No one will like the real answer to this, at least no one should.
The nuclear powered cars and spacecraft we were promised could, technologically and economically, be here, if it werent for the irrational (ok, downright STUPID) american public.
Only NOW is the word "Nuclear" just barely starting to lose its stigma - one not earned, but bestowed upon it by the sensationalist media starting to learn (in the 50s and 60s) that playing upon people's fears pays.
The truth is, the solution to our entire energy crisis lies in the Earth's crust and has supplies enough for hundred's of years. Nuclear (not thermonuclear) power is clean, safe, and efficient - more efficient in fact than any means of power generation we have succeeded in bringing to fruition.
There have been a grand total of 23 lives lost directly due to nuclear accidents - compare to the hundreds of thousands yearly that die of cancer and respiratory illnesses due to coal plants.
An interesting tidbit - coal is 3-9ppm Uranium. There has been more radioactive material released into the atmosphere by coal plants in the last thirty years than all nuclear accidents and nuclear weapons testing combined. Times ten.
With Nanotechnology, let's hope we dont kill another great technology (or severely delay it) with our own ignorance.
Definitely a waste, however this is hardly a new response.
It seems than anyone who does not know or have a resident computer-person to take care of these things for them just assumes their computer is getting on in years and needs to be replaced.
23,000 mph *is* the relative velocity of the comet and the probe. Useful science can and frequently does occur from smashing things together or big explosions - see the fields of cosmology, astronomy, and particle physics.
I dont see any names being ripped off - at the lan *is* occuring in Zion;) Oh - and Trinity had that nickname before the movies were even announced - how convenient for us:D
Unless of course you have a job, reputation, and organization to maintain.
Sometimes, while ideals are great, it helps to be realistic.
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did you read the post? i dont recall it saying anything about policing, and brings up pretty much the same questions you ask (albeit without the sarcasm and lame attempts at humor).
As for the latter part, bittorrent wasnt created strictly for the purpose of copyright infringement either. For some reason that argument, while it has held so far, has created a huge commotion to say the least.
And the dumbest slashdot post award of 2005 goes to....
You obviously have never worked in a company with "values", and even more obviously dont understand charitable not-for-profit organizations. Charities first off exist BECAUSE people care. There is NO money in what most of these companies do - they do it out of the "goodness" of their hearts - is that so hard to comprehend?
Second, even though we've established you know nothing about charities, if you MUST stick with your twisted view that no one cares about anyone in the world, think about this - charities exist primarily on donations, so they MUST look "good". There's your angle, if you need one.
It sounds to me like they are worrying about throwing a decent LAN. One that doesnt get shut down because it became a safe-haven for illegal activies - and do some googling, its happened before.
It makes sense when you think about it. Open source as a business model is basically about embracing service-based revenue streams rather than product-based ones. AOL has always been a service-based company - the two fit perfectly. This is why MS is so anti-OSS, all they do is sell you a product:)
Just come to Zion LAN and you can have poeple for your network games of quake and unreal;)
<shameless plug> Largest lan WI or IL have ever seen, all for charity, a ton of great prizes (graphics cards for UT2k4), blah blah blah... google it:P </shameless plug>
So what happens when trying to detect when the flash memory has been written to too many times?
Actually, in most newer flash-based storage devices, this is already accounted for. Basically, the data is verified by attempting to read back the data - if it reads, you know you're fine, as the "space" in memory will only become "worn out" on a write.
If a "space" fails verification, it is added to a list of known bad sectors - exactly how IDE drives have functioned for the past decade or so.
since Firefox does not have any code related to hibernation or PDF rendering, it is obvious that external applications or OS subsystems are responsible for the problems you're experiencing.
Actually, it is entirely possible that, while code may not specifically be written FOR hibernationg purposes, it could affect it. That argument is equivalent to claiming there have never been arbitrary incompatability issues in information systems of any kind.
As for the PDF problem, I'm guessing it has something to do with how the acrobat plugin and FF interact, as the issue doesnt exist with IE. The bottom line is these issues exist with FF for me and not IE, on multiple computers.
Personally, FF crashes on me what seems like 2 or 3 times more often than IE crashes, usually when using PDFs, but also a LOT when coming out of hibernation.
Quite honestly, this article should be modded -1, Flamebait. It's completely and utterly pointless, except to rile us up and get us talking. I realize thats the point of slashdot, but come on editors, can we get some CONTENT here?
I'm by no means detracting from the importance of the Voyager missions - I too find that section of space interesting, however not nearly as much as Mars itself.
To me, Mars is one of the most important objects in space - it holds so much significance, and knowledge that can be gleaned from it could possibly affect us on earth.
While information we learn about deep(er) space is still worthwhile, if I had to choose.... to me its a no brainer.
Regardless, I think its much MUCH more valuable. Voyager is exploring what is generally a very empty portion of space right now with unsofisticated (by today's standards) tools.
If you're looking for a choice between the two, I believe its no contest - Mars is closer and more scientifically interesting and important than the empty space outside our solar system.
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No one will like the real answer to this, at least no one should.
The nuclear powered cars and spacecraft we were promised could, technologically and economically, be here, if it werent for the irrational (ok, downright STUPID) american public.
Only NOW is the word "Nuclear" just barely starting to lose its stigma - one not earned, but bestowed upon it by the sensationalist media starting to learn (in the 50s and 60s) that playing upon people's fears pays.
