This would be a good place to start looking for charities to donate your equipment to. Remember that there is a lot of money in bulk recycling non working IT equipment. I recently donated a whole bunch of non working computers to a charity near me (in Cambridge England - sorry). They told me that the only thing they can't strip down and recycle for profit are keyboards
I wondered have any other slashdot readers had the misfortune of actually going to any of these places?
I myself live and work in Azerbaijan and have driven through Sumgayit. It's a horrific industrial wasteland. We spent 30+ minutes driving at highway speed through abandoned factory complexes. Our driver even pointed out the chlorine processing plant, and inforrmed us that if you walk on the ground around the plant puddles of mercury form in the holes left by your boot prints.
Apart form the problems of actually using hydrogen in an engine
Hydrogen is really an energy carrier rather than a fuel. It still is not that practical as a fuel since it requires refrigerating it to a very low temperature or compressing it to a very high pressure (both of which require a fair amount of energy to do). And hydrogen loves to leak. It will seep through the smallest holes and has a habit of making metal brittle.
There is also the problems involved with storing the fuel
One major challenge is how to keep the hydrogen cooled to minus 253 degrees Celsius (minus 423 degrees Fahrenheit) so it remains in liquid form without boiling off. Despite the double-walled, stainless-steel tank that stores the liquid in high-vacuum conditions with aluminum reflective foil, the liquid hydrogen in the 8-kilogram fuel tank begins to boil after 17 hours if the car remains parked. The tank empties completely after 10 to 12 days. - from the following article about the same car
If we take a step back and look at the business model used by casinos. The whole industry is run on a come and try and win our money message. The function of the consumer in this context is to try and acquire as much money as possible at the expense of the casino (without breaking the law), which they did.
If the players themselves did not load the faulty software or physically alter the machines in any way, I cannot see how they can be held criminally responsible for their winnings. After all if the faulty software had accidentally set the payout to 0% would the casino willingly refund the gamblers losses?
I studied computer science at an English university (UEA in Norwich). My advise to you would be to choose a university that offers a modular course.
In my day (Graduated 2001) the courses offered were by my university were Computer Science and Applied Computing (what you refere to as an IT degree). Both courses were modular and you could opt to take modules form either course to count towards either degree.
This allowed great flexibility and I knew several people who started on one degree course and ended up taking a majority of thier modules from the other course, as they found these courses more interesting once they started studying them.
In reality you degree be it CS or IT will only count towards your first job. After that employeres are really interested in your employment experience. Start worjking as a sys-admin and after a few years you will find it hard to transfer to a development role wihtout having to start from the bottom rung and vice-versa.
My understanding of the GPLv2 is that if you use/modify existing code licenced to you under the GPL then you must also release your own code under the GPL.
To circumvent this you may find that the libraries etc. You are wishing to use are release under multiple licences, where for a small fee you can licence the code for use in your project under a comercial licence. This effectively circumvents the GPL as you are now using the same code under a different licence and (in accordance with whatever comercial licence you are using obviously) you should be able to release your application as closed source completely legally.
The GPL is there to promote free software and keep it free from initial developer to end user. If you want people to pay for your applicaiton it is only fair that some of that profit is passed to thoes whos code you have chosen to adapt/extend.
Do you suppose when Bill though "'some large company will patent some obvious thing' and use it to blackmail smaller companies" it was one of those evil moments of clarity, like when L. Ron Hubbard thought "The way to make real money is to invent a religion".
Have you tried actually reading and investigating the STOP code at the top of the BSOD message? This should point you towards the cause of the problem.
I always turn off auto-restart when an error occurs on windows machines, so that I can fully note the cause of any BSODs
Also I agree with others who have commented here, why is this on slashdot. It belongs on a help forum
What about air travel? The practicle top speed of a propeller powered airoplane is ~470Mph, because the propellor tips approach the speed of sound at ~470Mph and stop working efficiently. And I don't want to sit next to an ion thrust engine for any lenght of time thanks
My girlfriend has a hard enough time remembering to charge her mobile phone every night and often ends up with a dead battery.
Give her a batery powered car and I'll need to buy something with an auxilary generator to rescue her every time she forgot to recharge the car last night. Anyone know somone selling an old fariground truck?
err yeh great implementation slashdot. I just forgot to type the obscured word before presin submit. I still go ta preview window. with no obscured message at all and a submit button. Well that would thwaught my intended implementation of a flamebot. Come on guys - We expet better releases to the slashdot community
Street corner video cameras prety much everywhere in the UK from the smallest towns to the largest citys, We live under the eye of big brother over here
I live and work (ex. pat form the UK) in a country where the average wage is $100 per month. These people don't need electricity or basic healthcare they already have it.
But a laptop that was easily afordable would greatly enhance the standard of education for thier children and help to raise the general populace beyond a basic existance into the 21st century.
