Ok some tools I use to make my life easier (all free):
nlite (creates unattended installs, needs dotnet)
slipstreams automatically service packs and hotfixes and
allows other unattended options (more then MS tools). w2k
and higher only. http://www.nliteos.com/
autopatcher contains all the hotfixes, tweaks and third party extras like
dotnet 1,2, flash, shockwave, java. http://www.autopatcher.com/ **
The key feature for me with Unattended is the ability to integrate drivers into the I386 folder so they are available during install. This is what enables such a wide variety of chipsets to be supported from a single installation point.
It integrates (read the manual for howto) into a winxp cd install and a sysprep install. (needs DVD CD because all drivers together are more then one gigabytes).
However using a network install like a previous slashdotter mentioned: http://unattended.sourceforge.net/ and then you can start your winxp install from a network install using a floppy or cd-rom. With the driverpack intergrated on that network install.
I read once on the (i)net but I can't give you links but the article stated that after Gandi came to power in India they were the first country that started an economic boycot against South Africa.
Thats a lot more then western countries did at the time and has more value as India was a poor/underdeveloped country.
Why do you think the great dictators killed teachers???
Which "great dictators"? Name a dictator that had an effective army full of mindless, uneducated "drones". Name an effective army that wasn't backed by a solid educational system. Killing teachers is a move to solidify a political position, not to create an ignorant pool of cannon fodder.
With effective army do you mean local or global? As I have a very long list of local powers and their uneducated masses (soldiers)..
However global (or even intern nations) powers until now have some kind of educated people. Relativly speaking.
I don't know if you know the Amiga computer but if I remember correctly. In the later 80'ies Apple sued Amiga/Commodore for using a GUI similair to theirs.
Apple lost...
IBM liked that and so they started cross licensing with Amiga/Commodore which gave them the legal rights for a GUI on OS/Warp.
The ESA wants to use the Energia rocket for its human mission to Mars as you can read from this Executive Summary (PDF) from ESA. (look at chapter 6.3: MISSION ARCHITECTURE-->Launchers and chapter 7: Conclusion, the fourth bullet)
The article linked by slashdot talks about a single layer Blu-Ray. To quote:
The company (JVC) is also working on a Blu-ray/ DVD combo ROM disc with an even larger 58.5GB storage capacity. The proposed disc will be comprised of a 50GB Blu-ray dual layer and 8.5GB DVD dual layer structure.
Also to awnser a few questions in this thread. (I took the awnsers from the website http://www.blu-ray.com/ FAQ)
1.5 How much data can you fit on a Blu-ray Disc?
A single-layer disc can fit 23.3GB, 25GB or 27GB.
A dual-layer disc can fit 46.6GB, 50GB or 54GB.
1.6 How much video can you record on a Blu-ray Disc?
Over 2 hours of high-definition television (HDTV) on a 25GB disc.
About 13 hours of standard-definition television (SDTV) on a 25GB disc.
1.8 What video codecs will Blu-ray support?
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is still in the process of finalizing the BD-ROM specification, but they have stated that MPEG-4 AVC High Profile (previously called FRExt) and Microsoft's VC-1 video codec (the proposed SMPTE standard based on WMV9) will be mandatory. They will also include MPEG-2 support for playback of HDTV recordings and DVDs.
1.9 What audio codecs will Blu-ray support?
The included audio codecs should offer a significant improvement over the audio formats supported by the current DVD spec. They are currently looking into advanced audio codecs, including lossless codecs.
3.1 Is Blu-ray the same thing as HD-DVD?
The read-only discs (HD DVD-ROM) will hold 15GB and 30GB, the rewritable discs (HD DVD-RW) will hold 20GB and 32GB, while the recordable discs (HD DVD-R) won't support dual-layer discs, so they will be limited to 15GB.
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So going from a CD to a (dual layer) DVD the data storage improved by (9/0.7) almost 13 times.
Going from (dual) DVD to (dual) Blu-Ray the datastorage improves by (54/9) 6 times.
The shown picture has nothing to do with the article.
The article talks about a fusion reactor using soundwaves and the picture shows a laser based fusion (experimental) reactor. It's in the pictures description.
Lastly, the simple queueing of production in cities in Civ3 is terrific, but I'd like more, maybe through scripting. For example NEVER let a city goto civil disorder at the cost of causing starvation, or NEVER let shields fall below at the cost of civil disorder etc.
I was actually thinking of that while playing freeciv the last days. Having a unit like governor that would micromanage the cities would be great.
PS a civ that doesnt end in 2040, and smoothly translates into an Alpha Centauri game wouldnt hurt. At that point it would be civs on planets rather than continents, where the cost of transportation would be very high.
