Because a bipedal robot with two arms can manipulate its environment in exactly the same way as we do (once the programming catches up). You won't need to have a specilist robot for specific tasks. If a human can do it, then theres no theoretical reason a robot can't do it either. See Data on TNG:)
A rather cynical view if I may so, but not unsual for/.
or buy a new system at an inflated price, that will do exactly the same thing your old system did,
That's hardly true now is it? There are likely to be a lot of things in 2003 that people want to use that were not in ealier versions of the OS. I know for example that our Windows guy wants the ability to rename Domains, something that isn't present in any previous version, but will be in 2003. You can argue of course that some of these feature should have been in earlier versions, but thats another matter altogether.
For the record, I'm a Linux admin, and use Windows as little as possible. But FUD is still FUD, no matter which side of the debate it originates.
Would the network self-organise to create some sort of intelligence?
Ignoring the ongoing debate about what is or isn't intelligence, they have been doing this sort of thing to a limited extent in software for a number of years. Neural networks are actually used for specific applications. Don't expect your network to suddenly gain an IQ of 200 though...;)
Bollocks, and double bollocks. If you run unstable (which despite the name is actually very stable 99% of the time) you get most of the latest software, and no depenedency hell. And you just cannot beat stable for a server, which doesn't need the latest whizz bang Desktop.
Yes, apt exists for rpm, but its not just that which make Debian so appealing. But I really have to laugh when I see all these people complaining about how upgrading their systems screws things up. I've been updating (thats update, not this wipe and reinstall nonsense) Debian constantly for 2 years and I've rarely had a problem with it.
Hows things btw Nev? Didn't know you posted on here;)
I think the main thing (feel free to correct me anyone) is that SATA is a drop in replacement for Parallel ATA. It should just work, without requiring a whole bunch of new drivers. That's not to say that writing a whole bunch of new drivers wouldn't get more out of the technology, but it's not a requirement in order for it to work. Firewire on the other hand does require special drivers, and it's not yet *that* common on desktop PC's. Also, although I'm not sure of the state of Firewire support in Linux, I would bet anything it's nowhere near as good as the IDE support (which still has its own problems of course).
Then again, I didn't see the whole episode, so I don't know *quite* how plausible the whole thing was.
The episode you're referring to is Trials and Tribbulations. Although they pretty much skipped over the time traveling part of it, the episode as a whole was one of the best imho. It has a lot of good humour (Worf's "We don't talk about it!", referring to the ridgeless Klingons of Kirk's era), and the effects were just superb. The scene where O'Brien and Bashir were in the lineup, with Kirk having a go at them all was just fantastic. The blending of old and new footage was the best I've ever seen. I'm a big fan of DS9, and this is a prime exmaple of why.
The size doesn't matter to me, the resolution does. This one is only 1280x768. Hell, I run my 17" CRT at 1600x1200. Whats the point in having all that space if you don't make use of it. Show me one running at 1600 or above and I'll consider it.
What the hell is the point in defining an acronym, and then never using it in the rest of your text? Why even bother doing it? It's completely pointless, and really annoying. Stop it for fuck sake. </rant>
Are you running Linux on this machine (or anyone else reading)? I'm looking at getting an NForce2 board (probably an MSI with the Geforce4 and SATA) myself sometime soon, and would be interested to know if you had any difficulties with it. Any problems with DMA and that sort of low level stuff? Cheers.
Do any of you think there will be a x86-64SX, that will work on today's 32-bit motherboards, while giving some of the advantages of 64-bit computing?
Nope, what would be the point. Motherboards are not really that expensive, you can pick up a high-end board for less than £100. If you can afford to buy a 64bit CPU, you can afford to buy a board to put it in.
Do you know how many people work shit jobs that they hate because they have no choice?
Lots, but they're probably all fat lazy bastards. You can do anything you want to within reason, assuming you're not a complete moron. The trouble is it may take a lot of unpleasant hard graft to get there, and a lot of people just don't bother. Like many, I went through higher education and University to get where I am today. I'm still paying off my loans, but I'm where I want to be. To be honest, I had it pretty easy, there are plenty of others who've gone through far worse to get where they want.
I like to know that if I am out for a walk or doing something outside my home, no one (unless they are in my immediate vicinity) is going to interfere with that.
So, turn the phone off. I'll bet you'll wish you had one when you fall and break a leg out walking, miles from any form of contact. It has happened numerous times, and mobile phones have often been the only way to get help. Don't dismiss it just because you can't figure out how to turn one on and off.
I think you have the wrong end of the stick. Musicbrainz isn't a P2P client. It's a database of information on tracks and albums, and libraries for using it.