I'm sorry but "Marketwatch" has failed to understand the implications of this project for the middle tier countries of this planet.
Yes the poorest of the poor will never benifit from advances in technology becaause they don't have the basics, but ex soviet countries (like the one I'm living in) have a basic infrastructure and require technological advancements like this to stop themselves falling behind the rest of the world
As Hyperion state in feature 12 of their 20 features of OS4
"It would be eminently suitable for - and relatively trivial to port to - the STI Cell processor used in the Playstation 3"
Please Hyperion, it's going to be a lot cheaper for Amiga enthusiasts that shelling out for A1 based systems
Maybe a widespread plea from slashdotters would convince them hint hint
> you need to simply attempt moderation or complement with something else that is more interesting
I'm supprised no-one has suggested the predecessor of the MMOG as an alternative, the table top RPG
I used to live with a guy (...... flatmate flatmate, don't get any ideas) who played various MMOGs alot.
I used to run a tabletop RPG game once a week and eventually convinced him to join.
The escapism he found in the MMOGs was replaced for one night a week with the escapism of the tabletop game. He had a character to control, a diverse party of characters to interact with and an ever changing quests/goals to complete. As an added bonus he got some offline human interaction and made new friends who in turn included him in thier social life (other table top RPG groups, parties, pub, etc).
He still plays on-line but now for two nights a week he is invloved in tabletop games that requre organisation, leaving the house, etc.
And trust me if you skip work to MMOG only your boss will care, skip a table top RPG and the other members of the party are likely to drive to your house, kidnap you and force you to play. At least they do where I come from, we take our role-play seriously.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm supprised noone else spotted this
Open the new Suggested Sites menu.
The default search is for Microsoft Corporation
Number 5 in the list of returned sites is Apple
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Terry Giliam for direator?
not going to happen but we can hope
Anyone else think of the Centurions?
This would be a good place to start looking for charities to donate your equipment to. Remember that there is a lot of money in bulk recycling non working IT equipment. I recently donated a whole bunch of non working computers to a charity near me (in Cambridge England - sorry). They told me that the only thing they can't strip down and recycle for profit are keyboards
for the high cost (approximately $70) of the handheld security module.
I and everyone else I know who banks in the UK and uses online banking was issued with one of these handheld security modules for free 6 months ago.
I wondered have any other slashdot readers had the misfortune of actually going to any of these places?
I myself live and work in Azerbaijan and have driven through Sumgayit. It's a horrific industrial wasteland. We spent 30+ minutes driving at highway speed through abandoned factory complexes. Our driver even pointed out the chlorine processing plant, and inforrmed us that if you walk on the ground around the plant puddles of mercury form in the holes left by your boot prints.
Apart form the problems of actually using hydrogen in an engine
Hydrogen is really an energy carrier rather than a fuel. It still is not that practical as a fuel since it requires refrigerating it to a very low temperature or compressing it to a very high pressure (both of which require a fair amount of energy to do). And hydrogen loves to leak. It will seep through the smallest holes and has a habit of making metal brittle.There is also the problems involved with storing the fuel
One major challenge is how to keep the hydrogen cooled to minus 253 degrees Celsius (minus 423 degrees Fahrenheit) so it remains in liquid form without boiling off. Despite the double-walled, stainless-steel tank that stores the liquid in high-vacuum conditions with aluminum reflective foil, the liquid hydrogen in the 8-kilogram fuel tank begins to boil after 17 hours if the car remains parked. The tank empties completely after 10 to 12 days. - from the following article about the same carYet another reason why I'll be sticking with Archos
Don't we use a similar system to track criminals on early release from prison
I agree with this sentiment entirely.
If we take a step back and look at the business model used by casinos. The whole industry is run on a come and try and win our money message. The function of the consumer in this context is to try and acquire as much money as possible at the expense of the casino (without breaking the law), which they did.
If the players themselves did not load the faulty software or physically alter the machines in any way, I cannot see how they can be held criminally responsible for their winnings. After all if the faulty software had accidentally set the payout to 0% would the casino willingly refund the gamblers losses?
I studied computer science at an English university (UEA in Norwich). My advise to you would be to choose a university that offers a modular course.
In my day (Graduated 2001) the courses offered were by my university were Computer Science and Applied Computing (what you refere to as an IT degree). Both courses were modular and you could opt to take modules form either course to count towards either degree.
This allowed great flexibility and I knew several people who started on one degree course and ended up taking a majority of thier modules from the other course, as they found these courses more interesting once they started studying them.
In reality you degree be it CS or IT will only count towards your first job. After that employeres are really interested in your employment experience. Start worjking as a sys-admin and after a few years you will find it hard to transfer to a development role wihtout having to start from the bottom rung and vice-versa.
