This may sortof explain (or backup) why feel I play slightly better tennis when I have had a beer or two. I feel that it kinda slows down my brain just enough so that I dont actually worry or think TOO much about hitting the ball and letting natural abilities take over, but not too much beer that it starts to effect my judgement, etc.. In this state I tend to hit better shots..
So maybe its a matter of having that sweet spot; not having your brain process every bit of data and wigging out from the possibilites of failure, while still having the smarts to get the task at hand done correctly.
Im doing a uni course on security at the moment..
What they are teaching is that there are three main type of authentication:
Something you have - A smartcard, something physical.
Something you are - a fingerprint, biometrics.
Something you know - a password in ya head.
The whole idea is that you combine these for stronger protection.
To say that passwords are towards the end of their life is like saying they (M$) will be ignoring one possible type of authenitication. Sure you can just use smart cards, but its always better to have a combo of types and passwords are still handy to add that extra layer.
Ah, maybe thats what im missing. Im thinking using a presentation for display in front of an audience.. not for uploading to the web! In that case it would be good as it removes the need for extra software to be installed..
I always like standards. Esp anything to do with CSS and the web.
Im not exactly sure of a reason to develop this standard though. I've been using the latest version of OpenOffice's Impress to do all my presentations for my uni projects. I've found it really easy to use.. maybe a little easier than Powerpoint. I know its more a clone of PP than anything revolutionary, but it stores its presentations in an OPEN format. It works great, and is also has very few problems when converting to a powerpoint slide (im not doing anything complicated, but I've had no trouble).
And it does the scaling of text and graphics really well which this standard (from a previous comment) doesn't really handle... I think Eric Meyer's work is awesome, but is this something that is actually really needed, or is it just an example of a clever combination of existing technologies together?
Gee, imagine being KDE, squeezed onto the gamecube and starting up to present the welcome screen.. must feel like a druken waking up in strange location after a heavy night on the turps...
"Ooohhh.. my head.. that was rough... huh? how the hell did I end up in this place? and where are my correctly coloured pants?"
I often think about what happens to the petrol that is used by my car. At the moment, I'm a fairly light user of my car. But it doesn't take long to go through 10 litres of petrol.
Once that petrol has been used by the car, it has been converted into gases, and released into the atmosphere. Matter can't be destroyed, so it's not like the petrol was 'used up', it purely changes form, releasing energy. Secondly, a gas takes up a much much larger space than a liquid, and that liquid petrol is turned into gases (and water vapour, which I guess condenses eventually). Cars burn thousands of litres in their lifetime, and there are millions of cars. I know the earth is huge, but the atmosphere is still finite. I live in relatively small city compared to others (Adelaide, Australia), yet there is often a morning haze over the city from people driving to work. The haze is caused by the exhaust from cars reacting with sunlight, etc... No-one seems to think that it's a problem as it eventually drifts away with the wind. Out of sight, out of mind. But the gasses are still up there! The fact that we are not seeing more of a greenhouse/atmosphere problem I find amazing.
It always makes me wonder why people love big cars, and from what it seems, especially in America. Im in Australia. People here like their cars. The most popular car here I would suggest would be a Holden Commadore. But people like those because they are made well, they are really comfortable and can pull a boat/trailer/747 without any trouble. I have never heard anyone say they like their cars to be big. In fact, I've only ever heard small cars admired for their size, and how much easier it makes them for people to park and squeeze between things in smaller streets.
It doesn't look like that hybrid car in the article looks THAT big, but can someone explain to me why people like big cars so much, in particular in America? I would think that for hybrid cars to take off in Australia, they would have to start with smaller cars for city driving, as that is what people are prefering here.
I'm in Australia, and to be honest, we dont really have that much free to air television. We have 5 main stations. One of them is the ABC (government funded), SBS a more multicultural tv station (partly gov funded I think) and three fully commercial stations. The ads we have are mostly on the commercial stations. I dont think Australians are real heavy tv watchers, as pay-tv here is no where as popular as it is in other parts of the world. And if people dont want ads, they buy pay-tv services. I wouldn't pay a few dollars a week to record/filter ads from free to air tv. I mainly just turn it off. So even thought I could see that this would have a market, I don't think it will be as big as Tivo in the American market.
I once worked out that my notebook could recieve at least 10 or 12 keypresses simulatanously, while the ps/2 keyboard could only do 5 or so.. I had some program that lit up the key you were pressing or something... What's the difference there?
