Wouldn't large scale adoption of something like this cause more problem? 5 lane Highway system can't just be switched to the side roads. They can't handle that much traffic. I can see where this would benefit the first groups of people using it, but I don't know if it would still work if everyone had it.
An accident causes a traffic jam, suddenly every car 5 to 10 miles back chooses an alternate route - suddenly all exist are blocked and people who did get off are stuck in a maze of stop light to stop light traffic because suddenly everyone else got the same ideas.
So then more sensors will have to be added to not so big roads until eventually your in car navigation system starts telling you that you really should be carpooling or using public transportation.
I think the most interesting thing would be to obtain the traffic needs of the whole city in a central source. When you tell you car you need to get from your house to your job, it transmit that to LATA and they have the computers figure it all out. Then perhaps they could figure out what to do.
By then of course maybe we could have computer controlled commuter car-trains. Where a certain lane gives the computer control and all the cars go 1 foot from the car ahead and switch on and off where they need to go by themselves.
Just ideas spinning from my head - I walk to the other end of the house to go to work, but I hear traffic jams suck.
Just wonder if anyone out there actually buys things because it's "The Fastest" computer available. The Fastest Computer changes at least every month, plus most of us can get by with significantly less the the fastest. Not to mention that people always argue over just what it is fastest at.
Personally I look at MIPS / $$ and my $400 machine with maxed out ram does everything I could want super cheap. Even doing a full build every few minutes doesn't keep the CPU at 100% for more then a few seconds. I still have a computer shopper I keep for the "Blazing Fast 386 Systems!!!" cover. It helps keep things in perspecitve.
I've talked about this with my friends and the only thing that is going to make us upgrade our systems is going to be Doom III. Until then we buy cheap computers and just stick them around the house where needed.
I've bought some fancy pens, but overall I always end up using the cheap bic ball points. You can buy them by the gross, they always write, last forever, and when they do finally wear out, the hollow tubes are excellent for shooting spit wads if your into that sort of thing.
I have 4 younger brothers so I claim self defense.
Perhaps they want to stop things like this program that installs a VxD audio recorder. It installs itself as a sound card makes all the DRM you have useless.
Load encrypted file, Verify Rights, Decrypt Audio Stream, send result to sound card which saves it straight to Wav, MP3 or Ogg. Thank you very much.
Actually this is why I bought it. I consider it a very nice audio conversion program that works with all formats. Better then SoX!
Pretty soon Americans won't be able to compete in the lucrative malicious black-hat hacker market. The government is just sending more jobs out of the country. It's hard enough to get a job doing legit work, let alone cracking corporate and government servers. Now I'll have to raise my rates to cover the added risk of getting caught. I'll be lucky to get simple web site defacement jobs now.
How can I compete with people from India or China who can hack away with impunity?
Regardless of what you choose, be sure to get a signed contract. I know this may seem obvious, but many beginers in their eagerness to do well and joy at having a project to work on neglect this part and pay dearly for it later.
Don't price yourself too low, figure out how much money you need, then add 50% to that for taxes. Assuming of course your in the US.
Generally I also take my best guess estimate and double it just to cover the inevitable unknowns. I've tried other things, but this seems to be a good rule of thumb.
I'm sure the technology is good, but for crying out loud, mainframes are still around 40 years later. RDBMSes are going nowhere for the next 20+years until true AI comes around.
Think of it this way, we still use files to store data and there are lots of low level file operations we can perform, but RDBMS encapsulates all that so we can say "create table" and "select * from table" and not have to muck around with accessing the files ourselves, just get the data.
In the same way, what this project should do is automatically USE an RDBMS on the backend to store all those transactions and retrieve updates. If there was some option to keep all objects constantly up to date with the database I would love it. No translating from objects to DB because it would all be done for me. No click here to save, because it would be done as things change.
I'm sure that's what future libraries will do for you. I think this would be a great application if we already had that new magnetic memory that is supposed to replace hard drives, but for right now, if I have a power failure I don't want to suddenly lose my whole database.
I wonder how this project would compare with a MySQL hash table.
