Eternal (or exceedingly long) life would remove the need for SS, since you'd be in good enough shape to work. Your "retirement" would be something you'd need to save for yourself, and odds are that you'd go for a more reasonable 25-30 hour work week for partial retirement than full retirement (as long as you could get health insurance!)
Or maybe we'd mandate 1 month vacations every year plus some additional time off? It would be an entirely different world, as business would have to change radically, as age would most likely cease to matter in the above 40 age group, or perhaps even in the above 30 age group, as these people would no longer be looking forward to retirement and 10-20 years to enjoy it, but would need to have seriously long-term plans. Maybe a 5 year sabatical? It'd be interesting, because you'd have to keep up with technology to enter the job market again.
Actually, P2P has huge non-infringing uses. Look at work being done on RSS feeds, blogs, and potentially even a distributed web server concept. P2P is making an entirely new industry possible on a scale not dreamed of since the early days of radio and tv, at a cost almost anyone with a computer and a small connection to the internet can support.
Seems the simple solution is to cache "bad" addresses in your local DNS server for some specified period of time, probably in a LRU type cache to prevent Spammers from taking it down.
Adding features in your SMTP server that if a certain source has multiple failing emails, that source could be processed on a queue basis, or even automatically bitbucket anything from that address since spam comes in waves.
The one thing I still like about Mozilla is how it allows you to save and fill out forms. Firefox just doesn't appear to have the same form manager capbility, including the extensions, or I haven't found it yet.
Even having said that, I almost never fire up Mozilla these days. 2.0 should include Firefox as the browser, maybe with some framework plumbing to tie the browser to the email client to the.... kithensink....;)
What a cool thought. I hadn't even considered this option. Now that's pretty darn funny, I may have to rethink my current configuration and change it to hell mode:)
The dual core is faster for multi-threaded applications as it shares the L2 cache and certain L1 cache operations, IIRC. This allows a whole slew of optimizations in how memory is accessed.
You are correct that it would run a single threaded program slower, but multi-threaded applications are purported to run up to 50% faster. (I really do wish I could find that link again!) This has to do with the cache synchronizations and general synchronization overhead, which are greatly optimized with the multi-core design AMD employs.
In my small area of the country, there are no other effective wired competitors to Comcast, unless you happen to be lucky and live within the prescribed DSL service areas. Unfortunately these happen to be around the old POP sites, of which there are very few, with most people living outside the prescribed 15K foot range since the POPs are centered in commercial/industrial areas.
Satellite only offers TV, not VOIP or internet connectivity. They need to run across someone else's lines, like Comcast. In my neighborhood, supposedly SBC finally might be running DSL service to my house (just over the last couple of months, I live exactly 3.7 miles from the Telecom Corridor, yet I can't get DSL services because the nearest POP is something like 45K feet away...). According to the site, *if* my lines qualify, would get me right at the bottom rung of performance (256Kbps up, 768 Kbps down) for a mere $45/month. My cable service which is 256 Kbps up and 3 Mbps down is also right around $41/month. I haven't bothered getting my lines tested.
I'm just not seeing the effects of competition here. Package prices have been increasing, features decreasing. Static IPs have virtually disappeared unless you're willing to shell out $78/month or more.
If prices keep rising, it might almost become worthwhile to run a T1 or DS3 to the house and share it with a few neighbors to defray the cost.
Seriously, though, service providers and carriers should be separated, thus freeing the consumer to purchase whatever service they want from any provider. The service lines should really be more of a standard utility type infrastructure much like power lines are here. (The infrastructure is regulated, the services providers have more free reign.)
I agree the Opteron price is unbelievable. I'm highly interested in how the multi-core prices will fall out. Right now, choosing between an Opteron or Power system is easy, if your wallet is your driver. The story implies that IBM may begin producing consumer grade Power chips, along with the appropriate pricing. If true, Apple would probably get a huge boost. Imagine a quad-core Power Mac.:)
What are they smoking? They already own an existing network, fed by a monopoly no less.
Then again, perhaps we should be happy they're not offerring it @ $20. They'd run out all the other competitors and then we'd be right back to a full monopoly.
InfoWorld had a nice story about the Power5 multi-core CPU (You'll have to download the report) coming out this year. It may outperform the coming dual core AMD chip, both in raw performance and in lower power consumption.
AMD has a write up on their upcoming dual core processor and what it means to performance. Somewhere I believe there are some published numbers for how an AMD dual core CPU running 5 steps below it's single core counterpart can still outperform dual single core processors. (i.e., a 1.4 GHz dual core CPU will outperform a 2.4GHz dual processor machine)
Meanwhile, Intel's dual core demo was doubted doubted when presented at the same time as the above referenced AMD demo. Also, Intel's dual core will not perform significantly better than a dual processor system, or so the analysis of the two processors stated. (I really need to bookmark these things when I read them! Hopefully someone else will provide that reference.)
