connection can't handle Steam.
That's odd: I thought Steam was supposed to travel through a series of tubes...
Try putting a pressure gauge and valve just upstream from your router: if the Steam pressure goes up too much, you can close the valve. Easy peasy!
PS Get a whistle, too: your router will sound like an old train.
The benefit of a 'healthy' full body scan isn't finding current problems. When you do have a problem, already having had a scan when you didn't have that problem, allows a new scan to be much more useful, in as much as you already know what was there ahead of time, and can take a gander at what has changed.
The dinosaurs died out precisely because they were not resilient, i.e. they were incapable of sufficient change.
From M-W.com:
resilient Main Entry: resilient Listen to the pronunciation of resilient Pronunciation: \-ynt\ Function: adjective Etymology: Latin resilient-, resiliens, present participle of resilire to jump back, recoil, from re- + salire to leap -- more at sally Date: 1674 : characterized or marked by resilience: as a: capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture b: tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change (emphasis added)
The biggest drawback to your solution is that you only get a small hard drive on each channel. If 32GB weren't big enough, the pictured 4GB/per channel is pretty pitiful too.
Oh, I'm not saying that it would be 100% equal to the Sony version, but I think you would have to agree that even 8GB of flash with a $22 adapter provides pretty darn good bang for the buck.
What are the technical limitations of buying a bunch of cheap 1-4GB flash drives (anyone else pick a bunch of those up for stocking-stuffers last weekend?) and basically soldering an array of flash memory?
How would you tie the interfaces together? Actually, let's back up: which interface would you use? Would you be attaching the flash memory to an IDE interface or would you be funneling the data (so to speak) through one of the original USB connectors?
From a hardware configuration standpoint, where would you put your newly-soldered creation?
A company called Addonics has a bootable Compact-Flash-to-2.5"-IDE adapter for sale here. The Dual-CF model is $21.99. The page shows the adapter populated with CF and installed in a laptop.
I have no connection to Addonics except as a soon-to-be customer.
Wait! Wait! We're still relevant. x86 BIOS is still useful for some things!
The Sun 4[c,m,u] workstations had a very useful OpenBoot PROM. I've not seen the same sort of functionality in an X86 BIOS, even in machines from the last year or two. I haven't tried any of the X86 Apple hardware, though.
Linking to Wikipedia is sheer laziness. I'm surprised "passed" and "away" weren't Wikipedia links.
Even a simple Google search for (polywell && "dr. bussard") turned up a variety of sources, including http://www.talk-polywell.org/
I've read that it's also happening to non-hacked phones too.
Yes, that was covered in the linked article. From TFA:
1) There are also reports of the update causing issues with unaltered iPhones.
2) Some owners are reporting on technology blogs and Apple's own forums that the update is deleting contacts information, as well as photos and music, on iPhones that have not been modified in any way.
IIRC, the goal of the municipal wi-fi deployments was usually to provide free Internet access to people working in and passing through downtown areas. This idea was loudly and vigorously shouted down by the organizations that provide for-pay Internet access. The roadblocks to the municipal projects were not technical; they were political.
It seems a bit disingenuous to compare a free-to-the-end-user project* (municipal wi-fi) with a fee-paid-by-the-end-user project (wi-max service).
* Yes, municipal services are paid for with taxes. However, there remains a distinction between this and paying directly for a specific service: think of driving on a typical interstate vice driving on a toll road.
Instead of using a link to a sub-optimal blog site, how about a link to the actual New Scientist article.
A decent alternative has nothing to do with the OS or the BIOS. There are a number of security devices available, but I like this method:
- The laptop (or laptop bag) has a module on/in it.
- There is a another module that fits e.g. in your pocket.
- If the distance between Module A and Module B exceeds N meters (configurable, and/or varies by product), the modules generate a loud and piercing alarm.
The idea is that the thief will become unnerved and will drop the stolen item.
Has he put his money where his mouth is?
No - he appears largely to have put his label's money where his mouth is.
I suggest you compliment the technology there with a pair of night-vision goggles or something.
"My, that is some *lovely* technology! Please have this free pair of night-vision goggles!"
I believe you mean complementary.
Beginning later this year the US will be testing a system that collects 10 digital fingerprints, at 10 major points of entry.
That sounds painful... Eeek.
The gods know how many office conference rooms I have walked into where there are two power/data/phone outlets on the far ends of the room behind heavy credenzas, instead of in the middle of the room accessible from the table top.
:-)
Conference rooms are often populated by guests. I would not be surprised if your local security policy states that guests are not permitted to connect to the company network: having no easily-accessible jacks can be a decent physical security measure. Of course, this requires that guests not be left unattended, etc.
The placement of the credenza is either a calculated security move or a blunder of forehead-slapping magnitude, depending on your outlook.
I'd lead with the project and just leave everything else as resume filler.
Look at the other side: the [alleged] excessive involvement in the OSS project shows that the candidate has some genuine difficulty concentrating on the task at hand. It looks like he has trouble prioritizing appropriately.
(Yes, I know he was working a project, not playing games. However, the point stands.)
now I'll feel safer when travelling in the USA.
So your plans already include driving, getting pulled over, videotaping the entire encounter, and fighting the ensuing arrest in court?
Or are you just being a wanker?
I don't know if we should take the word of someone who runs a site called 'Bad Astronomy'...
:-)
*checks TFA*
The blue part is an optical image from Hubble, and shows the bipolar lobes of gas ejected when Eta Car had a coughing fit back in the 1840s. That's 20 octillion tons of gas (20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) it ejected at about a million miles per hour, in case you're not getting enough awesome in your diet.
I withdraw the objection.
From the summary:
"Groklaw has noted that for the last few days, Microsoft has been distributing Unbuntu Desktop Linux from the Windows Marketplace Website.
However, according to the cached page Microsoft spelled 'Ubuntu' correctly.