Mainframe systems running antiquated Cobol applications, connected to OS/2 Warp on the desktop rarely needs maintenance that a good hammer and some elbow grease can't fix...
If you think you're confused now, wrap your head around this:
1 64 bit address space = 18 Quintillion Bytes = 18 Million Petabytes = 18 Billion Libraries of Congress -- directly addressable by one machine (I wouldn't want the electric bill from that machine).
You hit the nail on the head. The technology allows for a richer experience for the user -- hence the ability to collect more useful information to make the customer experience better/faster/stronger/etc.
I thought one had to use repeaters every once and a while (every few km?) anyway in fiber optics, which AFIAK work by doing just what this is talking about avoiding, translate light into electrical signals back into light.
It is up to 3000m (3KM) per repeater - with a maximum of two repeaters.
An alternative approach is to use an optical amplifier. These amplifiers directly amplify the optical signal without the need to convert the signal back into an electrical format. The amplifiers consist of a length of fibre optic cable that is doped with a rare earth mineral named Erbium. The treated fibre cable is then illuminated or pumped with light of a shorter wavelength from another laser and this serves to amplify the signal that is being carried.
In view of the much reduced cost of fibre optic amplifiers over repeaters, amplifiers are far more widely used. Most repeaters have been replaced, and amplifiers are used in virtually all new installations these days.
So - no, we don't have to translate the optical signals into electrical signals in order to boost the signal over long hauls - eliminating the delay.
At my local supermarket you can purchase reusable bags made of recycled materials for a pittance ($1.50 or so). This is in the USA btw. I've collected a full set, and now don't have to be bothered with the paper/plastic conundrum.
At my local supermarket you can purchase reusable bags made of recycled materials for a pittance ($1.50 or so). I've collected a full set, and now don't have to be bothered with the paper/plastic conundrum.
Historically the government has been recording all inter-continental communications since the first underwater cable was laid back in the 1920s (or shortly thereafter) via duplication of Western Union telegrams.
I don't think it should be surprising to anyone that the government would continue these practices as technology changes, should it?
So - the reason the government doesn't 'extend searches to electronic communications' is because they don't need to - they are already watching them, and have been for some time.
The problem with that model is Microsoft would have to be willing to take a big hit on their margins.
Foobar is not going to sell for $500 when you can download it for free. Maybe $5 per seat - one time cost - if that, and that mainly if support is provided above the RTFM and chat/newsgroup support provided by most FOSS projects.
This is the argument that I've presented over the years: shrink wrapped software is all but dead. What will follow will have limited profit margins for big corporations that are trying to continue that old model, or try to modify the FOSS concept to somehow gain an advantage...it won't happen. There are only a few compelling applications of the subscription service model, and most of the profitable ones involve RPGs and communication/information services. A subscription based office suite won't sell when there are so many free alternatives that are just as good, if not better.
In the interim opportunities for individual developers who can quickly modify and deploy specific customizations on contract will rise. These kind of jobs will allow select individuals to prosper, but will not provide the volume necessary to generate a Microsoft sized revenue stream. Companies will come to find off-shoring to other monolithic companies not cost effective, and they will embrace open source and hire FOSS professionals who will more and more hang up their shingles in the virtual spaces. Cost will be negligible compared to previous models (lower overhead), quality will be on par with current results - with the added bonus of having more customized applications for specific business purposes, and deployment times will be faster (less time to modify existing FOSS than to build proprietary system from the ground up).
It is just a matter of time before the other shoe drops. The thrashing around of Microsoft is probably a good indicator that things are moving in that direction.
I don't know what kind of motorcycles you've been riding, but mine can access bike paths, sidewalks, and go cross-country for that matter -- more accessible than a car or a Segway for that matter...
Oh-- you mean legally, not Death Race 2000/end-of-the-world rules?
I saw Queen live in concert in 1982 - excellent musicians. Unlike today's 'artists' (and I use that term loosely), they were in tune, on time, and the songs - aside from their interactions with the crowd - sounded like it came right off the album.
As a musician myself, I know how hard it is to sound consistently good - groups like Rush, Queen and others make it look easy - but the technique and practice that must have come before are staggering to me.
I saw a show that was honoring Motown artists - and introducing new singers at the same time - and it was a disaster. The 'new' singers were to sing a Motown song along with the original artist - and the new singers couldn't hold a tune - it was quite obvious when the Motown artists blew them out of the water.
Most new corporate artists suck as musicians/singers; they haven't payed their dues - and don't have a work ethic or the talent to do it like the old-timers. Thankfully there are some exceptions - and Indy artists who do give a sh&t.
I would be interested in hearing what the grandparent thinks is good...aside from trolling, they haven't made their point.
Hmmm - seems society is coming full circle: booze was a common companion on long trips in the last century before mobile phones...