Call me pessimistic, but I see this being covered by another piece of paper, or some small print when you buy your car. Auto dealers and mechanics will just add a clause in their standard forms that say you agree to let them access your box and use the data.
This previous article describes how rental companies can fine you for speeding using GPS, even if you don't get caught. Just part of their standard rental agreement.
Still, this particular black box doesn't seem too bad. It records vehicle data in a buffer that is constantly rewritten and only saves the data when the airbag deploys in an accident. Then again, future BB's could do a lot more.
Usually Services Packs contain the cumulative updates up until that point. How Long?
Well Microsoft is saying Windows XP SP2 is due in Mid-2004, while the older operating systems don't have any more service packs projected right now. So there isn't much chance for them to push it on unsuspecting customers - yet.
Does anyone know the address it uses to download from the internet? If your system is behind a firewall, couldn't you block access to that site or domain?
I realize this would be temporary once they start making game loaders install patches for them. They could include something like this in an updated game developer SDK.
In addition, the in-house employee will be quite pissed for being forced to train his replacement, and will not do so as a result.
Sure they will be pissed. I wonder why they would let someone knowingly train their own replacement.
I know if I was going to train my replacement I would be sure to do an EXCELLENT job of training him or her. From My point of view anyway. I train them to be a pathetic programmer, take some time off and come back in and save the day when the company finds out this new guy just isn't working out.
Stuff like this must be happening. It's in people best interest NOT to do a good job here. If they want to train someone send them to college and foot the bill for it. I'll be damned if I'm going to do a good job when I'm still paying off my student loans from the YEARS I put in learning at the university.
The impressive part is not the research he's produced, but the fact that he's been able to secure a position as a scientist where spilling his beer on things is considerd research. Just think how many kids today would get into science if they knew you could do research on being a drunk DJ.
For instance I've found no documented research on the effect of various alcohols on programmer efficiency. Call For Papers anyone??
I found an article that explained the whole thing. From the Onion...
VOLUME 31 ISSUE 18 -- 13 MAY 1997
Study: Uneducated Outbreeding Intelligentsia 2-To-1 CHICAGO--In a report with dire implications for the intellectual future of America, a University of Chicago study revealed Monday that the nation's uneducated are breeding twice as soon and twice as often as those with university diplomas. "The average member of the American underclass spawns at age 15, compared to age 30 for the average college-educated professional," study leader Kenneth Stalls said. "America's intellectual elite, as a result, is badly losing the genetic marathon, with two generations of dullards born for every one generation of cultured literates." Added Stalls: "At this rate, by the year 2100 there will be five smart people on Earth, swallowed whole by more than 12 billion mouth-breathers incapable of understanding the binary exponentiation that swamped the Earth with their like." High-school dropout Mandi Drucker, 16, said of the findings, "All I know is, we're in love."
I was planning on posting an answer myself, but my math skills are a little rusty. Does anyone remember the fomula's for Elephant Packing an Irregular Sphere?
No shit. Companies are pushing porn on kids at younger and younger ages. My wife couldn't believe it when she saw an add that had the "What's Your Flava" song pushing barbies on Nickelodian.
"Thats why we put security features in both IE and Outlook."
I said to her:
"Well, so thats great, but did it stop these worms and virus attacks?"
You know she's a MS Borg, but damn man some of them are hot. Don't attack head on or she'll raise her sheilds. I realize the Geek Gene in you thinks technical accuracy is more important the reproduction, but you must resist. Remember your objective.
Try something like...
"Thats why we put security features in both IE and Outlook."
"That sounds fascinating! I am awed that you actually work for the company that created such great innovative products. Lets go back to my place and you can check out my security settings."
Maybe slip something in about your big hard drive and hot processor.:-D
True, if it's an open source document reader. But if that is their intention it could be possible to create such a system. Open Source the OS but then give out binary only versions of the document readers, and only distribute Government Files in that format. Something like Adobe Acrobat, but with the Government forcing it out you.
I'm not saying it wouldn't be hackable, but using encryption and perhaps special hardware like their dragon chips, it could be possible. China certainly seems like it would like to implement DRM for control of populace reasons since they obviously don't care about Piracy. I'm not to sure about the other countries.