My understanding of the GPLv2 is that if you use/modify existing code licenced to you under the GPL then you must also release your own code under the GPL.
To circumvent this you may find that the libraries etc. You are wishing to use are release under multiple licences, where for a small fee you can licence the code for use in your project under a comercial licence. This effectively circumvents the GPL as you are now using the same code under a different licence and (in accordance with whatever comercial licence you are using obviously) you should be able to release your application as closed source completely legally.
The GPL is there to promote free software and keep it free from initial developer to end user. If you want people to pay for your applicaiton it is only fair that some of that profit is passed to thoes whos code you have chosen to adapt/extend.
Do you suppose when Bill though "'some large company will patent some obvious thing' and use it to blackmail smaller companies" it was one of those evil moments of clarity, like when L. Ron Hubbard thought "The way to make real money is to invent a religion".
Have you tried actually reading and investigating the STOP code at the top of the BSOD message?
This should point you towards the cause of the problem.
I always turn off auto-restart when an error occurs on windows machines, so that I can fully note the cause of any BSODs
Also I agree with others who have commented here, why is this on slashdot. It belongs on a help forum
Big oil isn't just about fueling your car
What about petrochem (plastics, lubricants, etc)?
What about air travel? The practicle top speed of a propeller powered airoplane is ~470Mph, because the propellor tips approach the speed of sound at ~470Mph and stop working efficiently. And I don't want to sit next to an ion thrust engine for any lenght of time thanks
Yes, yes, of course we will all charge overnight
My girlfriend has a hard enough time remembering to charge her mobile phone every night and often ends up with a dead battery.
Give her a batery powered car and I'll need to buy something with an auxilary generator to rescue her every time she forgot to recharge the car last night. Anyone know somone selling an old fariground truck?
Also I'm pretty hungover this morning. Appologies for the flamebait and miss spelling
err yeh great implementation slashdot. I just forgot to type the obscured word before presin submit. I still go ta preview window. with no obscured message at all and a submit button. Well that would thwaught my intended implementation of a flamebot. Come on guys - We expet better releases to the slashdot community
Street corner video cameras prety much everywhere in the UK from the smallest towns to the largest citys, We live under the eye of big brother over here
I cannot comment on the attack vector/methodology of most worms (because I've never really bother reading detailed descriptions of exploits).
But in my experience most privaledge escallation attacks relly on buffer overflows
I live and work (ex. pat form the UK) in a country where the average wage is $100 per month.
These people don't need electricity or basic healthcare they already have it.
But a laptop that was easily afordable would greatly enhance the standard of education for thier children and help to raise the general populace beyond a basic existance into the 21st century.
I'm sorry but "Marketwatch" has failed to understand the implications of this project for the middle tier countries of this planet.
Yes the poorest of the poor will never benifit from advances in technology becaause they don't have the basics, but ex soviet countries (like the one I'm living in) have a basic infrastructure and require technological advancements like this to stop themselves falling behind the rest of the world
Linux on PS3 cool, but we knew it was comming. Nice to see sony release it so early though.
What I am really waiting for is Amiga OS4
As Hyperion state in feature 12 of their 20 features of OS4
"It would be eminently suitable for - and relatively trivial to port to - the STI Cell processor used in the Playstation 3"
Please Hyperion, it's going to be a lot cheaper for Amiga enthusiasts that shelling out for A1 based systems
Maybe a widespread plea from slashdotters would convince them hint hint
Err am I being overly simplistic here.
If you've got a vast collection of PS2 games you probably have a PS2.
So if your PS2 game does not work on your shiny new 1st release PS3, curse, take the PS2 out of mothballs and play you game on that!
The SNES had no backward compatability with the NES at all and no-one complained about having to use thier NES to play all of thier old games.
I garuntee that when I get a PS3 it will only be a few months until I am no longer playing any of my old PS2 games anyway
Thank-you I was half way down the list of reply's before I finally saw an ED209 reference
> you need to simply attempt moderation or complement with something else that is more interesting
I'm supprised no-one has suggested the predecessor of the MMOG as an alternative, the table top RPG
I used to live with a guy (... ... flatmate flatmate, don't get any ideas) who played various MMOGs alot.
I used to run a tabletop RPG game once a week and eventually convinced him to join.
The escapism he found in the MMOGs was replaced for one night a week with the escapism of the tabletop game. He had a character to control, a diverse party of characters to interact with and an ever changing quests/goals to complete. As an added bonus he got some offline human interaction and made new friends who in turn included him in thier social life (other table top RPG groups, parties, pub, etc).
He still plays on-line but now for two nights a week he is invloved in tabletop games that requre organisation, leaving the house, etc.
And trust me if you skip work to MMOG only your boss will care, skip a table top RPG and the other members of the party are likely to drive to your house, kidnap you and force you to play. At least they do where I come from, we take our role-play seriously.