How many passwords have you got? turn on pc, open email, encrypted files, bank account login's, ftp login's, forum memberships, the list goes on. How many have you forgotten? We need a better authentication system than text passwords. Security agencies have developed stunning biometrc identification technologies, perhaps these could be put out for the general public to use?
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This sounds like a good way to ensure accountability on who made what changes, and when they did it. Linus says the SCO debacle "have provided a "big impetus" for the changes", this will make sure similar legal action can be shot down immediately.
Considering all the codethats been leaked lately, this is a welcome insurance policy to keep Linux on track as free alternative OS.
Direct conversion of sunlight to electricity by solar cells is a promising technology, and already locally useful, but the amount of electricity which can be generated by that method is not great compared with demand. Because it is a low grade energy, with a low conversion efficiency (about 15%) capturing solar energy in quantity requires huge installations--many square miles. About 8 percent of the cells must be replaced each year. But the big problem is how to store significant amounts of electricity when the Sun is not available to produce it (Trainer, 1995), for example, at night. The problem remains unsolved. Because of this, solar energy cannot be used as a dependable base load. And, the immediate end product is electricity, a very limited replacement for oil. Also, adding in all the energy costs of the production and maintenance of PV (photovoltaic) installations, the net energy recovery is low (Trainer, 1995).
If you can think of a way to store this energy, fantastic, please share. Otherwise, back to the drawing board.
Some people have mentioned that this is possibly a step towards Microsoft having an open source model, which is highly unlikely. The business model is 'own the OS'. It has proved so profitable they plan to repeat the experience by owning the market for a gaming OS, codenamed XNA.
It makes no sense for Microsoft to say Linux is a competitor or to reveal a strategy to deal with the threat, why show your hand early? Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt, these are the tools of the dark side...
He also gives the lowdown on the next major release of Windows Server, code-named Blackcomb.
Blackcomb, sounds evil. The OS from the darkside, while doing battle surfing on lava against the might of Linux.
As others here have mentioned, this is going in the direction of Microsofts new Longhorn OS, which has some hefty system requirements. The dual core cpu is an interesting concept, an extension of Moores law, so that the computing power increase of 2x @18 months remains constant. Who cares how this is achieved, as long as its happening! What I find really interesting is the concept of usability...while slashdotters will easily find uses for these pc's, what will jane the nurse be doing? compositing home videos for her MSN messenger profile? A lot of the more powerful apps such as 3d modelling require learned skills and also talent to make something good.
Still, cpu's of this magnitude everywhere will help with CETI@home number crunching. Maybe the Terabyte storage mentioned in those Longhorn specs has something to do withCerns Large Hadron Collider going online. It is expected to produce 10 Petabytes of data a year. The data is going to be saved via the grid
The chinese have a saying, may you live in interesting times...
wooden cases huh? wouldnt want an Athlon in there, the heat might cause an office fire. Whats next, tablets made out of stone?
I can see it now, the boss walks in with his shiny (heavy) new tablet, suddenly those power point presentations are elevated to commandment level. Plus if someone disagrees, it doubles as a pacifier.
Are the apartment walls painted in frightening pastels, or are the leds coloured? This demo room shows that you cant beat natural lighting for comfortable and relaxing atmospheres.
Call of Duty will push your system to its limits. The graphics are whiz bang fx spectular, while the AI is throwing all sorts of things at you. Stalingrad shows what 2004 games will be aiming for. The basic game mechanics are fps, but with cool new twists, like driving the tank...you swing the turrent with your mouse, but have to hit the space bar to change the tanks direction to the turrents...simple but brilliant!
THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS will be a delight to fans of Gaiman's work and newcomers to the graphic novel medium. Whether haunting, bittersweet, erotic or nightmarish, the seven stories in this book - one for each of the Endless siblings - reveal strange secrets and surprising truths about the Sandman and his family. Each story is illustrated by some of the greatest comics artists from around the world./i>
This is like Led Zeppelin reforming for a concert! No wait, its better than a rock bank reunion, as it's got guest artists that are superstars to! People have mentioned other great comics, Dark Knight, and Watchmen, but Sandman is a collection of modern fables and urban myths, woven into reality... plus a writer only gets better with age, like a fine wine developing over the years, the prose is laced with new passages of wisdom, new nuances of meaning... like a dream of a rock band reforming, with Led Zep jamming with Louie Armstrong... September 17th? excellent!
A recent New Scientist article mentions:
Unusual warm spots on Mars might represent "ice towers" similar to those seen in Antarctica, say researchers. They could even harbour life...
These are located in the Hellas Basin, a large feature on the bottom left of Mars, viewed from Earth. Here's a photo of Mars, the elliptical bright feature at lower-center in the image is the Hellas Basin, the largest unequivocal impact basin (formed by an asteroid or comet) on the planet. Hellas is approximately 2200 km (1,370 mi) across. Really amazing detail, photo was taken by the Mars Global Surveyor, check out many more of its pics here.
For global views of Mars check here, however at this time of year (August) Mars is enveloped in planet wide dust storms, so the view is going to be obfuscated by all that red grit...if you want to check out before and during storm pics then click here.
many more pics available from the Mars Global Surveyor: Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)here.
Slashdot Mirror
does this solve the energy problems?
How many passwords have you got? turn on pc, open email, encrypted files, bank account login's, ftp login's, forum memberships, the list goes on. How many have you forgotten? We need a better authentication system than text passwords. Security agencies have developed stunning biometrc identification technologies, perhaps these could be put out for the general public to use?
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Now, more than thirty years later, Project Gutenberg has the following figures (as of November 8th 2002): 203 New eBooks released during October 2002, 1975 New eBooks produced in 2002 (they were 1240 in 2001) for a total of 6267 Total Project Gutenberg eBooks. 119 eBooks have been posted so far by Project Gutenberg of Australia.