I log all my dropped connections, as most do. But I do have some specific rules that block and don't log anything, simply because I get so many of them and it makes looking for other important information difficult. Ports 137-139 (netbios) and now this one. But you're right, if you are blocking specific ports as the problems come along then you're doing something wrong.
We don't have new needs, except the need for source, the freedom Richard Stallman talks about.
Thats utter nonsense. There's always something new that people want. It's called progress. If everyone had said that back in the 70's, we still all be sitting in front of a terminal with tapes whirring around behind us.
yeah, wanting code that anyone can alter at will is really blinkered. Everyone knows that giving money to strangers and hoping they`ll do something at some point in the future is the way to go.
Thats a fair point, but as the guy said above, this sort of thing is a gradual process. It's real-world stuff. It's similar to the differences between I.T. and Computer Science. CompSci aren't bothered about costs, infrastructure, maintennance, support etc, they just want to do research. Trouble is, they bug the hell out of I.T. to provide them with the facilities to do so, without considering what's involved. It think the GNU guys think in the same way.
I'm sure in some ways Apple would like to go fully-open source, as I'm pretty sure they are aware of the benefits of it. But at the end of the day, they need to make money, and protect their investment. Maybe they can do that with open source, maybe not, buts it's not something to be rushed into.
The primary box (the only one running Apache) spawns a new process for the second, 3rd, 4th, etc. requests, which migrate automatically. They use the available custer CPU power, run to completion, migrate back, and the results returned as if the box was just very fast.
I looked into doing this not long ago. However, the documentation states that Apache won't work with OpenMosix because it uses shared memory, which is not yet supported.
It depends what you want to do with them. Granted for home use they are overly expensive, but at work we are using ~30 network cameras (not this one) for our CCTV, which runs in its own VLAN on our network. Works a treat.
Seeing as these paper forms hadn't been used for 6 years, I'd have to assume that the network was very reliable. Problems do occur from time to time, but it doesn't mean that the whole thing should be replaced. Just fix the issue and move on.
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Because a bipedal robot with two arms can manipulate its environment in exactly the same way as we do (once the programming catches up). You won't need to have a specilist robot for specific tasks. If a human can do it, then theres no theoretical reason a robot can't do it either. See Data on TNG :)
A rather cynical view if I may so, but not unsual for /.
or buy a new system at an inflated price, that will do exactly the same thing your old system did,
That's hardly true now is it? There are likely to be a lot of things in 2003 that people want to use that were not in ealier versions of the OS. I know for example that our Windows guy wants the ability to rename Domains, something that isn't present in any previous version, but will be in 2003. You can argue of course that some of these feature should have been in earlier versions, but thats another matter altogether.
For the record, I'm a Linux admin, and use Windows as little as possible. But FUD is still FUD, no matter which side of the debate it originates.
Would the network self-organise to create some sort of intelligence?
;)
Ignoring the ongoing debate about what is or isn't intelligence, they have been doing this sort of thing to a limited extent in software for a number of years. Neural networks are actually used for specific applications. Don't expect your network to suddenly gain an IQ of 200 though...
Bollocks, and double bollocks. If you run unstable (which despite the name is actually very stable 99% of the time) you get most of the latest software, and no depenedency hell. And you just cannot beat stable for a server, which doesn't need the latest whizz bang Desktop.
;)
;)
Yes, apt exists for rpm, but its not just that which make Debian so appealing. But I really have to laugh when I see all these people complaining about how upgrading their systems screws things up. I've been updating (thats update, not this wipe and reinstall nonsense) Debian constantly for 2 years and I've rarely had a problem with it.
Hows things btw Nev? Didn't know you posted on here
P.S. C sucks, C++ rules!
I think the main thing (feel free to correct me anyone) is that SATA is a drop in replacement for Parallel ATA. It should just work, without requiring a whole bunch of new drivers. That's not to say that writing a whole bunch of new drivers wouldn't get more out of the technology, but it's not a requirement in order for it to work. Firewire on the other hand does require special drivers, and it's not yet *that* common on desktop PC's. Also, although I'm not sure of the state of Firewire support in Linux, I would bet anything it's nowhere near as good as the IDE support (which still has its own problems of course).
Then again, I didn't see the whole episode, so I don't know *quite* how plausible the whole thing was.
The episode you're referring to is Trials and Tribbulations. Although they pretty much skipped over the time traveling part of it, the episode as a whole was one of the best imho. It has a lot of good humour (Worf's "We don't talk about it!", referring to the ridgeless Klingons of Kirk's era), and the effects were just superb. The scene where O'Brien and Bashir were in the lineup, with Kirk having a go at them all was just fantastic. The blending of old and new footage was the best I've ever seen. I'm a big fan of DS9, and this is a prime exmaple of why.