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Wouldn't large scale adoption of something like this cause more problem? 5 lane Highway system can't just be switched to the side roads. They can't handle that much traffic. I can see where this would benefit the first groups of people using it, but I don't know if it would still work if everyone had it.
An accident causes a traffic jam, suddenly every car 5 to 10 miles back chooses an alternate route - suddenly all exist are blocked and people who did get off are stuck in a maze of stop light to stop light traffic because suddenly everyone else got the same ideas.
So then more sensors will have to be added to not so big roads until eventually your in car navigation system starts telling you that you really should be carpooling or using public transportation.
I think the most interesting thing would be to obtain the traffic needs of the whole city in a central source. When you tell you car you need to get from your house to your job, it transmit that to LATA and they have the computers figure it all out. Then perhaps they could figure out what to do.
By then of course maybe we could have computer controlled commuter car-trains. Where a certain lane gives the computer control and all the cars go 1 foot from the car ahead and switch on and off where they need to go by themselves.
Just ideas spinning from my head - I walk to the other end of the house to go to work, but I hear traffic jams suck.
Gaim v0.70
Don't bump the computer, I've got a CD burning and if the hard drive locks it'll messup the throughput.
Just wonder if anyone out there actually buys things because it's "The Fastest" computer available. The Fastest Computer changes at least every month, plus most of us can get by with significantly less the the fastest. Not to mention that people always argue over just what it is fastest at.
Personally I look at MIPS / $$ and my $400 machine with maxed out ram does everything I could want super cheap. Even doing a full build every few minutes doesn't keep the CPU at 100% for more then a few seconds. I still have a computer shopper I keep for the "Blazing Fast 386 Systems!!!" cover. It helps keep things in perspecitve.
I've talked about this with my friends and the only thing that is going to make us upgrade our systems is going to be Doom III. Until then we buy cheap computers and just stick them around the house where needed.
I've bought some fancy pens, but overall I always end up using the cheap bic ball points. You can buy them by the gross, they always write, last forever, and when they do finally wear out, the hollow tubes are excellent for shooting spit wads if your into that sort of thing.
I have 4 younger brothers so I claim self defense.
The greasy hamburger place that makes you sick after you eat it? When did this happen? Why wasn't I informed?
*sigh*
I'm so out of touch.
Perhaps they want to stop things like this program that installs a VxD audio recorder. It installs itself as a sound card makes all the DRM you have useless.
Load encrypted file, Verify Rights, Decrypt Audio Stream, send result to sound card which saves it straight to Wav, MP3 or Ogg. Thank you very much.
Actually this is why I bought it. I consider it a very nice audio conversion program that works with all formats. Better then SoX!
Pretty soon Americans won't be able to compete in the lucrative malicious black-hat hacker market. The government is just sending more jobs out of the country. It's hard enough to get a job doing legit work, let alone cracking corporate and government servers. Now I'll have to raise my rates to cover the added risk of getting caught. I'll be lucky to get simple web site defacement jobs now.
How can I compete with people from India or China who can hack away with impunity?
Regardless of what you choose, be sure to get a signed contract. I know this may seem obvious, but many beginers in their eagerness to do well and joy at having a project to work on neglect this part and pay dearly for it later.
Don't price yourself too low, figure out how much money you need, then add 50% to that for taxes. Assuming of course your in the US.
Generally I also take my best guess estimate and double it just to cover the inevitable unknowns. I've tried other things, but this seems to be a good rule of thumb.
Have fun.
I'm sure the technology is good, but for crying out loud, mainframes are still around 40 years later. RDBMSes are going nowhere for the next 20+years until true AI comes around.
Think of it this way, we still use files to store data and there are lots of low level file operations we can perform, but RDBMS encapsulates all that so we can say "create table" and "select * from table" and not have to muck around with accessing the files ourselves, just get the data.
In the same way, what this project should do is automatically USE an RDBMS on the backend to store all those transactions and retrieve updates. If there was some option to keep all objects constantly up to date with the database I would love it. No translating from objects to DB because it would all be done for me. No click here to save, because it would be done as things change.