I RTFA and the sharing is done in "secure" form, meaning who knows what as the details are definitely missing. Most likely it is a configured mesh network wherein the connections are limited to a set group somehow, but the article does not specifically address this issue.
It would be intersting to know the RIAA's take on this. In theory, this is no different that running a multi-zone audio system in your house if utilized as the marketing article states. However, it would appear that you could create large mesh networks that significantly exceed a single domicile... such as an entire dorm or campus.
I'll agree with several of the folks here - CRT's with even 85+Hz produce eyestrain for me when reading text, especially with window's stupid default of black text on white backgrounds. Change those to white or gray text on black backgrounds, and your eyestrain drops significantly. (To be honest, I use the same color scheme on my LCD, it works for me)
My empirical evidence is based on a time I used to work on a terminal for up to 20 hours a day. I quickly learned which ones caused headaches and which ones didn't. This was in the days of white text on black backgrounds (about 3-4 hours) green text on black backgrounds (about 5-6 hours) and amber text on black backgrounds (unlimited) vs a unix workstation (black text on white background (about 2-4 hours - better quality CRT). For more modern CRTs, I was forced to use a lesser quality monitor at work for a while, which could barely do 72Hz. I had headaches just from using it 8 hours a day, even with the "inverted" color schemes (web pages still were being displayed black on white, with web development being the job....)
For gaming, watching videos, or other dynamic displays, CRT's are almost always better. I think this is because with a moving picture, you will not notice the refresh because of all the "motion" you're seeing, and your eye focuses on that. It should be noted that in Europe, the fps are 25 instead of the 30 in the US, and the fps was noticeable enough that they created 100 Hz TVs [PDF] that buffers the pictures to effectively double the scan rate to 50 fps for a superior viewing experience. While DVDs are generally coded at 24 fps, most DVD players now days will do a 3:2 pulldown, creating an effective 30 fps.
To address the main topic, people buy plasma's or LCD'd because they're hi-tech and look cool, and the HDTV capabilities result in better pictures than the old CRT they are replacing. Many are completely unaware of the fading or bulb replacement issues, much less that with good HDTV signals, properly calibrated HD CRTs deliver a crisper picture with better contrast.
OTOH a jaguar (any jaguar) is a very nice car, with a smooth ride, a comfortable interior, lots of perks, etc.
You must be kidding. Jaguar sucks rocks since Ford bought them, replaced the interior with Taurus parts, including a seat that until just the last year or two did not have an adjustable head rest.
This might seem like a minor detail, but when you're 6'5" (~2m) and that head rest hits you in the neck just above the shoulders, don't get rear-ended. Besides being generally uncomfortably, it's deadly in such an accident.
Heck, I started playing around with BASIC back before there were PCs..... well, ok, there were the TRS-80 and Apple II.... I think. Memory is the second thing to go, you know.
But on to what she wants to learn. Perhaps XHTML programming first? It's relatively easy, low-cost, no real tools, and almost instant gratification. Just what a common teenager likes.
Once they're through that, they can learn some scripting language or something along the lines of Java or.NET. Get a good book on the language syntax of whatever you choose to teach. Once the simple concepts are learned, and the syntax understood, it's time for deeper things, like OO abstractions, if they're still interested.
Without covering windows and guaranteeing an effective mesh cover to create a faraday cage, you cannot guarantee no transmission, only signal degradation.
You'd still be better off with grounded wire mesh and plaster in an older house if you wanted to imitate your tin foil hat.
Replacing my 55" CRT rear projection TV with an LCD or plasma flat panel would be prohibitively expensive. Replacing it with an LCD or DLP projection unit wouldn't be too terrible on the bank account.
Interesting. That one I was unaware of. I'll have to investigate that aspect before purchasing my next TV.
However, how does this compare to the compression artifacts of current digital signals? I have a CRT HDTV hooked up to DishNetwork, and some channels have incredibly poor signals most likley due to overcompression, which really does negatively affect the viewing experience. Note that these are the regular channels, not the HD channels.
And there in lies the problem - businesses are located where they are, sometimes not for necessity, and not for customers' convenience, but because the boss/owner wants to live in neighborhood 'A' and doesn't want to commute. All their employees may live in neighborhoods close together, but far from 'A'. Thus, we get the scenario where roughly 99% have a 15+ mile commute because the business is near the ceo/owner's residence, where no one else working for them can afford to live.
If businesses were encouraged to set up where the employees live, commuting time would vanish. And this is not a question of being economical either, as there happens to be a slew of commercial space free right near where the majority of potential employees live...
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Eternal (or exceedingly long) life would remove the need for SS, since you'd be in good enough shape to work. Your "retirement" would be something you'd need to save for yourself, and odds are that you'd go for a more reasonable 25-30 hour work week for partial retirement than full retirement (as long as you could get health insurance!)
