... mobile product descriptions that talk about weight without the heaviest components. TFA states The WWPC weighs seven ounces (200 grams) without straps/batteries, Eurotech says. I will bet the batteries are the heaviest component, Seven ounce total weight for a device I carry around on my wrist might be bearable. However, I will bet the total weight is over 15 ounces and I could only imagine wearing that if I was a muscle builder.
Secure passwords are those that are easy to remember (so they do not get written down) but also impervious to dictionary attacks. What works well in practice are long passwords, made up of elements that are easy to remember. A well known phrase or movie title of about 16 characters, with just one character changed, is a secure password (and only takes about three seconds to type once one is used to it). To be really secure, I use a longer password like "Columbus did not really discover America in 1492" (still easy to remember).
This could be nice for a big VMware setup but, if my memory serves me right, VMware has problems with multi head setups. Assuming it works, I may need to look for a larger desk!
If it is available on AIX, does this mean that The SCO Group will claim IBM had no right to make it available for Linux in the first place? I am not joking (at least, not deliberately). If I understand tSCOg's derivative works theory, they claim that any code that has touched SYSV is automatically a UNIX derivative and under their control.
Prior to a reliable world wide Internet, manual synchronization between different devices using different programs was a necessary evil. It was, however, a messy and error prone approach.
What we ought to have now is a server based approach, where all devices access the same version of the data. For now, this implies a browser solution, though a DAV solution or dedicated protocol would be better. Nothing I have looked at is exactly right, but Yahoo Calendar (full version when on a computer, wap version on a cell phone) is getting there.
Hopefully, when more information is released, we can find out how much energy it takes to produce this gasoline and how energy efficient the process is.
TFA is very clear that the process is not efficient at this stage. The hope, apparently, is that the process might be improved over a five year timeframe to be commercially viable. I am skeptical even of that given the temperature and pressure numbers given.
While I agree absolutely with the points of other posters about cheap Chinese goods and Chinese servicing of the US debt, there is another point worth making. It is naive to talk about sanctions against any country with press censorship. That covers over half the nations on earth.
It should be noted that countries such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, with whom the US has friendly relations, have awful records in terms of press freedom.
Also, the US is 44th in the 2005 Reporters sans Frontieres league table on press freedom. Further, this does not take account of US attempts to subvert press freedoms in the Middle East (including bombing of press offices, killing and imprisonment of jounalists).
Aljazeera is probably the only unbiased news source on events in the Middle East. They have bombed offices, dead and imprisoned journalists as a result. Educate yourself. Perhaps you should actually read Aljazeera, or look into the case of Sami Al Haj before you comment.
Actually, democracy in the ME is more complex than you suggest. Those elected tend to be leaders of armed groups. Whether the election result is considered valid will depend on these armed groups' targets. Apparently, the election of Iranian backed extremist groups in Iraq who track down and kill Sunni civilians is a victory for democracy. The election of a group in Palestine that shoot at Israelis is a different matter. The election was great, but the Palestinians must now be punished for not choosing the leaders approved by the US and Israel.
Of course, it is totally premature to think about free and fair elections in countries that are strong US allies, like Saudi Arabia or Egypt.
It does seem that some virus attacks are occurring too quickly for traditional AV approaches to provide adequate protection. Perhaps an approach suggested by Israeli researchers, Distributive immunization of networks
against viruses using the 'honey-pot'
architecture [warning: PDF], has virtue. The basic idea is to automate virus recognition and immediately push a "vaccine" to potentially vulnerable machines.
In rare cases, servers can be deployed using just about any server operating system (BSD, Linux or Windows). Usually, though, history matters. Applications that originated on a Unix type OS are generally going to be much more easily ported to Linux than applications built on MS Exchange, ActiveX controls and VBA. Similarly, conversion costs from Unix to Windows can be very high.
There is also the issue of staff retraining. I am aware that the study looked at availability and costs of Linux versus Windows admins, as well as how much training was needed for existing staff. But, this is overly simplistic if considering massive OS conversions. As a practical matter, you do not want to layoff your existing staff (who understand your entire setup intimately) to replace them with people who happen to have better knowledge of Linux. In some countries, you would not even be legally permitted to do so.
Am I right in guessing that the mix of operating systems in almost all these sites evolved gradually, and the decision for individual servers rarely depended on the kind of TCO evaluation favoured by studies like this latest one?
I agree natural selection is complex. Nevertheless, we can observe it in action. For example, ring species demonstrate clearly how a series of small adaptations can lead to a new species.
Encryption works fine for email correspondence between you and me. The trouble is that about 0.01% of the general public has any idea of public key encryption schemes. It is quite impractical for even a competent geek to try to ensure all his correspondents can receive and send encrypted emails.
2,000 is indeed a lot of jobs. However, this needs to be seen in perspective. Following the acquisition, Oracle has about 40,000 employees worldwide and rationalization of backoffice operations, at least, was inevitable. A 5% reduction is reasonable. Just hope the integration of the Siebel business into Oracle goes smoothly, else we might be seeing worse layoffs this time next year.