As for children - I have them and there is no peace until they leave for college or you die. Even if they leave, they will still call, borrow money, and - shudder - visit! So death looks like the peachy end of that deal.
Give it another 10 to 15 years, and most of those buffoons will be either retired or dead. By then we also might have some advanced technology that obviates speaking or typing into a device...
God does not need capitalization when referring to more than one particular god not named God - unless it begins a sentence like this one. Get it? There are many gods throughout history, only one of which is God. The 'god Jobs' is correct usage.
It has nothing to do with atheism. People should really learn the lexicon before typing (and grammar wouldn't hurt either).
EverQuest had some potent ale that made your screen go psycodelic(sic) when your character drank enough of it. If you drank too much you would lose control of your character. It was also useful in the game to help Tanks during combat (more stamina???) - I wasn't a Tank - so I didn't really delve into the beneficial aspects of it.
On several occasions I put on a drinking binge and ended up somewhere not where I started and couldn't figure out how I got there. Bad juju. That also happened to my character in EQ...
At a large corporation, using a remote internet based OS would be out of the question for several reasons:
Sarbanes Oxley -- financial data must be secured from loss and theft - definitely not something you want to go out the internet facing firewall.
24/7 uptime -- given the limitations of the internet, web based applications can not be considered mission-ready unless they are hosted locally (with DR, redundancy, and geographical dispersion - for a large company).
Security -- we can't control what software is loaded and when it is loaded. Key loggers, trojans and viruses could be on the back end, and there is nothing we can do to secure it.
There are probably more things I've forgotten to mention...
When I was flying it was 500 ft. AGL in non-populated areas (a lone ranch house in the country). It was 1000 ft. AGL over populated areas (cities/suburbs) or large gatherings of people.
I think air shows have specific waivers for the large gatherings of people -- and as we've seen in the past, it can be really bad when something goes wrong.
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Mainframe systems running antiquated Cobol applications, connected to OS/2 Warp on the desktop rarely needs maintenance that a good hammer and some elbow grease can't fix...
I believe 1 'Keanu' = 64 Kilobytes, but I would have to check the literature...
If you think you're confused now, wrap your head around this:
1 64 bit address space = 18 Quintillion Bytes = 18 Million Petabytes = 18 Billion Libraries of Congress -- directly addressable by one machine (I wouldn't want the electric bill from that machine).
You hit the nail on the head. The technology allows for a richer experience for the user -- hence the ability to collect more useful information to make the customer experience better/faster/stronger/etc.
You are obviously not part of the Borg...
*Raises Hand*
I would pay for indie MAC OSX games!
I thought one had to use repeaters every once and a while (every few km?) anyway in fiber optics, which AFIAK work by doing just what this is talking about avoiding, translate light into electrical signals back into light.
It is up to 3000m (3KM) per repeater - with a maximum of two repeaters.
An alternative approach is to use an optical amplifier. These amplifiers directly amplify the optical signal without the need to convert the signal back into an electrical format. The amplifiers consist of a length of fibre optic cable that is doped with a rare earth mineral named Erbium. The treated fibre cable is then illuminated or pumped with light of a shorter wavelength from another laser and this serves to amplify the signal that is being carried.
In view of the much reduced cost of fibre optic amplifiers over repeaters, amplifiers are far more widely used. Most repeaters have been replaced, and amplifiers are used in virtually all new installations these days.
So - no, we don't have to translate the optical signals into electrical signals in order to boost the signal over long hauls - eliminating the delay.
At my local supermarket you can purchase reusable bags made of recycled materials for a pittance ($1.50 or so). This is in the USA btw. I've collected a full set, and now don't have to be bothered with the paper/plastic conundrum.
At my local supermarket you can purchase reusable bags made of recycled materials for a pittance ($1.50 or so). I've collected a full set, and now don't have to be bothered with the paper/plastic conundrum.
Show of hands, how many people here have written a TCP socket application to span multiple machines?
Yet another reason you can't tie a specific connection to a specific person in a heterogeneous network.
I was thinking a Hawaiian luau - with a buried roast pig...yummy!
Walmart wants their shopping cart back...
Historically the government has been recording all inter-continental communications since the first underwater cable was laid back in the 1920s (or shortly thereafter) via duplication of Western Union telegrams.
I don't think it should be surprising to anyone that the government would continue these practices as technology changes, should it?
So - the reason the government doesn't 'extend searches to electronic communications' is because they don't need to - they are already watching them, and have been for some time.
Doesn't anyone read anymore?
Similar to a metasyntactic variable, such as foo/bar/baz...
Alice and Bob serve as the archetype personalities in cryptographic communication examples.
The problem with that model is Microsoft would have to be willing to take a big hit on their margins.
