This will probably get modded down as flamebait, but I really wish Dvorak (the man) did not exist. Or rather was not so, um... popular does not seem to fit. He really gives the work "Dvorak" bad connotations. I use the Dvorak keyboard layout, and I wonder if people ever get confused and think that Dvorak (the man) was responsible for it. At least google is not confused.
In August, after I watched a few episodes of Dead Like Me on Showtime, I wanted to go back and watch from the begging. I launched my bittorrent client and grabbed all of the first season. This was before Dead Like Me was available on DVD. A few weeks later, my Internet connection stopped working. Turns out MGM sent a DMCA violation notice to my ISP.
I was never sued, but I always fear that it will come back to bite me.
The main use for such technology is a high-speed intercontinental bomber or reconnaissance platform. Not space launch. So far no other engine beats rockets for cost/efficiency when doing space launches.
That is odd, because NASA is researching scramjet engines for their Next Generation Launch Technology program. The X-43A is one project that is part of the Next Generation Launch Technology effort along with the X43-C. The X-43C hopes to be able to reach between Mach 7 and 10.
If the private efforts were so successful then why was it that "[by] the late 1930s, the pressure for construction of transcontinental superhighways was building." [link, tfhrc.gov]
There were no private efforts to build an interstate highway system. That had to be left up to the federal government.
There is some infrastructure that private companies cannot provide, because it is very hard (some might claim impossible) to get a business model that produces a profit. This is very true in the case of the "last mile." Why would a private company want to provide service to only a few individuals if they lose money doing so? They answer they won't, which is why they have not.
The area that I live in is a prime example. Internet access is very available right around Virginia Tech's campus, but the further from campus that you get (mainly on the outskirts of Blacksburg), the harder it becomes to secure a high speed connection.
A friend of mine lives in a housing development on Brush Mountain (within the Blacksburg limits). His entire neighborhood does not have any method of securing high speed internet access other 1-way and 2-way satelite services. The physical lines (fiber to the telephone distribution node, and copper to all the houses) exists for DSL, but no service provider is willing to service such a small area, especially if they are only going to get a few subscribers at first.
Government is not a profit making venture. It should, and has in the past, facilitate the development of infrastructure. I understand that there are some inherit inefficiencies with building and maintaining infrastructure in this way, but at least this way, it gets built and maintained.
When was the last time traffic / bandwidth increased on the roads near you?
The problem is that there needs to be incentive (read profit more than cost) for them to implement it since they are private companies.
It is situations like this where local governments (or even, gasp, the federal government) should provide infrastructure for its constituents. If interstate highway development were left to private companies, I bet that it would be much more difficult to get orders from the West to East coast via ground transportation in seven days. As soon as governments recognize that Internet access is a form of infrastructure for communication and commerce things might improve here in the US.
... Congress has a rabid hatred of anything that smells of NASA trying to get to Mars.
Are you suggesting that there is a giant U.S. Government conspiracy to keep NASA from sending humans to Mars? No offense, but that sounds a little too far fetched.
Yeah, and I hope that he meant "Processes" instead of "Processors." I was afraid for a moment that he was talking about preventing each CPU from forgetting which one it was and telling the OS, "No, really, I am not CPU0 any more I am CPU3. If you want to talk to CPU0 you should ask CPU2. Unless, of course, CPU2 is really CPU1 in which case you need to look for CPU1."
Having seen this cluster in person last week (I work right across the street), I can say that it is very awe inspiring to walk through. The woman that gave my friends and I the tour mentioned all of the logistical problems that were overcome to house that many computers in one room.
I guess I am naive but I had never considered how fast the temperature would increase in that environment. She said that if the AC were to fail that the temperature would increase to around 150F in about 10 minutes. That is incredible. Because of the an extra phase of power was brought into the building to just for the AC units.
There is a room (larger than my computer room at home) just to house the UPS batteries. And the UPS is designed to run only long enough for the diesel generator to kick in.
The rows of computers were designed with hot and cold isles to help with air circulation.
One thing that I did not expect to see was out of the box G5s sitting on the shelves. I thought that they were just using the processors.
The woman giving the tour did not know the answers to all of the technical questions that we started asking about file storage, back ups, process management, but it was still an experience that I will remember for the rest of my life.