Great idea, love it. And like the Alpha Centauri you send the space ship and the people on it will revolt and create different factions, which are to be controlled by the AI.
civ 3 allowed grouping of units if you build a general (don't remember the details it was long time ago) of up to 8 units and I think you had the combined power of those units.
You know that Godzilla is also a placeholder/symbol for unpredictable disasters like 9/11 in 2001. However off course its also to add more fun to the game.
I never played the game but you have a lot of unpredictable problems that can happen such as riots, gas leak blowing up some buildings and terrorist attacks in real life.
And yes its a game but so is war simulation that the pentagon uses in some ways.
I failed to say that the link I mentioned is about a 1980's study about self replicating machines which was considered feasible even when using moon resources. And its not about nano technology, its using off the shelf parts and knowledge to establish this.
I think the comfort of life shouldn't change much if you play it smart. And if doing it that way, the colonies will enhance earth life a lot.
You can still have internet,tv and communications with earth, however with a 10 minute delay. For internet and TV that should not be that big of a problem (must people visit the same sites everyday anyway). Just have big cache for internet that automatically updates. TV is even less of a big deal, so what if you watch yesterdays show? Communication can be akward but you can still communicate. However get more used to email and recordings then direct communications.
Again if you play it smart you can have all the luxeries that you had on earth and more.
Perhaps using photosynthesis to convert energy to matter could help.
For example having algae farms on which krill feed and that krill is fed to fish for human consumption. Or use the grinded up fish as fertilizer for trees and plants. The possibilities are endless for end products of photosynthesis.
However this will take space. But at least you will convert the energy to mass. Store that mass or consume it.
I think the desktop market is imporantant as it will increase usability (I know most linux admins swear by the shell but still it a nice option to have).
Also having a large platform to do free q&a of software and hardware (exoctic) the chances of something going wrong is bigger with the more users you have which is good as you want to iron all the wrinkels out before you deploy the software on a mission critical project.
Was the US the most technologically advanced country? Or just the country that made the most use and made the most money of these technological advancements?
I think you should replace mankind and human with Earthlife. As what the human is doing is no different then a coconut seed finding a home in a far island or a small insect caried of by the wind over the oceans.
Birds don't only have wongs to escape predators, its also to find new places.
So blame evolution not just once species of Earth life for this desire.
Perhaps in the UK the ISP's are member of some ISP association (organization), which asks a small fee from each member each certain number of days.
With that the legal costs are fixed. And so they can resist legal presure from third parties.
Slashdot Mirror
Sounds like a plan from futurama.
Ok some tools I use to make my life easier (all free):
Basic usage:
Then check out: http://driverpacks.net/Projects/DriverPacks/ (if you are using winxp).
It integrates (read the manual for howto) into a winxp cd install and a sysprep install. (needs DVD CD because all drivers together are more then one gigabytes).
However using a network install like a previous slashdotter mentioned: http://unattended.sourceforge.net/ and then you can start your winxp install from a network install using a floppy or cd-rom. With the driverpack intergrated on that network install.I read once on the (i)net but I can't give you links but the article stated that after Gandi came to power in India they were the first country that started an economic boycot against South Africa. Thats a lot more then western countries did at the time and has more value as India was a poor/underdeveloped country.
However global (or even intern nations) powers until now have some kind of educated people. Relativly speaking.
I don't know if you know the Amiga computer but if I remember correctly. In the later 80'ies Apple sued Amiga/Commodore for using a GUI similair to theirs. Apple lost... IBM liked that and so they started cross licensing with Amiga/Commodore which gave them the legal rights for a GUI on OS/Warp.
The ESA wants to use the Energia rocket for its human mission to Mars as you can read from this Executive Summary (PDF) from ESA. (look at chapter 6.3: MISSION ARCHITECTURE-->Launchers and chapter 7: Conclusion, the fourth bullet)
So the ESA is ahead of you on this point.
The article linked by slashdot talks about a single layer Blu-Ray. To quote:
Also to awnser a few questions in this thread. (I took the awnsers from the website http://www.blu-ray.com/ FAQ)
1.5 How much data can you fit on a Blu-ray Disc?
A single-layer disc can fit 23.3GB, 25GB or 27GB.
A dual-layer disc can fit 46.6GB, 50GB or 54GB.
1.6 How much video can you record on a Blu-ray Disc?
Over 2 hours of high-definition television (HDTV) on a 25GB disc.
About 13 hours of standard-definition television (SDTV) on a 25GB disc.
