Or how about more environmentally friendly and fuel efficient modes of transport, ie rail.
I wish this was a viable option, but in the US the vast majority of rail traffic is freight. There are a few local commuter runs serving the larger metropoli, but the only long haul rail option that I'm aware of is the eternally bankrupt AmTrak. I just checked their listings and the closest stop to my place is about 300 miles. Not exactly a practical alternative when I'd have to drive five hours or so just to get to the rail station.
I think you'll find that most CEOs, and for that matter most politicians, are borderline sociopaths. Wikipedia has a section on how to diagnose the condition, so let's see what they say: "The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV, currently DSM-IV-TR), a widely used manual for diagnosing mental and behavioral disorders, defines antisocial personality disorder as a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others occurring since age 15vc, as indicated by three (or more) of the following:
1. failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest
2. deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure
3. impulsivity or failure to plan ahead
4. irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults
5. reckless disregard for safety of self or others
6. consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain steady work or honor financial obligations
7. lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another
Being rich doesn't make one evil, but being evil often puts one in a position to collect wealth (as in 2, 6 and 7 above).
I read the specs and found this quite impressive. True, it will never replace the laptop or cell phone, but per the article:
...The N810 is the first of Nokia's Internet tablets to integrate a GPS receiver...The N810 will come with free maps specific to the country of purchase, according to Toivainen. Optional voice-controlled navigation will be available as a $120/3-year third-party add-on from WayFinder, which will offer a free 7-day trial in the U.S.
Add in the 802.11b/g, the multimedia playback and the 800 x 480 screen and I see this as being quite useful to your average road warrior. I've seen many Garmin and Magellan GPS products that don't do a fraction of what is claimed for this device for the quoted price and above. Assuming the built in antenna is suitably sensitive, I think they've hit a good price point.
Defense contractors are always coming up with wonderful sounding ideas that are completely impractical. For example, in 1999 a company called Stavatti presented the DoD a design for a portable laser rifle suitable for use by common infantry. The device was to be powered by...wait for it... polonium (PO-210). An excerpt from the proposal:
"...To increase the energy level of the CO2 N2 He gas mixture, a Zirconium-Nickel fuel rod approximately 40cm long and 1.8 cm in diameter containing approximately 740 grams (78cc) of Polonium-210 (Po-210) is contained within, and located down the centerline of, the cylindrical gas reservoir. The Po-210 provides a thermal energy source of approximately 141 watts/gram through the emission of alpha particles via the process of nuclear decay. This energy source provides a significant power density while alleviating the shielding requirements and apparent health risks associated with gamma ray emitting radionuclides. The presence of the Po-210 in the reservoir chamber will result in the delivery of approximately 104.34 kW to the CO2 N2 He gas mixture, thereby raising the gas to a state of thermal equilibrium corresponding to an internal reservoir pressure of approximately 272.1 atm, temperature of 2173.16 K and gas density of 44 kg/m3..."
You may recall that a few micrograms of PO-210 were used to kill that guy in London about a year ago, and this company has proposed putting.75 kg in a rifle that would be subject to damage, destruction and dispersal on the battlefield.
The paper describing the laser rifle can be found here:
VMware has two main products (as far as I can remember). GSX (I think it was renamed to VMware Server a few months back) is just an app that runs on top of Windows. Their bread and butter product ESX, though, was originally developed using a version of Red Hat. They've done lots of internal development so I'm not sure how much Red Hat is left, but I do know that with ESX 2.5, the last one I used extensively, patches were still applied using rpm.
Ringworld tech was based on cheap, high temperature superconductors. Problem was that a type of bacteria developed a taste for the superconductors and pretty much any that were exposed to air were consumed and the society collapsed.
BTW, in the second book you find out that the germ was engineered and introduced by the Piersons Puppeteers as an easy way to eliminate a potential threat.
The owners of the mp3 codec only want a cut of profits from people who want to sell mp3 encoders/decoders. From their FAQ at http://www.webcitation.org/5MeUrGbFN
"...no license is needed for private, non-commercial activities (e.g., home-entertainment, receiving broadcasts and creating a personal music library), not generating revenue or other consideration of any kind or for entities with associated annual gross revenue less than US$ 100 000.00..."