Or maybe we'd mandate 1 month vacations every year plus some additional time off? It would be an entirely different world, as business would have to change radically, as age would most likely cease to matter in the above 40 age group, or perhaps even in the above 30 age group, as these people would no longer be looking forward to retirement and 10-20 years to enjoy it, but would need to have seriously long-term plans. Maybe a 5 year sabatical? It'd be interesting, because you'd have to keep up with technology to enter the job market again.
Actually, P2P has huge non-infringing uses. Look at work being done on RSS feeds, blogs, and potentially even a distributed web server concept. P2P is making an entirely new industry possible on a scale not dreamed of since the early days of radio and tv, at a cost almost anyone with a computer and a small connection to the internet can support.
AKA: Celine Dion.
It's optional, and evidently not implemented if this is such a problem.
Obvious solutions don't warrant a patent, despite what the PTO grants.
Seems the simple solution is to cache "bad" addresses in your local DNS server for some specified period of time, probably in a LRU type cache to prevent Spammers from taking it down.
Adding features in your SMTP server that if a certain source has multiple failing emails, that source could be processed on a queue basis, or even automatically bitbucket anything from that address since spam comes in waves.
Great! Somehow I missed this one when searching for extensions to do this very task.
The one thing I still like about Mozilla is how it allows you to save and fill out forms. Firefox just doesn't appear to have the same form manager capbility, including the extensions, or I haven't found it yet.
.... kithensink.... ;)
Even having said that, I almost never fire up Mozilla these days. 2.0 should include Firefox as the browser, maybe with some framework plumbing to tie the browser to the email client to the
What a cool thought. I hadn't even considered this option. Now that's pretty darn funny, I may have to rethink my current configuration and change it to hell mode :)
The dual core is faster for multi-threaded applications as it shares the L2 cache and certain L1 cache operations, IIRC. This allows a whole slew of optimizations in how memory is accessed.
You are correct that it would run a single threaded program slower, but multi-threaded applications are purported to run up to 50% faster. (I really do wish I could find that link again!) This has to do with the cache synchronizations and general synchronization overhead, which are greatly optimized with the multi-core design AMD employs.
In my small area of the country, there are no other effective wired competitors to Comcast, unless you happen to be lucky and live within the prescribed DSL service areas. Unfortunately these happen to be around the old POP sites, of which there are very few, with most people living outside the prescribed 15K foot range since the POPs are centered in commercial/industrial areas.
Satellite only offers TV, not VOIP or internet connectivity. They need to run across someone else's lines, like Comcast. In my neighborhood, supposedly SBC finally might be running DSL service to my house (just over the last couple of months, I live exactly 3.7 miles from the Telecom Corridor, yet I can't get DSL services because the nearest POP is something like 45K feet away...). According to the site, *if* my lines qualify, would get me right at the bottom rung of performance (256Kbps up, 768 Kbps down) for a mere $45/month. My cable service which is 256 Kbps up and 3 Mbps down is also right around $41/month. I haven't bothered getting my lines tested.
I'm just not seeing the effects of competition here. Package prices have been increasing, features decreasing. Static IPs have virtually disappeared unless you're willing to shell out $78/month or more.
If prices keep rising, it might almost become worthwhile to run a T1 or DS3 to the house and share it with a few neighbors to defray the cost.
Seriously, though, service providers and carriers should be separated, thus freeing the consumer to purchase whatever service they want from any provider. The service lines should really be more of a standard utility type infrastructure much like power lines are here. (The infrastructure is regulated, the services providers have more free reign.)
I agree the Opteron price is unbelievable. I'm highly interested in how the multi-core prices will fall out. Right now, choosing between an Opteron or Power system is easy, if your wallet is your driver. The story implies that IBM may begin producing consumer grade Power chips, along with the appropriate pricing. If true, Apple would probably get a huge boost. Imagine a quad-core Power Mac. :)
What are they smoking? They already own an existing network, fed by a monopoly no less.
Then again, perhaps we should be happy they're not offerring it @ $20. They'd run out all the other competitors and then we'd be right back to a full monopoly.
InfoWorld had a nice story about the Power5 multi-core CPU (You'll have to download the report) coming out this year. It may outperform the coming dual core AMD chip, both in raw performance and in lower power consumption.
AMD has a write up on their upcoming dual core processor and what it means to performance. Somewhere I believe there are some published numbers for how an AMD dual core CPU running 5 steps below it's single core counterpart can still outperform dual single core processors. (i.e., a 1.4 GHz dual core CPU will outperform a 2.4GHz dual processor machine)
Meanwhile, Intel's dual core demo was doubted doubted when presented at the same time as the above referenced AMD demo. Also, Intel's dual core will not perform significantly better than a dual processor system, or so the analysis of the two processors stated. (I really need to bookmark these things when I read them! Hopefully someone else will provide that reference.)