The truth is, the solution to our entire energy crisis lies in the Earth's crust and has supplies enough for hundred's of years. Nuclear (not thermonuclear) power is clean, safe, and efficient - more efficient in fact than any means of power generation we have succeeded in bringing to fruition.
There have been a grand total of 23 lives lost directly due to nuclear accidents - compare to the hundreds of thousands yearly that die of cancer and respiratory illnesses due to coal plants.
An interesting tidbit - coal is 3-9ppm Uranium. There has been more radioactive material released into the atmosphere by coal plants in the last thirty years than all nuclear accidents and nuclear weapons testing combined. Times ten.
With Nanotechnology, let's hope we dont kill another great technology (or severely delay it) with our own ignorance.
When you turn RD on in windows, it automagically opens the required port (3389) with windows firewall for you.
Definitely a waste, however this is hardly a new response.
It seems than anyone who does not know or have a resident computer-person to take care of these things for them just assumes their computer is getting on in years and needs to be replaced.
23,000 mph *is* the relative velocity of the comet and the probe. Useful science can and frequently does occur from smashing things together or big explosions - see the fields of cosmology, astronomy, and particle physics.
I dont see any names being ripped off - at the lan *is* occuring in Zion ;) Oh - and Trinity had that nickname before the movies were even announced - how convenient for us :D
It's piracy, its illegal, its going on during your watch. Stop it.
That's exactly the question. Is it our watch?
Unless of course you have a job, reputation, and organization to maintain.
Sometimes, while ideals are great, it helps to be realistic.
did you read the post? i dont recall it saying anything about policing, and brings up pretty much the same questions you ask (albeit without the sarcasm and lame attempts at humor).
As for the latter part, bittorrent wasnt created strictly for the purpose of copyright infringement either. For some reason that argument, while it has held so far, has created a huge commotion to say the least.
And the dumbest slashdot post award of 2005 goes to....
You obviously have never worked in a company with "values", and even more obviously dont understand charitable not-for-profit organizations. Charities first off exist BECAUSE people care. There is NO money in what most of these companies do - they do it out of the "goodness" of their hearts - is that so hard to comprehend?
Second, even though we've established you know nothing about charities, if you MUST stick with your twisted view that no one cares about anyone in the world, think about this - charities exist primarily on donations, so they MUST look "good". There's your angle, if you need one.
It sounds to me like they are worrying about throwing a decent LAN. One that doesnt get shut down because it became a safe-haven for illegal activies - and do some googling, its happened before.
It makes sense when you think about it. Open source as a business model is basically about embracing service-based revenue streams rather than product-based ones. AOL has always been a service-based company - the two fit perfectly. This is why MS is so anti-OSS, all they do is sell you a product :)
Just come to Zion LAN and you can have poeple for your network games of quake and unreal ;)
:P </shameless plug>
<shameless plug> Largest lan WI or IL have ever seen, all for charity, a ton of great prizes (graphics cards for UT2k4), blah blah blah... google it
Now witness the power of this fully operational botnet... :/
So what happens when trying to detect when the flash memory has been written to too many times?
Actually, in most newer flash-based storage devices, this is already accounted for. Basically, the data is verified by attempting to read back the data - if it reads, you know you're fine, as the "space" in memory will only become "worn out" on a write.
If a "space" fails verification, it is added to a list of known bad sectors - exactly how IDE drives have functioned for the past decade or so.
Google it - google knows whats up.
Did you mean: torvalds?
Just because Larry's paranoid doesn't mean everyone isn't out to get him.
since Firefox does not have any code related to hibernation or PDF rendering, it is obvious that external applications or OS subsystems are responsible for the problems you're experiencing.
Actually, it is entirely possible that, while code may not specifically be written FOR hibernationg purposes, it could affect it. That argument is equivalent to claiming there have never been arbitrary incompatability issues in information systems of any kind.
As for the PDF problem, I'm guessing it has something to do with how the acrobat plugin and FF interact, as the issue doesnt exist with IE. The bottom line is these issues exist with FF for me and not IE, on multiple computers.
Personally, FF crashes on me what seems like 2 or 3 times more often than IE crashes, usually when using PDFs, but also a LOT when coming out of hibernation.
Quite honestly, this article should be modded -1, Flamebait. It's completely and utterly pointless, except to rile us up and get us talking. I realize thats the point of slashdot, but come on editors, can we get some CONTENT here?
7. Profit!
following a rash of active DNS poisonings
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Damn internet rashes, they're the worst. Remember, dont surf without protecting your board.
could the movie be directed by Robert Rodriguez instead?
I dunno, Michael Bay could be more than meets the eye...
All we can do is keep educating, and hope that they listen.
Or.. we could do nothing. It's called job security.. As long as they need people to fix their computers, they'll throw money at us "computer types".
I'm by no means detracting from the importance of the Voyager missions - I too find that section of space interesting, however not nearly as much as Mars itself.
To me, Mars is one of the most important objects in space - it holds so much significance, and knowledge that can be gleaned from it could possibly affect us on earth.
While information we learn about deep(er) space is still worthwhile, if I had to choose.... to me its a no brainer.
Hilarious.
... so wait, are they still waiting?
Regardless, I think its much MUCH more valuable. Voyager is exploring what is generally a very empty portion of space right now with unsofisticated (by today's standards) tools.
If you're looking for a choice between the two, I believe its no contest - Mars is closer and more scientifically interesting and important than the empty space outside our solar system.