Hey Chris,
amusing to find you on slashdot of all places.
Was worried when you never showed up at that party and couldn't contact you later. Drop me an email sometime!
Kliment
why of course
Mel, the Real Programmer allegedly wrote one as told in this tale.
Though it was used as a timer, not just to slow things down, but to slow things down by a specific amount.
I'm speaking of what would have to take place for molecules-to-man evolution to be true. An addition of genetic information. For instance, you may have a theory where fish once had feet, and walked. No longer do they have these feet. There are appendages that are believed to have existed within certain species that no longer exist within current species. This would indicate a change or loss of genetic information, but never has there been an increase in genetic inforamtion or code that has taken place that resulted in a more complex organism developing.
Well, in fact, addition of genetic information happens all the time. The way it usually works is that you get a segment of dna replicated and multiplied, and each copy then has random mutations in one direction or another. Have a look at any genetics book. It is the way most new genes are formed. The amount of information is not constant. There are continuous insertions, deletions, transpositions and reorderings going on. How do you mean there has never been an increase in genetic information?
I just read the manual for my new toughbook last night, the Panasonic CF-Y4, which had ubuntu installed on it within hours after I got it.
The manual had this legendary bit:
"If the standby or hibernation function is used repeatedly, the computer may not work
properly. To stabilize computer operations, shut down Windows on regularly basis
(about once a week) without using the standby or hibernation function."
Glad I installed linux, I can keep it suspended all the time I have it in my bag with no such issues.
Oh well, the first time I was in Amsterdam, I came across a group of middle-aged russian tourists. They were walking through the red light district with their guide, clearly fascinated yet trying to look offended. Then one lady said to another (in russian) "Where we live, there is no sex!".
At the university of Helsinki (Where Linux was born) we have a similar policy. I asked one of the admins about the issue with bittorrent clients. The response was simply that because the university has an insane amount of bandwidth, BT tends to transmit at full speed, to the point that other traffic actually suffers noticeably. The "illegal" part is because enough people have used those to distribute unauthorized copyrighted material that the network disruption can be directly connected to them. It is a major issue, because the university has to pay for the bandwidth it uses, and p2p clients use as much bandwidth as they get. The admin mentioned that prioritizing them down does not work, as different clients popping up and changing ports all the time causes too much work. Because they don't serve much purpose to studies, it was decided that it is impossible to separate the legal from illegal uses with existing resources, and it is not feasible to pay for the extra bandwidth. Here is a site (in finnish) explaining the effect of p2p apps on university bandwidth use, with graphs
rather good book. finished reading it yesterday. it seems however that the book implied companies that consider their own data valuable would take the described steps to protect it. Nothing was mentioned about laws to handle this kind of data
cache, cache, cache. Load a playlist from the drive to flash, power off the drive, no further drive access until you change your playlist, segmented random play, where tracks are randomly picked off the drive and loaded into flash and the process repeated when all tracks have been played would work also. A hard drive really does not need to create huge power requirements.
now that is a damn good Idea. I was working on a phone design earlier, linux-based. I'll make sure to think of how to include one of these (considering it already has voice record features, not too hard.
The main issue with this is that you have no answering machine if your phone battery runs out or you go out of range. That was the thought that put answering machine functions on the network, not on the phone. With long battery lives and better network coverage this problem is dimished, but not removed.
I have a webcam. A public one at that. I even run around naked in front of it sometime. However, I like to be anonymous when I choose to be, like in some public discussions. I like to have the possibility to turn my webcam off. The spam crap is best handled by not buying from them, not by compromising anonymity.
I am an immigrant and have been living here for 8 years now. I think I see two important causes for the commonplace (among young people at least) depression: Lack of passion and lack of communication. Here is a test. Walk down a street, and look at every person caoming towrds you in the eye and smile. It scares the hell out of people! How are you supposed to be able to communicate with people if they can't bear to look someone in the eyes? I personally have done a lot of experiments in public places and talked with people and people tend to agree that it is very hard to communicate with people and to get through to new people in Finland. I have been doing an extensive experiment, though not seriously, by asking people in various semi-public places (like big parties) if they would like a backrub. The reactions are shocking. People love the Idea but are afraid of it because they are not used to any form of contact with strangers. Intimate friendships hardly work here, and meeting new people is near impossible.
The other issue is passion, and I don't mean it only in the sexual sense, though sexual passion, where it exists, is extremely well hidden and any display of passion is shunned. But that is not the point. The point is that people here don't seem to get deeply excited about anything. Everything is either normal or entirely out of reach. The groundbreaking portion of the population is nearly nonexistent. I have been trying to get the people around me excited about various projects, and also to communicate more openly and to express themselves, and they enjoy it but it is new to them. I think that is what leads to the suicide rates in finland, this feeling that you are unable to develop and unable to express yourself. I have felt it myself, and there is such a huge contrast when traveling in southern europe and then returning to finland. It's not impossible to fix, but it's a general attitude that is very common here. I have not conducted a scientific investigation into these issues, but a LOT of people I have talked with tell me they feel similar things, and it seems like it is a big problem.
some current and former people in the sex industry have degrees in sexology. Look up Carol Queen's book "Exhibitionism for the Shy" or just check out sexuality.org
In this case, it seems to be convenience. As you can see, the pdf consists of two pages out of another paper, and it would have been more effort to convert them. The author just took two pages (using a pdf printer, no doubt) from the original document and posted them.
was thinking about this, using a more advanced version of "smart antennas" and low transmission powers per each antenna segment...I could imagine it working. It would also prevent the antenna radiating through paths that absorb a lot of the signal, like across your brain.
