You make a joke out of this, but it raises a serious issue. What is stopping a malicious party from using this as a prank calling service? Just keep feeding numbers into it that you dont like.
Asterisk isnt really appropriate for this. They dont want to build a call server or PBX equivalent. They need an IVR that simply makes calls and connects the two parties. Something like Telco Perl is much more appropriate for this.
I haven't tried Subversion yet but do plan to but for a front end, unless you go all CLI, the GUI has a long way to go to catch up with Microsoft's VSS.
If you havent tried it, then how can you comment on it? Use TortoiseSVN as a GUI and it is excellent. Integrates with windows explorer, so every explorer window is completely aware of the subversion status of your files. Personally since most of my latest development involves eclipse I am using some SVN plugins for eclipse which are also excellent.
This comment is probably too late to be moderated high enough to be seen, but here goes.
There has been alot of criticism on Slashdot, about a lack of science on your show. In testing your myths, scientific process is often ignored, leaving major flaws in your results. The best quote I have seen from here is "They arent scientists, but engineers. Well, not really engineers, but Technicians." What is your opinion about the science used on the show, and the innaccuracies shown in alot of the experiments?
However, despite the lack of science in the show most of us will watch it anyway, just for the explosions.:)
The theory of variable pricing is based on Supply and Demand. The more demand, the higher the price.. However this only works for the case where there is limited supply.
Going to market economics, with this, there is almost an infinite supply. Hence this SHOULD be placing downward pressure on the price. But it isnt? Why? Because through the RIAA, the record labels are essentially fixing the price. Price fixing is illegal. The RIAA is essentiall engaging in monopolistic behaviour which is illegal and should be stopped.
But where does this non-obvious? This is standard coding theory. You could use morse code as a prior example. The more common letters were given shorter codes and the least common letters given longer codes. For example: A =.- Z= --..
This is simply standard coding theory of at least 30 years of age applied to images. The theory wasnt designed for specifically text, but ANY signal that was to be sent. This section of the patent describes nothing of merit.
The Parent is exactly right. Im not looking forward to the day we try and colonise the moon, and the Greenies protest against it because we are ruining the Martian Landscape. Apart from us, there is nothing out there that will care, so if its better for us, its a "good thing."
Also, if we do happen to fuck it up (like we do everything), we are no worse off.
He didnt even have the license affixed to the machine... But he had installed and activated it. So as far as Microsoft was concerned, the software was stolen.
Hows this..
A mate installs a Windows XP OEM version onto a PC. Activates it and everything is sweet. A few days later his pc is stolen. So he buys a new PC, because he still has the Windows XP CD, the manual, the license and all the little stickers, he goes to install it on the new PC. It wont activate. He rings Microsoft. They refuse to activate the software since its been activated on another pc, and that violates the OEM license. They suggest he reports it to his insurance company as stolen and they can pay for a new license.
So they encourage him to commit insurance fraud as the software has not been stolen, because he has all the software and the licenses to run it.
We have used backupPC for around 9 months now. A linux based server (Fedora Core 2) with 6 200gb USB2 external drives. The drives are encrypted using a pre-generated key that is stored locally (also encrypted) and off site on cd multiple secure locations. The drives are rotated often, storing both full and incremental backups. 5 off site, one onsite. This stores around 6 months of backups for us. Every 6 months we archive the important information to DVD. Drives are monitored for errors and replaced at planned 18 month intervals.
We have around 15 desktops and 10 servers being backup by this solution. It was trivial to setup. Drives are secure while in transport and storage. Its automated. Recoveries can be made very easily from the website on the linux server.
Its much easier for us than the tape backup system (Veritas) that it replaced.
The only issue is that with windows servers, it cant access open files. Our sql servers simply make a backup copy of their databases which it grabs, but exchange will cause you issues.
Its a weekly round up of space news. Described as "NewsRadio's astronomy, space sciences and cosmology program, has the latest discoveries across the universe and space science news from around the world. Hosted by NewsRadio Science Editor Stuart Gary."
I think that you have missed the target market for this grid. It isnt about the applications at all. This is about having a complex problem that requires a lot of computation power for a solution. Folding at home is a prime example. Say that you are a drug company and need to investigate the folding patterns of some new drug. This is going to take 87600 hours of processor time (10 years on a single processor.) This is only a one off requirement so its not worth buying a grid network yourself. Using 10,000 processors on the sun network, you are only going to have to pay for 10 hours or so. (providing the problem can be sufficiently parallelised.)
You dont give a stuff about applications. You arent providing them, you are simply buying raw computational power 'ON DEMAND'
No default applications. No updates for them. Just an OS and a way of running your code to start crunching the data you want to crunch.
Sun is not looking at the part of the equation you are looking.