I'm sure that's what future libraries will do for you. I think this would be a great application if we already had that new magnetic memory that is supposed to replace hard drives, but for right now, if I have a power failure I don't want to suddenly lose my whole database.
I wonder how this project would compare with a MySQL hash table.
Call me pessimistic, but I see this being covered by another piece of paper, or some small print when you buy your car. Auto dealers and mechanics will just add a clause in their standard forms that say you agree to let them access your box and use the data.
This previous article describes how rental companies can fine you for speeding using GPS, even if you don't get caught. Just part of their standard rental agreement.
Still, this particular black box doesn't seem too bad. It records vehicle data in a buffer that is constantly rewritten and only saves the data when the airbag deploys in an accident. Then again, future BB's could do a lot more.
Usually Services Packs contain the cumulative updates up until that point. How Long?
Well Microsoft is saying Windows XP SP2 is due in Mid-2004, while the older operating systems don't have any more service packs projected right now. So there isn't much chance for them to push it on unsuspecting customers - yet.
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I am an SBC customer an Customer Privacy is NOT something they care about. I get more telemarketing calls then ever on my brand new phone number.
SBC is upset that the RIAA is try trying to get the info via a subpeona.
RIAA should do like the telemarketers already do, buy ALL the IP to Personal Info at once and then run a query to get the people your after.
I was outraged when I saw how much they get paid! Then I remembered it's Canadian Dollars, so it's not that bad. ;)
Does anyone know the address it uses to download from the internet? If your system is behind a firewall, couldn't you block access to that site or domain?
I realize this would be temporary once they start making game loaders install patches for them. They could include something like this in an updated game developer SDK.
In addition, the in-house employee will be quite pissed for being forced to train his replacement, and will not do so as a result.
Sure they will be pissed. I wonder why they would let someone knowingly train their own replacement.
I know if I was going to train my replacement I would be sure to do an EXCELLENT job of training him or her. From My point of view anyway. I train them to be a pathetic programmer, take some time off and come back in and save the day when the company finds out this new guy just isn't working out.
Stuff like this must be happening. It's in people best interest NOT to do a good job here. If they want to train someone send them to college and foot the bill for it. I'll be damned if I'm going to do a good job when I'm still paying off my student loans from the YEARS I put in learning at the university.
He read the earlier /. article and downloaded the Whois database.
The impressive part is not the research he's produced, but the fact that he's been able to secure a position as a scientist where spilling his beer on things is considerd research. Just think how many kids today would get into science if they knew you could do research on being a drunk DJ.
For instance I've found no documented research on the effect of various alcohols on programmer efficiency. Call For Papers anyone??
If I remember correctly, the dead were ressurected on Saturn, not Jupiter
We need to put this into units people can understand.
I was planning on posting an answer myself, but my math skills are a little rusty. Does anyone remember the fomula's for Elephant Packing an Irregular Sphere?
Not much, just that they could make the binary only work on that OS.
No shit. Companies are pushing porn on kids at younger and younger ages. My wife couldn't believe it when she saw an add that had the "What's Your Flava" song pushing barbies on Nickelodian.
FYI: Flava Dolls have night club theme music about oral sex. Check out the Lyrics.
You know she's a MS Borg, but damn man some of them are hot. Don't attack head on or she'll raise her sheilds. I realize the Geek Gene in you thinks technical accuracy is more important the reproduction, but you must resist. Remember your objective.
Try something like...
"Thats why we put security features in both IE and Outlook."
"That sounds fascinating! I am awed that you actually work for the company that created such great innovative products. Lets go back to my place and you can check out my security settings."
Maybe slip something in about your big hard drive and hot processor.
True, if it's an open source document reader. But if that is their intention it could be possible to create such a system. Open Source the OS but then give out binary only versions of the document readers, and only distribute Government Files in that format. Something like Adobe Acrobat, but with the Government forcing it out you.
I'm not saying it wouldn't be hackable, but using encryption and perhaps special hardware like their dragon chips, it could be possible. China certainly seems like it would like to implement DRM for control of populace reasons since they obviously don't care about Piracy. I'm not to sure about the other countries.