vnc has a java server built in, on the client side, no additional software is needed (perfect for client installs or net cafes).
it can be coerced into working on port 80 as well.
I think this article is just a bit up itself, and we are a few years from getting the kind of bandwidth available for absolutely anywhere access at live desktop speeds.
I can currently login to my home machine from anywhere and have my settings, but its not as quick as I'm not accustomed to.
Infact, it feels very much like running windows used to in the dos days.
This is exactly the future I can see by using RFID.
Scanners on the entrances/exits of all doorways and belts would allow your individual bag to be tracked along is journey - all without having to individually pick up and orient the item so that the barcode scanner can see.
Its the same thinking that supermarkets are wanting, but when we move into items which go home with us, the privacy issues increase.
I have no problem in using the right tool for the job, and can only see practical benefits with using them in the baggage tracking/handling environment.
Your idea of an automated router will probably get the handlers union up in arms, and cause strikes galore, there is always tension when moving to a more advanced automated system.
The handlers will still be required, but their role would change.
Blame it on the benchmark people. Everytime they release new benchies, things where the framerate becomes choppy, adding an extra 999 lights, or bumpmapping britneys tits or whatever they do, it makes our "feeble" graphics cards look lacking.
In reality, for the things we do here, the 5900 I have is no better than the 4200 it replaced. Both are in daily use still (my son has the 4200 in his) and when we play the same games, tbh I cannot tell the difference, the rest of the machines are similar, just mine with upgraded graphics.
I have yet to see where my investment went.
I paid the price for keeping the house amd/nvidia, and that loyalty cost me a great deal of money. I won't be making the same mistake again.
Do you want to give us a bit more information, because I for one am intruiged by your seemingly elegant solution.
How do you handle the different Operating systems? what is required from the client side to positively identify and verify they are clean?
DO you watch out for out/inbound connections over certain ports, or does the client have to let you in?
The cable we connect through here has verification based upon mac address, and I am prevented from plugging a different NIC in without reprovisioning my details (passworded).
If the solution you are suggesting were commonly available entire ISPs could impliment something, they already have the packet monitoring equipment in place no doubt;)
The most amazing part of this story as far as I'm concerned:
The NYTimes link in the main header is a google affiliate already!
The thing about not being able to hold out 3kg as adults seems quite reasonable - especially considering the picture I once saw of a Gym in america with an escalator going up to the entrance!
from the Bloated overweight unfit McDonalds eating couch potato, to the CRT tanning milkbottle white stereo-typical geek, the modern world is in need of a health kick.
I'm sorry, but this is EXACTLY what a domainname and mailserver is for. A true business domain with matching website is required as part of the trust you are trying to build.
If my own server goes down then I miss mails for a day or so, but if google goes down, its feasible I could lose a great deal more.
Also, think about if your new prospective customer has been stung for whatever reason by google - bad rankings, spam spyware - the reasons could be trivial, but enough for a person or company to simply say "do not deal with google or its afiliates anymore".
It would be similar to sending mail from liquid@manchesterunited.com to a london based business.
So to sum up, its not space constraints, or hacking considerations, its corporate image.
The same could hold true for viruses, trojans and spam inside mails.
If google decide to zap one virus, then they have zapped it worldwide and cured a problem instantly.
There are problems with implimenting such a (on the surface) simple solution however. Not anything the massed collection of PHDs and brainiacs at Google couldn't solve though:)
Im already sorted for accounts thanks, and I see your point about pop access.
However, in googles case, leaving the mails ONLINE actually makes for a better solution, since taking the mail offline and into which ever mail applications store prevents the pigeons from sorting and searching my mail, it becomes just a dump, and for that, a smallish standard account is better suited.
I prefer having google searching my personal mails and its grouping and management are better than any of the offline pop mail programs I've tried.
There is room in this world for both types of account, for instance, I wouldn't even consider moving business mails onto ANY of the free providers, thats just suicidal, but for personal mails google just wipes the floor with everything else out there.
The main problem I have with hotmail is its lack of respect for sent mails, it is up to a user to say they want to save every outgoing message, and even then, they are deleted frequently.
