It's pretty obvious what computers are running P2P, from the multiple simultaneous connections to random computers all over the place, the fact that the computer in question is accepting incoming connections, and the sheer amount of traffic. It may be hard to seperate the P2Per's "legit" traffic (like browsing the web) from the P2P traffic, but it would be easy to identify the computers running P2P and low prioritize all their traffic.
I'm pretty sure that the system will end up like something like where you will have to buy the eBook, it won't much cheaper, if any cheaper, than the dead tree textbook it replaced. It will be DRM'd, non-transferable or resellable, and will expire shortly after the end of the semester. It will only be readable on the special, DRM encumbered eBook reader that cannot accept other data formats and you'll have to buy from your school book store at an inflated price. Likely you won't even be able to print out pages, even the problem sets. Furthermore, you'll probably find that the eBook reader is only good for about 2 years or so, then you'll have to buy a new one because they changed the format, again.
Considering that you would pretty much have to use the backlight on the iPod touch to read anything, that's going to drastically cut down your battery life. Apple claims 5 hours of battery life for watching videos. While simply displaying text would be less power consuming, I wouldn't expect more than about 5 hours given how Apple always overestimates the battery life on the iPods.
No it's not. I have a 14" 1400 x 1050 (laptop) monitor. They also sell the same resolution as a desktop LCD at 20". Same resolution, drastically different pixel densities.
There is no reason a sufficiently fast singre CPU with a good task scheduler can't load things on the fly. The main problem I see isn't the CPU so much, it's that you still only have one disk drive, main memory bus, etc. to pull data accross. A second CPU isn't going to help much when you've already saturated your memory bandwidth keeping the graphics card fed with data.
120 miles on a charge is HORRIBLE. People want to own a vehicle they can 'go to the mountains' in. They don't want to incur the expense of another vehicle.
Why? Most families own two vehicles, and one of them pretty much serves as only a commuter car for one of the parents. An electric car with a 40-120 mile range that can charge overnight is perfect for the commuter role.
One horsepower is roughly.75kW of power. Of all those accessories, only an electric heater is going to use a significant amount of power (probably about 2 hp or so) when compared to the power needed to move the car. I'd be more worried about reduced battery capacity from the cold myself.
A safe-deposit box is going to be in a climate-controlled area, probably close to ideal for storing a DVD. And if your burned DVDs don't even last a year, you should seriously invest in better media. Though if I wanted to the data to be around for a while, I would probably use CDs over a DVD.
How much does your Core 2 Duo draw? I have an old P2-333 with 64MB of memory as a router and it draws around 35-37W. Granted, my Core 2 Duo machine doesn't draw much more than that, but it's also a laptop.
Exactly my thoughts. For home use, I don't think there would be much, if any performance loss if instead an old P3 with a roomy chassis (for the drives) was used.
I've only seen it at places like craft fairs, state fairs, etc. especially when it's a big hassle for these people to process the card transactions in the first place.
It's more work for the IT department, as you still have to make sure the Windows set ups are secure even if they are virtualized, and you have to make sure the underlying Linux installations are also secure. Probably easier just to get the legacy NT crap working on newer hardware.
I think part of the reason is that if they said the limit was, say, 100GB a month, a bunch of people would install some kind of usage meter and download 99.9GB every month. By being a but vague about the limit, people are more likely to download less as they don't know what it is and how close they are to hitting it.
I say he's right. The original Windows 95 was very unstable, and Microsoft had to patch it to Windows 95a fairly quickly. Also, early versions of Windows 95 lacked features like FAT32 that showed up in later versions.
The early versions of Windows 2000 also had issues. Overall, the OS itself was fine, the major problems people had with it was compatibility with programs from the 3.1/9x line and lack of good DirectX support, which kept people off of Windows 2000 until those compatibility issues were addressed.
It doesn't have to be that way. I've seen some computers (mainly Dells) that once you turn on all the quick boot options in the bios, it's already booting the OS within 2 seconds of hitting the power switch.