I RTFA and the sharing is done in "secure" form, meaning who knows what as the details are definitely missing. Most likely it is a configured mesh network wherein the connections are limited to a set group somehow, but the article does not specifically address this issue.
It would be intersting to know the RIAA's take on this. In theory, this is no different that running a multi-zone audio system in your house if utilized as the marketing article states. However, it would appear that you could create large mesh networks that significantly exceed a single domicile... such as an entire dorm or campus.
I'll agree with several of the folks here - CRT's with even 85+Hz produce eyestrain for me when reading text, especially with window's stupid default of black text on white backgrounds. Change those to white or gray text on black backgrounds, and your eyestrain drops significantly. (To be honest, I use the same color scheme on my LCD, it works for me)
My empirical evidence is based on a time I used to work on a terminal for up to 20 hours a day. I quickly learned which ones caused headaches and which ones didn't. This was in the days of white text on black backgrounds (about 3-4 hours) green text on black backgrounds (about 5-6 hours) and amber text on black backgrounds (unlimited) vs a unix workstation (black text on white background (about 2-4 hours - better quality CRT). For more modern CRTs, I was forced to use a lesser quality monitor at work for a while, which could barely do 72Hz. I had headaches just from using it 8 hours a day, even with the "inverted" color schemes (web pages still were being displayed black on white, with web development being the job....)
For gaming, watching videos, or other dynamic displays, CRT's are almost always better. I think this is because with a moving picture, you will not notice the refresh because of all the "motion" you're seeing, and your eye focuses on that. It should be noted that in Europe, the fps are 25 instead of the 30 in the US, and the fps was noticeable enough that they created 100 Hz TVs [PDF] that buffers the pictures to effectively double the scan rate to 50 fps for a superior viewing experience. While DVDs are generally coded at 24 fps, most DVD players now days will do a 3:2 pulldown, creating an effective 30 fps.
So it really depends on what you're doing
To address the main topic, people buy plasma's or LCD'd because they're hi-tech and look cool, and the HDTV capabilities result in better pictures than the old CRT they are replacing. Many are completely unaware of the fading or bulb replacement issues, much less that with good HDTV signals, properly calibrated HD CRTs deliver a crisper picture with better contrast.
You must be kidding. Jaguar sucks rocks since Ford bought them, replaced the interior with Taurus parts, including a seat that until just the last year or two did not have an adjustable head rest.
This might seem like a minor detail, but when you're 6'5" (~2m) and that head rest hits you in the neck just above the shoulders, don't get rear-ended. Besides being generally uncomfortably, it's deadly in such an accident.
Better than dirty dogs. (My Chows are cringing right now!)
Heck, I started playing around with BASIC back before there were PCs..... well, ok, there were the TRS-80 and Apple II.... I think. Memory is the second thing to go, you know.
.NET. Get a good book on the language syntax of whatever you choose to teach. Once the simple concepts are learned, and the syntax understood, it's time for deeper things, like OO abstractions, if they're still interested.
But on to what she wants to learn. Perhaps XHTML programming first? It's relatively easy, low-cost, no real tools, and almost instant gratification. Just what a common teenager likes.
Once they're through that, they can learn some scripting language or something along the lines of Java or
wait for the zigbee stuff. Works with your existing G band wireless, no powerline issues, global standards. Should be way cool.
something you'd look at initially, get used to, and quickly ignore.
Without covering windows and guaranteeing an effective mesh cover to create a faraday cage, you cannot guarantee no transmission, only signal degradation.
You'd still be better off with grounded wire mesh and plaster in an older house if you wanted to imitate your tin foil hat.
Replacing my 55" CRT rear projection TV with an LCD or plasma flat panel would be prohibitively expensive. Replacing it with an LCD or DLP projection unit wouldn't be too terrible on the bank account.
DLP doesn't have to be projectors only, there are also sets out there.
Interesting. That one I was unaware of. I'll have to investigate that aspect before purchasing my next TV.
However, how does this compare to the compression artifacts of current digital signals? I have a CRT HDTV hooked up to DishNetwork, and some channels have incredibly poor signals most likley due to overcompression, which really does negatively affect the viewing experience. Note that these are the regular channels, not the HD channels.
And there in lies the problem - businesses are located where they are, sometimes not for necessity, and not for customers' convenience, but because the boss/owner wants to live in neighborhood 'A' and doesn't want to commute. All their employees may live in neighborhoods close together, but far from 'A'. Thus, we get the scenario where roughly 99% have a 15+ mile commute because the business is near the ceo/owner's residence, where no one else working for them can afford to live.
If businesses were encouraged to set up where the employees live, commuting time would vanish. And this is not a question of being economical either, as there happens to be a slew of commercial space free right near where the majority of potential employees live...