The title of this article suggests he switched all the computers over to Ubuntu when really he just installed it on the RAID server. This seems like it would be very common for small networks.
Personally, I have a UNIX box running file and printer sharing for a few windows computers. No one would ever know I didn't run windows on the server unless I told them. No one who works in the office is going to know he is using Linux or care, they will see XP on their desktops and life goes on. IMO the only way this "story" would come close to qualifying as a story is if his workstations all ran Ubuntu.
Yes, Congress is getting special attention, but Wikipeida hardly ignores "the gazillions of posters whose motivations are probably no less base, but not obviously so." Those posters are scattered around the site and are dealt with through the normal operation of Wikipeida.
However, right now they uncovered a huge problem emanating from one specific group. Blocking them is the only reasonable thing to do right now. Wikipeida needs some time to sort this all out and they aren't gonna make any progress if the vandals can move faster then the Wikipeidans working towards non-POV.
I remember the original story as well, however when I tried to find it I started asking myself why Slashdot's search feature is crap. A search for "Keyboard" on Slashdot will not bring up an article titled "Blank Keyboard"!!!
God, imagine what test prep courses like Princeton Review are going to do. Essay writing for the SAT will turn into a new branch of science. They'll teach you exactly what your ratio of compound sentences, to complex sentences, to clauses, to action verbs, etc. should be.
The same thought had come to my mind, but then I realized its based on *nix. When you update, say apache, you end up recompiling and installing, but the config files remain intact.
(Note: this comes with primary experience in FreeBSD)
Look, I doubt they will have that many HD channels, but at least it (should) mean a decent new chunk of HD, and HD is just cool period. I'm looking on the positive side, as long as they don't raise the bill, I'm very excited about this news.
I must agree, searching experience and the skill one has with the tool comes into play here. I once watched someone look on Google for what Shakespeare play a specific quote was from (don't ask why, it's really not important); after 10 minutes they gave up. When I got home I looked for the same thing and found the answer in about 20 seconds.
I was going to set up a Red Hat server (because when ever I thought of Linux, RH9 seemed the obvious choice), but when I heard RH9 support was coming to an end I had to figure out something else. I'm actually glad I was forced to look into the massive amounts of new options I now had to choose from--I'm very happy with my FreeBSD 4.9 setup and I think I really would have missed out if I was never forced to research and make a preference-based choice.
As cool as this is, how inexpensive can it get, and long is it gonna take to get there.
But actually, when you think about it, it's only the price of about 4 toner cartages (that's for a small office laser printer, don't know what other ink prices run...feel free to elaborate on this).
April 1, 2004: "Ok, we give up! Free songs for every one. Just provide us with your name, address, social security number and how many song you have downloaded. We'll send a free CD for every 100 songs! It's an apology to our loyal fans who we have prosecuted so ruthlessly."
April 2, 2004: April Fools! HAHAHA! Now we've got you, Mr. Goa Tohel, SS# 666-66-6666
Even if someone makes a highly advanced and believable bot, isn't the idea of trying to create AI with current programming methods fundament flawed. Although I'm not a programmer and don't know the technical terms, how can something ever truly emulate human behavior if it is limited by (insert highly complicated explanation of programming basics here). I just want to point out the program will always keep the AI contained and, by design, prevent learning beyond the programs initial design. If we want to reach AI, won't we have to come up with an entirely innovative and hybrid meathead instead of trying to get close to it with current programming techniques.
I think Scott Hussey is correct. Isn't distance irrelevant for bandwidth? Think, if CAT5's bandwidth is 100 Mbps, you can transfer 100Mb in 1 sec wheatear the cable run is 1 m or 100 m--the physical medium is limited to how much (in this case) electricity it can handle. It's the same for WAN technologies: DSL is limited by how much data you're allowed to put on the wire at a time but maybe the company controls the bandwidth per user and does not base it on media capabilities--you bandwidth is a portion of the ISP's internetwork bandwidth that all the users run on.
Technically, mixtures are just substances put together. Mixtures are normally divided into two categories. Heterogonous mixtures are of varying consistency (like a salad or oil and water). Homogenous mixtures are uniform throughout (like a solution of sugar water). So oil and water can mix, but they just aren't soluble with each other.
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The title of this article suggests he switched all the computers over to Ubuntu when really he just installed it on the RAID server. This seems like it would be very common for small networks.
Personally, I have a UNIX box running file and printer sharing for a few windows computers. No one would ever know I didn't run windows on the server unless I told them. No one who works in the office is going to know he is using Linux or care, they will see XP on their desktops and life goes on. IMO the only way this "story" would come close to qualifying as a story is if his workstations all ran Ubuntu.
A friend of mine is plagued by the following question:
...This of course makes me wonder what a fight between Wolverine and a Jedi would be like.
What happens when light sabers try to cut adamantium?