Click here for the full PG story and here for the latest News , and learn about the Stockholm Challenge Award recently won by Project Gutenberg in the category Culture.
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sure thats the modern version of 10,000 students all rushing to get the same book out that is recommended by the professor :)
Considering all the code thats been leaked lately, this is a welcome insurance policy to keep Linux on track as free alternative OS.
current situation:
we use oil for energy. Problem, oil is a finite resource, it WILL run out. Alternatives are needed. Okay, we agree so far.
What about using the most obvious Nuclear Energy..The Sun?
No viable alternatives exist yet. To quote verbatim:
Direct conversion of sunlight to electricity by solar cells is a promising technology, and already locally useful, but the amount of electricity which can be generated by that method is not great compared with demand. Because it is a low grade energy, with a low conversion efficiency (about 15%) capturing solar energy in quantity requires huge installations--many square miles. About 8 percent of the cells must be replaced each year. But the big problem is how to store significant amounts of electricity when the Sun is not available to produce it (Trainer, 1995), for example, at night. The problem remains unsolved. Because of this, solar energy cannot be used as a dependable base load. And, the immediate end product is electricity, a very limited replacement for oil. Also, adding in all the energy costs of the production and maintenance of PV (photovoltaic) installations, the net energy recovery is low (Trainer, 1995).
If you can think of a way to store this energy, fantastic, please share. Otherwise, back to the drawing board.
thanks for that, makes more sense as a name now :)
Some people have mentioned that this is possibly a step towards Microsoft having an open source model, which is highly unlikely. The business model is 'own the OS'. It has proved so profitable they plan to repeat the experience by owning the market for a gaming OS, codenamed XNA.
It makes no sense for Microsoft to say Linux is a competitor or to reveal a strategy to deal with the threat, why show your hand early? Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt, these are the tools of the dark side...
Blackcomb, sounds evil. The OS from the darkside, while doing battle surfing on lava against the might of Linux.
need a website?
You have to be joking you poor idiot.
pff, whatever anonymous COWARD
As others here have mentioned, this is going in the direction of Microsofts new Longhorn OS, which has some hefty system requirements. The dual core cpu is an interesting concept, an extension of Moores law, so that the computing power increase of 2x @18 months remains constant. Who cares how this is achieved, as long as its happening! What I find really interesting is the concept of usability...while slashdotters will easily find uses for these pc's, what will jane the nurse be doing? compositing home videos for her MSN messenger profile? A lot of the more powerful apps such as 3d modelling require learned skills and also talent to make something good.
Still, cpu's of this magnitude everywhere will help with CETI@home number crunching. Maybe the Terabyte storage mentioned in those Longhorn specs has something to do withCerns Large Hadron Collider going online. It is expected to produce 10 Petabytes of data a year. The data is going to be saved via the grid
The chinese have a saying, may you live in interesting times...
the photo at the bottom is in the ovie demo for the game stalker, which is set in this area. Nice to see how real its looking.
wooden cases huh? wouldnt want an Athlon in there, the heat might cause an office fire. Whats next, tablets made out of stone?
I can see it now, the boss walks in with his shiny (heavy) new tablet, suddenly those power point presentations are elevated to commandment level. Plus if someone disagrees, it doubles as a pacifier.
Are the apartment walls painted in frightening pastels, or are the leds coloured? This demo room shows that you cant beat natural lighting for comfortable and relaxing atmospheres.
Call of Duty will push your system to its limits. The graphics are whiz bang fx spectular, while the AI is throwing all sorts of things at you. Stalingrad shows what 2004 games will be aiming for. The basic game mechanics are fps, but with cool new twists, like driving the tank...you swing the turrent with your mouse, but have to hit the space bar to change the tanks direction to the turrents...simple but brilliant!
They have settled according to MTV link: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1478036/20030909/ index.jhtml?headlines=true
whoops, got click happy before checking that italic tag, overwhelmed by the fantastic news :)
This is like Led Zeppelin reforming for a concert! No wait, its better than a rock bank reunion, as it's got guest artists that are superstars to! People have mentioned other great comics, Dark Knight, and Watchmen, but Sandman is a collection of modern fables and urban myths, woven into reality... plus a writer only gets better with age, like a fine wine developing over the years, the prose is laced with new passages of wisdom, new nuances of meaning... like a dream of a rock band reforming, with Led Zep jamming with Louie Armstrong... September 17th? excellent!
Should be able to run Doom III.... heh.
A quick search for best operating system results in:
Microsoft weigh in at number 21....
A recent New Scientist article mentions: Unusual warm spots on Mars might represent "ice towers" similar to those seen in Antarctica, say researchers. They could even harbour life...
These are located in the Hellas Basin, a large feature on the bottom left of Mars, viewed from Earth. Here's a photo of Mars, the elliptical bright feature at lower-center in the image is the Hellas Basin, the largest unequivocal impact basin (formed by an asteroid or comet) on the planet. Hellas is approximately 2200 km (1,370 mi) across. Really amazing detail, photo was taken by the Mars Global Surveyor, check out many more of its pics here.
So THAT looks like an excellent area to Survey!
What about the small problem of finding 6 people to go to Mars....
what about actually getting to Mars?
exactly my point: because its THERE!!!
Does anyone have a decent estimate of when we will launch a human expedition to Mars? I mean how far off are the space craft from a feasible mission?
For global views of Mars check here, however at this time of year (August) Mars is enveloped in planet wide dust storms, so the view is going to be obfuscated by all that red grit...if you want to check out before and during storm pics then click here.
many more pics available from the Mars Global Surveyor: Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)here.