It's not always the software that is the problem - drivers connecting a $100,000 piece of equipment may not be available for current versions of the O/S. It may net even be possible to get them written if the company no longer trades, or refuses to support older equipment.
$10,000 may well be the pointy end of the problem!
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mid-afternoon in GNU Zealand:-)
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:-) 1st time accepted, 2nd or 3rd submission I think. Sad how the quality of stories seems to have declined over the last few years, but the quality of the posts & the turns they take still sometimes surprise me. Without their seasoned contributors, this site would fade away in no time. I hope the people running it recognise that.
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I don't know about Slashdot's priorities when it comes to deciding what makes the cover, but I submitted in good faith.
I'm not a fan of HP by any means & we have truck-loads of their servers at work. The concept for this sounded interesting & maybe there is a place for it in the 'cloud'. What we really need at work is big kick-ass servers like IBM's new Power 7 machines (IBM - please direct debit my account ASAP)
"an internal IP address from one of the banks that was infected by the malicious code" - not a lot of detail there, but perhaps the malware changed the address? Perhaps crap firewall rules (or compromised hardware) mean that address was capable of being externally managed?
It takes me 2 hours on a 17HP ride-on mower to get most of my lawn done. Running around the fruit trees with a hand mower or weed-eater does a better job, but takes longer. I estimate about 5 litres of fuel - a little over $10. About half that is tax in one form or another.
True - it's much less than I spend for travel, but still unfair.
taxed at the pump for what is supposed to be spent on roads (just goes into the consolodated fund). It's not a particularly fair tax to begin with, but it irks me that I have to pay it to fill my mower/chainsaw/dirt bike... A tax on miles travelled is fairer (implemented here for diesel vehicles) but is still far from fair - even based on vehicle weight. Of course in NZ I can't drive out-of-state - much more complicated in the US.
I think our algorithms have sucked, but it hasn't mattered much until recently. Now we are able to make vast amounts of data available easily, so it matters a lot more.
Processing power still has a long way to go, but figuring out HOW to make use of the data is currently more important than the speed at which we can do it.
I've travelled through areas where the number of signs causes real information-overload. Many are highly reflective, reducing visibility at night. Most street-lights I've see could use much better covers/reflectors too, to reduce the amount of light going directly into the drivers eyes.
More than all that though, if you pull most of the signs people will have to think about what they are doing. Scary when you're not used to it, but it makes sense that drivers who are thinking about what they are doing will do it better.
Start holding people accountable for their actions & pretty soon everyone will be paying attention to how they drive. Another good step toward achieving that would be to stop calling crashes 'accidents'. There are true accidents out there, but most crashes are the result of inattention or plain bad driving.
My electric fence unit is a bit old - only 6000v on a good day. Still don't want a zap from it though!
But the copper theives over here regularly cut live 230v power lines to steal the copper (not always successfully) - an electric fence isn't going to stop them.
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but round corners can't?
It's not always the software that is the problem - drivers connecting a $100,000 piece of equipment may not be available for current versions of the O/S.
It may net even be possible to get them written if the company no longer trades, or refuses to support older equipment.
$10,000 may well be the pointy end of the problem!
mid-afternoon in GNU Zealand :-)
:-) 1st time accepted, 2nd or 3rd submission I think. Sad how the quality of stories seems to have declined over the last few years, but the quality of the posts & the turns they take still sometimes surprise me. Without their seasoned contributors, this site would fade away in no time. I hope the people running it recognise that.
I don't know about Slashdot's priorities when it comes to deciding what makes the cover, but I submitted in good faith.
I'm not a fan of HP by any means & we have truck-loads of their servers at work. The concept for this sounded interesting & maybe there is a place for it in the 'cloud'.
What we really need at work is big kick-ass servers like IBM's new Power 7 machines (IBM - please direct debit my account ASAP)
Definition of ponce
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1: derogatory an effeminate man.
2: a man who lives off a prostitute’s earnings.
but with a crapier business plan?
"an internal IP address from one of the banks that was infected by the malicious code" - not a lot of detail there, but perhaps the malware changed the address? Perhaps crap firewall rules (or compromised hardware) mean that address was capable of being externally managed?
Only needs one : "NO!"
For a currently green area to become a desert, it would need to stop raining there. My guess is that just isn't going to happen.
isn't a holding-bay?
photos, or it didn't happen!
It takes me 2 hours on a 17HP ride-on mower to get most of my lawn done. Running around the fruit trees with a hand mower or weed-eater does a better job, but takes longer. I estimate about 5 litres of fuel - a little over $10. About half that is tax in one form or another.
True - it's much less than I spend for travel, but still unfair.
taxed at the pump for what is supposed to be spent on roads (just goes into the consolodated fund). It's not a particularly fair tax to begin with, but it irks me that I have to pay it to fill my mower/chainsaw/dirt bike... A tax on miles travelled is fairer (implemented here for diesel vehicles) but is still far from fair - even based on vehicle weight. Of course in NZ I can't drive out-of-state - much more complicated in the US.
I think our algorithms have sucked, but it hasn't mattered much until recently.
Now we are able to make vast amounts of data available easily, so it matters a lot more.
Processing power still has a long way to go, but figuring out HOW to make use of the data is currently more important than the speed at which we can do it.
you insensative clod! (21/12/2012)
one of those rare comments that deserves more than +5
Must be over-due for a good conspiracy theory
Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you
including the use of weapons? (Next logical step)
I've travelled through areas where the number of signs causes real information-overload.
Many are highly reflective, reducing visibility at night. Most street-lights I've see could use much better covers/reflectors too, to reduce the amount of light going directly into the drivers eyes.
More than all that though, if you pull most of the signs people will have to think about what they are doing. Scary when you're not used to it, but it makes sense that drivers who are thinking about what they are doing will do it better.
Start holding people accountable for their actions & pretty soon everyone will be paying attention to how they drive. Another good step toward achieving that would be to stop calling crashes 'accidents'. There are true accidents out there, but most crashes are the result of inattention or plain bad driving.
There's been no change to the opression, just the method.
Still - maybe 'Anonymous' can do something useful for a change?
My electric fence unit is a bit old - only 6000v on a good day. Still don't want a zap from it though!
But the copper theives over here regularly cut live 230v power lines to steal the copper (not always successfully) - an electric fence isn't going to stop them.
Thanks for that. Looks like human reduction of CO2 'sinks' is more of a problem than the release of CO2.
Any chance of a reference - what percentage of CO2 being put into the atmosphere is man-made?
I've heard as low as 4% (find that hard to believe), but it's certainly far from 100%.
Extra points for dividing it into major sources by percentage.