I'll spare the details / speculation and leave it open ended...
Yes, Congress is getting special attention, but Wikipeida hardly ignores "the gazillions of posters whose motivations are probably no less base, but not obviously so." Those posters are scattered around the site and are dealt with through the normal operation of Wikipeida.
However, right now they uncovered a huge problem emanating from one specific group. Blocking them is the only reasonable thing to do right now. Wikipeida needs some time to sort this all out and they aren't gonna make any progress if the vandals can move faster then the Wikipeidans working towards non-POV.
it's very tiring to wave our hands around all day long
Tell that to Tom Cruise in Minority Report.
25 metric tons...does this mean we are one step closer to start launching our garbage into the sun?
I remember the original story as well, however when I tried to find it I started asking myself why Slashdot's search feature is crap. A search for "Keyboard" on Slashdot will not bring up an article titled "Blank Keyboard"!!!
Is my rant justified or am I missing something?
God, imagine what test prep courses like Princeton Review are going to do. Essay writing for the SAT will turn into a new branch of science. They'll teach you exactly what your ratio of compound sentences, to complex sentences, to clauses, to action verbs, etc. should be.
The same thought had come to my mind, but then I realized its based on *nix. When you update, say apache, you end up recompiling and installing, but the config files remain intact.
(Note: this comes with primary experience in FreeBSD)
Look, I doubt they will have that many HD channels, but at least it (should) mean a decent new chunk of HD, and HD is just cool period. I'm looking on the positive side, as long as they don't raise the bill, I'm very excited about this news.
My Vaio seems to have lost its length of charge over the past two years...
I think it went from around 6-8 hr to about 4 hrs or so.
Neo is the 1
Matrix exited with error code 1
And yet why does this have ~2000 more comments then the rest of the current stories.
link to the /. article
Absolutely true. Ever try to use the versions feature over a network? Don't
*wonders if this has been fixed (is running Office XP)*
Perhaps he was at the library the whole time and used their computers.
I must agree, searching experience and the skill one has with the tool comes into play here. I once watched someone look on Google for what Shakespeare play a specific quote was from (don't ask why, it's really not important); after 10 minutes they gave up. When I got home I looked for the same thing and found the answer in about 20 seconds.
More information at Computer Associates, F-Secure, Symantec and McAfee.
Where's Panda in that list? Personally I prefer Panda over those.
I was going to set up a Red Hat server (because when ever I thought of Linux, RH9 seemed the obvious choice), but when I heard RH9 support was coming to an end I had to figure out something else. I'm actually glad I was forced to look into the massive amounts of new options I now had to choose from--I'm very happy with my FreeBSD 4.9 setup and I think I really would have missed out if I was never forced to research and make a preference-based choice.
As cool as this is, how inexpensive can it get, and long is it gonna take to get there.
But actually, when you think about it, it's only the price of about 4 toner cartages (that's for a small office laser printer, don't know what other ink prices run...feel free to elaborate on this).
Open Source and Sony? I thought when those two things come together you get a matter-antimatter reaction.
Now, to techs that seems hilarious...but you know for every 10 of us, there is a housewife telling all her friends Google operates on birdfeed.
Now I just want to see RIAA's April Fools joke.
April 1, 2004:
"Ok, we give up! Free songs for every one. Just provide us with your name, address, social security number and how many song you have downloaded. We'll send a free CD for every 100 songs! It's an apology to our loyal fans who we have prosecuted so ruthlessly."
April 2, 2004:
April Fools! HAHAHA! Now we've got you, Mr. Goa Tohel, SS# 666-66-6666
Even if someone makes a highly advanced and believable bot, isn't the idea of trying to create AI with current programming methods fundament flawed. Although I'm not a programmer and don't know the technical terms, how can something ever truly emulate human behavior if it is limited by (insert highly complicated explanation of programming basics here). I just want to point out the program will always keep the AI contained and, by design, prevent learning beyond the programs initial design. If we want to reach AI, won't we have to come up with an entirely innovative and hybrid meathead instead of trying to get close to it with current programming techniques.
I think Scott Hussey is correct. Isn't distance irrelevant for bandwidth? Think, if CAT5's bandwidth is 100 Mbps, you can transfer 100Mb in 1 sec wheatear the cable run is 1 m or 100 m--the physical medium is limited to how much (in this case) electricity it can handle. It's the same for WAN technologies: DSL is limited by how much data you're allowed to put on the wire at a time but maybe the company controls the bandwidth per user and does not base it on media capabilities--you bandwidth is a portion of the ISP's internetwork bandwidth that all the users run on.
Technically, mixtures are just substances put together. Mixtures are normally divided into two categories. Heterogonous mixtures are of varying consistency (like a salad or oil and water). Homogenous mixtures are uniform throughout (like a solution of sugar water). So oil and water can mix, but they just aren't soluble with each other.