It also puts the ~24 node Beowulf cluster that I have been working on to shame.:)
Any kind of "secret" surveillance adds to the "slippery slope". Once it has been done one, it gives if those who want to do so again that much more power.
I hate spam. And I feel that those who distribute it are pretty lousy people, but I will not stand silently by and let their right trampled on. Next time it might be my rights that are getting trampled on.
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This will probably get modded down as flamebait, but I really wish Dvorak (the man) did not exist. Or rather was not so, um... popular does not seem to fit. He really gives the work "Dvorak" bad connotations. I use the Dvorak keyboard layout, and I wonder if people ever get confused and think that Dvorak (the man) was responsible for it. At least google is not confused.
Didn't you mean fraking? What kind of BSG fan are you? :)
I use a FingerWorks TouchStream, so my typing is completely silent.
In August, after I watched a few episodes of Dead Like Me on Showtime, I wanted to go back and watch from the begging. I launched my bittorrent client and grabbed all of the first season. This was before Dead Like Me was available on DVD. A few weeks later, my Internet connection stopped working. Turns out MGM sent a DMCA violation notice to my ISP.
I was never sued, but I always fear that it will come back to bite me.
I believe that one day intellect will no longer be property.
I doubt this will be a problem with my Fingerworks TouchStream LP! It has no keys!
Sorry to plug, but I really love this keyboard, and, no, I do not work for FingerWorks.
There were no private efforts to build an interstate highway system. That had to be left up to the federal government.
There is some infrastructure that private companies cannot provide, because it is very hard (some might claim impossible) to get a business model that produces a profit. This is very true in the case of the "last mile." Why would a private company want to provide service to only a few individuals if they lose money doing so? They answer they won't, which is why they have not.
The area that I live in is a prime example. Internet access is very available right around Virginia Tech's campus, but the further from campus that you get (mainly on the outskirts of Blacksburg), the harder it becomes to secure a high speed connection.
A friend of mine lives in a housing development on Brush Mountain (within the Blacksburg limits). His entire neighborhood does not have any method of securing high speed internet access other 1-way and 2-way satelite services. The physical lines (fiber to the telephone distribution node, and copper to all the houses) exists for DSL, but no service provider is willing to service such a small area, especially if they are only going to get a few subscribers at first.
Government is not a profit making venture. It should, and has in the past, facilitate the development of infrastructure. I understand that there are some inherit inefficiencies with building and maintaining infrastructure in this way, but at least this way, it gets built and maintained.
Very recently. [link, virginiadot.org]Yeah, and I hope that he meant "Processes" instead of "Processors." I was afraid for a moment that he was talking about preventing each CPU from forgetting which one it was and telling the OS, "No, really, I am not CPU0 any more I am CPU3. If you want to talk to CPU0 you should ask CPU2. Unless, of course, CPU2 is really CPU1 in which case you need to look for CPU1."
Having seen this cluster in person last week (I work right across the street), I can say that it is very awe inspiring to walk through. The woman that gave my friends and I the tour mentioned all of the logistical problems that were overcome to house that many computers in one room. I guess I am naive but I had never considered how fast the temperature would increase in that environment. She said that if the AC were to fail that the temperature would increase to around 150F in about 10 minutes. That is incredible. Because of the an extra phase of power was brought into the building to just for the AC units. There is a room (larger than my computer room at home) just to house the UPS batteries. And the UPS is designed to run only long enough for the diesel generator to kick in. The rows of computers were designed with hot and cold isles to help with air circulation. One thing that I did not expect to see was out of the box G5s sitting on the shelves. I thought that they were just using the processors. The woman giving the tour did not know the answers to all of the technical questions that we started asking about file storage, back ups, process management, but it was still an experience that I will remember for the rest of my life. It also puts the ~24 node Beowulf cluster that I have been working on to shame. :)
Any kind of "secret" surveillance adds to the "slippery slope". Once it has been done one, it gives if those who want to do so again that much more power. I hate spam. And I feel that those who distribute it are pretty lousy people, but I will not stand silently by and let their right trampled on. Next time it might be my rights that are getting trampled on.