Does physical capture of a UGV classify as 'distribution' requiring a source-code disclosure?
LOL. The GPLv3 does not seem to explicitly cover this case either. My take would be that distribution needs to be intentional for the rules governing full source code disclosure to apply. Otherwise, a thief entering the premises of a bank's EDP department and leaving with tapes containing program binaries would be entitled to copies of the source code if the programs were based on GPL code.
It seems even the most authoritative references are inconsistent on this, though "octopi" is usually seen as strictly incorrect.
Fowler's Modern English Usage states that "the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses", and that octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic. Octopi derives from the mistaken notion that octopus is Latin, which it is not. Rather, it is (Latinized) Greek, from oktopous, gender masculine, whose plural is oktopodes. If the word were Latin, it would be octopes ('eight-foot') and the plural octopedes, analogous to centipedes and millipedes, as the plural form of pes ('foot') is pedes. In modern, informal Greek, it is called khtapodi, gender neuter, with plural form khtapodia.
That said, Merriam-Webster and other dictionaries accept octopi as a plural form. The Oxford English Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi, and octopodes (the order reflecting decreasing frequency of use), stating that the last form is rare. The term octopod (either plural octopods and octopodes can be found) is taken from the taxonomic order octopoda but has no classical equivalent. The collective form octopus is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.
There is one point that many people seem not to understand. Google.cn is an additional service, not a replacement for google.com. It is true that China may be able to block access to google.com with less of a backlash with google.cn in place but, in principle, Google has not reduced the information it makes available to Chinese users in any way. It has simply decided that, where the Chinese government allows, it will provide the information from within China with much greater reliability and performance.
Realise that there are restrictions on Google's ability to deliver totally unfiltered search results in the US and some other western countries also (admittedly to a much lesser degree). For Google to opt out of the China market because it does not like Chinese laws would be a pointless protest that helped noone. They might just as well refuse to operate in the US because of DRM.
... if we were to attempt to restore the entire operation from tape it would take months
Just how much data are we talking about here? I can believe 48 hours would be a challenge but, with modern high speed tape drives, I cannot imagine how a restore could be measured in months (in an emergency, data could be restored in parallel also).
1770 Mechanical Chess Player Inspired Babbage. I would argue the above was news around 1850. Or, will you disallow my entry on the basis that it mentions the book that made the facts better known? In that case, the mention of the movie Momento, as well as other links, in the present article could be argued to make Henry M. a more current news item.
IBM has been one of the pioneers in speech recognition for a long time. However, indications are that Google (in the lab) has been making tremendous progress in translation. While the two companies are bound to be fierce competitors, it would seem they would both have much to gain from cooperation in the area of language recognition and translation.
No, the idea is a microbicidal cream that will form a barrier against HIV. I must admit to confusion over why this would be such a great breakthrough. It is unlikely to provide better protection than a condom. I guess women could use it where their partners refused to use a condom. Perhaps one idea will be to use it in conjunction with a condom in the way once recommended with nonoxynol-9.
Note that creams and gels with similar objectives are already being evaluated (supported by the Gates Foundation and others).
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... mobile product descriptions that talk about weight without the heaviest components. TFA states The WWPC weighs seven ounces (200 grams) without straps/batteries, Eurotech says. I will bet the batteries are the heaviest component, Seven ounce total weight for a device I carry around on my wrist might be bearable. However, I will bet the total weight is over 15 ounces and I could only imagine wearing that if I was a muscle builder.
Secure passwords are those that are easy to remember (so they do not get written down) but also impervious to dictionary attacks. What works well in practice are long passwords, made up of elements that are easy to remember. A well known phrase or movie title of about 16 characters, with just one character changed, is a secure password (and only takes about three seconds to type once one is used to it). To be really secure, I use a longer password like "Columbus did not really discover America in 1492" (still easy to remember).
This could be nice for a big VMware setup but, if my memory serves me right, VMware has problems with multi head setups. Assuming it works, I may need to look for a larger desk!
If it is available on AIX, does this mean that The SCO Group will claim IBM had no right to make it available for Linux in the first place? I am not joking (at least, not deliberately). If I understand tSCOg's derivative works theory, they claim that any code that has touched SYSV is automatically a UNIX derivative and under their control.
What we ought to have now is a server based approach, where all devices access the same version of the data. For now, this implies a browser solution, though a DAV solution or dedicated protocol would be better. Nothing I have looked at is exactly right, but Yahoo Calendar (full version when on a computer, wap version on a cell phone) is getting there.
It should be noted that countries such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, with whom the US has friendly relations, have awful records in terms of press freedom.
Also, the US is 44th in the 2005 Reporters sans Frontieres league table on press freedom. Further, this does not take account of US attempts to subvert press freedoms in the Middle East (including bombing of press offices, killing and imprisonment of jounalists).
