Considering the processing demands of something like, *cough* Windows Vista...
Windows Vista will include a feature, code-named WinFan, that will deal with power supply heat dissipation in software.
Microsoft is rumored to be working on WinPSU, a software-implemented power supply for the next Windows version after Vista.
For those who prefer the noise of a fan, WinFan will generate white noise through your sound card. There is already a rumor of a virus that replaces the white noise.wav file with the sound of a fan with failing bearings.
What this says is that evolution is wrong and creationism is a fact.
What this also says is that those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it.
Does anyone really know what that whole Adam-Eve-Apple-Snake thing was all about? NO! The only thing we know is that it had something to do with temptation. Um, and that temptation is bad. Okay, two things, then. But that's all.
Now we're off making un-holy mice! Aren't snakes bad enough? Soon we'll have indestructable mice tempting us with a piece of cheddar. Or colby. Or gouda. And I'm a sucker for smoked gouda.
My wife and I discussed this recently and we're still speaking to each other, so maybe there's some middle ground here.
Given that there are studies showing that women are much better at multi-tasking than men, and that men are much better at tasks requiring focus and concentration, we have concluded that women are perceived to be less intelligent because the multi-tasking tests are by nature limited to less demanding tasks and the tasks requiring concentration are more like the questions on an IQ test.
Historically, a mother must keep track of several small children and provide for the diverse needs of her family. Mothers who are able to multi-task well are more successful and their families have a higher survival rate. Men, who are physically larger/stronger than the women, have typically assumed the roles of hunter and warrior. These roles require focus and concentration. (If your opponent is focusing on crushing your skull while you're trying to multi-task several battles at once, you probably won't survive very long.)
How does this relate to IQ? IQ tests measure traits that are more often associated with being able to concentrate on solving complex problems, so they favor men. It can be said that if women spend most of their time multi-tasking on tasks that are less demanding, they tend to get "out of practice" for the more demanding tasks. It can also be argued that the ability to "shift gears" rapidly and often is a component of intelligence, but the standard IQ tests do not measure it.
Both of these factors come into play, and women get a "double whammy" in IQ comparisons with men.
This has been done in the past, perhaps the IBM 3380 (early 1980s) was the first, perhaps not.
The question you have to ask is: how will the two acctuators work together? Option #1 is to have head-1 cover the outer tracks and head-2 cover the inner tracks. This leads to improved seek times (average seek time is halved, but track-to-track seek is unchanged), but does not improve rotational delay.
Option #2 would be to have each head cover all the tracks, cutting the rotational delay is half, but leaving average seek times unchanged. This would also require that both heads be able to track each other's data. They would have to be aligned very precisely to each other.
"MAINFRAME USERS THINK THAT USING ALL CAPS WHEN SENDING MEMOS IS PERFECTLY NORMAL
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That's because the TN3270 app translates everything to uppercase. If you set TN3270 to pass through lowercase, ISPF will translate it to uppercase. To get lowercase, you really have to want lowercase and jump through some hoops to get it.
How long until someone puts together a little box with video-in and video-out that identifies itself as "New Fangled Monitor" to Longhorn and then passes the video through to your old monitor?
... the lock on your front door... is there to keep the average Joe from just walking in on a whim and stealing your stuff.
And DRM is different in that it attempts to prevent all "average Joes" from just having a look at your stuff (and taking a picture) without actually needing to steal it. Where DRM falls down is that the "determined criminals" will get the picture of the stuff and give copies to all the average Joes, maybe for free, maybe just really cheap.
So, for DRM to be effective, it must be able to keep out the determined criminals. And so far, at least, it has failed to do that.
When I was in high school, many years ago, the fuel sensor in my beat up jalopy didn't work, and the fuel gauge always read empty.
Though your comment was in a humorous vein, you'll have to admit that when your fuel gauge said "empty" you didn't have some stupid computer decide that "the tank is empty - I'd better shut off the engine!"
This was a hydrogen sensor, you see, and if you run out of hydrogen but keep pumping the oxygen... well, it can't be a good thing.
I would hope that any officially sanctioned "good" answer would include the concept of "I would first find a suitable destination for it."
If my hopes would be dashed, that would explain a lot about MS software in general and their security issues in particular. As they say, "failing to plan is planning to fail."
Makes me want to start my own music distribution just to show it can be done without the RIAA.
The RIAA would be at your door within hours:
"Say, dat's a nice group you got dere. It'd be a shame if somethin' happened to it...
"We got dis RIAA contract we'd like you to sign... umm, sign right here. Yeah, it's a real luxury havin' a drummer with two good arms, you know... real luxury..."
Exactly! We need a noise generator PCI card that, when left unattended, makes one heck of a din. The "system idle process" would be responsible for suppressing the noise card. When the CPU is busy, the noise card doesn't get suppressed and there is much noise.
Or, less geeky but just as effective... I have this old 5-inch SCSI hard drive that makes quite a racket that I could use for paging...
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There is no crime in China. Repeat: There is no crime in China.
2. Do you really think that anything really sensitive would be able to be accessed from the Internet?Hey now! I'm sensitive and accesible from the Internet.
It is being done anonymously. Through the CDC.
Are you gullible enough to believe that it's really the CDC that wants this data?Bless you. Being insane is just plain boring if you can't hear the voices.
Windows Vista will include a feature, code-named WinFan, that will deal with power supply heat dissipation in software.
