Easy — they'll track known (or suspected) HIV-positive persons, who they have sex with, then that will allow targeted distribution of medication, timed to coincide with the onset of first symptoms. Think of it as just-in-time medicine.
Of course, to ensure the system's robustness, they'll probably track everyone who doesn't hold high government or corporate office — but it's for our protection, really!
the setup wizards for things like IIS configuration leave less time figuring out configuration files
Until you find out you were given the wrong gateway IP address, then you get to spend hours figuring out where the configuration actually is so you can change it. In an INI file? If so, where is it? The registry? If so, which part(s)? This is probably my biggest complaint about installation wizards -- it's often easier to uninstall and reinstall a package if you need to change something. Hopefully you won't lose any of the data/customization you created before you figured out you had the wrong parameter set.
I do agree that SMS can be handy for even some moderately-hairy updates, but most of the sites that use it successfully have a pretty tight lock-down on their systems. Don't bother trying to install something on your own; if it isn't part of an approved deployment package, it won't get onto the machine.
I've read two similar studies, and both compared the Civic Hybrid with a base-model Civic DX. The hybrid has several features missing on the base model*: side-impact air bags, ABS, power windows, A/C, cruise, remote locking, a CD player, and nice wheels (actually a low-weight alloy, not just window dressing). You can't equip it as nicely as you can the EX model (you can't get a sunroof, which bummed me out), but it's substantially nicer than the bottom-of-the-line model to which it was compared.
I have no illusions about "getting my money back" (I have a 2005 hybrid), but I'd like to see more balanced reporting.
* I see that the Civic DX now has ABS and side-impact air bags, but it didn't last year when I was pricing them.
How will every student having a laptop help them in any way
Yeah, no sh!t, especially as I sit here in an office surrounded by consultants with laptops who don't have the faintest idea how to make use of them...
Now the hardware can have a public-key encryption chip in it and the upper layers can ask the chip to sign random numbers, but that code in the upper layers can by binary patched to always return success.
Ummmmm, no. You're not returning "success", you're returning an encrypted random number. And you'd better encrypt it using hardware, because there's a timer set before calling the encryption routine, and if it doesn't come back within N microseconds your test fails no matter what number comes back. And no, this code won't be part of Darwin, it'll be a macro inserted into every subsystem and library, and it'll be called randomly four or five times a minute.
At least, that's where I'd start if I were trying to lock an OS to some hardware. Why is it that everyone assumes that Apple engineers are stupid? "Oh, yeah, we'll just disassemble it and patch that JNE with a NOP and we'll be good to go". That may have been 1337 when we were still booting from floppies, but the world has moved on and things are a just a tad more complicated now.
Dunno, I see things like this Mac Mini clone selling for more than a Mini ($900 for the clone vs. $600 for the Mini), and I have to wonder. I think that Apple will pick up the economies of scale from the x86 component vendors and run with it. Sure, they'll still set a 30%+ profit margin, but I imagine they'll save enough money that prices should be "roughly" comparable. C.f. the Dell XPS systems, which seem to have a solid following despite their price premium.
The fact they're STILL making Netburst based processors just sickens me.
It's not like they haven't tried. It's just that they outsourced that particular project, and things didn't work out. More work for Portland, looks like...
I guess there aren't many people that use "unsupported" operating systems on these things.
Given the support infrastructure that all blade datacenters seem to have, I'd be surprised if anyone there blinked when it came to spending a few thousand a year for O/S support. It's typically just another relatively fixed cost, and is one of the things factored in when discussing expansion plans. I'm guessing that you're not trying to run FC on the "spare" blade of your four-blade data center...;)
Oh yeah, sure. That's a mighty specific corruption you've got there. Or a pretty targeted virus. What makes you think the current system used to transmit your prescription to the drug store is FDA-certified? Yet I haven't heard of anyone being issued 20Mg of Percodan instead of 20mg....
FWIW, I used to design FDA-approved lab instrumentation systems, and the rules for non-embedded systems are quite a bit more relaxed than the rules for embedded stuff. The requirements tend more towards traceability than functionality. E.g., you don't have to prove that the version of Windows you're using is bug-free, you just have to document the actual version (major/minor/patchlevel) that you certified the product on.