It just stops it being usable for anything other than signups and notifications.
gMail has made it easy and fun once again, and I'm glad the others are panicing.
My original thinking was to impliment the google algorythm inside mysql, so that any programmer can take advantage.
Instead of coding
select * from customers where notes like '*keyword1*' or notes like '*keyword2*';
the google function would search all relivent internal links.
select from customers where google('keyword1 keyword2')
It would have to be integrated into the engine itself, so that inserting data into the DB would be filtered through and scanned.
I don't care how the front end looks, and every project could benefit from using it.
This release of code to me seems a logical step, since a company can already purchase a google appliance which sits on your network and feeds personal results.
The actual source surely isnt actually *that* important. It might have been way back in the beginning, but not so much anymore.
I'm quite convinced that the code itself is relatively simple, each node handling its own small piece of the puzzle.
It would take years before anyone actually making use of the code could build up the infrastructure and reputation that google has got, in the meantim,e we could make some seriously funky projects out of it.
I would love to be able to incroporate google search algorythms and procedures into (for instance) an SQL query, and allow searching of the myriad of OFFLINE data we have here.
"select (feeling_lucky) from customerrecords..."
At the very worst, the code becomes an academic curiosity, at the best, googles algorythm becomes as well adapted as Huffman coding or the bubblesort.
All current radio shows are streamed live with upto 1 weeks rewind buffer. Also, if I remember rightly, the entire BBC archive is going to become available online, radio and tv, including past and present works. Found a Slashdot story announcing it.
No need for the;) this time:) save that for the RIAA.
1) Install with the network/modem cable unplugged. 2) Once on the desktop, go into network properties and enable the built in firewall on all applicable devices. 3) Connect to internet and obtain patches. 4) Profit!!
Its much simpler with a hardware firewall/router protecting you.
I remember seeing a science documentary when I was a kid regarding camouflage.
One of the techniques they said works WAS painting the object so bright and garish that an onlooker would be disoriented.
They ran throught a load of other techniques as well, including covering one side of a tank with bulbs and matching the brightness to the background - a low res version of this coat. It was most effective from a distance, the tank completely vanished from the horizon, but as with all camouflage, once you get up close the effect is lost.
I wish I could find more information now because the series was a real eye opener on a lot of subjects.
(The program was Equinox shown on Channel 4 in the UK, in a show about Stealth)
If I compare it to shopping for food, EVERY time I want to get a packet of crisps, I have to wander down the isle and find my favorite flavour.
I think Linux should have a configuration/shopping mode where all the available packages are listed, but then you can change back to your home cupboard style.
Is it not enough to simply click on the "Editor" item and it automatically brings up your favorite instead of having a submenu with 20 variants?
Heck, even still bring up the submenu, but clicking on the main Editor item opens the most used subitem.
I realise I can just made shortcuts etc, but that kinda makes it a thought about process.
I get just as blinded within windows, even though they have an automatically reducing start menu, its a slightly different problem there though. the items are listed by company name, not category - similar to your supermarket arranging foods by producer. Completely friggin useless.
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From a little quick test, google appears to be hard written in as allowable.
Using any other domain on the right hand side appears to stop the connection as expected.
(firefox 0.91)
vnc has a java server built in, on the client side, no additional software is needed (perfect for client installs or net cafes).
it can be coerced into working on port 80 as well.
I think this article is just a bit up itself, and we are a few years from getting the kind of bandwidth available for absolutely anywhere access at live desktop speeds.
I can currently login to my home machine from anywhere and have my settings, but its not as quick as I'm not accustomed to.
Infact, it feels very much like running windows used to in the dos days.
Having never played "Go", I can definately concede that a computer could beat me :)
Infact, a very poorly written script running on windows 3.1 could most likely beat me at the game!!
This is exactly the future I can see by using RFID.
Scanners on the entrances/exits of all doorways and belts would allow your individual bag to be tracked along is journey - all without having to individually pick up and orient the item so that the barcode scanner can see.
