I was surprised to hear that they were used in communications in Hong Kong up until at least 1999 ... I wonder if they are still being used in HK after the Chinese reclaimation?
Possession of Hong Kong went back to mainland China in 1997, so I would say yes, they were in use for at least two years after the changeover. (I don't know if they are still in use, though.)
By making 4 relatively small incisions into the patients chest ... Fortunately, if anything goes wrong with the robot, the human surgeons can jump right in
We described a scenario in which an intruder compromised a system, used it as a jumping-off point, and subsequently caused damages to an individual. The paper focuses on the legal side of things; IANAL but the other two authors - Tim Rosenberg, J.D. and Ron Plesco, J.D. - are.
I also state my opinion, which is that "...patches should be installed no later than ten (10) calendar days after release
of the patch by the vendor". Discuss.
You also have to wonder what is being left out of the transcription of, say "War and Peace", to make it use the same amount of disk-space as "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing".
(1) Operating systems are relics of the past, [snip] (4) he's written such software, and (5) that's all you should care about so it doesn't
matter that it runs under windows.
So every operating system but Windows is a relic of the past? I'll second the description of this as 'fantasy'.
(The NY Times site seems rather unresponsive at the moment...)
They calculate the location of the firing tubes, and that information is passed to artillery units tasked to provide counterbattery fire (usually MLRS rocket artillery).
Okay, but that is targeting the entity that fired the round; the article about the laser weapon describes it as targeting the round itself. These are very different concepts: the tubes are essentially stationary [compared to the projectile], and a near miss with return [artillery] fire may be good enough. The inbound projectile projectile is moving quite fast and a near-miss from the laser probably won't be good enough.
A Navy ship could use the laser, with its beam traveling at the speed of light, to fend off even the fastest missiles. And ground troops could use a Humvee-mounted version of the weapon to
instantly knock out incoming enemy artillery and mortar shells.
I would like to know how such a weapon will acquire/track/target an incoming projectile. (That was not sarcasm; I really would like to know.) Mortar rounds generally travel in a high parabolic path - think of the St. Louis arch. Larger artillery shells - such as those fired from a battleship - follow a flatter trajectory. The targeting system would have to acquire a small incoming object, predict the path it will follow, and fire within a few seconds. That looks like a daunting task.
Or it walks out of range of the wireless base station?
That's easy: as soon as the signal fades completely, the robot will walk backwards along its path until it is back in range.
If the access point fails for some reason, the robot will simply walk with its right leg but not the left, resulting in a Curly (Three Stooges) sort of spin. Sound effects are optional.
ZDNet Australia asked Paul Rush, a global recruitment consultant, whether he was concerned that a reversal of this culture may also signal a reversal in productivity. "The increase in productivity is not worth the extra cost and it takes away from the key focus, which has to be work."
So the increased productivity detracts from the work - gotcha. I'm glad that's settled.
30-40 guys and gals in butterfly suits colored in the Microsoft colors, and carrying MSN banners just rollerbladed by, screaming at the top of their lungs down the middle of Broadway.
'Pau Hana' is a Hawaiian phrase that means [essentially] the end of the work {week,day} or quitting time. I lived on Oahu for a few years, and from what I saw Pau Hana usually meant that work was ending a little bit early. A Pau Hana Friday (or other end-of-week day) generally meant getting together for a barbecue or beach party.
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Squenix.
In other news, rumor has it that "Square's current CEO Yoichi Wada" will now be called 'Yoda' for short.
Oh, I get it: it's got steps 1, 2, and 3, and it's called a fourmula! That's a good one!
(All in good fun, btw.)
I was surprised to hear that they were used in communications in Hong Kong up until at least 1999
...
I wonder if they are still being used in HK after the Chinese reclaimation?
Possession of Hong Kong went back to mainland China in 1997, so I would say yes, they were in use for at least two years after the changeover. (I don't know if they are still in use, though.)
By making 4 relatively small incisions into the patients chest
...
Fortunately, if anything goes wrong with the robot, the human surgeons can jump right in
I think they're going to need bigger incisions...
Convergence with a vengence.
Convengence?
(Yes, I know vengeance was misspelled.)
In the same vein, readers might be interested in a presentation we did at RSA 2002; the topic was Downstream Liability for Attack Relay and Amplification
(A two-page summary is available here.)
