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Basics of RAID
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You may already know this, but it's worth mentioning to others who read this that may not. Your scheme works great to back up your data in the event of hardware failure, but in the event a virus or errant program corrupts the data, you'll still be wanting the DVD backups. That's because if a virus corrupts some files, it's doing the same thing on both drives, rendering the back up useless. RAID mirroring handles only one very specific type of data security. It's a very useful one, but it's important to understand the limitations or you can get bitten hard.
Alternatively to DVD backups, you can also sync up your data on a regular basis to an external hard drive. This doesn't protect you if your house burns down, like DVD backups kept in a safety deposit box would do, but it does help you restore lost data after it gets corrupted.
Ultimately, all these solutions require varying amounts of money, time, and effort, so you just have to decide what level of security you require and what you are willing to pay for it.
Yeah, I know they have to be there somewhere, as you don't have to deal with this issue on Macs. It is read as a normal CD on there. It does work on my car CD player, but that is also capable of playing WMA's, so it's not conclusive. When I get a chance, I want to put the CD in my Linux machine and see if that can read it okay.
It does have a warning on the back of the CD player that this disk may not play in all CD players. The warning was in VERY small font though, and quite difficult to read, which is why I missed it in the first place. I never would have bought the CD, had I known...
I didn't see this posted by anyone yet. If I missed it, then please ignore the post.
I discovered this nuisance copyright protection scheme the hard way when I bought the new DMB album when it came out. The CD itself does not seem to include the raw WAV format music in any way that a Windows PC can see. It contains the album in protected WMA format. To listen to the music on a PC, you must agree to the EULA, download the appropriate DRM crap from MS, which will then allow the CD to play, albeit only through Windows Media Player. iTunes is a no-go since it can not play DRM protected WMA files. I did not have any luck with WinAmp either, though I didn't spend too much time trying. The "work around" that came directly from Sony, is similar to how you un-DRM iTunes AAC files--burn the music to a CD and then rip it back to your computer as an MP3. They also include some whining about how we should collectively complain to Apple for not supporting DRMed WMA files, making it seem like this hassle is all Apple's fault. Essentially, the copy-protection amounts to security through laziness. They are counting on consumers not to want to go through all these efforts to generate unencumbered MP3s.
flirt (flûrt) v. flirted, flirting, flirts v. intr.
1. To make playfully romantic or sexual overtures.
2. To deal playfully, triflingly, or superficially with: flirt with danger.
3. To move abruptly or jerkily.
v. tr.
1. To toss or flip suddenly.
2. To move quickly.
n.
1. One given to flirting.
2. An abrupt jerking movement.
Also, it takes energy to condense that water on the pipes. The more water that condenses, the more the water inside the pipe is warmed up, and therefore the less energy you have left to generate electricity or whatever else you want to do with it. As somebody else pointed out, this method of generating work is very inefficient as it is. Warming the water will reduce your margin very quickly.
Come on, what's wrong with "meme?" You need to change your paradigm or you'll find yourself unable to synergize and compete with the mindshare of more proactive entities. Contemporize, man.
Yeah, until the sex offender cracks into that program. Then he'll be like Pacman--gobbling up all the little dots until the ghosts (police) finally catch him.
Even though this is modded +5, Funny, there's a hint of truth to it. It can be very useful to pick up a second (or third or fourth) language while in school. Doesn't have to be Hindi, but that would certainly be useful. Chinese, Japanese, French, German, English (as others have pointed out;)... If there is a language or country or region you are interested in, consider picking up the language. I also recommend doing a study abroad program as well. It will open you up to a lot more opportunities and experiences than the average Joe American. As more jobs move out of the country, companies will still need people who both understand the problem at hand (your CS or EE background) and the language of the country you are dealing with.
Ultimately, school is about experiences and learning problem solving skills. I'm an EE with a M.S. in Physics and the only skill I learned while in school that I still use is programming. And even that was self-taught. I just happened to be in school at the time. Try everything, and try it now while you're young. You'll never regret taking extra classes, but you might regret classes you passed up.
The doppler shift varies relative to the speed of light. So the short answer is that you'd have to be moving VERY fast before the frequency would be shifted enough so that the two devices could no longer communicate. The real issue behind wireless communication at speed is that you will quickly travel outside of the functional range of the device. Cell phones have solved this problem by having many cell towers and a means of handing off transmission between them.
