IBM has a history of providing high performance printing systems. For instance,
the IBM 3800 printer, introduced in 1975, could already print 20,000 lines per minute.
Driving cars will never be completely safe either. The question is whether nuclear power can be made safe enough that the benefits outweigh the risks. Unfortunately, it is very difficult for the layman to evaluate those risks, so we either (i) say (rather illogically) that there are no circumstances where nuclear power can ever be justified; or (ii) have to rely on the word of experts who are usually not impartial.
Right now, in most countries, nuclear power seems not to be justified economically, and (while alternative energy sources usually also have a very negative environmental impact) nuclear power produces some seriously polluting byproducts. If those issues can be addressed, I would definitely be willing to consider the arguments as to the risks.
I bet if they would develop the embryo, the baby wouldn't have a brain since no male genes are used.;)
Careful research by men suggests that the total lack of a brain would occur only if both the women were blondes. In other cases, the mental processes of the fully grown subject would be extremely myserious but nontheless contain elements of apparent intelligence. The ability of the subject to remember random events from long in the past would be particularly evident.
Google seems to believe passionately that if you (a) hire really bright people; (b) give them a stimulating environment to work in; and (c) give them the right tools: then they will deliver valuable ideas and be able to implement them. So far, I think the balance of the evidence is that they are right.
I have a strong feeling that the City of Munich is typical of large, long standing MS Windows/MS Office organizations. It would be really interesting to know what the most challenging issues involved in the switch are and whether any look set to prove intractable. Some likely suspects I can see are
User resistance: people like to stay with what they know rather than being pushed to use something unfamiliar.
Extensive use of MS Office only features such as VBA or features that work differently in Open Office.
Applications using Active-X or other COM controls that are not easily converted to WINE or similar.
Third party software products that are only supported under Windows.
What else?
There is probably a/.er somewhere who, at least anonymously, could tell us.
Unfortunately, an old 486 is unlikely to support a 120GB HDD. The BIOS likely supports max 8GB or perhaps 30GB.
If you do not have a desktop system, you might look around for a five year old (or so) Celeron with a BIOS that can be upgraded to be fairly recent (large disk support -- over 128GB -- was generally added late 2002 or early 2003): with monitor should be under US$100. Even if the HDD of the system was kaput, you could probably do what you need with Knoppix or similar.
120 gig HDD in a 3.5 " enclosure (failing, slowly)
You may already know this: if so, I apologise for the implied insult. Since external HDD enclosures rarely have full SMART support, it is difficult to know if they are really failing or just need a bit of TLC. I make a habit of connecting any HDDs I use in external boxes to a regular IDE/SATA interface every couple of months (or any time there are apparent problems) to check on the drive's health and carry out any remedial actions required.
Does anyone know where I can find a 3.5" enclosure that does have full SMART support (IEEE1394 preferred, USB 2 acceptable, IDE or SATA)?
The level of disaster preparedness in Cuba is extremely high and it is thanks to this that even more losses of life and property was prevented. In advance of the hurricane local authorities evacuated over 1.5 million people, including thousands of tourists, to safer areas. Of these, 245,106 people were moved to State provided shelters and the rest of the people weathered the storm in the homes of family and friends, 8 million people were at risk.
Katrina resulted in hundreds of deaths (at least) before any flooding occurred. Insofar as people moved into State provided shelters, it certainly was not organized to the level where they could be effectively counted. IMHO, it should have been possible to provide food and water to the superdome and convention center even if there was not a road still open (which there was).
there is no way to control a mob the size of a city...
Granted. So, you try to provide safe havens for them (in this case the superdome and the convention center). Now, several of the reports of rape (of children) and murder came from those very locations. IMHO, it should have been possible to provide rudimentary policing in the safe havens.
Please tell me about the free market disaster response alternatives.
Tulane Hospital in New Orleans arranged a charter of helicopters to evacuate their patients and staff. This was based on their judgment that they could not rely on the official rescue services.