We described a scenario in which an intruder compromised a system, used it as a jumping-off point, and subsequently caused damages to an individual. The paper focuses on the legal side of things; IANAL but the other two authors - Tim Rosenberg, J.D. and Ron Plesco, J.D. - are.
I also state my opinion, which is that "...patches should be installed no later than ten (10) calendar days after release of the patch by the vendor". Discuss.
You also have to wonder what is being left out of the transcription of, say "War and Peace", to make it use the same amount of disk-space as "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing".
Probably just chapters 2 to 347.
Puttink into microwave. CD is pretty now, da?
You seem perfectly secure in the knowledge that he does not know what he's talking about.
Oh, wait a minute.
Dang.
Wonder what other weblogs are saying about the subject?
Ummm... no. But thanks anyway.
building Internet in the rural area just speeded up the exodus of farmers, who were able to find a job somewhere else."
So they only became farmers because they lacked decent job sites? Hmmm.
I suppose we should take into account he possibility that the farmers got better farming jobs elsewhere..
and Bam!:- there's the story!
Thanks, Emeril.
According to the page, this release should be considered as initial beta
Isn't that usually called 'alpha'?
(1) Operating systems are relics of the past,
[snip]
(4) he's written such software, and (5) that's all you should care about so it doesn't matter that it runs under windows.
So every operating system but Windows is a relic of the past? I'll second the description of this as 'fantasy'.
(The NY Times site seems rather unresponsive at the moment...)
Or gets a Billy Blanks endorsement and renames it tAibo.
They calculate the location of the firing tubes, and that information is passed to artillery units tasked to provide counterbattery fire (usually MLRS rocket artillery).
Okay, but that is targeting the entity that fired the round; the article about the laser weapon describes it as targeting the round itself. These are very different concepts: the tubes are essentially stationary [compared to the projectile], and a near miss with return [artillery] fire may be good enough. The inbound projectile projectile is moving quite fast and a near-miss from the laser probably won't be good enough.
A Navy ship could use the laser, with its beam traveling at the speed of light, to fend off even the fastest missiles. And ground troops could use a Humvee-mounted version of the weapon to instantly knock out incoming enemy artillery and mortar shells.
I would like to know how such a weapon will acquire/track/target an incoming projectile. (That was not sarcasm; I really would like to know.) Mortar rounds generally travel in a high parabolic path - think of the St. Louis arch. Larger artillery shells - such as those fired from a battleship - follow a flatter trajectory. The targeting system would have to acquire a small incoming object, predict the path it will follow, and fire within a few seconds. That looks like a daunting task.
Or it walks out of range of the wireless base station?
That's easy: as soon as the signal fades completely, the robot will walk backwards along its path until it is back in range.
If the access point fails for some reason, the robot will simply walk with its right leg but not the left, resulting in a Curly (Three Stooges) sort of spin. Sound effects are optional.
I am sure the contestants did their very best to cry as effectively as possible.
ZDNet Australia asked Paul Rush, a global recruitment consultant, whether he was concerned that a reversal of this culture may also signal a reversal in productivity. "The increase in productivity is not worth the extra cost and it takes away from the key focus, which has to be work."
So the increased productivity detracts from the work - gotcha. I'm glad that's settled.
This is akin to GM not recalling the Pinto
Yes, it was completely irresponsible for GM not to recall a vehicle made by Ford... What were they thinking??!?
No, it was not okay for IBM. Here is an article that explains why:
IBM caught tagging San Fran streets with Linux ads
30-40 guys and gals in butterfly suits colored in the Microsoft colors, and carrying MSN banners just rollerbladed by, screaming at the top of their lungs down the middle of Broadway.
Give it up for us! Whoooooo hooooo!
If the BSDs had the media appeal that Linux has, they would have run a "Peace, Love and BSD" campaign.
Probably, but the wee beastie doesn't look quite as good spray painted on the sidewalk
'Pau Hana' is a Hawaiian phrase that means [essentially] the end of the work {week,day} or quitting time. I lived on Oahu for a few years, and from what I saw Pau Hana usually meant that work was ending a little bit early. A Pau Hana Friday (or other end-of-week day) generally meant getting together for a barbecue or beach party.