You're gonna go fucking blind.
Okay, whatever you say.
Don't be a berk. Just because I run at a hi-res doesn't mean I have to look at tiny fonts. I can increase the fonts sizes where necessary.
The size doesn't matter to me, the resolution does. This one is only 1280x768. Hell, I run my 17" CRT at 1600x1200. Whats the point in having all that space if you don't make use of it. Show me one running at 1600 or above and I'll consider it.
What the hell is the point in defining an acronym, and then never using it in the rest of your text? Why even bother doing it? It's completely pointless, and really annoying. Stop it for fuck sake.
</rant>
Are you running Linux on this machine (or anyone else reading)? I'm looking at getting an NForce2 board (probably an MSI with the Geforce4 and SATA) myself sometime soon, and would be interested to know if you had any difficulties with it. Any problems with DMA and that sort of low level stuff? Cheers.
Do any of you think there will be a x86-64SX, that will work on today's 32-bit motherboards, while giving some of the advantages of 64-bit computing?
Nope, what would be the point. Motherboards are not really that expensive, you can pick up a high-end board for less than £100. If you can afford to buy a 64bit CPU, you can afford to buy a board to put it in.
Do you know how many people work shit jobs that they hate because they have no choice?
Lots, but they're probably all fat lazy bastards. You can do anything you want to within reason, assuming you're not a complete moron. The trouble is it may take a lot of unpleasant hard graft to get there, and a lot of people just don't bother. Like many, I went through higher education and University to get where I am today. I'm still paying off my loans, but I'm where I want to be. To be honest, I had it pretty easy, there are plenty of others who've gone through far worse to get where they want.
I like to know that if I am out for a walk or doing something outside my home, no one (unless they are in my immediate vicinity) is going to interfere with that.
So, turn the phone off. I'll bet you'll wish you had one when you fall and break a leg out walking, miles from any form of contact. It has happened numerous times, and mobile phones have often been the only way to get help. Don't dismiss it just because you can't figure out how to turn one on and off.
I think you have the wrong end of the stick. Musicbrainz isn't a P2P client. It's a database of information on tracks and albums, and libraries for using it.
You're assuming that your creator wouldn't have a warped sense of humor. What if, say, you had a square peg instead of the hiccups?
;)
If the square peg is not going in the round hole, you're not pushing hard enough
I log all my dropped connections, as most do. But I do have some specific rules that block and don't log anything, simply because I get so many of them and it makes looking for other important information difficult. Ports 137-139 (netbios) and now this one. But you're right, if you are blocking specific ports as the problems come along then you're doing something wrong.
How do google get away with caching then? Not a flame, but a valid question.
We don't have new needs, except the need for source, the freedom Richard Stallman talks about.
Thats utter nonsense. There's always something new that people want. It's called progress. If everyone had said that back in the 70's, we still all be sitting in front of a terminal with tapes whirring around behind us.
... please tell me, which one of you voted that warmongering idiotic prick into the whitehouse? Come on, own up, who was it?
yeah, wanting code that anyone can alter at will is really blinkered. Everyone knows that giving money to strangers and hoping they`ll do something at some point in the future is the way to go.
Thats a fair point, but as the guy said above, this sort of thing is a gradual process. It's real-world stuff. It's similar to the differences between I.T. and Computer Science. CompSci aren't bothered about costs, infrastructure, maintennance, support etc, they just want to do research. Trouble is, they bug the hell out of I.T. to provide them with the facilities to do so, without considering what's involved. It think the GNU guys think in the same way.
I'm sure in some ways Apple would like to go fully-open source, as I'm pretty sure they are aware of the benefits of it. But at the end of the day, they need to make money, and protect their investment. Maybe they can do that with open source, maybe not, buts it's not something to be rushed into.
The primary box (the only one running Apache) spawns a new process for the second, 3rd, 4th, etc. requests, which migrate automatically. They use the available custer CPU power, run to completion, migrate back, and the results returned as if the box was just very fast.
I looked into doing this not long ago. However, the documentation states that Apache won't work with OpenMosix because it uses shared memory, which is not yet supported.
Not content with bullying everyone here on Earth, you want to do the same in Space too? Give me a break, good thing my arse.
It depends what you want to do with them. Granted for home use they are overly expensive, but at work we are using ~30 network cameras (not this one) for our CCTV, which runs in its own VLAN on our network. Works a treat.
Seeing as these paper forms hadn't been used for 6 years, I'd have to assume that the network was very reliable. Problems do occur from time to time, but it doesn't mean that the whole thing should be replaced. Just fix the issue and move on.