How many people here remember this report from July:
Cuba was hit hard by Hurricane Dennis, the most ferocious storm to lash the Caribbean island nation in four decades. It caused the deaths of 16 Cubans and left a swathe of wreckage in its wake. The death toll would have been far higher had it not been for the timely evacuation of more than 1.5 million people.
The quality of the disaster preparedness of the impoverished Cubans compared to that of the US is striking.
Microsoft has a corporate edict that all information it produces be immediately destroyed so it cannot be used against them in a court of law. Thus, in their case, Google Purge would be superfluous.
the ability to interact with a Unix system...they should patent that!
I know you were trying to be funny, but if they do produce some Unix integration feature in the OS, I fully expect them to try to get some patents around it (and probably succeed).
My German is limited, but sufficient to recognise the ambiguities it failed to correctly resolve. As computer translations go, it was not terrible: especially the first sentence. However, much was still not only horribly incorrect but actually incomprehensible.
Until a computer translation can from the context correctly differentiate, for instance, between "Instant Messenger" and "IN THAT"; between "they" and "you"; and between "them" and "it", human translators will be indispensable for most serious purposes.
I know it is fairly accurate because I have fooled my spanish speaking friends once in an IM conversation. I told them I learned spanish via hypnosis and basically just copy/pasted everything spanish into IM. The conversation went on for like 15 minutes full spanish before I told them I was using the website. They were pissing their pants.
English to German produces:
Ich weiß, dass es ziemlich genau ist, weil ich mein Spanisch getäuscht habe, Freunde einmal in einer IM Konversation zu sprechen. Ich habe sie erzählt, dass ich Spanisch über Hypnose und im Grunde nur Kopie gelernt habe/hat eingefügt alles Spanisch in IM. Die Konversation ist weitergegangen für wie 15 Minuten volles Spanisch, bevor ich sie erzählt habe, dass ich die Website benutzte. Sie pissten ihre Hose
Then, German to English:
I know that it rather exactly is, because I deceived my Spanish to speak friends once in one IN THE conversation. I told it, learned would have inserted that I Spanish over hypnosis and in the reason only copy all Spanish in IN THAT. The conversation is gone on for Spanish full like 15 minutes before I told it, that I the websites used. You pissten its pair of pants
My conclusion is that there is still a place for human translators.
There can be valid reasons to select Windows over Linux. However, the statement that all Linux distributions are more difficult to use than Windows for routine tasks is just not true. Windows is easier to use than Linux if either
you have used Windows before; or
you have friends and family who are familiar with Windows and who help when you cannot achieve what you want; or
someone selected a geeky version of Linux for a first-time user; and
you are lucky enough to avoid viruses or badly functioning spyware or your Windows system.
In Thailand, first-time users have found it easier using the Linux system installed on the "peoples' PCs" than using Windows.
I share the skepicism over Microsoft's motives. That said, in the absence of a highly visible objective study, all we can expect is more of the purchased studies that IMHO are an even easier vehicle for misleading marketing.
At least with an objective study, those who take the trouble to read the whole report get some useful information.
Why are private companies still developing weapons? That's an easy question - because it's profitable. In a capitalist society, there doesn't need to be any other reason.
To profitable, I would add legal.
Certain other highly profitable ventures (for instance, drug running and people trafficking) do occur in capitalist (as well as non capitalist) societies, but involve risks to those involved because of their illegality. These risks act as a deterrent to most businessmen.
I would also add that there are capitalist societies where moral issues also enter the equation. While in the US it seems to be considered the duty of executives to maximise profits (insofar as possible without ending up in jail) this is not true, for instance, of Japan or Scandinavia. Personally, I prefer the more moral approach of those societies.
In corporate America, only top executives are supposed to receive good remuneration. By offering good salaries to regular employees, Google is threatening the whole system of worker exploitation that makes American business the envy of the world.
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IBM has a history of providing high performance printing systems. For instance, the IBM 3800 printer, introduced in 1975, could already print 20,000 lines per minute.
Being under modern birds at the wrong moment can be bad enough. Can you imagine what being shat upon by one of these would be like?