Currently in South Australia we are building more and more wind generators. However, its a whole heap of greenies thats are protesting against them. Apparently they are: ugly, noisy and they kill birds. So by their logic, we cant be allowed to build them.
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You make a joke out of this, but it raises a serious issue. What is stopping a malicious party from using this as a prank calling service? Just keep feeding numbers into it that you dont like.
Asterisk isnt really appropriate for this. They dont want to build a call server or PBX equivalent. They need an IVR that simply makes calls and connects the two parties. Something like Telco Perl is much more appropriate for this.
I haven't tried Subversion yet but do plan to but for a front end, unless you go all CLI, the GUI has a long way to go to catch up with Microsoft's VSS.
If you havent tried it, then how can you comment on it? Use TortoiseSVN as a GUI and it is excellent. Integrates with windows explorer, so every explorer window is completely aware of the subversion status of your files. Personally since most of my latest development involves eclipse I am using some SVN plugins for eclipse which are also excellent.
There has been alot of criticism on Slashdot, about a lack of science on your show. In testing your myths, scientific process is often ignored, leaving major flaws in your results. The best quote I have seen from here is "They arent scientists, but engineers. Well, not really engineers, but Technicians." What is your opinion about the science used on the show, and the innaccuracies shown in alot of the experiments?
However, despite the lack of science in the show most of us will watch it anyway, just for the explosions. :)
Oh, and Question 2: Do you read slashdot?
Judging by the map of infected computers, theres alot more than 100 infections in the state of texas.
The theory of variable pricing is based on Supply and Demand. The more demand, the higher the price.. However this only works for the case where there is limited supply.
Going to market economics, with this, there is almost an infinite supply. Hence this SHOULD be placing downward pressure on the price. But it isnt? Why? Because through the RIAA, the record labels are essentially fixing the price. Price fixing is illegal. The RIAA is essentiall engaging in monopolistic behaviour which is illegal and should be stopped.
This is simply standard coding theory of at least 30 years of age applied to images. The theory wasnt designed for specifically text, but ANY signal that was to be sent. This section of the patent describes nothing of merit.
The Parent is exactly right. Im not looking forward to the day we try and colonise the moon, and the Greenies protest against it because we are ruining the Martian Landscape. Apart from us, there is nothing out there that will care, so if its better for us, its a "good thing." Also, if we do happen to fuck it up (like we do everything), we are no worse off.
He didnt even have the license affixed to the machine... But he had installed and activated it. So as far as Microsoft was concerned, the software was stolen.
A mate installs a Windows XP OEM version onto a PC. Activates it and everything is sweet. A few days later his pc is stolen. So he buys a new PC, because he still has the Windows XP CD, the manual, the license and all the little stickers, he goes to install it on the new PC. It wont activate. He rings Microsoft. They refuse to activate the software since its been activated on another pc, and that violates the OEM license. They suggest he reports it to his insurance company as stolen and they can pay for a new license.
So they encourage him to commit insurance fraud as the software has not been stolen, because he has all the software and the licenses to run it.
The fact that they leave a country, emmigrate to a new country, and then try to make the new country exactly like the old one that they just left.
Dont worry, most of us wont be able to read the source code anyway.
We have around 15 desktops and 10 servers being backup by this solution. It was trivial to setup. Drives are secure while in transport and storage. Its automated. Recoveries can be made very easily from the website on the linux server.
Its much easier for us than the tape backup system (Veritas) that it replaced.
The only issue is that with windows servers, it cant access open files. Our sql servers simply make a backup copy of their databases which it grabs, but exchange will cause you issues.
My computer (Windows 2000):
This troll post appears everytime there is a story involving the RIAA.
He had a previous relationship with the company concerned, them being his employer, so it could not be classified as spam.
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Its a weekly round up of space news. Described as "NewsRadio's astronomy, space sciences and cosmology program, has the latest discoveries across the universe and space science news from around the world. Hosted by NewsRadio Science Editor Stuart Gary."
Its one of the best science shows Ive ever heard.
You dont give a stuff about applications. You arent providing them, you are simply buying raw computational power 'ON DEMAND'
No default applications. No updates for them. Just an OS and a way of running your code to start crunching the data you want to crunch.
Sun is not looking at the part of the equation you are looking.
He has made a joke, not written an informative statement...
The CPU might be able to handle this load easily, but my question is will the bus (PCI or otherwise) be able to handle this load?
Currently in South Australia we are building more and more wind generators. However, its a whole heap of greenies thats are protesting against them. Apparently they are: ugly, noisy and they kill birds. So by their logic, we cant be allowed to build them.
You are comparing Java on the Client Machine to PHP on the server. That is not the comparison that the article is making.