Its the same thinking that supermarkets are wanting, but when we move into items which go home with us, the privacy issues increase.
I have no problem in using the right tool for the job, and can only see practical benefits with using them in the baggage tracking/handling environment.
Your idea of an automated router will probably get the handlers union up in arms, and cause strikes galore, there is always tension when moving to a more advanced automated system.
The handlers will still be required, but their role would change.
But scanning each piece of luggage as it passes on the conveyor belt into the aircraft should let the crew know:
1) That your luggage did indeed pass the doorway and is on the plane.
2) Which quadrant/hold it is stored in.
I say this is a damned good thing, and perfect use for RFID.
Blame it on the benchmark people.
Everytime they release new benchies, things where the framerate becomes choppy, adding an extra 999 lights, or bumpmapping britneys tits or whatever they do, it makes our "feeble" graphics cards look lacking.
In reality, for the things we do here, the 5900 I have is no better than the 4200 it replaced.
Both are in daily use still (my son has the 4200 in his) and when we play the same games, tbh I cannot tell the difference, the rest of the machines are similar, just mine with upgraded graphics.
I have yet to see where my investment went.
I paid the price for keeping the house amd/nvidia, and that loyalty cost me a great deal of money.
I won't be making the same mistake again.
SLI means 2 different things, yes 2.
:(
Both specified in the article. They really are confusing the issue more than required.
from the article:
in something called an SLI, Scan Line Interleave, configuration.
and then:
Both 6800 series PCI-E cards are connected by means of a SLI, Scalable Link Interface, dubbed the MIO port, a high-speed digital interconnect
removing the bumf however leaves the following definition of SLI:
"Buy 2 cards so you can do the same job as an ATI".
note: I'm only jealous, I made a booboo and bought an fx5900
Do you want to give us a bit more information, because I for one am intruiged by your seemingly elegant solution.
;)
How do you handle the different Operating systems?
what is required from the client side to positively identify and verify they are clean?
DO you watch out for out/inbound connections over certain ports, or does the client have to let you in?
The cable we connect through here has verification based upon mac address, and I am prevented from plugging a different NIC in without reprovisioning my details (passworded).
If the solution you are suggesting were commonly available entire ISPs could impliment something, they already have the packet monitoring equipment in place no doubt
rez - send me a mail to my gmail.com account (same username) and you can have my last invite :)
The most amazing part of this story as far as I'm concerned:
The NYTimes link in the main header is a google affiliate already!
The thing about not being able to hold out 3kg as adults seems quite reasonable - especially considering the picture I once saw of a Gym in america with an escalator going up to the entrance!
from the Bloated overweight unfit McDonalds eating couch potato, to the CRT tanning milkbottle white stereo-typical geek, the modern world is in need of a health kick.
(btw, I fall into the milkbottle category!)
What do you do if google goes out of business?
I'm sorry, but this is EXACTLY what a domainname and mailserver is for. A true business domain with matching website is required as part of the trust you are trying to build.
If my own server goes down then I miss mails for a day or so, but if google goes down, its feasible I could lose a great deal more.
Also, think about if your new prospective customer has been stung for whatever reason by google - bad rankings, spam spyware - the reasons could be trivial, but enough for a person or company to simply say "do not deal with google or its afiliates anymore".
It would be similar to sending mail from liquid@manchesterunited.com to a london based business.
So to sum up, its not space constraints, or hacking considerations, its corporate image.
Absolutely - I've thought about this as well.
:)
The same could hold true for viruses, trojans and spam inside mails.
If google decide to zap one virus, then they have zapped it worldwide and cured a problem instantly.
There are problems with implimenting such a (on the surface) simple solution however. Not anything the massed collection of PHDs and brainiacs at Google couldn't solve though
Im already sorted for accounts thanks, and I see your point about pop access.
However, in googles case, leaving the mails ONLINE actually makes for a better solution, since taking the mail offline and into which ever mail applications store prevents the pigeons from sorting and searching my mail, it becomes just a dump, and for that, a smallish standard account is better suited.
I prefer having google searching my personal mails and its grouping and management are better than any of the offline pop mail programs I've tried.