Driving cars will never be completely safe either. The question is whether nuclear power can be made safe enough that the benefits outweigh the risks. Unfortunately, it is very difficult for the layman to evaluate those risks, so we either (i) say (rather illogically) that there are no circumstances where nuclear power can ever be justified; or (ii) have to rely on the word of experts who are usually not impartial.
Right now, in most countries, nuclear power seems not to be justified economically, and (while alternative energy sources usually also have a very negative environmental impact) nuclear power produces some seriously polluting byproducts. If those issues can be addressed, I would definitely be willing to consider the arguments as to the risks.
Careful research by men suggests that the total lack of a brain would occur only if both the women were blondes. In other cases, the mental processes of the fully grown subject would be extremely myserious but nontheless contain elements of apparent intelligence. The ability of the subject to remember random events from long in the past would be particularly evident.
Google seems to believe passionately that if you (a) hire really bright people; (b) give them a stimulating environment to work in; and (c) give them the right tools: then they will deliver valuable ideas and be able to implement them. So far, I think the balance of the evidence is that they are right.
- User resistance: people like to stay with what they know rather than being pushed to use something unfamiliar.
- Extensive use of MS Office only features such as VBA or features that work differently in Open Office.
- Applications using Active-X or other COM controls that are not easily converted to WINE or similar.
- Third party software products that are only supported under Windows.
- What else?
There is probably aIf you do not have a desktop system, you might look around for a five year old (or so) Celeron with a BIOS that can be upgraded to be fairly recent (large disk support -- over 128GB -- was generally added late 2002 or early 2003): with monitor should be under US$100. Even if the HDD of the system was kaput, you could probably do what you need with Knoppix or similar.
Finally, a logical explanation on why so many people voted for George Bush.
You may already know this: if so, I apologise for the implied insult. Since external HDD enclosures rarely have full SMART support, it is difficult to know if they are really failing or just need a bit of TLC. I make a habit of connecting any HDDs I use in external boxes to a regular IDE/SATA interface every couple of months (or any time there are apparent problems) to check on the drive's health and carry out any remedial actions required.
Does anyone know where I can find a 3.5" enclosure that does have full SMART support (IEEE1394 preferred, USB 2 acceptable, IDE or SATA)?
No, they are superfluous for the sex engaged in by /.ers (with themselves).
Granted. So, you try to provide safe havens for them (in this case the superdome and the convention center). Now, several of the reports of rape (of children) and murder came from those very locations. IMHO, it should have been possible to provide rudimentary policing in the safe havens.
Freudian slip no doubt. He was thinking of SB as an (en)Balmer.
Microsoft has a corporate edict that all information it produces be immediately destroyed so it cannot be used against them in a court of law. Thus, in their case, Google Purge would be superfluous.
np ... but please can you give us the name of this "analyst". Too funny!
I know you were trying to be funny, but if they do produce some Unix integration feature in the OS, I fully expect them to try to get some patents around it (and probably succeed).
Procreation is critical to survival of the species. Now, take a look at the picture of a young female neanderthal attached to TFA ...
Until a computer translation can from the context correctly differentiate, for instance, between "Instant Messenger" and "IN THAT"; between "they" and "you"; and between "them" and "it", human translators will be indispensable for most serious purposes.
- you have used Windows before; or
- you have friends and family who are familiar with Windows and who help when you cannot achieve what you want; or
- someone selected a geeky version of Linux for a first-time user; and
- you are lucky enough to avoid viruses or badly functioning spyware or your Windows system.
In Thailand, first-time users have found it easier using the Linux system installed on the "peoples' PCs" than using Windows.At least with an objective study, those who take the trouble to read the whole report get some useful information.
Certain other highly profitable ventures (for instance, drug running and people trafficking) do occur in capitalist (as well as non capitalist) societies, but involve risks to those involved because of their illegality. These risks act as a deterrent to most businessmen.
I would also add that there are capitalist societies where moral issues also enter the equation. While in the US it seems to be considered the duty of executives to maximise profits (insofar as possible without ending up in jail) this is not true, for instance, of Japan or Scandinavia. Personally, I prefer the more moral approach of those societies.