Microsoft is rumored to be working on WinPSU, a software-implemented power supply for the next Windows version after Vista.For those who prefer the noise of a fan, WinFan will generate white noise through your sound card. There is already a rumor of a virus that replaces the white noise .wav file with the sound of a fan with failing bearings.
Shhhh! That's not the combination he set - that's the TSA's "back-door" combo.
What this also says is that those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it.
Does anyone really know what that whole Adam-Eve-Apple-Snake thing was all about? NO! The only thing we know is that it had something to do with temptation. Um, and that temptation is bad. Okay, two things, then. But that's all.Now we're off making un-holy mice! Aren't snakes bad enough? Soon we'll have indestructable mice tempting us with a piece of cheddar. Or colby. Or gouda. And I'm a sucker for smoked gouda.
The end is near, I tell you! Run for the hills!Given that there are studies showing that women are much better at multi-tasking than men, and that men are much better at tasks requiring focus and concentration, we have concluded that women are perceived to be less intelligent because the multi-tasking tests are by nature limited to less demanding tasks and the tasks requiring concentration are more like the questions on an IQ test.
Historically, a mother must keep track of several small children and provide for the diverse needs of her family. Mothers who are able to multi-task well are more successful and their families have a higher survival rate. Men, who are physically larger/stronger than the women, have typically assumed the roles of hunter and warrior. These roles require focus and concentration. (If your opponent is focusing on crushing your skull while you're trying to multi-task several battles at once, you probably won't survive very long.)How does this relate to IQ? IQ tests measure traits that are more often associated with being able to concentrate on solving complex problems, so they favor men. It can be said that if women spend most of their time multi-tasking on tasks that are less demanding, they tend to get "out of practice" for the more demanding tasks. It can also be argued that the ability to "shift gears" rapidly and often is a component of intelligence, but the standard IQ tests do not measure it.
Both of these factors come into play, and women get a "double whammy" in IQ comparisons with men.Oh come on!
You get that many angels packed onto the head of a pin, and you just know there's some hanky-panky going on.You can't use a dash because both ends of a dash are the same. You have to use an arrow ->, which can be flipped for the zeros and ones.
As you decrease the bit-width, the - gets squeazed into the > until it pokes through, giving you a >- which is a protocol violation.:)
The question you have to ask is: how will the two acctuators work together? Option #1 is to have head-1 cover the outer tracks and head-2 cover the inner tracks. This leads to improved seek times (average seek time is halved, but track-to-track seek is unchanged), but does not improve rotational delay.
Option #2 would be to have each head cover all the tracks, cutting the rotational delay is half, but leaving average seek times unchanged. This would also require that both heads be able to track each other's data. They would have to be aligned very precisely to each other.IIRC, the IBM 3380 used option #1.
Because it's a worm.
Look at the "worm" icon at the beginning of this page. Study it. Notice how it's not exactly built for speed.Well, since you're compiling a wish-list, let's not forget ... BREASTS!!
Ob Monty Python - Ah, but you have given me the idea before I have given you the pound! That's just poor business, my good man.
Like chicken.
I WANT an insecure, non-compliant browser!
It is my birthright!
I shall not be denied!Um, wait ... will IE7 run under Linux? Please say yes.
My ex-wife.
The price seemed reasonable at the time.That's because the TN3270 app translates everything to uppercase. If you set TN3270 to pass through lowercase, ISPF will translate it to uppercase. To get lowercase, you really have to want lowercase and jump through some hoops to get it.
"lowercase"(tm) - ask for for it by name."Patients are asked to not discuss or compare symptoms in the waiting room. It confuses the doctors."
How long until someone puts together a little box with video-in and video-out that identifies itself as "New Fangled Monitor" to Longhorn and then passes the video through to your old monitor?
And DRM is different in that it attempts to prevent all "average Joes" from just having a look at your stuff (and taking a picture) without actually needing to steal it. Where DRM falls down is that the "determined criminals" will get the picture of the stuff and give copies to all the average Joes, maybe for free, maybe just really cheap.
So, for DRM to be effective, it must be able to keep out the determined criminals. And so far, at least, it has failed to do that.Though your comment was in a humorous vein, you'll have to admit that when your fuel gauge said "empty" you didn't have some stupid computer decide that "the tank is empty - I'd better shut off the engine!"
This was a hydrogen sensor, you see, and if you run out of hydrogen but keep pumping the oxygen... well, it can't be a good thing.I would hope that any officially sanctioned "good" answer would include the concept of "I would first find a suitable destination for it."
If my hopes would be dashed, that would explain a lot about MS software in general and their security issues in particular. As they say, "failing to plan is planning to fail."The RIAA would be at your door within hours:
"Say, dat's a nice group you got dere. It'd be a shame if somethin' happened to it..."We got dis RIAA contract we'd like you to sign... umm, sign right here. Yeah, it's a real luxury havin' a drummer with two good arms, you know... real luxury..."
Exactly! We need a noise generator PCI card that, when left unattended, makes one heck of a din. The "system idle process" would be responsible for suppressing the noise card. When the CPU is busy, the noise card doesn't get suppressed and there is much noise.
Or, less geeky but just as effective... I have this old 5-inch SCSI hard drive that makes quite a racket that I could use for paging...Overheard on the street when Bill visits Vietnam:
"Hey Bill! Love you long-time. $300."
"Hey Bill! Over here! Love you 'lite', $30."