There is room in this world for both types of account, for instance, I wouldn't even consider moving business mails onto ANY of the free providers, thats just suicidal, but for personal mails google just wipes the floor with everything else out there.
Cryo send me an email to my username on gmail.com and i'll give you an invite :)
:)*
*Mods, this isnt offtopic, I'm gonna show him that he's not wrong
The 1gb limit is simply a carrot for us all.
:)
Most normal users won't get anywhere near filling a gMail account for a good long time.
Its used to show the difference between the good and the bad.
Now - when google move into ISP land, with 100mbit broadband i'll be happy
This I agree with.
The main problem I have with hotmail is its lack of respect for sent mails, it is up to a user to say they want to save every outgoing message, and even then, they are deleted frequently.
It just stops it being usable for anything other than signups and notifications.
gMail has made it easy and fun once again, and I'm glad the others are panicing.
My original thinking was to impliment the google algorythm inside mysql, so that any programmer can take advantage.
Instead of coding
select * from customers where notes like '*keyword1*' or notes like '*keyword2*';
the google function would search all relivent internal links.
select from customers where google('keyword1 keyword2')
It would have to be integrated into the engine itself, so that inserting data into the DB would be filtered through and scanned.
I don't care how the front end looks, and every project could benefit from using it.
This release of code to me seems a logical step, since a company can already purchase a google appliance which sits on your network and feeds personal results.
The actual source surely isnt actually *that* important. It might have been way back in the beginning, but not so much anymore.
..."
I'm quite convinced that the code itself is relatively simple, each node handling its own small piece of the puzzle.
It would take years before anyone actually making use of the code could build up the infrastructure and reputation that google has got, in the meantim,e we could make some seriously funky projects out of it.
I would love to be able to incroporate google search algorythms and procedures into (for instance) an SQL query, and allow searching of the myriad of OFFLINE data we have here.
"select (feeling_lucky) from customerrecords
At the very worst, the code becomes an academic curiosity, at the best, googles algorythm becomes as well adapted as Huffman coding or the bubblesort.
Its the BBC that are producing it.
;) this time :) save that for the RIAA.
All current radio shows are streamed live with upto 1 weeks rewind buffer.
Also, if I remember rightly, the entire BBC archive is going to become available online, radio and tv, including past and present works.
Found a Slashdot story announcing it.
No need for the
Look out for the BMW's with white wing mirrors ;)
For a home system, I usually do the following:
1) Install with the network/modem cable unplugged.
2) Once on the desktop, go into network properties and enable the built in firewall on all applicable devices.
3) Connect to internet and obtain patches.
4) Profit!!
Its much simpler with a hardware firewall/router protecting you.
Funny posts don't gain karma :)
I aint no whore
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
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I remember seeing a science documentary when I was a kid regarding camouflage.
One of the techniques they said works WAS painting the object so bright and garish that an onlooker would be disoriented.
They ran throught a load of other techniques as well, including covering one side of a tank with bulbs and matching the brightness to the background - a low res version of this coat. It was most effective from a distance, the tank completely vanished from the horizon, but as with all camouflage, once you get up close the effect is lost.
I wish I could find more information now because the series was a real eye opener on a lot of subjects.
(The program was Equinox shown on Channel 4 in the UK, in a show about Stealth)
The best, and worst part about Linux is choice.
If I compare it to shopping for food, EVERY time I want to get a packet of crisps, I have to wander down the isle and find my favorite flavour.
I think Linux should have a configuration/shopping mode where all the available packages are listed, but then you can change back to your home cupboard style.
Is it not enough to simply click on the "Editor" item and it automatically brings up your favorite instead of having a submenu with 20 variants?
Heck, even still bring up the submenu, but clicking on the main Editor item opens the most used subitem.
I realise I can just made shortcuts etc, but that kinda makes it a thought about process.
I get just as blinded within windows, even though they have an automatically reducing start menu, its a slightly different problem there though.
the items are listed by company name, not category - similar to your supermarket arranging foods by producer. Completely friggin useless.