That is not a useful solution for real-time power monitoring when your digital-only house power meter only displays full kilowatt-hours used. (Hint, my stupid meter is that way).
Why are you all assuming there is a turning disc in the meter? I haven't had one in mine for many years. There is only a digital readout with FULL KW/h and no current load reading at all. It is completely useless for real-time monitoring. Thanks for the "improved" meter, Virginia Dominion Power!
Maybe the video was chopped or something, it really didn't look like more than maybe 4 flaps or something and it was over. You are right, though, it looked pretty neat.
I can't imagine how much energy it would require to actually get something like that in the air WITHOUT assistance. I know *my* crappy body could never supply it!
Looks more like an automobile-powered flight to me. A car pulls it into the air, it flaps a few times and descends. That is human-powered, flapping flight? Sorry, doesn't impress me all that much.
>No, that means his phone wasn't there. It doesn't prove that he wasn't there.
Exactly. Such technology can be used to frame people, to falsely "prove innocent", for bad people to find and take advantage of good people, and generally to invade everyone's privacy. It is not a panacea of peace, harmony, and security as some would believe.
You can already be tracked, with good accuracy, when carrying ANY cell phone that is "on". And the big issue is that those records can be (and might be) stored.
I fail to see the point here. That document does not take into account inflation, at all. Yes, in 1955, the tax rate was 30% for $12,000. But in 2010 dollars, $12,000 is probably more than $120,000...
"Do you find Google Instant to be useful in any way, or does it strike you as just more ad gravity for your mouse?"
I find it extraordinarily annoying, unnecessary, a waste of CPU and bandwidth, and turned it off almost immediately. If that answers the question:)
I like Google as my search engine of choice when it is fast, simple, and accurate. I do not want animation. I do not want backgrounds. I do not want "fading in and out". I do not want video game logos. I do not want it to "hook into" additional "services". I do not want auto completion. Just call me conservative.
Sorry, but that doesn't make any sense. If it were an intentional limitation on the Epic by Sprint, then they would have done the same thing on the Evo, which has been out for several months. Or they would have ADDED the limitation in an update.
Besides, we are talking about the 3G and not even the 4G connections. Something else is going on...
Size/density is only one factor in overall cost. It is an important factor, but there are others, such as economy of scale (diluting overhead through quantity), efficiency (of production), quality/precision (failure-free), and production methodologies (lower overhead through innovation).
As another point, I would argue that size of the packaging is directly related to the size of the silicon.
Because compared to solid-state memory, spinning media is not very dense, uses a lot of power, is fairly unreliable, gives off more heat, and is fragile per impact.
Well, the density is already not bad, so the big key is to get the cost down! For larger applications of Flash memory(like over 250GB) I don't think the physical size is going to be a problem because it is competing with 3.5" and 2.5" hard drives.
Aside from cost, there are plenty of other non-density things to work on: number of rewrite cycles, speed, reliability, etc. I can't wait for the day that spinning media eventually goes bye-bye.
Why Adobe chooses to not even say what version number they are releasing is beyond understanding....
But it is: 10.2.161.22
I was running an older Linux 64bit (I think it was 64 bit) version inside flashplayer-plugin-10.1.53.64-1mdv2010.1.rpm and it worked, but it crashed/froze often, requiring me to restart Firefox every few days (or more). This new version seems to run fine, but only time will tell if it is reliable.
Love it! Combine Linux with AHCI with these racks and have kewlness! Throw in any number of regular, cheap SATA 3.5" drives. Hotswap. Activity light. Create a software RAID (that is what I did, and it really works). Use it for removable backup that stores more than a USB drive and is much faster. Play around with different boot options.
I put in four of those suckers. The 5th bay is my DVD drive. Oh- and the floppy bay? Do this:
Thanks for the info. I did not know any of that from the either the summary or the article. It sounded like he was just being harassed about the Tor project or security testing. I probably would not have posted knowing what I know now.
Hey "Anonymous Coward", you call me an "idiot" because I think being detained for three hours is unreasonable? Well, perhaps my time is more valuable than yours.
Welcome to the United Federal Fascist State of America. Please enjoy your stay...
This kinda stuff is totally unacceptable. What law did he break? What was he accused of? Why was he detained? What right do they have to ask such questions? On what planet is a 3 hour detention reasonable?
I do not WANT more complexity and eye candy built into Firefox. It is getting larger, using more memory, harder to control (and lock down), and using more CPU all the time. Can't they add this kind of stuff with extensions??? Or perhaps split Firefox into two versions- one fat and one small?
If this keeps up, I will have to look for another browser that fills Firefox's original mission- small, fast, efficient, simple, multiplatform, open source, and expandable.
None of those are a single company. None of those impose such a single high expense. None of those dictate how I use the computer every day. None of what you listed is critical to the operation of the system. None of what you listed is software. All of those work with different operating systems.
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That is not a useful solution for real-time power monitoring when your digital-only house power meter only displays full kilowatt-hours used. (Hint, my stupid meter is that way).
I am fairly sure he wants to monitor the whole house power usage, real-time. Not just a single outlet.
Why are you all assuming there is a turning disc in the meter? I haven't had one in mine for many years. There is only a digital readout with FULL KW/h and no current load reading at all. It is completely useless for real-time monitoring. Thanks for the "improved" meter, Virginia Dominion Power!
