You could take a look at Linus Torvalds's autobiography, Just For Fun, where he argues that first, humans focus on satisfying their needs (food, clothing, shelter), then they focus on achieving comfort (consumer toys, etc.) but in a world like todays where we've already achieved both those goals, the next goal in entertainment. Once you've got basically everything you want, you're only looking for entertainment.
I think that's exactly the point the ACLU is trying to make. This technology shouldn't be used by the government as part of any decision-making process. The article writer may have added a bit of sensationalism.
Email is NOT for:
Sending binary copies of document XYZ
Not for archiving every piece of information that's communicated
And what's wrong with making your e-mail system do what the users want it to do? Why not tailor your e-mail system to your users' needs? Sure, it costs a bit more for a bigger mail server, but that's ok as long as that's what everyone wants.
I would also like to recommend Roundup. I used it at a previous place of employment. The nice feature (which other trackers probably also have) is that a user can send an e-mail to the Roundup tracker, and it'll generate a ticket.
In general, you can modify an issue through the commandline or through the web interface or through e-mail. Of course, I don't think anyone uses the command line interface.
Also, Richard does a great job of responding to any issue regarding Roundup, just see the mailing lists.
Also, it's written in Python and can be easily modified to suit your needs.
Have they also banned cell phones? Because students tend to hold those next to their heads instead of on their lap. Since the power drops off as 1/r^3 (roughly), the distance between your brain and the antenna is a big deal.
This other SPCR article shows that your computer probably draws around ~250W at full load. There are very few situations today where you need a 500W or a 600W power supply.
You've got it exactly right. "Simple selection" takes several generations, that is, many many years. In the lab, the same things can be done in months.
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I think I'd be happy to trade my browsing patterns in exchange for something.
But you already DO! You know those sale prices they have that you can't get without the card? That's what you get.
That said, I spent most of 2005 running Debian Unstable and Debian Testing on different systems and ended up finding both overrated and generally a disappointmennt. Debian was too demanding of time and needed seemingly endless fiddling around and careful management
This is the perfect example of not understanding "The Debian System". YOU aren't supposed to use unstable. You're not even supposed to use testing. If you don't want to have to fiddle with the system, use "stable". That's what it's for. This is clearly explained in a number of places in the documentation.
If you really want to use the latest software, why not use Ubuntu? They do all the fiddling for you.
I think the/. post should link to Microsoft Update and not Windows Update. Microsoft Update will patch MS Office and other products as well as Windows.
It's one step closer to "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade".
And that's just ONE drive. So, RAID 0 is probably pretty rockin.
No, actually, it doesn't make more than a couple of percent difference in regular desktop tasks. Here's an example benchmark.
If you're constantly writing multi-gigabyte files, then maybe, but you ought to think hard about the double likelyhood of failure at double the price.
Usually, the solution is to put a bypass repeater at each transformer. That is precisely why BPL is an expensive proposition.
One alternative is to have fiber or something else to the nearest neighborhood transformer, and then put the signal on the power lines, but that's also expensive.
I like Thunderbird. But ever since those guys from Google made GMail, I can't imagine being tied to a desktop mail client.
I believe a web-based interface accessible from anywhere is the inevitable winner in e-mail clients. Just like Linux will inevitably be on all computers, eventually.
We need to have an app that will interface with MS Exchange and take care of all the things that Outlook does. Then the corporate desktop will be a much closer target, especially since it will mean saving the cost of an Office license for each seat.
Currently the choices are Outlook, Outlook Express and Outlook Web Access.
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Next question, please.
You could take a look at Linus Torvalds's autobiography, Just For Fun, where he argues that first, humans focus on satisfying their needs (food, clothing, shelter), then they focus on achieving comfort (consumer toys, etc.) but in a world like todays where we've already achieved both those goals, the next goal in entertainment. Once you've got basically everything you want, you're only looking for entertainment.
What's a Liger?
NIH Image has been superseded by ImageJ. And am I really the only one who knows the definitions of discreet and discrete?????
I think that's exactly the point the ACLU is trying to make. This technology shouldn't be used by the government as part of any decision-making process. The article writer may have added a bit of sensationalism.
What's a "reason being"?
"India has grown at a much rapid rate"? As opposed to "much slow rate"?
It grew 9.3%? As in, the land area expanded?
MIT has the full text of the book Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs online. They also have the videos of all the lectures. I've been going through them slowly; they really make you think.
There's another video site called Blit.tv. The difference? They promise to offer their video encoded with a Free and open codec.
Unlike all the useless comments that recommend Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy, I'll point you towards a thread called "the 'neat application I stumbled across on the web' thread" over on the ArsTechnica OpenForum: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/t pc/f/99609816/m/1400961263
And what's wrong with making your e-mail system do what the users want it to do? Why not tailor your e-mail system to your users' needs? Sure, it costs a bit more for a bigger mail server, but that's ok as long as that's what everyone wants.
In general, you can modify an issue through the commandline or through the web interface or through e-mail. Of course, I don't think anyone uses the command line interface.
Also, Richard does a great job of responding to any issue regarding Roundup, just see the mailing lists.
Also, it's written in Python and can be easily modified to suit your needs.
Have they also banned cell phones? Because students tend to hold those next to their heads instead of on their lap. Since the power drops off as 1/r^3 (roughly), the distance between your brain and the antenna is a big deal.
This other SPCR article shows that your computer probably draws around ~250W at full load. There are very few situations today where you need a 500W or a 600W power supply.
Exactly! I think the reason I avoid most video games is that I find them too difficult to enjoy.
You've got it exactly right. "Simple selection" takes several generations, that is, many many years. In the lab, the same things can be done in months.
If you really want to use the latest software, why not use Ubuntu? They do all the fiddling for you.
What stopped them from deploying MySQL before?
I think the /. post should link to Microsoft Update and not Windows Update. Microsoft Update will patch MS Office and other products as well as Windows.
It's one step closer to "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade".
Usually, the solution is to put a bypass repeater at each transformer. That is precisely why BPL is an expensive proposition.
One alternative is to have fiber or something else to the nearest neighborhood transformer, and then put the signal on the power lines, but that's also expensive.
This article was linked in an earlier post: Motorola's Commercial Broadband Over Powerline Solution Debuts at 'Telecom 2005'. Notice how they don't mention the transformer problem at all. I wonder what their solution is?
I like Thunderbird. But ever since those guys from Google made GMail, I can't imagine being tied to a desktop mail client.
I believe a web-based interface accessible from anywhere is the inevitable winner in e-mail clients. Just like Linux will inevitably be on all computers, eventually.
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We need to have an app that will interface with MS Exchange and take care of all the things that Outlook does. Then the corporate desktop will be a much closer target, especially since it will mean saving the cost of an Office license for each seat.
Currently the choices are Outlook, Outlook Express and Outlook Web Access.
There is far more uninhabited water surface on this planet than habitable land surface.