Considering you are on/., I would think you would realize that data integrety is IMPERATIVE. Yes, heaven forbid my signature get scrozzled....
the other managers would blame the dead guy for just about everything
Heh, that's the way it is on any large-ish project. If a developer leaves, then suddenly they've had a hand in just about everything, certainly everything that goes wrong.
Functionality not complete? "I think Bob was going to finish that." Build breaks? "Yeah, it was some of Bob's code." Printer out of toner? "I think Bob changed that last."
This typically starts as soon as the cube vultures have departed, and lasts until the next developer leaves. It provides a convenient scapegoat, and helps to ease project tensions.
Why do geeks like redheads?" (though that may just be me...)
What's the mating cry of the blonde? "I'm soooo drunk!" What's the mating cry of the ugly blonde? "I *said*, I'm soooo drunk!" What's the mating cry of the brunette? "All the blondes have left!" What's the mating cry of the redhead? "Next!"
Just to keep the record straight, I was replying to the parent post, I do not have a Miata (turbo or otherwise), I'm a Porsche man. I thought the Z06 HP was 505, but the article I found listed 405. Mea culpa for not researching further.
And I'd be interested in seeing some Opterons in the mix. Are "server-class" CPUs better than their desktop bretheren? If so, how much? If not, then what should manufacturers really be packing?
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Not sure I want to be "serviced" by a device....
What will RFID tags do to make HIV drugs cheaper?
Easy — they'll track known (or suspected) HIV-positive persons, who they have sex with, then that will allow targeted distribution of medication, timed to coincide with the onset of first symptoms. Think of it as just-in-time medicine.
Of course, to ensure the system's robustness, they'll probably track everyone who doesn't hold high government or corporate office — but it's for our protection, really!
the setup wizards for things like IIS configuration leave less time figuring out configuration files
Until you find out you were given the wrong gateway IP address, then you get to spend hours figuring out where the configuration actually is so you can change it. In an INI file? If so, where is it? The registry? If so, which part(s)? This is probably my biggest complaint about installation wizards -- it's often easier to uninstall and reinstall a package if you need to change something. Hopefully you won't lose any of the data/customization you created before you figured out you had the wrong parameter set.
I do agree that SMS can be handy for even some moderately-hairy updates, but most of the sites that use it successfully have a pretty tight lock-down on their systems. Don't bother trying to install something on your own; if it isn't part of an approved deployment package, it won't get onto the machine.
Any confirmation that early attempts to capture specimens led to the first cage match?
there's a person living in my mirror!
Where I'm from, we call them leaks...
Me too!
I've read two similar studies, and both compared the Civic Hybrid with a base-model Civic DX. The hybrid has several features missing on the base model*: side-impact air bags, ABS, power windows, A/C, cruise, remote locking, a CD player, and nice wheels (actually a low-weight alloy, not just window dressing). You can't equip it as nicely as you can the EX model (you can't get a sunroof, which bummed me out), but it's substantially nicer than the bottom-of-the-line model to which it was compared.
I have no illusions about "getting my money back" (I have a 2005 hybrid), but I'd like to see more balanced reporting.
* I see that the Civic DX now has ABS and side-impact air bags, but it didn't last year when I was pricing them.
'E's not dead! E's pinin' for th' fijords....
As every wise developer knows: If you lie to the computer, it will take its revenge.
How will every student having a laptop help them in any way
Yeah, no sh!t, especially as I sit here in an office surrounded by consultants with laptops who don't have the faintest idea how to make use of them...
a bank of car batteries and a 100W linear amp
"Those are just for....backup. Yeah, that's the ticket -- backup."
Now the hardware can have a public-key encryption chip in it and the upper layers can ask the chip to sign random numbers, but that code in the upper layers can by binary patched to always return success.