I've been a long time fan of Canon photo printers, in fact I just bought a Pixma Pro9000. Their ink tanks are clear so if you doubt what the printer is saying you can eyeball it for yourself. So far it's been very accurate about remaining ink level.
A multi format memory card reader can be had for $20 to $30 dollars. Heck, you can even buy them as a direct replacement for that aging floppy drive for just a little more. Eject the card and read it directly to save wear and tear on the camera's USB port.
The summary should have said "...x86 compatible 64-bit CPUs". The DEC Alpha was a great chip but it couldn't run x86 software (which is pretty much what killed it).
I've no idea what the removable media thing refers to...
I've been running different flavors of Suse for a couple years now and have noticed that they've chosen to keep track of removable media under/media. It's annoying, but as far as I can tell they're only tracking the volume label, so it hasn't been worth chasing down to disable.
My biggest fear from all this is that any OS developer working with an MS developer is going to leave himself/herself open to accusations of patent infringement just from close proximity to MS code. Even the threat that Joe OS Coder could have peeked over Fred MS Coder's shoulder puts the OS world in jeopardy.
Your big mistake was in putting VMware on top of Windows. I'd advise you to go with their ESX product (or whatever their current release is called) which runs on its own custom linux kernel.
I see atmosphere and near earth space as a simple extension of the concept of territorial waters. The definition states that littoral nations may claim up to 12 nautical miles of sea as their soverign territory.
By extension, that would mean that nations should be able to control the airspace above their territory to an altitude of just over 22km (1 NM = 1.852 km). Anything less than 22 km in altitude would then be a fair target.
There's probably a treaty in place for something similar already, but I'm too lazy to look for it.
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Or how about more environmentally friendly and fuel efficient modes of transport, ie rail.
I wish this was a viable option, but in the US the vast majority of rail traffic is freight. There are a few local commuter runs serving the larger metropoli, but the only long haul rail option that I'm aware of is the eternally bankrupt AmTrak. I just checked their listings and the closest stop to my place is about 300 miles. Not exactly a practical alternative when I'd have to drive five hours or so just to get to the rail station.
I think you'll find that most CEOs, and for that matter most politicians, are borderline sociopaths. Wikipedia has a section on how to diagnose the condition, so let's see what they say:
"The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV, currently DSM-IV-TR), a widely used manual for diagnosing mental and behavioral disorders, defines antisocial personality disorder as a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others occurring since age 15vc, as indicated by three (or more) of the following:
1. failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest
2. deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure
3. impulsivity or failure to plan ahead
4. irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults
5. reckless disregard for safety of self or others
6. consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain steady work or honor financial obligations
7. lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another
Being rich doesn't make one evil, but being evil often puts one in a position to collect wealth (as in 2, 6 and 7 above).
I read the specs and found this quite impressive. True, it will never replace the laptop or cell phone, but per the article:
...The N810 is the first of Nokia's Internet tablets to integrate a GPS receiver...The N810 will come with free maps specific to the country of purchase, according to Toivainen. Optional voice-controlled navigation will be available as a $120/3-year third-party add-on from WayFinder, which will offer a free 7-day trial in the U.S.
Add in the 802.11b/g, the multimedia playback and the 800 x 480 screen and I see this as being quite useful to your average road warrior. I've seen many Garmin and Magellan GPS products that don't do a fraction of what is claimed for this device for the quoted price and above. Assuming the built in antenna is suitably sensitive, I think they've hit a good price point.
...chasing down Ichabaud Crane.
There, fixed that for you.
Defense contractors are always coming up with wonderful sounding ideas that are completely impractical. For example, in 1999 a company called Stavatti presented the DoD a design for a portable laser rifle suitable for use by common infantry. The device was to be powered by...wait for it... polonium (PO-210). An excerpt from the proposal:
.75 kg in a rifle that would be subject to damage, destruction and dispersal on the battlefield.
"...To increase the energy level of the CO2 N2 He gas mixture, a Zirconium-Nickel fuel rod approximately 40cm long and 1.8 cm in diameter containing approximately 740 grams (78cc) of Polonium-210 (Po-210) is contained within, and located down the centerline of, the cylindrical gas reservoir. The Po-210 provides a thermal energy source of approximately 141 watts/gram through the emission of alpha particles via the process of nuclear decay. This energy source provides a significant power density while alleviating the shielding requirements and apparent health risks associated with gamma ray emitting radionuclides. The presence of the Po-210 in the reservoir chamber will result in the delivery of approximately 104.34 kW to the CO2 N2 He gas mixture, thereby raising the gas to a state of thermal equilibrium corresponding to an internal reservoir pressure of approximately 272.1 atm, temperature of 2173.16 K and gas density of 44 kg/m3..."
