Okay, we know now that most of the ice cap is actually water. So....
What does that mean? Will that mean a new space initiative aimed at a manned trip to Mars? More satellites hovering over the red planet?
I guess what I'm asking: will we actually do anything productive with the news of water on Mars? If not, are we simply wasting hundreds of millions on Mars, when many other projects exist for NASA?
I personally loathe FTP, except the times that I need to connect to my file server--which it actually does quite well. I am running a Linux box that stores all of my music, my documents, and more, and I simply connect to that machine when I'm at work or elsewhere. So, just for this reason alone, FTP is excellent. In fact, it's actually saved me a few times, when I've noticed that I hadn't printed a document or finished a website, and I needed my files.
However, the security holes of FTP would prevent me from ever keeping FTP connections open on high-traffic websites. Yes, I maintain FTP accounts on my servers to allow updating the site, but no guest accounts are active (not that my server is magically "safe"), and the sites hardly receive an ounce of traffic.
Thank God! It took long enough to get telemarketers off our backs (more or less), and maybe (hopefully) we'll finally get an inbox without three hundred SPAM messages sifting through the junk filters.
It's good to see an equal view on SPAM, be it telemarketing or inbox.
My code works, works well, will help hundreds of people cut maybe an hour or two from their workload, and is thus far bug free. It's a module design that's really a marvel in it's structure alone. Everything is integrated and connected, and is easily the best product my company has churned out.
Now, it still has a lot of room for improvement, but it definitely fits your description of what code should be.
Well, I've been working on a PHP project (PHP isn't exactly rocket science, I know), and I've had upwards of five hundred lines in just a few hours. Granted, my code is sometimes horrific, 1500 lines in an 8+ hour day, wouldn't be extreme.
Actually, that would be great if you could somehow fit it inside of there. It might prove fairly difficult, especially on the new MDD PowerMacs.
But, I would consider installing one if I needed a PC for some applications and a Mac for others.
I took a look at their site, and I can't see how well that'd work. I'm sure it could be done, but any idea as to how feasible that would be? What about extra cooling measures?
I guess the one question that hit me first, was who is going to buy these?
Well, there are a few key markets, including:/. users, corporations looking to save desk space, and upper-class Joe Schmoe.
The key for this computer is going to be the corporate market, as companies go for space saving, energy saving designs to increase desk space for their employees as well as take a chunk out of their power bill. The extra cost for this machine to be compressed into such a small form factor is nothing in comparison to the total savings that would be possible with low-power-consumption computing.
I like projects like this. Since NASA most certainly isn't doing a very good job (I don't blame NASA, I blame politics), it's great to see rogue projects like these coming along, giving us some hope of further exploration of space.
If he's got the money and the interest, I'm all for it.
This actually reminded me of the internet's greatest irony: free services.
Why on Earth would anyone that can't afford internet service make any use of a banner ad? Companies like NetZero failed miserably in their attempts at the free internet--the ads they sold were worthless. Net2Phone depended on ad revenue from users that were to cheap to spend ten cents a minute for their long distance--that went REALLY well.
It's strange, then, that people were actually shocked in the stock market crash of 2000.
I hate the thought of other users being able to access my wireless connection. Even though I rarely have important files that I'm concerned about, it's nice to have some security.
I'd venture to say that IBM's processor uses little more power than other PowerPC CPUs. Doesn't it sport SOI and other technologies to limit heat production? Heck, for an--albeit moderately poor--example of this is IBMs 750FX processor vs. the P4. At the same clock speed, the 750FX would consume roughly one fourth the power of the P4.
Well maybe if companies actually OPTIMIZED their code, we wouldn't need 2.8GHz P4s. MS Word will probably need an 800MHz processor in its next revision. Sheesh.
Consumers already weren't buying new computers, it was only a matter of time before geeks stopped buying the high-end parts, too. Only die-hard geeks seem to have the latest and greatest these days.
Personally, I won't be upgrading my P3-866 until the P4-4GHz arrives, which probably won't be until the third quarter of 2003 or later. My 866MHz P3 still performs perfectly for what I do, and many games run smoothly. Sure, I notice its age every now and then, but the latest P4s and Athlon XPs offer relatively little noticeable performance increase (I know, I had a P4 2.2 until I sold it; it just wasn't worth its weight).
But, I think we're missing a big point at the same time. The economy is in terrible condition right now, and computer upgrades are the least of many people's concerns.
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Okay, we know now that most of the ice cap is actually water. So....
What does that mean? Will that mean a new space initiative aimed at a manned trip to Mars? More satellites hovering over the red planet?
I guess what I'm asking: will we actually do anything productive with the news of water on Mars? If not, are we simply wasting hundreds of millions on Mars, when many other projects exist for NASA?