Maybe the video was chopped or something, it really didn't look like more than maybe 4 flaps or something and it was over. You are right, though, it looked pretty neat.
I can't imagine how much energy it would require to actually get something like that in the air WITHOUT assistance. I know *my* crappy body could never supply it!
Looks more like an automobile-powered flight to me. A car pulls it into the air, it flaps a few times and descends. That is human-powered, flapping flight? Sorry, doesn't impress me all that much.
>No, that means his phone wasn't there. It doesn't prove that he wasn't there.
Exactly. Such technology can be used to frame people, to falsely "prove innocent", for bad people to find and take advantage of good people, and generally to invade everyone's privacy. It is not a panacea of peace, harmony, and security as some would believe.
You can already be tracked, with good accuracy, when carrying ANY cell phone that is "on". And the big issue is that those records can be (and might be) stored.
I fail to see the point here. That document does not take into account inflation, at all. Yes, in 1955, the tax rate was 30% for $12,000. But in 2010 dollars, $12,000 is probably more than $120,000...
"Do you find Google Instant to be useful in any way, or does it strike you as just more ad gravity for your mouse?"
I find it extraordinarily annoying, unnecessary, a waste of CPU and bandwidth, and turned it off almost immediately. If that answers the question :)
I like Google as my search engine of choice when it is fast, simple, and accurate. I do not want animation. I do not want backgrounds. I do not want "fading in and out". I do not want video game logos. I do not want it to "hook into" additional "services". I do not want auto completion. Just call me conservative.
Sorry, but that doesn't make any sense. If it were an intentional limitation on the Epic by Sprint, then they would have done the same thing on the Evo, which has been out for several months. Or they would have ADDED the limitation in an update.
Besides, we are talking about the 3G and not even the 4G connections. Something else is going on...
Ah, noise- that is another good reason for solid state storage!
Size/density is only one factor in overall cost. It is an important factor, but there are others, such as economy of scale (diluting overhead through quantity), efficiency (of production), quality/precision (failure-free), and production methodologies (lower overhead through innovation).
As another point, I would argue that size of the packaging is directly related to the size of the silicon.
Because compared to solid-state memory, spinning media is not very dense, uses a lot of power, is fairly unreliable, gives off more heat, and is fragile per impact.
Well, the density is already not bad, so the big key is to get the cost down! For larger applications of Flash memory(like over 250GB) I don't think the physical size is going to be a problem because it is competing with 3.5" and 2.5" hard drives.
Aside from cost, there are plenty of other non-density things to work on: number of rewrite cycles, speed, reliability, etc. I can't wait for the day that spinning media eventually goes bye-bye.
"has a 1Ghz Hummingbird CPU, 16GB of memory"
No, it has 16GB of Flash *storage*, not memory. "Memory", in the vast majority of computer fields, means "RAM". Ug!
Why Adobe chooses to not even say what version number they are releasing is beyond understanding....
But it is: 10.2.161.22
I was running an older Linux 64bit (I think it was 64 bit) version inside flashplayer-plugin-10.1.53.64-1mdv2010.1.rpm and it worked, but it crashed/froze often, requiring me to restart Firefox every few days (or more). This new version seems to run fine, but only time will tell if it is reliable.
" two companies have shared a 'common vision' focused on providing solutions that reduce IT cost and complexity."
You have to be kidding. Oracle? Reducing cost and complexity?? I have some nice swap real estate to sell them...
While I know that, note the term "animal" was never used in the summary...
"said while the work is still preliminary - the drugs have been tested only on primates"
Last time I checked, Humans are primates...
I will tell you what I did with all MY extra bays:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817998031
Love it! Combine Linux with AHCI with these racks and have kewlness! Throw in any number of regular, cheap SATA 3.5" drives. Hotswap. Activity light. Create a software RAID (that is what I did, and it really works). Use it for removable backup that stores more than a USB drive and is much faster. Play around with different boot options.
I put in four of those suckers. The 5th bay is my DVD drive. Oh- and the floppy bay? Do this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817998038
And now I have dual hotswap 2.5 inch drives in the mix too!!
Thanks for the info. I did not know any of that from the either the summary or the article. It sounded like he was just being harassed about the Tor project or security testing. I probably would not have posted knowing what I know now.
Hey "Anonymous Coward", you call me an "idiot" because I think being detained for three hours is unreasonable? Well, perhaps my time is more valuable than yours.
Welcome to the United Federal Fascist State of America. Please enjoy your stay...
This kinda stuff is totally unacceptable. What law did he break? What was he accused of? Why was he detained? What right do they have to ask such questions? On what planet is a 3 hour detention reasonable?
*BLOAT*!
I do not WANT more complexity and eye candy built into Firefox. It is getting larger, using more memory, harder to control (and lock down), and using more CPU all the time. Can't they add this kind of stuff with extensions??? Or perhaps split Firefox into two versions- one fat and one small?
If this keeps up, I will have to look for another browser that fills Firefox's original mission- small, fast, efficient, simple, multiplatform, open source, and expandable.
None of those are a single company.
None of those impose such a single high expense.
None of those dictate how I use the computer every day.
None of what you listed is critical to the operation of the system.
None of what you listed is software.
All of those work with different operating systems.