You may recall that a few micrograms of PO-210 were used to kill that guy in London about a year ago, and this company has proposed putting
The paper describing the laser rifle can be found here:
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:SEji6Jn6-4AJ:www.defensereview.com/352003/TIS1.pdf+pumped+polonium+laser+rifle&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
"...all French Canadians are cheese-eating Jihadist scum...
Everyone, please think of the cheese!
Perhaps they should replace "obvious" with "oblivious".
I see dead comments...
...while I laugh maniacally.
They can already summon reporters with the twitch of a finger. What other power do they need?
I've seen those images on TV recently. I think they're actually pictures of the new Dominoes Oreo dessert pizza.
Yes, I did RTFA, and I think the following is only one example in the blog of why one should proofread one's works or at least get an editor to do so.
(sic) "If you licked this posting, then please click here..."
I don't know about the rest of you, but I've never felt the urge to lick someone's blog.
VMware has two main products (as far as I can remember). GSX (I think it was renamed to VMware Server a few months back) is just an app that runs on top of Windows. Their bread and butter product ESX, though, was originally developed using a version of Red Hat. They've done lots of internal development so I'm not sure how much Red Hat is left, but I do know that with ESX 2.5, the last one I used extensively, patches were still applied using rpm.
Ringworld tech was based on cheap, high temperature superconductors. Problem was that a type of bacteria developed a taste for the superconductors and pretty much any that were exposed to air were consumed and the society collapsed.
BTW, in the second book you find out that the germ was engineered and introduced by the Piersons Puppeteers as an easy way to eliminate a potential threat.
The owners of the mp3 codec only want a cut of profits from people who want to sell mp3 encoders/decoders. From their FAQ at http://www.webcitation.org/5MeUrGbFN
"...no license is needed for private, non-commercial activities (e.g., home-entertainment, receiving broadcasts and creating a personal music library), not generating revenue or other consideration of any kind or for entities with associated annual gross revenue less than US$ 100 000.00..."
I've been a long time fan of Canon photo printers, in fact I just bought a Pixma Pro9000. Their ink tanks are clear so if you doubt what the printer is saying you can eyeball it for yourself. So far it's been very accurate about remaining ink level.
A multi format memory card reader can be had for $20 to $30 dollars. Heck, you can even buy them as a direct replacement for that aging floppy drive for just a little more. Eject the card and read it directly to save wear and tear on the camera's USB port.
I'm waiting for the spindizzy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindizzy
The summary should have said "...x86 compatible 64-bit CPUs". The DEC Alpha was a great chip but it couldn't run x86 software (which is pretty much what killed it).
It's a good thing the Lens was as much philosophical as physical, otherwise we'd have no way of telling the good buys from the bad guys.
I've been running different flavors of Suse for a couple years now and have noticed that they've chosen to keep track of removable media under
My biggest fear from all this is that any OS developer working with an MS developer is going to leave himself/herself open to accusations of patent infringement just from close proximity to MS code. Even the threat that Joe OS Coder could have peeked over Fred MS Coder's shoulder puts the OS world in jeopardy.
Your big mistake was in putting VMware on top of Windows. I'd advise you to go with their ESX product (or whatever their current release is called) which runs on its own custom linux kernel.
I see atmosphere and near earth space as a simple extension of the concept of territorial waters. The definition states that littoral nations may claim up to 12 nautical miles of sea as their soverign territory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_waters/
By extension, that would mean that nations should be able to control the airspace above their territory to an altitude of just over 22km (1 NM = 1.852 km). Anything less than 22 km in altitude would then be a fair target.
There's probably a treaty in place for something similar already, but I'm too lazy to look for it.
"Why can't MS (and other DRM happy companies) release a tool that converts "old" DRMed media to "new" DRMed media...still locked to the same computer"
Because that would rob them of the chance to sell you the same content a second, third, etc, time. They want your money not your admiration.