As someone who is interested in quiet desktops this article has an interest comment on CPU power specs in that AMD seems to have gotten tired of direct wattage comparisons between different methods of measurements: ie Intels "typical" rating versus AMDs "maximum" rating. So AMD are now introducing their ACP rating "average CPU power".
>...when one of the "upcoming events" that was in FidoNet's FidoNews was "August 24 1989: Voyager 2 passes Neptune." Scary to think it was that long ago - it seems like only yesterday.
I match that and raise you 12 years: I remember as a kid watching some of the TV hype *before* the launch:-)
(I also remember watching live the launch of Apollo 11, but we were on a (TV free) holiday and missed seeing the landing:-(
They need income to cover their expenses making programs, and they need to break even. They get money from the government (based on the TV License Fee), but they then make money from a) selling DVDs and b) selling and/or licensing programs to TV stations abroad. If the release their programming for free this income would reduce and either they spend less money making programs, or the license fee goes up.
I live in Germany where there are plenty of Smart cars around: occasionally I see one parked sideways, but they always stick out into the road (remember the average Euro-cars are probably narrower then American ones).
IIRC this method of parking is illegal anyway: the car must be parked parallel to the curb, and in the same direction as the traffic flow.
Is it me, or is it strange, that both this article, and the BBC version fail to mention what operating system these botnets are running on. I have my suspicions they all run on OS from the same company:-)
> Absolute rubbish there is no such thing as a radio license. Do your research.
That is not uncommon mistake, I guess usually made by old farts such as myself: there *used* to be a separate BBC radio license, but it was abandoned in 1971. So, yes, you are correct, but it not a totally daft thing to say:-)
> It won't, but the net is full of BBC shows anyway. There's probably little interest in their programming outside of the Uk anyway.
Definitely not true; here in Germany there is plenty of BBC programmer shown (dubbed:-( ) in the regular German channels. IIRC Wildlife, some comedy and Dr Who sell well. IIRC the Teletubbies made a packet for the BBC worldwide. And their DVDs are in the shops. All this helps subsidize the cost of making the shows, and I guess they do not want to cut into their own market by giving it for free over the net !!
> E) A country full of beautiful people, almost every single one of whom is liberal
I can agree with the other items, but as a 10-years-in-Hessen Mancunian I think this one is a little off target. (Unless by "liberal" you mean some kind of American-English definition !!)
G) Whiskey is cheaper in Germany than in Scotland or England:-)
> Seems to me that the best way to do multicore code would be to create a highly modular design...
What: like making the graphics renderer one module, the window manager another, the web browser another, email processor another, CD ripper another, encoder another, toolbar another, clock another etc... ?
Wow: a classic piece of Slashdot hyperbole: did any of the mods who gave this +5 Informative actually read the linked article ?
1) it refers to a leaked Home Office *proposal*, not a law about to be introduced 2) it only relates to employees of public bodies 3) it does not refer to all criminals, but only potential *violent* ones.
I am not saying I am in favour of said proposal: just that the posters summary as way off.
> The camera cannot prevent anything, it can only watch things happening.
Are you kidding ? I would think that most people would not commit the crime if they new they could be readily ID'ed and tracked down after the event. I am not saying cameras are perfect, but they are another ingredient of crime prevention.
Crimes of passion and suicide bombers would be 2 exceptions of course as the guilty either do not think, or are not worried about being IDed/caught.
> Isn't this a good thing? Isn't having many companies working towards the same objective...
One key accusation that Nicholas Negroponte made, but is missing from The Fine Summary, is that Intel will sell it "below cost to drive him out of markets." This is a different game.
> Why? What was wrong with Highlander II and Highlander III? Errr, OK, bad example. Matrix II and Matrix III?? Hmmm. Alien3 and Alien Resurection??? OK, I give up.
Well, IMHO, Star Wars IV was the best in that series:-)
> As far as TFA says, it seems Europe now explicitely protects
(I am European, but not an expert in Europolitics but...)
IIRC, this is a "directive" and, as the word suggests, is simple a request that the European member nations create the relevant laws to implement them. The EU has no power to make laws (yet), so only when this directive is implemented in law in the country you live in are you protected.
> I'm hoping their amps can now go up to 12 instead of 11
Question: if sound amplification technology had progressed at the same rate as chip speeds have since 1984 (when ST last played) what volume number would be required on their *new* amps to get the same sound level as 11 did back in 1984 ?
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As someone who is interested in quiet desktops this article has an interest comment on CPU power specs in that AMD seems to have gotten tired of direct wattage comparisons between different methods of measurements: ie Intels "typical" rating versus AMDs "maximum" rating. So AMD are now introducing their ACP rating "average CPU power".
> Those are mostly small countries and likely to be Microsoft puppets within ISO body.
This process immediately reminded me of the shenanigans at the International Whaling Commission.
> ...when one of the "upcoming events" that was in FidoNet's FidoNews was "August 24 1989: Voyager 2 passes Neptune." Scary to think it was that long ago - it seems like only yesterday.
:-)
:-(
I match that and raise you 12 years: I remember as a kid watching some of the TV hype *before* the launch
(I also remember watching live the launch of Apollo 11, but we were on a (TV free) holiday and missed seeing the landing
> I am exceedingly ignorant in this area...