I personally loathe FTP, except the times that I need to connect to my file server--which it actually does quite well. I am running a Linux box that stores all of my music, my documents, and more, and I simply connect to that machine when I'm at work or elsewhere. So, just for this reason alone, FTP is excellent. In fact, it's actually saved me a few times, when I've noticed that I hadn't printed a document or finished a website, and I needed my files.
However, the security holes of FTP would prevent me from ever keeping FTP connections open on high-traffic websites. Yes, I maintain FTP accounts on my servers to allow updating the site, but no guest accounts are active (not that my server is magically "safe"), and the sites hardly receive an ounce of traffic.
He's German. For a second I thought he would have been anything BUT German....
Thank God! It took long enough to get telemarketers off our backs (more or less), and maybe (hopefully) we'll finally get an inbox without three hundred SPAM messages sifting through the junk filters. It's good to see an equal view on SPAM, be it telemarketing or inbox.
What the hell is a priest doing with a brewery in a washing machine? Simply WTF?
When I first saw this, I read, "What should I do with my wife...." Oh, hell: it just isn't funny.
My code works, works well, will help hundreds of people cut maybe an hour or two from their workload, and is thus far bug free. It's a module design that's really a marvel in it's structure alone. Everything is integrated and connected, and is easily the best product my company has churned out. Now, it still has a lot of room for improvement, but it definitely fits your description of what code should be.
This is a BIG project, for a BIG client. In all, it's one giant headache.
Well, I've been working on a PHP project (PHP isn't exactly rocket science, I know), and I've had upwards of five hundred lines in just a few hours. Granted, my code is sometimes horrific, 1500 lines in an 8+ hour day, wouldn't be extreme.
...which would all but defeat the purpose of having such a small form factor.
Although, you can throw a power brick onto the floor and underneath the desk, almost ridding the unsightliness of a power brick.
Actually, that would be great if you could somehow fit it inside of there. It might prove fairly difficult, especially on the new MDD PowerMacs. But, I would consider installing one if I needed a PC for some applications and a Mac for others.
I took a look at their site, and I can't see how well that'd work. I'm sure it could be done, but any idea as to how feasible that would be? What about extra cooling measures?
I guess the one question that hit me first, was who is going to buy these? Well, there are a few key markets, including: /. users, corporations looking to save desk space, and upper-class Joe Schmoe.
The key for this computer is going to be the corporate market, as companies go for space saving, energy saving designs to increase desk space for their employees as well as take a chunk out of their power bill. The extra cost for this machine to be compressed into such a small form factor is nothing in comparison to the total savings that would be possible with low-power-consumption computing.
You're a geek, of course you're easy.
Also in Soviet Russia, oh heck, I've got no joke.
PC's sell Wal-Mart Well.
I like projects like this. Since NASA most certainly isn't doing a very good job (I don't blame NASA, I blame politics), it's great to see rogue projects like these coming along, giving us some hope of further exploration of space.
If he's got the money and the interest, I'm all for it.
Well, on the internet these days, we've got tutorials on bubble gum.... Ah hell, I've got nothing funny to say in reply.
This actually reminded me of the internet's greatest irony: free services.
Why on Earth would anyone that can't afford internet service make any use of a banner ad? Companies like NetZero failed miserably in their attempts at the free internet--the ads they sold were worthless. Net2Phone depended on ad revenue from users that were to cheap to spend ten cents a minute for their long distance--that went REALLY well.
It's strange, then, that people were actually shocked in the stock market crash of 2000.
I hate the thought of other users being able to access my wireless connection. Even though I rarely have important files that I'm concerned about, it's nice to have some security.
I'd venture to say that IBM's processor uses little more power than other PowerPC CPUs. Doesn't it sport SOI and other technologies to limit heat production? Heck, for an--albeit moderately poor--example of this is IBMs 750FX processor vs. the P4. At the same clock speed, the 750FX would consume roughly one fourth the power of the P4.
Wow, I got a troll rating. There must be a few Futurama fans I offended...
Why on earth would anyone buy this? (unless of course, they're a die-hard fan)
Well maybe if companies actually OPTIMIZED their code, we wouldn't need 2.8GHz P4s. MS Word will probably need an 800MHz processor in its next revision. Sheesh.
Consumers already weren't buying new computers, it was only a matter of time before geeks stopped buying the high-end parts, too. Only die-hard geeks seem to have the latest and greatest these days.
Personally, I won't be upgrading my P3-866 until the P4-4GHz arrives, which probably won't be until the third quarter of 2003 or later. My 866MHz P3 still performs perfectly for what I do, and many games run smoothly. Sure, I notice its age every now and then, but the latest P4s and Athlon XPs offer relatively little noticeable performance increase (I know, I had a P4 2.2 until I sold it; it just wasn't worth its weight).
But, I think we're missing a big point at the same time. The economy is in terrible condition right now, and computer upgrades are the least of many people's concerns.