I do have a very vague Idea of how this could be done...I'll try and develop it and maybe even write a master's thesis on it. It is basically a routing algorithm that best exploits a network with a very large number of very interconnected nodes with moderately slow individual connections.
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Hey Chris,
amusing to find you on slashdot of all places.
Was worried when you never showed up at that party and couldn't contact you later. Drop me an email sometime!
Kliment
why of course
Mel, the Real Programmer allegedly wrote one as told in this tale.
Though it was used as a timer, not just to slow things down, but to slow things down by a specific amount.
I just read the manual for my new toughbook last night, the Panasonic CF-Y4, which had ubuntu installed on it within hours after I got it. The manual had this legendary bit:
"If the standby or hibernation function is used repeatedly, the computer may not work
properly. To stabilize computer operations, shut down Windows on regularly basis
(about once a week) without using the standby or hibernation function."
Glad I installed linux, I can keep it suspended all the time I have it in my bag with no such issues.
Attached to H.P.'s name...brings H.P.Lovecraft references to mind...the source of much good horror...
Indeed!
/me starts singing
;)
"Every sperm is sacred.
Every sperm is good.
Every sperm is needed.
In your neighborhood..."
Oh well, the first time I was in Amsterdam, I came across a group of middle-aged russian tourists. They were walking through the red light district with their guide, clearly fascinated yet trying to look offended. Then one lady said to another (in russian) "Where we live, there is no sex!".
Well, CN did license Naruto, so I guess your wish will be granted rather soon.
And the Korn wil blum in the face of those who lak pity...
Yes, I can.
At the university of Helsinki (Where Linux was born) we have a similar policy. I asked one of the admins about the issue with bittorrent clients. The response was simply that because the university has an insane amount of bandwidth, BT tends to transmit at full speed, to the point that other traffic actually suffers noticeably.
The "illegal" part is because enough people have used those to distribute unauthorized copyrighted material that the network disruption can be directly connected to them.
It is a major issue, because the university has to pay for the bandwidth it uses, and p2p clients use as much bandwidth as they get.
The admin mentioned that prioritizing them down does not work, as different clients popping up and changing ports all the time causes too much work. Because they don't serve much purpose to studies, it was decided that it is impossible to separate the legal from illegal uses with existing resources, and it is not feasible to pay for the extra bandwidth.
Here is a site (in finnish) explaining the effect of p2p apps on university bandwidth use, with graphs
Absolutely unbelievable game series, mouse-driven
rather good book. finished reading it yesterday. it seems however that the book implied companies that consider their own data valuable would take the described steps to protect it. Nothing was mentioned about laws to handle this kind of data
cache, cache, cache. Load a playlist from the drive to flash, power off the drive, no further drive access until you change your playlist, segmented random play, where tracks are randomly picked off the drive and loaded into flash and the process repeated when all tracks have been played would work also. A hard drive really does not need to create huge power requirements.
The main issue with this is that you have no answering machine if your phone battery runs out or you go out of range. That was the thought that put answering machine functions on the network, not on the phone. With long battery lives and better network coverage this problem is dimished, but not removed.
I have a webcam. A public one at that. I even run around naked in front of it sometime. However, I like to be anonymous when I choose to be, like in some public discussions. I like to have the possibility to turn my webcam off. The spam crap is best handled by not buying from them, not by compromising anonymity.
Here is a test. Walk down a street, and look at every person caoming towrds you in the eye and smile. It scares the hell out of people! How are you supposed to be able to communicate with people if they can't bear to look someone in the eyes?
I personally have done a lot of experiments in public places and talked with people and people tend to agree that it is very hard to communicate with people and to get through to new people in Finland. I have been doing an extensive experiment, though not seriously, by asking people in various semi-public places (like big parties) if they would like a backrub. The reactions are shocking. People love the Idea but are afraid of it because they are not used to any form of contact with strangers. Intimate friendships hardly work here, and meeting new people is near impossible.
The other issue is passion, and I don't mean it only in the sexual sense, though sexual passion, where it exists, is extremely well hidden and any display of passion is shunned. But that is not the point. The point is that people here don't seem to get deeply excited about anything. Everything is either normal or entirely out of reach. The groundbreaking portion of the population is nearly nonexistent. I have been trying to get the people around me excited about various projects, and also to communicate more openly and to express themselves, and they enjoy it but it is new to them. I think that is what leads to the suicide rates in finland, this feeling that you are unable to develop and unable to express yourself. I have felt it myself, and there is such a huge contrast when traveling in southern europe and then returning to finland. It's not impossible to fix, but it's a general attitude that is very common here.
I have not conducted a scientific investigation into these issues, but a LOT of people I have talked with tell me they feel similar things, and it seems like it is a big problem.
some current and former people in the sex industry have degrees in sexology. Look up Carol Queen's book "Exhibitionism for the Shy" or just check out sexuality.org
In this case, it seems to be convenience. As you can see, the pdf consists of two pages out of another paper, and it would have been more effort to convert them. The author just took two pages (using a pdf printer, no doubt) from the original document and posted them.
How about real-time linux? It seems to be pretty much there. It would need some pretty reliable hardware to run on though.
at Assembly (www.assembly.org) there is already a sports competition series involving floppies...check them out
was thinking about this, using a more advanced version of "smart antennas" and low transmission powers per each antenna segment...I could imagine it working. It would also prevent the antenna radiating through paths that absorb a lot of the signal, like across your brain.
I do have a very vague Idea of how this could be done...I'll try and develop it and maybe even write a master's thesis on it. It is basically a routing algorithm that best exploits a network with a very large number of very interconnected nodes with moderately slow individual connections.
for those too young to know
Isaac Asimov