Aljazeera is probably the only unbiased news source on events in the Middle East. They have bombed offices, dead and imprisoned journalists as a result. Educate yourself. Perhaps you should actually read Aljazeera, or look into the case of Sami Al Haj before you comment.
Actually, democracy in the ME is more complex than you suggest. Those elected tend to be leaders of armed groups. Whether the election result is considered valid will depend on these armed groups' targets. Apparently, the election of Iranian backed extremist groups in Iraq who track down and kill Sunni civilians is a victory for democracy. The election of a group in Palestine that shoot at Israelis is a different matter. The election was great, but the Palestinians must now be punished for not choosing the leaders approved by the US and Israel. Of course, it is totally premature to think about free and fair elections in countries that are strong US allies, like Saudi Arabia or Egypt.
It does seem that some virus attacks are occurring too quickly for traditional AV approaches to provide adequate protection. Perhaps an approach suggested by Israeli researchers, Distributive immunization of networks against viruses using the 'honey-pot' architecture [warning: PDF], has virtue. The basic idea is to automate virus recognition and immediately push a "vaccine" to potentially vulnerable machines.
There is also the issue of staff retraining. I am aware that the study looked at availability and costs of Linux versus Windows admins, as well as how much training was needed for existing staff. But, this is overly simplistic if considering massive OS conversions. As a practical matter, you do not want to layoff your existing staff (who understand your entire setup intimately) to replace them with people who happen to have better knowledge of Linux. In some countries, you would not even be legally permitted to do so.
Am I right in guessing that the mix of operating systems in almost all these sites evolved gradually, and the decision for individual servers rarely depended on the kind of TCO evaluation favoured by studies like this latest one?
I agree natural selection is complex. Nevertheless, we can observe it in action. For example, ring species demonstrate clearly how a series of small adaptations can lead to a new species.
Encryption works fine for email correspondence between you and me. The trouble is that about 0.01% of the general public has any idea of public key encryption schemes. It is quite impractical for even a competent geek to try to ensure all his correspondents can receive and send encrypted emails.
2,000 is indeed a lot of jobs. However, this needs to be seen in perspective. Following the acquisition, Oracle has about 40,000 employees worldwide and rationalization of backoffice operations, at least, was inevitable. A 5% reduction is reasonable. Just hope the integration of the Siebel business into Oracle goes smoothly, else we might be seeing worse layoffs this time next year.
- Genetically modified bacteria to fight tooth decay?
- Vaccine for tooth decay?
Enquiring minds want to know.If you want to contact dead friends or relatives, your options are limited. It appears as though you can send them a telegram however.
Actually, telegram service is not completely dead even in the US
LOL. The GPLv3 does not seem to explicitly cover this case either. My take would be that distribution needs to be intentional for the rules governing full source code disclosure to apply. Otherwise, a thief entering the premises of a bank's EDP department and leaving with tapes containing program binaries would be entitled to copies of the source code if the programs were based on GPL code.
Fowler's Modern English Usage states that "the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses", and that octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic. Octopi derives from the mistaken notion that octopus is Latin, which it is not. Rather, it is (Latinized) Greek, from oktopous, gender masculine, whose plural is oktopodes. If the word were Latin, it would be octopes ('eight-foot') and the plural octopedes, analogous to centipedes and millipedes, as the plural form of pes ('foot') is pedes. In modern, informal Greek, it is called khtapodi, gender neuter, with plural form khtapodia.
That said, Merriam-Webster and other dictionaries accept octopi as a plural form. The Oxford English Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi, and octopodes (the order reflecting decreasing frequency of use), stating that the last form is rare. The term octopod (either plural octopods and octopodes can be found) is taken from the taxonomic order octopoda but has no classical equivalent. The collective form octopus is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.
Realise that there are restrictions on Google's ability to deliver totally unfiltered search results in the US and some other western countries also (admittedly to a much lesser degree). For Google to opt out of the China market because it does not like Chinese laws would be a pointless protest that helped noone. They might just as well refuse to operate in the US because of DRM.
1770 Mechanical Chess Player Inspired Babbage. I would argue the above was news around 1850. Or, will you disallow my entry on the basis that it mentions the book that made the facts better known? In that case, the mention of the movie Momento, as well as other links, in the present article could be argued to make Henry M. a more current news item.
IBM has been one of the pioneers in speech recognition for a long time. However, indications are that Google (in the lab) has been making tremendous progress in translation. While the two companies are bound to be fierce competitors, it would seem they would both have much to gain from cooperation in the area of language recognition and translation.
No, the idea is a microbicidal cream that will form a barrier against HIV. I must admit to confusion over why this would be such a great breakthrough. It is unlikely to provide better protection than a condom. I guess women could use it where their partners refused to use a condom. Perhaps one idea will be to use it in conjunction with a condom in the way once recommended with nonoxynol-9. Note that creams and gels with similar objectives are already being evaluated (supported by the Gates Foundation and others).