:-)
On a Slashdot post that is pretty much taken for granted
> Seriously, what are they trying to "protect"
Their business model.
They need income to cover their expenses making programs, and they need to break even. They get money from the government (based on the TV License Fee), but they then make money from a) selling DVDs and b) selling and/or licensing programs to TV stations abroad. If the release their programming for free this income would reduce and either they spend less money making programs, or the license fee goes up.
Simple.
> ...Smart car... can park backing up to a curb.
I live in Germany where there are plenty of Smart cars around: occasionally I see one parked sideways, but they always stick out into the road (remember the average Euro-cars are probably narrower then American ones).
IIRC this method of parking is illegal anyway: the car must be parked parallel to the curb, and in the same direction as the traffic flow.
I already have my car of the future: it is called a bicycle :-)
Is it me, or is it strange, that both this article, and the BBC version fail to mention what operating system these botnets are running on. I have my suspicions they all run on OS from the same company :-)
> Absolute rubbish there is no such thing as a radio license. Do your research.
:-)
That is not uncommon mistake, I guess usually made by old farts such as myself: there *used* to be a separate BBC radio license, but it was abandoned in 1971. So, yes, you are correct, but it not a totally daft thing to say
> It won't, but the net is full of BBC shows anyway. There's probably little interest in their programming outside of the Uk anyway.
:-( ) in the regular German channels. IIRC Wildlife, some comedy and Dr Who sell well. IIRC the Teletubbies made a packet for the BBC worldwide. And their DVDs are in the shops. All this helps subsidize the cost of making the shows, and I guess they do not want to cut into their own market by giving it for free over the net !!
Definitely not true; here in Germany there is plenty of BBC programmer shown (dubbed
> E) A country full of beautiful people, almost every single one of whom is liberal
:-)
I can agree with the other items, but as a 10-years-in-Hessen Mancunian I think this one is a little off target. (Unless by "liberal" you mean some kind of American-English definition !!)
G) Whiskey is cheaper in Germany than in Scotland or England
(First: yes I am sure improvements can/will be made to coding styles as multi-cores become common, and modularity is usually good.)
> I was talking more about low-level tasks such as internal messaging, memory management, device drivers.
OK: but your post did not say this !! (IIRC, my Linux kernel creates 7 or 8 threads at the start.)
> Since when is a browser considered part of the OS?
1) Errrr: trick question ?: I am sure every Slashdot reader knows that the answer has to be "Since Microsoft said it is. In court."
2) Your post did limited itself to the OS, so neither did my reply !!
> Seems to me that the best way to do multicore code would be to create a highly modular design...
What: like making the graphics renderer one module, the window manager another, the web browser another, email processor another, CD ripper another, encoder another, toolbar another, clock another etc... ?
> Do not tune stuff that is hidden unless you know what you are doing.
:-)
s/Insightful/Redundant/
This is Slashdot: we all think we know we are doing
> A list of the twelve companies, please?
:-)
Maybe this is covered by the NDA mentioned in the article
(Us, no not us: we are a god fearing capitalist company: we would never deal with those commy GPL peeps !)
Wow: a classic piece of Slashdot hyperbole: did any of the mods who gave this +5 Informative actually read the linked article ?
1) it refers to a leaked Home Office *proposal*, not a law about to be introduced
2) it only relates to employees of public bodies
3) it does not refer to all criminals, but only potential *violent* ones.
I am not saying I am in favour of said proposal: just that the posters summary as way off.
> The camera cannot prevent anything, it can only watch things happening.
Are you kidding ? I would think that most people would not commit the crime if they new they could be readily ID'ed and tracked down after the event. I am not saying cameras are perfect, but they are another ingredient of crime prevention.
Crimes of passion and suicide bombers would be 2 exceptions of course as the guilty either do not think, or are not worried about being IDed/caught.
> I just wish there were a party for me.
Sounds like you should check out your local Green Party (read their own words, not the ones written about them in the press !!).
> Isn't this a good thing? Isn't having many companies working towards the same objective...
One key accusation that Nicholas Negroponte made, but is missing from The Fine Summary, is that Intel will sell it "below cost to drive him out of markets." This is a different game.
> Of course this is irrelevant, because real men use lynx.
Geeez: are you kidding: I use wget, pipe it through less and parse the HTML tags in my head.
> Why? What was wrong with Highlander II and Highlander III? Errr, OK, bad example. Matrix II and Matrix III?? Hmmm. Alien3 and Alien Resurection??? OK, I give up.
:-)
Well, IMHO, Star Wars IV was the best in that series
> As far as TFA says, it seems Europe now explicitely protects
(I am European, but not an expert in Europolitics but...)
IIRC, this is a "directive" and, as the word suggests, is simple a request that the European member nations create the relevant laws to implement them. The EU has no power to make laws (yet), so only when this directive is implemented in law in the country you live in are you protected.
> I'm hoping their amps can now go up to 12 instead of 11
Question: if sound amplification technology had progressed at the same rate as chip speeds have since 1984 (when ST last played) what volume number would be required on their *new* amps to get the same sound level as 11 did back in 1984 ?
> What about Emacs?
:-)
Yes, but you still need to choose a decent editor to go with it
> > (great console but what was smoking the guy who named it)
:-)
> Maybe the intern under the desk?
Only on Slashdot does this post get modded to "Score:2, Informative"