This is the key to supporting old browsers. With XHTML and CSS, you can prevent Netscape 4 for example loading in the modern stylesheet. On the last project I worked on, I simply made sure that when the stylesheet was turned off, the raw XHTML was easy to read, and well organised (as it should be). I didn't even bother with a stylesheet for NS4, I just made sure people could view the site's information and not have their browser crash!
From the article: Muglia must keep a long train of updates and service packs for older versions of Windows rolling off the production line
WOAH, slow down with all those service packs for XP microsoft!
If the service packs for XP were actually a train, the would be only one carriage.. but that carriage would be bloody long!
Unfortunally most people I know who aren't interesting in computers (I'm mainly thinking family members here), just want to turn on their computers, do some typing, send an email and surf the web.
The are simply not interested in updating their OS. Most of them don't understand what updating is for. They only time they worry about it is when I get a phonecall going: "Ryan, the computer keeps shutting down for no reason.. what should I do?" - then i go in for cleanup, patches, firewall, firefox, etc, etc...
So what happens is that you can end up with lots of legal AND illegal versions of software that aren't patched. I think many people wouldn't even know if they have a legal version or not.. They just use what is given to them.
This is why worms lately have been able to cause so much havic lately. People just don't understand they have to update.
So stopping the service packs from being installed just increases this issue and we have more and more machines on the net that are a breeding ground for worms- its hard to get people to update as it is! People see all these computers around with problems with Windows and form a bad opinion of it. Isn't it better to try to aim to have ALL copies of Windows installed around the world up to date and working smoothly, than risk getting the reputation that it's a bug-riddled OS?
I've been following Linux for several years, but it's only this year I been able to stay exclusively on linux for a week or so while doing uni work. It's like everything has clicked for me, and I'm finding that I'm prefering to work under linux for coding.
Maybe it's because i've been fiddling around long enough that I've grown to love the OS and desktop managers like KDE, or maybe it's because projects in the open source community have risen to such high levels of quality.
Thats not to say though that I haven't had my share of problems- cant get tv out working nicely, or 5.1 sound, or my OpenGL working right...
But for sitting down and doing research, coding and web activites, I'm finding Linux (i'm using Mandrake 9.2 btw) is more productive for me than Windows.
And when it comes to business, productivity is a significant drawcard. Due to my new found fondness of linux and OSS this week, im thinking that OSS will win users over due to it's increasing quality moreso than patent issues.
Some PCs, mostly older systems used to help create the first film in the trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, have been donated to a local school.
Those machines would still have to be pretty good, even if they are called 'older systems'.. Some of the local school geeks would love to think they are working on a machine that may have been used to create Gollum!
I find this comment in the article interesting.. .. deeming it too risky to astronauts in the wake of Columbia...
The risk factors haven't changed, those running the space program have always known the risks. It's not like Columbia's terrible accident made those in charge suddenly go "oh, maybe this space stuff is dangerous after all..."
It's not the risk factors that have changed, it's the public's view of the risks that have changed.
It might seem petty, but the reality is that there is a huge number of people that use hotmail on a regular basis.. this kind of downage affects a lot of people.
What is interesting is how:
- Microsoft responds, their press releases etc.
- Possible reasons for failure
- What others can learn from these kind of failures, to prevent them happening.
- That such a large system that must deal with a massive number of requests has completely gone down instead of the service degrading due to servers failing, etc..
Lighten up a bit, i'm honestly suprised it would go down for a significant amount of time.
Sometimes to me/.-ing a site doesn't compute with me- So the server has had so many incoming requests its gone kaput, but in all those hits not one person has kept a copy of this stylesheet.. ??
It's just simple text!
Do people just blindly click on links just because they are posted?
Ahhh.. but what would happen if the bot was fed the output from an infinite numbers of monkeys typing at an infinite number of keyboards..??!!
We we eventually get the same result?
I used to be a little against devices trying to do everything, due to poor battery life, size etc...
But now that battery life is much better than it used to be, a device similar to this one could end up being perfect for someone like me:
A uni student who does a lot of travelling, listens to tons of music, and normally walks around with a diskman in one pocket, a backpack with a large diary and a mobile on my belt.
Running for the bus with crap flying out of your pockets or flinging around, hitting you in the privates is not a good way to start the day..
-Ryan
Slashdot Mirror
One word..
TELEFRAG!
This may sortof explain (or backup) why feel I play slightly better tennis when I have had a beer or two. I feel that it kinda slows down my brain just enough so that I dont actually worry or think TOO much about hitting the ball and letting natural abilities take over, but not too much beer that it starts to effect my judgement, etc.. In this state I tend to hit better shots..