This type of transistor will buy you a few things, but not much directly related to processors. As others have said, this is primarily because bipolar devices burn a lot of current. Bipolar devices also tend to take up a lot more area than traditional CMOS devices. Where this type of transistor could have a huge effect is in a place where engineers aren't *as* worried about power consumption: analog ciruitry.
Having a device with this level of power density will allow you to design op-amps/PLLs/radios that are much smaller than their current counterparts with similar gain/noise margins/etc.
Also, when designing radio circuits (think Bluetooth/802.11/etc), you have to be able to generate the carrier frequency. How high of a frequency you can attain is limited in large part by how fast your transistors are. Having transistors than can run up to 600GHz, means, in theory, you can have a radio that transmits at 600GHz. Granted, while there are a lot of other factors that make this an unlikely proposition at present, it opens up a lot of the spectrum for potential use.
This is true, but perhaps the corporate culture at Blockbuster discourages them from speaking up about this sort of thing. For all we know some conscientious lawyer did say something and he was ignored in the name of marketing.
When lawyers get paid by the hour what incentive do they have to discourage shady practices? After all, if it's in a grey area why not just wait and see what the courts decide?
You're making the assumption that the goal of Linux is to supplant Windows. While that does appear to be the goal of some, it is not universal among the Linux user/developer community. Many companies have tried/are trying to make Windows-killer distros--Red Hat, Mandrake, and Suse to name a few prominent ones--but that's exactly how we ended up where we are. No one person or entity controls Linux. There is no one distro that will be all things for all people, and because of the GPL, anybody who is dissatisfied with a particular distro is free to roll their own. Granted, if the goal of Linux was to defeat Windows, then the course you suggest would indeed be in everybody's best interest--but it's not. Linux is just an OS. It fights no ideological battles nor subscribes to any particular cause.
You are very right to ask "What does Google get out of this relationship?" The answer, in this case, is much more simple and benign. It is a benefit to Google to have a healthy competitor for IE. Especially since MSN's search utility is their primary competitor. MS could just as easily make some IE only enhancements to MSN (i.e., ActiveX controls for context-based searching or something). This is more difficult for Google to do since they remain forced to support IE. They can't add features to Firefox and lock out IE since the vast majority of their market base still uses IE. If and when that changes, a closer look at the Google/Firefox relationship will be warranted. As of right now it's just a way for google to try to maintain a level playing field with MS.
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Alternatively to DVD backups, you can also sync up your data on a regular basis to an external hard drive. This doesn't protect you if your house burns down, like DVD backups kept in a safety deposit box would do, but it does help you restore lost data after it gets corrupted.
Ultimately, all these solutions require varying amounts of money, time, and effort, so you just have to decide what level of security you require and what you are willing to pay for it.
If we get two groups to repeat this study and falsify the claims of this one, what exaclty have we proved?
I feel a bit like Marvin right now.
Yeah, I know they have to be there somewhere, as you don't have to deal with this issue on Macs. It is read as a normal CD on there. It does work on my car CD player, but that is also capable of playing WMA's, so it's not conclusive. When I get a chance, I want to put the CD in my Linux machine and see if that can read it okay. It does have a warning on the back of the CD player that this disk may not play in all CD players. The warning was in VERY small font though, and quite difficult to read, which is why I missed it in the first place. I never would have bought the CD, had I known...
I didn't see this posted by anyone yet. If I missed it, then please ignore the post.
I discovered this nuisance copyright protection scheme the hard way when I bought the new DMB album when it came out. The CD itself does not seem to include the raw WAV format music in any way that a Windows PC can see. It contains the album in protected WMA format. To listen to the music on a PC, you must agree to the EULA, download the appropriate DRM crap from MS, which will then allow the CD to play, albeit only through Windows Media Player. iTunes is a no-go since it can not play DRM protected WMA files. I did not have any luck with WinAmp either, though I didn't spend too much time trying. The "work around" that came directly from Sony, is similar to how you un-DRM iTunes AAC files--burn the music to a CD and then rip it back to your computer as an MP3. They also include some whining about how we should collectively complain to Apple for not supporting DRMed WMA files, making it seem like this hassle is all Apple's fault. Essentially, the copy-protection amounts to security through laziness. They are counting on consumers not to want to go through all these efforts to generate unencumbered MP3s.
flirt (flûrt)
v. flirted, flirting, flirts
v. intr.
1. To make playfully romantic or sexual overtures.
2. To deal playfully, triflingly, or superficially with: flirt with danger.
3. To move abruptly or jerkily.
v. tr.
1. To toss or flip suddenly.
2. To move quickly.
n.