Ummmmm, no. You're not returning "success", you're returning an encrypted random number. And you'd better encrypt it using hardware, because there's a timer set before calling the encryption routine, and if it doesn't come back within N microseconds your test fails no matter what number comes back. And no, this code won't be part of Darwin, it'll be a macro inserted into every subsystem and library, and it'll be called randomly four or five times a minute.
At least, that's where I'd start if I were trying to lock an OS to some hardware. Why is it that everyone assumes that Apple engineers are stupid? "Oh, yeah, we'll just disassemble it and patch that JNE with a NOP and we'll be good to go". That may have been 1337 when we were still booting from floppies, but the world has moved on and things are a just a tad more complicated now.
Dunno, I see things like this Mac Mini clone selling for more than a Mini ($900 for the clone vs. $600 for the Mini), and I have to wonder. I think that Apple will pick up the economies of scale from the x86 component vendors and run with it. Sure, they'll still set a 30%+ profit margin, but I imagine they'll save enough money that prices should be "roughly" comparable. C.f. the Dell XPS systems, which seem to have a solid following despite their price premium.
solaris STILL doesnt PROPERLY support x86
Funny, it does on my box. Are you using an old Cyrix chip, or something?
The fact they're STILL making Netburst based processors just sickens me.
It's not like they haven't tried. It's just that they outsourced that particular project, and things didn't work out. More work for Portland, looks like...
this guy is [...] drawing an income from their economy
Let's not lose sight of the fact that he's also contributing to their economy, via the success of the company he works for.
My question is: if he lost his job, would he apply to N.Y. for 25% of his unemployment benefit? Or the full 100%?
I guess there aren't many people that use "unsupported" operating systems on these things.
;)
Given the support infrastructure that all blade datacenters seem to have, I'd be surprised if anyone there blinked when it came to spending a few thousand a year for O/S support. It's typically just another relatively fixed cost, and is one of the things factored in when discussing expansion plans. I'm guessing that you're not trying to run FC on the "spare" blade of your four-blade data center...
What is that, like a double-wide?
Wow - who did they ask this question?
They asked *you*! Weren't you paying attention?
They may be gone, but their tech lives on!
Oh yeah, sure. That's a mighty specific corruption you've got there. Or a pretty targeted virus. What makes you think the current system used to transmit your prescription to the drug store is FDA-certified? Yet I haven't heard of anyone being issued 20Mg of Percodan instead of 20mg....
/., I would think you would realize that data integrety is IMPERATIVE.
FWIW, I used to design FDA-approved lab instrumentation systems, and the rules for non-embedded systems are quite a bit more relaxed than the rules for embedded stuff. The requirements tend more towards traceability than functionality. E.g., you don't have to prove that the version of Windows you're using is bug-free, you just have to document the actual version (major/minor/patchlevel) that you certified the product on.
Considering you are on
Yes, heaven forbid my signature get scrozzled....
i would hope the OS is as tested as medical equipment OS
WTF? They're using these things to STORE DATA. Not run a fscking heart/lung machine.
the other managers would blame the dead guy for just about everything
Heh, that's the way it is on any large-ish project. If a developer leaves, then suddenly they've had a hand in just about everything, certainly everything that goes wrong.
Functionality not complete? "I think Bob was going to finish that."
Build breaks? "Yeah, it was some of Bob's code."
Printer out of toner? "I think Bob changed that last."
This typically starts as soon as the cube vultures have departed, and lasts until the next developer leaves. It provides a convenient scapegoat, and helps to ease project tensions.
Why do geeks like redheads?" (though that may just be me...)
What's the mating cry of the blonde? "I'm soooo drunk!"
What's the mating cry of the ugly blonde? "I *said*, I'm soooo drunk!"
What's the mating cry of the brunette? "All the blondes have left!"
What's the mating cry of the redhead? "Next!"
Just to keep the record straight, I was replying to the parent post, I do not have a Miata (turbo or otherwise), I'm a Porsche man. I thought the Z06 HP was 505, but the article I found listed 405. Mea culpa for not researching further.
And I'd be interested in seeing some Opterons in the mix. Are "server-class" CPUs better than their desktop bretheren? If so, how much? If not, then what should manufacturers really be packing?