So maybe its a matter of having that sweet spot; not having your brain process every bit of data and wigging out from the possibilites of failure, while still having the smarts to get the task at hand done correctly.
Hey, I live in Antartica you insensitve clod!
(well maybe not, southern hemisphere at least, give me a break...!)
Totally agree.. hence the use of the term 'something you know'.. and not just passwords- which was an example.. :-)
Im doing a uni course on security at the moment..
What they are teaching is that there are three main type of authentication:
Something you have - A smartcard, something physical.
Something you are - a fingerprint, biometrics.
Something you know - a password in ya head.
The whole idea is that you combine these for stronger protection.
To say that passwords are towards the end of their life is like saying they (M$) will be ignoring one possible type of authenitication. Sure you can just use smart cards, but its always better to have a combo of types and passwords are still handy to add that extra layer.
Ah, maybe thats what im missing. Im thinking using a presentation for display in front of an audience.. not for uploading to the web!
In that case it would be good as it removes the need for extra software to be installed..
I always like standards. Esp anything to do with CSS and the web.
Im not exactly sure of a reason to develop this standard though. I've been using the latest version of OpenOffice's Impress to do all my presentations for my uni projects. I've found it really easy to use.. maybe a little easier than Powerpoint. I know its more a clone of PP than anything revolutionary, but it stores its presentations in an OPEN format. It works great, and is also has very few problems when converting to a powerpoint slide (im not doing anything complicated, but I've had no trouble).
And it does the scaling of text and graphics really well which this standard (from a previous comment) doesn't really handle... I think Eric Meyer's work is awesome, but is this something that is actually really needed, or is it just an example of a clever combination of existing technologies together?
Gee, imagine being KDE, squeezed onto the gamecube and starting up to present the welcome screen.. must feel like a druken waking up in strange location after a heavy night on the turps...
"Ooohhh.. my head.. that was rough... huh? how the hell did I end up in this place? and where are my correctly coloured pants?"
I often think about what happens to the petrol that is used by my car. At the moment, I'm a fairly light user of my car. But it doesn't take long to go through 10 litres of petrol.
Once that petrol has been used by the car, it has been converted into gases, and released into the atmosphere. Matter can't be destroyed, so it's not like the petrol was 'used up', it purely changes form, releasing energy. Secondly, a gas takes up a much much larger space than a liquid, and that liquid petrol is turned into gases (and water vapour, which I guess condenses eventually).
Cars burn thousands of litres in their lifetime, and there are millions of cars. I know the earth is huge, but the atmosphere is still finite. I live in relatively small city compared to others (Adelaide, Australia), yet there is often a morning haze over the city from people driving to work. The haze is caused by the exhaust from cars reacting with sunlight, etc... No-one seems to think that it's a problem as it eventually drifts away with the wind. Out of sight, out of mind. But the gasses are still up there!
The fact that we are not seeing more of a greenhouse/atmosphere problem I find amazing.
It always makes me wonder why people love big cars, and from what it seems, especially in America.
Im in Australia. People here like their cars. The most popular car here I would suggest would be a Holden Commadore. But people like those because they are made well, they are really comfortable and can pull a boat/trailer/747 without any trouble.
I have never heard anyone say they like their cars to be big. In fact, I've only ever heard small cars admired for their size, and how much easier it makes them for people to park and squeeze between things in smaller streets.
It doesn't look like that hybrid car in the article looks THAT big, but can someone explain to me why people like big cars so much, in particular in America?
I would think that for hybrid cars to take off in Australia, they would have to start with smaller cars for city driving, as that is what people are prefering here.
I'm in Australia, and to be honest, we dont really have that much free to air television. We have 5 main stations. One of them is the ABC (government funded), SBS a more multicultural tv station (partly gov funded I think) and three fully commercial stations. The ads we have are mostly on the commercial stations.
I dont think Australians are real heavy tv watchers, as pay-tv here is no where as popular as it is in other parts of the world. And if people dont want ads, they buy pay-tv services. I wouldn't pay a few dollars a week to record/filter ads from free to air tv. I mainly just turn it off.
So even thought I could see that this would have a market, I don't think it will be as big as Tivo in the American market.
I once worked out that my notebook could recieve at least 10 or 12 keypresses simulatanously, while the ps/2 keyboard could only do 5 or so..
I had some program that lit up the key you were pressing or something...
What's the difference there?
although I'm sure we'd all love to see Captain James Tiberius Kirk again, right?"
As much as I'd like to see my grandma appear on new episodes of Baywatch...