1. One given to flirting.
2. An abrupt jerking movement.
Aim deep. The visual cortex is in the back of the brain ;)
I'm glad Win2K is finally fixed. It's nice to know my OS is now bug-free. :)
Money given as a stipend for students is likely tax deductible. Money given to a random Amateur Joe Programmer likely isn't.
Also, it takes energy to condense that water on the pipes. The more water that condenses, the more the water inside the pipe is warmed up, and therefore the less energy you have left to generate electricity or whatever else you want to do with it. As somebody else pointed out, this method of generating work is very inefficient as it is. Warming the water will reduce your margin very quickly.
Come on, what's wrong with "meme?" You need to change your paradigm or you'll find yourself unable to synergize and compete with the mindshare of more proactive entities. Contemporize, man.
Yeah, until the sex offender cracks into that program. Then he'll be like Pacman--gobbling up all the little dots until the ghosts (police) finally catch him.
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Even though this is modded +5, Funny, there's a hint of truth to it. It can be very useful to pick up a second (or third or fourth) language while in school. Doesn't have to be Hindi, but that would certainly be useful. Chinese, Japanese, French, German, English (as others have pointed out ;)... If there is a language or country or region you are interested in, consider picking up the language. I also recommend doing a study abroad program as well. It will open you up to a lot more opportunities and experiences than the average Joe American. As more jobs move out of the country, companies will still need people who both understand the problem at hand (your CS or EE background) and the language of the country you are dealing with.
Ultimately, school is about experiences and learning problem solving skills. I'm an EE with a M.S. in Physics and the only skill I learned while in school that I still use is programming. And even that was self-taught. I just happened to be in school at the time. Try everything, and try it now while you're young. You'll never regret taking extra classes, but you might regret classes you passed up.
Reference link on the Doppler Shift for light.
This type of transistor will buy you a few things, but not much directly related to processors. As others have said, this is primarily because bipolar devices burn a lot of current. Bipolar devices also tend to take up a lot more area than traditional CMOS devices. Where this type of transistor could have a huge effect is in a place where engineers aren't *as* worried about power consumption: analog ciruitry.
Having a device with this level of power density will allow you to design op-amps/PLLs/radios that are much smaller than their current counterparts with similar gain/noise margins/etc.
Also, when designing radio circuits (think Bluetooth/802.11/etc), you have to be able to generate the carrier frequency. How high of a frequency you can attain is limited in large part by how fast your transistors are. Having transistors than can run up to 600GHz, means, in theory, you can have a radio that transmits at 600GHz. Granted, while there are a lot of other factors that make this an unlikely proposition at present, it opens up a lot of the spectrum for potential use.
This is true, but perhaps the corporate culture at Blockbuster discourages them from speaking up about this sort of thing. For all we know some conscientious lawyer did say something and he was ignored in the name of marketing.
When lawyers get paid by the hour what incentive do they have to discourage shady practices? After all, if it's in a grey area why not just wait and see what the courts decide?
The reenactments should be particularly fun to watch!
And you guys have now successfully proven that k >= 2 for Slashdot.
(yes, it's a joke)
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The RTFA
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The IANAL
Does this mean that Mr. Gates has finally created the One Ring?
If so, I sure hope penguins have furry feet. Fedora Baggins and Samwise Gentoo can save us.
I won't believe it until Netcraft confirms it.
You're making the assumption that the goal of Linux is to supplant Windows. While that does appear to be the goal of some, it is not universal among the Linux user/developer community. Many companies have tried/are trying to make Windows-killer distros--Red Hat, Mandrake, and Suse to name a few prominent ones--but that's exactly how we ended up where we are. No one person or entity controls Linux. There is no one distro that will be all things for all people, and because of the GPL, anybody who is dissatisfied with a particular distro is free to roll their own. Granted, if the goal of Linux was to defeat Windows, then the course you suggest would indeed be in everybody's best interest--but it's not. Linux is just an OS. It fights no ideological battles nor subscribes to any particular cause.
You are very right to ask "What does Google get out of this relationship?" The answer, in this case, is much more simple and benign. It is a benefit to Google to have a healthy competitor for IE. Especially since MSN's search utility is their primary competitor. MS could just as easily make some IE only enhancements to MSN (i.e., ActiveX controls for context-based searching or something). This is more difficult for Google to do since they remain forced to support IE. They can't add features to Firefox and lock out IE since the vast majority of their market base still uses IE. If and when that changes, a closer look at the Google/Firefox relationship will be warranted. As of right now it's just a way for google to try to maintain a level playing field with MS.