Foobar is not going to sell for $500 when you can download it for free. Maybe $5 per seat - one time cost - if that, and that mainly if support is provided above the RTFM and chat/newsgroup support provided by most FOSS projects.
This is the argument that I've presented over the years: shrink wrapped software is all but dead. What will follow will have limited profit margins for big corporations that are trying to continue that old model, or try to modify the FOSS concept to somehow gain an advantage...it won't happen. There are only a few compelling applications of the subscription service model, and most of the profitable ones involve RPGs and communication/information services. A subscription based office suite won't sell when there are so many free alternatives that are just as good, if not better.
In the interim opportunities for individual developers who can quickly modify and deploy specific customizations on contract will rise. These kind of jobs will allow select individuals to prosper, but will not provide the volume necessary to generate a Microsoft sized revenue stream. Companies will come to find off-shoring to other monolithic companies not cost effective, and they will embrace open source and hire FOSS professionals who will more and more hang up their shingles in the virtual spaces. Cost will be negligible compared to previous models (lower overhead), quality will be on par with current results - with the added bonus of having more customized applications for specific business purposes, and deployment times will be faster (less time to modify existing FOSS than to build proprietary system from the ground up).
It is just a matter of time before the other shoe drops. The thrashing around of Microsoft is probably a good indicator that things are moving in that direction.
I'm sometimes dealing with child-like men on this site, many times with egos far exceeding their humanity.
That is the most cogent statement I have seen on or about this site in a long time.
I don't know what kind of motorcycles you've been riding, but mine can access bike paths, sidewalks, and go cross-country for that matter -- more accessible than a car or a Segway for that matter...
Oh-- you mean legally, not Death Race 2000/end-of-the-world rules?
I saw Queen live in concert in 1982 - excellent musicians. Unlike today's 'artists' (and I use that term loosely), they were in tune, on time, and the songs - aside from their interactions with the crowd - sounded like it came right off the album.
As a musician myself, I know how hard it is to sound consistently good - groups like Rush, Queen and others make it look easy - but the technique and practice that must have come before are staggering to me.
I saw a show that was honoring Motown artists - and introducing new singers at the same time - and it was a disaster. The 'new' singers were to sing a Motown song along with the original artist - and the new singers couldn't hold a tune - it was quite obvious when the Motown artists blew them out of the water.
Most new corporate artists suck as musicians/singers; they haven't payed their dues - and don't have a work ethic or the talent to do it like the old-timers. Thankfully there are some exceptions - and Indy artists who do give a sh&t.
I would be interested in hearing what the grandparent thinks is good...aside from trolling, they haven't made their point.
Hmmm - seems society is coming full circle: booze was a common companion on long trips in the last century before mobile phones...
As for children - I have them and there is no peace until they leave for college or you die. Even if they leave, they will still call, borrow money, and - shudder - visit! So death looks like the peachy end of that deal.
Give it another 10 to 15 years, and most of those buffoons will be either retired or dead. By then we also might have some advanced technology that obviates speaking or typing into a device...
God does not need capitalization when referring to more than one particular god not named God - unless it begins a sentence like this one. Get it? There are many gods throughout history, only one of which is God. The 'god Jobs' is correct usage.
It has nothing to do with atheism. People should really learn the lexicon before typing (and grammar wouldn't hurt either).
EverQuest had some potent ale that made your screen go psycodelic(sic) when your character drank enough of it. If you drank too much you would lose control of your character. It was also useful in the game to help Tanks during combat (more stamina???) - I wasn't a Tank - so I didn't really delve into the beneficial aspects of it.
On several occasions I put on a drinking binge and ended up somewhere not where I started and couldn't figure out how I got there. Bad juju. That also happened to my character in EQ...
What amazes me is that the librarians were able to keep it going for over 600 years - even with attacks against it.
Makes me wonder where the Library of Congress, Wikipedia, or the Internet Archive are going to be in 600 years...
At a large corporation, using a remote internet based OS would be out of the question for several reasons:
Sarbanes Oxley -- financial data must be secured from loss and theft - definitely not something you want to go out the internet facing firewall.
24/7 uptime -- given the limitations of the internet, web based applications can not be considered mission-ready unless they are hosted locally (with DR, redundancy, and geographical dispersion - for a large company).
Security -- we can't control what software is loaded and when it is loaded. Key loggers, trojans and viruses could be on the back end, and there is nothing we can do to secure it.
There are probably more things I've forgotten to mention...
When I was flying it was 500 ft. AGL in non-populated areas (a lone ranch house in the country). It was 1000 ft. AGL over populated areas (cities/suburbs) or large gatherings of people.
I think air shows have specific waivers for the large gatherings of people -- and as we've seen in the past, it can be really bad when something goes wrong.