This is the key to supporting old browsers. With XHTML and CSS, you can prevent Netscape 4 for example loading in the modern stylesheet.
On the last project I worked on, I simply made sure that when the stylesheet was turned off, the raw XHTML was easy to read, and well organised (as it should be). I didn't even bother with a stylesheet for NS4, I just made sure people could view the site's information and not have their browser crash!
From the article:
Muglia must keep a long train of updates and service packs for older versions of Windows rolling off the production line
WOAH, slow down with all those service packs for XP microsoft!
If the service packs for XP were actually a train, the would be only one carriage.. but that carriage would be bloody long!
Unfortunally most people I know who aren't interesting in computers (I'm mainly thinking family members here), just want to turn on their computers, do some typing, send an email and surf the web.
The are simply not interested in updating their OS. Most of them don't understand what updating is for. They only time they worry about it is when I get a phonecall going:
"Ryan, the computer keeps shutting down for no reason.. what should I do?" - then i go in for cleanup, patches, firewall, firefox, etc, etc...
So what happens is that you can end up with lots of legal AND illegal versions of software that aren't patched. I think many people wouldn't even know if they have a legal version or not.. They just use what is given to them.
This is why worms lately have been able to cause so much havic lately. People just don't understand they have to update.
So stopping the service packs from being installed just increases this issue and we have more and more machines on the net that are a breeding ground for worms- its hard to get people to update as it is!
People see all these computers around with problems with Windows and form a bad opinion of it. Isn't it better to try to aim to have ALL copies of Windows installed around the world up to date and working smoothly, than risk getting the reputation that it's a bug-riddled OS?
I've been following Linux for several years, but it's only this year I been able to stay exclusively on linux for a week or so while doing uni work. It's like everything has clicked for me, and I'm finding that I'm prefering to work under linux for coding. Maybe it's because i've been fiddling around long enough that I've grown to love the OS and desktop managers like KDE, or maybe it's because projects in the open source community have risen to such high levels of quality.
Thats not to say though that I haven't had my share of problems- cant get tv out working nicely, or 5.1 sound, or my OpenGL working right...
But for sitting down and doing research, coding and web activites, I'm finding Linux (i'm using Mandrake 9.2 btw) is more productive for me than Windows.
And when it comes to business, productivity is a significant drawcard. Due to my new found fondness of linux and OSS this week, im thinking that OSS will win users over due to it's increasing quality moreso than patent issues.
Some PCs, mostly older systems used to help create the first film in the trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, have been donated to a local school.
Those machines would still have to be pretty good, even if they are called 'older systems'.. Some of the local school geeks would love to think they are working on a machine that may have been used to create Gollum!
I find this comment in the article interesting..
.. deeming it too risky to astronauts in the wake of Columbia...
The risk factors haven't changed, those running the space program have always known the risks. It's not like Columbia's terrible accident made those in charge suddenly go "oh, maybe this space stuff is dangerous after all..."
It's not the risk factors that have changed, it's the public's view of the risks that have changed.
It might seem petty, but the reality is that there is a huge number of people that use hotmail on a regular basis.. this kind of downage affects a lot of people.
What is interesting is how:
- Microsoft responds, their press releases etc.
- Possible reasons for failure
- What others can learn from these kind of failures, to prevent them happening.
- That such a large system that must deal with a massive number of requests has completely gone down instead of the service degrading due to servers failing, etc..
Lighten up a bit, i'm honestly suprised it would go down for a significant amount of time.
Users with relatively predictable mail behavior (such as geeks, dweebs, and freaks)
..Sigh..
Yeah predicatable:
*click-refresh*
No new mail
*click-refresh*
No new mail
Sometimes to me /.-ing a site doesn't compute with me- So the server has had so many incoming requests its gone kaput, but in all those hits not one person has kept a copy of this stylesheet.. ??
It's just simple text!
Do people just blindly click on links just because they are posted?
Ahhh.. but what would happen if the bot was fed the output from an infinite numbers of monkeys typing at an infinite number of keyboards..??!!
We we eventually get the same result?
easy. :-)
switch to a console!
Real geeks dont use user interfaces!
I used to be a little against devices trying to do everything, due to poor battery life, size etc... But now that battery life is much better than it used to be, a device similar to this one could end up being perfect for someone like me:
A uni student who does a lot of travelling, listens to tons of music, and normally walks around with a diskman in one pocket, a backpack with a large diary and a mobile on my belt.
Running for the bus with crap flying out of your pockets or flinging around, hitting you in the privates is not a good way to start the day..
-Ryan