On the other hand, some other computers have annoyingly slow pauses (usually homebrew stuff) due to the bios initializing various things, and no way to disable most of it.
Actually, most of the time the backlight itself is fine, especially if the monitor just came out of warranty. I would take it apart, and look for the inverter board (it'll be one with things like coils and large capacitors) and look for cold solder joints (very common) or obviously fried components. I'm about 95% sure the problem with the monitor lies somewhere on that board.
Yes, you can. My Samsung 20" (admittedly non-widescreen) can rotate 90 degrees on it's stand, turning it into a 3:4 monitor. My ATI 9250 card also supports running it at 1200 by 1600 resolution using the Windows drivers for it. I've even remember seeing some monitors with a USB connection that will automatically adjust the resolution when you rotate the screen (everything is manual on mine).
Not sure how it would really help with the laptop though, as the keyboard and mouse are attached to the screen.
It's still one battery. The standard battery is nice and flush with the laptop, while the extended 9 cell battery bulges out the back a bit. Atleast that's the way it works on my R60.
The system I have seems to work really well. If you immediately call back I'll pick up the phone, otherwise you can leave a message. People with the old-school answering machines will hear you and pick up.
Why? The technology is very mature and is extremely reliable. The biggest problem I had with mine is that I got more junk calls on it than legitimate calls.
How long ago was this? I find you can't give away CRTs anymore, even nice, like-new flatscreen Trinitrons now that LCDs are below the $200 mark. Most charities won't take them either, because they don't want to get stuck with the disposal costs if they don't work. And I suspect that they too have problems giving them away. CRTs are too bulky and heavy to ship too, meaning that local is really the only option to get rid of them.
Of course, I could be living in one of those nice areas, as I've found working *LCD* monitors in the trash.
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It's pretty obvious what computers are running P2P, from the multiple simultaneous connections to random computers all over the place, the fact that the computer in question is accepting incoming connections, and the sheer amount of traffic. It may be hard to seperate the P2Per's "legit" traffic (like browsing the web) from the P2P traffic, but it would be easy to identify the computers running P2P and low prioritize all their traffic.
I'm pretty sure that the system will end up like something like where you will have to buy the eBook, it won't much cheaper, if any cheaper, than the dead tree textbook it replaced. It will be DRM'd, non-transferable or resellable, and will expire shortly after the end of the semester. It will only be readable on the special, DRM encumbered eBook reader that cannot accept other data formats and you'll have to buy from your school book store at an inflated price. Likely you won't even be able to print out pages, even the problem sets. Furthermore, you'll probably find that the eBook reader is only good for about 2 years or so, then you'll have to buy a new one because they changed the format, again.
Considering that you would pretty much have to use the backlight on the iPod touch to read anything, that's going to drastically cut down your battery life. Apple claims 5 hours of battery life for watching videos. While simply displaying text would be less power consuming, I wouldn't expect more than about 5 hours given how Apple always overestimates the battery life on the iPods.
No it's not. I have a 14" 1400 x 1050 (laptop) monitor. They also sell the same resolution as a desktop LCD at 20". Same resolution, drastically different pixel densities.
There is no reason a sufficiently fast singre CPU with a good task scheduler can't load things on the fly. The main problem I see isn't the CPU so much, it's that you still only have one disk drive, main memory bus, etc. to pull data accross. A second CPU isn't going to help much when you've already saturated your memory bandwidth keeping the graphics card fed with data.
The average hybrid owner will not own their car for more then 3 years before jumping onto a newer model.
And I suppose that you think that the dealer takes the trade-ins out back and crushes them on the spot?
120 miles on a charge is HORRIBLE. People want to own a vehicle they can 'go to the mountains' in. They don't want to incur the expense of another vehicle.
Why? Most families own two vehicles, and one of them pretty much serves as only a commuter car for one of the parents. An electric car with a 40-120 mile range that can charge overnight is perfect for the commuter role.