1.8 What video codecs will Blu-ray support?
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is still in the process of finalizing the BD-ROM specification, but they have stated that MPEG-4 AVC High Profile (previously called FRExt) and Microsoft's VC-1 video codec (the proposed SMPTE standard based on WMV9) will be mandatory. They will also include MPEG-2 support for playback of HDTV recordings and DVDs.
1.9 What audio codecs will Blu-ray support?
The included audio codecs should offer a significant improvement over the audio formats supported by the current DVD spec. They are currently looking into advanced audio codecs, including lossless codecs.
3.1 Is Blu-ray the same thing as HD-DVD?
----The read-only discs (HD DVD-ROM) will hold 15GB and 30GB, the rewritable discs (HD DVD-RW) will hold 20GB and 32GB, while the recordable discs (HD DVD-R) won't support dual-layer discs, so they will be limited to 15GB.
So going from a CD to a (dual layer) DVD the data storage improved by (9/0.7) almost 13 times.
Going from (dual) DVD to (dual) Blu-Ray the datastorage improves by (54/9) 6 times.
However Blu-ray does support MPEG-4 AVC and VC-1.
The shown picture has nothing to do with the article.
The article talks about a fusion reactor using soundwaves and the picture shows a laser based fusion (experimental) reactor. It's in the pictures description.
Yes but you on the a1200 you got really annoying clicks all the time if nothing was in the drive.
Not completly correct most plants convert solar energy at an ratio of about 1-3% however some like sugar cane perform at 8%.
d ules/ecosystems_biomes/biogeography_eco_energy.htm l
y /energy-flow.htm
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/mo
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/whatisit.htm
http://employees.csbsju.edu/SSAUPE/biol116/Ecolog
However photosynthesis converts light at 100%, all sorts of biochemical reactions make the overal much lower.
I know its a joke but you can send those microwaves to earth orbiting satellites. Who then retransmit it to Earth stations.
Hey if this happens ,shorter version here.
It should make your dreams/ideas come out. Or like this guy put it The collapse of the dollar will be better for Americans.
And you will get what you asked for
I was actually thinking of that while playing freeciv the last days. Having a unit like governor that would micromanage the cities would be great.
Great idea, love it. And like the Alpha Centauri you send the space ship and the people on it will revolt and create different factions, which are to be controlled by the AI.
civ 3 allowed grouping of units if you build a general (don't remember the details it was long time ago) of up to 8 units and I think you had the combined power of those units.
You know that Godzilla is also a placeholder/symbol for unpredictable disasters like 9/11 in 2001. However off course its also to add more fun to the game.
I never played the game but you have a lot of unpredictable problems that can happen such as riots, gas leak blowing up some buildings and terrorist attacks in real life.
And yes its a game but so is war simulation that the pentagon uses in some ways.
I failed to say that the link I mentioned is about a 1980's study about self replicating machines which was considered feasible even when using moon resources. And its not about nano technology, its using off the shelf parts and knowledge to establish this.
I think the comfort of life shouldn't change much if you play it smart. And if doing it that way, the colonies will enhance earth life a lot.
You can still have internet,tv and communications with earth, however with a 10 minute delay. For internet and TV that should not be that big of a problem (must people visit the same sites everyday anyway). Just have big cache for internet that automatically updates. TV is even less of a big deal, so what if you watch yesterdays show? Communication can be akward but you can still communicate. However get more used to email and recordings then direct communications.
Again if you play it smart you can have all the luxeries that you had on earth and more.
Yes, sorry but its still the best humans can do until star trek replicators are invented.
Perhaps using photosynthesis to convert energy to matter could help.
For example having algae farms on which krill feed and that krill is fed to fish for human consumption. Or use the grinded up fish as fertilizer for trees and plants. The possibilities are endless for end products of photosynthesis.
However this will take space. But at least you will convert the energy to mass. Store that mass or consume it.
I think the desktop market is imporantant as it will increase usability (I know most linux admins swear by the shell but still it a nice option to have).
Also having a large platform to do free q&a of software and hardware (exoctic) the chances of something going wrong is bigger with the more users you have which is good as you want to iron all the wrinkels out before you deploy the software on a mission critical project.
Was the US the most technologically advanced country? Or just the country that made the most use and made the most money of these technological advancements?
I think you should replace mankind and human with Earthlife. As what the human is doing is no different then a coconut seed finding a home in a far island or a small insect caried of by the wind over the oceans. Birds don't only have wongs to escape predators, its also to find new places. So blame evolution not just once species of Earth life for this desire.
Did you know you can fertilize your lawn with used motor oil? I didn't know please explain or point me to your journal that does.
Perhaps in the UK the ISP's are member of some ISP association (organization), which asks a small fee from each member each certain number of days. With that the legal costs are fixed. And so they can resist legal presure from third parties.