One horsepower is roughly .75kW of power. Of all those accessories, only an electric heater is going to use a significant amount of power (probably about 2 hp or so) when compared to the power needed to move the car. I'd be more worried about reduced battery capacity from the cold myself.
Actually, they run on about half coal, with most of the rest made up by nuclear and natural gas.
A safe-deposit box is going to be in a climate-controlled area, probably close to ideal for storing a DVD. And if your burned DVDs don't even last a year, you should seriously invest in better media. Though if I wanted to the data to be around for a while, I would probably use CDs over a DVD.
How much does your Core 2 Duo draw? I have an old P2-333 with 64MB of memory as a router and it draws around 35-37W. Granted, my Core 2 Duo machine doesn't draw much more than that, but it's also a laptop.
Not to mention the apparent lack of firewire too. Otherwise, it looks like an interesting product.
Exactly my thoughts. For home use, I don't think there would be much, if any performance loss if instead an old P3 with a roomy chassis (for the drives) was used.
I've only seen it at places like craft fairs, state fairs, etc. especially when it's a big hassle for these people to process the card transactions in the first place.
It's more work for the IT department, as you still have to make sure the Windows set ups are secure even if they are virtualized, and you have to make sure the underlying Linux installations are also secure. Probably easier just to get the legacy NT crap working on newer hardware.
I think part of the reason is that if they said the limit was, say, 100GB a month, a bunch of people would install some kind of usage meter and download 99.9GB every month. By being a but vague about the limit, people are more likely to download less as they don't know what it is and how close they are to hitting it.
I say he's right. The original Windows 95 was very unstable, and Microsoft had to patch it to Windows 95a fairly quickly. Also, early versions of Windows 95 lacked features like FAT32 that showed up in later versions.
The early versions of Windows 2000 also had issues. Overall, the OS itself was fine, the major problems people had with it was compatibility with programs from the 3.1/9x line and lack of good DirectX support, which kept people off of Windows 2000 until those compatibility issues were addressed.
It doesn't have to be that way. I've seen some computers (mainly Dells) that once you turn on all the quick boot options in the bios, it's already booting the OS within 2 seconds of hitting the power switch.
On the other hand, some other computers have annoyingly slow pauses (usually homebrew stuff) due to the bios initializing various things, and no way to disable most of it.
Actually, most of the time the backlight itself is fine, especially if the monitor just came out of warranty. I would take it apart, and look for the inverter board (it'll be one with things like coils and large capacitors) and look for cold solder joints (very common) or obviously fried components. I'm about 95% sure the problem with the monitor lies somewhere on that board.
Yes, you can. My Samsung 20" (admittedly non-widescreen) can rotate 90 degrees on it's stand, turning it into a 3:4 monitor. My ATI 9250 card also supports running it at 1200 by 1600 resolution using the Windows drivers for it. I've even remember seeing some monitors with a USB connection that will automatically adjust the resolution when you rotate the screen (everything is manual on mine).
Not sure how it would really help with the laptop though, as the keyboard and mouse are attached to the screen.
It's still one battery. The standard battery is nice and flush with the laptop, while the extended 9 cell battery bulges out the back a bit. Atleast that's the way it works on my R60.
The system I have seems to work really well. If you immediately call back I'll pick up the phone, otherwise you can leave a message. People with the old-school answering machines will hear you and pick up.
You mean like this:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/1998/11-4msphone.mspx
?
Why? The technology is very mature and is extremely reliable. The biggest problem I had with mine is that I got more junk calls on it than legitimate calls.
How long ago was this? I find you can't give away CRTs anymore, even nice, like-new flatscreen Trinitrons now that LCDs are below the $200 mark. Most charities won't take them either, because they don't want to get stuck with the disposal costs if they don't work. And I suspect that they too have problems giving them away. CRTs are too bulky and heavy to ship too, meaning that local is really the only option to get rid of them.
Of course, I could be living in one of those nice areas, as I've found working *LCD* monitors in the trash.